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ravdeb

OMG...I came home and was drinking my coffee outside when my dh came home from his bike riding so I went out to the street to greet him. Our neighbor came with a tray to the garbage and it looked like a dead cat from afar so I asked him. He said it was "food for the mice". I couldn't believe this. He dumped it into his garbage can next to our garbage can and walked away when I said.."sure looked like a dead cat". He didn't answer me. They have already picked up the garbage and won't be back til Sunday I'm guessing, or even Tues because of the holiday here. I told my dh to look in the garbage and see if it really was a dead cat. He opened it slowly and then said yes and closed it. Then he said...the nerve of him...and told me he'll go tell him to bury it in the fields. It's going to be exceptionally hot tomorrow. We are going to have quite an aroma if the neighbor doesn't do something about it. I'm going to move his garbage can to the entrance of HIS house instead of OURS and he can enjoy the smell himself if he doesn't move it. I can't believe he did that. His wife is like a cleaning maniac. She probably doesn't know he threw it there. I'm pissed. They have never cared about the neighbors and have these loud birthday parties for the kids outside our window at like 8 am on Sat. morning. Not only is it our Sabbath, but it's the ONLY day we have off in the week. They start getting their music ready with the loud speakers and do it several times in the spring because their 3 kids were all born in the spring. At LEAST they could 1) inform us beforehand which is what we have been doing and all the other neighbors do and 2) throw their dead animals (all their pets die over there)in the fields away from the residents.

I'm so ANGRY! We are so good about these things and we've had plenty of pets die over the years!

Pisses me off. He (the neighbor) and I used to sit and chat when his kids were babies. He'd walk them over to our house so the kids could play with Casey and the cats and we'd sit on the stoop and chat. We don't do that anymore and he nor his wife ever came over when I was sick to even ask how I was doing. We were there for him a few years ago when both his parents were tragically killed in a car accident.

I'm not angry with them for not paying any attention to me. I don't care. I am angry about the dead cat in the garbage, though, and ignoring me when I said something.

Curlylocks

Good Morning Ladies,

I couldn’t sleep so am up checking the boards and will go back for a few hours more sleep when I’m done here. Today is Good Friday so it’s a holiday here.

We got snow yesterday, yuk about 2 cms on the ground. Our planned trip up North to visit my mother in law today for Easter Dinner got cancelled due to severe snow squalls causing poor visibility driving and a lot of snow. She is so disappointed as are we and has a fridge full of food and no one to share it with. It is suppose to snow up where she is all weekend.

Today’s plans are now to put a coat of primer on the kitchen walls, tomorrow we go and get our slate backsplash to seal (90 pieces of it) and then put a coat of base paint on the walls. We also have to get some glaze and pick out a second slighter darker colour to colour wash the walls.

I went for my three month followup with my GP yesterday to get repeats on my meds and I commented on how I never heard back from my oncologist re: my followup results as he left on vacation before letting me know and ended up getting them from my GP’s office almost 2 weeks later. She was going through my reports on the pelvic and transvaginal ultrasound and she said did you know you have two large fibroids? I said what are those and she explained that they were benign tumours on my uterus. She said that they can cause problems in pre-menopausal women and since I was in chemical menopause right now that they should shrink. I hope so…..

I am so spacey lately, I remember Laura commenting on this in an earlier post. Could it be the lack of estrogen to my brain?

How is everyone else spending their Easter weekends?

Graycie – ouch, that sounds painful. Yikes $2,000 to get it fixed. No bone scan since chemo, only dexa scan for bone density. I believe my oncologist only does them if symptoms. Is your appt on the 23rd a followup, mamo, etc?

Amy – I read that article and it is nice to hear first hand experiences and what cancer survivors and caregivers feel. It was very touching and I couldn’t stop reading it as it was so first hand and truthful.

Victoria – joining you in the no desire for sex category. I actually asked my GP about this yesterday and whether or not I was better just getting my ovaries out and ditching the Zoladex injections. I had no problems prior to starting them. I asked her if menopausal women just don’t have sex and she laughed and said yes they do. So there is hope somewhere on this issue. My hubby and I talk openingly about the issue and he is supportive and says we can work on it. This will be a conversation that I have with my oncologist next month about the pros and cons of ovary removal versus chemical shutdown like I;m doing now. Thanks for the compliment, you are sweet.

We are excited about finding a newer home but not excited about packing up and physically moving.LOL.

Debbie444 – poor Roger you will really have to work with him to deck him out for the trip in August. What are you taking to prevent stiffness while on Armidex? I find I am starting to have a harder time with the strength in my hands like opening jars and stuff. Also my left thumb sometimes hurts to bend.

I will be watching the skies over Canada…maybe the winds will blow you the wrong way and you will land on my front lawn in the snow.LOL. Stay safe and don’t forget to wear that crash helmet!

TracyNY - did your furniture show up yet?

Deb – thanks for the vote of confidence but I don’t think house renovating is in our future, it is so disruptive, will be glad to have a kitchen back….only doing these things now so that our house sells quickly. Your table looks amazing, I love the vegetable center piece, how creative! I think the reality of a bc survivor is having those up and down days and some days we feel like we are doomed and then wake up the next day and everything is okay. I call it the “rollercoaster of emotions”.

That is just wrong that your neighbour put the dead cat in the garbage, I would be angry too!

Mary – the quilt sounds very therapeutic for the youth group. Hope you are pampering yourself right now.

Maryanne – good luck on the bone scan on Tuesday, we will be thinking of you. How long do you have to wait for results? We have two dogs and they both are on different foods, it worried me when I heard the news of the recalled food. They added some biscuits to that list yesterday. I think the snowfall this weekend will be it, it better be it…temps look like 4-6 degrees starting Monday so we will see.

Paula – I love Lindt chocolate too. I bought my hubby a little Lindt chocolate bunny nicely wrapped in foil and it has a red ribbon around its neck and a bell attached to it. Almost too pretty to eat…Wishing you best wishes on your upcoming operation.

Laura – want to hear something funny, my hubby and also got married in Jamaica in Nov 99 at Couples Ocho Rios. We have been to Couples Negril three times since 00 and are thinking about going back this fall. It is so nice there and couples only, no funny stuff, its not one of those places. My hubby is not to keen on Mexico especially with the few instances that have happened over the past year. I cant convince him although my sister has been to the Mayan Riviera and loved it.

That’s wonderful news about Pip!

Rosemarie – you are lucky you had 77 degrees the other day, it has been not so warm here this week and then the snow that is now on the ground again, winter, winter go away…

Kelly – hope Teryn enjoys the Easter bunny. Did you enjoy your birthday celebration?

Cathy – love the wedding photo, you are so young and gorgeous. Love the red wig. Cute Easter bonnet, its fun! Your family photo is wonderful. It is so nice share our families and experiences of life here.

Amy – enjoy your weekend with your parents, sorry hubby cant go.

Brenda – glad that your son’s lumps were normal, how scary to even think about your children getting sick.


Have a great day, gotta get a few more hours of sleep.

Love to Everyone and hello to all my sisters
HAPPY EASTER!

Michele

RoseMarie

Deb - I'd be hopping mad too! I actually think it's illegal here to dump dead animals in the garbage...gross!!
Cathy - I love the pictures!!!Your wedding pic is beautiful! And you're right, it wasn't long enough when we met the other day! I can't wait until August!
Brenda - how scary!! Will pray he passes the Karate test!
Ok - here starts my day (don't they know they're on vacation - go back to bed!!)
Have a great day everyone!!(quick funny - I'm going to video tape Justin telling the Easter story - he said that Jesus snuck out of the grave and ran past the guards! May only be funny to me but it was hilarious to watch him tell it!)
Lots of love!!

ravdeb

Just wanted to say Happy Easter to everybody! I think that Paula is celebrating it today.

And..I stand corrected. It wasn't a dead cat in the garbage. It was a dead hamster. My dh called the neighbor and shortly afterwards I saw the neighbor wheel his garbage can to his car and take off. I guess he was taking it to the fields. He realized he wouldn't get out of it! Thanks goodness. I didn't want a fight with them. My dh said he (my dh) was very nice on the phone. That's good.

Gotta go finish my cooking. Yes..cooking again!
Thanks Michele. More painting?? wow!

Anonymous

Brenda -
When your son mentioned the lumps, I can imagine your fear! Much luck with the karate! I hope he passes! OMG - You are so funny...swaying your hips... LOL

Michele -
That's great that you are going back to Jamaica - Couples is a great resort! OMG - I've been to the one in Ocho Rios... did you go to the private island? Hope the painting goes well.

Cathy -
You all have the same mouths/smiles! In your wedding photo, you look like an actress, but I can't think of her name...

ravdeb -
ROFLMAO - how could you possibly mistake a cat for a hamster? Huh?...LOL Are the hamsters in Israel that big! OMG Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let me know! LOL

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I AM REALLY WORRIED...is Miss Congeniality up, up and away! LOL

Anonymous

maryannecb

Hi,

I am lazing about in my PJ's...love holidays. I do have to work Sunday and Monday but hopefully it will be quiet(no babies,LOL). I was going to make Hot Cross buns but my yeast had died. Oh well! Hope I can buy some somewhere.

I am getting more anxious as Tuesday approaches. The pain is now noticeable when I sit down. It is only a dull ache...hope my imagination is playing cruel tricks. I get injected at 0830, then I will work all morning and go back around 1300 for the scan. The last one I had I was too afraid to ask about the results, that was last Sept. I had no symptoms then, just worry. This time I have symptoms so am much more worried.

The onc said to call two days later for the report. I know I will not be able to wait and will try to get the answer sooner.

When I had my original biopsy I had a very bad reaction to the news. My own fault really. Everyone was so confident it was not cancer. I knew it was going to reported the next day. I work with my PCP and her mail comes next to mine. As I was leaving my office I glanced in her in-coming Fax box. There it was, I could see my name at the top. I pulled it out and in front my receptionist read the report myself. I had no DH with me and it was awful.

I learned what the term ,weak in the knees meant. Another colleague walked by and took me to her office where I dissolved in despair. All I could think about was my children would be motherless and I was going to die. As my friend calmed me and spoke all the things I needed to give me hope I settled somewhat. We then phoned the surgeon who had spoken with the pathologist. He was certain the needle biopsy was IDC however his colleague was not sure11111111 The sample had to sent to a third who then confirmed it( a week later).

Anyway, I will have to restrain myself from looking at the scan myself as I would not ever like to repeat that performance. I sometimes have to remind myself that I am the patient here.

Surely I am over reading my hip and all is well, right?

Fists up!

Curlylocks

Rosemarie - I think that kids have no concept of "day off", everyday is a play day and get up early. My girlfriend told me that!

Laura - no we did not visit the island in Ochi, we are not that brave to bear all although when we took a catarmarin out one day. The island was full of people and I thought OMG wouldnt be caught dead naked in public! Love the bunny joke, no butt so how can it hurt and give that other bunny a head or brain so that he can hear!OMG too funny!!!

Deb - our kitchen cabinets are being installed in 2 weeks so need to have the walls finished before they get here. Dont cherish the thought of painting around brand new cabinets.
Thankfully that was a hamster not a cat!

Maryanne - I think everything is closed today except for maybe a convenience store. Check the expiry date though on their yeast paks as I dont think that is a common item to buy at a convenience store. Oh sister, I hope that your imagination is working overtime and making the pain in your hip seem worse. Chemo can really do a number on your joints and bones as you probably know being a doctor. We all have our fingers crossed that it is "normal" aging pains.

Your diagnosis story made me sad. I remember the day well and felt like my hubby and I were totally defeated sitting on the couch crying and holding each other afterwards but he was with me when we were told the news.

Keep your head held high you are a "survivor" and will continue to be one!

Lots of love to everyone
Michele

TracySeattle

Good Morning all!

I'm thinking of Debbie flying around in a Balloon somewhere.... sure hope she wore her helmet!

The weather here has be absolutely beautiful the last couple of days. It is in the 70s and the sun is shinning. Seattle is beautiful in the spring, if and when it stops raining!

It seems that I think of all kinds of things I want to say to each of you when I read your posts and then when I start to write - it all leaves my head.....

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday and have fun preparing for Easter!

More later.....

TracyNY

Hello ladies:

I should really be out of town but I'm home doing the seasonal change over. No sign of my antique night tables as yet. I saw the bum yesterday and he said he'd bring them last night but I had a date and passed on that lie. He's SUPPOSED to bring them today, we'll see!

I'm here making bacalaitos, or salted cod cakes. I have to do errands that I've been postponing although I really should be in church. Yeah, praying that Debbie gets back from ballooning in one piece!!

Anonymous

Mary-Anne -
I feel bad that you have to worry about this crap! I would be worried too though. How could any of us not worry. "Worry" is permanently engraved in our brains. Hang in there - we're all sending you NED vibes. I ordered something that reminded me of you and as soon as I get "them" I will send "them" to you. You'll get a big kick out of it...LOL The only thing I ask in return is that you post a photo of you with "them" on! In fact, it may even make for a good avatar! Sorry, but I gotta keep you guessing...

I had "uptake" show up on my last bone scan - hips, knees and ankles. The report said - most likely consistant with inflammation/arthritis. The words "most likely" scare me. Can "uptake" be cancer?

cathy987

Mary-Anne and Victoria–Isn’t it something how we all worry about things that never would have concerned us before bc. I use to think “ignorance is bliss” but maybe my new belief “knowledge is power” serves me better. It at least gives me the opportunity to take control of my attitude. You two have more understanding of the possibilities than most of us and consequently may have more reason to worry. The biggest blessing in my mind is that we do have each other to share our concerns as well as the good things that happen to us. Praying for both of you.

Brenda–your story reminded me of how when my oldest son was the same age as your son. He woke me up where I had fallen asleep in front of the television and while still in a fog asked me, “Mom, can boys get breast cancer.” I assured him with a “no” and explained that the “lumps” he was feeling were probably part of his “growing up.”
It’s amazing to me how my complete ignorance about bc produced the “right” answer.

Thanks friends for all the nice comments about my pictures. Now that I’ve figured it out again maybe I’ll post pictures more often. I really have enjoyed seeing all the ones you all have posted. It’s one way that makes everyone seem more real.

I got my best laughs today from your kid stories. V. your Nicki baptizing her baby, Ro. Your Justin’s rendition of the Easter story and Miss B. wiggle hips. Aren’t kids great!

Actually a close second was the conclusion of your story Deb and the dead cat/hamster. As warm as it is there I can’t imagine how bad it would have smelled very shortly.

TracyS–I know exactly what mean when you say you think of things to comment on when reading the posts and then don’t remember what it was when you post. That’s why getting together is so great. Then you can just talk, talk, talk! I love that your weather is so beautiful. That could mean it’s coming this way. Hear that you New York and Canadian girls?

Tracy NY–Please post pictures of your “seasonal change over.” So, are you going to be able to “get out of town’? I’m heading for St. Paul tomorrow morning for two days with daughter Ann. Mike, Ab and Erin are coming from SD.

Debbie–Are you up, up and away? Can’t wait to hear all about your trip.

Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful weekend, whether it’s Easter, Passover or just enjoying family and friends. Enjoy!!!

Much Love

ravdeb

Maryanne..I'm thinking about you. I did the bone scan thing. You will be okay. Well, I'm certainly hoping so! I'm agreeing with Cathy...or whoever wrote it...being a doctor is good and bad..you know too much but then on the other hand..you know a lot and that can be helpful.

Laura..well..maybe it was a guinea pig? I don't know the difference and I didn't see the entire thing, for goodness sakes. I just saw a part of it as the neighbor put it in the garbage. It's buried or at least not in the garbage can anymore.

v..you probably overdid. I can barely stand up these days. My leg is killing me (it's the sciatica I'm sure) and my back is really bad. It's from overdoing it for Passover, I'm sure. I was doing much better when I didn't walk and didn't do anything! My back felt better. But, I need to exercise! I will start again this week, though it's supposed to rain again...maybe tomorrow.

Happy Easter, all you Easter Bunnies!

ake

maryanne and victoria...

i really think that these scans are just big triggers for us to go through all the trauma again. it's like being in war and being around bombs for so long and then you get back to normalcy and you feel fine, but then you hear a car backfire and you hit the ground. scans just re-traumatize us...we're right back to that day of diagnosis... and i'm so sorry you even have to worry about any of this. i can't wait until an ache is just an ache. sometimes, the closer i get to the 2 year mark, the more anxious i get that something will happen, g-d forbid, before i get there.

take deep breaths and have faith in your treatment. i will be right beside you through any test and knowing in my heart, that you both will be okay.

love you,
amy

marymelodi

Hello!
Wanted to say how much I have enjoyed the pictures of your Passover table (Ravdeb) and your family (Cathy). I always enjoy everyone's pictures, even if I forget to say it.

Blessings to all who have aches and pains and worries. I hope and pray for the best for everyone.

Hope that all of you have a very nice weekend and celebration if that is your tradition. I'm singing in the church choir and making Easter baskets for my friend's younger girls. Of course, she is not much up to it, since Natalie's funeral was just a week ago. We talked on the phone last night and shared some tender thoughts and I hope it helped her for me to just listen to her worries and feelings. I read a quote in the last week that expressed the idea the the best way to honor the dead is to take care of the loved ones left behind. I'm trying to help to do that.

Some of you commented on the quilt. It didn't turn out like I expected. It was pieced together by another one of the women leaders and she did it completely different than what I had envisioned. But, the young girls decorated their squared nicely and I had brought some poems and quotations to help them express their feelings. Many of those ideas got put on the quilt so I did my part.

A co-worker is part-Jewish (father) and has grown up celebrating Jewish and Christian holidays. She gave me a big lesson this week on all the foods of the Seder and now is going off to prepare for the family to gather at her home on Sunday for Easter dinner. I also heard the moving story of her father, who survived the Holocaust, and her mother, who was a very young German girl in WWII. How they got together and created a Jewish/Catholic blended family is really quite a story. Her family participates every year in Holocaust Rememberance Day in honor of her father. Family histories are always so amazing to me.

Well, I'm going to my sister's house for dinner tonight. She has a new black lab named Stella. I'm sure I'll be charmed by this doggie. In a few weeks I'm going to spend 11 days pet-sitting the 4 dogs and 2 cats in my sister's household, so I hope by then Stella has settled into the routines of the house. But, I'll probably be a pushover for her. I love Labs and I've already heard she is a charmer.

So long,
Mary

ravdeb

Mary..enjoy Easter. I love the quilt idea. We have done similar things here.

My mother in law survived the holocaust. She ran from the nazis in the woods with her younger sister and her dad. Before that, her baby sister and her mother were killed after her sister was crying when they were hiding so her mom took her out of hiding to get her something to drink. The nazis saw them and shot them dead. Then they searched for my MIL and sister and dad but didn't see them and left. My MIL's father died in the woods but she and her sister made it through. They came to Israel when she was 17 or something like that.

A dear woman here in our village survived Auschwitz. I don't know how. She is a tough woman today but was injured and limps. Not a lot of people like her because she is tough and says what she feels like saying. But, I've always loved this woman. She was one of my students years back when I had a gathering of older women for tea once a week and I taught them English. I fell in love with her then. She's from Hungary. Her Hebrew is BAD and her English is worse but she has never been afraid to speak. I'm crazy about her.

Four dogs..wow! We had 3 dogs once, actually. They were outside, though. And they were small. Two were stolen.

debbie444

OK - its22.50 - i can ring at 23.00 to see if my balloon sets off at 7.00 tomorrow - i am so excited!!!!!!!!
Wow - Deb - just how big are hamsters over there - i would hate to meet a cow!
I have just eaten a baby Easter Lindt bunny i won in the raffle at out village shop - felt quite guilty as it was cute - but it sure tasted good.
Maryanne - hope all goes well. Are you a GP or a A & E DR? You would have been able to buy yeast here - everything was open aprt from the banks. They will be open tomorrow.

Kid stories - I once sent Mark to wash his face and hands and he came back clean. When i went in the bathroom, the soap and towel were dry. On asking him he assured me he had washed them. When i asked him what with , he replied in all honesty ' My tongue of course!'

Deb - my dad is visiting Auschwitz this year as he goes around Poland on the train. He sure is a worry!! That is one story of your MIL. Sometimes i look at the obits in our paper and wonder at some of the lives they have lead. the things they have seen and experienced, the things that will never come again,

Have a good Easter or a good weekend

Debbie

Anonymous

I hope it's not going to be Up, Up and Ooops!

Debbie -

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just how big are hamsters over there - i would hate to meet a cow!

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OMG - I am dying laughing! Help me!

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he replied in all honesty ' My tongue of course!'

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OMG!

It's not only you that is incredibly funny, but your entire family is! I CANNOT WAIT to meet you AND them! OMG - LOL

ravdeb

Okay Ladies..stop laughing so hard..maybe it was some other rodent that kids take care of..hamsters, guinea pigs..I have no idea. It was the size of a cat/almost full grown kitten..white with black spots. I didn't see the head..just a blob! That was enough for me. I don't do well with dead animals. My husband does the funeral stuff when our animals die. YUCK..!

V..a blog. How nice! There are so many different blogs on line. Alterbooks people do blogs. Lots of their work is posted.

So, Debbie..are you up in the sky today???? I hope so! I'm so excited for you!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!!! Enjoy your chocolate eggs and bunnies. That's okay, Debbie, if they are cute. They were made to be gobbled.

Anonymous

ravdeb -
Thanks for the laughs! My all time, absolute, favorite thing to do in life is L A U G H! I think there was a movie titled "Attack of the Giant Israeli Hamsters"! You're a good sport! Hope you're enjoying your holiday - cheers to...lotza matza! LOL

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Debbie -

10-4 - please give us an update...are your feet back on ground, safe and sound? LOL

Anonymous

Good morning ladies,

Have to get ready for work. My brother's wife cancelled babysitting at 8pm last night! UGH, it's not the first time she has cancelled watching my daughter at the last minute. Had I not called to tell her something else, I would be over there right now trying to drop her off with no one there! I am so upset but I will see my brother tomorrow and see what's up.

David has his daughter this weekend so he said the girls could play today and he'd watch her.

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Hopefully, Debbie is in the skies!! Well, I hope she landed by now!!

Debbie, thank you so much for the Easter surprise for Teryn. She thinks you are the Queen of England!! It's so great. She says, "Mom, Mom, the Queen of England sent me something!!" And thanks for the Bday card.

That is one thing I really have to work on this year: sending out cards and letters to friends. I have been so lazy with that but crazy busy. Now that treatment is over, it's time to re-organize my time and catch up on things. Right now, I am dealing with repairmen and replacing my cable to dsl and getting rid of cable tv and switching to satellite. It's going to save me $100 a month. Time Warner is so smug about their service and pricing. Well tough .. I am not playing!!!

Love you all ........ hope you got your furniture, TracyNY!

Curlylocks

Happy Saturday morning,

I really slept in this morning, must have needed it. Went to bed at 10:00 am. woke up at 3:15 a.m (my witching hour), couldnt go back to sleep lied there until 4:00 a.m. and then got up and stayed up until 5:00. I then went back to sleep until 9:00 and then back until 10:20 a.m. Our bodies do tell us when we are tired so I listened to mine and slept in.LOL.

It is a good thing that we cancelled our visit to my mother in law's as there were several accident and they were suppose to have at least 50 cm of snow on the ground before today!

Yesterday I finished painting the basement walls and then helped my husband take the remaining cupboards off the wall. He taped all of the kitchen yesterday.

We picked up our slate backsplash today and have to seal 90 pieces of it before the cabinets are installed in 2 weeks.

We also got our paint and glaze for the colourwashing the kitchen walls. The guy in Home Depot was helped us pick out two colours that are going to look phemonenal with the new kitchen backsplash and cupboards.

It was funny being in the store as we had our list of things to get and my hubby so hates shopping especially picking out things like paint colours. So I told him to go and pick up the slate from the front desk and get some rollers and I would work with the paint staff to pick out the colour for the walls. He agreed that the colours that the guy chose would compliment everything well. So all is well, he was so happy to get out of the store.

Tracyseattle - enjoy your spring like weather, we are still waiting for ours - mother nature was cruel to us this weekend with the snow! No tulips here yet.....

Victoria - thanks for being a sounding board to my "sexy problems". I never in this world would have thought this would be an issue at 43 years old, just plain sucks....will have to discuss this one with my oncologist. The Zoladex also adds to the fatigue issue. Did you notice added fatigue while you were taking your shots?

Your trip to Hawaii is going fantastic, especially Maui...its suppose to be so green and lush and so romantic.

My younger sister won a trip to the main island for two people back about 10 years ago. She took my mom and then my dad paid his airfare to there and showed up one day as a surprise. They loved it and were there in December so everything was all decorated for Christmas.

Laura - I agree worry is engraved in our brains after a bc diagnosis. I think it is our ability to put that worry aside in a little place in our brain and enjoy our lives that is hard sometimes....

Cathy - I think by the next two weeks that winter will be a distant memory for us. I love to garden and cant wait to see the tulips and daffidols sprout.

Deb - I;m laughing too, the "Invasion of the Giant Isareli Rodents"....

Mary - how was Stella, I so love animals. If I had the energy and space we would have a house full of dogs. They are such great companions and always happy to see you. They never have a bad day! Hope you enjoyed your Easter dinner.

Debbie444 - oh Debbie, are you safe on land again? Did you take any pictures, please post them! I love the comment about your son washing his tongue, from the mouths of babes...

Kelly - Teryn is a sweetie, she thinks Deb is the Queen of England. Actually she is...she is our "Queen". I seem to have been so immersed in this house selling business that my entire spare time has been spent sprucing up the house. No time to do other things, except of course post here to my wonderful bc sisters.

TracyNy - did you nail the furniture guy to the wall yet? Did he deliver as promised....

Have a great Saturday afternoon my sisters.

Love you all
Michele

ravdeb

okay Ladies..it WAS a hamster..okay fine... so maybe not as big as a cat..a kitten??? NO..a RAT! Those things are RATS! YUCK!

Debbie??? Is all okay?

Good luck with the work, Michele. Glad you slept in. I did too..

debbie444

OMG - what a fantastic day ! Its not often that i am lost for words but i am now!!The balloon ride this morning and we just got back from a meal out with friends to celebrate his MRI scan saying that he doesnt have a brain tumour. What can i say?
The ballon ride - prob the most awe inspiring thing i have ever done. It just throws the spatial awareness completely. It was a still day so we only travelled approx 6 miles, but we went up to 5000 ft, then travelled along the valley skimming the river. We could hear the lambs bleating in the fields it was so still. By 10.00 i was back down drinking champagne in a farmers field - my certificate says i am now a qualified aeronaut!! Cant wait to do it again. Havent sorted the photos yet - they are over two cameras and a video camera - you will soon be sick of them!! Here are a few now
Cathy petite - me - hahhahahah - the last time i was petite was when i was Teryns age!! It s only because Roger is 6ft 4 that i dont look like a cart horse!
Debbie

Anonymous

Earth calling Debbie...

WHEW! Thank goodness your feet are back on the ground! Sounds like a FAB experience, can't wait to see the photos! I parasailed in Acapulco and it was an incredible experience! I think I was only up about 2-3000 feet, but it was a whole different world up there! My dad was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, and I thought if he had been alive to see me doing it, he would be so proud. I stood on the beach and they put the parasail on my back with a really long rope that was attached to a boat in the ocean. The Mexican dude told me, "senorita, when the boat starts moving...run like Donkey". So I did and before I knew it, I was still running but my feet were no longer touching the ground. It was thrilling. The bad part was landing...my friend Tammy did it before me and she landed like a ballerina on the sand, but not me! LOL My feet hit ground, but for some reason the boat kept going and I was dragged through the sand on my belly and got "rug burns" (I was in a bathing suit). All the Mexican dudes were running after me trying to grab my feet. It was hysterical! Throughout the entire remainder of our vacation Tammy kept saying, "run like Donkey"! LOL It was really funny.

debbie444

Anonymous

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME PHOT0S, DEBBIE!

TracyNY

Wow, Debbie, you made it back safely. I was sure we'd get a story about some freak storm that blew you into enemy territory or something!!

The furniture came this evening. And it doesn't fit into my bedroom!! So one table now houses my fax machine and phone and the other one will be going to storage!!

I have succumbed to a cold which descended on me on Thursday and travelled from a tickly throat to a hacking cough and its present incarnation is a stuffy nose and head.

I'm going to brush my teeth and get the candy I ate for dinner out of them, take a vicodin and go to sleep. Any excuse to take drugs!!

ake

debbie....i love the pictures of the balloon! amazing pics...they made me smile. i love your life

cathy987

Debbie,

What a wonderful experience. I'm so happy for you that it finally happend and what breathtaking pictures! And any day a friend does not have a brain tumor is a day to really celebrate.Thanks for sharing your day with us.