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My Blogs Birthday and a Giveaway- the winner is

The winner is Di, she was the twelth comment. Congratulations Di! Enjoy the necklace!

 

 
Happy Valentines day to everyone. Today marks the 3rd birthday of my blog. When I first started my blog, I planned to use it to help inform my family and friends about my cancer recovery and chemo therapy. It was hard to repeat over and over what I was going through, so with the help of a friend Spruce Hill was born. At that time I had already had my mastectomy and was recovering. It was really nice getting emails from everyone cheering me on. After a while I started getting new people commenting on my blog. strangers from everywhere, even other countries that were cheering me on, I was hooked. Since then my blog has changed quite a bit. I started posting recipes and my photography took a front seat in my posts. My photography has grounded me and given me something to look forward to. It gives a me a creative outlet that I really need. 

To celebrate my blogs birthday I am having a give away.

 
I'm giving away this necklace. I ordered this necklace from Etsy, from a shop called Giggles and Grins.  The tile is a chocolate brown color and the tree is a pretty moss green. The shop is full of beautiful scrabble tile pendents. It's all fun and very unique. Etsy is full of unique hand made items, there is something for everyone there. I could spend all day just browsing around. All you have to do is leave a comment by Wednesday 12:00 am EST and you will be registered to win. I will choose a winner by random on thursday morning. Only enter once please, facebook comments do not count, you must leave a comment on my blog.

 

Good news!

On Tuesday I had a PET CT scan, I have been really nervous about it. My tumor marker counts were up last week so I was on the edge. We had planned to go downtown tomorrow and get the results. My doctor called this afternoon to tell me that he could not hold back on his good news and that the scan showed a measurable improvement in all the areas where my cancer came back. So I am breathing a big sigh of relief, and am feeling very very thankful tonight.

Again thank you for all of your prayers and support. We will be doing much celebrating tonight!

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!  

One Step closer

It's my birthday today and I am one step closer to being an old lady. As a cancer survivor my goal is to get to be an old lady.

I am planning on spending the day eating chocolate, drinking a latte and having a nice pasta dinner with a big glass of wine and  Best of all enjoy my family!

Did I say I was going to eat chocolate? Yeah I am already on my way :)

Happy Birthday to my Blog!

Two years ago today my blog was born. I had no idea then what I was getting into, how blogging would effect my life in so many ways. At that time I was recovering from my mastectomy surgery and had a lot of time on my hands. I had found a several blogs that Iliked and thought I would like to have a blog myself. I talked to my friend and neighbor Molly about her blog and finally got up the nerve to start my own. My blog helped me through a very tough time in my life. I made so many connections with people who were all routing for me and it also gave my family and friends a way to keep up with my cancer journey. My blog has changed a lot this year and I am really happy about the way it has transformed. Before I talked a lot about cancer, pain and anxiety. Now my blog is full of my photography and recipes.

The friendships I have made have been so wonderful and it is amazing to me what a supportive community we all have here out in the blogoshere.

Thank you to all my blog readers who come over to Spruce Hill to visit and see what's going on in my world.