Tuesday, February 15
Sunday, February 13
Sunday ,the 13th.
IT is great day. Regina is 100% better from yesterday. SHe is not fighting, crying or complaining. I guess She was just did not get enough sleep and was tired from her sleepover party with her best friend.
We went to see our friends baby today who was born 2 weeks ago. Regina was exited to do that because she LOVES babys. They also have 2 big german shepards- beautiful dogs. Joshua is CUTEST baby I have seen for a while. ;) He was quiet the whole 40 minutes we were there. I remember my kids never where quiet. Only time he made some sound was when he got hungry , and waited for his momma to get ready;)
I forgot how little babyes can be- tiny fingers, tiny mouth, everything is so tiny about them. But oh boy, do they grow up to be strong individual with strong personalities. Regina still wants me to have baby - and IT HAS TO BE baby sister. And gabriel wants me to have baby also- but he wants to have baby brother. Where do they get that from??? ALl i can say is maybe. I don't promise anything....;)
On 16th I will go and Register Regina for public kindercarten. School is walking distance from us, and is best in the neighborhood. :) On 17th of Feb. Make a Wish people will come over and interview REgina about her wish. I know what it will be. But oh well, it is her wish, and if it gets granted she will be happiest girl in whole wide world. I know one thing why she wants her wish to be what it is. She wants to get lots of Disney musicboxes with different princesses inside. ( we have non, and every time we go to Disney store, she sees them and sayes- mommy, I WISH I had all of those musicboxes).
Then on 19th is the big day. PARTY!!!!!!!! HUGE party. Menu is together, and I am ready to have that party for Regina. Everything - plates, cups, , napkins etc, will be red, purple and pink- because these are her favorite colors. I just have no idea how will I manage to entertain about over 60 people in my house. :D It'll be a party to remember :D
We went to see our friends baby today who was born 2 weeks ago. Regina was exited to do that because she LOVES babys. They also have 2 big german shepards- beautiful dogs. Joshua is CUTEST baby I have seen for a while. ;) He was quiet the whole 40 minutes we were there. I remember my kids never where quiet. Only time he made some sound was when he got hungry , and waited for his momma to get ready;)
I forgot how little babyes can be- tiny fingers, tiny mouth, everything is so tiny about them. But oh boy, do they grow up to be strong individual with strong personalities. Regina still wants me to have baby - and IT HAS TO BE baby sister. And gabriel wants me to have baby also- but he wants to have baby brother. Where do they get that from??? ALl i can say is maybe. I don't promise anything....;)
On 16th I will go and Register Regina for public kindercarten. School is walking distance from us, and is best in the neighborhood. :) On 17th of Feb. Make a Wish people will come over and interview REgina about her wish. I know what it will be. But oh well, it is her wish, and if it gets granted she will be happiest girl in whole wide world. I know one thing why she wants her wish to be what it is. She wants to get lots of Disney musicboxes with different princesses inside. ( we have non, and every time we go to Disney store, she sees them and sayes- mommy, I WISH I had all of those musicboxes).
Then on 19th is the big day. PARTY!!!!!!!! HUGE party. Menu is together, and I am ready to have that party for Regina. Everything - plates, cups, , napkins etc, will be red, purple and pink- because these are her favorite colors. I just have no idea how will I manage to entertain about over 60 people in my house. :D It'll be a party to remember :D
Saturday, February 12
Quick update.
Couple of days have passed since my last update. Everything is pretty much normal. Regina had her bloodwork done. Everything looks great. Her ANC is 2600. Her liver numbers are getting better. Her platelets were little lover since month ago, but that low. Her doc here recommended to to one more bloodwork in 2 weeks and see how it is then :)
Regina had her first sleepover since she left to Memphis in September. She had great time. But when I went to pick her up this noon, she started crying and did not want to come home. :( She had fun with her best friend. But what frustrated me was her behavior. She started acting mean ( telling NO, NO NO to everything, and when I told her to hug her best friend, she started shouting and crying. I felt emarrased because of her behavior. I guess she does not like good buys, but why does she has to act so mean and hurtful ???
Now she is sleeping. I guess all that playing made her tired, and I hope after she wakes up she is back to normal Regina again. It feels like she is on chemo- because during her chemo she acted all mean and hurtuf. :( I hate those past feelings :(
Regina had her first sleepover since she left to Memphis in September. She had great time. But when I went to pick her up this noon, she started crying and did not want to come home. :( She had fun with her best friend. But what frustrated me was her behavior. She started acting mean ( telling NO, NO NO to everything, and when I told her to hug her best friend, she started shouting and crying. I felt emarrased because of her behavior. I guess she does not like good buys, but why does she has to act so mean and hurtful ???
Now she is sleeping. I guess all that playing made her tired, and I hope after she wakes up she is back to normal Regina again. It feels like she is on chemo- because during her chemo she acted all mean and hurtuf. :( I hate those past feelings :(
Wednesday, February 9
Bai Nian, Bai Nian
...which is greeting in Chinese New year. And we celebrated Beginning of Rooster year with some of my DH friends. We had hot pot dinner. We bought thinly sliced meat and vegetables from Asian market and we boiled them and ate them with special sauces. Kind of like fondue , but only with water( no chocolate or cheeses). And we boiled meats, vegetables and soy products in that hot water. :o) . We also drank some Chinese liquor( 56%), some Chinese beers and Plum wine. Dinner was excellent. :)
My fasting( as I mentioned yesterday) ended today 6 PM. It means I fasted for 36 hours. I only had water, tee, coffee( 2 cups) and vegetabel broth. Starting from today I am back to my normal eating habits.
Regina had her labs drawn today. She started crying when she saw needle, but after she saw that her "poke" was covered with Garfield bandaid, she was happy again. It is so weird. Usually in St Jude we knew how her labs were 30 -45 minutes after they were taken, but here , in CA( LabCorp), we get results back on saturday or sunday. Oh, I don't like waiting that long. They told me that If I want to know how her labs were, I have to call them on Monday. It is a long wait. But the same time , looking at Regina, I know that all the labs will come back just fine because Regina is acting happy, active and ready to take life by storm. :) She really is recovering real nicely. Only thing I am still little worried is her apetite. She is eating, BUT not as well as I want her to. I want her to eat more nutitious food. But she likes mostly carbs, and meats make her throw up. :( . Good thing is she is Drinking milk :)
My fasting( as I mentioned yesterday) ended today 6 PM. It means I fasted for 36 hours. I only had water, tee, coffee( 2 cups) and vegetabel broth. Starting from today I am back to my normal eating habits.
Regina had her labs drawn today. She started crying when she saw needle, but after she saw that her "poke" was covered with Garfield bandaid, she was happy again. It is so weird. Usually in St Jude we knew how her labs were 30 -45 minutes after they were taken, but here , in CA( LabCorp), we get results back on saturday or sunday. Oh, I don't like waiting that long. They told me that If I want to know how her labs were, I have to call them on Monday. It is a long wait. But the same time , looking at Regina, I know that all the labs will come back just fine because Regina is acting happy, active and ready to take life by storm. :) She really is recovering real nicely. Only thing I am still little worried is her apetite. She is eating, BUT not as well as I want her to. I want her to eat more nutitious food. But she likes mostly carbs, and meats make her throw up. :( . Good thing is she is Drinking milk :)
Tuesday, February 8
Tuesday
If you guessed ( about ribs) the thrid option( my husband was taking shower, and forgot all about the ribs) you were almost right. His shower took 2 minutes longer and that what it takes to burn your dinner. lol
Regina is doing very well. There is nothing really to report about her health right now. But tomorrow we have to go to LabCorp to get her labs drawn. And since now she does not have central line anymore, she has to be poked. I guess she will put on a little fight, but she understands how important these labs are. More to report tomorrow. :)
Today is the day I am fasting. NO FOOD Until tomorrow morning. All these meats have screwed up my digestion and I am trying to do little cleansing procedure. ALl I drink today is lemon or lime water- and some green tea to keep me warm. I tend to get chills during fasting periods( I do it usually 3 times a year). It is not really hard thing to do during the daytimel. But when clock hits 6pm , hunger hits me hard,and then I have to find things to do to keep my mind away from food.
I have one prayer request- Stanton who is batteling with Neuroblastoma has little hope surviving. His bonemarrow is packed with neuroblastoma cells and there were no healthy cells left. Please check out their Caringbridge site.
http://www.caringbridge.org/la/stanton
Regina is doing very well. There is nothing really to report about her health right now. But tomorrow we have to go to LabCorp to get her labs drawn. And since now she does not have central line anymore, she has to be poked. I guess she will put on a little fight, but she understands how important these labs are. More to report tomorrow. :)
Today is the day I am fasting. NO FOOD Until tomorrow morning. All these meats have screwed up my digestion and I am trying to do little cleansing procedure. ALl I drink today is lemon or lime water- and some green tea to keep me warm. I tend to get chills during fasting periods( I do it usually 3 times a year). It is not really hard thing to do during the daytimel. But when clock hits 6pm , hunger hits me hard,and then I have to find things to do to keep my mind away from food.
I have one prayer request- Stanton who is batteling with Neuroblastoma has little hope surviving. His bonemarrow is packed with neuroblastoma cells and there were no healthy cells left. Please check out their Caringbridge site.
http://www.caringbridge.org/la/stanton
Monday, February 7
Sunday, February 6
Saturday, February 5
Grillmasters
He. We have been grilling for 2 days now. Beginners exitement. lol Today we made trout, stakes, hot Louisiana links. ANd for lunc I made shirmp scampy.
Regina is doing great. She is very active 5 year old. And has great imagination. Today she was mom, I was baby, dad was her and gabriel was me. SOunds complicated? She was the one who was bossing us all around( sounds very much like me, lol)
On a good note. I am overwhelmed with all the responses I am getting from my neighbors. Some of them come by , some of them call, some of them leave nots to our mailbox. I was not ready for this kind of kindness. It is amazing and I am thankful for all the kind words I have heard past 4 days. :) I usually tell Regina when somebody calls or writes and her first response is DO THEY HAVE KIDS? lol Some of them do , some of them don't and some of the kids are allready grown up. Little bit of everything :)
Regina is doing great. She is very active 5 year old. And has great imagination. Today she was mom, I was baby, dad was her and gabriel was me. SOunds complicated? She was the one who was bossing us all around( sounds very much like me, lol)
On a good note. I am overwhelmed with all the responses I am getting from my neighbors. Some of them come by , some of them call, some of them leave nots to our mailbox. I was not ready for this kind of kindness. It is amazing and I am thankful for all the kind words I have heard past 4 days. :) I usually tell Regina when somebody calls or writes and her first response is DO THEY HAVE KIDS? lol Some of them do , some of them don't and some of the kids are allready grown up. Little bit of everything :)
Friday, February 4
Reginas Smile quilt and more.
http://smilequilts.com/regina.html
Click on a link and see where it takes you :) Quilting angels did amazing job creating this quilt for her. :) It is beautiful :) Hope it makes you smile also :)
Today I interviewed Regina because I am planning to " refresh" her room.
I asked her what color she wants, what things she wants in the room, what kind of decorations etc.
No big surprize on color- Pink, of course, dark pink.
She is not playing with her barbies but princesses, but she wants to have princess room. She loves do dress up as princess and walk around the house with high heel shoes and magic wand. Today I saw in home depot the cutest princess mirror and rocking chair. I did not buy it yet. I give her one more week to decide if she still wants princess room. If she does, then I have to find a job and make money to get her that room( remember, I am trying to save money and my pudget does not include PRINCESS rooms).
I have to get her princess bed spreads, and pillowcases, and girly curtains and rug and- did I mention princess toychest. I better not even think about it. To much pink. I wish princess color was cranberry or burgundy red. lol
OK. We have been living in our house for 3 years. WE DID NOT HAVE GRILL for these 3 years, we did not cook out for 3 years. Why? Because my dear loving husband told me every time we went to HD - NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME... Finally next time arrived and we got it. It is gas grill and homefully with no time I will master the art of grilling.
Tomorrow I will go to Target and get patio set( yep, we dont have that one eather, it is " next time" thing again. lol
Click on a link and see where it takes you :) Quilting angels did amazing job creating this quilt for her. :) It is beautiful :) Hope it makes you smile also :)
Today I interviewed Regina because I am planning to " refresh" her room.
I asked her what color she wants, what things she wants in the room, what kind of decorations etc.
No big surprize on color- Pink, of course, dark pink.
She is not playing with her barbies but princesses, but she wants to have princess room. She loves do dress up as princess and walk around the house with high heel shoes and magic wand. Today I saw in home depot the cutest princess mirror and rocking chair. I did not buy it yet. I give her one more week to decide if she still wants princess room. If she does, then I have to find a job and make money to get her that room( remember, I am trying to save money and my pudget does not include PRINCESS rooms).
I have to get her princess bed spreads, and pillowcases, and girly curtains and rug and- did I mention princess toychest. I better not even think about it. To much pink. I wish princess color was cranberry or burgundy red. lol
OK. We have been living in our house for 3 years. WE DID NOT HAVE GRILL for these 3 years, we did not cook out for 3 years. Why? Because my dear loving husband told me every time we went to HD - NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME... Finally next time arrived and we got it. It is gas grill and homefully with no time I will master the art of grilling.
Tomorrow I will go to Target and get patio set( yep, we dont have that one eather, it is " next time" thing again. lol
Thursday, February 3
Thursday (2/3/5)
Today both of my kids are home with me. I decided to keep Gabriel home so he and Regina can play all day long. But so far all they have been doing is arguing/ screaming/ making each other cry/arguing/ hurting each other feelings etc. I don't get it. When they are not together they are the best kids in whole wide world. They listen to me, they eat their food, they wash their hands whenever I tell them to . But today, I AM PULLING my hair out one by one. lol They both fight to get my attention. What is it with them??? How many times I have told them that hurting each other feelings is not good, bringing each other down is even worse. Regina understands everything, but Gabriel( of course he is only 3,5) has no clue what being good boy means. lol
I just wish there was way of teaching them that they don't have to fight to get my attention. They have it 24/7. :)
Regina still has runny nose- clear runny nose. It has been runny for 2 months . Not worse, not better just same .
Her hearing seems pretty good. Even better than in St Jude.
*On Tuesday I have to take her to unilab so they can draw her blood and check how her counts are doing. For me, she seems perfectly fine. Her hemoglobin is probably nice and normal , because she does not act tired, and platelets too are ok( no bruising or bleeding).
I want to teach her to read( she did started showing interest in St Jude), but she shows now no interest of spelling words out or picking up books. She draws, colors, creates cards, clues together little crafts I got her, etc. I wish it included learning to read. :)
I just wish there was way of teaching them that they don't have to fight to get my attention. They have it 24/7. :)
Regina still has runny nose- clear runny nose. It has been runny for 2 months . Not worse, not better just same .
Her hearing seems pretty good. Even better than in St Jude.
*On Tuesday I have to take her to unilab so they can draw her blood and check how her counts are doing. For me, she seems perfectly fine. Her hemoglobin is probably nice and normal , because she does not act tired, and platelets too are ok( no bruising or bleeding).
I want to teach her to read( she did started showing interest in St Jude), but she shows now no interest of spelling words out or picking up books. She draws, colors, creates cards, clues together little crafts I got her, etc. I wish it included learning to read. :)
Wednesday, February 2
I can not belive what I did. :)
While we were in Memphis I started thinking about all the people I know/communicate with here in CA. Belive me or I hacve no relationships whatever with my neighbors. SOmetimes I do take my neighbors trash out( next door), loan her our trash cans( what a relationship, lol) but nothing else.
About week ago , after we returned home, I wrote 2 page letter to our neighbors( on our street). It was hardest thing for me to do. I HAVE NEVER, EVER, EVER done something like that in my life.
I brfeifly( 2 pages) explaned them who we are and what has happened past 7 months. I printed them out, closed them in to envelopes and sticked them to their mailboxes/ doors/ in personal. I felt weird doing it. Not bad weird, but exited weird. I usually wait when people aproach me. Now it is my turn to aproach them and see where it goes from here
I just want to know more about people I see every day , exchange HI's , smilies or just ignore( lol)
I guess I am more in me then I thought ;)
About week ago , after we returned home, I wrote 2 page letter to our neighbors( on our street). It was hardest thing for me to do. I HAVE NEVER, EVER, EVER done something like that in my life.
I brfeifly( 2 pages) explaned them who we are and what has happened past 7 months. I printed them out, closed them in to envelopes and sticked them to their mailboxes/ doors/ in personal. I felt weird doing it. Not bad weird, but exited weird. I usually wait when people aproach me. Now it is my turn to aproach them and see where it goes from here
I just want to know more about people I see every day , exchange HI's , smilies or just ignore( lol)
I guess I am more in me then I thought ;)
Hurray!!!
My Toshiba is up and running again :) Everything that was important to me is still in here ;)
Now I can start finish printing my letters. ( I will write about this later)
Now I can start finish printing my letters. ( I will write about this later)
Tuesday, February 1
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM ---HELP!!!!!!
Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
We have tried to reboot it but nothing. When I turn computer on it gives me that error message and it does not read even cd. It keeps turning on and off itself. I am so frustrated now. I was printing out some invitations and next thing I know is that stupid F*(^(*g error. GRRRRRRR
ALL my latest pics are in that computer- EVERYTHING is in there. I was thinking about backing up all the files tonight but I guess not. I am about to cry. PLEASE, PICTURES be there.
We have tried to reboot it but nothing. When I turn computer on it gives me that error message and it does not read even cd. It keeps turning on and off itself. I am so frustrated now. I was printing out some invitations and next thing I know is that stupid F*(^(*g error. GRRRRRRR
ALL my latest pics are in that computer- EVERYTHING is in there. I was thinking about backing up all the files tonight but I guess not. I am about to cry. PLEASE, PICTURES be there.
Monday, January 31
Spring cleaning. TO early???
WoW , it is last day of the month January. TIme does fly past quickly. Regina is up and is allready creating memories. She ran out of good stickers and now she is cutting pics out from magazines and cluing them to scrapbook. I guess we need to do some sticker shopping. lol
Gabriel is back in school and he was very lucky to get same teacher and kids he had before. I thought he will threw some horrible temper tantrum , but for my surprise he did not . Great going Gabriel.
AND I am living on a budget. I gave my husband all my credit cards and for return I got sertain amount cash, and now I have to live with that amount until january is over. I really needed to do something about my spending problem. Whenever I felt stressed I hit the stores and bought things I did not need. Of course I bought things I wanted but I did not NEED them. So now I can only buy things that I are NEEDED( food, food and more food). I hope it takes care of my spending problems. (WIsh me luck)
We did more cleaning today - this time we cleaned up drawers and organised our dvd/vhs/cd library/. We also are planning to clean up our closets. I have to threw away my FAT clothes. lol If I don't do that now, I have more reasons to eat , and before I know it I'll be back on size 22.( Yeap, 3,5 years ago that was my size ) Sounds fun ? huh?
Gabriel is back in school and he was very lucky to get same teacher and kids he had before. I thought he will threw some horrible temper tantrum , but for my surprise he did not . Great going Gabriel.
AND I am living on a budget. I gave my husband all my credit cards and for return I got sertain amount cash, and now I have to live with that amount until january is over. I really needed to do something about my spending problem. Whenever I felt stressed I hit the stores and bought things I did not need. Of course I bought things I wanted but I did not NEED them. So now I can only buy things that I are NEEDED( food, food and more food). I hope it takes care of my spending problems. (WIsh me luck)
We did more cleaning today - this time we cleaned up drawers and organised our dvd/vhs/cd library/. We also are planning to clean up our closets. I have to threw away my FAT clothes. lol If I don't do that now, I have more reasons to eat , and before I know it I'll be back on size 22.( Yeap, 3,5 years ago that was my size ) Sounds fun ? huh?
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