"Very Good, Jodi"

but all I did was shed my share of tears. Everything was beautiful, rain and all.

http://brain.mgh.harvard.edu/Glioblastoma.htm
Thought she was going to Phoenix for her birthday and thanksgiving, but ended up with a brain tumor. All is okay now. had surgery to remove it. Why did I have it...... Don't really know. no I did not have lots of headaches. i WAS HAVING A SINUS INFECTION WITH HEADACHES. wHAT'S NEW ABOUT THAT.... NOTHING. i WAS TAKING A Z-PACK FOR THE INFECTION, BUT THAT DIN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. mY HEAD DID NOT EXPLODE ON THE PLANE RIDE TO PHOENIX AND i DID NOT THROW UP ON ANYBODY ON THE PLANE, WHICH TO ME WAS A SUCCESS.

nOW i WILL BE STARTING CHEMO AND RADIATION SOON. tHE PROG. IS GOOD. tHEY GOT ALLL OF THE tUMOR OUT. i AM ABLE TO GET AROUND. BY MYSELF.......i KNOW WHO PEOPLE ARE.....AND i RECONIZE THINGS AND SUCH. sO.... MY BRAIN IS STILL IN TACK. bUT THE ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION IFS93........ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THE OCC. THERAPIST ASKED ME..... POOR WOMAN.... DIDN'T KNOW THAT i DON'T DO MATH....... WHAT IS 100-7........i ASKED FOR A PENCIL AND PAPER. i COULDN'T DO IT IN MY HEAD.i DID IT FINE ON PAPER. MY DAD JUST SIGHED. HE KNEW i COULN'T GET IT ON A GOO DAY.

had one of these.

This is a picture of my grandfather's call to report for WWI. He never told us grandkids much about his time there...... we would gather from him that it wasn't good. Times were tough on the people there. And my 'poppy' was a very symphathtic man. He hated to see anyone hurting.


This is a picture of my son Chris.... in the middle..... when he was in Afghanistan. He is home now. I don't know about his two buddies. All of these men are honorable and I'm so glad that I got to know them.

This is just part of the west parking lot that I park in when I go up to the hospital to see Emalee. Who by the way now weighs 3# 4 oz.... and is doing really well. But, I get turned around in this garage. I can always find my car, but I can't get out of the garage. Ya, those Exit signs...... are for those people who are walking over to the hospital. Now if my car fit in an elevator... I'd be in good shape. The other night, it took me 5 minutes to find my way out. And not once did I have to go the wrong way.

today's text msgs: from Andrea - Woohoo.took the IV out last night. And I got to see her without all the tubes and she opened her eyes. Today I should hopefully be able to actually hold her on my skin. It's called kangaroo care. And she's eating my milk which is good. My labs look good. They're gonna let me go home today!

Watching the crossing guard lady at the grade school I pass every day.....HUG the kids as they crossed. Actually HUG the kids..... and NOBODY came out and told her she couldn't do that! I smiled the whole way to work.

Having an old decision validated.....after all these years. Finally told that I had made the right choice. I can't go into details here.....email me if you really want to know.

Having an old friend cook me dinner and it was good! And then great conversation after.

Reading this from someone......"Ya. I try to think the best of everybody" and knowing that actually the opposite happens from this person all-the-time.

Going back to the gym......well, didn't really make me smile, but it has made my pants fit better.

Visiting with cousins. Even if the circumstance wasn't ideal.... we are still FAMILY! And we love each other. Just wish we could see more of each other... because...we are FAMILY! We have got to the the family reunions back on track.

We happend to like spiders around our house. The kids have never been scared of them. Brent found this one yesteday. She is huge. She has an enormous web. She and her guy were doing the mating dance. Quite interesting... but I didn't stand around to watch. (you know... they need their privacy also) anyway... I went back out about 10 minutes later and this is what I saw. Ya. She killed him and was eating him. And this morning. There was another male doing the mating dance..... He's not going to make it either.

A friend recently told me that he missed my sense of humor.

I think I'm missing more than that...

If you find: my mind, my waistline, and my sense of humor, please return them. No reward is being offered... just my graditude.

Thanks.

But this stuff here is funny.

One of my responsibilities is to read the safety reports that each foreman is suppose to do at the beginning of each new job or at least once a week. I know it get's old and boring to say the same things over and over to people.... so recently, some have gotten.... insightful? creative? You judge.

Wear hearing protection at all times and saftey glasses. Once you lose your eyes or ears they don't grow back. (duh.....)I added that part.

Don't pee, unless in a portapot!!

Don't do drugs please (we have to be nice about this?)

I know... this isn't totally entertaining stuff..... but then I work around a lot of goofballs.