Finally–Our Booth

Camera, trip to the barn/shop, remembering to take pictures; all came together today. 

If you see any empty space let me know.  I’m sure we can fill it up.  That little Christmas tree is now an Easter tree with eggs hanging on it. 

Lory and John are impatiently waiting for the spring garage sales.  Lory has inherited the dumpster diving gene.  

It is spitting snow pellets even though the temperature is in the 40’s.  Also a lot of wind, a front coming south from Canada.  Thanks Canada!

Of course, the nasty weather makes every little ache or pain worse.

Think I’ll take a nap.

later….

Update

Laundry today.  Also need to pick up a prescription.  I think I’ll use the drive-thru window so I can take Teddy along.  Even though he gets a little car sick he loves to go along.

Last night he jumped on the foot of the bed with confidence that he would get to stay.  I played his game and sat in his bed.  He kept looking at me and then at the top of the bed, back and forth.

I got out of his bed with some help from the bedpost and sat on the bed and petted him and brushed him and then told him “off”.  No problem, he got down and got into his bed.

I’m still waiting for the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet to get back to normal.  The last kind of chemo had caused them to turn red and be very sore.  I used a soft brush on the soles of my feet to take off the dead skin.  They were smelling pretty bad. 

Chemo kills fast growing cells so it takes a long time for anything to heal.   I got chemo yesterday, it only one and a half hours.  Now I get two weeks off until the next appointment with the doctor.

The weather is supposed to get up into the 50’s this week.  Yeah. 

Now they are saying we may get tornado warnings because a cold front is coming through.

I have made a list of things to do.  I got one and a half done today.  Chipping away at it.  I may even do another one yet today – clean the bathroom.

Later….

Chemo and Dr. Visit

The next PET scan is the end of March.  That will tell if this chemo is working.  This is the fourth kind of Chemo since Nov. 2010.  None of them have worked for very long. 

My blood markers (CA-27-29) have gone from 174 in Jan. to 298 in Feb and now it’s well over 300.  This is not good.

The Dr. said we would discuss my options after the next scan results.  One of my options would be to stop Chemo.  I might throw a “Stopping Chemo Party”.

I have always contended that people died of cancer treatments, not cancer.   I might try to change that for myself.

Teddy has spent nights in his new bed since we bought it.  He was very hurt at first, he doesn’t like change.  When he figured out that he could still get on the couch with me for naps he was a bit happier.

He lays on his back across my stomach  offering a belly rub opportunity.  If my hands are cold I can get them warm.

Tried to take a picture of falling snow but it didn’t come out well.  The snow is gone again.  We are having a very mild winter.  Yeah! 

More trouble with my Nook.  I finally got a book downloaded but then when I got to page 50 it stopped working.  I can read it on the computer but not the Nook. 

I have found that a lot of the books that are available will not download, saying they can’t find the file.  Maybe that’s why nobody is reading them, they won’t download.

I may have to call Barnes and Noble to see if they have a suggestion for it.  I would also like to take off a lot of the sample stuff they put on the Nook to begin with and can find no way to do it.  YES, I read the book. 

Maybe even a visit to the store if they think it would help.

Cooked a couple of chicken breasts in the crock pot today.  They were stuck together in the freezer bag so I cooked them both.  Had some with potatoes and applesauce.  The applesauce went PSSST when I took the lid off.  Apparently not enough preservative in it.  It’s like hard cider and I should throw it out.  Hmmmmm.

later….

 

Camera Found

Getting organized is a great thing if you remember what you organized and where you put it. 

This was my solution to the small camera and its cable and book.  It was very efficient. 

It reminds me of the saying “all things in moderation, even moderation”.   Even organization.

It was hanging on the back of my bar stool.  It looked empty.  I have no memory of putting it there.  The book said chemo would kill brain cells.  Sure hope I have one left.

The decision has been made to teach Teddy to sleep in his own bed.  He didn’t have a bed so today we decided to go to the pet store a let him help pick out a bed.

The pet store was closed.  That’s the second large pet store that has closed around here.  So off we went to Walmart, except Teddy can’t go in there unless he is a service dog.

He seemed happy enough in the back seat so I left him there and hurried into the store and picked one out for him.  When I put it in the backseat he got in it. 

 

He is in it now.  That’s a happy dog.  We’ll see how happy he is tonight when I take him off the bed and put him in it, over and over.

later….

 

Family and friends make a special day

My kids showed up yesterday and today and all my little jobs around the house got done.  Even some of my shopping.  Still haven’t found the camera. 

Had a nice nap this afternoon.  The snow finally amounted to enough to cover the ground  and the temperatures are low enough to keep it there for a short while anyway.

I just realized that the book I downloaded onto my Nook is one I have already read.  I don’t remember all of the book so I will read it again.  The time is soon coming when I will just need one book and I can just read it over and over.

I am already sick of political ads on TV and there’s a long time to go before they will stop.  Our primary is March 6.  That should slow them down some.

Friends sent me sweets and goodies and cards.  One card that barks Happy Birthday.  I’m 72 today.  Wow.  The years get shorter as they pass. 

later….

 

 

I just don’t get it.

How can I lose things that I just had right here where I am sitting?  It isn’t easy but I can do it.

I can’t find my camera.  I thought it was in my purse but it’s not.  Did I put it in it’s little case?  I don’t remember.

This is the week off chemo so I am trying to get things done.  HAH.  Not happening.

Today I did laundry, two loads.  That doesn’t mean that clean clothes are put away yet.  That may happen yet today – or not.

My birthday is coming up and people are being extra nice to me.  I’m not into celebrations.  When Susan asked what I wanted I named off several odd jobs around here that need doing. 

Like cleaning under the refrigerator to see if dust and dog hair under there is stopping the freezer from being cold enough.  Is ten years the life of refrigerators now?

My nose runs whenever I bend down the least little bit.  There are a couple of packages that need to be mailed.  I don’t want to send nose drips with the packages so I need help with those. 

The batteries have run down in the remote receiver for my gas fireplace and I can’t seem to replace them.  Can’t even get the cover off where the batteries are. 

Maybe it’s my semi-numb fingers or poor eyesight or poor light.  Things need done and it’s very frustrating not to be able to do them.  I lose patience very fast on things like that.

The weather hasn’t been bad, a skiff of snow melted before noon the next day.  When the sun shines I stick my head out the door to get a bit of it even though the instructions on the chemo say to avoid sunlight.

So when I find my camera I will put a picture on here.  Sometimes things just turn up on their own.  Maybe there is a ghost here.  That’s one problem with living alone, you can’t blame anyone else for misplaced items.

later….

 

Clearing Out Old Paper

Sorry it’s been so long since I put anything on here.  I’ve been going through files to make room in the filing cabinet.

I have a shredder and I’ve filled it twice and will probably fill it a third time before I’m done.

No matter how careful I am some of those little shreds of paper end up on the floor. 

I even cleaned out a drawer under the kitchen counter.  Maybe this is my version of spring cleaning.

Teddy has been good – maybe because I haven’t given him much opportunity to be bad.  I took him with me on a couple of trips, if I can’t take him I close him up in his cage. 

I took him over to the antique shop (barn) last Friday and he enjoyed all the attention he got.  When someone else is petting him he rolls his eyes to me to make sure it’s okay.

There are slight signs of spring around here.  Some bulbs are sticking up a half inch or so.  Then again we are to get a bit of snow tonight.  I am so glad I don’t have to go out in it. 

The Super Bowl was a good game but I was rooting for the Patriots.  Oh well, you can’t win them all.

I’ll try to do better with the blogging….

later….

Buzzed Again and Chemo

Susan stopped by for lunch yesterday and brought her clippers.  Good job, Susan. 

This morning she called and I could barely understand her.  She was very sick and very worried that she might have exposed me to something. 

I got a flu shot last fall and she didn’t.  Hope I escape this one and I sure hope she feels better soon.

I cropped this picture to eliminate some of the clutter on my counter.  I keep a lot of things within reach as I hate to get up and search for things I need.

Like most big doctor’s offices, my oncologists office has a fish tank, a salt water tank.  Not many fish show in the picture I took.

There is one particular fish that I like, he is greyish/white and has a very round body with buggily eyes that turn one way and another.  He hides most of the time.

A week ago my blood test showed that I was low on red and white cells as well as platelets.  This week they were back up within normal range.  Also I gained two pounds. 

Those corn dogs and chicken fingers are working.  Have also been buying some White Castle sliders from the frozen section at the grocery. 

I also like rice, potatoes, or green beans with the chicken fingers.

The nurses tell me to eat what I want, so I do.  Of course, then I have to take a nausea pill sometimes. 

Love those drugs.

later….