2.7.12 Doing okay Summer plans

Not much to report on this end, just quiet and I'm doing okay. Missing Minto and my family planning on coming back there this summer for a few week visit. I've been making this plan for several years now and with breast cancer diagnosis last summer I am determined to get there this summer to relax and spend time with my roots. I also will be starting a garden here and am looking forward to chickens and maybe a goat or two.I will try my hand at self sufficiency. I had so much fun last summer at our Fourth of July cookout with my sister and am looking forward to that this summer as well. I have an aunt and a couple of Uncles I want to spend time with! There are a couple of other things on my to-do list like climbing Angel Rock and White Mountain Trails. I also want to float the Chena. Chitna and Moose Hunting in the flats this fall. This summer looks to be a busy one. I'm tired of finding excuses for not doing all that I want to and REFUSE to let cancer be a setback for another summer. God had plans last summer for me to be still and get to know Him more. I am hoping this summer I can find those moments of being still somewhere in the great outdoors. I have never been an outside person, but this summer I plan to try it. If I like it I will continue and if not, well I will go back to being indoors and keeping busy. God knows, better than I do, and that's okay. I sure love that my life is in HIS hands and not my own! Keep me in your prayers folks! Love you, love me, love you, love me!

2.5.12 Superbowl!

So I must admit, not really feeling the "Superbowl" this year. Probably the chemo, my doc in Anchorage says "blame it ALL on cancer, feeling bad? blame it on cancer. Feeling down? blame it on cancer. Nobody will blame you and you have a good reason!" I love that woman! Very tired today, but gratitude for food, oh so very grateful for food and being able to taste! I spent wonderful time with my sisters, their hubby's and their kids! The food itself was phenominal! I have to tell you all that from years ago, it's been about the food. Not about the game or the players or the half-time show as much as it is about the food (for me anyway). I remember years past I would start thinking about my appetizers and what I would make for the Superbowl. This year? I had a major sweet tooth, so I made caramel corn and brought a cheesecake (store bought), Bill brought salsa and I also made a dip.Hmmmm! So other than the food this year, I was brought back to youth with Madonna playing the half-time show. She did A-MAZ-ING! I actually said a little prayer and thanked God for such a talented woman and I prayed that she would come to know God more closer in the next year. (Hey, we all can benefit from knowing Him a little better, huh?) Thanks for listening all. Love you, love me, love you, love me.

2.3.12 Chemo and Date Night

I am so very thankful tonight for my sisters! Rachelle took the girls and Candy took Billy for the night. Bill was able to fly with me to Anchorage. If it weren't for these trips and feeling a little run down, I wouldn't have thought I would have breast cancer. I had my chemo (Herceptin) today. It was nice to see my nurses and I got to spend time with a new friend I made in the Infusion room. I've also started a new project to include into my blog, pictures. I'm not sure when I will add them, at some point I'm sure. Bill and I also got to spend time with Bill's brother Mike. Dinner! Food! Brownie dessert! As I sat eating I thought back to last summer and no tastebuds and I enjoyed every bite! I've also started back coffee, and I love it. I love "STARBUCKS!"!

2.1.12 Another game and cupcakes

So another game tonight and I feel so blessed to go and also to give Bill the night off! I made cupcakes yesterday, inspired by "Cupcake Wars". I'm back to car pooling and that it such a relief and nice too! I pick up on Wed and Thursdays and we started going to the library on Thursdays and I want to start "Electronic-free Wednesdays". The idea is to get the kids and I connected to each other. To spend time as a family and just to TURN OFF the TV. There has got to be more to life than TV, movies and video games. I also have been thinking alot about spending more time outdoors. Elizabeth is also at home with me and this is such a BLESSING! I know it has been EXTREMELY difficult for me to allow someone else to watch her and that this is a lesson I will have to learn if not in the last couple of months, in time to come. Today she and I spent visiting with a friend, shopping and just being "Lelly and Mommy". I love my kids!