Day 123

Today was a day of lots of cooking! I made tomato sauce and gluten free crusts for my Pizza Pies for Prashanthi's Pie Party. I also made a set of Brazilian Paobread which didn't exactly work out as planned but with a little more practice I should be a pro. Chelsea and I went out in the yard, and aside from all this...nothing else happened. It was a relaxing in the kitchen kind of day.

Day 122

Today was so lovely! Between the sun and the awesome clients, I had such a great day. It was capped by a birthday party of 6 really fabulous 16 year old girls who were all so nice! We had a blast, and they were all very impressed with their hennas. I love being a henna artist!

Day 121

I went to accupuncture this morning and she helped both my hand and my foot, awesome! Then I went to the shop, had *another* no-show, but I wasn't at all surprised (I figured as much, over the phone.) But while I was still hanging out at the shop working on various things, a woman came in and said "I'm a fan of yours on Facebook, and have been so impressed with your work! I come to the Latona Pub often with my husband, and this time you were here, so I just *had* to come in and say hi!" Then, she pulled out a notebook and showed me the doodles she's done inspired by my paintings, and it was so touching! I inspire people!!! :)

After work, I met with Dan and some of his co-workers at the Big Time, where Dan got happily sloshed. After that we went to Makeda, where he became incredibly talkative, and expressed his desire to not only have a baby, but to start NOW. He knows why we're waiting just a bit longer, but he's actually excited now. And blames much of that on Charlie, and who can blame him?? :)

This is what I doodled on myself while hanging around the shop.

Day 120

We did it.

Today I took my dad to his last clinic appointment at SCCA. They had bunches of packets of paperwork for him to give to his "regular" oncologist/general practitioner.

The blood clot he had developed as a result of the access ports has gone down (although it will take years to dissolve...this happened last time too.) The CT scan of his lungs show that the artifact from his infection at the beginning of the year is also reducing, which is very good news.

His blood counts are about the same this week as the last time. Let me go into a little detail about where he stands with this right now. According to the doctors (and I'm getting this info second hand, so I'm a little sketchy about it) he has 100% engraftment in his bone marrow of Eric's cells. Yippee! Excellent news! That said, he has 65% T-cell engraftment. This was the number they were unhappy with when it dipped down to 35% before. It has been steadily growing, so they're satisfied. The latest doctor my dad saw said he's had people 5 years out from their transplant with only 25% t-cell, and they're doing fine. So....so there?

Anyway, tomorrow my parents are going to my dad's regular doc, to transfer back over into his care. They're also looking to see if they can find someone competent down in Olympia (smart move.)

Today I left work early to take my dad in to his clinic appointment, then we went for lunch, ran some errands, and went back to SCCA to get his hickman port removed (yank!). Then this evening my mom and Dan came home, we had a toast, then went out for burgers.

So...that's that! We did it! WE DID IT!!!

Day 119

Yup. I did.

Day 118

This afternoon I had an exciting meeting discussing a new business venture which I will reveal more about after I have more things ironed out.

This evening, I sang the "Zoom Song" probably 50 times. And loved every moment of it.



Also, I was informed about boogers, elbows, showers, ravioli, bunnies and "Awesommmmme".

Day 117

Today out of the blue a poem admitted itself into my consciousness unbidden, and I was then sitting on the side of the road scratching it out on the back of a free henna flier. Poem is below the photos.

Also, Chelsea and I spent a good half hour out in the back yard. It was heaven.

This Easter

Surprise did not hide
In the adorned basket of a rabbit
Nor in the brightly hued
Shells of plastic eggs
Joy and wonder were equally
Not delivered in the arms
Of an earth bound god

Rather,
On the gust of a sun warmed draft
Fueled by now awakened moths
Opening their powdery wings to the heat
Only to be snatched up in the
Giddy, hungry dance of the new arrivals

The swallows who breezed in, this Easter morning
Celebrating the maiden day of spring
Calling her by name
Thanking her personally
For the revival, for the
Abundance yet to come

Day 116

Today was the wrap up to a lovely weekend. We did more farm work, had a waffle and omelette breakfast, had Thai for dinner, and enjoyed each others company and the farms quiet beauty all day. Now it's back to the work week. Sigh.

Day 115

So today was my mother's birthday! She was greeted with gifts in the morning...





And here are photos of what she was opening - the fish was commissioned by my dad, the chestnut tree by Dan.

The morning was very cold - aside from the fact that there was frost on the field, the heat pump went out around 1am and it was veeerrry chilly when we got up. The heating guy came and fixed it free of charge!


Frost on the field


A little perspective - the car is about halfway down the line of trees.

I tried dying eggs with silk ties! It worked out with the ties - I also tried it with a big silk scarf, but that one didn't work at all, even though the pattern was awesome, the dye didn't release onto the eggs.

My mom bought a quilt from her neighbor. It's gorgeous!

Day 114

Oh crap! I forgot to post last night! I'll make it up with tonight's post.

Day 113

I finished my taxes. That's about it.

Oh...and this.

Day 112

The two hennas at the shop today...I really felt like doing fill and more fill and frilly and fill and more lacy bits. (they just said "here's our money...do whatever you want." My favorite kind of client.)

Today was highlighted by a visit with Mr. Charlie - the first time I've seen him in a couple MONTHS! The whole Legg family has been off and on sick and I can't be around sick babies, so we had to wait until they were in the clear. I didn't get a single photo of him. We were too busy talking about kitties, numbers and ReadySetGoooooooo!!!

I'll be babysitting him next Tuesday. I promise to get LOADS of photos then.

Day 111

Yesterday I went to bed early with a migraine. Today I woke up in the same state. I stayed home, slept until about 1, and woke up MUCH better.

On Facebook I'm part of a group of henna artists. We do (occasional) weekly challenges and this week I hosted. The subject was "Stars". Thanks to a comment by Trevor from the revolving jugglers (I swear, this is going somewhere) I came up with my design for the week. It totally fits into the category. :)

I like it. A LOT. I'm thinking I might put it into my "debating for a real tattoo" queue.

Day 110

Earl update: after watching him chasing Chelsea around, and finding him out in the sun when I got home this afternoon, I declare the cat us back to normal.

Day 109

Last minute client today and a haircut was just about all I could handle after last nights karaoke. Whoof. Now back to the shitty grind of the paycheck job. Double whoof.