I couldn’t belive that my mom could have only stayed in the hospital for less than 24 hours after undergoing a full radical masectomy. I did express some opinion to her surgeon to extend her stay to ensure that she was healthy and well enough to travel 4 additional hours to her home east of [...]
Holiday Extravaganza Sale
From November 26–December 1, get up to 50% off select Stampin’ Up!® products. Find the perfect present for all the stampers and paper crafters in your life—or just stock up for yourself!
Did I also mention that I’ll also toss in FREE shipping!
The sale starts today (November 26) and lasts until [...]
We spent 2 days in Niagara Falls with this as our view. I’m on a Board for Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training and this weekend we had a Senior Management and Board retreat. Although I had to work, Elina and Herman dawdled about and spent many hours in the pool. We ate [...]
I can’t believe the last 4 weeks – I’ve slept more than I ever did (even as a teenager) I had a super sore throat, a low grade fever, a headache and did I mention extreme fatigue. No matter how much I sleep I am still exhausted.
Turns out I am anemic and iron deficient.
I am [...]
I’ve always always wanted to be at an opening ceremony for a winter Olympics. Well. I ordered 3 tickets. One for me, one for Elina and one for Herman. Unfortunately, Herman isn’t one for grand-scale, mobs of people scenes so we may have to invite someone to sit with us.
Providing we get the tickets.
Its a [...]
So alas, I found a tape measure and compared my measurements from August 27 and since then I’ve lost 10 1/2” (inches)! Toss out my scale because the weight didn’t move much. Loosing the dreaded fat and replacing it with muscle!!
I’ll let this website explain it all.
Loosing Inches but Not Loosing Weight
[ Insert Happy [...]
Posing with Bronwyn (new puppy)
Yes, I said puppy:
I told her that she really enjoyed the new puppy, and she corrected me by saying that the puppy really liked her
My mom has stage 1 – Breast Cancer (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast). If you can do a happy dance for any form of cancer it would be this one – especially in stage 1.
She’s scheduled for surgery near the end of November to have a complete masectomy (her choice), heal and if spread, [...]
I left unexpectedly last Saturday – taking Elina with me to be with my family for my aunts funeral. It has been a very long time since our family experienced such a loss. My aunt was a big part of everyone’s, her family and friends alike.
I had two trips away this past summer without Elina [...]
