Saturday, October 31, 2009

Haloween Fun

Well I was trying to charm this handsome cowboy with my fortune telling abilities, but he could easily see I was a charlatan and tried to shoot me. Or maybe it was my offer of colonic irrigation as part of the package that made him draw his weapon?
Madam Cosmo Juanita Rexroat loves this handsome cowboy
Little darling Olivia as a witch. She carried this rubber black cat around and just was not afraid of anything. Big Dad tried to "get" her with a skeleton and all she said was, "Look he's glad to see me"
The fortune telling den with Kelly and I trying to figure out how to make the camera work. Old women are so funny
Here I was gazing into my crystal ball telling Teddi's fortune. Now mind you , I am a serious fortune teller with years of experience and weighty credentials touring with Professor Rexroat and the Frog Prince in Laredo, Nouveau, Mexico. So I start my important vision by telling Teddi to visualize that her fortune lies at the top of a tall mountain. I said, "Close your eyes and imagine you are ascending the mountain step by step, farther and farther you climb, knowing that your fortune lies just over the very top of the mountain. You slowly approach the top of the mountain with your eyes closed. You feel the sun on your face as you look over the crest of the mountain and slowly open your eyes. Now tell Madam Cosmo what you see? The little heifer paused and said, "The two dudes from Brokeback Mountain?"Without missing a beat Marty said to Big Daddy, "Hey Cliff do ya feel like going fishing?" What a degenerate bunch! I laughed my big fatt butt off
Alecia and Makayla as a rocker and Ozzie Osborn. I love it girls. They were in Colorado but I raided Alecia's blog for the photos
My little Angel Pigs, Gordy the bussy bee and sweet Oli the good witch
Noting like an little stinger in the eye
Gordy was doing" Bibidibabadeboo from Cinderella (her new favorite movie) trying to turn everything into a coach to go to the ball.
Now I challenge anyone to tell me they have better looking granddaughters than Clifford and I do. These are the most beautiful children in the world and with personalities that are hysterical as well as sweet so says Madam Cosmo the Mima
Damn that's hot as Paris Hilton would say!~~
Laughing Witch
Gordy in the Graveyard
Teddi and Olivia getting ready to trunk or treat
This is either Martin, Freddi Mercury, or the gay guy for the Village People
My handsome grandson Tony in his Civil War soldier suit that Mima and Big Daddy made for him. Of course by this time he had lost his sash and accessories but he is still the most handsome, good boy on the planet. He had just come in from trick or treating with the Macias clan at over 100 strong. Mormons, those Catholics are putting you to shame in the procreation department. Go forth and replenish blab, blab ,blab .

You Dreamer , You

Well today is the 10th day since I started chemotherapy. That means sometime between today and day 14 my hair should start to fall out. So, because I am nuts, I got up this morning and gave myself a haircut (trim) so my hair would not be hanging in my eyes. I thought it was so funny because it will probably all fall out tonight but what's a girl to do. This is me after the haircut and maybe the last photo before I change my name to Bob Basora. I am trying to imagine this old face with a bald head and I just can't see it yet. It won't be long before I WILL be able to imagine it cause it will be staring at me when I look in the mirror. I keep wondering if Cliff can really love me this much and just seem to not let any of it bother him, or is he the worlds greatest actor. He is just amazing. In my heart I know it must affect him (my physical changes) but I look in his eyes and there is not a hint of difference. Would it change things for me if it were him? No, absolutley not but my insecurities are what they are and so I still wonder.

I have finally figured out how my anti anxiety med's work and I am sleeping a little better. I find if I take them in the early afternoon and then have a quiet afternoon, I can relax enough to go to sleep. It's a balancing act when you have antifreeze running in your veins to make your body do what it just normally knows how to do. I swear I am not complaining, it has not been that bad. I have had it easy compared to most. It's just I am so sensitive to my body that I try to fine tune things I think.

Rick Champion called me yesterday (old friend and Claiborne's bass player from the past). It was so nice to talk to English Rick. I cannot believe all us old musicians have kept in touch all these years. How does a boy from Mo, a girl from SC, a guy from London, and and old country girl from NV find each other and then follow that musical thread all these years? I love all you guys and appreciate your friendship. When we get back from Texas I want to get Tony and take him to meet Rick and hear his band (Tony Marques Band). They are playing at Harrah's at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and kids can be in the club till they stop serving food at 11:00 pm, so I really want Tony to see them. Tony is really getting good on his guitar but it comes so easy for him he takes it for granted and doesn't realize he really has a gift. Cliff and I are trying to inspire him so he doesn't put it down, I mean "You too can learn 100 songs and ruin your life!!!" HA

Well, I better go. I have to start making chili and getting ready for the big Halloween party. The kids will be here sometime this morning. Everyone have a safe, spooky, fun Halloween. I have decided when the hair starts falling out to shave it and I WILL post pictures of the scarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry scene!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Lazy Day

I have basically laid around all day and did almost nothing. Tony and I did go to Walmart and get Halloween candy and stuff to make chili for Halloween. The NASCAR race this weekend is in Talledega so he said, "Mima, Talledega is in Alabama and Alabama is in the south so can we have biscuits and gravy Sunday morning for the race.?" He always knows how to get his Mima. He usually wants breakfast burritos but in honor of the south, I guess it's biscuits and gravy this weekend. I love that little shit and he usually always gets what he wants from his Mima (like guns for his Halloween costume). He is a head taller than I am now and his voice is so deep, it seems impossible.

I have decided to stay home tonight and not go bowling. Last week Cliff had to run me home so I don't want to be a pain in the butt again. Plus I don't feel real strong today and am having massive hot flashes so I think I will just chill in my pj's. Tomorrow will be a big day with the kids so I better take it easy. I still am having problems sleeping and it is so annoying. I never feel like I go all the way to sleep just am kind of suspended there in lala land. It sucks.

Cha said she may come by later and bring my little Gordy to see me, I hope so I want to kiss her sweet face. Then I get to see my Olivia tomorrow. She called me today and sang, "Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat, if you don't I don't care Mimi cause I'm pulling down your underwear" Then she just died laughing. It was so funny.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Doctor Days

Well the last two days have been doctor days. Yesterday we went to physical therapy and I seem to be doing splendid. I can raise my arm over my head without too much pain so that's nice. Once in awhile I stretch too far and it stings and that will get your attention real fast. The therapist massaged my lymph system under my arm and said I do have some pooling of fluid but nothing that will cause a problem. She got rid of most of it and showed me how to do it so now I massage it, along with my mastectomy scar in the bath it really helps. She said that it will help the scar smooth out (it's really not bad now) I don't know how much that matters. Once I have the reconstruction it will all be a moot point as they will re-do it all but, I do's what I's told these days (ain't that a change) She gave me some exercises that I will never do cause I do more work in an hour than those dumb exercises a couple sets a day. I have things to do and places to do it in dang it. Some one has to keep this palace in shape!!!! Hummmmmmm guess I don't do what I'm told~

Today we went to see Dr. Wintch. He is such a wonderful man. He told Cliff and I we are some of his favorite people. I'm sure he tells everyone that but with us he MEANS it. (HA) We talked him into dressing up for Halloween. he is going to be a WWI British soldier. How funny. Probably British because he is so disgusted with the American medical situation he can't stand to be American. If I had to work within our screwed up system I'm sure I'd have to role play also. Thank God for men like him who will sacrifice for poor people like us or we would be so screwed that I cannot even imagine what would have happened to us.

Oh by the way, my sweet Charlee did get her surgery thanks to the IHC hospital and their decency. It was a struggle but she came through great. She is in some pain and taking it easy at home. They removed a 9 centimeter ovarian cyst that she has had for 2 years but without insurance was refused surgery. I finally begged and begged at IHC and they reluctantly did the surgery. We found a good Dr for her that agreed to take whatever she could pay and write off most of it. God what a screwed up system we have. I don't have the answer but mothers begging like dogs for their children can't be the answer. I can tell you the only people being taken care of now are the insurance companies and NOT YOU!!! Even if you are lucky enough to have insurance you will be very lucky to get approvals for what you need. I found out I was actually lucky NOT to have insurance as the insurance company would have never approved all the tests the hospital has ordered and then written off. While you are praying for all the sick and afflicted make sure you include the insurance executives and dishonest politicians because they the sickest/twisted/evil individuals of all and their only hope is divine intervention.

So now that that is out of my system, we are getting ready to leave for Texas next week as long as my labs come back OK. Hopefully my white blood count holds. My good friend Nani is having fits with hers. Her white count crashed again in her second round of chemo. No visitors, can't go out. We talk on the phone but I can tell she has just had it. I have been so lucky. I have felt pretty good and work like a horse still. I know I have to start taking it easy as I am starting to hit my low stage for white count. I am having a little trouble sleeping, just seem to be amped. But I took an anti-anxiety pill tonight hoping I can sleep. I am not anxious but just can't sleep. I am afraid to take an Tylenol pm (what I'd usually do) because of the antihistamine so we will see. I may have to call the chemo doctor if it lasts too much longer

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

Well the annual pumpkin carving/painting party was a great success. Minions of all sorts showed up to craft their devilish wares. Mima and Big Daddy made a big batch of homemade chicken and noodles and I do mean homemade noodles made in the Bosch mixer along with hot rolls and cupcakes for the kids to decorate. We didn't decorate too many as they seemed to have rather ate the cupcakes plain and as you can see with Olivia, she ate the gummy eyeball alacarte
Tuff Pumpkin Man who will challenge you to a duel, He must be Irish like Marty man
All the gang in the grave yard with their pumpkins

Big Daddy's stellar cool pumpkin man. He tells me their is more to come
Baby Oli always enthralled with what Tony has going on. She loves her Tone Tone
The gang in the thick of the craving and painting the creative vice is upon them(except maybe CHA) She just thinks we are gay I think
Mary imparting a last look of love on this craftily carved masterpiece
Tony working his magic
Sweet Baby Gabi pump pump
Olivia's scary witchy pumpkin. She says, Mima, I'n ganna be a witch!!!!!!!!!!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Out sweet little misses vanilla and chocolate in their cowboy jammies that Mima and Big Daddy got them cause they are our darling cowgirl heifers
Oli showing us how she can fly like a witch
Olivia just had to eat this Gummy eye ball, She just kept squishing it around and about grossed me out. She seemed to like it, Not Gabbi she is Just about the chicken and noodles (called nerrdles) and she even had to send Tony over last night to get some more for dinner that's all she WANTS

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Hair

I thought I'd better post a redneck photo of me with hair. It is really changing texture and is getting really dry. it is getting harder to style cause areas of it have different texture than others. BUT it is still there and should not start to actually fall out until about next Friday. I can see that that is only the falling out part, the getting dry, damaged and crappy is upon us. So we are just styling and keeping on with the "Debbieness:" as much as possible. We do have two wigs, a wig halo that you wear under a hat, two hats, some beanies, and just the shinny baldness to look forward to. I have stopped being a little whiny tittie baby about it and l have decided to embrace the experience. Me and Brittney forever!! Dumb bald blondes!!

The kids are coming today to pant pumpkins and I am making Halloween cupcakes and homemade chicken and noodles with hot rolls and mashed potatoes. Can't wait to see all their smiling faces and see the madness ensue.

first I have to go to the Wally world for a few things and then I will start the days preparations. I fell really strong today so I decided to brace a cup of coffee, sadly it tastes really yucky. BOO

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Sunny Saturday

Had to post a few pictures of our baby Gordy playing wit Mimi and Big Dad


Well we went to bowling last night and Cliff had two really good games. Mid way thru game two I felt like I needed to come home. I had a bit of a headache and just could tell I was a little shakier and needed to lay down. Cliff ran me home and then went back and finished out . He bowled a 187 and a 170 with an astonishing 117 in the middle He did very well over all. It was nice to get out of the house for a bit and not being on the way to some doctor somewhere. Wish I could have stayed out later, didn't even get to see who was is the lounge but just couldn't hang last night.

It was unusual but Cliff and I both woke up about 5:30 this morning and have been messing around ever sense, Cliff has been playing a game called Envoy where he builds Medieval cities so he had to get up and make sure his surfs and warriors were working. I messed around and now am doing laundry and changing out my closets a little bit. Half way making the winter change and half way looking for things I will probably never be able to wear again even with the reconstruction. So just puttering and trying to keep busy. We are really getting bored, not use to this not working thing, It will be nice to look forward to our trip to Texas, that will alleviate the boredom real quick.

Tomorrow the kids are coming out and we are going to have our annual pumpkin painting/carving party. Cant. wait. I think everyones costumes are done with the exception of Cha and were are not sure how she will fell but if she is OK we will have a little pirate floozy ready for her asp. So I guess the rest of the day is just laying around and feeling thankful for a beautiful sunny day to lay around on. We got all the lawns mowed yesterday so it's really lazy today!

Side note* When I ran my hands through my hair this morning it felt really much dryer than usual I guess we are headed down that road

Friday, October 23, 2009

The Big Easy

Well I waited to post anything until I had had a couple days to ease into this thing. And I must say, so far knock on wood) it's been way easier than the seasonal flu. We went to St George on Wednesday morning and I was just a wreak all the way up there, not because of the chemo, but because I had just found out that Charlee Ann had a growth on her right ovary that had twisted around behind her back and was strangling her bowl. This thing is 9 centimeters, like a very large grapefruit. She has been in pain and seeing a doctor at one of the clinics here for about a year, but because (again) she did not have insurance, even though she works for a doctor which I find ironic, she could not get them to so anything about it other than give her pain medication. Once I found out how the non profit hospital in St Gorge worked, I got her the paper work and the Cancer liaison Deb Christianson helped me find an in care doctor who would help her and all this happened as I was walking into start my chemo, sobbing like a baby and begging someone to help my daughter find out if this thing is a malignant growth or benign, There is a crazy correlation between mothers with breast cancer and daughters with ovarian cancer so to say I am scared is an understatement. But it did certainly get my mind off myself real quick!! Anyway long story short we did find a doctor and she is scheduled for surgery on the 26Th (Monday) so one more person on the prayer list. Boy how it grows.

Then my Aunt Teeta died this week (of breast cancer that she refused to treat) and her funeral was today in Orem Utah, wish I could have gone but my thoughts are with her and my love. And my great Aunt Helen is in the hospital in St George just had a 5 bypass on her heart and is doing very will. Wish I could see her but I did call. Just don't think with the chemo I need to be around that many sick people in the hospital. So you can see that I have so many people to pray for by the time I lay down and start praying, I fall asleep and then wake up in the middle of the night and try to remember where I left off. Cliff just laughs at me and reminds me that the Lord knows what's in my heart. It's a good thing cause it sure is full these days.

OK back to the Chemo, so far it has been as mild as mild can be. I went in and they poked what Cliff described as a thumb tack into the port a Cathe (which by the way healed nicely in a few days and was a blessing at the time we had to do more labs and chemo) then they start you on some anti nausea medication that drips for 25 minutes, When she started that I asked her , "is that the devil?" She said "no always remember that the devil is red". After that drip finished, she brought a huge red syringe filled with what looked like red cool aid and being from the "Jim Jones" era that alone scared me. They slowly pushed that in over the next few minutes and then finished off my afternoon cocktail with another chemo drug that was the one that made me feel weird and real loopy. Then we were cut lose and off we went to McDonald's where I ate a southern chicken sandwich with tarter sauce and drank a big coke and felt just fine.

By the time we got home I had started to feel like I had a slight headache and my nose felt kind if weird like it was sort of burning and almost ready to start running but it never did. Then I would have a wave of heat kind of go over me and I would need to burp, but absolutely no nausea. This seemed to happen about every 2 hours and I was kind of agitated and work up about every 2 hours all night. Part of that was I had to pee cause you are suppose to drink 3 litters of water a day and I know how important that is so I am doing it. Yesterday, day 1 I felt great worked around here all day and took care of the baby in the afternoon, cooked dinner, by then I was a little tired so I went to bed at 7:30 more to just lay down and watch TV but I feel asleep and woke up at 5:50 am and here I am. I have to get up and make my baby some coffee. He will be up later. He is a later sleeper that I am.

I know this is turning into a long post but I have to add one thing. Last week when Nani was sick and couldn't have visitors. I wanted to do something for her so I made her one of my mom's favorite recipes a fresh apple cake with butterscotch sauce and whipped cream. I had it all packaged up and called her and told her I would run it up and just ring the door bell so she could get it before the whipped cream got hot. She said she would open the door and as long as I didn't come in or we did not touch it should be OK. So I headed up to her house with cake in hand. When I got to the house and started to get out of the car,the hot butterscotch sauce had tilted a little and I picked it up to straighten it and the top flew off and I dropped it spilling it all over the front of the car seat. I was so mad. I wanted it to be perfect so Nani could have a nice desert. But up to the door I went mess in hand, when Nani opened the door I told her the story and we just laughed. I said there is a little sauce left if you want more you will have to suck it off the seat of the car. We laughed and then she asked me if I wanted to see her hair loss. She had on a little cap and when she pulled it off, she had just a few sparse stands that had turned snow white (she is a blond). I said it's not that bad! But she knew and tears came in her eyes and she said I just can't make myself shave off the rest.

I left and started home and by the time I got here I was just sobbing. I parked the car and came into the house and Cliff looked up and said , What's wrong? I choked out that I had spilled the sauce all over the front seat of the car. By then I was at the sink getting some water in a pan with soap to clean up the mess. He followed me out to the car saying, " It's OK babe we can clean it up, it's not a big deal, nothing to cry about. When we reached the car, I just collapsed on the curb crying and he took the water from me and started to clean up the car. When he was cleaning he turned around and looked ant me and said, this isn't about the sauce is it? I said no, I saw poor Nani's hair and I just cannot look like that. I cannot stand for you to see me like that. He sat down on the curb with me and just hugged me and said, then we will have a shaving party and get rid of it before it bothers you baby, cause we don't care about the hair!! so I started to laugh and the car is OK. And the plan is to shave the hair on Halloween cause that's day 10 when they day it starts to fall out and it's also the scariest day of the year. So depending on how brave I am you may see pictures of the ghost of hair past, we will see.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Better Day

Well I woke up Sunday morning feeling so much better. Mind you it's still a pain in my ass but a bearable pain. I talked with my friend Nani and she said her port catheter was just awful too. We both thought they should have warned us about how bad it hurt so we would have been prepared instead of being scared that something was wrong. Nani has had her port for 4 weeks and she said it is just now getting to be "OK" it still stings and pulls but it is not so darn painful. The x-ray doc told me if it hurt to take come Tylenol for the pain. I told Nani I'd like to kick him in the b@!!'s and then stab him with a ice pick in the same location, then smile and tell him if it hurts just take some Tylenol.

I had not talked to Nani in about a week and she has had a really bad week. Her chemo was going so well and then at the beginning of her 3rd week, her white blood count dropped and she got a high fever and really sick. They gave her some medication and now she is much better (thank you God). I felt so bad I hadn't talked to her in a few days and then my port was killing me and she was sick as a dog so there you have it. I went to see her this morning but she didn't answer her door. Then she called me a few minutes later and said she couldn't have visitors as her white count was so bad. She is taking a different kind of chemo but it's not uncommon with all of it. She said she had always thought it was funny that I am so freaked out about losing my hair then her hair started to fall out on day 14 of her treatments and now she said that she has one clump left that has turned pure white. She said it looks so crazy but she just CANT shave it off. She said she finally knows how I feel. I felt so bad for her. She has been so sweet to me and I really don't know what I would do with out her to lean on.

I can tell you I am really afraid to go for my first round of chemo on Wednesday. I told Cliff today I feel like I am going to have a lethal injection shot and I am too stupid not to show up. I keep telling myself that thousands of people much less strong than I am do this every day, but I can tell you that's just blah-blah, I am still scared stiff. And I really hate that I have to start it before I go to Texas. Now I am afraid if something goes wrong and I am out of town, what will happen? This is just inconvenient I can tell you that (HA)

We did go and help Teddi and Marty move on Sunday. I felt fine and was so glad to be there. Cliff, Cha, Leo, Anthony, and Andrew were a lot of help, me not so much. I did herd the little heifer girls around so maybe that was some help. I enjoy seeing those babies so much, They are my little angel pigs and I love them so much. They are so sweet to their old Mima. They both have to kiss my ouchies and pat me and they know they have to hug me soft and Gordy always pets me like I am a dog. it is so damn sweet.

So if anyone has any prayers left please remember Nani and I , two old cancer war veterans!! Love ya all.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Power Port

Well this will be short and sweet. We went in yesterday and they did the surgery to place the power port catheter for the chemo treatments. The surgery went well and we came home and I felt OK so I went to bowling with the guys. All I was doing was just sitting in a chair drinking ginger ale but about half way thru the matches, I started feeling lots of pain in my left chest where they had placed the port. By the time they were done and I told Cliff I needed to go home he was ready to kill me. He said I thought you should have stayed home, and why didn't you tell me you were feeling bad. Long story short, by the time we got home I was shaking like I was going into shock. He got me undressed and in a warm robe and gave me some pain pills and as soon as they kicked in I was out. I woke up this morning and have been miserable all day even with the pain pills. I can't believe they did not tell me it could be like this. I finally went on line to see if other people have this much pain and it looks like it is not unusual. This is more miserable than the surgery. Hope it doesn't last too long cause I am a tuff chick but this is no game.

We are suppose to go to Vegas and help Teddi move tomorrow and I want to go help so bad.. She has driven and sat in doctors so much with me that I want to repay her so bad. I hope tomorrow is better or I know Cliff will not let me go.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Vegas Today

Cliff and I spent most of the day in Las Vegas. I had to apply for medicaid so I could get turned down. The hospital in St George wanted a denial letter so I had to go thru the process. Only in America do we have such stupidity. Unemployed and with $50,000.00 worth of medical bills and counting and I don't qualify for any kind of medical aid. Pretty funny actually. Good thing I am being treated at a non-profit hospital with a heart or I would be really screwed. As it is the good news is they can't take our house cause we owe more on it than it's worth. Amazing when that is a blessing. But we ARE blessed and are thankful that we have such good and caring doctors and a wonderful support team.

It took awhile at medicaid and then we had 1 other appointment then we met Teddi for lunch. I had a wonderful raspberry chicken salad with blue cheese and walnuts, so good. Teddi had shrimp and Cliff had a brat sandwich. Yummy. Then Teddi had to hurry and leave cause she was on her way to the shooting range to re qualify on weapons for her job. She is such a guy! Then Cliff and I went to the Halloween store and got me a crystal ball (I am going to be a Gypsy fortune teller and I needed it to be able to REALLY tell fortunes) we also got a raven and a black cat for Cliff's graveyard. Cliff had ordered a skull and crossbones flag and it came so now we have the "jolly roger" flying over the house. Now he and Tony are planning to build a coffin for Tony to lay in and scare people. I love it that they get so into it all. Halloween is my favorite holiday. We are going to make cupcakes for all the kids that are coming. Cliff and I are so excited we never get any trick or treater's so this year we are inviting the kids and their friends to bring the little kids by to see all our hoopla. Marti and Teddi are bringing Queen Olivia so it should be fun. Olivia is going to be a witch and Gabbi is a Bumble bee, Tony is a dead Confederate soldier. I made his costume from an old men's suit and then trimmed it and it looks really good. Charlee ordered him a hat off the Internet so I think all the kids are set.I hope I feel good I am keeping my fingers crossed.

I go in in the morning to get my port put in for chemo. I am a little nervous but not too bad, I just try not to think about it. I just got my tummy half way back to normal after the last time they knocked me out and now I have to go under again. I don't know what it is but I always have digestion problems later. Anyway, I just look at it like it's one more thing behind us and feel lucky I have good treatment and good odds for recovery. I hope I feel well enough to go to bowling tomorrow night, I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

More Halloween

Well we spent all say yesterday making more head stones for our graveyard because Cliff thought we needed more and he was right. They are so funny and look so good. It looks so bitchin at night with all the lights and scary pumpkins. Cha brought Gordy over to see it and she was so funny. She would look at the skulls, etc and growl like a monster. It was so funny. The laughing pirate with the glowing eyes did scare her but she was a brave tuna. Can't wait for Queen Olivia to see it!







Monday, October 12, 2009

Halloween Time





Well we got some Halloween decorations up today. My sweetheart was so sweet to put them up for me. They turned out real cute and the kids will love them. We worked around outside for awhile today and then did the decorations, then I fixed us a steak and fried potatoes for dinner and now we are just sitting on our butts watching TV something about 9-11. Sad stuff. It looks like it about to rain but I'm sure that the wind will just blow and probably get our decorations!!

I talked to Mom for awhile today and she sounded pretty good . I worry about her up there by herself so much. I just pray it's a winter where there is not too much snow. If there is she will just have to come down here. I am feeling really good today a nice change from this weekend when I felt like crap. I keep forgetting it's just been three weeks I get so darn impatient. But so far so good!!