2005 ROCK-TOBER CHEMO GIRLS

OM...we had a Yorkshire Terrier named Mr. Peabody when we were "growing up"!

My vote is Focker. LOL Like the movie...but think about it...

come here Focker. Good Focker...LOL - sorry...couldn't resist.

I had a friend years ago that named her dog Comehere. She would say, "Come here, Comehere!" How ridiculous, is that!

Tracy - how about Mate?
cant get more aussie than that...

oh, i just googled 'australian dog names', check this out:
http://www.cat-dog-names.com/australian-dog-names.html

How about Digger , or Sport?? I wanted Max for Sam - obviously i lost.
i have read all of the posts - aorry if i dont respond to anyone.
Rosemarie - Mark is quite cross that he is still at school. We get back from US on the Sunday , 1st Sept as we go back on the Wednesday.
Paula - glad you are on , we were thinking of you as the pictures of the floods were on the news.
V - the picture , funnily enough is in the colours of our house - it would disappear in my room - do you do a different colour option/LOL
Laura - the basement is looking good. I imagined it different somehow - perhasp when you have finished it will look more like i expected it to look - more 'you', whatever i thought that would be!!
tracey NY - looking good as always. who wasd taking the pics - a nice young man????
Mary - sorry about the bad luck you are having - perhaps you really ARE my sister separated by the sea??
Cindy - keepgoing girl - we are behind you.
Cathy , how are you doing?? and where are you off to next?
Deb - how is the beach doing? We went for a walk along the canal through the countryside last night - not quite the same!!
We had a quiet weekend , Catherine went sailing (or swimming - whichever way you lok at it) with Scouts on Friday , then got injured on satas they were tree felling , they felled the branch she was standing on and she landed on the ground without a great deal of grace.

I have been sent home from work ill - i am at the Drs tonight. I keep going dizzy , hot and clammy and falling over. Another great gift from our friend BIG C i guess.

Great pictures, Debbie!

Cindy..hang in there. Hope today is a good day.

I can't keep up with everybody but I did read everything.

TracyS...Congratulations on the new dog. He definitely sounds perfect. A dog that lands in your lap for a nap is a match made in heaven. I'm not good with names. Casey came with her name, luckily.

Debbie..I had a "Debbie in England" kind of day. I was on my way to take my youngest to the train station when I got a call from my dh that the alarm went off at the house. He gets a call on his cell phone when this happens. He wasn't home. So, I dropped my son off in the parking lot at the train station. I usually turn around on a side street but I had heard there was an accident further down so I decided I'd take the loop in the parking lot. Bad decision. I made the first turn and there were two cars on either side parked on the curbs and my big van was not going to get between them. I got out of the car to take a look. Then I got back in and then I saw a guy on the pedestrian bridge waving his arms to tell me to back out of there. No way could I back out without smashing a few cars along the way! So, he started directing me and then another guy came and between the two of them, I got out of there. Took almost 10 minutes! There was another curve to take but luckily people had parked properly and I could get through. So, instead of heading to the beach I headed home to check out my house and see why the alarm went off. All was well. And then my MIL called. She couldn't turn the faucet off in her bathroom! So, I went running over there and I also couldn't turn it off! I turned off the main valve for the water and told her to wait til my dh got home. Well, my FIL walked in (good report from the doctor..all is well! ) and he went in there and turned it off with no problem! Hmmmmmmmmmm.... I told my dh that water was filled in the "thing" and that's why it wouldn't turn off nor go stronger. But by the time my FIL got home it had dried out and he was able to turn it right. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

I then went to the beach. And my beach is great. The other day we had 104 degrees F and the water at the beach was calm like a swimming pool. The temps have gone down to the 80's now and the waves were back in full swing with lots of people surfing. Amazing how that is. I love my beach!!!

Have a good day everybody.

Debbie -
I am so sorry you have to deal with this...hang in there. I take Thyroid meds. with no problems/se's. I'm sure your Dr. will help you through this. I love the photos. Catherine is absolutely gorgeous! Mark...he is a doll. I love the photo of him sanding the camper...a little Rog he is! Again, hang in there. Keep us posted.

ravdeb -
I was exhausted just reading your post...glad you FIL is doing well. Thank goodness your house wasn't burglarized!

Debbie -
One more thing...help me here? How should my basement look more like me? Perhaps more rustic?...if that's what you mean, then you are right. When I get finished with it, it will definately be more rustic, more outdoorsy.

ravdeb -
I think your suggestion of a get-together at my new basement is great! But...I think Friday is going to be too hectic with the majority flying in that day...and don't forget, we have our PJ party that night. So, I think Saturday evening for a buffet dinner and cocktails and games and entertainment at my place would work out really well...I really think, especially with all the kids that are coming, my place would be more condusive than a restaurant. Do you agree? And, I hope you're planning on spending Saturday night with all of us! Let me know.

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KID ATTENDEES:
Debbie x2
RoseMarie x3
Kelly x1
Laura x2 (nieces, who will be here to coral all the little ones)
I don't think I've missed anyone...have I?

I booked my flight! Should I reserve a room or is there an empty bed somewhere?

Laura - dont know what i expected!! I think because you are so artistic in making things , and whenever we have seen photos you seem to be dressed very feminine but individually , i guess i thought it would be a kinda mix like that.
Tracey - cant wait to see the dog.
I am now trying toremember if any of my necklaces have been tight recently - like V i cant believe my neck has come up so fast!! But then again it was up in the drs and we hadnt seen it.
Got a bit of a shockj when i signed in , the front page mentioned a treatment that my dr had mentioned to me , radioactive iodine. By all accounts this raises my chamce of breast kisney and another cancer i cant remember. MARYANNE - where are you !!!!

Debbie..I hope this thyroid stuff gets taken care of. Let us know what exactly it is.

Mary..glad to hear you are doing okay and only left with a few unusual bruises. They will question whether you've been abused! I agree..wear seatbelts. They saved your life. I'm glad you get to see my beach every day on your computer! I also just put one of my photos of the beach on my desktop. So, which one do you have up? I put the one where the waves are splashing on the rock. It is gigantic and awesome on the screen like that!!!

Laura..I didn't mean a Happy Hour in your basement. I did mean a happy hour in the hotel, though! I like happy hour. And yes...I'll be around on Sat. night. I'm going back to my girlfriend's on Sunday.

Brenda...I believe you will be in the room with Michele, Paula and me. There will be room. We'll get a cot and I'll sleep on it when I arrive on Friday, right Michele???

Tracy..can't wait to see the pics of your dog! Love the bonding between puppy (who doesn't have a name yet!) and Dave. That is great! Send pics of the two of them bonding. I want to see!!!

I went grocery shopping and only put half the stuff away. Must put the rest away and make some lunch. Then laundry and ironing. Feel like a true housewife today...YUCK!

Hi everyone, I have been pretty busy, yes, "V" I have been working outside gardening among other things. lol

Debbie, OMG, that is awful, keep us posted. Does the swelling effect your throat? Can you swallow?

Cathy I hope you are feeling well and have a speedy recovery. My son isn't a bartender in NYC he is a Graphic Artist for the Metro Newspaper. I think someone's brother work's as a bartender though. Maybe Rosemarie's or Amy's.

Nice pictures everyone. Laura, I'm, here.....lol.....your basement looks wonderful. I love it. Debbie, I am sure it will reflect Laura's personality after she put's in the finishing touches. I like that clean simple look though. Good choice of paint color. My whole house is that color.......lol

Tadah, I love your picture's too. I could have sworn I saw you yesterday at the grocery store. Do you have a twin? The poor girl, I was staring at her and I wanted to say "Hi"......lol..She probably thought I was a stalker........

Brenda, Love the elephants

Mary, I hope you are feeling better. I hope you aren't too sore. One good thing, you have got to love our weather.

Kelly, Don't you just hate retail. I used to work all those day's in a row too......I give you a lot of credit, I don't know how you do it especially with a little one.

Cindy, It sound's like you are doing good. Glad to hear it. Did you ever get my card? The reason I ask is my sister never got her birthday card and I think I sent them the same time.

Tracy, Oh cool about the lumineria, thanks for adding our names.....The dog sound's cute and he seem's to love you already. I kind of like Amy's suggestion of Peabody. My daughter had a Australian sheepdog mix and his name was Milo.......she didn't pick the name. He was really cute and he looked like a Milo......lol.OK, I see you have picked names and have picked up the dog...I am sure you will pick the right name. After you spend some time with him it will be easier to choose.

Michele, How is your sister? How is the house selling? Summer is a hard time to sell but then again you have a beautiful yard so that should help.

Amy, What wonderful new's. I am so happy for you and you will be a great mom.

Paula, I hope your weather is improving. Flood's sound scary to me....

Ravdeb, What a day you had......I would have been freakin out, I have no patience when it comes to traffic jam's. I guess that could be a claustrophobic problem. lol Let's hope you have a better day today. Weren't you scared to check out your house alone? Glad to hear everything was intact and your house wasn't burglarized.

I know I have missed a few of you so "Hi" to everyone else........Maryanne, I guess you are busy too especially since your dh is home.

I am off today so I am going to try and spend some time in the sun......

i just got a call from the fertility doctor. the hormone test that he did to see how my eggs were came back bad. my eggs were significantly damaged by the chemo. i will be able to get pregnant in 4 years...but most likely...not with my eggs. he doesn't know for sure, but he said that if i was trying to get pregnant now and he wanted to stimulate my eggs, it wouldn't work. he said i'll definitely be pregnant...but doesn't know if it will be my eggs.

siginficantly damaged by chemo. i'm so angry. i'm so upset. i don't want to be on these boards, hear anything about breast cancer, know anything more, i just want to live my life and it just sucks. i'm a wreck right now and have to pull myself together to go to work...which i'm not sure how to even do.

Amy..I am so, so sorry to hear this.This is so not fair. I hate this disease. I know we are all living but they forgot about all the stuff we have to live with because of the chemo. You are so young. I am so sad about this. But, remember...you will be able to be pregnant and that is huge. You will feel that baby growing and that is something divine.

YOu will get past your anger, I'm sure of that, and you will see the good things that you WILL get. You will be pregnant and you will have that baby and that baby will give you more joy than you can imagine.

You are right. It sucks. But hold onto the good things that you will experience before you know it.

Dear Amy

I am so very sorry to hear your latest news. You have every right to be angry. It is not fair. Besides being so young you are an incredibly strong woman and will process this with time. In the meantime, gentle (((hugs))).


Much love

Hi Amy, sorry about the latest news. Only time will tell how accurate your doctor is. You just never know...

Michele and Ravdeb, thank you for accommodating me. Do I have to call the hotel as well?

Amy - I am sorry about your news, but don't we continue to make eggs? If they are damaged now and you make more will those be damaged? Do I sound uneducated here?

You are in our hearts, our thoughts and our prayers. We love you, sister and it will all work out--just wait and see!

I have an in person interview at Nordstrom's tomorrow! Wish me luck! The job sounds fun and something new - Project Manager of Quality Assurance. I have been in QA for years, but never a Project Manager. It is something that I have been wanting to try..... so we will see! Oh yeah and it would be MORE MONEY too....

Things in our home are going well. Dave & Denali are bonding. I think Dave likes him a lot more than he thought he would. YAY!!!

Gotta run... more later!