Well, I have finally learned how to post pics so I don't have to bug Bret to do it for me...these are some pics from my weekend that I wanted to share. That is Bret with our friend Addie...she turned 1 on Friday...I was not able to make it to her party so we had them over for dinner earlier in the week to celebrate. I just adore this little girl...she has the best disposition of any baby I have ever been around..over the last year there were days that I certainly didn't feel like smiling but if I would see her and that cute little grin it always made me feel better...we love spending time with her, her big sis Amanda (in the cheer pic with Jillian) and their Mom Heather.
On Friday Jillian went to 2 birthday parties while I worked at a bingo fundraiser for my Kindervelt group. Kindervelt is the women's auxillary that works to raise money to fund different projects at the Cincinnati Children's hospital. This was our first bingo night and it turned out to be really fun...not sure how much money we raised yet. I had not played bingo in a long time so I thought I would get six cards...I forgot how much you really have to concentrate so it wasn't long until I was giving my cards away and finding something else to do!!
Saturday morning Jillian had cheerleading and after that she and I went to celebrate another 1st B-day...it was for a good friend from work so we enjoyed spending the afternoon with them. After that it was time to get ready for 80s night bunco with the Strawberry Hill Bunco Babes....wow - what fun! Everyone really got into it...a lot of us brought old pics and we even had 80s trivia in between the bunco rounds. After we finished playing a few of us decided to go out dancing....we ended up a new club here in Landen...they had a band but we really didn't like the music too much...a little too hard core (or angry as Maria called it) for us old gals but we made the best of it and stayed until closing time.
Today was obviously a lazy day after a very late night. Heather and I took Addie for a walk by the lake...it finally made it to the 50s this weekend so everyone was enjoying the warmer weather.
It's hard to imagine that it was a year ago yesterday that I took my last dose of chemo...that was on my mind a lot this past week...just thinking back to how I felt that day..how tired I was from the treatments and the affects it was having on my body. I also remember how tired I was of wearing wigs and just wanted my hair to grow back and I was also trying to get mentally prepared for the mastectomy...needless to say, that was certainly a low point for me but I made it though...I could not have done that without all the love and support of Bret and all of you...my friends and family. You are a precious gift...THANKS!!!!
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Jan - totally enjoyed your post and pictures.... What a journey - huh? It is hard to imagine 1 year ago you were finishing up your chemo, waiting for your hair to grow again - and for you to be "you" again.... Time heals, and think about all you've learned along the way - and how many people you have touched already through this! No big surprise. I'm glad you are enjoying life! Sounds like your weekend was alot of fun... I can't remember the last time we went "out" - not that it's a deal to me, but still might do me "some" good - but I still don't like being apart from JD.... plus there really hasn't been anything much going on..... Well, take care.... Hope you have a great week. Love you! Sue
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