I stayed in bed late today, my foot hurts when it swells so I stayed off of it. Then I had to get up and do laundry and clean the kitchen because Les didn't last night. I know he will come home for lunch and say "I was gonna' do that!" but I did it. Charli will be here soon and I like to have thing neat before she comes to play.
This is one on Gina's pictures from the Children's Museum of Charli in a VW for Meme.

I am so happy that Gina gives me her card and lets me edit her pictures! I have plenty from Charli's zoo trip to share. Isn't she pretty in that blue?
My Cytoxan IV was almost relaxing today. Between the anti nausea drug they give me and the allergy pill I slept the whole 3 hours after I ate. They always have lunch for me, I love the chicken salad! This time Les left so I could rest well.
Other than that I am making some earrings to sell.

New kit by Cathy K

These are done with Cathy K's part of the U Build It Kit at SBE. Called Floral Symphony it is great for these spring pictures of Charli!

Found a great jewelry making site!

This is Charli getting her potty treat, rather appropriate don't you think, LOL! My friend Shiela gave me this cow and Charli calls him, Moos. We had a fun time going over to my MIL's and celebrating Leighann's fourth birthday. The kid's were really good. Janette spent the night with Kathie and that was nice. I am in a much better mood tonight and ready to play with some new beads I got from eBay. I also got the letter from Disability with my case worker's name. I also got an important package from Food Lion with what I need to help my MIL. I was glad to get that!

I still have not downloaded the pictures from Easter, I have been busy and stressed from dealing with les' family issues. We are having to take legal action to stop a family member from taking money from my MIL's accounts. I am really aggravated about this but there is no other way to handle it. We have tried to stop it at the bank but it kept on and Monday was the breaking point. I am not going into any more details here because it is a family matter but I just needed to vent and keep a record of when it is taking effect. he police came and talked to me yesterday, Phillip knows the family and that is a blessing!

Went to Dr today, have to go to Charleston to a Pulmonary Specialist. I am not looking forward to this trip in our financial state but know we will be taken care of. Dr. Holman thinks I should be doing better than I am.
Still too much drama going on in Les' family. His Mom had to tell his sister the best thing is for her to stay away right now. My younger niece is also pregnant and moved back home to my SIL's leaving her baby's daddy. That is very sad to me!

Had a very pleasant Easter! Yesterday I took Charli to the Egg Hunt and she found 94 eggs, there were only 20 kids there so she had a lot to be able to pick up. She kept saying PICK IT UP, PICK IT UP!
Today Gina joined me at Sunday School. Les had to work Again so I took a good nap and then went to Communion with Nell and Cliff and then went to Arby's with Elaine and Doug afterward. Will add pictures later.

Well got a whole lot done today, too. Got my boxes started for the yard sale May 8, I will go ahead and price them as soon as I get some stickers. Got more cleaning done as Charli was watching TV. I am just getting frustrated because I clean and Les comes behind me and puts something where I just cleaned! I cleaned of the table and there were 5 empty Coke cans on it. I cleaned dishes after I made Charli and I lunch, Les cooked and left the dishes. I clean off the dryer and he puts his clean clothes on it.
Also I got one of my flower beds ready to plant my Four O'Clocks tomorrow. I have yellow ones from two different friends, One sent them from Kentucky!
I am reading a good book so I am not spending much time online for me. Been very busy!
Les took his Mom to the Lawyer today to get the will redone and she is going to the Funeral Home to go ahead and preplan this month. This is something I really want to do myself. I want to record my music. I want this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQu5QXWbs6s

I got a whole lot done today! Before Charli came I did my laundry, cooked liver and onions for lunch and cleaned the kitchen, cleaned out the freezer, labeled my bead boxes and did a little cleaning, too.
Charli is taking something for her cough and she wanted to take it, I told her she had to wait until 5:00 and she said "I'm Sick" and would lay back and close her eyes, so funny!
Even funnier she saw my box of flowers I had to put spring flowers on my Aunt Doll's grave. I told her I was going to take them to the Cemetery and she started dancing and did that excited gigle she does and said Yay! Cemetery! I was laughing at her so hard, you would think I said Circus or movies! I told her I had to wait on Pop to put it in the car and she started pushing the box saying, "Pop, Cemetery. So funny!

I made a couple of pages using My Honey Bunny Bundle by Connie Prince, It is a wonderful set and so fun to work with!
I love this for the Build A Bear pictures I took when she made her bunny!
We spent awhile with my MIL today. Charli had to get some medicine for her cough and we talked to a friend from school about a security system. I am tired now and thinking about turning in soon.

Been very busy. Trying to help my MIL get things straight and this afternoon I have been straightening my beads. My sister gave me her box of jewelry things so I was adding them to mine by colors. I also got some of mine from eBay that I ordered. Now I have lots to work with!
They didn't have story time today, everyone was sick but Charli played with the puppet show and dress up. This picture is from last week.

Had a very full day yesterday! It was my brother's 42nd birthday so I went to my baby sister's and we had supper, she gave me all her beading supplies! She is organized like me so now I have several more boxes of all kids of beads to play with. I can't wait to get some of the pieces I ordered from eBay and make some jewelry!
Had to take MIL to bank, she is so weak she had to sit in the van and the lady came out to her for her to sign papers. Kathie as really looking feeble and old. It is very sad!
Also picked up several things at the consignment sale for Charli, some bathing suits and gowns and shorts mostly.

Very good day today, I volunteered to help set up the consignment sale the YMCA is having, that was fun. Lots of cute things for Charli! I plan on going back. Les got my front flower gardens tilled today, Charli doesn't like the noise so she sat with Jeff across the yard. Les sold his trailer today, we sure needed the money and that's one out of the yard!

My brother took this for me yesterday before I shot the wedding. I made more doing this one that I ever have and I didn't quote a price, I had volunteered to take some shots because she had a friend taking them, too, but I ended up the main photographer and am working on the book for them. The pictures did turn out well.
I have felt pretty good. Sitting at the computer lately my right side hurts but I just take Tylenol and go lay on my electric blanket.My biggest problem is staying hydrated, am drinking mostly water, eating way to many Life Saver gummies, too. Food Lion put them on sale and they sure taste good!
Sunday School went pretty good, There were 1 of us which was up from 5 or 6 last week. No one I sent cards too came but that's OK, I will grow that class. It will just take time. I am bidding on the book on Ebay and pray I will get a copy! That way any one wants to read it can. It is Five Love Languages and is a great book!

I am very tired today, the last 3 nights I couldn't take anything for sleep and had to make myself get up every 2 hours and so gotten very little sleep. Just too tires to play on the computer so no farming now, am going to read and go to bed although I have laid around all day, thank godness Charli is a good girl! I am also blessed she is Potty Trained!

Here are the cards Charli and I have done, she gave the card to her Daddy for his Birthday. We have 2 special birthdays today, Trey turned 26 today and my nephew Cody's is today, too.

Today when Charli woke up from her nap she looked at me with that sweet face and said, "Give me a Hug!" and gave me a big hug. That made my day!

After church Les was called to his Mom's room at the hospital so he is up there now, I am chilly and think I am going on to bed.

Here's the picture from yesterday at the library.
Had a great day and got a lot done, Charli and I made cards, got laundry done, 5 weeks of Sunday School lessons done and printed, had a lot of energy and was not that tired. Ate with Gina after we went to Wal-Mart. Les is going in at 6:45 and I have to get up and take him so I can work an hour or so. Now going to bed.

I am not going to post a picture because I am too tired to get my camera but it has been a good day.
We met Gina and Charli at the library for Toddler time and she did great! I want her to understand the circle time concept and she was friendly and interactive with the children and Miss Dana.
I sold 3 pairs of earrings today, even if my Mom bought 2, LOL! then had my Cytoxan, it took longer today because the RX was so slow. It was almost 4 hours.
Kathie is still in the hospital and they are going to stretch her esophagus tomorrow thinking she is taking fluids in her lungs causing bacteria. We are having a lot of drama with Les's sister, I will not say more.
I am thinking about going on to bed, I have to start the getting up every two hours to potty thing...

We had a cake walk at church today, I made a suncatcher and Jada won it, she was proud. I also made these earrings and sold them.
Here is my good friend Sheila outside the church.
My Chemo is tomorrow at 1:15.

Watch Me Grow Cards

I needed a couple of Thank You cards so I decided to use the Watch Me Grow Collab kit from Connie Prince and Project B Designs, I think they turned out rather pretty!

Yesterday DEVO was on YoGabbaGabba and I called Jeff to watch with Charli and me. It came on a second time and when the group came on Charli called "UNCLE JEFF!" he was not there but I thought how Smart that was that she remembered and knew he watched it with us!

Les, Charli and I went with Mema to O'Charley's for lunch today. She is going to add a line to our plan to save that $$ every month. She dropped her internet and is trying to shave what she can off her expenses. Suzan came by just before we left. She made over how she was praying for me and tried to seem concerned...
Anyway I worked about an hour and a half and got the mailboxes straight, I am going in next Wednesday to take pictures for St. Patty's Day.

Charli and I are reading this book and talking about caterpillars and butterflies, this wee we are going to do more crafts I have planned. This will be Fun!

Today I went with Gina and Charli and I got to see her baby! She decided to go ahead and have an ultrasound to make her feel better after having lost the last baby. She doesn't want to make a big announcement so if anything happens she won't have to talk about it. She will be 9 weeks tomorrow, due Oct. 12.
Now Charli had problems at first, she freaked to go into the office to update info so I had to take her out in the hall. She Really wanted to leave that place and tried to slip out the door, LOL!
At first she would not stay in the room and wanted to go but I told her we could not leave Mommy and then the power blinked, the fire alarm went off and Gina had to wait for the machine to come back up and I got Charli back into the room and started reading I Wish I Had Duckfeet (one of my favorite books) and she was much better and we saw the baby on the "TV"
It was so cool! I could plainly see the head and spine and 'he' turned his face so I could see the eyesockets and nose hole. Right now the fingers are only tiny stumbs but there is a baby there, I don't know how people think any other way!

Just sitting here getting ready to go to bed but putting it off. I finally made a couple of cards but need to make 3 more, maybe tomorrow... got a couple of errands to do and then will plan on it.
I still keep thinking about the sweet words Jeremy wrote on my Facebook yesterday, I saved a copy of the email just to read over and over.
After church I went to Gina's and she rented Where the Wild Things Are for my while She and Trey went to see Alice in the Wonderland. I was so hoping Charli would nap and she was close until the movie came on and then she Had to watch, LOL! She thought the creatures were great and just cackled when they had the dirt fight and a couple of other scenes. She is definitely Gina's child! I really enjoyed the movie and want to watch it again!

Goodbye Scrubs!

It was kind of sad taking my scrubs to give to Miss Martha today when I went to training. I kept a couple and the jackets but thought she would enjoy them and I am decluttering my life, so that was best!

Today I was coughing and Charli gave me my water and said, "Drink water, Meme" I thought that was so Sweet!
I am so amazed at her with her potty training! Today when I brought her home she gave in and told me she had stinkied in her diaper and she sat and pottied. She them put her panties on and went 5 or 6 times staying dry all day! She even sat up from her nap and said she had to go. I have trained dozens of kids and she is one of the top 3 in how easy she is!
She even feels it and grabs herself and starts going to the potty!
We had a good day today playing play dough, using a glue stick, dancing to 80's music and playing puppets.

These were gifts I got from my boss and a parent when I left my class last week! The top one is from my boss. I am waiting for the warmer weather next week to get them hung!

Got a lot done today, cleaned my dresser, my cedar chest and my closet out. I called Les to bring me boxes but he forgot Twice. I am giving my scrubs to a lady at work and have a lot of 'plain' socks to give to the ladies at the local rehab. I only had Charli for an hour and a half so got to work on my room.

Making Butterflies

Today was very different. I went in work for 15 minutes and Gina dropped Charli by and after doing some errands we came home where she took a nap and we worked on our first painting project.
It also snowed today, very pretty but didn't cover the ground all over.
Charli is doing so well potty training! The only diaper wet was from where we were in the car getting things done. She enjoys wearing her panties and likes the Potty Jar!

I am not going to post a picture today, I have some to download from my camera but I am a little tired, I am almost done with our Playroom.

Today has been a good day, Gina took me to IHOP and Charli went to the potty before we went and after she got up from nap, Gina said tonight she was laying watching TV and saying something, she said "Make Meme feel better, A-Men" Now isn't that precious! We have prayed together a few times like that and she hears prayers at church and Gina talks to her about Jesus.

Today went well at SSI. Ms. Kirkland had twins that used to go to the daycare so we had a bond. Now to wait 3 to 6 months....

Melissa gave me a bird feeder and Les and Jeff painted my birdbath. It looks great! I worked 45 minutes getting my stuff out and will work a few minutes tom.

Count your Blessings

After church Kathie, Gina and Charli, Les and I ate Chinese and then Kathie and I spent time together at Family Dollar. I am thankful we had this time together, Suzan has not come to the house and Nicole and the kids were not there for the weekend so it was wonderful. Charli was a little lady at the restaurant, too.

It Sunday School we talked about attitude and I told them, I have a disease but this disease does Not have me! I go to see about my SSDI in the morning and with God's help I will get it quickly, and I have a huge opportunity to use my Daycare training and help Charli advance over other two-year olds. I think that is quite a big blessing!

This is Trey's Dad's new tractor, he is feeling very weak from his chemo and is hoping a project will help him to feel better.
I have accomplished a whole lot today. I am having to reorganize my office so I can get the things from Daycare in there too. I am at least half way done. By Tuesday Charli will be amazed at our new Playroom!
Oh, I did get my day out and went yard saling and to the scrapbook store and most places I wanted too!

Charli and I did our first craft project today, we made this necklace, she followed directions and gave me the beads I asked for and when we were done she put the beads back into the jar. Very good small motor skills for a two-year old. Crafters are made not born, LOL! I also told her about patterns. This what the high light of my day!

Now for my other things, LOL! I had to have Les at work 7:45 and got to the doctor for my blood tests a little after 8 and then to pick up Charli so I could be at work at 11 BUT my boss had left me a note on Facebook about 8:30 NOT to come it. Of course I was doing what I had to do INCLUDING getting aggravated because my air portable tank decided to freeze and not work.
OK, I did get 30 minutes of pay and one of my former parents gave me a GORGEOUS humming bird feeder and a $20 GC to the scrapbooking store.
I thought I would get to go "Junkin'" and to the LSS to spend my GC and do a couple of errands but the tank was pulsing and going crazy and I can't get Charli in and out of the seat I have easily so I was in a pretty fowl mood and I was starving!
Gary came and replaced my Big tank which had leaked out since Monday and the frozen tank PLUS he gave me a small backup tank of regular oxygen.
My Mom also went and got me some soup from O'Charleys so I feel much better now!

I thought this Thomas Sabo charm was just the cutest thing! I didn't look at the price in the E-Store because I didn't want Any temptation!
Today was good, Gina brought Charli over around 7:45 so she was tired when she got off work at 6:00, it is getting obvious that she is pregnant now, she has a belly showing now.
Les and I met her at my MIL's when she got off and we ate hot dogs with Kathie and talked to her a long time about the way Les's sister is taking advantage of her. We really need to get her well so she can go to the lawyer and bank and safe guard herself. I really hate that, we did warn her before but that is her daughter.

Anyway I am watching skating on the Olympics and getting ready to go to bed, I have to go set up the new class in the morning, Charli will be going with me.

A new scarf, birdfeeder and getting my laptop "fixed", LOL!
I bought a birdfeeder on eBay Sunday for $3.25 with free shipping and got it today! I love it!
I bought this scarf yesterday at Family Dollar yesterday, this and green are my favorite colors so I am going back and getting a pretty green one, too. Scarves are great to keep my oxygen from getting tangled and making it less obvious that I wear a tank. These are a nice spring weight, too.
Next I was going to play on my laptop while sitting with Charli to but she decided to get in my lap and I didn't get to connect so she said she would Fix it for me!

OK, today I gave up my class. I got lots f love and hugs, I will miss it but will be going Friday and Monday and get a couple of hours. I also went by to let the nurse see my TB test was negative.

"Take a picture, Meme!" Boy I have raised a little Poser, LOL! She put on her little gloves and we went outside while it was pretty and she 'gardened'.
Today is my last day as a teacher, Charli and I are going Friday and help set up the new class. I will still be doing things around the center like the bulletin board and photos but this is my last full day of work.

Had several errands today, Had to get my medicine print outs and get my TB test, Dr Holman had called to check on me and when he saw me he stopped to talk. I think I have everything I need now to go Monday, all organized and neat.
I had to call Les and get him to come get my tank and fill it because I ran out around 11:00 at work. I was cleaning and using more air than I realized I was. It was wonderful he was off. After work we went to -were I got more seeds and then to Wal-Mart where we saw Gina and Charli. I also picked us up some Gardening gloves at CVS.
The best thing is Les and I went to Lowes were he got my PVC for my new bird feeders and he started on it as soon as we got home!

Ready for Life Changes

I am getting ready for a lot of Life changes now, This is the last week I will be in class and next Monday I will be applying for disability. This week end I have gotten all my records together, there are a whole lot of them! I really got many things done today and feel pretty good.
I was thinking earlier how I am going to miss all the fun scrubs and seasonal shirts and socks, I sure won't give up my fun socks, LOL, but I am giving Miss Martha some of my scrubs and thinning down everything else.
The biggest thing is making the next few months without my income, I will be concerned about that, but God is good and we will survive this.
Picture is from Church today