For those starting chemo in June

Hey guys,  I started this once before but was interrupted by a phone call and when I came back to finish it, the post was gone.  Must have timed out or something.

My Dad was discharged Saturday.  They actually take better care of him at the assisted living place than at the hospital where they seem to be so short of staff.  For example, it took transport about 1 and 1/2 hours to come pick him up to wheel him down to the car.  Just picking him up and taking him home pretty much took the entire day.

How is everybody?  All scans etc. turning out ok?  The weather here has been either chilly, rainy, or cloudy lately.  I am now on Spring break.  I was off for interssession last week but did not get everything I had planned to do done, so I guess I will be going like a whirlwind this week.

Have a great day ladies,

Janie

Hey all,

Mary, we get out several days off during the year, but have a short summer.  Our last day is May 29 (I think) and then we go back July 25.  However, we get a Fall break, one week for Thanksgiving, more than one week for Christmas and a couple of weeks in the Spring, plus a few one day holidays here and there.  I kind of like it like that.  Those breaks come in handy during the year.  A couple of those weeks that I am off are what they call inter-session, where the kids who are struggling are given intense instruction while everyone else is off.

The Lady Vols just won the NCAA championship for the 2nd year in a row.

Idolers, who do you think will be voted off Thursday?

Later Gators,

Janie

Hope Nathan gets to feeling better. My grandkids have had a fever and cold symptoms for almost a wk. Hubby has had a sore throat and caugh flu for a wk. It is going around and I have been washing my hands almost off trying not to get it. We are getting storms and rain for 3 days. How wonderful. We may even get snow fuurries 2 nights because the temp is going to drop to 38. Janie, glad your girls won. Hope Nancy is o.k. There has been an outbreak of b.c. in our town lately. I have heard of 8 new dx. Being a smaller town sorta everyone hears about everything eventually. I guess being a farming communtity I wonder if that may play a roll with the chemicals that float through the air. Maybe not. I wonder if where you live like here if the b.c. people have more ductual or lobeular. I better go. Hugs, Mary

Janie, I do remember that. It does make you wonder. I don't like hearing that being over weight can cause it or some of the other nonsense. I think they should use more money on cures too. Well it is cold and wet again. We have had a little snow flurries too. Gosh I am so ready for warm weather. Well, I better get. Hope everyone has a great wk. end and does not get the cold flu going around because it is bad. Hugs, Mary

Well,  it made more sense (60 minutes) than I thought it would.  It may actually work!  Unfortunately, it will take another 4 years or so to reach humans.

Mary,  I do hope you are on the mend.  This man was on who has terminal cancer.  He figured out a way to get radio waves to zap cancer cells without damaging organs etc.  Sort of along the lines of Herceptin, except not a drug.  It is working in animals and top researhers have adopted it.  Unfortunately, it will probably be too late for him by the time it is ready for humans.  He hopes to live long enough to see the lst human treated with it.

Crap, our craft show is Fri. and Sat. I don't know where my brain went but it has been gone for a long time. Just me again, Mary

Hey Janie, you are working too hard girlfriend!!! Breath and release. O.K. school will be out soon. We are out the end of May. The kids go back like June 3 or about to pick up their report card then go back like Aug. 22nd. or about. Well we came home yesterday because it was way too windy and everyone went home and went back today. I went late because I am still fighting a sore throat and bad caugh. I went over to check on hubby and he did pretty good so I put out a few jewels and made about 25 bucks in about 3 hours. It was pouring down rain and cold! Wasn't many people there. I picked my stuff up and came home and hubby stayed till 5. It was clear and 5 degrees warmer at home which is 25 miles away, go figure. We awoke at 4:35 the other night rocking and rolling in our bed! Our mirrored closet doors were rattling like they ment some harm. There was a train down the road and I thought that was causing it but hubby said no he thought it was an earth quake. I said look out the window and see if we are still at the same add. I thought we bounced accrossed the street. Now we had one when I was a kid and again when my kids were young and now. I was in 2 in Calif. when I lived there for a year. This was a doozy. You probably heard about it on the news. Thats a rude awakening at 4:30 in the a.m. I thought we were being tossed about by a demon and needed an exorcism.  Gosh; I am glad the train didn't derail. We aren't built or prepared for a good quake. This was a 5.4 and our high rises and over passes aren't built to withstand one. We are not prepared for gas leaks or chemical leaks ect. We have coal mines hundreds of ft. below the ground. Gosh, people around here need to get with it and do something. Ahhh, our state is broke and the only place in Il. that gets money is Chi. town. Oh well, now I vented. Sorry we have a school closing here and a town close that has to bring their kids bussed to our schools(their school is closing too) and it doesn't matter how many are in a class or the busses running through the country in snow. Down state gets left out I am affraid. Well, hope all is well with everyone. Janie you get some rest ya hear? Hope Nancy Lee is well and Paula is not working too hard. Later girls. Hugs, Mary

Hey Janie, We are hearing that flour is going way up and there is going to be a shortage on bread because of the wheat shortage. The farming community is saying there is grain shortages. We produce the worlds most grain. Pretty sad. They closed a flour plant close by. Well; we have 2 grandsons in baseball and the grandaughter is in softball so we are going to be spending a lot of time at games. The oldest boy plays for the school so that will end when school is out I think. He will no doubt play for a travel team all summer though. Well; after 80 degrees for a few days, down Tus. to 50's. What a crock. Oh well I am getting over my flu. Hubby is too. It keeps coming back on us. My neighbor went to the hosp last night with it and they kept her for the 2nd. time. Everyone seems to have it. Well I have kids on the way over then off to the game at 6. Hope everyones fine. Later,Mary

Janie, we gassed up for $2.35 a gal. the other day. Promotion for ethenol(they do it every year at F.S. station). They had it that price for 4 hours and the traffic was lined up for miles. You could only get ethanol or E85. There was a couple R.V.'s there too. We got there early and out in 1/2 hour. It is $3.51 to $3.53 today. Il. has a bunch of tax on our gas so it is always higher than anywhere else. I got me a Focus wagon in place of the suv and I am sooo glad! We still have the 8cy. pickup though but we drive the car all the time. We got rid of the old Jimmy too cause it was a gas hog. I wanted something I could just pay for that was cheap on gas and this little silly looking thing was perfect and its mine. The truck cast about $80.00 to fill. YIKES! Well Janie it is fun going to all the sports. I never missed a game when the kids played and I get to most the grandkids games too. You will LOVE grandma-hood Janie, it is soo much better than momhood, and it is soo much fun watching them act like their parents sometimes. Sweet Revenge! Thats the mothers curse, they have a kid just like them. I so don't miss the "MOM make him stop looking at me", or "Mom, he put his socks in my face", or the " mom make him change the channel back". Yea, my son was indeed the "starter of evil"  and my youngest was the informant, she would charge the olders for silence but told mom anyway and the brain dead olders would pay her every time. This youngest was one to recon with. I would yell at her and she would threaten to call DCFS on me so one time I dialed the phone and said here I will call and have them pick you up cause I am tired of yelling at you and she never said that again, if I said I was going to tell her dad when he got home she would call his work and tell him I was being mean. She was a dozy. She says whats on her mind if you like it or not. This is the Pharm. Well I better get. You are going to be a great grandma Janie. I think you get as excited about the grandkids birth as the kids. Don't feel bad, I will be in a walker when the youngest finally has kids. She is too busy making money. I hope she finds the time because she would miss so much to let time pass her by and she would be a good mommy. I really want her have a kid just like her though, oh yea, mouthy as heck and I want to be alive to enjoy seeing that. Hugs, Mary

Hey girls, It is cccccoooollllddd this a.m. It is 32 with wind chill. Crazy Il. weather! Hey P.J. what kind of car do you have that holds 3 gals? Is it a hybred? They have written my daughter about going to court but she has opted out because she is affraid of someone wanting revenge. They said they have him on tape so it isn't nessary she go and the cops got him with the stolen drugs. Glad you enjoy ridding. I always loved horses and ridding. They can pack a mean bite though and leave large scars. I have a friend who has had horses all her life and she has sooo many bite scars her legs look horrible and she has a few on her arms. Sounds like you and your sis will have a great time. That would be nice to have the family close by. Well I better go. Kids will be up soon and I have to make pancakes and sausage. Hey Janie and nancy Lee. Hugs, Mary

Ah, luckily no horse bites. Of course, I keep a close eye on them when I'm near them. I just don't really trust anything that big.



Got a bread maker today. MMMMmmmmm, smells good.

OK, so no one's turning cartwheels over my first try at whole wheat bread. I think I'll go a little less healthy with my next one...

Mary, so sorry to hear about your good friend's struggle. Life does just suck sometimes. Hugs to you. And good luck with the craft show. Your stuff is beautiful. You should sell out.



Hi to Janie...

Janie, I am going to try that next wk. it sounds really good. I didn't mean I made up breads I mean I just throw in my own flavorings as to buy the bagged bread mix but some of my flavors I have never heard of and some I try to think of what they are when we are at restaurants that serve bread and oil for dipping. The wheat bread needs some sweetness but I haven't figured out how to do that. Mare