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What is hope?

 
What hope means

Hope is bright shining light which keeps darkness at the bay
Hope is gentle cold breeze on a hot summer day

Hope is to remain positive when going gets tough
hope is seeking more when others think u had enough

What hope means

Hope is dreaming of tomorrow
Hope is simmering under sorrow

Hope is sparkles when tears in our eyes
Hope is a beautiful thing & beautiful things never dies

What hope means

Hope is as light as a feather
Hope keeps all of us together

Hope is ubiquitous and free of cost
hope is the last thing ever lost.....

Vineet Bansal

Finny Friday.

Don't you just want to squish him? Finny is getting bigger and bigger and is up to all kinds of trouble. He is such a boy!

 
He has figured out where the puppy chow is kept and has taken to trying to get into the plastic bin to get a snack. Hubby caught him standing in it the other day just going at it. In typical puppy fashion he eats too much and then throws it all back up. You would think he would learn!

His new favorite thing to do is to hang out at the fence and harass the goats. He is just itching to get in there to herd them.

I can't wait to let him loose in there!

"Yo what's up with the dude with spots?"

Not yet Finny Foo Foo. Mama's not ready yet!

No chemo today! Celebrating with lunch out with my friend Vicky and then I am off to the doctor and hoping for some good news!

Happy Friday! 

Shiny little ladies

 
I've been enjoying a little photography time. I don't seem to have any inspiration when I don't feel good. It feels good to feel good and even better to get out and take pictures.

This lady bug was in the bush beside my chair that I sit in to read on the porch. It was very busy eating bugsall day. I took some pictures with my Nikon D60 and some with my little canon that has an awesome macro setting.

This one is from my little canon point and shoot. I just love it!

 

I just love the detail I get, and how shiny the lady bug is.

 
Last week the nurse told me during chemo that my tumor markers are down which is what we are hoping for. Hopefully they will continue to drop, and the treatments will do their job.

 
   

Stepping out of the fog

Sorry for my absence here. Having chemo two weeks in a row is really wearing on me. When I have my treatment on Friday It takes me until about Tuesday or Wednesday to feel like myself and then I am back in the next Friday. This weekend was not too rough but I was extremely tired and I lost my ability to taste and lost my appetite all together. This morning I am able to sip an iced coffee and it tastes pretty good to me.

Having my treatments so close together is mentally hard on me, I find it wears me down emotionally and I get a bit depressed during the weekend when I am feeling bad. The best thing though is that it just turns off like a switch and I wake up one day and feel great just like that.

 
This week is an off week. No chemo for me on Friday, just a doctors appointment on Friday. I am looking forward to getting out in my garden and planting my pots full of flowers on my porch. I am also looking forward to getting back into my kitchen and doing some cooking, which I can't do at all right after chemo. I really miss it.

Last Thursday I was feeling good and I got out with my camera. I don't really have much blooming in my garden, but I enjoyed getting out into the woods and finding things budding and blooming there. It's not hard to find things to photograph.

I hope to be back to a regular blogging schedule this week. I really miss it!

Happy 8th Birthday to Little E

Happy Birthday to my little E who turned 8 on Saturday. We had a fun weekend of celebrating, the weather was perfect for outside fun.

I can't believe how fast she is growing up. It seems she was just going off to kindergarten and now she is finishing up with 2nd grade. She is my love bug, and my snuggle bunny. The room lights up when she arrives. She thoughtful and sweet and I am proud to be her Mama. She loves to read, loves animals and loves to help out in any way she can.

Happy Birthday sweetie! I love you!