Thursday, February 21, 2008
I spent the morning today just puttering around the house and getting some stuff cleaned up that has gotten left while my back has been hurting....what a pain! Don't know what's worse, the mess on the counter, or the pain in my back!
This afternoon, Cooper and I went over to Elizabeth's house and had an ice cream picnic on the floor with her boys. Ethan's cancer is back, and it's in his lymph nodes close to his spine so the whole situation has Elizabeth in tears. She just wanted to laugh today, so I took dinner, the ice cream picnic, Cooper and her jokes, and a Horton Hears A Who game I bought.
I have decided that I am not sure that I can sit with her and watch her little one die. The doctors don't know what to do, as they have done the chemo that he can have for his lifetime, surgery isn't a good option, neither is radiation. So, we are waiting to see what they come up with. A VERY DEPRESSING situation. I had to tell her today, that the Savior may need Ethan in heaven more than we need him here on earth.....that just breaks my heart after the year I've spent helping her through the cancer treatment. They thought they had won, and now this. I am the friend she calls to cry with....I am glad to be her friend, but this is SO HARD!
As I was ready to leave, she just clung to me and with tears in her eyes and mine, I told her I would trade with her if I could. She has been through so much, it would be nice if someone else could just carry her burden for a little while.
When I called the RS Pres. today to update her on the situation, we had a good cry together. I told her that I needed some help in getting Elizabeth to laugh....she is coming up with something.
Well, I must get something to eat....and then rest my back.
I love you all.....
Mom
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I Was Tagged!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
I was tagged a while ago, but have just found the time to answer these questions. And no, I won't tag anyone else since everyone already has been tagged.
10 years ago: I was living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I was working with a preschool doing the book orders, and running the lunch room at the elementary school.
5 things on my to-do list:
Clean out my closet
Organize all the photo albums
Spend some time with Guy (always my favorite thing to do, and no, he can't bring his laptop!)
Catch up my ironing
Help my friend through her daughter's cancer diagnosis (I just finished this mess with one friend, and it looks like it is starting with another one. At least I know where the hospital is this time.)
5 snacks I enjoy:
cheesecake
warm chocolate chip cookies
warm brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top
Snickers bar
Heath Bar
If I were suddenly a billionaire:
I would see that our children had the money they needed to totally finish their educations, pay my tithing, pay off any bills we still had, buy a new van with rear air conditioning, and go on some vacation with just Dad. The rest of the money we could give some to Grandma and Grandpa for medical issues, and maybe for the first time in our lives just waste some!
3 bad habits:
I'm a perfectionist - which leads to problems in some situations.
I demand to much of myself most of the time.
I hate to do the ironing and clean the bathroom - that's why I let Dad do the bathroom every Saturday. He loves me enough to pretend he doesn't mind doing it.
5 places I have lived:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
San Francisco, California
Cobham, Surrey, England
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
5 Jobs I've Had:
Financial secretary for Finance America
Kelley girls- executive secretary
Model garment seamstress for Cloth World
Medical Coder
Dance Studio Office Manager
5 Things People Don't Know About Me:
I play the accordian, organ, and piano
I tried out to be a majorette for my junior high drill team - thankfully, I didn't make it!
I would like to open my own business
I love making chili, having a fire, and reading a good book under a snuggly cover when it's snowing outside. I know, fat chance in Houston!
I received a scholarship to go the the LDS Business college.
Must get back to the sewing machine.....have a good day.
Mom
I was tagged a while ago, but have just found the time to answer these questions. And no, I won't tag anyone else since everyone already has been tagged.
10 years ago: I was living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I was working with a preschool doing the book orders, and running the lunch room at the elementary school.
5 things on my to-do list:
Clean out my closet
Organize all the photo albums
Spend some time with Guy (always my favorite thing to do, and no, he can't bring his laptop!)
Catch up my ironing
Help my friend through her daughter's cancer diagnosis (I just finished this mess with one friend, and it looks like it is starting with another one. At least I know where the hospital is this time.)
5 snacks I enjoy:
cheesecake
warm chocolate chip cookies
warm brownies with ice cream and chocolate syrup on top
Snickers bar
Heath Bar
If I were suddenly a billionaire:
I would see that our children had the money they needed to totally finish their educations, pay my tithing, pay off any bills we still had, buy a new van with rear air conditioning, and go on some vacation with just Dad. The rest of the money we could give some to Grandma and Grandpa for medical issues, and maybe for the first time in our lives just waste some!
3 bad habits:
I'm a perfectionist - which leads to problems in some situations.
I demand to much of myself most of the time.
I hate to do the ironing and clean the bathroom - that's why I let Dad do the bathroom every Saturday. He loves me enough to pretend he doesn't mind doing it.
5 places I have lived:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
San Francisco, California
Cobham, Surrey, England
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
5 Jobs I've Had:
Financial secretary for Finance America
Kelley girls- executive secretary
Model garment seamstress for Cloth World
Medical Coder
Dance Studio Office Manager
5 Things People Don't Know About Me:
I play the accordian, organ, and piano
I tried out to be a majorette for my junior high drill team - thankfully, I didn't make it!
I would like to open my own business
I love making chili, having a fire, and reading a good book under a snuggly cover when it's snowing outside. I know, fat chance in Houston!
I received a scholarship to go the the LDS Business college.
Must get back to the sewing machine.....have a good day.
Mom
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Pain and Suffering!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Yesterday was a very traumatic day for me. My sewing machine DIED!! I can't believe it.....that thing is just supposed to keep sewing. I wasn't done with the maid costumes. How rude! It just croaked without any warning....frozen solid! The only thing worse is leaving my wedding rings at the jeweler!
The man at the sewing machine hospital where I took it said it probably needed servicing more than every 2 years if I was going to use it everyday. He said it wasn't an industrial machine....can you imagine....a machine that can't handle sewing over 100 costume in 6 months?
I guess there is an oil reservior somewhere in the hidden insides of the thing that needs to be replenished every so often, and he thought it was probably bone dry. They need a warning light or something....not just dead machine! A whole week to 10 days before they have it back...I had to borrow Ginny's sewing machine to work on the maid costumes. One is almost done, and the other one is half done...just the apron left to do.
Spent the evening at the hospital with Tina. They were doing spinal taps and bone marrow tests on her Megan. They are looking for lymphoma....not good! All her lymph glands are swollen, which means it is throughout her entire body. A stressful evening in the surgical waiting room....it's hard to make someone laugh when they are waiting on those kinds of tests. However, I finally managed to get a smile just before I left. Lupus is also a possibility, but not likely.
Then as usual, I got turned around when I came out of the hospital, so I had to call Dad who is my personal guidance system. Thank goodness for onstar in the car, it makes talking to Dad lots easier while driving and shifting and trying to read the signs. Now my foot is KILLING ME! I couldn't take the van since it wouldn't fit in the parking garage. They say that sacrifice is good for the soul....hope that it's helping mine. I hope I at least got some kind of brownie points in heaven for tonight. I would hate to have all this pain and suffering for nothing. I know, I shouldn't care.
Cymbre is breaking out in hives again tonight....she came home covered with them from dance last night....we gave her Benadryl and I kept her home. May have to take her to the doctor for some of those steroids though if it keeps up. They fade until the Benedryl wears off, and then attack. It's just like when Cooper had them, but they aren't as big, and not all over her body. She will probably be home from school again tomorrow....at this point I don't care.
Well, this isn't a very cheery post, but I haven't had a real cheery day....cancer is a scary thing to deal with even though it isn't my kid. I just got through this with Elizabeth and Ethan, and now it's Tina and Megan.
Well, I am going to take my swollen foot and sit in the jacuzzi for a bit.
Hope you all enjoy your goodie boxes, that is if you can get the ransom paid and get them back from the post office!
Have a good day, and remember an extra prayer for Megan.
Love you.
Mom
Yesterday was a very traumatic day for me. My sewing machine DIED!! I can't believe it.....that thing is just supposed to keep sewing. I wasn't done with the maid costumes. How rude! It just croaked without any warning....frozen solid! The only thing worse is leaving my wedding rings at the jeweler!
The man at the sewing machine hospital where I took it said it probably needed servicing more than every 2 years if I was going to use it everyday. He said it wasn't an industrial machine....can you imagine....a machine that can't handle sewing over 100 costume in 6 months?
I guess there is an oil reservior somewhere in the hidden insides of the thing that needs to be replenished every so often, and he thought it was probably bone dry. They need a warning light or something....not just dead machine! A whole week to 10 days before they have it back...I had to borrow Ginny's sewing machine to work on the maid costumes. One is almost done, and the other one is half done...just the apron left to do.
Spent the evening at the hospital with Tina. They were doing spinal taps and bone marrow tests on her Megan. They are looking for lymphoma....not good! All her lymph glands are swollen, which means it is throughout her entire body. A stressful evening in the surgical waiting room....it's hard to make someone laugh when they are waiting on those kinds of tests. However, I finally managed to get a smile just before I left. Lupus is also a possibility, but not likely.
Then as usual, I got turned around when I came out of the hospital, so I had to call Dad who is my personal guidance system. Thank goodness for onstar in the car, it makes talking to Dad lots easier while driving and shifting and trying to read the signs. Now my foot is KILLING ME! I couldn't take the van since it wouldn't fit in the parking garage. They say that sacrifice is good for the soul....hope that it's helping mine. I hope I at least got some kind of brownie points in heaven for tonight. I would hate to have all this pain and suffering for nothing. I know, I shouldn't care.
Cymbre is breaking out in hives again tonight....she came home covered with them from dance last night....we gave her Benadryl and I kept her home. May have to take her to the doctor for some of those steroids though if it keeps up. They fade until the Benedryl wears off, and then attack. It's just like when Cooper had them, but they aren't as big, and not all over her body. She will probably be home from school again tomorrow....at this point I don't care.
Well, this isn't a very cheery post, but I haven't had a real cheery day....cancer is a scary thing to deal with even though it isn't my kid. I just got through this with Elizabeth and Ethan, and now it's Tina and Megan.
Well, I am going to take my swollen foot and sit in the jacuzzi for a bit.
Hope you all enjoy your goodie boxes, that is if you can get the ransom paid and get them back from the post office!
Have a good day, and remember an extra prayer for Megan.
Love you.
Mom
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Elastic Popped!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Well, I thought I was done sewing for competition, but had to take in some of the Super Cali Vests, and Cymbre's duet skirt popped the elastic. That will be a major fix it job as it is between the two button holes holding the bib on the outfit!! GREAT!! I guess I should be glad that I don't have to pay myself to do it.
I must admit, if we ever get all these teams on the floor this year it will be an absolute miracle!!
Cymbre is having to step in for a girl who is quitting company. It may be for two dances, but I know it will be for one. She is going to have to learn the whole dance in a couple of weeks. We videoed it for her on Friday, so she will be working on it from now on. Why do my girls always have to be the ones to step in at the last minute?
Cooper has picked up another private lesson student for every Saturday. That kid will be making $60 a weekend. She is also making the company CD's, so she will get the money from that. At this rate, I am going to ask her for a loan so I can chaperone her in New York.
For those that don't know, Cooper made the Joffrey Summer Intensive Workshop. They overbook, so she is on the wait list, but is really hoping to get a spot. I don't know who is more excited, her or Ms. Ginny! I just see the $$$$'s before my eyes. Two weeks in New York City will not be cheap! It's a really prestigious program, so they were lucky to even get in. It will be really good for her dance resume. Then we all go to National's in Nashville for both the girls to compete in July. Joffrey is in June right after recital. Cooper really wants to go to BYU for a dance camp, but I don't know if the $$'s will hold out.
My foot physical therapy doesn't seem to be doing much...four more sessions to go. Then who knows that the Dr. will say. Hopefully, it won't be surgery. I just flat don't have 6 weeks to be laid up flat with the dumb thing! I think I may just buy a whole bunch of new slippers, and just wear them for the next several months until the Dr. says it should be feeling better. Although, I do like that numbing stuff the therapist rubs all over it when she is done with the therapy. She gave me some samples, but I am saving them for competition weekend this week.
We will be competing on Friday night and Saturday throughout the day......everybody has to cheer for them at the appropriate times. I will have to find the sheet, and send the times to those who have to cheer. Prayers for Mom's foot to not swell would be gratefully appreciated!
Well, I guess I better get on that piece of elastic.....it's a major rip out job, and then I think I will be giving a piece of elastic a piece of my mind. There is nothing that irritates me more than when I have to do something like this. It takes me a long time to fix it just because a piece of elastic can't hold itself together! It should have warned me that it was going to have issues before I sewed it into the waistband and gathered 5 yards of material around it. I think it is a pretty slouthful servant if you ask me.
Well, have a great week, and remember to do something nice for several people. Maybe make a special valentine for someone you love. Remember that Dad and I love you all very much, and we wish we could be there for hugs and late night talks.
Love you.
Mom
Well, I thought I was done sewing for competition, but had to take in some of the Super Cali Vests, and Cymbre's duet skirt popped the elastic. That will be a major fix it job as it is between the two button holes holding the bib on the outfit!! GREAT!! I guess I should be glad that I don't have to pay myself to do it.
I must admit, if we ever get all these teams on the floor this year it will be an absolute miracle!!
Cymbre is having to step in for a girl who is quitting company. It may be for two dances, but I know it will be for one. She is going to have to learn the whole dance in a couple of weeks. We videoed it for her on Friday, so she will be working on it from now on. Why do my girls always have to be the ones to step in at the last minute?
Cooper has picked up another private lesson student for every Saturday. That kid will be making $60 a weekend. She is also making the company CD's, so she will get the money from that. At this rate, I am going to ask her for a loan so I can chaperone her in New York.
For those that don't know, Cooper made the Joffrey Summer Intensive Workshop. They overbook, so she is on the wait list, but is really hoping to get a spot. I don't know who is more excited, her or Ms. Ginny! I just see the $$$$'s before my eyes. Two weeks in New York City will not be cheap! It's a really prestigious program, so they were lucky to even get in. It will be really good for her dance resume. Then we all go to National's in Nashville for both the girls to compete in July. Joffrey is in June right after recital. Cooper really wants to go to BYU for a dance camp, but I don't know if the $$'s will hold out.
My foot physical therapy doesn't seem to be doing much...four more sessions to go. Then who knows that the Dr. will say. Hopefully, it won't be surgery. I just flat don't have 6 weeks to be laid up flat with the dumb thing! I think I may just buy a whole bunch of new slippers, and just wear them for the next several months until the Dr. says it should be feeling better. Although, I do like that numbing stuff the therapist rubs all over it when she is done with the therapy. She gave me some samples, but I am saving them for competition weekend this week.
We will be competing on Friday night and Saturday throughout the day......everybody has to cheer for them at the appropriate times. I will have to find the sheet, and send the times to those who have to cheer. Prayers for Mom's foot to not swell would be gratefully appreciated!
Well, I guess I better get on that piece of elastic.....it's a major rip out job, and then I think I will be giving a piece of elastic a piece of my mind. There is nothing that irritates me more than when I have to do something like this. It takes me a long time to fix it just because a piece of elastic can't hold itself together! It should have warned me that it was going to have issues before I sewed it into the waistband and gathered 5 yards of material around it. I think it is a pretty slouthful servant if you ask me.
Well, have a great week, and remember to do something nice for several people. Maybe make a special valentine for someone you love. Remember that Dad and I love you all very much, and we wish we could be there for hugs and late night talks.
Love you.
Mom
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