Snapshot #20

-
I am . . .

Thinking: that when we leave for Disney, I will be leaving my work computer behind . . . officially the first time I've been unplugged since I re-entered the work force last August.

Thankful for: days that give our family a chance to take a deep breath, be together, and rest. These times were missing during the month of April, but have been a little more present in the last 7-10 days.

Wondering: how I can possibly say thank you properly to everyone involved in our Disney trip.

Hoping: my knee decides to behave. After running errands for a good portion of the day both Friday and Saturday, it started swelling and stiffening up, and I'm thinking a bum knee sounds like a very bad thing when you're headed to Disney!

Buying: summer clothes for the kids - they grew SO much this past year! I also picked up croc flip flops for me and some canvas crocs for Brian.

Cooking: Honestly, not much. Between graduation parties, meeting family for dinner, and trying to clean out the fridge/pantry before our trip, there has not been much cooking going on.

Snacking on: strawberries. I feel guilty admitting we didn't pick them ourselves - just went to the farm and bought the bucket. The "to do" list was much too long for picking strawberries Friday, but since we showed up at the strawberry farm literally several weeks past strawberry season last year, I was determined to have a bucket of fresh strawberries whether we did the actual picking or not.

Drinking: iced coffee. Specifically, iced caramel macchiato. I've developed quite a craving for them.

Reading: Stranger by Harlan Coban is loaded up on my Kindle app ready to read while on vacation; Everyday Grace by Jessica Thompson, and The Case for Christ (youth edition) by Lee Strobel with the kids. Also . . . Disney food blog. :)

Watching: Survivor finale (I love when Brian finishes up the school year because he can stay awake for TV), Masterchef, and Selma (first movie we've watched in forever!). I need some suggestions because our summer TV schedule is wide open.

Listening: to Uninterrupted audio book on my way to work; The Art of Simple podcast, and The Happy Hour podcast

Smelling: Camden's dirty socks and shoes. His room reeks these days. Sounds so appealing, right?

Working on: decluttering. It's an ongoing project, but seems like spring/summer is the prime time to get rid of some things after a long winter. Nothing makes me feel better than dropping off bags at Goodwill. I love decluttering. Brian even managed to take 4 big bags of things from his closet yesterday.

Starting: Our very first summer with me as a working mom. I can't decide if I'm going to miss the freedom of no schedule or if I'm going to be happy to escape to work 3 days a week. I do know I'll miss the opportunity to pick up and travel to visit family. Those visits will need to be carefully crafted around work days for me and Sundays for Brian.

 Finishing: . . . . oh, boy. Nothing that I can think of. Which happens to be the same answer from last month.

How about a few pictures?
She is dressed like a rainbow.
DSC_5196

Those strawberries I mentioned.
DSC_5615

So much photo-bombing by this one these days.
DSC_5269

He's the only pitcher on the team so lots of practice in the front yard these days.
DSC_5556

It's lovely when I catch them with their heads together, and it's been happening on a fairly regular basis.
DSC_5577


Comments

Christine @ 12,450miles said…
Oh wow... I love this snapshot... AND all the photos!! I've missed your posts while I was missing from the world. This was a fabulous way to kick off my week!
8:37 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Scoop

-
Our meeting with Dr. W today was fine. Not encouraging, but fine. I don't know why I expected better news, but I think it's hard not to hope that the bad news you hear is somehow wrong; that they've somehow made a mistake. Basically, the cancer is still the same as prior to chemo. Possibly a little larger, but he said it was hard to tell. He was glad that it had not returned to my bowel or colon (because that was a large part of my initial surgery), and my chest and lungs are still clear (apparently, this is the next place the cancer would go). It does not change my stage of cancer (still 3c), and remission is still a possibility, but he said that it would be very tough to get there.  There are several more drugs that we can try, which is good, but unfortunately they each have a success rate of only 25%. It's a little too early to be considering clinical trials because hospitals who hold the trials like for the patients to have tried the more main-stream drugs firs
Read more

Late Night Ramblings

-
Image
1. Thanks to Andrea for driving me to chemo today. I'm always a little anxious on the way in and the very few times I've had to drive myself, it's been a little lonely coming home. But not today. 2. A fellow chemo patient today thought I was in my 20's. Score.  ("score" would be a term I'm borrowing from Becky ) 3. I did not wear a scarf today to chemo, and all the nurses and doctors did a double take since they didn't recognize me. So wierd. I recognize me with hair, bald, and with a little puppy fluff. 4. Dr. W. is adding Avastin , a new drug which will help prevent cancer cells from growing, to my current Gemzar routine. Good news is that it won't make me feel any worse. Bad news is that in a small percentage of patients it causes severe side effects involving blood clots, kidney failure, ulcers, and holes in your bowel. Good times. 5. I've been instructed to head directly to my primary care doctor for blood pressure medic
Read more

Scenes from the Soccer Field

-
Image
So I may not have apologized yesterday about the number of pictures, but I am definitely going to today. Because  coughcough thirty coughcough just might be excessive. And probably my family will be the only ones who look at all of them. But I don't care. :) By the way, we completely lost and did not even score a goal yet again. Rory tried really, really hard. This team was head and shoulders bigger than we are, way more coordinated than 4 year olds should be and their coach kept their A team in the entire game. Even after scoring some 15 goals. Oh, well. Rory still enjoyed herself. Which way is the goal again? Notice her position in this picture. Notice how she passed the girl next to her? No, I am not competitive at all. Not sure where the other team is. Oh, wait. There they are. See how much bigger they are? You'll notice she almost always runs with her mouth open. Either that or her tongue hang
Read more