tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39506542012-01-22T12:43:10.330-08:007 StajesAdventures in Knitting, Ovarian Cancer (dx 11/02/2005-my birthday) and our Christian walk.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.comBlogger1371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-2162841319989022502011-03-09T08:41:00.000-08:002011-03-09T08:58:49.697-08:00I was hijacked by facebook....It has been almost a year since I posted... so much has happened and so little has happened. But I must admit I got into posting on fb.... easy, quick access and friends just pop up out of my past and I get to see how great they are doing now. Love that part.Last I posted I was facing chemo for my 2nd recurrence. I finished that cycle of chemo in August 2010 and Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-71021576995623599222010-04-05T08:44:00.000-07:002010-04-05T08:57:27.019-07:00To say that it's been a long time is an understatement....Almost a full year.... a blessed year actually. I was off chemo for 15 months. From December 9, 2009 to well, last Tuesday, March 30th. My cancer has started "progressing" again. It was never gone, (ned - no evidence of disease), but it had stablized. Now it's growing again. I went back on my orginal chemo because it works for me - 15 Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-41184301688013521292009-04-22T07:28:00.000-07:002009-04-22T07:39:45.668-07:00CA 125 fact and fiction story...I just read another ovca survivors' blog where she implores women to force their doctors to give them the CA125 test as a screening tool yearly, when they are asymptomatic. Unfortunately she fell into the well meaning trap of since there is no early detection test, let's at least use something. This flies in the face of all the historical and current studies... Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-74595850446256535742009-04-21T08:28:00.000-07:002009-04-21T08:38:20.734-07:00Does the president really care?Steve calls me his "political activist baby" because on occassion I write letters to Senators, Representatives about something that I feel is important, i.e. ovarian cancer research funding. Today I sent off an email to our President about credit card policy. I'm a fiscal conservative so having the government dabble in corporate businesses kind of grates on me, Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-6365212143672063902009-04-07T11:38:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:42:16.552-07:00A lot done, but not very busy....It's hard to believe that I got a lot of different things done, yet if you looked at my calendar I'm not very busy. Lilli is 7 months old today... she's 20 lbs now, very cute and quite the social butterfly. She graduated from Puppy Training on Saturday. I'm holding her in my arms... she was one of the smallest of class. She was definately the life of the party!Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-6044531212190196172008-12-02T06:02:00.000-08:002008-12-02T06:14:52.130-08:00Introducing the newest member of our family........San Tan Lilli Ann!Born: September 7, 2008Part of our family: November 23rdFemale, Cocker SpanielName came from - San Tan - we live near an area called the San Tans, Lilli is from Lillie Langtry - because we loved the movie "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", starring Paul Newman, where Judge Bean loved Lillie Langtry, he never met her but Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-46101694668038870062008-11-27T06:37:00.000-08:002008-11-27T07:12:35.283-08:00It's been a long, long time...I know, I know - I should keep up my blog, but 3 years of treatments tends to be routine... chemo, then 7-10 days of the chemo pit, then a couple of weeks of building up strength and feeling pretty good, then chemo... round and round. But, thankfully, and it is Thanksgiving after all, I'm still here because of that routine. Steve and I are very thankful that I'm Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-80781933313400127692008-05-31T21:28:00.000-07:002008-05-31T21:58:19.238-07:00So much, yet so little has happened since I last posted (March 13th)....March 24th-27th was in the hospital again for a fever - they still don't know what's causing it! April 8th chemo day - treatment #14 in this round. April 18 & 19 - Steve and I went to the Women's Expo for the NOCC-Valley of the Sun chapter... to bring ovarian cancer awareness and education to the community.... okay and I got Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-52357715879231686762008-03-13T12:40:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:53:25.783-07:00Tuesday was chemo day..... soJust online right now to post some dishcloth pictures....The red white and blue cloth is a football for KAL Jan 2008 - the colors are for the winners of the Superbowl the NY Giants.The other dishcloth -was for KAL Mid-Jan 2008, just a beautiful pattern from the Monthly dishcloth yahoo group. The pink cloth - is a Valentines Day Candy gift box - KAL for Feb 2008. The Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-82805167894328492692008-02-18T08:10:00.000-08:002008-02-18T08:18:14.632-08:00The show is a go....Okay, granted it's weird to call chemo a show, but with NO TEMP last night I took my dexamethazone which starts the chemo cycle...so I should have chemo tomorrow.... it's been six week and I'm not ready for that kind of break. Steve has today off - we haven't decided what we're going to do yet... he played golf yesterday. I did some knitting at the golf course - I've Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-58978015361957686152008-02-17T19:19:00.000-08:002008-02-17T19:36:16.702-08:00Oh, good grief....My last chemo was in January... I did my postponement trick so that I wasn't going to have chemo until February 5th... our anniversary was February 4th - 24 years. "best laid plans o’ mice & men oft times go astray" by Robby BurnsMonday morning - Feb 4th - I woke up at 3 am FREEZING... nothing could get me warm, so of course I ended up with a temp... 101.8 and of course, I endedVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-91530834457283493772008-01-12T11:42:00.000-08:002008-01-12T12:01:58.241-08:00I'm so sorry.... this is a perfect example of good vs. evil?Okay, chemo week isn't really evil... it's doing what it's supposed to do - KILL CANCER CELLS. Unfortunately while it's doing that it really wipes me out. My "good" days go by so fast it just seems that I go from chemo to chemo week to recuperate to good week to chemo... now there is work in between and I'm still doing my NOCC and of Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-44500935230687916302007-08-19T09:27:00.000-07:002007-08-19T09:52:12.595-07:00SEPTEMBER IS OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH !!!As Co-President of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Valley of the Sun Chapter, I hope that you will participate in a local event to bring awareness to this silent, deadly cancer. Our local events in Phoenix that we are involved in (or sponsoring): for additional information... www.ovarian.org- September 8th - Gynecological Forum at Banner Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-44360131047081927522007-08-02T08:39:00.000-07:002007-08-02T08:54:00.531-07:00Out of the fog phase of chemo week.....It sure takes awhile, but I'm finally out of the chemo week fog ... it's like a hole that you have to crawl out of. The hole is fatigue, lack of appetite and other unmentionable side effects... and when you can crawl out you begin the strength building phase.... that's where I am now.Okay - no one guessed where we were in the mountain cabin... it was Greer Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-20687817807759364042007-07-24T03:38:00.000-07:002007-07-24T04:01:59.791-07:00Steve and I went on a weekend trip... can you guess where we went? You can see from the pictures below that it was beautiful and very relaxing. We even had a fireplace and Steve (the closet pyromaniac) set a beautiful fire. Sorry I didn't write more, but my chemotherapy kind of takes alot out of me... I have chemo every 3 weeks on a Tuesday (today for example), i'm off work today because Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-90889564152456614072007-06-03T07:31:00.000-07:002007-06-03T07:46:34.631-07:00Here's a shout out for help from my online knitting communities........My favorite hat for the summer - well here in Arizona it's good for the whole year - but I digress, my hat is starting to wear out. I bought the hat on our cruise Nov 2004... it was in the boutique on the ship Sapphire Princess. See the pictures of the hat below - it's made out of paper yarn... yes I said paper... It looks Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-79731401649364623672007-06-01T20:19:00.000-07:002007-06-01T20:40:13.680-07:00So, how are you feeling???... always an interesting question, do I answer truthfully or do I use my usual positive optimistic answer of Great!??Well really have to combine the two.. cause reality is.... I must admit that these first chemo treatments really were harsh.... just as an example - my last treatment was on 5/22, and today was my first day back to work. But.. I did go back to work Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-38460775560370684752007-04-30T06:29:00.000-07:002007-04-30T07:00:18.091-07:00Round Three.....I saw my oncologist last Tuesday and we are starting back on regular chemo tomorrow... carboplatin with texotere (which is the only difference with my original chemo). don't know how long I'll be on... I think it will depend on how my ct scans are in 3 months. Luckily, my health is good, blood counts strong... and Steve and I are very strong emotionally and spiritually. So we are Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-79318405941377174642007-04-22T07:19:00.000-07:002007-04-22T07:26:53.346-07:00We went on a beautiful hike yesterday - on Peralta Trail... on the way to Weaver's Needle. We didn't make it all the way up to Weaver's Needle, but it was an adventure!Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-90061084892352558562007-04-21T07:21:00.000-07:002007-04-21T07:49:52.365-07:00These pictures are from last weekend - we were at the 2007 Women's Expo. It was incredible! That's Steve with one of our volunteers... over the weekend we gave out over 10,000 pieces of information and talked with hundreds of women... getting the word out about ovarian cancer. That's what the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is all about... education and awareness.On a personal note regarding Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-2305388209986896442007-03-08T06:07:00.000-08:002007-03-08T06:09:54.173-08:00Isn't this a beautiful coral reef???? Wait for it..... It's completely crochet!!! Opens up your mind to the possibilities of fiber as a art form.... check out the website for details...http://www.theiff.org/reef/index.html Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-32554314320030507322007-03-02T03:10:00.000-08:002007-03-02T03:18:04.844-08:00Me with Angel Gloria - we met up at a local fashion show charity for ovarian cancer research. Gloria was one of my chemo angels while I was going thru my regular chemo last year!!Later in the month she invited us for dinner.. and can she cook - garlic chicken & shrinp over pasta. Yummo!! Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-70699947039788721832007-02-07T18:32:00.000-08:002007-02-07T18:44:20.081-08:00It's February already????? How did that happen???I can't believe it!! You take one day at a time and the days pass... and then suddenly its February. January was mostly working and chemo - I had two chemos in January (2nd and 30th). If I'm a good girl I only have two more chemos (feb 27th and mar 27th). But, my onc didn't like my last CA125 - it had doubled to 12. Now that is within normal range,Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1167508688122399102006-12-30T11:33:00.000-08:002006-12-30T11:58:08.136-08:00Galloping on to a new year....HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2007 !!!I'm trying to make the most of my life - I want to make a difference and live life to the fullest. Sounds like all the success books I've ever read, huh? As I look at the new year and the things I’m taking on to do, it seems like a lot, but I think that has to do with how little I’ve done in the past… now it’s time to LIVE…1) Spend someVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1163131170063111222006-11-09T19:47:00.000-08:002006-12-09T08:16:21.976-08:00The Cruise was Phenominal!!!Nov 2nd my birthday dinner - we spent the day snorkelling in Grand Cayman... it was great. These are our table mates throughout the cruise - great people.... none of us ever missed a dinner they were so much fun! Cozumel - I thought this would be a nice backdrop for the teal bracelets - the top one is "it whispers - so listen" and the bottom one is for Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1160537619782198722006-10-10T20:22:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:35:23.403-07:00ONE MORE THING...WE did the Koman Race for the Cure last Sunday... Yes it's for Breast Cancer.. but I hope that if they find a cure for breast cancer they could find a way to apply it to ovarian. After all there is a genetic connection between them. We walked the full 5 K in 1 hour, 10 minutes... like Steve says "our personal best".. Isn't he great.You can't quite see it but I'm wearing two jellyVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1160536926168141632006-10-10T20:15:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:22:06.183-07:00It's time for you to meet Chandler Bing.... NO - he's not from "Friends".. but he is our new dog. We adopted him from the English Springer Rescue Group. He is 6 years old and somewhat deaf. But he is housebroken and he is a GREAT dog !! Only bad thing is a mild case of separation anxiety, which seems to be getting better. We have someone stop by during the day, or we take him to Doggie Day Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1160076145865653922006-10-05T12:15:00.000-07:002006-10-05T12:22:25.880-07:00I'm going to regret this, but.....Michele and I were interviewed on a local tv station... now 1) if you blink you will miss me, and 2) the camera angles are not kind.... but it is available online at www.kpho.com. Just look to the right side, there is a video screen, click on "all video's", then look for 'battling ovarian cancer', click on play... right now we are THE most popular video on their Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1158524050378143842006-09-17T12:53:00.000-07:002006-09-17T13:14:10.456-07:00 September 9th: This was a women's expo - our first community outreach for National Ovarian Cancer Coalition - Valley of the Sun Division... there were about 100 people there and we got the word out about the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer - and a promise from a couple of the ladies to go see their doctors to check up on a couple of things... that's why we're doing this. Same day - Stitch n' pitch...Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1157388211266004012006-09-04T09:19:00.000-07:002006-09-04T09:51:13.383-07:00Hope you are having a wonderful weekend too....Mogollon Vista in the Northern Country AZ just above Payson... can you believe this is Arizona... Pine trees and the elevation is 7,700.A mountain lake on the Mogollon Rim - we'll be back there to fish... it was beautiful.Storm cell view from jerome... It was part of Hurricane John from the Mexican Rivierra..we had quite a drive Saturday, huh? we Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1156951643522882802006-08-30T08:25:00.000-07:002006-08-30T08:27:23.536-07:00WEDNESDAY, SEPT 6 --- NATIONAL CALL YOUR SENATOR DAY!Ovarian cancer survivors will be visiting with their senators in Washington, DC on September 6th to urge passage of Johanna's Law (S. 1172). “National Call Your Senator Day” supplements the survivors’ visits to senators by letting the senators know that Johanna’s Law has widespread support.Your phone calls to your two senators are integral to Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1156905809140890922006-08-29T19:26:00.000-07:002006-08-29T19:43:29.196-07:00Knitting, drives and lab tests, oh my....This is the dishcloth knit-a-long for Mid-August.. loved the pattern, and I learned to change colors. Not completely comfortable, but it was a great start!!This lighthouse was the knit-a-long for the beginning of August... I thought that it was a fun pattern and I had no idea what it was until I was almost finished.... and of course loved the color. We Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1156209861072806172006-08-21T18:16:00.000-07:002006-08-21T18:24:21.083-07:00You probably won't be able to read this...But this is the real proclamation from Governor Napolitano... proclaiming September 2006 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.This is so exciting - it's our first accomplished goal in our new division. Now sky's the limit!!Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1154491573322527352006-08-01T21:00:00.000-07:002006-08-01T21:06:13.336-07:00Nice Visit with one of my ovca sisters...Me and Kitten... she's here from Minnesota to help her son move here. We had a nice visit and a delicious dinner at Black Angus. Between the 4 of us we ate alot of steak...cooked perfectly.Kitten and I swapped diagnosis, treatment and fun in life stories. Kitten also shared pictures of her beautiful baby grand daughter. So glad we had this time to Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1154139385926343012006-07-28T19:16:00.000-07:002006-07-28T19:16:25.930-07:00Sandy's prayer shawl - and yes, that's me trying to be a model. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1154139112668348282006-07-28T18:56:00.000-07:002006-07-28T19:11:52.690-07:00Prayers to Sandy and her husband Tim...Sandy is an ovca sister who I know thru one of my online support groups... she is also the person who I made the prayer shawl for. I overnighted the prayer shawl to her Wednesday because she is in the hospital. Not for cancer - no, as if cancer isn't enough of a battle - Sandy was in a head on collision with someone who just crossed over the mid-line and Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1153795035434244172006-07-24T19:12:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:38:24.150-07:00Catching up with friends...Visited with very very old friends Sande & Dan this weekend they were visiting from California..okay we're not old- but we've known each other ALL our lives. We decided to stay at the same hotel they were at so we had a mini vacation on Friday and Saturday... it was so relaxing and great! I picked up a magnet at the hotel - "Life is not about how fast you run, or how Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1151781872944686362006-07-01T12:21:00.000-07:002006-07-01T12:24:32.963-07:00First Saturday Sky Pic.... A few wispy clouds in a medium blue sky. One thing about Arizona is the sky is always changing with the weather. I'll post an afternoon picture and show you the difference. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1151379792446172982006-06-26T20:34:00.000-07:002006-06-26T20:43:12.466-07:00For this weekend - from www.sandysknitting.comWe are to go outside on Saturday and take a picture of the sky... then post on our blog. We have GREAT skies in Arizona. Looking forward to July 1st so I can take my picture.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1151374339742351672006-06-26T19:00:00.000-07:002006-06-26T19:12:19.756-07:00Prayer Shawl progress....I'm almost half way finished... love the new pattern. Would be further along but, wait for it panning down DUDE !!! the lurker... he can't wait to get his claws, paws, teeth, anything on this project. Anything to help me out.... :-)Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1151331231439918412006-06-26T06:31:00.000-07:002006-06-26T07:18:45.180-07:00The good, the bad and the boring...I had a slightly rough week last week - didn't sleep at all Tuesday night, just like at the beginning of chemo... so I didn't go to work Wednesday. Slept okay Wed night, so I went to work on Thursday... but didn't feel great, kinda punk. Told you it was boring.I stayed home Friday - just didn't feel too good. Saturday we took MIL and lil sister to Canyon Lake Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1150645225013206282006-06-18T08:19:00.000-07:002006-06-19T12:37:05.110-07:00-Will this be a lesson in biting off more than I can chew?????The first meeting of the Valley of the Sun chapter of NOCC. okay it's not really official yet - we just had to meet first. We have a lot of planning and paperwork to really get started, but here we are at lunch at applebee's. Now, will I have the energy to work and set up this chapter, I don't know. But it is VERY important to me to Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1150040543773097542006-06-11T08:12:00.000-07:002006-06-11T08:42:29.193-07:00 Knitting in Public Day - June 10th! This is at the Williamsfield Airport Cafe - got to knit and watch planes take off! This knitting in public pic is at our clubhouse by the cafe.Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano at the San Tan Freeway opening event on June 7th, Steve and I find it ironic that we have never even seen the governor of California in person after decades there and here in Arizona Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1149691981463795692006-06-07T07:22:00.000-07:002006-06-07T07:53:01.620-07:00Wow - I haven't posted in weeks... what happened?Well I had my first maintenance chemo on May 23rd and found that I had very few side effects... mostly just fatigue. I am trying to work alot more - building up to full time. We went to see Les Miz - it was my 3rd time... still love it, still cried all the way thru it. This time it seemed more real when Jean Valjean sang his prayers. I don't Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1147830699453794172006-05-16T18:27:00.000-07:002006-05-16T18:51:39.476-07:00We just keep rolling along...I got my lab results from last Friday - CA 125 was.... 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Okay and RBCs and WBCs were low.... but that's normal for me.I had a CT Scan today just for my 3 months after surgery check up... and go to see my gyn/onc surgeon tomorrow. I got a cd with all the scans for the surgeon... I tried to look at them, but can't see anything. Of course I couldn't read Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1147480559613860062006-05-12T17:34:00.000-07:002006-05-12T17:58:01.606-07:00From Cancerbaby's friend..."Goodnight, sweetheartMy phone just rang. It was cancerbaby's husband. "I guess you know why I'm calling," he said.She died this morning.She was thirty-three.Her name was Jessica. "I'm so sad and shocked. Too hard to think of what to say... prayers to Jessica's husband, family and friends.I hate cancer - it sucks.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1147233394283742202006-05-09T20:23:00.000-07:002006-05-09T20:56:34.296-07:00Reminders of this roller coaster club ....I'm doing GREAT.... my Ca-125 was 8, yes, 8. I have had very few side effects this chemo go round. Because I am feeling so good we can make plans for this coming weekend - a BBQ with friends on Saturday and a nice outing and picnic with MIL.We're going to go see Les Miz May 20th - love that show it will be our 3rd time.. I'll take lots of klenex Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1146455988248363922006-04-30T20:52:00.000-07:002006-04-30T20:59:48.260-07:00The week of my last full chemo begins.... Beautiful bouquet of flowers from Angel Barb in celebration of my last full chemo.Official last one will be on Tuesday... exactly 6 months after diagnosis.Lord willing the monthly maintenance treatments won't be too harsh. But even so, I know that they will be helping in my recovery or lengthening my remission. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1146107112480048762006-04-26T19:43:00.000-07:002006-04-26T20:05:12.493-07:00Friday night we went to Benise... "From Spanish Flamenco to Cuban Salsa to Brazilian Samba, the traditions and rules of music and dance are shattered. The show that celebratesMUSIC, LOVE, AND LIFE." It was alot of fun with unique music. We went with some friends - they had extra tickets. It was great to get out and mingle with the crowds. Went to visit Dude at the Animal Hosp... his little Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1145588182085645442006-04-20T19:49:00.000-07:002006-04-20T19:56:22.096-07:00Kinda sad news - I was too fatigued....We had to give sweet little Louise back to the rescue group. She was cute and smart and unfortunately very active. A little too active for me. I found that I had to watch her all the time and got very little rest unless she went into her kennel. I didn't want her to live in the kennel so much ... she is available again to adopt. She will make a great Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1145416642370071572006-04-18T20:11:00.000-07:002006-04-18T20:17:22.380-07:00New Addition to the Family.... This is Louise.. we adopted her from a rescue group called Lucky Dog Rescue.She is a mix - Beagle, Hound.. a little less than 1 year. Very cute and a very good girl.Now as to whether our cat Dude is up to this time will tell. Louise has just gone into her kennel. And we're going to let Dude have run of the house. Wish us luck.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1144771892537360962006-04-11T09:06:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:11:32.550-07:00STRAIGHT FROM CHEMO HEADQUARTERS....CA-125 TEST from yesterday 4/10 - 11 !!!! down again. we are thrilled!! Please pray for my white blood cells, they're borderline low - close to not being able to have chemo. They'll give me a neulasta shot to help boost the wbcs. You might have seen those commercials - "I'm ready", "I'm ready to fight my cancer" - that's a Neulasta commercial. I thank GodVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1144722901199032232006-04-10T19:22:00.000-07:002006-04-10T19:39:08.666-07:00The Relay for Life Lighting Ceremony Lights go from survivors to team captains - then to the teams. There were only 4 of us on stage lighting all the captains candles. It was s beautiful... they had the words HOPE and CURE spelled out on the bleachers... they lit the HOPE candles first, then the infield candles that were in memory of or in honor of cancer survivors, then the CURE.This was from myVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1144626633468768902006-04-09T16:27:00.000-07:002006-04-09T16:51:44.380-07:00I will not let anyone steal my attitude!!!...I think that attitude helps alot with fighting cancer.Last week I had an interesting conversation with my pharmacist... she asked me how I was doing - she of course knows that I'm going thru chemo because she fills my rx for my anti-nausea meds. My answer was "great!" To which she answered back "well, considering your condition". I thought about that Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1144246970367196162006-04-05T07:09:00.000-07:002006-04-05T07:22:50.380-07:00A grab bag of stuff......I'm back at work.. started back on Monday. It's nice to be back. Doing something other than watching tv and taking walks. Okay, I read and did some knitting. But work is kinda fun and different. Now I have to try and remember everyone's name and get my computer fixed so I can get on the network. I won't do this very often, but I had a dream a couple of days ago. I Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1143845300691163142006-03-31T14:36:00.000-08:002006-03-31T14:48:20.706-08:00A brand new fan of Willow Tree.....ChemoAngel Barb just sent me this wonderful Angel of Courage by Susan Lordi. I love it!! You probably can't see her hands in this little picture, but her fists are clenched. And just feels right for how I feel about this battle - although a complete balance of Victory & Courage. Side effects have passed for this round of chemo. So I'm my gaining strength Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1143396703381455612006-03-26T09:57:00.000-08:002006-03-26T10:11:43.393-08:00First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STEVE !!!He is playing golf for his birthday. He loves golf. Someday I plan to learn. But for now I enjoy his golfing and we go to tournaments. Last weekend we even went to the LPGA tour at Superstition Mountains. I've been knitting with my Dishcloth Knit-a-long group. We just finished the Mid-March KAL - well actually it was a couple of days ago, but it requiredVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1143045225060595562006-03-22T08:14:00.000-08:002006-03-22T08:33:45.076-08:00CA-125 -- 15 !!!!!!! This test was Monday 3/20 - my second chemo was yesterday. Plan is two more chemos and then 1 year of monthly Taxol maintenance treatments. For my ovca friends you know CA-125, but for other friends: CA 125 is a substance shed by cancer cells that is also made by inflamed normal cells that line body parts. This substance is shed into bodily fluids and finds its way into the Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1142819298921724092006-03-19T16:47:00.000-08:002006-03-19T17:48:18.943-08:00I haven't been ready to read about other peoples cancer journeys....But since my surgery I found that I've turned a corner. Most of my tumors have been cut out and I'm back on chemo, so my journey continues on and I'm thinking of the future. Now I'm curious about the cancer paths of others, ones who have survived and others like Gilda Radner who didn't and was there a difference.So on March 9th IVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1142447501615720142006-03-15T10:12:00.000-08:002006-03-15T10:31:41.626-08:00I'VE BEEN KNITTING....I started back knitting when I was in the hospital - not much, but some. It does take a bit of concentration and dexterity.. neither of which was in abundance while recouping in the hospital. I've only been knitting dishcloths - they are quick and fairly easy. So I get to see a finished project rather quickly. See pictures.Ovarian Cancer Awareness RibbonI'm healing pretty Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1142095586344722762006-03-11T08:30:00.000-08:002006-03-11T08:46:26.356-08:00Here are some questions I copied from Jenny Sue (The Whispers of Ovarian Cancer) – if you get somewhat bored, it’s all her fault, she dared us to answer these. ;-)1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:45 am, I have NEVER been a morning person, until we moved to Arizona. Now we are up early and enjoy our morning coffee and time together before dh gets off to work.2. Diamonds or pearls? Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1141660427647970692006-03-06T07:33:00.000-08:002006-03-06T07:53:47.660-08:00Becoming human again....It's been 3 weeks since surgery - I've been home about 2 weeks and I started back on chemo last tuesday. So, I'm starting to feel a little normal now. A little pain, a few side effects from chemo, but otherwise, hanging in there. I'm back knitting - I'm part of a dishcloth knit-a-long... so I've finished 3 of them. Love it... so relaxing, yet I'm accomplishing something. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1140552480462724292006-02-21T12:03:00.000-08:002006-02-21T12:08:00.463-08:00I'M HOME !!!!Kind of tired - so I'll leave it at that today - I'll be back tomorrow. Thank you all so much for cards, good wishes, emails, comments and prayers. Steve brought me each and every one and they help so much.Love you all. talk with you tomorrow.VickiVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1140410808924481162006-02-19T20:40:00.000-08:002006-02-19T20:46:48.926-08:00Day 7 Post-Op Vicki had a great day. Back on liquids at lunch and after sipping the rest of the day she had has had no bowel pain like she did earlier this week. Her IV is out so no tubes at all now. She has a little pain as I make her get up and walk but she gets up and out of bed basically on her own. She is doing wonderfully. Your prayers have been a huge help, our Lord has guided Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1140325184887382222006-02-18T20:51:00.000-08:002006-02-18T21:01:05.286-08:00Day 6 Post-OPA good day for Vicki. No great movement for her tummy but she was not uncomfortable. The bowel sounds are more active, and the doctor said he will put her back on clear liquids tomorrow...We took several walks down the hallway, watched golf, Olympics and even did some crossword puzzles. She was still feeling fine when I left. She was going to get some medication and go to sleep. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1140066958892903992006-02-15T20:51:00.000-08:002006-02-15T21:15:58.903-08:00Day 3 of Post Surgery I arrived at the room about 8:30 and there were 3 nurses in the room and Vicki was just talking away with them. At first glance I did not like the look of all that activity but Vicki was doing great. Turns out the doctor had just left and said they could take out the nose tube, get her up and walking. He said to give her some fresh blood since all the fluids they Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139975821681278892006-02-14T19:41:00.000-08:002006-02-14T19:57:01.690-08:00Day 2 of Post-Surgery Vicki woke up today feeling more like herself. She was less groggy from all the anethesia and heavy drugs of yesterday. The nurses already had her up on the side of the bed for gosh sakes. That spinal morphine shot has helped a lot. The surgeon came by and updated Vicki on what happened. He was able to explain that the tumors were large but are almost all gone. She Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139892305020107402006-02-13T20:16:00.000-08:002006-02-26T19:16:51.573-08:00Vicki's surgery went great!!! We got to the hospital and got checked in very quickly. She was taken away to surgery right at 9am. The doctor said it would be about 4 hrs before he was done. My big sister came to sit with me while we waited. As it turned out I had forgotten some papers at home and she went with me back to the house. (You can get a little goofy on a day like this) When we got back Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139757219003159952006-02-12T06:56:00.000-08:002006-02-12T07:13:39.020-08:00Hello from Steve (dh). I arrived back from my business trip to Minnesota at noon yesterday. It is such a relief to be back with dw. She is simply the bravest person I know. She has remained calm and stable through all of these months of doctors, chemo, blood tests etc. I am blessed to have her as my wife.While she is in surgery and the hospital this week, I will update this blog as the week Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139685253121186362006-02-11T11:05:00.000-08:002006-02-11T11:14:13.133-08:00This may be a little ambitious, but....I signed up for the Relay for Life in Gilbert on April 7th... it's only one lap as a survivor and I should be pretty mobile by then. I can hardly wait to be "healthy" again so I can devote some time and effort to helping in the fight to cure cancer or help educate others on Ovarian Cancer. But first things first... surgery, chemo, healthy....go.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139679271697696082006-02-11T09:18:00.000-08:002006-02-11T09:34:31.710-08:00 It's so easy to be brave and positive when surgery is a month away....Now we're two days from surgery and slight panic is setting in... okay, not really, but one would have to be a silly person not to be slightly concerned about having surgery. I have never been one to condone unnecessary surgeries - like plastic surgery. But this one is necessary and I'm ready for it... as much as I can be. I Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1139148948930699212006-02-05T06:06:00.000-08:002006-02-11T08:18:25.746-08:00Happy Anniversary yesterday....We had our 22nd anniversary yesterday 2/4 - and we celebrated by going exploring and eating.This is dh showing off the height of the saguaro at Lost Dutchman State Park yesterday. They mark the yearly growth every January - we were here last year on our anniversary. We were marking when we first moved here.Here is the picture from last year...yes it's the same dh, Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1138632209190426412006-01-30T06:28:00.000-08:002006-01-30T08:29:18.373-08:00Looking pretty relaxed on last chemo day before surgery...Now I'm just waiting and waiting - two more weeks of getting stronger before surgery. Filling my time with work and some excursions. Saturday we went to the Phoenix Zoo. Sunday we drove up to South Mountain - what a great view of Phoenix and the Valley. We'll have to go back to South Mountain when it's a little clearer. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1138036114524013452006-01-23T08:50:00.000-08:002006-01-23T09:08:34.540-08:00We pause for a special public announcement....I would be terribly remiss if I didn't start to do some education about ovarian cancer... it might have helped me get diagnosed earlier - maybe not. My symptoms were indigestion and fatigue. That's it. Who knew?What Every Woman Should Know...Ovarian Cancer is a serious and under-recognized threat to women's health.Ovarian Cancer kills more women Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1137549562017185592006-01-17T17:44:00.000-08:002006-01-26T19:25:24.010-08:00A couple more pictures...Look we have a 'blonde' on our backyard porch.One of the many benefits of chemo is I have can have multiple looks. And this is the chemo cap I made. We are now home from my 4th chemo - and last one before surgery on Feb 13th. Not that it's the only thing I'm starting to plan for - but how much help will I need at home for my recovery? I have posed the questions Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1137287960821720652006-01-14T17:03:00.000-08:002006-01-15T08:12:29.793-08:00A little photo journal of this cancer adventure wouldn't hurt..... November 2004 - Birthday Cruise to Mexico - view is of San Francisco. A year before the life changing news. Beautiful hat from Allena. Thank you. In front of our new home with my Paul Harris Fellowship certificate and medallion from Rotary Club of Salida.Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1137205824916934362006-01-13T18:04:00.000-08:002006-01-14T05:12:14.216-08:00With 3 Chemo treatments behind and one to go before SURGERY - YEAH !!!It's been a month almost since my last post. I have spent my time at Chemo treatments, lab tests, doctor visits and CT scans. That is not to say that is my whole life... I go to work 2-3 days a non-chemo week. We also go on great excursions - to the zoo or to Tucson. In Tucson we found a great place that we will have to revisitVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1134943595298581592005-12-18T13:45:00.000-08:002006-01-09T18:42:23.533-08:00One day at a time...I had my second round of chemo on December 6th - I got new anti-nausea drugs so my side effects weren't too bad. As I look at the treatment plan it seems like such a long time.... but I can't look way far into the future - just day by day.One thing that really surprises me is how most of our friends and family are having a hard time talking with us - they don't know what to doVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1133191248927817652005-11-28T06:51:00.000-08:002005-12-12T13:00:06.523-08:00Words you never want to hear....The doctor came in with a med student (so she could get some experience). I don't remember everything he said but what I do remember is that there were multiple tumors seen throughout the abdomin. Not good news - very bad. Steve & I went into shock. I do remember one specific thing the doctor said - do you have any family - I said, no not really, well yes I thoughtVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1133019348923751312005-11-26T07:14:00.000-08:002005-11-26T07:35:48.936-08:00Life is like a roller coaster.....From the time of my last post Steve and I have been crazy busy, estatic, comfortable, happy and recently, shocked, hopes dashed, hope renewed and now in battle.If this sounds confusing, you should be on this side of the story.... no I'm sorry, would never ever want anyone else to go thru this ever.We'll start our in chronilogical order:Our new home was finished Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1122737932075275862005-07-30T08:23:00.000-07:002005-07-30T08:46:42.956-07:00Time passes - but memories do not fade...Just one week ago we lost our beautiful dog, Jesse. We spent some time with her after she passed, more for us to cement our memory of her love of life, enthusiasm of EVERYTHING and her great personality. Great minds can differ - but I do believe that there are animals in heaven - and Jesse will be one of them. The vet & staff were wonderful - they let us Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1122297054661742792005-07-25T05:42:00.000-07:002005-07-25T06:10:54.816-07:00What a SaturdayJesse started getting sick a couple of weeks ago - but nothing different than before. She has alway had a sensitive tummy. But it didn't go away and she seemed to be getting worse. So we took her to the vet on Friday. After testing and proding we found out that she was in kidney failure... but the vet had guarded optomism and we had to try.. so they did a doggie form of Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1122152983496995032005-07-23T14:09:00.000-07:002005-07-23T16:15:17.510-07:00In Loving MemoryJesse Michel AllenTo our sweet girl. You were the prettiest, sweetest dog anyone could ever have. You loved us unconditionally and gave us strength when we had lost our dads. You were the perfect child. We love you baby and already miss you terribly. Have fun with Nook and say HI to the Dads. We'll see you someday at Rainbow Bridge.January 5, 1994 - July 23, 2005Just this side of Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1120656940202439432005-07-06T06:32:00.000-07:002005-07-06T06:40:30.006-07:00Time passes way too quickly -Here I am ready to post - and I have to go to work.... Well that really is a good thing. Our new house is within 6 weeks of being completed. It's so exciting to watch it being built. We have baseboards and doors!The Lord is helping us so much - the house was supposed to be done by May 15th, but the start was delayed by rain. We would not have been ready to buy then - Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1119190170462974822005-06-19T06:53:00.000-07:002005-06-19T07:09:30.466-07:00This is the day that the Lord has made......Let us rejoice and be glad in it.I tend to be a fairly positive person - and I know that it stems from my confidence in that our Lord is a huge part of our lives. Today is Fathers day. Neither of us have an earthly father anymore. Both passed away in 1993. Tradition says that we could wear white roses to commemorate that our fathers aren't living, but IVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1118410559065770202005-06-10T06:20:00.000-07:002005-06-10T06:35:59.070-07:00Jesus is Lord !!!This is not new to our lives - just to our blog. I found thru one of my tours of one of the knitting rings a Christian Knitting Ring. Amazing! And before you could say 'Amen' - I asked to join in. Thus, I am now a part of a great fellowship on the web, combining Love of the Lord with knitting. Almost heaven.I find that not having a fellowship here in Arizona has been a blankVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1118150775941067852005-06-07T06:21:00.000-07:002005-06-07T06:26:15.946-07:00Progress is slow - This can be said for all parts of my life....I'm knitting the baby blankets - one at a time and since I'm not knitting every day the progress is slow. I would love to post a picture but we no longer have a digital camera.... we'll be buying one soon though.Our house is coming along - again I'll use the slow word - slowly.... We were supposed to close May 15th... now possibly Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1116055014641830512005-05-14T00:16:00.000-07:002005-05-14T00:16:54.666-07:00Good bye to StarTrek Enterprise. Loved the show - have always loved the Franchise. I will never watch UPN for cancelling Enterprise. I hope to see Scott Bacula soon on another great show - we've enjoyed watching both Enterprise and Quantum Leap plus his movies. "These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise..." Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1116037689745350892005-05-13T19:17:00.000-07:002005-05-13T19:28:09.750-07:00Boy I sure forgot how hard and time consuming working could be......I've so much knitting to do - and much less time. So what do I do - start a new project just like any good knitter would do.We have two nieces who are expecting - that gives me the perfect opportunity to knit a couple of baby blankets. I've never knitted a baby blanket. I've started one - I'm using Red Hart Soft Baby Kitten colorVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1114357462515271302005-04-24T08:41:00.000-07:002005-04-24T08:44:22.516-07:00To Laura -Blogging is easy - if you just want to start - click on the blogger button on the upper left hand of this page. There is a place to create a blog and it will walk you thru how to create. Then once you have a blog, you can choose which blog rings you want to belong to by visiting the blogs you like and clicking on the button for that blog ring and signing up.you have a GREAT weekend Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1114350403297890972005-04-24T06:20:00.000-07:002005-04-24T06:46:43.300-07:00I wish my parents were alive to hear this.....I have become a morning person.. I know that you can't relate to how weird that is for me. But I used to be a night owl - not really able to get up or function til 9 am. Now I'm up at 5:30 am or so and functioning pretty good. As a matter of fact it's only 6:27 am and I've been up for an hour. So to my dad and mom - who labored for years to get me up Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1114272798601332182005-04-23T09:13:00.000-07:002005-04-23T09:13:18.600-07:00How could anyone not love this view! Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1111206796630989172005-03-18T20:28:00.000-08:002005-03-18T20:33:16.633-08:00I'M HERE !!!! I'm now an official - sort of - Arizonian. Is that a real word? Anyway, I've had my first interview - got lost for the first time - have no real furniture yet, it comes tomorrow morning. But I love it here. It is so beautiful. There is so much sky. If you could see all the vacation pictures I've taken over the years you would notice a trend of alot of sky and clouds. Love Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1110727886155990742005-03-13T07:16:00.000-08:002005-03-13T07:34:21.916-08:00MOVING WEEK !!!I have been sooooo busy - selling my business, training the new owners, and getting ready to move. Oh yeah, and when I went to visit AZ at the beginning of February, I got Bronchitis - never had it before, never want it again. We've been apart more than a month - it was interesting at first, now I just want to go to my new home and be with my cute DH.The packers come Tuesday, DH Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1107189397842696142005-01-31T08:21:00.000-08:002005-01-31T08:37:30.033-08:00We're calling it our AAA phase....The Allens' Arizona AdventureWe've decided that this is going to be one of the times in our lives that we'll look back and laugh.. Hope that hurry's up.DH left for Arizona yesterday morning. Yep, we're movin' southeast. Unfortunately not at the same time. I have to stay and tie up some business loose ends. These loose ends could take 2 months or so. So I didn't Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1106233273823570722005-01-20T07:01:00.000-08:002005-01-20T07:01:13.823-08:00President and Mrs Bush on their way to Church this morning. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1106233057906578492005-01-20T06:57:00.000-08:002005-01-20T06:57:37.906-08:00"We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom, and America will always be faithful to that cause."President Bush, at an inaugural concert in Washington Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1105930297901590382005-01-16T18:44:00.000-08:002005-01-16T18:51:37.903-08:00Time passes at the speed of light sometimes...
Especially when I look to see how long it's been since I've written a new post.
We have so many things going on - company that DH worked for got sold, new owners take over January 24th. They didn't offer him the same position so, he's leaving for a new job. Since he was getting a new job, we thought we would move and buy a new home. So, we're Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1101094417632507172004-11-21T19:26:00.000-08:002004-11-21T19:33:37.633-08:00Enjoy your knitting AND help someone else.....what could be better - I started knitting my first hat Friday and just finished it today. It's for the homeless. It's kind of cold here during the winter - I know, how cold can it be in California - but really it can get down to the 30's at night. My Rotary Club is collecting warm clothes and I thought of knit caps. So, I grabbed some stash yarn Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3950654.post-1100317386030159062004-11-12T19:43:00.000-08:002004-11-12T19:43:06.030-08:00It has been decades since I've visited Catalina. I forgot how beautiful it is. If you look close, you can see how clear the water is. Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063292639689507896noreply@blogger.com0