I got hate mail from the HOA telling me we need to paint our fence,... again. It kills me when I look around and no one has painted their fence except us. We got the same letter 3 years ago and since then I SWEAR no one EXCEPT us have painted the stinking fence. Oh well... at least it looks pretty. I don't mind painting it as I think it will ( Read more... )

Today should be my mum's LAST appointment with the doctors before her surgery on Nov.11th. I feel like I have now become a pro at these appointments since many of them cover the same pre-surgery information. Leaving the house this morning I got half way to my mum's house when I realized I forgot my 'Cancer Bag' that I take with me to every ( Read more... )

I had been thinking about my mum's breast cancer. There are days that she seems to accept it and know that we will take care of it and move on with life... and there are other days that she seems seriously depressed. She says, "how am I going to do all this on my own?" and no matter how many times I try to tell her that she will NEVER be facing ( Read more... )

I feel like I am always complaining.... I hope it doesn't come across that way as I DO really love my life- it's just that I am often surrounded by shit bags ( Read more... )

Good News: We lost no one in our family this year to death (this is the first time in about 5 years at least)
Bad News:  Jeff couldnt be here for our family Christmas bananza, he would be spending that night in the city of hope.

my cousin Traci's husband (Jeff) has had a form of bone cancer for several years now.  He's had so many treatments and ( Read more... )