"New"
New, Squishy yarn! YUMMY!
"Weather"
Granted, I took this last picture way earlier, but given the fact we are in a weather rut right now, I went with it!
And how was your day?
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
Tired Children
So, we have this great old ranch horse named Jake. Jake is fantastic with the kids. He does show, he does rodeo, he does gymkhana, he does nerf guns.
One thing Jake doesn't do, is fencing. This old guy has actually gone through FIVE strand fencing. So, I have an idea while sitting with Mom while she was in Lubbock.
Today, I went out to Big Valley Auto Sales and was given carte blanche to their reject tire pile. Woot Woot! I took the trailer and the kids and we stacked and stacked. We drove home and the assembly process began.
Now, I can't tell you if it was successful, because despite our efforts, we still have more fencing to cover! But it is a great start!
One thing Jake doesn't do, is fencing. This old guy has actually gone through FIVE strand fencing. So, I have an idea while sitting with Mom while she was in Lubbock.
Today, I went out to Big Valley Auto Sales and was given carte blanche to their reject tire pile. Woot Woot! I took the trailer and the kids and we stacked and stacked. We drove home and the assembly process began.
Now, I can't tell you if it was successful, because despite our efforts, we still have more fencing to cover! But it is a great start!
Here's to more racking and stacking in the future!
And how was your day?
Pre Christmas Purge
I simply don't know what it is about the holidays that make me want to purge. And by "purge", I mean clear out clutter! Maybe it is the thought of new items coming in. Maybe it is the thought of Christmas decorations going up. I just don't know.
Yesterday I purge my dresser. I threw out years of items that neither were needed or even fit!
Then, on Black Friday, we shopped local and bought a dresser for my daughter. I took the old one and put it in my sewing room, thinking, this would be great for fabric storage.
Then I looked at the rest of my sewing room.
Not pretty.
So, I purged. Or, I should say, I PURGED!
Super clean and threw away so much that was just plain useless clutter!
Yesterday I purge my dresser. I threw out years of items that neither were needed or even fit!
Then, on Black Friday, we shopped local and bought a dresser for my daughter. I took the old one and put it in my sewing room, thinking, this would be great for fabric storage.
Then I looked at the rest of my sewing room.
Not pretty.
So, I purged. Or, I should say, I PURGED!
Super clean and threw away so much that was just plain useless clutter!
And some may be quick to note the two "helpers" in my studio.
Pookah and Hulk enjoyed a day watching me work. They whistled, clucked and kissed encouragement, all the while giving the vacuum cleaner a stern look.
And how was your day?
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
December photo challenge! Days 2 and 3
I subbed at our school yesterday, so here is the photo from Tuesday, "errand".
As you can guess, I have many appointments with mom, but she still refuses to let me take her picture!
Sometimes, I dream in calendars! Have I forgotten something or is there truly down time?
Today, the theme is "Candle"
Considering the fact that I don't have my Christmas decorations out yet, I went with a regular candle.
As you can guess, I have many appointments with mom, but she still refuses to let me take her picture!
Sometimes, I dream in calendars! Have I forgotten something or is there truly down time?
Today, the theme is "Candle"
Considering the fact that I don't have my Christmas decorations out yet, I went with a regular candle.
Now, I have to finish making pink cupcakes for a friend who just received the news that she has NO MORE CHEMO for her breast cancer! Woot woot! Go Audrey~
And how was your day?
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
December Challenge
This December The Idea Room issued a photo challenge. Normally, I have no interest, but this year, I don't know what changed. So I took up the challenge!
Obviously, I will be a day behind in these, but still, it is a lot of fun!
And how was your day?
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Such a small thing
Recently, my world has been turned around.
Mom got sick. Not me, the mom, the MOM, Grandma, Oh-My (great nickname), the matriarch of the family. The main caretaker, chief bottle washer and cook. She who cannot get sick.
It started with such a small thing...a blood clot.
This was unusual because Mom is active, healthy and a non smoker. Her whole life!
Little did we know, the clot was a sign of something much bigger.
Mom ended up at UMC at Texas Tech in Lubbock on September 23. It started a long journey of fear and prayer that ended only two weeks ago with mom getting home, but not all the way cured.
Mom has Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. Ordinarily, very text book cancer. Diagnose, start chemotherapy, go home, get better.
For us? Oh no. Dear reader, we don't do anything in half measures.
One of her tumors, or lymphomas was over 10 x20. It wrapped from her lower left side to her back. In the process, it caused the blood clot in her leg, then is closed over the nerve bundle and caused numbness and immobility in her left leg.
Perhaps the scariest thing that SOB did was to strangle off her left kidney causing a back up of urine that caused a blaze of sepsis. It almost killed her. She was circling the drain when they took her to surgery to put in a stent to hold open the ureter.
Oh, and for funsies, her port became infected and had to be removed.
Sepsis is nasty. It caused her to be so sick, and she swelled up with fluids to the point she couldn't move.
In short, radiation to shrink the giant tumor, two rounds of chemotherapy, a loss of over thirty pounds, foot drop and about 8 weeks in the hospital.
I am happy to report Mom is home, she is recovering from the infected port and radiation, as she awaits her next round of chemo.
It has been a long battle, and we know it is a marathon, not a sprint. The kids have all acted up or acted out as I spent three to four days a week in Lubbock with Mom.
She is slowly regaining her strength. She has foot drop, which may or may not be permanent. She lost her hair. She is scared, but was recently reassured by her Clovis Oncologist.
He told her, "Imagine you were talking with God, and he said, Cathy, I am sorry, but down the road, I have to give you cancer. The good news is, you get to pick which one. Well, you picked the easy one. The curable one."
I thought, why didn't she chose prostate cancer!
And how was your day?
Mom got sick. Not me, the mom, the MOM, Grandma, Oh-My (great nickname), the matriarch of the family. The main caretaker, chief bottle washer and cook. She who cannot get sick.
It started with such a small thing...a blood clot.
This was unusual because Mom is active, healthy and a non smoker. Her whole life!
Little did we know, the clot was a sign of something much bigger.
Mom ended up at UMC at Texas Tech in Lubbock on September 23. It started a long journey of fear and prayer that ended only two weeks ago with mom getting home, but not all the way cured.
Mom has Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. Ordinarily, very text book cancer. Diagnose, start chemotherapy, go home, get better.
For us? Oh no. Dear reader, we don't do anything in half measures.
One of her tumors, or lymphomas was over 10 x20. It wrapped from her lower left side to her back. In the process, it caused the blood clot in her leg, then is closed over the nerve bundle and caused numbness and immobility in her left leg.
Perhaps the scariest thing that SOB did was to strangle off her left kidney causing a back up of urine that caused a blaze of sepsis. It almost killed her. She was circling the drain when they took her to surgery to put in a stent to hold open the ureter.
Oh, and for funsies, her port became infected and had to be removed.
Sepsis is nasty. It caused her to be so sick, and she swelled up with fluids to the point she couldn't move.
In short, radiation to shrink the giant tumor, two rounds of chemotherapy, a loss of over thirty pounds, foot drop and about 8 weeks in the hospital.
I am happy to report Mom is home, she is recovering from the infected port and radiation, as she awaits her next round of chemo.
It has been a long battle, and we know it is a marathon, not a sprint. The kids have all acted up or acted out as I spent three to four days a week in Lubbock with Mom.
She is slowly regaining her strength. She has foot drop, which may or may not be permanent. She lost her hair. She is scared, but was recently reassured by her Clovis Oncologist.
He told her, "Imagine you were talking with God, and he said, Cathy, I am sorry, but down the road, I have to give you cancer. The good news is, you get to pick which one. Well, you picked the easy one. The curable one."
I thought, why didn't she chose prostate cancer!
And how was your day?
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