One Chemo to Go!

Wednesday I had my second to last chemotherapy treatment! (hopefully- if all looks well, that is the current plan!) I have one more on Aug 13th. Today is a beautiful summer day here in Texas- hot but blue skies and lots of sun AND I am feeling pretty good, not 100% but able to get out and run some errands, orthodontist and school registration stuff.

Pat is also feeling pretty good. We did a little shopping last night at the bookstore and got our favorite soup, salad and breadsticks from Olive Garden for dinner. Yum! I was so happy to be able to eat a little. The boys did a little yard work- unfortunately Derek inadvertantly ran over the cord to the pool filter so we are on a mission to get that remedied ASAP before the pool turns green! Other very exciting things we have planned is to replace our porch swing, which finally broke and to get the Durango's safety inspection sticker updated now that it is August and I procrastinated for the entire month of July! The girls are cleaning the house today- hooray for slave maid service! haha Actually I told all the kids that if the boys did the yard and the girls did the house then we'd go to Marble Slab for icecream tonight. (bribery works well sometimes!)

We still need to get some school clothes and school supply shopping done. Every year it seems that the supply lists get longer and more involved. Meri actually needs to provide 100 sharpened pencils! Who has time to sit and sharpen pencils at home. I don't even have a decent sharpener! Copy paper, dry erase markers, book covers, hand sanitizer...the list goes on and on.
At least they provided the lists early in this school district so that we have time to collect everything we need. Even the high school kids will get their lists when they have Prep Day. It is 2 wks before school starts and they will get their schedule, ID cards, lockers, books and supply lists. I think that is a much better idea than to wait until the first day of school and have to rush at the last minute.

My parents are coming for a visit on Sunday and then my sister and her family are coming next Thursday so we will have a nice group for Wil's 1st Birthday Party. We are doing a monkey pirate theme. I know he will not be so into it but since he is our last baby we wanted to do a nice party, even though Wil has no actual baby friends in attendance- mostly family and friends coming for food and cake- but it should be fun.

We have only 20 some days left unti school is back in full swing. At least Kelsey and Derek are doing good learning to drive (even stick shift!) and we will hopefully have licensed drivers before we know it! They also have the teen ACTS retreat coming up next week with church and are both looking forward to that. Derek has been on the music ministry team playing guitar and is having a great time.
I guess that is all for now. I hope you are all enjoying the rest of your summer vacations. Hug someone you love today!

Today's Glass Half Full: In our whole life melody the music is broken off here and there by rests and we foolishly think we have come to the end of time. God sends a time of forced leisure, a time of sickness and disappointed plans, and makes a sudden pause in the hymns of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time and not be dismayed at the rests.-- John Ruskin