We are at the shop, again. Saturday we worked for a few hours before heading to our friends (Mark & Debbie) 50th birthday party and we are at it again today. I helped Eddy get passage doors ready for priming and painting, worked on a couple of estimates and updated the spray log (required to have a spray log by the Bay Area Air Quality).
Breakfast with Eddy's family for Big Ed's 63rd birthday was enjoyable. Sophia and Alethea are very well behaved little girls!
Heading home to relax before the new week starts all over again! Santa Cruz was smokey on Friday and Saturday but appeared to be better this morning when we left (just saw fog). I hope the fire gets contained soon!
Cheryl
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Saturday Morning Ramblings
I had a very nice surprise this morning....Eddy made me breakfast! My original plan was to make waffles this morning with the new waffle iron I brought home from Grandpa's but Eddy beat me to making breakfast. Eddy made breakfast sandwiches with perfectly cooked fried eggs....delicious!!!! Right now I am enjoying my second cup of coffee and once that "kicks in" I plan on unloading the rest of the stuff from Grandpa's car.
Some of you may have seen the news store regarding weight lifting and lymphedema. I was able to pull up the video on the computer and I have also read more information on breastcancer.org. There are concerns in the lymphedema community about the study. I'll read more and post about it sometime soon. Interestingly, my "lymph whisperer", Sonja suggested several months ago I could start lifting weights but needed to start off with one pound and see how my arm reacted. My swelling tends to happen from the heat and over use. I still haven't started a weight lifting program since I hate to wear my compression garments to exercise.....way too hot for me!
The fire in our area is not close, so you all can relax although it is very smokey around Santa Cruz. I believe the news says the fire is 10 miles from Santa Cruz, which means even farther from us. Sad to see the news footage since there were fires very close to the same area last year.
Still doing water aerobics as much as I can but missed all of this last week because I was a Grandpa's. I am going this morning to the pool while Eddy works on another estimate or two. After we head to the shop to finish up the estimates, we are going to Mark and Debbies 50th birthday party and 10 year anniversary. There will be good food, dancing, drinking, hot tubing and possibly some swimming.
Happy Birthday to Eddy's pop, Ed! The last I heard we were going to a late breakfast on Sunday to celebrate. Looking forward to seeing little Sophia and Alethea (Eddy's nieces)....very cute.
Time to work on unloading the car.
Cheryl
Some of you may have seen the news store regarding weight lifting and lymphedema. I was able to pull up the video on the computer and I have also read more information on breastcancer.org. There are concerns in the lymphedema community about the study. I'll read more and post about it sometime soon. Interestingly, my "lymph whisperer", Sonja suggested several months ago I could start lifting weights but needed to start off with one pound and see how my arm reacted. My swelling tends to happen from the heat and over use. I still haven't started a weight lifting program since I hate to wear my compression garments to exercise.....way too hot for me!
The fire in our area is not close, so you all can relax although it is very smokey around Santa Cruz. I believe the news says the fire is 10 miles from Santa Cruz, which means even farther from us. Sad to see the news footage since there were fires very close to the same area last year.
Still doing water aerobics as much as I can but missed all of this last week because I was a Grandpa's. I am going this morning to the pool while Eddy works on another estimate or two. After we head to the shop to finish up the estimates, we are going to Mark and Debbies 50th birthday party and 10 year anniversary. There will be good food, dancing, drinking, hot tubing and possibly some swimming.
Happy Birthday to Eddy's pop, Ed! The last I heard we were going to a late breakfast on Sunday to celebrate. Looking forward to seeing little Sophia and Alethea (Eddy's nieces)....very cute.
Time to work on unloading the car.
Cheryl
Friday, August 14, 2009
Grandpa Toci
I really haven't been posted much recently because I kind of figured no one was paying attention any longer BUT my mom says she checks.....so I am going to start doing the "blog thing" more often.
Saturday Mom, Aunt Sherry and I headed down to Grandpa Toci's to be with him before getting his new, right hip and start packing up the house. Grandpa is moving to Grants Pass at the beginning of September, which will put him much closer to Mom and Aunt Sherry and make visiting family easier for us (kind of a one stop thing!). We had a lot of fun going through photos, looking at old family documents (we found my great grandmother's diary) and sorting through Grandpa's stuff.
Since I am interested in genealogy and have done a great deal of research, I am going to be the keeper of the diary (going to scan it into the computer some rainy weekend) and other historical family records. We also found the original photos of my great grandparents on canvas, but they are not in good shape.....some kind of restoration will need to be done.
I really missed Eddy but it was good for me to get away with my mom and aunt. At night we would cook dinner, Sherry would clean up then we would play Mexican Train (very fun game). Grandpa's surgery wasn't until Tuesday so we had a few days with him.
Time to look over the bills. Chat at you later!
Cheryl
Saturday Mom, Aunt Sherry and I headed down to Grandpa Toci's to be with him before getting his new, right hip and start packing up the house. Grandpa is moving to Grants Pass at the beginning of September, which will put him much closer to Mom and Aunt Sherry and make visiting family easier for us (kind of a one stop thing!). We had a lot of fun going through photos, looking at old family documents (we found my great grandmother's diary) and sorting through Grandpa's stuff.
Since I am interested in genealogy and have done a great deal of research, I am going to be the keeper of the diary (going to scan it into the computer some rainy weekend) and other historical family records. We also found the original photos of my great grandparents on canvas, but they are not in good shape.....some kind of restoration will need to be done.
I really missed Eddy but it was good for me to get away with my mom and aunt. At night we would cook dinner, Sherry would clean up then we would play Mexican Train (very fun game). Grandpa's surgery wasn't until Tuesday so we had a few days with him.
Time to look over the bills. Chat at you later!
Cheryl
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dr Jerri Nielsen
Dr Jerri Nielsen is the doctor that treated her breast cancer while stationed at the "Pole".....she passed away and with Michael Jackson and Farrah's deaths, not much attention is being paid to the loss of yet another woman to breast cancer.
This is a quote from an interview Dr Nielsen did with Psychology Today "The things that make you strong, and make you feel as though you've accomplished something, are not the easy ones; it's the things you had to work and struggle through. Those are what give us our depth -- that make us not gray and plain and nothing but give us depth and texture and longing. The quote captures my feelings exactly on my journey over the last year or so and what I am still working through.
Just wanted to share.
Cheryl
This is a quote from an interview Dr Nielsen did with Psychology Today "The things that make you strong, and make you feel as though you've accomplished something, are not the easy ones; it's the things you had to work and struggle through. Those are what give us our depth -- that make us not gray and plain and nothing but give us depth and texture and longing. The quote captures my feelings exactly on my journey over the last year or so and what I am still working through.
Just wanted to share.
Cheryl
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Relay for Life
I am going to do the Survivor Lap at the American Cancer Society Relay for Life on July 17th. The event is being held at Cabrillo College the 17th and 18th.
My funding raising goal is $100.00 (more would be nice but I'll take what I can get). Here is the link to my official page on the Relay for Life website http://main.acsevents.org/goto/CherylGorham. If you can donate, great....if you can't that is okay too.
Eddy is celebrating his 14th year of sobriety today! I am so, so very proud of him for his committment to living the clean and sober life. Three cheers for Eddy!!!!
Cheryl
My funding raising goal is $100.00 (more would be nice but I'll take what I can get). Here is the link to my official page on the Relay for Life website http://main.acsevents.org/goto/CherylGorham. If you can donate, great....if you can't that is okay too.
Eddy is celebrating his 14th year of sobriety today! I am so, so very proud of him for his committment to living the clean and sober life. Three cheers for Eddy!!!!
Cheryl
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Too Young
This is a link to Hannah's website....she is 10 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer.
http://www.ourlittlesweetpea.com/
http://www.ourlittlesweetpea.com/
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Nice Weekend
What a lovely weekend! Brennan, my nephew, was here for a sleep over and cake baking fun. I dropped one of the cake pans on the counter, which does not make for a very beautiful finished piece. Bren and I decided cake still tastes the same whether it is in good condition or a pile of crumbs....frosting fixes everything. The cake was so delicious we had a piece after breakfast!
Brennan and I also went on an hour and a half walk in the park. It was so cute, he kept asking me if he was walking too fast. I had to laugh....he doesn't realize I practically have to run to keep up with Eddy!!!! Brennan and I talked the whole walk about everything under the sun....being bald was one of the topics. Brennan thinks it was "better to be bald than dead" and he is absolutely correct.
While I was making scrambled eggs for us this morning, Brennan vacuumed the living room and kitchen for me (there was a monetary reward). It was certainly nice to get a bit of help. Too bad he wasn't interested in cleaning toilets!
I went to water aerobics four times this week (Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun)! Getting a ton of new freckles even with sunscreen on and a we bit of a tan, well, actually more beige than white. Today I wore my rash guard since I did get a little sunburned yesterday (not supposed to get sunburned on the lymphedema side....could cause an infection).
Learned about using Kinesio take at my lymphedema support group on Wednesday. Amazing stuff....you probably saw it on the during the Olympics on the female volleyball player. We did some practice runs with the tape during the meeting, then I did a full taping from my right underarm to the left to help drain the lymph from my right arm. I swear I could actually feel the fluid moving! Underarm swelling is virtually gone but my hand is still a bit puffy. Now that I see how well the tape works, I need to order a few rolls.
Off to do a little house cleaning and laundry before Monday rolls around.
Cheryl
Brennan and I also went on an hour and a half walk in the park. It was so cute, he kept asking me if he was walking too fast. I had to laugh....he doesn't realize I practically have to run to keep up with Eddy!!!! Brennan and I talked the whole walk about everything under the sun....being bald was one of the topics. Brennan thinks it was "better to be bald than dead" and he is absolutely correct.
While I was making scrambled eggs for us this morning, Brennan vacuumed the living room and kitchen for me (there was a monetary reward). It was certainly nice to get a bit of help. Too bad he wasn't interested in cleaning toilets!
I went to water aerobics four times this week (Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun)! Getting a ton of new freckles even with sunscreen on and a we bit of a tan, well, actually more beige than white. Today I wore my rash guard since I did get a little sunburned yesterday (not supposed to get sunburned on the lymphedema side....could cause an infection).
Learned about using Kinesio take at my lymphedema support group on Wednesday. Amazing stuff....you probably saw it on the during the Olympics on the female volleyball player. We did some practice runs with the tape during the meeting, then I did a full taping from my right underarm to the left to help drain the lymph from my right arm. I swear I could actually feel the fluid moving! Underarm swelling is virtually gone but my hand is still a bit puffy. Now that I see how well the tape works, I need to order a few rolls.
Off to do a little house cleaning and laundry before Monday rolls around.
Cheryl
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