Haven’t checked my Xanga for some time. Finding everything new. Guess I have to learn how to do this all over again…One of my pet peeves is “change”. Unfortunately for me…life is changes…Hee! Now I’ll see what I can do with my site….

Here I am again!   Time flies when you’re having fun!  So they say!  Someone wrote in a guest book of mine, “Time flies, but how can you when they go so fast?”  The days go by so fast, that I forget to blog on my Xanga. I’m sure there are things I can do on Xanga that I don’t even know about. 

I went to an ENT today to get an ok for a new hearing aid.  It’s the first time an audiologist asked me to do that.  Guess he thought maybe some kind of surgery might be in order, but ENT said everything is ok so now I can get a new hearing aid for my right ear.  I think I need a stronger one.  Having a hearing problem is the pits.  Especially in big rooms and everyone is talking at once and you are trying to visit with one person.

Not in the mood to write much as I’m tired from running around this morning.  I bought a new cell phone and want to get it activated.  Will be giving up Sprint and going with Consumer Cellular.  Supposedly we will pay less per month.  We just use it for emergencies and take it with us when we drive somewhere….

Soooooo   later   Xanga.  

Wow!  I’ve been “gone” a long time.  Got hooked on Facebook and forgot about Xanga.  Today it is almost a year since my last entry.  Husband had surgery in June of 2011 and had to sit in one of those “moving” chairs that our daughter loaned us.  It works great “helping” you get up and down,  but it’s no fun sleeping in it all night.   I slept on the sofa near by so I could help with anything if my husband woke up in the middle of the night.  Since it was his right shoulder it was difficult for him to do anything.

I was supposed to have a mammogram in June, but because of my husband’s surgery and need for help, I delayed it for 2 months. (I usually have one every year.)  This time, in August, I received bad news.  I had to have a lumpectomy because of cancer in my breast.  One cell was found in one of two lymph nodes that were removed.  That meant chemotherapy was needed. Unfortunately I had a horrible reaction to the first one of 6 that I was to have and ended up in the hospital for a week with pancreatitis. That was no fun lying in the hospital bed for a week, tied up to all those wires, etc. and feeling “crappy” to say the least.  I could no longer have any chemotherapy and if cancer returns I will not be a candidate for any again.  Even with just one chemo infusion…I lost my hair a few weeks later.  It is now growing back…but gray with a little black mixed in, and very curly and kinky especially in the back.  I don’t know if I will color it again or just leave it gray. When I look into the mirror, I wonder who that lady is that is looking back at me. 

Now I am in “remission” and having blood tests and seeing the oncologist every 3 months.  I did have 35 sessions of radiation and that was long and tedious.  Only uncomfortable holding my arms above my head…but only for a minute or two.  Thankfully I had no side effects from it, except some burning of my skin where it folded at my neck.  I had to have a portocath put in for the chemo infusions, but it was only used once and since it won’t be used again I had it removed.  It’s nice to have it gone.

I am back to enjoying ukulele.  My friends there were so supportive…sending me e-mails and messages…showing their concern.  Music is good for the soul…and I’m happy to be back.  I don’t know what the future has in store for me, but no one does.  I’m trying to enjoy each day that God gives me.  Sadly I have lost two friends recently from cancer and have another dear friend who has cancer and is in hospice.  Cancer sucks and is a horrible disease.  It’s been a miserable situation for me, but definitely a learning experience.  I have learned that I’m human after all…and anything that happens to anyone else can happen to me. 

My beautiful grand children are now two years old, and are like sponges learning from everyone and everything around them.  I hope life treats them well!  I miss them terribly!!!

Six months since last entry????  Wow!  Where has the time gone?  Been to Hawaii to celebrate babies first birthday in April…husband had shoulder surgery in June…still playing the uke…nothing exciting on my birthday.  I’m not going to count the years anymore.  I can’t believe I’m – - years old!!!  Happy Birthday to me!

Can’t believe I haven’t written since last June.  Other things occupying my mind?  Well..I’m still above the grass.  Feeling good.  Enjoying the ukulele group.  Christmas came and went.  Grandbabies are doing great.   They were sick with their first colds during Christmas though.  Tough on the whole family because everyone was sick.  Enjoying videos of them via computer. Technology is great…when your computer is working ok.  Mine has had problems off and on the last 6 months. Thought I had all the problems worked out, but now the connections to the pages are very slow… Might have something to do with the new antivirus I put on.  Need my tech man (son) to come and help me again.  Time to have my evening snack…should write more on my “blog”.  Joined Facebook…and found friends and other family on it.  Fun to read what everyone says about life experiences.  Stomach is groweling…later…Me

The best gifts of all:

Babies are here!  One day after tax day!  Early, but doing great….  Grand daughter 3 lbs. 13 oz, 17 3/4 inches long and Grand son 3 lbs. 3 /12 oz., 17 1/3 inches long.  I will be meeting them for the first time next week.  Yea!

Last weeks storm downed part of our tree in our back yard!  No electricity one day from 11:45 a.m until 5:30 p.m.  The house got cold and we were bored until we started playing checkers.  Electricity went back on during the second game.  Sad about the tree!!

The Temecula Valley Ukulele Strummers group is growing.  If you want to see me …  just look for the tall one in the back row (that’s where I always go!!!!) at

http://mysite.verizon.net/realgeorge/temeculavalleyukulelestrummers.htm

MY MIRACLE GRANDBABIES…ABOUT 8 WEEKS.  (Their little hearts are beating and their brains are the black spots.)