Southern Oregon University

Our Elderhostel was at this University but not this building. It was good to get away and good to get back home. My coughing is much worse now. I think the air conditioning hit my sinuses and that always gives me problems. I learned a lot at the program, liked the people and had good food. The room was great with a microwave and refrig. The plays were not very good but we had good seats.
It was really good to get away but it is really good to be back home!
Tomorrow is a beginning of a new you. I can't imagine. I have always thought that you continually had a new you. All for the good!
I never know who I am going to be from day to day. Is it going to be a good day? a normal day or a bad day?? Most days it is all three in one day. Thank goodness! I stayed home today so I could get caught up s l o w l y. Can you imagine me living in the slow lane?? I did start on a photo album of when everyone was here, made some cards and paid some bills. I guess I did need that slow day! Tomorrow is a NEW day. I am anxious to hear about yours.
Time for a shower and get ready for bed.

Full moon that is almost heart shape. We were in Ventura with A Elderhostel program and we were up on a upper floor. We could see the pier and part of the ocean. I st the camera up on slow motion, so the moon is moving so it causes a distorted look to the moon. The streaks of light below are either the pier or some houses on the other side.
I was at a friend's house playing bridge when you called, then had to got Home Depot to get one more watering timer. One old one died. I am glad it happened while I was still here. The place that I played bridge is the one with the husband who has cancer and it went into pneumonia. He has been on antibiotics for a week. I didn't hear him coughing but he sounded like he had a cold. So I think I will be o.k. this week.I think mine is more like sinus and drainage.
I won't be back for a week. This may be my last blog until then.
Good bye until then!

Exercise

Did we exercise or did we just take pictures?? It was fun!
I went to exercise today. My last session with the trainer. Good thing. She is leaving. The first session was a quick one with someone else. She was getting married and leaving. I must do something to these people! I think I have finished my watering set ups for when we are gone. I had to modify 2. I hope no more. I got a email yesterday from Elderhostel wanting me to fax some forms to them before we go. I copied the forms but to answer all those questions is going to take some time. The house keepers are coming tomorrow morning at 9:30 and I still have some things I want to put away before they get here.
I heard from Janet tonight(facebook). She will be in Texas while we are in Branson and is sending Norma some pictures that we may want to go through.
I think my cough is a little better. Hopefully tomorrow will even be better.
I don't remember if I told you that I got your nice card, sayings and money the other day. Thanks! It might be awhile before I need anything for my hair.
Have a nice day tomorrow.

Baby hawk loves to drink out of the pool

Congratulations on your 3 month success! 26.1 Way to go! I won't see you for almost 2 months, I probably won't recognize you in Denver. I am not losing any more or gaining. I am kinda happy where I am weight wise. I wish it had been a more healthy loss. I am eating healthy, I don't want as much to eat.
I emailed the doctor about my rash and got my medicine for that. I am hoping the cough will go away on its own.I am hoping the Musinex will help me since it helped some of the others on the Tarceva blog. Reading the blogs make me wonder if I will ever have hair again, always have very dry skin and a rash. They are all happy that it is working and to be alive for years. I get my CT scan on August 18. I will see the Oncologist on the 31st and then I will know what my future is going to be.
I packed for our trip today. The house keeper is coming on Friday morning and I am going to bridge on Friday afternoon. I don't want to have to rush on Saturday and then drive for 3 hours.
My picture is one of the baby hawks. It likes to drink from the pool. One of the babies did that last year. It was warm today but not as hot as Norma had it.

Open door

I have always liked open doors. Often it is a invitation to enter and you know exactly where you are going but sometimes you don't know where it is going to take you if you walk through and it is the excitement of a new adventure.
I had no new adventures today. I worked on the watering system and went to Kohl's and Sam's. Got gas for the car at $3.57 a gallon. It really went up in a week.
I feel like my cough is beginning to sound like a cold or sinus drainage. I may email the doctor tomorrow, it may be my imagination since we are leaving on Saturday. Maybe it will be better after a good night's sleep.

Animal Sisters

Are you ready for another week with the animal sisters?? I went to Triple A today. All they had for me was the book and a map. I haven't looked at it yet. I went to the big shoe store that we went to. I didn't find anything tho. I went to the gym and to Kaiser to get my medicine also the bank.
I came home and read up on black widow spiders. Tomorrow, I am going along the eves of the house and get spider webs down!
Your August sounds really busy and fun. You have to take your camera for your next new you. You have so many new yous.
Good luck on your cruise with Avon. It is getting late but I don't feel very sleepy. I got a good night's sleep last night.

Bird from Lynn's wetlands

I have gotten behind on my journal book. I hope to catch up by checking my blogs. I didn't accomplish much today. We had a visiting speaker at church today. She was good. Robin came over and brought me a light weight hat that covers the back of your neck and shades your face also.
I didn't do much but feel tired. I don't have to be anywhere tomorrow so I think I will go to bed early.

I tracked my protein today and got 60 grams. That is pretty close to 70. That is the number the dietitian told me I should have.
The picture of the bird I got on my walks when I had breast cancer. One of my friends had a wetland trail in her neighborhood. We had some good walks before she died.

Black Widow Spider

I talked to Phil today and he said he and Shelly would come to Branson that Monday and Tuesday, take Norma to the airport on wednesday. I face booked Betty and Richard. She said they could be there and you saw Harold's message. I talked to Robbie today and Kenny was in the ER with bad stomach cramps. It may be gas or air bubble from the colonscopy. Hopefully that is what it is. I told Robbie about that monday and tuesday. I talked to Robbie a long time about Kenny's medical problem and Norma called. I had to call her back later and have her call the house phone since my battery was about dead. I talked to her a long time. She had talked to Kenny and didn't really know what was going on. At 8:00, I was watching the end of Gone with the Wind. I had no idea that it would end that way.
I can't believe all the battles that go on in my backyard. I find bones from baby birds that the hawks have eaten, tonight, I found this Black widow spider with this big thing in it's web. Getting closer, it looks like it might be a baby snake. The squirrel got into my one red tomato that I was waiting to get ripe enough to pick. Just took one bite and left the rest of it. Tonight I found the squirrel on my bridge to the garden with a big round green thing in his mouth as he ran up the tree. I think it was a green tomato.
I went to the gym today and did my exercise but I was tired and didn't do as much as usual. After I got home, I remembered that I had only eaten some watermelon at lunch time. So tonight I had a good dinner of tuna steaks and some fresh vegetables from the garden. For dessert some blackberries, strawberries and peaches on a slice of pound cake with canned whipped cream.
Almost time for bed. Good night.

Zinnia

I hope you had a calm restful day. I didn't get as much done as I had hoped to but I did do something. I went to the church garden this morning and staked up my loaded tomato plants and picked a lot of my banana peppers. That is my favorite pepper.The picture of the zinnia is from one of the gardens at the Church. I went out to lunch with past co workers. It was near Costco so I was going to get gas. After getting in line, looked for my card! I changed purses and left my wallet in the other purse. I was able to get out of that long line and go to lunch. I did have some money in my purse! I was going to exercise afterwards. My friend made me some healthy oatmeal cookies. They were good. I had 2. Shortly afterwards I had diahrea. It might have been from eating out also. So, I decided against working out. I am going to have to remember to take the Imodium with me on my trip. So now, I think I will go to bed early and read my nutrition book from ACS.
Good night.

Girl reading a book

Late night at bridge! I am ready for bed. How could they mess up your reservations. I looked up our seats and they were occupied ( by us, I am sure ). Will Phil get to come at all? Today was a good day but I started getting tired before bridge was over. I wore my wig tonight, I think I will wear it some on the trip.
Good night.

A garden bug

A garden bug from a garden tour!
25 pounds is wonderful! You have done it a nice slow healthy way. Are you on maintenance yet? I have more of an appetite than I did. I have to be careful what I eat to make it stay with me.In the class last night , she said I should have 70 grams of protein a day and at least some protein at each meal. She also suggested not eating the same type fish all the time because of the mercury level that is found in some fish. She had quite a bit of information plus hand outs. I went to the gym today after going to Mimi's. I feel better after working out. I am going every other day, trying to make that a habit so I don't talk myself out of it.
I hope your tomorrow is wonderful!

White Rose Bush

Hope you didn't get stuck on the freeway too long! At the right time of the day, freeways aren't bad. The picture of you and Traci is great. You look so good, so skinny! How much have you lost now? You really look good!!
My day was good. Didn't do much. I went to lunch, then to Kohl's. I found a lot of things with my 30% off. I got in line, heard the woman at the cash register say this isn't good until the 13th. Fortunately I wasn't up there yet. I knew it wasn't the 13th yet so I left everything in the cart and left. I had already been there too long. I hope I can find everything on wednesday of friday when I go again. I went to the ACS Healthy Eating Class tonight. I was the only one there. It was a good class. Then I went to the community garden and put a netting up for my green beans to climb on. It is not very sturdy. I hope it holds until I get out there again. It was starting to get dark so I did a half way job.
I am going to your favorite place for lunch tomorrow. MIMI'S. I think tonight was your outdoor concert. I hope it was good.

Watching lobsters being unloaded at the RED LOBSTER

I am so glad you had a great visit with Shelly and Phil. They couldn't help but enjoy themselves.You make sure company enjoy themselves, plus you live in a great area, Norma and I said the same things about the mountains, clouds and sky. It is truly a beautiful place. I can also see why Jessie would love Traci's family. There is something going on all the time. Traci is so like an energizer battery that doesn't wear down. I saw a few pictures on Face book. I hope to see more.
The picture with this bog was when Tammy was here. We went to Red Lobster for lunch and they were unloading the lobsters into the aquarium.

One of my 4 baby hawks. He is on top of the patio roof. The other 3 flew away but he stayed for awhile. They like to be by the pool even tho they don't swim. It is a close fly to their nest.
You were busy trying to work out all combinations for Branson. Thank you. I hope the rain didn't show up until your outdoor concert was over. And that Phil and Shelly wasn't too tired to enjoy it.
I had a good but busy day. It would have been really good if I wasn't coughing so much. I went to the store and got everything on my list. I was so proud of myself until I drove into the driveway and remembered the sleepy cough medicine. (CHEMO BRAIN). Another night without it, I found some day cough medicine and it is helping.
We are having home grown tomatoes every night yhis week. So much better than from the store. Also banana peppers.
Enjoy tomorrow!

Are you tired? I know you are enjoying the visit with everyone. What are you doing tomorrow in the day?
I am tired today and fell asleep off and on during a movie we were watching. I did get a lot accomplished today so I think I will go to bed early.
I was looking at old pictures and ran across this one. I sure had lots of hair. I must have needed haircut. Now if I could only have a little bit of that hair back.
Good night and have a good day tomorrow.

A country road

Bud cleans the place where our ditch water for the church is open. His day is on Wednesday. I went with him one afternoon. I saw a perfect picture. It was a big turtle at the opening about ready to go in the water. After taking the picture, I saw that he was dead and had been for some days. It was so sad to see. He almost made it, was so close and didn't make it. I deleted the picture, the shell was pretty but the rest of him was not. Sometimes life is that way_so close but for some reason didn't make it.
I can't believe Fronteir prices and straight to Branson. We would be meeting up in Denver and finish the rest of the trip together. I am so glad you found it. Enjoy your time with Phil and family.

Old baby humming birds

My baby hummingbirds from a few years ago! Now the baby hawks are invading me. I walk out the patio door and one flies up from the patio, another off the patio roof and now the bricks are starting to turn white! The other 2 are up in the trees close by. I am still enjoying my ginger candy. I saw the nutritionalist today. She didn't say too much that I didn't know. I should drink a little more milk, a little more protein and don't try to cut everything that I think is bad. Reward myself once in awhile. I got my blood drawn and my prescription filled. Now I am waiting for the results. Elderhostel said they will hold our spots for 24 hours for the trip. That will give me time to talk to the doctor.
I guess Phil and Shelly are about to leave. There is so much to show them in your area. I am excited to hear all about your visit.

Day Lily

Hope you had a good day. I stayed home all day, worked in yard early morning, late evening. Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter but I have several errands to run.
I talked to Kenny and Robbie today. On Friday Kenny is having a upper GI and colonoscopy done at the same time. I see the nutritionalist tomorrow. Funny, I have already started getting my appetite back (some ). I have to get my blood drawn also. If everything is mostly normal, we may take a little trip up north, stop to see Kindra on our way up to Oregon. I started reading about her town. It is such a cowboy town! This book says: "There's not a lot to do out here except marvel at the feel of what may be the most remote community in California, while the locals wonder what a tourist is doing way out here." I have been in the town over the mountain from her town and that town is even smaller. I hope we get to go. It may be a little bit longer than I would like. But I won't know until I do it. We will be doing a Elderhostel program in Oregon.
My computer says it is going to shut down in 9 minutes. That means it is past my bedtime. Have a good day tomorrow.

Early 4th of July but by the time I write tomorrow night, it will be late. I know you must be getting excited and busy with Phil's coming. It won't be much longer. I hope the weather stays good for you. It was 101 today. After Church, I didn't do much. I had so many good days ( after the stomach flu) I felt like I could use the rest. I hope you had a good fasting day. Have a good 4th.

coleus

Another close up of a plant. A coleus can be so colorful without flowers. They don't last through our winter tho.
Robin, Manuel, Kindra and Tony brought lunch over. It was a good visit. Kindra showed me how to really use Skype. To think I had this on my computer all the time and didn't know it.
I think dreams are good. A lot of things wouldn't get done without them. So your dreams of a traveling store is good. Avon might think you might be encroaching on someone else's territory. Or do you have territories? I would buy my sprint van while Rod is still selling them.
Hope your day was good.

African Iris

It was a nice morning early. A I was watering, I decided to bring my camera out and take pictures of flowers. I hadn't done that in awhile. I played with a lot of closeups. I have had a really good 2 days. After having stomach flu, good days are really appreciated.
Kindra is in town this weekend. She and Tony, Robin and Manuel are bringing lunch over tomorrow and then go swimming. It is supposed to be 100 degrees. Andrea is out of town and Marisa is working.
I went out to my little secret garden and laid in the hammock watching the baby hawks up in the tree practing their flying. Very relaxing! Until.. one flew over me and pooped!! I was glad I had on long pants. I don't know if I am going to be able to keep the hammock up for the summer. I found an old sheet to cover it for now. The ground is getting whiter every day under the nest. The hammock is not under the nest! I think I need to put Imodium in their drinking water or somehow make my area a no-fly zone.
Looks like you are having thunderstorm activity while Phil is there.
It was good talking to you today.