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THERE'S MUSKRATS ON THE STOVE!

7/27/2018

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WHAT IF I FALL?      OH, MY DARLING, WHAT IF YOU FLY?

Okay, I see that I have been M.I.A for a few weeks. I've been busy trying to keep up with all the lawn work and . . . being very tired. This chemo and the shots for boosting the low white blood cell count is exhausting, I have been using my head, and resting each and every time I feel pooped. I am not going to endanger my progress, since I only have four more chemos. Then surgery. Then  . . .  VOILA! 

I have noticed that something weird happens when I'm doing all my mowing. I wear the same slip-on work shoes each time. Therefore, the tops of my feet are getting quite suntanned. Well, at least half of my feet are brown. The other half are pure white where the shoes cover me. I really look funky when I'm barefoot. No biggie. I have to wear sturdy shoes when I walk, with my ouchy leg problem still happening, so there will not be any flipflops or sandals this summer. I do miss wearing my sparkly flipflops that I bought in Vegas. Crap! 


I have a bit of sad news. Last week, we got heavy rains and winds. Our neighbors that live down the hill, had some massive tree limbs fall and it smashed their roof and pretty much demolished their home. 
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Yup, it was our buddies, the Gnomes. Evidently they weren't home when this happened. I'm sure they had insurance. Luckily, it wasn't the Keebler family's house. They only had fire insurance in case their cookie oven went up in flames.

Went to Wally World yesterday to buy yet another ​eyebrow pencil. I have experimented with several different kinds, but most of them are not working. You see, I have to use blond colored pencils and that color is hard to find. If I use brownish, it still comes out looing too dark. Yes, I am at that stage where I have to pencil in facial features now. I still have a dozen or so brow hairs over each eye, and I am down to six or seven eyelashes per eye. I have definitely become a "blank slate".  I noticed a few days ago that I must have been in too much of a hurry when I drew on eyebrows. Later, when I looked in a mirror, it surprised me that I looked so, well . . .  surprised! There was a titch too much arch and I looked like I was terribly startled!

I had to drop in at Jeffrey Scott's Salon (commercial plug here) to get some more wig shampoo. I also picked up another wig. This one is really short, but very comfortable. I think I'll name this one "Baby" cause she's so little.  

And here's the explanation for today's post's title.  Last night, I was watching TV when Hubby rushed into the living room. "THERE'S MUSKRATS ON THE STOVE!"     What???? My first thought that there were muskrats on the grill outside the house. Then it dawned on me. I had been washing my "hair" and had set them on the cold stovetop to finish drying. ha ha, very funny, Hubby.
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                                 GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. . . PLEASE!

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DRAGGING  AND  BRAGGING

7/12/2018

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KEEP SMILING AND ONE DAY LIFE WILL GET TIRED OF UPSETTING YOU.
                                                                                                 Unknown


Okay. Today is Thursday. A few days ago, I went to get my double-dose of eewwggie chemo treatment. The previous few days I had really been dragging butt. Didn't even make it to church because I woke with a crazy headache. Anyhoo, when I get to the doctor's, they first poke a gizmo into my port and  take several blood samples to make sure I am okay to go through with the procedure. It turns out that my white blood cell count was seriously lower than it was the last time I had to have my double-dose. So I got a shot full of "replenishing white cells" juice, then had to go back on Wednesday for a second shot.
Today when my blood was tested, it was A-OKAY, but they still wanted me to recover a bit more. So I got a reprieve. Don't have to go back until next Tuesday. The only bad thing about this is I will just be one more week longer getting treatments and I want to get this whole thing over with.  I forgot to tell you the good news! I was wrong. I am not having a grand total of 18 chemos, just 12. So next week it will be #7. I'm already  half-way done and I didn't even realize it!  Whoo hoo!!!!  

But I'm still dragging butt.   sigh

On a lighter note, I am in the "bragging" mode right now. You know how I like to boast about things people give me. ("It amuses me." she said smugly  :) Sister Sandy sent me a lovely silver bracelet (remember I told you that cancer people get jewelry???) She also sent me an X-rated card and a new book of recipes for my air cooker, which I like to use a lot. 
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As you can see, it says "I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK"  That is one of my daughter's and my most favorite sayings!  Thanks, Sister #2 from Sister #4.

Then there is my Nina. BFPICSIL (best friend, partner-in-crime, sister-in-law). She presented me with a beautiful bejeweled figurine for my collection along with a nifty perfect card.
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She got this from Israel when she went there a while back. It is kinda heavy. I asked her what she had to take out of her suitcase in order to make luggage weight, in order to bring this back.

The other perfect thing about the card was the wording inside.

                                       HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY PARTNER IN CRIME!

                                       More stories to come . . . 


​I am hoping that she and I can make our annual trip to Vegas, but we will just have to wait and see how things go.

​                                         GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY, PLEASE

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FACIAL FEATURES

7/3/2018

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STRENGTH DOESN'T COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T.
                                                                                Rikki Rogers

Not a lot going on right now. Went in for my chemo treatment last Thursday after getting those two shots to up my white blood count. Since I saw the oncologist three times last week, I don't have to go in today! Yippee!

HAIR REPORT: I have got the craziest hair. There are several dozen strands of longish hair on my head, that refuse to fall out. I will, again, not get shiny bald. Don't know why some of it refuses to go. And there is no way that I am shaving it and having spikey, itchy stubbles. Yipes.

I have noticed that my eyelashes and eyebrows are about half gone. This is where I begin to pencil in facial features so I don't look like a "blank canvas" face. But this also gives me freedom to make some pretty bold eyebrows and accentuate the shape of my eyes to the point of looking a bit crazy. Ahhh, the joys of recreating my face any way I want to!

Saturday was so much fun. My Alec had his birthday party and a lot of his friends came. A special young lady that he has known for several years came and he was thrilled to see her. He says she is his girlfriend, and I think she thinks he is her boyfriend. So sweet. 

A few years back, Alec was my height. He had been stuck at my height for two years. We were starting to think that he was never going to get any taller. Then this happened.





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Hey, remember when I told you that when you get cancer, you get jewelry? Well, it happened again. Our cousin, Deb Zimmerman, makes the most fabulous things. She gifted me with this necklace, earrings, and bracelet. They are made from Swarovski crystals, white clamshell wampum beads, ad white deerskin lacing. Wow! Love them.

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OH, and I splurged on  a new pink arm band at the Dollar Store. :)

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STRENGTH.  Enough said.


                              GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY, PLEASE
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