Life's Pathway

I love this and wanted to share it with ya'll that have not seen it yet. ;) This is a poem that was on a card sent to me from my Uncle.

Life’s Pathway
By Emily Matthews

At times, life’s path
seems filled with things
that make the going rough,
And we wish there were
a smoother road,
for we feel we’ve had enough.

But, if we pause a moment
and remember Who’s in charge,
The hills that loom ahead of us
no longer seem so large,
And every rock before us,
when we know we’re not alone,
Becomes, not just a stumbling block,
but one more stepping stone.

You’ve overcome so many things,
and, every time, you’ve grown
Through sheer determination
and the wisdom that you’ve shown.
So, as you face this journey,
from the moment you begin,
Know that God will guide you ,
and you’ll have the strength to win.

4 days and counting....

Only 4 more days and we head back to Houston. Doesn't seem possible. And I'm not ready at all to go back. I try to look at the bright side, 1 down 5 to go. But seems like all I can think of is 5 more to go!! So I got out of the house today for a little while. Felt good to get out of here, but it is so hot out there!!! It's miserable. Mom, Jamie, Jamie's girlfriend Laura and best friend JD and of course my little man all went to eat lunch. I felt funny being out and I swear I felt like everyone was looking at me. Maybe it's just me, but it seemed like everytime I turned around someone else was staring. But I enjoyed getting out. Now I'm back home with the A/C. Oh yeah I had to go to the hospital and get blood work done, that's always fun. My stupid dishwasher quit working and David's not here to look at it so I called to have someone come look at it and he told me about some stuff they sale that I need to pour down the sink and do some other stuff and that it would probably fix it. Well he lost me at pouring it down the sink so I guess I'll have to wait till David get's home LOL He's off this weekend, thank goodness so I can spend some time with him before going back to Houston. His sister and their family are coming over Saturday. I'm excited. It's been way to long since we've seen them. Brayden's excited to see his cousins and play. Talking about cousins, Brayden is getting to go stay with his Aunt Rachel (Tony's sister) up in Dallas while we go back to Houston. She has 3 boys and everytime they come down Brayden lives at his grandmas so he can play with them. He's going to have a blast and I'm so thankful that she wants him to stay for the week. I know he will be in good hands with her. (Just don't spoil him to much Rachel ;)

Getting to know me (yes I'm bored)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 11am, Hey that's still AM!
2. How do you like your steak? Burnt (well done)
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Honestly I don't remember. It's been that long.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Way too many to list.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Florida
6. What did you have for breakfast? Nothing, not much of a breakfast eater
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Mexican
8. What foods do you dislike? Seafood and Chinese ICK
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Olive Garden
10. Favorite dressing? Ranch
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? White Ford Fusion
12. What are your favorite clothes? Anything comfy
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Hawaii, I've always wanted to go there.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Depends
15. Where would you want to retire? Anywhere but C-City!
16. Favorite time of day? The evenings
17. Where were you born? Midland, TX
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football!!! Go Cowboys!
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? ?????
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? ????
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? ???
22. Bird watcher? Nope. I got a bird chaser in Neither
24. Do you have any pets? Yep, two dogs (Sadie & Zoey) and one hampster (Smokey)
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Nope
26. What did you want to be when you were little? Teacher
27. What is your best childhood memory? Hmm....that's a hard one
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Dog
29. Are you married? Yep, 6 wonderful years ;)
30. Always wear your seat belt? yes
31. Been in a car accident? yes
32. Any pet peeves? People that smack, drives me crazy!
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Pepperoni
34. Favorite Flower? Purple Roses
35. Favorite ice cream? chocolate chip cookie dough
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Taco Bell!!
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None
38. From whom did you get your last email? Brayden
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Walmart lol I love Wal Mart!
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Nope
41. Like your job? Most of the time. It can get pretty stressfull
42. Broccoli? Yummy
43. What was your favorite vacation? Last time we went to San Antonio. We always have a wonderful time.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My dad and Brayden today
45. What are you listening to right now? Brayden and his friend playing XBox
46. What is your favorite color? purple
47. How many tattoos do you have? Zero
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz???
. What time did you finish this quiz? 10:52 pm
50. Coffee Drinker? Nope

Dressing up my blog??

I've been looking around at other blogs and they are all fixed up with custom banners, and pictures. Can anyone help me figure out how to do this?

7-23-09

So I decided to start a blog. I thought it would be helpful for me to write how Im feeling and how things are going through my journey with cancer. It will also be easier for my family and friends to see how I'm doing. So today is July 23rd, and I'm feeling so much better today. I actually did a little laundry. That might now seem like much, but for someone whos lived on the couch since she's been home it's a lot LOL. So many of you know I started my treatments last week and let me tell you it was a wild ride!! They started on Tuesday July 14th at 9am with my first round. I think I took it pretty well, just made me want to sleep. 8 hours later here we go with the 2nd dose. Now that one kicked my butt. Here came the chills and the nausea. Not fun! Thank goodness for the good ol drugs the hospital has. It didn't take very long for them to kick in. I got another dose at 1am, then again the next day at 9am, then 5pm then 1am again. Very very weak and tired by this time. The night after I had my last dose I started feeling like I could not breath. I made it through the night and the next morning the doctor came in and ordered a Xray of my lungs and come to find out I had a little fluid in my lungs. So with that the doctor said that's enough for this round, that's all my body can handle this time. I had to stay in the hospital a couple days to get strong enough to be able to come home. I got out on that saturday, stayed the night in the hotel, just in case, and we drove home Sunday. I was so glad to be home! I missed my guys, and my dogs so much! I hated that David had to stay back and work because the bills don't stop just cause I'm sick. So this week I've just been pretty much living on the couch. David and Brayden have pretty much been babying me, and if they keep it up they might ruin me after all this is done LOL. So I go back on Aug 3rd and we do this all over again. I plan to stay home as much as I can because I have such a high risk of getting sick now. I can't take a chance. I've received sooo many cards from co-workers and family and friends. I even got one in the mail yesterday from a local church, signed by a lot of people I dont' even know. I live in such a wonderful town, everyone here is awsome! I've had people bring meals by, which has helped so much. So hopefully I can keep this blog up to date. I'm gonna try to keep everyone updated. I took the laptop with me to the hospital last week but didn't get on it at all. I'm kinda glad I didn't because there's no telling what I would have done since I was half out of it haha! Anyways, I will keep ya'll updated as much as possible.