Saturday, September 20, 2008

WHAT A WEEK

WOW WHERE DO I START, THIS WEEK HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING TO SAY THE LEAST. MY MOTHER WENT BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS A MASSIVE SPOT ON HER RIGHT LUNG, THEY SAID SHE HAD PNEUMONIA AGAIN BUT THE SPOT WAS MUCH TO DOMINANT TO BE JUST THAT, SO THEY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE ANTIBIOTICS WORK AND TAKE ANOTHER EX-RAY TO SEE IF IT FLUID, FOOD OR POSSIBLY CANCER. SHES BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH ALREADY. AND ON TOP OF THAT THE DOCS ARE GOING TO TRY TO PUT A FEEDING TUBE IN BEFORE SHE LEAVES THIS TIME, OTHER WISE SHE WILL BE UP TO THE HOSPITAL EVERY OTHER WEEK WITH DEHYDRATION AND PASSING OUT. I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER. AND THEN MY SISTER WAS TOLD LAST WEEK THAT THE CAN TRON WAS NOT WORKING AND THERE WASN'T ANY MORE THEY COULD SO FOR HER, THEY COULDN'T EVEN DRAIN THE CANCEROUS FLUID FROM HER STOMACH THIS TIME BECAUSE IT HAS TURNED TO A JELLY SUBSTANCE. SHE WAS IN BED MOST OF THIS WEEK AND IN ALOT OF PAIN. SHE IS SUCH AN ANGEL THOUGH ,THAT SHE WENT TO SHE MY MOM ANYWAYS ON THURSDAY. WHAT A TROUPER SHE IS. SHE IS ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE INSTEAD OF HER SELF. I AM SO OVER WHELMED WITH FINALISING WEDDING DETAILS WITH MY DAUGHTER, ITS MAKING ME BONKERS AND I FEEL I HAVENT BEEN A VERY COMFORTING FRIEND TO STEPHANIE WHO IS ALSO DEALING WITH ALOT FROM HER BREAST CANCER SURGERY. I KNOW SHES NEEDED ME THIS WEEK AND I JUST COULDN'T STRETCH MYSELF ENOUGH WITH ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING THIS WEEK. I HOPE SHE UNDERSTANDS. MY BODY FEELS LIKE ITS AGED 20 YRS IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND I HATE TO SAY THE EFFECTS ARE STARTING TO WEAR ME THIN BECAUSE I FEEL SO MUCH ANXIETY THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO GO VISIT THE DOC SOON OR I MIGHT CRACK UP. MY JOB ALSO HAS BEEN PRETTY CRAZY THIS LAST MONTH AND WITH GAVIN BACK TO SCHOOL THERE MUCH HOMEWORK TO HELP WITH OR SHOULD I SAY, MAKING SURE IT GETS DONE. HES PRETTY WELL TRAINED TO JUST TACKLE IT AS SOON AS HE GETS HOME, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE HIM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. MY BABY'S GETTING OLDER...LOL. (AND I HOPE MY HAIR STOPS FALLING OUT OR I WONT HAVE MUCH OF AN UP DO FOR THE WEDDING.) MY HUSBAND DID GET TO RESCUE ME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WE PLAYED GOLF IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY . I ACTUALLY SHOT THE BEST I EVER HAD WITH A 55. JODI TOOK GAVIN SO WE WERE ABLE TO EAT DINNER AFTERWARDS THERE AND ENJOY SOME TIME TOGETHER. BOY THE FAKE GOLF CLUB CANTEEN I GOT FROM L.T.D WORKS GREAT OUT ON THE COURSE, JUST FILL IT UP WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DRINK AND IT HAS ITS OWN LITTLE TAP AND SPOUT. PRETTY COOL INDEED. WELL ITS BACK TO LAUNDRY AND DISHES AND GETTING THE CHOPS AND SCALLOPED TATERS IN THE OVEN. AND THEN TO SEE MOM IN THE HOSPITAL. WHOEVER READS THIS PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL MY LOVED ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT SITUATIONS: MY MOM, SISTER DIANE AND GOOD FRIEND STEPHANIE.( AND MY DAUGHTER STEPHANIE WHO IS STRESSED OVER BECOMING A NEW BRIDE) BOY IF SHE ONLY KNEW!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

Monday, September 15, 2008

wet WET WEEKEND

WHAT A YUKKY WEEKEND. IT POURED EVERY SECOND I THINK. I DID NT GET MUCH ACCOMPLISHED, THE RAIN JUST MAKES ME LAZY AND WANT TO SNUGGLE UP AND WATCH MOVIES. ON THE OTHER HAND CLINT WAS A WORKER AS USUAL, HE CANT SEEM TO SIT STILL TILL HES POOPED OUT. HE INSTALLED A NEW MERCURY LIGHT ON THE HOUSE THEN HE FINISHED UP SOME NEW TRIM FOR AROUND THE SLIDER HE PUT IN AND CAULKED AND INSULATED EVERYTHING. ITS LOOKS GREAT, HE EVEN CLEANED THE BLINDS UP. THEN HE CLEANED OUT HIS WHOLE GARAGE, WHAT A DIFFERENCE. WE DID MANAGE TO GET IN THE HOT TUB EARLY SUNDAY MORN FOR A HALF HOUR BEFORE IT STARTED RAINING AGAIN. BUT ALL IN ALL WE DIDNT GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANY THING SPECIAL, I QUESS WE CAN LOOK AT IT IN A POSITIVE WAY AND SAY WE DID NT SPEND ANY MONEY LOL. GAVIN STAYED AT GRAM MAS HOUSE AND SPENT TIME WITH JESSIE, SO IT WAS RELAXING AROUND HERE TO SAY THE LEAST. WELL TODAY IS MY DAY OFF AND I NEED TO RUN TO SAMS CLUB. AND MAYBE BIG LOTS ,HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN AWHILE. GOT ALL MY CHORES DONE SO OFF I GO. STILL WAITING FOR MY FRIEND TO WRITE IN HER BLOG, HOPE ALL WENT WELL THIS WEEKEND FOR HER. SHE GOT ME STARTED ON THIS AND NOW SHE DOES NT WRITE HERS....GIRL GET GOING, I LOVE READING WHAT YOU PUT IN HERE.....;IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE A COOL DAY, BACK TO WEARING LONG PANTS ALREADY.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

WHITMAN REUNION

WELL ITS A RAINY DAY AND WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GO TO LEXINGTON TO A FAMILY REUNION, BUT BY THE LOOKS OF THINGS IT MIGHT BE CANCELED. IM HOLDING OFF ON MAKING A DISH TO PASS. LOL I THINK ITS SUPPOSE TO THUNDER STORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TOO BAD THOUGH, WE DO HAVE SOME FUN THERE. I MAY BE ABLE TO GO SPEND SOME TIME WITH SOME GOOD FRIENDS LATER, WHICH WILL BE JUST FINE WITH ME . ID LIKE TO SIT AND VISIT WITH THEM AND CATCH UP ON ALOT OF GIRL TALK. SO ETHER WAY IT WILL BE A WIN WIN SITUATION FOR ME / US GIRLS NEED TO VENT....DARN IT LOL

Friday, September 12, 2008

SISTER DIANE

JUST THINKING OF MY SISTER ALOT THIS MORNING. WONDERING WHATS GOING THROUGH HER MIND. EARLIER THIS WEEK THE DOCTORS TOLD HER THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO FOR HER. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STOMACH AND BREAST CANCER IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND HAS BEEN SUCH A TROOPER ACTING AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG, LIVING EVERY DAY LIKE SHE NORMALLY DOES . THAT WOMAN HAS THE FAITH OF A MUSTARD SEED, SO TRUSTING IN GOD TO SEE HER THROUGH THIS AND PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE. SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A WITNESS THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO ME. I KNOW GODS PLAN IS THE BEST PLAN BUT MY HEART ACHES FOR HER AND HER FAMILY. SHE HAS TWIN GIRLS IN THEIR EARLY THIRTY'S AND A SON A FEW YRS YOUNGER AND SEVEN YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL COMFORT THEM AND HER HUSBAND AS THEY SEE HER THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE ORDEAL. THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP ON GOD TO GIVE THEM THAT MIRACLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE LORD. THE ONLY COMFORT WE ALL HAVE IS KNOWING FOR A FACT SHE WILL BE WITH JESUS IN HEAVEN WHEN HE DOES DECIDE TO TAKE HER HOME. ITS SO BITTER SWEET. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE HER PEACE AND COMFORT AND SHE WILL NOT SUFFER BECAUSE OF IT. WE ALWAYS THINK WE HAVE IT BAD TILL WE HEAR SOMEONES ELSE CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT SHE MUST THINK DAY TO DAY NOW IS BEYOND WHAT I CAN FATHOM, LEAVING BEHIND LOVED ONES. SHE IS ONLY 58, STILL SO YOUNG. HERE I AM SUCH A BABY CRYING THE WHOLE TIME I'M TYPING THIS, KNOWING HOW DIFFICULT HER PAIN AND ALL THE EMOTIONS SHE MUST BE FEELING. SHE IS SUCH A SWEET SWEET LADY, ALWAYS PUTTING EVERYONE BEFORE HERSELF. NEVER COMPLAINING ALWAYS HELPING ELDERS FROM THE CHURCH, HOSTING YOUNG TEEN PARTY'S AT HER HOME AND FOLLOWING GODS WORD TO THE " T." AN ALL AROUND ANGEL. I'M PROUD TO SAY SHE IS MY SISTER AND SO ASHAMED OF NOT BEING MORE LIKE HER. PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON HER BODY THAT SHE MAY BE WITH US A WHILE LONGER. ALSO PRAY FOR MY FRIEND STEPHANIE WHO IS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH CERTAIN AS PECKS OF HER SURGERY OF BREAST CANCER, SHE IS SO BRAVE IN HER BATTLE AGAINST THIS DISEASE ALSO. PRAY THAT HER SPIRITS WILL BE LIFTED AND SHE WILL HEAL PROPERLY AND COME THROUGH ALL OF THIS OKAY. THEY ARE BOTH SO VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

REMEMBERING 9/11

I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN SEVEN YRS WHEN THE TRAGIC EVENT HAPPENED. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND SUFFERED, AND ARE STILL STRUGGLING FROM IT. I THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMAN WHO HAVE PUT THEIR OWN LIVES IN JEOPARDY TO RESCUE AND RETRIEVE SO MANY BODY'S. WE ALWAYS QUESTION AND ASK GOD, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? BUT GOD DIDN'T MAKE THIS HAPPEN, HE GIVES US AS HUMANS CHOICE'S, AND WE MAKE THE CHOICE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY THAT DID THIS TO US, THEY MADE THAT CHOICE TO DO IT. NOT GOD. WE HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF IT YES, BUT BY HUMAN HANDS, NOT GODS. I PRAY FOR THIS COUNTRY EVERY DAY THAT GOD WILL HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES. NOT ONLY FOR THIS COUNTRY, BUT FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT. THAT THEY MIGHT ASK GOD FOR GUIDANCE IN LEADING THE U.S. INTO PEACE.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

LAZY WEEKEND

WELL IT FELT REAL GOOD NOT TO DO MUCH THIS WEEKEND. MOST WEEKEND ARE SO HECTIC WITH PLACES TO GO PEOPLE TO SEE, LOVED ONES TO TAKE CARE OF. ITS JUST SO CAUGHT UP WITH ME THAT I WAS TOTALLY EXAUSTED. CLINT WORKED ON PUTTING A NEW SLIDING DOOR IN , AND I JUST MOSSIED AROUND HERE DOING ODDS AND END. I COULDNT BELIEVE I SLEPT IN TILL ALMOST 9: OO THIS MORN. I SO WELCOMED THE RAIN THIS MORNING, I LOVED BEING ABLE TO SAY ITS A LAZY DAY AND ACUALLY FEEL LAZY. CLINT AND I WENT FOR A NICE RIDE THIS MORNING TO GET A PAPER AND JUST RODE AROUND THE BACK ROADS LISTENING TO MUSIC AND TALKING, QUITE NICE. THEN LOUNGED WHILE HE FINISHED UP THE DOOR. THE SUN DID MANAGE TO COME OUT AND THE BOYS WENT GOLFING AND I WENT FOR A FIVE MILE WALK WHICH I TRIED TO JOG ON MOST THE WAY HOME. GOTTA GET INTO GEAR ON MAKING SURE MY DRESS FOR THE WEDDING IS NOT TIGHT..LOL. I TOOK MY I POD AND ENJOYED THE BEATIFUL NATURE GOD HAS GIVEN US TO SEE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. JUST THE LITTLE THINGS LOOKED SO PRETTY AND GREEN AND FRESH. THE MUSIC KEPT ME MOTIVATED OR I WOULDNT HAVE WENT SO FAR. ILL PROBLEY PAY THE PRICE TOMORROW. BUT I HAVE TO KEEP IT UP, IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD AND I KNOW I WILL SLEEP GOOD TONIGHT . THIS IS MY AND CLINTS FIRST MONDAY ALONE NOW THAT GAVIN IS BACK IN SCHOOL, SO I PLAN ON GETTING THE FEW CHORES DONE WE NEED TO , THEN WE CAN RELAX AND HAVE ANOTHER GREAT DAY....TO EVERYONE.... TAKE TIME TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES, CHECK OUT GODS BEAUTY EVEN A SMALL HUMMINGBIRD ON A FLOWER IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE. WAS HAPPY TO HEAR MY FRIEND STEPHANIE IS STILL A NON SMOKER....YOU ROCK GIRLFRIEND....YOUR HAIR LOOKS GOOD STILL I HOPE....LOL, MY SISTER MADE IT HOME FROM GERMANY SAFELY AND IS BACK TO HELPING OUT WITH MOM....AAAAAH A NICE BREAK AGAIN.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

INVITATIONS

WELL THE INVITES ARE GETTING MADE OUT, AND STEPHANIE MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING NERVOUS, SCARED AND EXCITED ALL ROLLED UP IN TO ONE. SHE HAS GOOD REASON, GETTING MARRIED IS A BIG STEP IN ANYONES LIFE. SHE HAS DONE SO WELL AT SETTING GOALS IN HER LIFE . SHE ATTENDED BETHAL COLLEGE FOR FIVE YRS AND HAS BEEN A 5TH GRADE TEACHER IN INDIANA FOR FOUR YRS. SHE WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOME LAST YEAR,( AND A NEW CAR.) AND WAS WAITING FOR MIKE TO POP THE BIG QUESTION, WHICH HE DID LAST CHRISTMAS. THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER. ITS SO REWARDING WATCHING YOUR CHILDREN GROW TO FULLFILL THIER DREAMS. I CANT WAIT TO CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL TIME IN HER LIFE WITH ALL MY FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS. PRAY FOR SUNSHINE, THE FALL COLORS ARE GOING TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING ALBUM. IM SO EXCITED....NOW TO LOSE THOSE 5 POUNDS THAT WONT GO AWAY. HAVE TO STARVE MYSELF THE WEEK OF...LOL

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

SCHOOL STARTS YAAAAHOOO

WELL ITS A BIG DAY IN MOST HOUSEHOLDS TODAY. THAT ALARM WENT OFF TOO EARLY THIS MORN, BUT UP AND ADAM WE WERE. GAVIN LET ME HI- LIGHT HIS HAIR YESTERDAY SO HE HAS A NEW LOOK THIS YEAR, BEING THE BIG 8TH GRADER THIS YEAR AND ALL . LOL. ITS JUST A HALF DAY TODAY FOR HIS SCHOOL, SO NOT TOO BAD ON THIS HOT DAY WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE. A DEAR OLD FRIEND OF MINE PASSED ON THIS LAST WEEK, HER NAME IS KATHY HUX, SHE WAS SO FUNNY AND LOVED TO MAKE CRAFTS AND WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. SHE WAS ONLY 64, I WILL BE STOPPING BY THE FUNERAL HOME TONIGHT AFTER WORK TO SAY MY FINAL GOODBYE TILL WE MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN. ALSO MY GOOD FRIEND STEPHANIE IS GOING BACK TO THE DOC TODAY, SHE HASNT HAD GOOD LUCK WITH HER STITCHES SINCE HER SURGERY ON REMOVING HER BREAST. I HOPE IT GOES WELL FOR HER TODAY AND SHE CAN BE WELL ON HER WAY TO RECOVERY. I PRAY FOR HER ALL THE TIME, SHE HAS BEEN STRONG IN HER BATTLE WITH THIS. WELL OFF TO WORK I GO NOT TOO BUSY TODAY, BUT STILL WOULD LIKE TO BE HOME ENJOYING THE WEATHER INSTEAD.