Saturday
my friend, Lauren, turned 30 today. She decided to have a a pool party
at her mom's with all her friends and then she and her husband performed
for us. It was awesome!
Happy Birthday!!!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Day 195 - Friday, July 13
Friday
Day 194 - Thursday, July 12
Thursday
Day 193 - Wednesday, July 11
Wednesday
Day 192 -Tuesday, July 10
Tuesday
Day 191 - Monday, July 9
Monday
Ugh.
After 3 weeks of not exercising, I got my shoes on and headed to the
gym. Why is it SO HARD to get back into exercising but SO EASY to get
out of it?!!!
Day 190 - Sunday, July 8
Sunday
Day 189 - Saturday, July 7
Saturday
It was so sad for me to drive away and see Steve's mom standing on the
stoop alone. I know she will do well, but these next days will be the
hardest I think. I appreciate your prayers for her as she makes this
transition to this new phase in her life.
Day 188 - Friday, July 6
Friday
Joe was catholic, so today we had a mass for him. None of our family
attended this parish (Joe did not go to mass much), but this church was
so wonderful to us!
Day 187 - Thursday, July 5
Thursday
The funeral has been set for Friday so that Joe's son (who arrived just
hours after he passed) could attend. Which meant that I would have to
make the 7 hour drive again tomorrow and then drive back home on
Saturday. I wasn't sure I was up for that, but our good friend,
Stephen, offered to fly me. What a huge gift that was for me!!!
I had never flown in a small plane before but it was so fun!! And gave
me the ability to face the next two days a bit less tired! What a
blessing it is to have such great friends! Thanks Leah and Stephen!!!
Day 185 - Tuesday, July 3
Tuesday
My
good friend, LeAnne (to the right of the baby), is home on furlough
from the mission field. I was so happy to be home in time to see her at
this fun get together!!
Day 184 - Monday, July 2
Monday
I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom. Did you
know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return
it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49? I rented this book
and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept
me awake.
Day 184 - Monday, July 2
Monday
I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom. Did you
know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return
it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49? I rented this book
and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept
me awake.
Day 184 - Monday, July 2
Monday
I drove home today and left Steve and Alyssa with his mom. Did you
know that you could rent books on CD from Crackerbarrel and then return
it to ANY Crackerbarrel in the US for just $3.49? I rented this book
and thoroughly enjoyed it on the 7 hour drive home. It definitely kept
me awake.
Day 183 - Sunday, July 1
Sunday
This speaks love to me and I think I will always treasure this picture.
Day 182 - Saturday, June 30
Saturday
This is what is getting me through these days.......my time with God.
Joe's calcium levels are down, but he is not waking up. The doctor
believes he won't and that this is not reversable. Since he is not
awake, he is not able to receive chemo. The doctor is a christian and
told Sue if it were his dad, he would not do any more. This was a very
sad day, as we decided to take Joe off everything and move him to
hospice.
Day 181 - Friday, June 29
Friday
I am not sleeping well and needed this coffee today. I really needed
about 4 cups though because my MIL uses coffee with 50% caffeine. Today
we found out that Joe has multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. It
is the cause of his high levels of calcium. We will be meeting with the
oncologist tomorrow.
Day 180 - Thursday, June 28
Thursday
Soooo tired today. Joe is not waking up like they keep saying he will
and we still don't have any answers. Tonight I just needed to put my
feet up and rest.
Day 179 - Wednesday, June 27
Wednesday
No change in my FIL. His calcium levels have started to come down but
he is still not waking up. This picture cracks me up. This is how my
MIL walks around the house carrying her phones.....so cute!
Day 178 - Tuesday, June 26
Tuesday
My FIL is in CCU. He is mostly unresponsive but when I got there, he
turned his head to me and smiled!!! A gift for sure. They are running
lots of test on him to find out why his calcium and sodium levels are so
high....the reason they think he is not responding.
Day 177 - Monday, June 25
Monday
Our church secretary came back from maternity leave and I finally got
to hold this sweet, sweet boy!!! She will be bringing him to work with
her, so I hope to do more of this!! :)
Right after noon, I got a call that my FIL, who had been in rehab, was
not responsive and was being taken to the ER. I was planning to leave
on Tuesday to go help my MIL, but hopped in the car and left today....so
glad I did.
day 176 - Sunday, June 24
Sunday
We are using a VBS program for our Summer Sunday school. While we were
gone last week, my amazingly talented friend, Denise, decorated our
Sunday School hall for me!!! It looks so great!
Day 175 - Saturday, June 23
Saturday
This is the scene in our kitchen....crazy.
The Bunn is our coffee maker..which broke...so my son brought his coffee
maker downstairs for us to use till we get the part to fix ours. The
espresso machine was what my son purchased on Ebay while we were
gone.....of course he wants to keep it in the kitchen.
We DO like coffee in our house, but this is ridiculous!!!
Day 174 - Friday, June 22
Friday
We got home to $3.02 for gas!!! with the $.03 cents off we get for being Kroger shoppers, we got gas for $2.99......awesome!
Day 173 - Thursday, June 21
Thursday
Today we drove back to LR. What should have been a 10 hour drive ended
up being over 14 hours....ugh. So much traffic, accidents and
construction...this was our view several times over the day!
But all the delays let us view this GORGEOUS sunset over the Arkansas River!
Day 172 - Wednesday, June 20
Wednesday
Today, we said goodbye to our friends and drove to Anderson to pick up
Jared. They put on a small program to show us what they had learned
over the four days. It was fun watching Jared completely in his
element. We spent the evening with Rita and Mike and played a pretty
crazy game of Nertz! What a blessing it is to know them!!
Day 171 - Tuesday, June 19
Tuesday
mornings on the lake are my favorite!
And Tuesday was basically a repeat of Monday!!
Day 170 - MOnday, June 18
Monday
most...ok, ALL of this day was spent relaxing!!! There is nothing
better than time with good friends to rejuvenate and refresh you!!
Day 169 - Sunday, June 17
Sunday
We enjoyed going to church with Rita and Mike and then headed out to drop Jared at Anderson for the Music Ed camp.
Then we drove 2 hours north to our friend's lake house and enjoyed the sunset on the boat!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Day 168 - Saturday, June 16
We are at Rita and Mike's!!!
Jared has a MusicEd camp at Anderson and we drove him up today. The bonus is we get to visit with Rita and Mike!!!
Jared has a MusicEd camp at Anderson and we drove him up today. The bonus is we get to visit with Rita and Mike!!!
Day 167 - Friday, June 15
Leaving on a mini trip tomorrow and spent the day making some goodies to take with us!!!
Day 166 - Thursday, June 14
Had a pedicure today and then spent the afternoon by the pool with a good friend. pretty awesome day!
Day 165 - Wednesday, June 13
I attended a going away party for a dear friend who is moving out of state. We are so going to miss her!!!
Day 162 - Sunday, June 10
Sunday
The last night our friend, Mark is here. He and Steve were trying to redeem themselves in Euchre.....and they did.
Day 161 - Saturday, June 9
Saturday
Our good friend, Mark, is here visiting us from Indiana. I loved this
picture of them all just hanging by the pool. It is so great to have
him here with us!!
Day 160 - Friday, June 8
Tonight my neighbor and I threw a Going-Away cocktail party for the
sweet couple in the middle. They are moving from our neighborhood to
Houston and we are SO SAD to see them go!!