Tuesday's Tidbits, a bit late

First up I should Happy Anniversary to my better half. Fourteen years ago (yesterday) we promised to love each other for better or worse, and it's all been better with him by my side.

Our friend Mayme brought supper to us last night and Camden has declared her "the best cooker ever."

For whatever reason, I've been in a serious redecorating mood. You know. In between bouts of nausea and extreme fatigue and chemo treatments. I used to love to decorate, paint, buy new pillows, etc. I may have even been known to do some stenciling along the walls (hello, 90's!). And then Camden came along and all my extra money went to dressing him. Then I discovered scrapbooking and photography. And we all know what happened to the clothing budget when Rory joined our family. Needless to say, there has been no decorating money for a while. Not that there's any now, but I've been scouring do-it-yourself blogs and decided to touch up the bathroom and our bedroom. Want to see the first thing I bought? These adorable Paris prints that are going to go in the bathroom. And the color scheme to go with it? This black/white damask shower curtain and eggshell blue paint. Poor Brian did not know he was going to spend summer break repainting dressers and doors.

Clearly summer break has begun. The kids have been outside for approximately an hour and have run through the house every 30 seconds. I just walked in the bathroom and found mud on the floor, grass on the rug, both basement doors open, empty water bottles on the cabinet, and an unflushed toilet.

I actually stayed in bed all night last night. I know this doesn't sound like much, but ever since my surgery 2 months ago, there has been very little sleep around here. And last night I didn't get up at all! I was up at 5:00, but that's okay.

Because I'm sure you're all dying for an update on a cancer patient's bald head, let me just say that this process is not as neat and clean as you might imagine. First I had it shaved into a lovely butch cut. Next up comes a little rubbing off of the hairline. And this morning in the shower there was a mass hair exodus and I have enormous bald patches. It is not pretty.

I would love to show you the pictures from the last week or so, but after an unfortunate Academic Superstore order that went missing, I let my Lightroom 3 trial run out and Adobe is currently shipping me a new one. But when it arrives, I have pictures from a tea party with Aunt Becky, pictures of the three Hale sisters, pictures of Camden and Rory meeting two lovely little blogger buddies. Not to mention bald pictures. Exciting, right?

And thank you once again for the sweet emails, facebook comments, and mail I've received lately. This cycle has been hard. But you all make it a little bit easier.