What do you think?

My sweet husband wrote a blog post last night that pretty much sums up how much this whole cancer thing has sucked.
It makes me sad and frustrated to know that we let it get the best of us, but sometimes it does.
Go over and read what he has to say at Gemini Not Cancer and tell him you love him.

Pooped

Good grief I'm tired!
This weekend was awesome but we were non-stop and I must admit it got the best of me.
I'm wiped out!
And as a result, I've got no brain cells left. What few I had I think are gone.
Which means I can't seem to conjure up a blog post.
Can you help me?
One of my favorite things to do is answer questions from readers.
So if you have something to ask or something you are wondering about, how about leaving me a comment and I'll get right to it!
Anything is game.

Like Jennifer Hudson

We went to our first Weight Watchers meeting tonight.
We being me, Evan and his mom.
We are taking the leap to better healthy and smaller waistlines.
I'm excited.
Mainly because I love a group project.
And I can't wait to shed some pounds.
And I know it will be hard.
But I want to do it.
For my health mostly.
I want to get off of blood pressure meds and I want a better BMI.
So- here goes.
I'll keep you updated here and any encouragement you want to give me would be great.
Because I tend to stress eat, and I've had plenty of stress this year.
But I can do this. We can do this.

September 24th

We have an appointment at Emory to visit the head and neck surgeon.
It's Sept. 24th at 9:00 in the morning.
And that's only 2 weeks away.
I was certain we wouldn't get in before Christmas!
But the appointment hasn't happened yet, and the last 2 times Evan was supposed to go to Emory, the office called to cancel. So it is your job to pray that the appointment is kept.
And also of course pray we can leave there with a clear plan for the future.

Raisin' the Roof

Not really.

We are actually talking about lowering it!

If you haven't visited our house, let me give you a little background.

We have one of those houses that was built when 2 story family rooms were all the rave. (You can see a picture of it at Christmas above)

And I have to admit, when I first walked into the model house that had our floor plan I loved it!

What a nice open family room.

And flash forward to now, my opinion has changed a little about that room.

Basically, it's cold in the winter, hot in the summer.

The walls are not painted because we can't get to them to paint 24' in the air.

There is limited decorating because the walls are so big that most artwork is too small.

And I can't stand looking up and seeing cobwebs in the corners that I can't get to.

So I am not super thrilled about our family room.

That's where Evan comes in.

He decided that we should just make the family room into a one story room and add a media/bonus type room above it.

Oh good grief- that to me sounds like building a new house.

Why not just build a new house?

I know, I know. You all agree with Evan. Now's not the time to try and sell a house.

I understand.

I'm just scared of the possibility of having real live major construction going on around us.

Like windows being taken out and new walls and floors being built and construction dust.

Yikes- construction dust!

But for some reason, this is a dream of Evan's. And he doesn't really ever get that fixed on projects and he's fixed on this one.
So I guess we'll see what comes of this dream.

Right now we are still in the design/ costing phase with a builder.

It's taking a lot longer than we expected, so I'm thinking the cost will be insane.

But we'll see and of course I will keep you up to date.

And in the event that we decide not to remodel, I am going to present Evan with two alternatives.

1. We use the remodel money to buy the Cadillac I have wanted for so long and we'll jusy drive around and cuss our two story family room -OR-

2. We put the house on the market, sell it whenever and we're moving to a farm house in South Coweta County where I will finally have the cows I've always wanted.

A girl can dream can't she?

Before and After

Master Bedroom Before
Gold everywhere!


Master Bedroom After
Nice and Tranquil

More Love

I figured out why this whole cancer saga has decided to continue.
It's because I have not reached the maximum amount of love I can have for one man.
Because with every day that goes by, I love Evan more.
And I'm sure you're tired of hearing about it.
But I'm not in therapy, I choose to blog instead.
And what I like to blog about most is how much I adore my sweet husband.
And how much he makes my life so wonderful.
He truly is my very best friend.
So you might want to change blogs if you don't want to read about how cancer can make two people grow in love with each day that goes by.
That's not to say I'm not ready to be done with cancer.
But I am thankful for it's ability to show me that I am with my perfect match.
And life is so good, even when doctors don't say so.