It’s that time of year again. That time when we get to break out a new calendar (I went with flowers this year), take a deep breath and be glad the last year of hell is over. Or at least my last year was hell. If you had a good 2011, good for you! I [...]
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January
Posted in 2012 pictures, family, life or something like it on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
NaBloPoMo
Posted in 365 of 2011, family, life or something like it on November 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I totally meant to join in national blog posting month, but the 1st rolled around and I had nothing to say, no picture to post, etc. So sue me. Only, not. I’m sitting here with my Christmas spice candle burning, listening to A Very She & Him Christmas. I guess I’m ready for the holidays. [...]
the good news
Posted in family, life or something like it on October 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My dad had a CT scan last Friday and a doctors appointment regarding that scan today. We found out he is cancer free. This was not expected. The odds were against him going into radiation. They thought it would help, but not heal completely. The doctor called it nothing short of a miracle. My dad [...]
Into October
Posted in family, life or something like it, pictures on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been neglectful again. I should have posted over a week ago but I just didn’t. I’m always worried about running out of words to make a decent blog. The last Sunday in September, Zach and I went out to my Uncle James’s house in Longwood. It was a birthday party for him. I haven’t [...]
stops and starts
Posted in family, life or something like it on August 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
My dad quit radiation. He had a week to go. The doctor wants to see him to discuss possible ways they could finish it off, but I don’t know that there will be any changing of his mind. The side effects have gotten really bad. His face and neck are swollen, he’s coughing up blood [...]
brighter
Posted in family, life or something like it on August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been doing a bit better the past few days. I’ve been waking up around the same time, going to bed at roughly the same time. I still wake up a bunch in the middle of the night but whatever. Maybe that will go away eventually. My dad, however, is being a whiny pain. I [...]
two months, one day
Posted in family, life or something like it on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I opened wordpress to find I had 21 spam comments to get rid of. I don’t know why they suddenly shot up like that. Twitter bots, probably, since I have it automatically post to twitter, and I’ve got a bunch of spam bots following me, or at least I consider them spam bots when they [...]
frustration
Posted in family, life or something like it on July 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Getting my dad started on radiation has proved to be tricky. The first day he was supposed to go was Wednesday. I’d been given crappy directions and we couldn’t find the place. They rescheduled for Thursday and we made it. It was at a really crappy time-6pm-and is going to continue to be late afternoon/evening [...]
radiation
Posted in family, life or something like it on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My dad had three appointments at MD Anderson this week. One with the radiation oncologist, one with his chemo oncologist, and one for radiation prep and a scan. The radiation doctor gave him the same options he gave him a few months ago-6-7 weeks of radiation for a less than 50% chance of beating it, [...]
time passes
Posted in family, life or something like it on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I went through my mothers clothes the other day, mostly because my dad was about to. It was harder than I expected, but I got through most of it. There are still shoes and bags to be dealt with. My dad says he’s going to pull that stuff out of the closet tomorrow. He also [...]
