Half Way Done

I'm half way through my treatments.  So far so good.  I only have bouts of fatigue on occasions, not all day. 
The little grandkids were over to see us on the weekend.  Bill's birthday was Monday and the kids brought over a cake to celebrate.  Here's a picture of the cake:

Grandpa's birthday cake

 
 Ethan can't say grandpa but he can say Umpa.  Christy and Ethan had a ball playing in the sandbox and then they got in the pool.  They also played with the sprinkler water toy.  It was a wonderful day for Umpa!


I finished Ethan's overnight bag.  Bill picked out the fabric and it took me a couple of weeks to make it.  I'll try to be a little bit quicker on making things. 

Ethan's overnight bag

My son, Steve, turned 43 on the 9th of June.  I don't know how he got so old and I'm still young!  I'm trying to convince myself of that anyway.   My granddaughter Ali (age 17) had a slight accident the other evening.  Seems like she 'jumped the curb' and blew out the tire.  Now the worst part is she didn't know how to change it so she drove home on the flat.  Steve got the rim fixed and a new tire put on and everything is A OK.  Her punishment for driving home on a flat was to learn how to change a tire!

Nothing else is going on in my life that's exciting and so I have nothing else to write about.  Maybe after the treatments are finished I'll be able to get on with my life and do something!

I did a little sewing

I was looking for a project that was quick to do and I saw this pattern for a diaper bag that I thought would look nice as a duffle/tote bag for Christy.  Click  here for the tutorial.  Here is mine.  I made the shoulder strap smaller than it called for because Christy is small.  The overall size is 14 x 8 x 8.  Roomy enough for anything.  It has pockets on each end plus one in front and one in back.

Christy's bag

I will be making one for Ethan soon.  He still has his original diaper bag and it's really seen it's better days.  Bill and I stopped over to their home this morning and Ethan had insisted that he wear the bootie/slippers that I made him.  Vaughan said that he will not go barefooted and must wear the slippers.  The problem is his feet are growing fast and the slippers are too small.  I need to make him some more.

My celery plant is doing great.  Here is the latest picture:

It's still growing!

I started my radiation treatments last Wednesday.  3 down, 30 to go!

Home from my vacation to the Northeast

Bill and I arrived home on Sunday after a whirlwind trip.  It's about 1500 miles one way to my hometown.  It took us 2 1/2 driving days to get there.  We did make a stop to see Bill's brothers in the coal mine region in Schuylkill County (north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania).  It was good to see all 4 brothers together.  About 3 in the afternoon they decided they were going to play golf.  Okay.  It's about 60 degrees with the wind blowing about 30mph.  Need I say that it was COLD.  Remember we left Texas when it was 90 degrees.  Big difference.  They finished playing about 6:30.  I couldn't wait to get out of there because of the cold.  After spending the night, we left in the morning to go to see my sister in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Bill and my brother in law, Gary, took Gary's Model A truck back to storage because it was going to rain.  Rain it did, every day we were there and at night too.  It was very scary for us to be there because they live in bear country.  I was very cautious  when ever I went outside. 
Janet and I went shopping, somewhat.  Neither one of us like to shop but it was fun just looking around at the different things.  I did buy some birch beer soda for my son.  He requested that I bring some back for him.   All four of us also went to Mt. Airy Casino in the Pocono Mts. in Pennsylvania.  If you remember my sister has ovarian cancer and she had lost her hair from chemo.  She went and got her hair cut like Jamie Leigh Curtis.  It looked so great on her and I figured that my hair is also natural curly and I wanted mine to look like hers.  So I got it cut.

Janet and Jean

It is soooooooo short, the shortest in my life, but it will grow soon and then it will be long enough to be wavy and curly.

The next picture was taken heading north on I-81 just north of Roanoke, Virginia.  The Blue Ridge mountain range is in the distance.    It's a panorama picture using my Kodak camera.

Blue Ridge Mt. range near Roanoke Virginia

 

 

Here is a picture of my celery plant.  It's coming along just great!

I went for a CT scan today.  It was to 'map' where they are going to do the radiation.  That will start in 5 to 10 days.  I'm feeling just great.  No energy, but feeling good.