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I slept late again. I'm feeling quite rubbish, actually. My legs are achy at night & I still feel REALLY tired. I phoned Dad & he was nearly in the city, so I went out to see if my car would start. Of course Contemplate started! I let her warm up for awhile & loaded 6 boxes in the car. I got myself ready & headed to town. I unloaded the boxes at M&D2's & said a quick hello. I motored over to Chili's & found the only cowboy hat in the joint.
We had a great visit. April is off to Mexico soon & just bought a MacBook Air. I'm only a slight shade of green! I offered advice on backing up her iBooks when she gets the new machine. I told Dad about the MagicJack. They are trying to remember the 'My Passport' suggestion & the MagicJack. April said it would end up MagicPort & PassJack! We had a good laugh!
We visited for a few hours before they had to go. It was already dark out & they wanted to get home before midnight. I went to Lulu to see if they had a running skirt in my size. I bought one the other day, but it was a little too small. I'm optimistic, but I've already had one miracle. Let's not get greedy! Luckily they had my size. I was trying to decide on a tank to match when I asked the clerk's opinion. She came over & helped me decide. While we were talking, she commented on my hair. She liked the colour. I was wearing the Gisele wig today. I proceeded to tell her about the chemo, the hair loss, when I was healthy, my future plans to get healthy, etc, etc. She suddenly disappeared & said she'd be right back. I wandered around a little, picked out a top to try on & when I walked over to her, she said, 'Pick a mat that you like. You can pick any of these colours. I'm giving you one. And you can have 5 yoga class passes.' I'm sure my jaw hit the floor! Really! Wow! She wanted to encourage me to get health & start doing some yoga again. Never in my life! I've always said, 'I'm the luckiest person I know.' And I think I just reinforced that belief! Wow! Thanks Lululemon! I can't wait to get started now!
I went back to M&D2's after that & shared my exciting news with them. I tried some of Mom2's fantastic soup, talked about cruising & then I had to boogie home. It was already 2100! Where did the time go? I was exhausted (still) & wanted to go to bed NOW!
When I got home, Mom had just arrived & was unloading her car. Thankfully she didn't go into cardiac arrest when she saw the state of the house. I'm making progress! Really I am! We're back in the city tomorrow for an eye appointment for her. She's having laser surgery & has her pupil dilation exam tomorrow. I'll drive her home afterwards.
Only a few more sleeps until Cuba! I can hardly wait! The only thing I've packed so far is my camera bag! Priorities! Ha ha!
Sleep well & see you tomorrow! Oh! I have 19 followers now! I'm pretty excited about that! I'm pretty excited about most things, but that really makes my day!
xxxx Maria, Valentina, Oceana & Adios
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Day 385 - Packing & Last Minute Things
Today sucked. Tomorrow he leaves. I'm not happy. I spent 5 hours in the city running around. Luckily Trisha called & forewarned me about the horrible accident on hwy 2 & I checked online. If I hadn't, I would have been stuck in a detour on hwy 8, as there was another horrible accident. What's going on? The weather is still good & people are still crashing? I'll be worried once things turn cold & snowy!
I picked up Jaco's pants from Lululemon that we dropped off for hemming, CNF for fruit, Wal-Mart for bins to pack away our things & then fuel, water & the last supper. It was rather frustrating to have to drive in on hwy 22, then all the way up McLeod Trail to Chinook, then all the way back down McLeod Trail to leave on hwy 22. Oh well. What can you do? At least I made it home safe & sound.
Jaco was nearly done packing by the time I arrived home at 2100. I helped him with a few things & did my best to tidy up the house, as I knew Mom would be coming home soon & spazzing about the state of the place. I went outside about 0100 to throw out the garbage & thought I might as well burn it, seeing as we would be up for awhile yet. When I got to the burning barrel, to my surprise, it was quite full. Mom must have put boxes in it & not lit them. I crammed my three bags of rubbish in on top of the cardboard boxes & proceed to light them on fire. I went back in the house & peeked outside every once in awhile to check on the flames & make sure I wasn't burning down the house. I checked out the window & to my surprise, the flames were raging quite high. I got a little nervous and sat & watched the flames for awhile. When I was confident I wasn't going to set K-Country on fire, I resumed cleaning/packing. About 10 minutes later, I looked out the window again. Oh dear. I think it's time for a new barrel. The flames had burned their way down the barrel. The barrel was FULL of holes. I don't know how the flames didn't escape. It was ridiculous. I could see more flames on the sides of the barrel than I could out the top of the barrel. See photo below.
Needless to say, I didn't go to sleep until all was dark & cool out back. I'm typing this from the bedroom, so the house is still standing. I'm telling you - if fire isn't in my demise, you can call me a liar!
Sweet dreams & enjoy the ones you love! I'm going to miss mine come tomorrow!!! xxxxMJV&O
I picked up Jaco's pants from Lululemon that we dropped off for hemming, CNF for fruit, Wal-Mart for bins to pack away our things & then fuel, water & the last supper. It was rather frustrating to have to drive in on hwy 22, then all the way up McLeod Trail to Chinook, then all the way back down McLeod Trail to leave on hwy 22. Oh well. What can you do? At least I made it home safe & sound.
Jaco was nearly done packing by the time I arrived home at 2100. I helped him with a few things & did my best to tidy up the house, as I knew Mom would be coming home soon & spazzing about the state of the place. I went outside about 0100 to throw out the garbage & thought I might as well burn it, seeing as we would be up for awhile yet. When I got to the burning barrel, to my surprise, it was quite full. Mom must have put boxes in it & not lit them. I crammed my three bags of rubbish in on top of the cardboard boxes & proceed to light them on fire. I went back in the house & peeked outside every once in awhile to check on the flames & make sure I wasn't burning down the house. I checked out the window & to my surprise, the flames were raging quite high. I got a little nervous and sat & watched the flames for awhile. When I was confident I wasn't going to set K-Country on fire, I resumed cleaning/packing. About 10 minutes later, I looked out the window again. Oh dear. I think it's time for a new barrel. The flames had burned their way down the barrel. The barrel was FULL of holes. I don't know how the flames didn't escape. It was ridiculous. I could see more flames on the sides of the barrel than I could out the top of the barrel. See photo below.
Needless to say, I didn't go to sleep until all was dark & cool out back. I'm typing this from the bedroom, so the house is still standing. I'm telling you - if fire isn't in my demise, you can call me a liar!
Sweet dreams & enjoy the ones you love! I'm going to miss mine come tomorrow!!! xxxxMJV&O
And he was even underweight!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Day 338 - Sushi & A Movie!
Whoa! I think I remember what it's like to have a social life! Today Jaco & I went to town & watched 'The Switch'. A movie! With my husband! A date! What a concept!
We wanted to catch a matinée, but we were about 15 minutes too late. We passed the time by trying on stuff in Lululemon. It is a bit like torture to leave empty handed, but my physique leaves a little to be desired these days, so probably best I don't cover it in spandex! :oP
We stopped at Community Natural Foods & picked up some more ginger. We bought what was left on the shelf & the gal suggested we talk to the Manager & order a box of it. We'll save wasting all those plastic tubs & we'll get 10% off. Hmm. Next time!
We picked up sushi from Kinjo on McLeod Trail. $20 for supper for 2 of us. I think that's pretty good! The sushi was delicious! Jaco doesn't normally eat (or like) sushi, but he enjoyed this. I was chuckling inside as he generously applied wasabi to his sushi. His watering eyes shortly after had me chuckling out loud... But, he liked it!
The movie was really good! It was funny, cute & entertaining. We had a tough time deciding, as Jaco wanted to see Inception, but the IMAX version only plays at 2100, which is too late for Chemo Eve. We'll go another time - hopefully before it's gone! We still haven't seen Avatar & Mom & Ken want to take us to see that. Looks like more popcorn in my future!
Oh, we also saw one of the crew from Cirque du Soleil at the movie! Him & his wife were sat next to us. If only I could get out more, I'd know the entire cast & crew on a first name basis! And that dream of joining the circus one day would suddenly materialize... Although I've lost nearly all my hair, so my Bearded Lady routine won't be happening... Perhaps Valentina can be my trick dog... I do love Cirque du Soleil! If you haven't been, do yourself a favour - GO!!!
We rushed home, I felt terrible - partially from bone pain & partially because I COMPLETELY FORGOT about my Skype date with my friend, Luis, from Colombia. Argh! I checked to see if he was still online - nope. Darn. I worked on Mom's calendar for a few hours & then my back screamed louder than my iTunes. Time for bed. And now I'm going to dream about Corb Lund. '...The Chev got stuck & the Ford got stuck...' Sigh. Serves me right. Should have listened to Michael Bublé...
Wish me luck tomorrow... It's half way day! xxxxMJV&O
'...mighty neighbourly...mighty neighbourly...'
We wanted to catch a matinée, but we were about 15 minutes too late. We passed the time by trying on stuff in Lululemon. It is a bit like torture to leave empty handed, but my physique leaves a little to be desired these days, so probably best I don't cover it in spandex! :oP
We stopped at Community Natural Foods & picked up some more ginger. We bought what was left on the shelf & the gal suggested we talk to the Manager & order a box of it. We'll save wasting all those plastic tubs & we'll get 10% off. Hmm. Next time!
We picked up sushi from Kinjo on McLeod Trail. $20 for supper for 2 of us. I think that's pretty good! The sushi was delicious! Jaco doesn't normally eat (or like) sushi, but he enjoyed this. I was chuckling inside as he generously applied wasabi to his sushi. His watering eyes shortly after had me chuckling out loud... But, he liked it!
The movie was really good! It was funny, cute & entertaining. We had a tough time deciding, as Jaco wanted to see Inception, but the IMAX version only plays at 2100, which is too late for Chemo Eve. We'll go another time - hopefully before it's gone! We still haven't seen Avatar & Mom & Ken want to take us to see that. Looks like more popcorn in my future!
Oh, we also saw one of the crew from Cirque du Soleil at the movie! Him & his wife were sat next to us. If only I could get out more, I'd know the entire cast & crew on a first name basis! And that dream of joining the circus one day would suddenly materialize... Although I've lost nearly all my hair, so my Bearded Lady routine won't be happening... Perhaps Valentina can be my trick dog... I do love Cirque du Soleil! If you haven't been, do yourself a favour - GO!!!
We rushed home, I felt terrible - partially from bone pain & partially because I COMPLETELY FORGOT about my Skype date with my friend, Luis, from Colombia. Argh! I checked to see if he was still online - nope. Darn. I worked on Mom's calendar for a few hours & then my back screamed louder than my iTunes. Time for bed. And now I'm going to dream about Corb Lund. '...The Chev got stuck & the Ford got stuck...' Sigh. Serves me right. Should have listened to Michael Bublé...
Wish me luck tomorrow... It's half way day! xxxxMJV&O
'...mighty neighbourly...mighty neighbourly...'
Our gift from Kinjo.
Peter - the Boss & dressed for the occasion - Sweet guy!
Out with my Baby!
Busy place!
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Day 321 - Ta Ta Tamer. WHAT?!
Yes, you heard me right. A Ta-Ta Tamer. Mom2 had some surgery last week & she's not fairing too well. She is in MEGA pain & having a few complications. She sent her hubby to Wal-Mart to pick up a sports bra to help her recovery/comfort level. Unfortunately it wasn't quite the right fit. I suggested Lululemon (of course!), as I remembered them having a bra called the Ta-Ta Tamer. I hardly have Tatas worth taming. (I'm still waiting for puberty to hit & let me feel 'well endowed'. Come on! You've heard of a late bloomer, right?!) Anyhow, I figured with a name like the Ta Ta Tamer, it would be pretty good at keeping things in place for active women who actually have tatas. I suggested she go to Lululemon, but she said she couldn't make it that far with the shape she was in.
She ended up ordering online, but it would take a week to arrive. Jaco & I were going to the city today, so I suggested to him that we put her out of her misery & pick one up for her. She had emailed me her order that she'd placed online, so I knew what colours & size she'd ordered. Luckily they had one in the shop in her size that was flaming hot pink (go Lulu!) so we delivered it to Mom2 about 2130 when we left the mall. She left me a message on the phone about 20 minutes later saying she was finally able to lay horizontal for the first time in a week! Bless her heart!
While we were in the mall, Jaco also fitted himself for a pair of jeans. The shop had a special on, buy one get one free. He must have tried on 12 different pairs of jeans. When we finally found the right size, it was the wrong style. They only had the ripped/worn out style. My husband never wears jeans. I am not sure why. He looks HAWT. Guess we'll have to try another shop on another day to find the man some jeans. Oh yeah. That's MY man! :o)
We walked through one of the home decor shops. We have never had a place of our own together, so we've never had the opportunity to decorate a 'space' of our own. I am excited for the day when we can 'build' our surroundings one room at a time... Here's the desk that I fell in love with... WOW! Clearly I'll be waiting until it goes on sale or I learn to build it myself. ($$$$)
I can't wait to get rid of this cancer & move on... bring on the health & the continuation of LIFE! Fulfilling dreams, wishes, goals & passions... Yeah, and cleaning & cooking & paying bills & all that stuff too... Believe me, I'll take it! NOW!!!
xxxxx MJV&O
She ended up ordering online, but it would take a week to arrive. Jaco & I were going to the city today, so I suggested to him that we put her out of her misery & pick one up for her. She had emailed me her order that she'd placed online, so I knew what colours & size she'd ordered. Luckily they had one in the shop in her size that was flaming hot pink (go Lulu!) so we delivered it to Mom2 about 2130 when we left the mall. She left me a message on the phone about 20 minutes later saying she was finally able to lay horizontal for the first time in a week! Bless her heart!
While we were in the mall, Jaco also fitted himself for a pair of jeans. The shop had a special on, buy one get one free. He must have tried on 12 different pairs of jeans. When we finally found the right size, it was the wrong style. They only had the ripped/worn out style. My husband never wears jeans. I am not sure why. He looks HAWT. Guess we'll have to try another shop on another day to find the man some jeans. Oh yeah. That's MY man! :o)
We walked through one of the home decor shops. We have never had a place of our own together, so we've never had the opportunity to decorate a 'space' of our own. I am excited for the day when we can 'build' our surroundings one room at a time... Here's the desk that I fell in love with... WOW! Clearly I'll be waiting until it goes on sale or I learn to build it myself. ($$$$)
I can't wait to get rid of this cancer & move on... bring on the health & the continuation of LIFE! Fulfilling dreams, wishes, goals & passions... Yeah, and cleaning & cooking & paying bills & all that stuff too... Believe me, I'll take it! NOW!!!
xxxxx MJV&O
