April 28, 2009

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  No new pictures today!  I was kept busy yesterday with a few things around the house and a couple of trips outside the house.  JoAnn and I went shopping for Annamarie at Target and left empty handed, except for a few things for Jesse.  We were looking for summer play dresses and long skirts.  Nothing!  Nada!  Next was Payless Shoes, and they DID have the plain white shoes I was hunting.  Also, they had a special sale of "buy one pair and get the second pair for half off."  I bought 2 pairs of sandals and 4 pairs of white tennis (athletic) shoes.  We are covered for the next size up and the current size of sandals and tennis shoes.  All in all, I bought six pairs of shoes for $60.  I was pleased.

                                         

  Rissy has been fitted for a leg brace (orthotic) and she will have to wear it in her shoe (it goes up her calf).  I will have to wait for that to arrive to buy something for her to play in (in the back yard).  She can wear Annamarie's sandals from last year until we get the brace.  Her x-rays confirmed scoliosis and the neurologist said he was going to refer her to an orthopedic surgeon, to follow her in the future.  I hated to hear that news.  I'd much rather it be me, than my child.

                                            
    

  This morning, Jesse took Chirper to the vet for his monthly nail clip.  The vet wasn't there yesterday (mom had surgery) and Jesse didn't want me to go there and be in a place other people had been sitting (we're avoiding germs and my contact with them).  So, he and little "Chirpy" had some alone time during the ride there and back!
                             
                              
  
  
  I didn't fix that ham dinner last night.  JoAnn and I came back to the house with Annamarie and Jesse took us out to Chili's for lunch.  It was a late lunch (2pm) and no one was hungry for a big dinner.  Rissy and I found out you can still ask for the Chipotle Burger (blue cheese and chipotle sauce) even though it's not on their menu.  So we did, and we were soooo very happy!  I DO like to eat!!!  Last night I fixed popcorn and apples for dinner.  Everyone was satisfied and no one was too stuffed to go to bed.  Best of all, JoAnn and I had a night off from cooking!

                              

  Jesse and JoAnn are gone with Luci.   She had a recheck at the doctor's office, which he does every 3 months to be sure her medication is the right stuff and at the right levels.  She's done so well.  The only time she cries uncontrollably is in the late afternoons and we can pretty much tell she needs a nap - and that happens maybe twice a week.  She cries herself to sleep and, after an hour of sleeping hard, we have to wake her up.  She's doing really well in school and takes verbal correction fairly well, and is needing less and less spankings and time-outs.  Things are good with her.  I figured I didn't need to be in a doctor's office with sick people, especially with this new SWINE FLU - which is in the states south & north of us!  It's just a matter of time before we see it - being a state sandwiched in the middle.

                                   
                                            

  I still have all of my hair.  A few extra strands have fallen out in my brush each day.  Since I changed to wearing a kerchief with snap clips to hold it in place, the hair over my ears has broken off short.  But, that's from the snap clips and not the chemo drugs.  Same thing happened years ago and that's the reason I changed the style of headcoverings to a Mennonite cap.  I have the wig ready to be styled and worn.  I may have to hold off on wearing the wig at first.  I understand that a "newly bald" head will be tender.  But the platinum wig is ready when I am!  About the time I stop chemo and have finished my surgery, it will be close to fall and the wig won't seem so hot.

                              

  Today's To Do List:
  *  Shower (have to wait for an adult to be in the house)
  *  Get dressed
  *  Wait for people to return my calls and handle that business  (one caller has already called)
  *  Do one child's laundry  (Rissy's first load is in the washer)
  *  Prepare dinner
     (ham, scalloped potatoes, seasoned green beans, fruit, and biscuits)

  Be Blessed  ~

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