Saturday, September 30, 2017

PRAYER REQUEST FOR A FAMILY MEMBER

Well, here I am again
asking for 
PRAYERS
for a member of our family.

This is our son-in-law,
Jason The Harley Man,
holding little Bright Eyes on her
first day of 3 year old pre-school.
(yes-yes-she cut her hair tight to her head
just a couple of days earlier)-
I have not mentioned this until now
because my son-in-law
wanted to inform 
people he worked with and 
his own family members first.

A while ago he discovered a lump
on the side of his neck.
It stayed the same for a while
but then started to get bigger.

He went in to have it looked at.
It was a fluid filled sac surrounding a cyst.
However, the doctor looked a bit futher
and discovered another lump
that Jason had not even noticed.

It has been diagnosed as
METASTATIC THYROID CANCER.

The chances of a complete cure
are very good.
We are just praying that it is localized
and not in his lymph node system.

Please pray for a good report.
Also pray for his family,
my daughter, Mindy,
his boys, Ethan, Charlie
and the little princess, 
BrightEyes (aka Anna Ireland).

They need a healthy 
husband and daddy 
in their lives.
They need a lot more beach adventures!
AND
After all-
Mimi needs to ride behind 
SOMEBODY on that Harley!

See what I mean?
So---if you are a pray-er,
please pray.
Otherwise please wing good
and healing wishes
their way!

Thank you so much...
AND ALSO
 thank you
for coming by my new blog
and supporting my Etsy Shop-
also called
I'm clever like that!

You guys are 
THE BEST!

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

HERE'S MY NEWS- I HAVE A NEW BLOG WITH A GIVEAWAY!!!

So...
This will be 
SHORT AND SWEET!

I have a new blog 
and there is a giveaway
going on over there.

You will lots of info over there
about what I am doing.

Curious?
Pop over,
Sign up to follow,
AND
enter the giveaway.

I am pretty excited about this--
Yes! Indeedy!  

Yep--so just
pop over 
HERE

Thank you to all my wonderful, 
faithful readers and friends!

Can't wait to have you see 
my new "place".

A Cottage On The Cove


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Saturday, September 16, 2017

POPPING IN TO SAY HI~STILL ALIVE AND KICKING

SO...
For ALL of you that have asked me
WHERE ARE YOU?
I am HERE!!

This weekend I am at the base of this bridge
in the UP of Michigan.
MyHero had his 18 month post cancer treatment
throat scope and check up on Friday.
As soon as we were done,
we packed up
and headed north.
Doc says his throat looks good--
but still swollen.
That's okay- Cancer free is good!

Today if he is a GOOD BOY,
we will go see the monks and he can
buy himself a treat!
This place is FANTASTIC!!!
Some of what I've been up to---
I have enjoyed my flowers and sunsets
and even read a couple of books.
I PROUDLY watched
THIS ONE-otherwise known as CJK-
transform into a MAGGOT 
(the ONLY maggot, thank you)
in the play to finish out his pre-school years.
No one could be prouder than we were
of our little maggot!

I watch him Monday thru Thursday 
after school and will volunteer 
one afternoon a week at his school.
I will go from my VA shift
over to his school---a mile or so apart.

These three headed off to school-
Ria going into 8th grade
at a brand new school.
SweetCheeks--with new glasses--
(the better to see my wrinkles with)
going into 5th grade,
and Lulu a sophomore already.
Mimi's two boys- BigBoyE & CharlesInCharge
 are in 2nd grade and kindergarten....
They were so scared getting on the bus
that their hair stood on end.
or it might have been crazy hair day at school
AND
Not to be outdone in the hair department
Miss Bright Eyes cut her hair
tight to her head just in time for 
her three year old pictures
at her little 2-mornings-a-week
church pre-school.
She's a corker!
We are headed down to Mimi's house
next weekend.
Can't wait to see that crazy crew.

Older grands- are John M.
off for his 2nd year of college.
He is one of the fastest runners
in the whole country.
and Miss A--a senior at the 
same school Lulu attends.
This is a prom picture with her date.
  I have other grands, too, 
but don't have permission to 
post pictures of them.

I have been working on a big project
that I will share in a week or so.
I am just not quite ready to put it out there yet..
but it is something fun!

AND---I am still planning on taking the trip
with my best friend in life, Sandy,
mid-October.
We are taking a truck of things to her
vacation home in Colorado.
Looks like we picked up a coupla fellas
along the way there.....
Being as I AM blond--
I get to be the blonde....sorry Sandy...
friendship only goes so far....
Sandy and I laugh about everything, 
anything
and nothing.
Everyone needs a friend like that.

So---if you are very good and 
promise to NOT put Ex-Lax in 
your husband's brownies when you 
are mad at him.....
I might have a little
giveaway that you can enter.

See you shortly with
A GIVEAWAY 
and news about my project.  

AND-
A very happy anniversary today to
Mimi & HarleyMan!
Eleven years today---
Love you to the moon and back.
(mom & dad to Ethan/Charlie & Bright Eyes)

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