Rob and I had our usual night - tv, some conversation about hings in our lives and bed. Nick woke us early despite the dark sky and rain showers and Ellie followed not too far behind. We had breakfast and packed out Mr. Potato heads to play with at Mom's. We headed over to Mom's and the spud heads were a hit until sharing came into play. Mom found the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so we put that in and the kids watched that for movie time today.
Mom picked up ramen noodle cups to duplicate the noodle lunch from the Ponyo movie - it was magical but more so on the movie - none of the kids really enjoyed their ramen noodles (I guess it becomes an acquired taste during college). I ended up taking the kids for ice cream after lunch while Mom got Tony down for his nap. We went to the Chocolate Shoppe (the kids fav) and they had the new scenery up - Dinosaurs. We sat outside and enjoyed our treats - Nick had ice cream rolling down his hands to his elbows. We stopped by some thrift stores before heading back to Mom's. The finds today - an original Polly Pocket locket, a police coat with handcuffs dress up & American Girl party wands. We went back to Mom's but Tony was still sleeping so Ellie and Nick played in the playroom with trains and the castle. We ended up leaving early beacuse today was the library reading day at the pool and it was the perfect day to enjoy the pool. Ellie got to go to the pool a couple times a week at camp but the rest of us haven't been this summer.
We started off in the kids section and Nick quickly discovered he could walk on his arms all the way around the pool. He eventually got comfortable enough to do the water slides with Ellie - so fun to watch them together. We moved to the big pool and Nick really showed no fear of water depth and just kept going further - we need to get him into swim lessons. The kids went to the splash pad while the lifeguard had their swim break and then we finished our adventure back at the kids section. We picked up dinner on our way home and got home and got the kids into their PJs. Nick and Ellie were picnicking and watching Wipeout and I came in to see if they were finished with dinner and noticed Nick was passed out on the couch. Poor boy was worn out and tired. After Wipeout Rob took Ellie up to bed not without her wanting to stay up for America's Got Talent.
I had left a message for Margaret to verify that I only needed a pelvic and abdominal CT scan tomorrow but she had left me message tonight saying that Dr. Marsh wants a chest scan also - boo! I re-read the directions for the prep again and I really think it is going to be the worst thing I have ever drank because it suggests it should take me between 30-60 minutes to drink the 20 ounces. I guess it is good to be thorough, however, in light of all the radiation news out there right now I just want to be able to limit the amount of crap going into/through my body - seriously haven't I been radiated enough? My feet are starting to slow in the peeling department - just my heels really look like they haven't peeled yet. Visualising my health (tumor free) body, Tree
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Adventure Monday
Rob went up to bed early and I stayed up and watched the news. Nick was up early this morning and Ellie got up around her usual time. We ate breakfast and headed to Mom's house for some playtime. The kids goofed around with each other and finally we just needed to get out of the house. We headed out to do some shopping and grab some lunch - we hit exactly one store before getting some lunch - we found out that Sonic opened in the NW burbs. We had lunch and a couple more diaper changes than expected and the boys went into meltdown mode - we really though they would take a nap but they didn't.
We stopped at Big Lots and did some shopping and the kids found the new Poptart sundae flavors. We stopped in Lands End and I found Nick shoes in the next 2 sizes for $3.75 a pair - lots of cute stuff on sale there. We headed back to Mom's where Jo met us and stole Tony away from our fun. Nick and Ellie put together their gliders from their kids meals and tried to fly them but the sky had started to drizzle. We eventually headed home and the kids were excited to watch Willy Wonka - the original we borrowed from Mom's house.
We put in the video and Rob and I did some cleaning downstairs - its amazing how dust bunnies seem to multiply the same way regular bunnies do. Nick came down to help vacuum and to see what we were doing in the playroom (secretly making sure we were not getting rid of any toys). None of us were really hungry so everyone kind of snacked for dinner - PBJs, apples with cinnamon and yogurts.
My feet look most unusual - kind of like neapolitan ice cream - pink, brown and white. The brown part seems to be the part needing to peel still and I've got to say the new pink skin is very soft. I have noticed I seem to be bruising more easily than I previously did and they see to stick around a bunch longer. I have a new thing to compare my fingertips to - they feel like I have liquid soap on them - all the time. I am anxious for Wednesday but I am not looking forward to the prep - this one-two ounce liquid I should mix with 20 ounces of something with a strong flavor. The first CT I had the small liquid tasted like nail polish remover smells - we shall see. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
We stopped at Big Lots and did some shopping and the kids found the new Poptart sundae flavors. We stopped in Lands End and I found Nick shoes in the next 2 sizes for $3.75 a pair - lots of cute stuff on sale there. We headed back to Mom's where Jo met us and stole Tony away from our fun. Nick and Ellie put together their gliders from their kids meals and tried to fly them but the sky had started to drizzle. We eventually headed home and the kids were excited to watch Willy Wonka - the original we borrowed from Mom's house.
We put in the video and Rob and I did some cleaning downstairs - its amazing how dust bunnies seem to multiply the same way regular bunnies do. Nick came down to help vacuum and to see what we were doing in the playroom (secretly making sure we were not getting rid of any toys). None of us were really hungry so everyone kind of snacked for dinner - PBJs, apples with cinnamon and yogurts.
My feet look most unusual - kind of like neapolitan ice cream - pink, brown and white. The brown part seems to be the part needing to peel still and I've got to say the new pink skin is very soft. I have noticed I seem to be bruising more easily than I previously did and they see to stick around a bunch longer. I have a new thing to compare my fingertips to - they feel like I have liquid soap on them - all the time. I am anxious for Wednesday but I am not looking forward to the prep - this one-two ounce liquid I should mix with 20 ounces of something with a strong flavor. The first CT I had the small liquid tasted like nail polish remover smells - we shall see. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Weekend Highlights
Friday started with Ellie coming into our bedroom around 2:00AM asking for an ibuprofen for her headache - bad sign. I got her an ibuprofen and tucked her back into bed and placed the garbage can at her side. It took almost 2 hours but the telltale cough started along with the vomit. Luckily, all was fine and well come normal wake up time. We picked up some breakfast and headed to Mom's - Dad had the day off and we had some plans. We ate breakfast and got ready for our adventure to Wagner farm - a local farm that usually has a decent amount of animals, an old farmhouse and ice cream. Unfortunately, most of the animals were away at a county fair but the kids still had a blast. We left the farm and went back to Mom and Dad's and said our goodbyes - we were off to Michigan for the weekend and Mom and Dad were off to visit friends in Galena.
We had our usual traffic getting up to Michigan - the kids watched a video and the time went by quick enough for most of us (Ellie kept asking when we would arrive so she could get ready for the clubhouse carnival.) Since Ellie had to be at the carnival early to set-up we opted for appetizers for dinner - I had stopped at the farm stand on our way in and picked up some veggies. We walked down to the carnival and went to the Bozo Buckets - the game Ellie chose to be in charge of. Nick played some games and Ellie joined us before her "shift". It started to drizzle but felt refreshing - Nick asked to go back to the cottage - it was getting too loud for him. We went back and Ellie joined us after the carnival clean-up - I can't even put into words how proud she was.
We woke up Saturday to the rain and decided it would be a good day to go to Holland. We started at one of our favorite thrift stores and found some fall clothes for Ellie, a new matching game, some crafts things and the "Apple Dumpling Gang's" wagon (says Nick). We had lunch at Red Robin and Red was standing in front of the restaurant as we pulled up - the kids were so excited. We enjoyed a nice lunch together and Red circled a couple times before giving the kids their balloons. Rob and I decided that it would be the perfect day for picking peaches - we were on our way to our favorite orchard - Jollay. After a bit of a ride we arrived and were taken out to the orchard in a John Deere tractor - Nick's thrill of the day. We picked 13 pounds of peaches - less than we would normally pick but this is a much warmer summer and baking isn't on my top 10 list. We picked up some corn from the farm stand on our way back home. The sun came out for us and warmed the air enough to go to the beach - we spent a couple hours there. None of us were super hungry so we had a light dinner before heading to the soda bar for some ice cream.
Today we had a pancake breakfast and headed to the beach for a couple hours - the sun hadn't come out and it was pretty cloudy so the water seemed pretty cold to us adults - not to the kids. The water was very calm and Ellie and Nick were able to play in the water without Nick being knocked over or the under-tow pushing them too far. Rob and I actually found a couple minutes to talk while they played. We came back to the cottage and cleaned up and had lunch. I finished another book while the kids played in the playroom. We got on the road early in the afternoon and arrived home in about 3 hours - not bad! Rob set the sprinkler up for the kids and I read the newspaper. We waited for Mom and Dad to let us know they were home and headed over to their house for dinner. Nick fell through a chair and really scraped his back up - he's a trooper and keeps telling me its all better as I apply another layer of neosporin to it. We had a nice time catching up over dinner - Mom and Dad brought back fresh corn from a farm. We came home and got the kids ready for bed - I changed all our sheets and tossed in some laundry.
This is the week my "freedom" from doctors ends - I go for a follow-up CT scan on Wednesday and a follow-up visit with Dr. Marsh on Thursday. I am hoping that what both Drs. Marsh and Nanda suspect is true and that the tumor is just dead skin and not "alive" any longer. Thanks to the beach my feet got a natural sand exfoliating treatment this weekend. The skin is still peeling off but the new skin is soft and I have hope for non callused feet soon. My hands still have the weird tingly - asleep feeling - still no fingerprints and still swollen. My cramps seem to have taken a vacation but I know as I write this it means they will return shortly. All in all - a great weekend, visualising my healthy body, Tree
We had our usual traffic getting up to Michigan - the kids watched a video and the time went by quick enough for most of us (Ellie kept asking when we would arrive so she could get ready for the clubhouse carnival.) Since Ellie had to be at the carnival early to set-up we opted for appetizers for dinner - I had stopped at the farm stand on our way in and picked up some veggies. We walked down to the carnival and went to the Bozo Buckets - the game Ellie chose to be in charge of. Nick played some games and Ellie joined us before her "shift". It started to drizzle but felt refreshing - Nick asked to go back to the cottage - it was getting too loud for him. We went back and Ellie joined us after the carnival clean-up - I can't even put into words how proud she was.
We woke up Saturday to the rain and decided it would be a good day to go to Holland. We started at one of our favorite thrift stores and found some fall clothes for Ellie, a new matching game, some crafts things and the "Apple Dumpling Gang's" wagon (says Nick). We had lunch at Red Robin and Red was standing in front of the restaurant as we pulled up - the kids were so excited. We enjoyed a nice lunch together and Red circled a couple times before giving the kids their balloons. Rob and I decided that it would be the perfect day for picking peaches - we were on our way to our favorite orchard - Jollay. After a bit of a ride we arrived and were taken out to the orchard in a John Deere tractor - Nick's thrill of the day. We picked 13 pounds of peaches - less than we would normally pick but this is a much warmer summer and baking isn't on my top 10 list. We picked up some corn from the farm stand on our way back home. The sun came out for us and warmed the air enough to go to the beach - we spent a couple hours there. None of us were super hungry so we had a light dinner before heading to the soda bar for some ice cream.
Today we had a pancake breakfast and headed to the beach for a couple hours - the sun hadn't come out and it was pretty cloudy so the water seemed pretty cold to us adults - not to the kids. The water was very calm and Ellie and Nick were able to play in the water without Nick being knocked over or the under-tow pushing them too far. Rob and I actually found a couple minutes to talk while they played. We came back to the cottage and cleaned up and had lunch. I finished another book while the kids played in the playroom. We got on the road early in the afternoon and arrived home in about 3 hours - not bad! Rob set the sprinkler up for the kids and I read the newspaper. We waited for Mom and Dad to let us know they were home and headed over to their house for dinner. Nick fell through a chair and really scraped his back up - he's a trooper and keeps telling me its all better as I apply another layer of neosporin to it. We had a nice time catching up over dinner - Mom and Dad brought back fresh corn from a farm. We came home and got the kids ready for bed - I changed all our sheets and tossed in some laundry.
This is the week my "freedom" from doctors ends - I go for a follow-up CT scan on Wednesday and a follow-up visit with Dr. Marsh on Thursday. I am hoping that what both Drs. Marsh and Nanda suspect is true and that the tumor is just dead skin and not "alive" any longer. Thanks to the beach my feet got a natural sand exfoliating treatment this weekend. The skin is still peeling off but the new skin is soft and I have hope for non callused feet soon. My hands still have the weird tingly - asleep feeling - still no fingerprints and still swollen. My cramps seem to have taken a vacation but I know as I write this it means they will return shortly. All in all - a great weekend, visualising my healthy body, Tree
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tired Thursday
I stayed up later than Rob because I forgot to take my ativan before I wanted to go to bed. Nick had another crappy night sleep - not sure what is up with that. This morning we got up and had breakfast and my old friends, cramps, decided to make an appearance. After getting the kids dressed and ready to leave I needed to take a couple advil and lay down with the hot pad. We ended up going to Mom's about a half hour later.
Mom's friend, Kate, was over when we arrived - so we got to visit for a bit before she had to leave. The kids quickly found their mess-dough and played with that for a while. We took a "field-trip" to the courthouse so Mom could pick up something. The kids got to go through the metal detector and see into a courtroom and see where the sheriff's hang out. After we got lunch and went to the park for a picnic lunch but ended up leaving our original park and going to one close to home. The kids played for about 30 minutes and got a mini air show (some men showed up with a radio controlled plane and flew it around the field). We needed to cool off and picked up some ice cream. You wouldn't believe how much of a mess vanilla soft serve could make until you have seen Ellie and Nick. I think I went into a sugar coma and fell into a deep sleep. Mom played with the kids - mess-dough again, stamps and other crafts.
I finally woke up and it was time to time to get going to our house for family dinner night. We packed up and Mom drove with us to our house. Ellie and Nick quickly were over at the neighbors house playing and Mom and I got dinner ready. Dad was later tonight because he had his car at the shop and needed to pick it up. The kids came in and took a much needed bath and we got ready for dinner. Dad arrived and we had a nice dinner together and a great dessert - think sweet and salty - yum!
Mom and Dad left and Rob and I got Ellie and Nick to bed. Mom is suffering sympathy pains again - we both are having terrible tailbone pain. Everything else is the same as it has been, peeling feet, tingly fingers and abdominal cramps. Visualising my healthy body (and a more peaceful night), Tree
We will be in Michigan for the weekend so I will blog again on Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend.
Mom's friend, Kate, was over when we arrived - so we got to visit for a bit before she had to leave. The kids quickly found their mess-dough and played with that for a while. We took a "field-trip" to the courthouse so Mom could pick up something. The kids got to go through the metal detector and see into a courtroom and see where the sheriff's hang out. After we got lunch and went to the park for a picnic lunch but ended up leaving our original park and going to one close to home. The kids played for about 30 minutes and got a mini air show (some men showed up with a radio controlled plane and flew it around the field). We needed to cool off and picked up some ice cream. You wouldn't believe how much of a mess vanilla soft serve could make until you have seen Ellie and Nick. I think I went into a sugar coma and fell into a deep sleep. Mom played with the kids - mess-dough again, stamps and other crafts.
I finally woke up and it was time to time to get going to our house for family dinner night. We packed up and Mom drove with us to our house. Ellie and Nick quickly were over at the neighbors house playing and Mom and I got dinner ready. Dad was later tonight because he had his car at the shop and needed to pick it up. The kids came in and took a much needed bath and we got ready for dinner. Dad arrived and we had a nice dinner together and a great dessert - think sweet and salty - yum!
Mom and Dad left and Rob and I got Ellie and Nick to bed. Mom is suffering sympathy pains again - we both are having terrible tailbone pain. Everything else is the same as it has been, peeling feet, tingly fingers and abdominal cramps. Visualising my healthy body (and a more peaceful night), Tree
We will be in Michigan for the weekend so I will blog again on Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wacky craft Wednesday
Rob and I stayed up and watched the news before heading up to bed. I knew I cursed myself by publicly touting my awesome night because last night was anything but. It took forever for me to fall asleep - I remember looking at the clock at 11:00PM and then 11:30PM and then around midnight Nick woke up and was thirsty - I gave him some water and he went back to bed until around 4:00AM when he walked into our room and wanted to snuggle - which I did until I was dripping wet with his body heat - I put him back to bed around 4:30AM and then we was up again at 7:15AM. Rob had a meeting today so he was home to eat breakfast with us before he had to leave. Nick was funny he asked for a waffle with sausages on top and a yogurt on the side.
In Michigan this coming weekend is the clubhouse carnival - the kids who have participated in clubhouse during the summer get to be in charge of various carnival games - bozo buckets, cake walk, lollipop tree and such and on one of the mornings this week all the kids will make tie-dye t-shirts and Ellie won't be there until the carnival so I promised we would do tie-dye this week. We started off the morning with a trip to the craft store to pick up white t-shirts and ended up with a couple other craft project for the summer too. A quick trip to Target for a couple more white t-shirts (we couldn't get all the sizes we needed at the craft store). We got to Mom's and decided to do the tie-dye first. I had a couple different kits - my usual liquid one and one with strings that had a dry dye on them. We did both kits and they both came out beautifully different.
We cleaned up tie-dye and all of us - Nick had green dye all over his body. The kids moved on to stamping - Mom rolled out some paper and the kids took out the rubber stamps and ink pads and went nuts - Nick, once again, required major clean-up - he decided to ink the soles of his feet and stamp up his leg. Mom went and got her haircut while I got lunch for the kids (Mom started some hard boiled eggs for Ellie). Nick had a smuckers PB&J and acted like it was his first PB&J ever - Mom there is peanut butter in here and jelly. Mom came home with a new look and it looked wonderful. While watching tv Ellie saw a commercial for Moon Dough - a type of never drying play-doh and decided we should make moon dough. Mom and Ellie looked up a recipe online and we had all the ingredients so Mom and Ellie made their version of moon dough. The batch was cut into two and Nick got his dyed orange and Ellie teal - this entertained for a long time. Eventually they started taking our orders for food and making the dough into our orders. We finally cleaned mess dough up (Dad's name for play-doh) and headed back home.
Rob got home about the same time we did and took the kids outside to play and I got to enjoy some catch-up phone time with my sister-in-law, Lonna. The kids quickly found our neighbors and were delighted to have playmates. I washed out the tie-dye and like always like some more than others but they all look nice. I went to pick up dinner while Rob gave the kids a bath. We had dinner and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was on tv - so we had entertainment. I took a bath and I searched the linen closet for some sort of foot exfoliating creme and instead found a Bath and Body Works peppermint cooling lotion - I wish I found this a couple weeks ago but it still feels great. I have realized tonight that just like my fingerprints disappeared my footprints are also disappearing and being replaced by really pink/red sub skin. We got the kids to bed and are now watching some tv. Everything else is the same ole stuff - visualising my healthy body, Tree
In Michigan this coming weekend is the clubhouse carnival - the kids who have participated in clubhouse during the summer get to be in charge of various carnival games - bozo buckets, cake walk, lollipop tree and such and on one of the mornings this week all the kids will make tie-dye t-shirts and Ellie won't be there until the carnival so I promised we would do tie-dye this week. We started off the morning with a trip to the craft store to pick up white t-shirts and ended up with a couple other craft project for the summer too. A quick trip to Target for a couple more white t-shirts (we couldn't get all the sizes we needed at the craft store). We got to Mom's and decided to do the tie-dye first. I had a couple different kits - my usual liquid one and one with strings that had a dry dye on them. We did both kits and they both came out beautifully different.
We cleaned up tie-dye and all of us - Nick had green dye all over his body. The kids moved on to stamping - Mom rolled out some paper and the kids took out the rubber stamps and ink pads and went nuts - Nick, once again, required major clean-up - he decided to ink the soles of his feet and stamp up his leg. Mom went and got her haircut while I got lunch for the kids (Mom started some hard boiled eggs for Ellie). Nick had a smuckers PB&J and acted like it was his first PB&J ever - Mom there is peanut butter in here and jelly. Mom came home with a new look and it looked wonderful. While watching tv Ellie saw a commercial for Moon Dough - a type of never drying play-doh and decided we should make moon dough. Mom and Ellie looked up a recipe online and we had all the ingredients so Mom and Ellie made their version of moon dough. The batch was cut into two and Nick got his dyed orange and Ellie teal - this entertained for a long time. Eventually they started taking our orders for food and making the dough into our orders. We finally cleaned mess dough up (Dad's name for play-doh) and headed back home.
Rob got home about the same time we did and took the kids outside to play and I got to enjoy some catch-up phone time with my sister-in-law, Lonna. The kids quickly found our neighbors and were delighted to have playmates. I washed out the tie-dye and like always like some more than others but they all look nice. I went to pick up dinner while Rob gave the kids a bath. We had dinner and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was on tv - so we had entertainment. I took a bath and I searched the linen closet for some sort of foot exfoliating creme and instead found a Bath and Body Works peppermint cooling lotion - I wish I found this a couple weeks ago but it still feels great. I have realized tonight that just like my fingerprints disappeared my footprints are also disappearing and being replaced by really pink/red sub skin. We got the kids to bed and are now watching some tv. Everything else is the same ole stuff - visualising my healthy body, Tree
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
This heat is exhausting
Rob was falling asleep watching tv last night so I sent him up to bed and I stayed up to watch the news. It was an awesome sleep night at our house - Nick slept until 7:30AM and Ellie until 8:30AM. Nick and I came down for breakfast and to watch morning cartoons and Ellie joined us when she awoke. We got stuff together to take to Mom's and grabbed some PB&Js for our picnic. We brought our huge rubbermaid of legos to Mom's today and that entertained Ellie, Nick and Tony for over an hour - there were enough legos for everyone. Mom and I made and packed our picnic lunch - a little something for everyone.
We drove to the forest preserve and un-packed our picnic - the kids had their special chairs which lined them up perfectly for the bench to be their table. Even though it was hot outside we found a shaded picnic table and it wasn't all bad. Ellie started to complain about a headache - I went and got her some ibuprofen and eventually got her a plastic bag. Tony started running around the table and then Nick joined him and their circle around the table eventually got bigger and bigger until it wasn't a circle any longer and they were just running around. Tony pulled a Forrest Gump and just started running away and then he'd glance to make sure we were still watching and then he'd run some more - I got up and ran after him and picked him up like a football and ran him back. We packed up because Ellie really wasn't feeling well and drove back to Mom's.
I checked Mediclim.com when we got home but there are no warnings for migraine headaches so we will just have to track Ellie's symptoms - she did need the plastic bag by the time we got home - poor girl. We watched a DVD that Mom and I have only been able to listen to for last last 2 months - the kids watch it in the back of the car but we can only hear the soundtrack - ended up being quite like we envisioned. I really thought Nick was going to shut his eyes and take a nap but he just cuddled - Tony did take a nap and Ellie did some crafts. Jo came and picked sleeping Tony up and we packed up our stuff too. I told Mom we might need to cut the English movies out for a while because Nick has become afflicted with some English terms - Mom, I need to go up and brush me teeth.
We came home and dropped off our stuff and picked up our library books and headed to the library for our final book check in for the summer reading program. The kids received their certificates, a t-shirt and a packet of coupons for some special treats. Nick immediately took off his t-shirt and put on his library t-shirt - No, he could not wear it over his t-shirt he felt the need to strip right in the middle of the children's department. We picked up some dinner and headed home.
We had a lovely dinner together - both Nick and Ellie spilled their drinks but lovely nonetheless. Ellie was thrilled that Wipeout was on - she didn't even care it was a rerun. Rob just asked that I tell everyone he says Hi. We are watching America's Got Talent - guilty pleasure. Still the same old hands and feet symptoms today but today I am also sleepy - I closed my eyes a couple times at Mom's today - not sure if it is the heat or just being tired. I am also pretty sure something happened to my butt while I was undergoing radiation - I have a bone there that I never really knew existed but now kills me on a regular basis. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
We drove to the forest preserve and un-packed our picnic - the kids had their special chairs which lined them up perfectly for the bench to be their table. Even though it was hot outside we found a shaded picnic table and it wasn't all bad. Ellie started to complain about a headache - I went and got her some ibuprofen and eventually got her a plastic bag. Tony started running around the table and then Nick joined him and their circle around the table eventually got bigger and bigger until it wasn't a circle any longer and they were just running around. Tony pulled a Forrest Gump and just started running away and then he'd glance to make sure we were still watching and then he'd run some more - I got up and ran after him and picked him up like a football and ran him back. We packed up because Ellie really wasn't feeling well and drove back to Mom's.
I checked Mediclim.com when we got home but there are no warnings for migraine headaches so we will just have to track Ellie's symptoms - she did need the plastic bag by the time we got home - poor girl. We watched a DVD that Mom and I have only been able to listen to for last last 2 months - the kids watch it in the back of the car but we can only hear the soundtrack - ended up being quite like we envisioned. I really thought Nick was going to shut his eyes and take a nap but he just cuddled - Tony did take a nap and Ellie did some crafts. Jo came and picked sleeping Tony up and we packed up our stuff too. I told Mom we might need to cut the English movies out for a while because Nick has become afflicted with some English terms - Mom, I need to go up and brush me teeth.
We came home and dropped off our stuff and picked up our library books and headed to the library for our final book check in for the summer reading program. The kids received their certificates, a t-shirt and a packet of coupons for some special treats. Nick immediately took off his t-shirt and put on his library t-shirt - No, he could not wear it over his t-shirt he felt the need to strip right in the middle of the children's department. We picked up some dinner and headed home.
We had a lovely dinner together - both Nick and Ellie spilled their drinks but lovely nonetheless. Ellie was thrilled that Wipeout was on - she didn't even care it was a rerun. Rob just asked that I tell everyone he says Hi. We are watching America's Got Talent - guilty pleasure. Still the same old hands and feet symptoms today but today I am also sleepy - I closed my eyes a couple times at Mom's today - not sure if it is the heat or just being tired. I am also pretty sure something happened to my butt while I was undergoing radiation - I have a bone there that I never really knew existed but now kills me on a regular basis. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
Monday, July 26, 2010
Back to the regular groove
Last night we went to Mom and Dad's for Sunday dinner. It was great to see Mom, Dad, Jo and Tony again. I really thought I gained some weight on vacation turns out I lost weight - I ate my fair share of ice cream, too. We had a wonderful dinner - pasta, fruit, broccoli slaw, salad and brownies - yum! I gave Jo and Tony a ride home while the kids played outside with Dad. We all went out for a couple minutes before we realized we were being eaten by all the 'squitos. Rob and I got the kids to bed and were able to make it through Next Food Network Star and another food program before Nick was awake and confused about being in his own bed. He got back to sleep and Rob and I joined him - why do vacations not leave you calm but evoke the need for sleep?
Nick was up around 7:00 AM and Ellie slept until 7:30AM. While trying to get breakfast I realized we really had nothing but rotting food and condiments in our fridge. We relaxed around here and then got ready to go to Mom's. We stopped by the bakery to pick-up some sugar - I mean sprinkle donuts and danish. I figure if ice cream isn't working maybe chocolate chip danish might help with packing on the pounds. We got to Mom's and the kids ate their bakery treats and played. We ended up on the porch with play-doh and Mom organized the play kitchen and the boys un-organized it. I got to read my magazines that came last week and Ellie ripped out some kids crafts from a couple, Mom and I decided to try a recipe from one for lunch.
We went in for a weird lunch - Ellie wanted a cucumber sandwich, Nick wanted a cream cheese bagel and I wanted a grilled cheese. The watermelon/yogurt/sprinkle recipe Ellie ripped out was not a success with any of the kids, however, the watermelon/feta salad was tasty. We put in our afternoon movie, Ponyo - we started watching it before vacation but we never finished - cure kids movie. After Ponyo Tony wanted Finding Nemo - so we watched that also - Nick and Tony cuddled but no naps and Ellie did some crafts. Jo came home and picked up Tony and Mom joined us for some grocery shopping. I don't think I've been in a grocery store that long in a while. Mom drove us to drop off the groceries and Rob was home and put them away and started dinner. We drove back to Mom's and picked up our car and were on our way home. I finished up getting dinner ready while Rob took the kids outside to play and try to catch butterflies. We had dinner and I gave the kids a bath and it was bedtime.
Today my feet are still not happy campers - more areas are becoming pink and irritated. My hands are about the same and I am contemplating that they might never be the same again. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
Nick was up around 7:00 AM and Ellie slept until 7:30AM. While trying to get breakfast I realized we really had nothing but rotting food and condiments in our fridge. We relaxed around here and then got ready to go to Mom's. We stopped by the bakery to pick-up some sugar - I mean sprinkle donuts and danish. I figure if ice cream isn't working maybe chocolate chip danish might help with packing on the pounds. We got to Mom's and the kids ate their bakery treats and played. We ended up on the porch with play-doh and Mom organized the play kitchen and the boys un-organized it. I got to read my magazines that came last week and Ellie ripped out some kids crafts from a couple, Mom and I decided to try a recipe from one for lunch.
We went in for a weird lunch - Ellie wanted a cucumber sandwich, Nick wanted a cream cheese bagel and I wanted a grilled cheese. The watermelon/yogurt/sprinkle recipe Ellie ripped out was not a success with any of the kids, however, the watermelon/feta salad was tasty. We put in our afternoon movie, Ponyo - we started watching it before vacation but we never finished - cure kids movie. After Ponyo Tony wanted Finding Nemo - so we watched that also - Nick and Tony cuddled but no naps and Ellie did some crafts. Jo came home and picked up Tony and Mom joined us for some grocery shopping. I don't think I've been in a grocery store that long in a while. Mom drove us to drop off the groceries and Rob was home and put them away and started dinner. We drove back to Mom's and picked up our car and were on our way home. I finished up getting dinner ready while Rob took the kids outside to play and try to catch butterflies. We had dinner and I gave the kids a bath and it was bedtime.
Today my feet are still not happy campers - more areas are becoming pink and irritated. My hands are about the same and I am contemplating that they might never be the same again. Visualising my healthy body, Tree
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