WINNER

Bunco was such great fun last night. I can not believe I have not been there since October... I have not lost my touch I was the winner with the top score, good wrist action, I guess. Kathy, truly a great bunco hostess. So much good food and she made three cakes this past weekend deciding which one to make for our bunco dessert. Super over achiever if you ask, me but I appreciate her time and effort. I came home with some great recipes and baking dishes and let's not forget I was the winner. Better bask in that for sometime probably won't happen again in 2007. Did I mention I get to host the Christmas Bunco, that is what happens when you miss going to bunco on "sign up for the new year night". It will be hard to compete with what Cindy did last year- Prime Rib Dinner on her good China... I know I can not compete so I am thinking SPAM on paper plates.. tee heee....

YIPPPPEEEE

How darn exciting to see my name under the blogs list on the Scrapbook Oasis site... I feel like one of the cool people now.... Love that store. And another big YIPPPEEE only 4 days tell we leave for Orlando and Disney World with the nieces... any advise? BUNCO tonight with the BUNCO sisters can't wait to see them - the last time was in October.. wow was it really that long ago...

Yesterday

was an absolutely beautiful day. Love waking up to those clear Southern California Blue Skies... uhhh! Since hubby was still not 100% he cancelled his normal Saturday tee time and we spent some Saturday time together. Took a walk up to Ruby's Restaurant for breakfast along with Jeff. Went to Green Thumb nursery, brought some plants, came home planted them and then prepared for some company. Friends visited and we sat outside at Hyland's Island with the fireplace on and some blankets for more warmth, under the clear star filled night skies, talked visited and enjoyed each other company... It was our little piece of heaven right here on earth.

No Longer Gray

Yes, the confirmed diagnosis is in you could say it is definitely black and white and no longer gray. Although the doctor said it was back and he was 95% sure you still hang your hat on that other mysterious 5%.... well maybe it is wrong and we are just going through the treatments, routines and emotions because it is the thing to do for a year. Then you hear the words "test show the current treatment is not working"... UGH! Last year they couldn't get anything from the bad Lymph (inconclusive) Good news bad news this year they got that darn lymph on the needle biopsy and yes it is conclusive the Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma is back. No more gray - no more 5%... We were on the bus going down the road living life and now we must changes buses and go down a different road... Not sure how I feel, although I know deep in my heart and soul I am not feeling what the hubby is feeling... it is in his body not mine. I am attached to it - it has again taken up residence in our home and life, I am beside him and will do everything in my power and ability to help him to help us to fight it and get it back in remission! I want to cry and be emotional and then I hear that voice that says give it to me... I am your God and I will help you both... Then I cry a few tears.

Hoag Hospital

is not a place you want to spend four hours (be there by 6:30 am) but you do what you have to do and the entire time you just pray for good results and conclusive results. Yes, hubby had to have that needle CT biopsy again today. A year ago they could not get enough of that little bugger lymph to be conclusive but doctor was 99% sure the lymphoma had returned... so he treated for a year and the current "manage your disease" routine is not working and again we are trying for some type of confirmation to move onto the next step....

How do I feel... not sure. We have seen tougher times when he was a stage 4 in November 2001. Being a stage 1 in February 2007, not the best news but liveable. And to quote the guy I have been married to for 32 years... LIFE IS GOOD.

So good in fact that we leave for Orlando with the neices in less than two weeks... Something very positive out there in the near future and I can not wait to take pictures, pictures and more pictures and come home and scrap 4ever... Can't wait to use my new lens too.

FIRST TIME AGAIN

Here it is again Hyland's Island BLOG maybe the 8th time is the charm... I so want to have a blog if not to share my fifty (ish) thoughts with the world than just a random place for me to Journal what is happening in our life at the Island. Like most people I so lose track of what I did last week, come to think of it I lose track of what I did yesterday. Does anyone have brain adhesive? Maybe I could get some stuff to stick. Not that I am complaining (although I can) it is just that recently when I tried to look back on some of the detail of 2006, and the many places we went, the great things we did and spending time with friends it all seems a little fuzzy and the thoughts, feelings and emotions I experienced at the time (and the things that made us laugh) all seemed to fade... Being a blogger along with a scrapbooker seems to be the answer at least for now...