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Major Catch Up

Okay--I KNOW I have some major catching up to do. I will do this backwards, hoping that I remember everything. If not, I will add it in a later post.

Today--Very relaxed. The girls had Alyvia spend the night last night and we are all just taking it easy. Me in front of the computer, them in front of the TV. (John--over in the neighbors garage.)

Yesterday--clean up after Christmas. You know, put stuff away, do something with all those boxes, vacuum. Jenna cleaned up her room with out being told. That makes about 3 times this week. I keep asking if she is feeling ok.

Wednesday the 26th-went to John's Mom's to pick up the girls--Aunt Jenny had asked them to stay over. And we had to pick up John's truck mat, it wouldn't fit in the car. He also set up his new Sirius radio in the morning (needed a new one after the accident). We also had to bring up one of the presents for Ceci we had forgotten.

Christmas Day--We had a great Christmas and Christmas Eve. The girls seem to enjoy eveything they got, even the clothes. Although there are a few things I am curious to see if Jenna wears. The nintendo ds and video camera are the big hits. More so the ds right now I think. I can't believe they haven't picked it up yet today. John seemed to like what we got him. He actually had a list this year. He and the girls gave me a Dell Laptop. (which I am using right now). It is awesome. I am still figuring things out on it. I got it hooked up to the internet right away, I need to network it with the main computer so I can print and such. After we opened our presents and had breakfast-we headed up to John's Mom's for dinner. Since the girls stayed the night there, we came home and watched a movie--and I played on my new toy!!

Christmas Eve--My mom and Dad, sister, niece and nephew came over. Luckily the weather held out! The road to get here can get quite slick. It was a nice evening.

Dec. 23--John and the girls went up to his mom's while I stayed home. I got a little chill time this way. I also got to got a jump on stuff for Christmas, so I wouldn't feel so crazy getting things done the next day.

Dec.22--Haley had her gymnastics party today. Afterwards we took the girls to shop for each other. They actually got done with that fairly quickly. Then we went to Charley Horse to eat. I do like that place. I had an excellent prime rib sandwich. John had a huge burrito. We had take home containers...that of course we left there. We seem to do that alot. We stopped by Ann and Jim's after that. Sean was sleeping, Ethan was up though. And Jim had gotten this HUGE stuffed Homer from a client--and wanted to get rid of it--so it came home with the girls. Now whoever doesn't have Scrappy in their room has Homer.

Dec.21--Haley's school Christmas party. Jenna's class didn't have one. They got out of school early and are off until Jan. 3. We had a relaxing evening. We watched the Simpson's movie--it was better than I though it would be. Also watched Hot Rod. That was pretty funny.

Dec. 20---Ann (neighbor) and I went stocking stuffer shopping. It was nice, neither of us had to run around crazy. We got our nails done (which I needed, I had a bunch break off), and later had lunch at Chili's. Yum.

Dec. 19--Cookie day. Ann (SIL) and I had our annual day of making cookies. We have become quite efficient at it.

Dec. 18--I ran out and finished up a few things shopping wise.

Dec. 17--Had to take the dog to the vet. He has been itching alot and has to get medicine weekly. The vet usually only charges us for the medicine, not the office visit, but didn't charge us anything this time. Take him back on the 24th. I also had a board meeting this night. Luckily it was a short one. We also got most of the wrapping done today too. What John and I didn't get done during the day, he and the girls finished up while I was at my meeting.

Dec. 15--The girls stayed at Grandma's. They were helping Aunt Jenny babysit Ceci. My plan was to stay home and watch movies and wrap presents--as none of them were wrapped at this point. Well....John wanted to go check out the new mall in Bolingbrook, so we did. After we ate a Hayden's crossing, then hit the Rustic and Tuffy's for drinks. Needless to say-no wrapping got done that night. It also snowed like a fiend, and you all know how I feel about winter!

Dec. 14th--Appointment with the Cardiologist and an Ultra sound. US came back ok. Dr. said that I gained 13 pounds since my last appt with her. Yikes! She was telling me about how walking at a 3 mph pace 4 hours a week can lower my risk of recurrence by 50%. That is huge. I am going to start walking the track at the fieldhouse. At least until it gets warmer out--then maybe I will just walk the neighborhood. That night we had Matt, Melissa, Steve, Kris and kids over. The kids all make an ornament and have an exchange. It is always interesting to see what they come up with.

Dec. 12--Cindy and I went out. We are going to try and do this every other week--with the exception of Christmas vacation. This is something we should have started a long time ago.

Dec. 11--Herceptin

Dec. 8--Hannah Montana!! I was really impressed with this concert. It was pretty good! I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought it might be too Disney, too cutesy. but it was an actual concert. Our seats were good. To the side of the stage, so you saw alot of the side of her, or back, but fairly close. I missed all of the Hannah Montana part waiting in the merchandise line. We got in line in between the Jonas Bros. and her. She was starting, so I told the girls to go watch and I would stay in line. Well, that was the only bad thing--the merchandise area moved SLOW! No organization at all. Someone had come up and said the line downstairs was shorter, so I decided to go down there. Still slow. I had just said to the woman in front of me that I hope we get through the line before the concert is over. ( I hadn't thought to tell the girls to stay put if it ended and I wasn't back.) Next thing I know, I hear "mom". I look over and the girls are standing there with a police officer. They had looked for me upstairs--didn't even think to look downstairs. As it turns out I didn't need to worry--I ended up seeing the whole "Miley Cyrus" portion. They had a lounge set up downstairs for the parents to hang out in, or get ear plugs! I thought that was a great idea!

Before the concert there was a little "party" outside for fan club members. It was cold, but ended up being worth the wait--Haley won a Rock Tour guitar.

The girls really enjoyed themselves, and I actually did too. I will post the slide show of pics in a different post-as blogger keeps wanting to put it at the top of this one, and I don't want it there.

As you can see..life goes on. We are getting past all this cancer crap. Hopefully for good. There are still times it gets me down--but I tend to keep that to myself. Still hating the hair. Still seriously considering extensions. This god damn port has been bugging me again too.

Another one of my YSC friends has recently found out her cancer is back. I feel so terrible for her. I can't even imagine. I don't want to. She is one of the Chicago ladies. There are a group of us meeting for lunch this Sunday in Greektown--YUM!! I am hoping she can make it. Her daughter is just a year and a half younger than the girls, so we should get them together too.

If I forgot anything, I will add it in another post....

Hannah Montana Slide Show..

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I promise to get on soon an catch up!!! In the meantime...enjoy the holidays!!!!

Well, we made it to Rockford and back. The roads absolutely sucked!! I was kind of crazy to even be out, but we got there. The car was covered in ice, the hood ornament looking like it was encased in crystal. The races were pretty good. The Rockford arena is small, not really a bad seat there. The ride home on Sunday was wonderful. What a difference a day makes!

Haley is home from school today. She came home with a headache last night, and woke up this morning with a fever. She seems better now. Talking up a storm.

I am taking the girls to the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert on Saturday. Yes I got tickets. And no, they weren't thousands or even hundreds of dollars. They had a post sale. The seats aren't the best, may even be somewhat behind the stage. I still think the girls will enjoy it. Should be interesting to say the least.

Part of this reconstruction process is getting nipples made (next procedure) and then areolas tattooed on. John wants "his guy" to do the tattoos. I want the dr to do it. I don't even care what they look like to be honest with you. I, at times, don't even want to get them. I mean seriously, no one is going to know if they are there or not except John, the girls and I. I am so over all this crap. I don't want any more "procedures". I am sick of all of it. I have a real attitude about this lately. I don't let it show of course, but at times when I think about all that I have been through this past year--I am pissed. And sad. No one should have to do this. Ever.

On a lighter note, I was going through old magazines and found one of the Stephen King articles in my Entertainment Weekly. He is talking about how things are just cool. You can't make them that way, they either are, or they aren't. There was a paragraph in there I thought was kind of funny:
"There's no rhyme or reason to the coolness thing. Look at politicians, the ultimate entertainers. Barack Obama is cool. Hillary Clinton, who will probably win the Democratic Party's nomination to run for president, is not. On the other side-well, it's hard to be Republican and be cool, it's almost an oxymoron, but John McCain is cool. And of course, Bob Dole. Very cool. Hence the Viagra ads."

Off to do more decorating!

Some people just don't realize when they should not say something, or drop the conversation. Today is John's turn. He proceeded to tell me this morning that I should do something with my hair. Well DUH!! I only wish I had some to do something with. This bothers me immensely. I absolutely hate having short hair. Cindy did fix it different the last time she colored it. But I HATED it! Couldn't wait to wash it. Would rather wear a ball cap for the next 3 months than wear my hair like that. Even Haley, who thinks I should keep the hair short- hated it. And John is telling me that I need to spend more time on my hair. There isn't any there to spend time on. This is a sore spot with me. I asked him to drop it. Of course he didn't and proceeded to tell me that my hair looks like I just got out of bed. Men just don't have a clue sometimes.

Ought to be a real fun ride to Rockford today. I almost wish they would go and leave me here. That won't happen.