I just received a phone call from Cancer and Hematology centers. Here's what she said: "Dr. VanderWoude asked me to call you and tell you she reviewed your scans and everything looks good."
YAAAAAAAAAAY! :)
Hope your day is as blessed as mine just became! :D
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
A Busy May
This has been the busiest month of our year so far. We've had S's softball season starting, A starting a new session of dance, Tulip Time, various Riverbank runs, and then Mother's day.
Softball is off to a great start. S is learning to wait for the ball to get to her before she swings the bat! That is a difficult skill to learn, and she has gotten some good hits when she does take the time to wait. She takes after me, big-time when it comes to softball, though. My mom was saying how they used to have to tell me to get back in my position when plays were going on! I still have a hard time staying still when playing. Well, at S's first game she was supposed to be playing left field and ended up ON Third Base during one of the plays! Haha!
A just loves dance, and I think she's even made a very mature decision to stick with that instead of starting soccer in the fall. It shows she was thinking about what she wanted to do instead of jumping in to soccer just because her older sister does it. And there will be plenty of years to get her in soccer later if she suddenly shows an interest. Her class is going very well, she is learning the technical names of the dance steps and is always more than happy to show off her skills.
C has just fininshed up her tumbling class and is now happily spending time with Mommy as much as possible. We're going to look in to getting her some preschool learning books to work on next school year, as I am going to be 'home schooling' her instead of sending her to public preschool.
Tulip Time was just plain wet and cold this year. We managed to make it to the Thursday parade, but not too much else. We didn't get downtown to watch the Dutch Dancers or anything. We didn't even go to the big parade on Saturday. It was very windy and our girls were tired from watching our 5K that morning.
Hubby and I ran a 5k that started at 7:30 in the morning that day. Next time we have one that is so early or is forecasted to be so cold, we won't be bringing them, though they did well under the circumstances. Anyway, Hubby and I both ran the race in personal bests, him finishing in 27:08, and me in 33:15. This is the best I've done since chemo/transplant/radiation last year. I'm admittedly pretty proud of it. :)
Softball is off to a great start. S is learning to wait for the ball to get to her before she swings the bat! That is a difficult skill to learn, and she has gotten some good hits when she does take the time to wait. She takes after me, big-time when it comes to softball, though. My mom was saying how they used to have to tell me to get back in my position when plays were going on! I still have a hard time staying still when playing. Well, at S's first game she was supposed to be playing left field and ended up ON Third Base during one of the plays! Haha!
A just loves dance, and I think she's even made a very mature decision to stick with that instead of starting soccer in the fall. It shows she was thinking about what she wanted to do instead of jumping in to soccer just because her older sister does it. And there will be plenty of years to get her in soccer later if she suddenly shows an interest. Her class is going very well, she is learning the technical names of the dance steps and is always more than happy to show off her skills.
C has just fininshed up her tumbling class and is now happily spending time with Mommy as much as possible. We're going to look in to getting her some preschool learning books to work on next school year, as I am going to be 'home schooling' her instead of sending her to public preschool.
Tulip Time was just plain wet and cold this year. We managed to make it to the Thursday parade, but not too much else. We didn't get downtown to watch the Dutch Dancers or anything. We didn't even go to the big parade on Saturday. It was very windy and our girls were tired from watching our 5K that morning.
Hubby and I ran a 5k that started at 7:30 in the morning that day. Next time we have one that is so early or is forecasted to be so cold, we won't be bringing them, though they did well under the circumstances. Anyway, Hubby and I both ran the race in personal bests, him finishing in 27:08, and me in 33:15. This is the best I've done since chemo/transplant/radiation last year. I'm admittedly pretty proud of it. :)
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Promised Puppy Pics
Well, he arrived a week and a half ago and I managed to totally forget to post anything about him on here. Of course most of the people here see my stuff on Facebook, too, so either way... But as I use this as kind of an online journal, not just to communicate with others, I do want to get them up here too.
To his previous owners (who have 5 kids and are very busy so were thinking of bringing him to the humane society--don't want that!) he was Jack, but as that is our cat's name, and we've been calling our cat that for many years, we figured it would be easier on us if we changed the dog's name.
We call him Benji, because he just looks like a Benji to us. I realized it's kind of a special name to me anyway, because when I was little we would go over to my late grandpa's house and watch that movie a lot. So it works. He's a rambunctious little thing! And, Lhasa Apsos are bred to be watch dogs, so he's pretty bark-y when he's outside. Inside, he doesn't bark unless someone walks in the door. Unfortunately, he has a BIG bark, so when he does bark, it scares the bejeebes out of me!
He makes up for anything he does by being cute. He's nine months old, light brown and white, with a very expressive face. And he torments the cat. Hopefully that won't last too much longer!
We all love him. He fits in well and is calm as soon as things around him settle down! When others are excited he wants to be right there in it. He's gentle with the kids and really loves us all already. The kids have already fallen on him and all that and he doesn't do anything. He's a very good dog.
To his previous owners (who have 5 kids and are very busy so were thinking of bringing him to the humane society--don't want that!) he was Jack, but as that is our cat's name, and we've been calling our cat that for many years, we figured it would be easier on us if we changed the dog's name.
We call him Benji, because he just looks like a Benji to us. I realized it's kind of a special name to me anyway, because when I was little we would go over to my late grandpa's house and watch that movie a lot. So it works. He's a rambunctious little thing! And, Lhasa Apsos are bred to be watch dogs, so he's pretty bark-y when he's outside. Inside, he doesn't bark unless someone walks in the door. Unfortunately, he has a BIG bark, so when he does bark, it scares the bejeebes out of me!
He makes up for anything he does by being cute. He's nine months old, light brown and white, with a very expressive face. And he torments the cat. Hopefully that won't last too much longer!
We all love him. He fits in well and is calm as soon as things around him settle down! When others are excited he wants to be right there in it. He's gentle with the kids and really loves us all already. The kids have already fallen on him and all that and he doesn't do anything. He's a very good dog.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Yes...
I will, in fact, be posting pictures of our adorable new puppy as promised to, like, three of you who actually read this. However, our neighborhood garage sale snuck up on me this weekend and I'm currently tending it.
The sale has gone well, REALLY well yesterday. It's been colder today so slower. Honestly at this point anything I can get out of my house is great, the money is just icing on top.
The sun's on it's way out right now so maybe it'll pick up. We'll see. So pics to come. Maybe more for myself than anyone else. :)
-- Post From My iPod
The sale has gone well, REALLY well yesterday. It's been colder today so slower. Honestly at this point anything I can get out of my house is great, the money is just icing on top.
The sun's on it's way out right now so maybe it'll pick up. We'll see. So pics to come. Maybe more for myself than anyone else. :)
-- Post From My iPod
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Vacation
So in the order of recent events, Myrtle Beach came first. We had a wonderful vacation. The girls did very well on the way down there, sleeping (eventually-they fell asleep about 10) during the night and playing hand-held video games and coloring and reading during the day. So despite an 18-hour ride, we got there without too much stress. The arrival wasn't the greatest, we were all beyond tired and didn't get rooms where we wanted exactly so we were more than ready to see the beach. We briefly introduced the girls to the ocean that night and finally settled in.
Our room had only one bedroom so Hubby and I were on the hide-a-bed and the girls shared the king bed. See? The last night we moved them to the hide-a-bed when we were ready to go to bed. We wanted a good night's sleep before traveling back!
We spent every day on the beach. We had 75-80 degree temperatures with good breezes, which kept us cool in the sun. It was beautiful. We spent every day on the beach and the girls enjoyed the sand and water. We were so happy to get away for a while!
Busily working on building something!
S playing paddleball.
My sister, me, and my mom, in our usual spot, sitting on the beach!
Okay, we didn't JUST sit on the beach. We did some sightseeing, too. Here's the girls as they ride the carousel.
On the way to the water to get a bucket-full to make a castle!
We had such a great week and owe a lot to my folks for taking us and treating us to so much! They really made it a fun time.
We spent every day on the beach. We had 75-80 degree temperatures with good breezes, which kept us cool in the sun. It was beautiful. We spent every day on the beach and the girls enjoyed the sand and water. We were so happy to get away for a while!
Busily working on building something!
Okay, we didn't JUST sit on the beach. We did some sightseeing, too. Here's the girls as they ride the carousel.
We had such a great week and owe a lot to my folks for taking us and treating us to so much! They really made it a fun time.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Testing...
A new iPod app that allows me to blog from the iPod. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...
-- Post From My iPod
-- Post From My iPod
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