Archives: May2010

• Balance…

  I am thrilled to say that I am home for a few weeks now.  My traveling gigs have been wonderful and necessary but I hope to enjoy some “down time” at home.  Of course that doesn’t mean I will not be working! lol.  “Anything for a buck, Donna”  I call myself… well ALMOST anything!  winks
  My laptop finally died last night and my desktop has been on its last leg for a few months now…. What to do, what to do.  [...]

• Off kilter

  For the past week or so I’ve been really “off center”.   Not only have I felt unbalanced but I’ve been doing some pretty comical things.  For example, last week my three cats were screaming to me…. I looked in, they had a full bowl of food, and they get their canned food twice a day, what’s the problem?   This went on for a good day and a half until I went in to see what exactly they were screaming about… [...]

• Gifts from the other side

  It’s been a while since I’ve written.  I’ve been working through some painful feelings, grieving, reminiscing, reflecting, and praying.   I need to let go of Jim.  I do not want to.  I feel his presence around me, as I said in an earlier post, his death has in a very strange way brought him back to me.  I experienced many signs that he is okay, that he is free.  Feeling his presence makes me selfish.  I do not want to [...]

• Chris’ new glasses

  So…. my girlfriend sent me this pic a few months ago…..  Do you like my new glasses? she asked.   Well, yah, they are mighty sturdy looking Chris.  
   Do you think they make me look fat?  Well no, in fact the glasses look much larger than you!
  Is the color neutral?  I can wear them with anything, right?   Why yes, if you don’t care that they look like that, I’m sure you won’t mind if they do not coordinate perfectly with your outfit(s).
  This [...]

• The fibers of my life

  I have shared in earlier posts about how much joy my 6 year old niece brings into my life.  This is also true of my nephews… though they are now adults, have their own busy lives and Auntie isn’t as important as she used to be… and that is okay.  Sometimes I do get the pleasure of spending time with them, and I look forward to every minute with them.  I have been thinking about my life in terms of [...]

• I don’t like spiders and snakes….????

  My aussie has been acting sluggish.  His frisbee catching has dwindled down to just a few tosses…I am concerned.  So I decided to take him for a hike in the woods.  So I dressed in my camouflage khakies, oversized sweatshirt, socks and sneakers… just in case the ticks decide to make residence in my bod!   We seem to have an abundance of them right now.  Nasty frigan critters they are.    Well, Brody just loves the woods. Mock 80 [...]

• Working on acceptance

  Today I am doing the tedious and left brained task of last years taxes.  This is never any fun for me, but it needs to get done.   As I am sorting through the many receipts it has been taking me back to the past year.  I shed some tears at some, and others made me laugh.  I remind myself to “keep walking, keep walking” through all of this.  This helped me get thru the last year.
  When I think about Jim’s [...]

• One Year Survivor / Post Exchange Surgery

  Today is officially my one year survivorship date (according to my doctors).  I use the date of diagnosis, they use the date of surgery.  One year ago today I had my lumpectomy.  I came home with the most purple boob I’ve ever seen. smiles.  But rather than focus on what happened then, I am basking in the fact that I am here, healthy, cancer free one year later.  I am a survivor… and I continue to stay that way.
  It has [...]

• New friends… rejuvenation

  I have been away in Ontario, Canada for a painting convention.  I have to say, I was dreading going.  It would have been so easy to stay home and feel sorry for myself but I forced myself to go and it was the best thing I could have done for myself!
  Was a very long trip, and I’ve learned my gps does NOT work in Canada. lol.   Not a big deal.  I crossed over the border in Niagara Falls.  I had been [...]