Had a very good today today, took Charli to see a couple of the topiaries Uptown. This picture was taken on my phone, I will take more as we get closer to the Festival of Flowers. We plan on going Thursday to the concert if it doesn't rain. We also stopped by Les's Dr to say Hi to Angel and Jennifer where she stocked up on sticker's
Also took Charli to the Poll, she enjoyed watching me and would tell me Check that one, LOL! She got More Stickers there!
I had to go to the Dr because of the swelling I am having. I January I weighed 134 lb. Today I was 142 lb but it is all it my middle and face and actually fluid. I am taking Lasix but not working. I am going to cut back on Prednisone, wear my air more and stay on all my other meds until I talk to the new Dr in Charleston next Tuesday.
Oh, and I wanted to add that we had to buy a tire yesterday so I would remember.

Went to Gary reunion today but could only stay about an hour and a half because Les had to be at work, Only got a few rushed pictures. Lots of Drama with my niece...
Lots of new layouts on facebook

This kit is coming out for the weekend and I needed to put it somewhere so I could send Connie the previews and I was too lazy to put it in PhotoBucket, LOL! It is Little Miss can't Be Wrong by Connie Prince and Armina.

Had a good week but was very tired today. I did not need oxygen today. I only rode to Fatz to get our food because Les won a GC at work and went in Food Lion to get my meds. I wanted a movie but neither Redbox had anything I wanted. I was proud to get through the grocerystore with out being winded. Pulse was 102 after walking which is great for me!

Getting a lot done in the house, Livingroom looks really good with new furniture, now have plenty of room for family! Gina is getting her furniture today we are going to see it in a few minutes.
My bloodwork came back with low Potassium so I also must go get a script. Have not taken pictures yet. My 365 Picture a day has been shot this month. Been busy getting house cleaned. Would be much easier if Les would get his clutter corners and boxes GONE!
One of my new favorite shows is called Hoarders, Buried Alive. While my house has NEVER been like those, I come from a family that has too much JUNK! Since I was told that I was sicker than I think I am by my Doctor I have reevalueated things in my live and try to get the dust down and am decluttering for my health. Plus I would never want anyone have to go through my stuff and think I was so much a Packrat. It's all about change of Priorites!

Took Charli Up Town to see the fire trucks that were there for safety week. She enjoyed it but was shy about sitting in the truck. I think we will wait a little before we take Al up on his offer to bring her to the station.
She spent the night with us last night because we went to see Shrek and Ironman. She enjoyed Shrek and then took a nap in my lap but woke up to see the end of Ironman which she LOVED! It really hyped her up, LOL!
It was 12:30 when we got home and she sat in my lap while I harvested my Farm on Farmville, (she loves to watch the tractor) and then went ahead of me to go to bed and fell right to sleep. She woke up and whined once but I kissed her and she went right back to sleep but we got up around 8:00 so she didn't sleep as long as she really needed. I am sure when Trey picked her up at 12:30 she took a long nap.
The living room is ready for the furniture tomorrow! I can't wait! It is going to be so cool to have enough seating for my Women's group! Jeff pained my walls while we were at the movie and finished up today and it looks nice and Les shined up our hardwood floors. I have rearranged my Volkswagens and even packed up a few. Since I have over 300 I think I needed to, LOL!

I had to take this! Brings back memories of my kids sleeping! She is so sweet!

I was so proud of myself today, I was just finishing up cleaning the bathroom, I had my oxygen pumping high, the exhaust fan going and a candle burning so the cleaner didn't bother me. I got on my knees and cleaned the floor, toilet,and Ajaxed the tub. Was putting the blench cleaner on a top shelf away from Charli and a can of hairspray fell breaking the candle leaving red wax EVERYWHERE, even on the walls! I had to reclean. Les came in for lunch as I was sweeping up the last of the glass and so he did that for me. By then I was wet-headed from sweating. WHAT A MESS!

We are having a Boy! Gina went to have her ultrasound yesterday and it's a boy, 100%! I am so excited, now they have to decide on a name, they like Jameson and Ames, Trey is the one hard to please on picking! Charli told me on the phone she was having a brother. I know she will be good with him! Due mid October

I can't believe I went a week without posting! I had my treatment Monday but this week I did fine! Not too tired and I am now able to go for hours without the oxygen around the house and even do laundry and other small chores. Been straightening up more because Gina is giving us her LR furniture so we have to make room for it so I have kept busy.
Thursday we went uptown to see Rootdoctor from Columbia and Charli found a new friend. They were adorable! His name is Raines Dorn. They had a wonderful time and I hope they will get to play again. She was broken hearted when we left!
Bobo came over and borrowed a table and got the sewing machine and chair I borrowed years ago, That made more room. I can't wait to get my livingroom arranged!

Had a very nice Mother's Day week end. Last night after the yard sale we had a supper. Charli thought the cake said Charli Elizabeth Grogan and had to try it. She then tried to get kisses and got really silly!
We went to see Mom, Grandmama and Mema and Jeremy called me to let me know he got a different job and will NOT be deployed to Afghanistan! That is a wonderful gift!
Gina gave me a beautiful silver Mom necklace, some fun green socks with aloe infused in them, a picture of Charli in a frame that says "We love you Grandma" and photo boxes. She is a special Treasure!
Cytoxan is tomorrow, this is the forth treatment, I am starting to see a difference.
Weather here is CRAZY! Yesterday at yardsale the winds were horrible and knocked down everything and it was warm. Today was mid 70's and temp at night CHILLY! Tomorrow should be same but Friday temp supposed to be in 90's!

I am so tickled at Charli today! She saw a commercial on a Little Tykes firetruck & said She couldn't have it & she hung her head and got all sad. (She said her Daddy would not buy it) She even went and told her Uncle Jeff and flopped back on his bed and started saying her Daddy wouldn't buy it for her! She can already act!
When she woke up from her nap she sat up and said "I lost my Firetruck!" I was laughing and had to call Gina. Gina said they had went to Wal-Mart and couldn't find it last week end and got Charli a Basketball goal. BUT Charli still had the firetruck on her mind.
When Les and I did an errand she started crying when I went in about the firetruck. Les and I went to Maxway and got her a cheap ride on firetruck. She was so excited she dropped her paci on the floor and forgot about it!
When I called Gina she told Charli they would get her one this week end.

Made a couple of pages last night with That's My Girl by Connie Prince. I have been very slack in making anything for her bragbook lately so I thought since I was so mad at Farmville I would scrap, LOL! I am still trying to get Angel's Wedding done and get ready for my Yard sale Saturday. I am up early because I have to take my MIL to the hospital for a follow up test and I have a slight headache so I am going to soak in the tub and wash my hair and get rid of it. I am going to do the birthday board at work today, too.

This is Charli helping her Pop plant sod the other day. She really had fun doing it! Now the rain watered it and my roses are Gorgeous!I am aggravated that I can't get my farm loaded!

It is so hot I can't sleep so got up a few minutes to drink something so I thought I would post these pictures from Saturday when Les and I took Charli to Emerald farms to pet the goats, She really had a great time!
Trying to get things ready for my yard sale Saturday, I have a lot of stuff to get rid of! I need to make some more earrings and jewelry too, I might do that and let Charli do her paint with water books or play with her beads and pipe cleaners. She likes those and will let me get what U want to done. I just have to hold her a few minutes every little while which is OK by me!

This is just a cute picture I have not posted yet...
Poor Charli's nose is so runny. She stayed in mine or Les' lap and took 2 naps today. I guess her Zyrtec made her groggy. My cold is almost gone, Les is supposed to go to the Dr. tomorrow.
Finally I got my appointment to go to Charleston, June 15. This is on a Tuesday so Gina, Les, Charli and I will go down on Sunday and come back after my visit. I will have to fill up my oxygen at the Lincare there and use the regular tanks to fill in instead of my liquid. The liquid tanks only last 6 to 6 hours and do not keep. I have one I am borrowing to make the trip that last longer but is too heavy to walk with. My big tank that I fill from is not portable at all but I have some small regular tanks and I can do 3 days OK.
I got more cleaning today even though I had Charli all day. A teen from church needed a scrapbook for a project so that was a great excuse to clean out a lot of paper and scraps for her. My yard sale is next week and I am getting rid of a lot of that kind of stuff. I hope I can sell my jewelry, too.

I cleaned my bedroom and moved my stereo so I could play albums for Charli, She LOVED it! Said it went round and round! She helped me make my bed after I washed the sheets and I told her she was a Big Helper and she said "Help Meme For ever and Forever and Forever!" She really made my day! I was very proud I got so much done today. I am starting to feel better but Les is so sick with a cold. Gina was throwing up and Trey had a headache. His Dad will be in the hospital for several days. I am praying they got all the cancer!
I have been playing Les' Farm on Facebook so I could do the Co-ops. They are fun to do. Have gotten him a couple of levels up. I wish he would start playing again!

Beautiful Day

Today's pages are from Cathy K's new kit Beautiful Day, I love the top picture of her running. This is a wonderful kit to work with! Perfect for my Charli pictures, LOL!
Les is sick, his eyes are swollen with a cold, I really feel bad for him and hope he feels better quickly!

This is the new kit from Connie Prince and Bella Gypsy called Duck, Duck, Goose. I had 2 kits to work with today, Connie and Cathy K. Cathy's comes out tomorrow. That means I did 4 pages today...
I am also working on the pictures for Angel's wedding book so I did several pages on that.
Les and I are still having cough attacks! I am on antibiotics so I don't get too bad. My blood work is Monday and Gina goes to the Dr., too. She will be 16 weeks Tuesday so will have the ultrasound in a couple weeks.
Finish up the series on The Five Love Languages tomorrow in Sunday School. They really loved the lessons we did. I am going to do another set of lessons on parenting. I have a book I am reading now.

Here's another picture from Angel's wedding. She was sitting on her Dad's knee ready to do the garter, I got some great shots to scrap I just have not sat and done them yet.
My Mom sold two pairs of earrings for me today! I have a pair sold but she is going by the Zone to pick them up and her schedule is kinda crazy so I pray she can get then this week. .. I need to pay my internet bill, LOL!
Charli will be here in a few minutes so off to watch for her!

I felt really draggy yesterday, my blood pressure was low and I just wanted to lay down. Charli was sitting on the sofa watching a cartoon and I sat beside her and put her in my lap. She said "Thank you for holding me, Meme!" SO SWEET!

I am Really missing my daycare check now! Thank goodness this week Les had a couple of good car repairs to help and I had the wedding Saturday!

I had a fun time taking pictures at the wedding of my friend Angel yesterday! I think you can tell it was Fun!

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.