Well..I finally got to sit down for a bit. I've been cleaning the house and then cleaning myself. *chuckles ( Read more... )

Mr. Fred Rogers died yesterday. For some reason that I am not truly sure I understand...his death has affected me deeply ( Read more... )

It's amazing how something that was so devastating less than 3 months ago can quickly become an everyday part of your life. At the end of November we weren't sure if I was going to live to see morning, then we went through 3 days of hell trying to figure out what was wrong with me, then a mild sensation of relief that it was treatable and that I ( Read more... )

Well...one of the joys of living in the mountains is ice storms. *sighs ( Read more... )

Ain't it wonderful?? Nothing to do but work on the puter and clean up the house. No doctors. No chemo. No nothing. *very big grin*

A social worker from the Vanderbilt Clinic called today to give me good news. The bill for my week of chemo was $20,520.86. The medicine alone was $2,261 a dose. They called today to tell me that the drug representative is going to give me the medicine. That will take almost $12,000 right off the top. That is just incredible ( Read more... )

Well...I have been home for all of 2 days now. It's weird what you remember and what you don't. I have been running around the house doing general housework and unpacking things ..the fact that I couldn't possibly do this 12 weeks ago not even crossing my mind. It almost seems like a different person who was going through all that..those ( Read more... )

We shall never cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

God Speed Columbia Crew.

Prophets - it was a beautiful day today. Warm here, but it won't stay long. Its almost 4am and the wind is blowing now and I can hear the waves of the bay crashing into the boat dock. Mother nature is sure fickle ( Read more... )

Well...if you will look down on entry you will see that I have not updated this thing since July and it is now almost the end of January. What happened you ask??? *takes a deep breath* Welll ( Read more... )