Progress

Yesterday I mentioned that Tim would be receiving a previous treatment that has already been tried for his cancer, but didn't work.  Since he has had a radiation treatment, the doctor feels like that will help somehow.  The treatment is an infusion.  The process is this:  check in, blood work, wait for the results of the blood work, doctor comes to tell you yay or nay on the blood work (checking liver numbers), yay means he contacts the pharmacy and they begin to thaw the medicine, wait for the medicine, the saline arrives, then the medicine arrives and the infusion begins.  About an hour later it is over and you go home.  Tim left around 9:45 this morning and got back around 2:30.  His next infusion will be in 3 weeks.  I do not go along on these infusions and he packs a lunch and a book, because most of the time is spent waiting.

Yesterday I also showed you a picture of a pillow cover I began for a girl at church.  Here is the finished picture.  The material is so soft.  Underneath the cover is a pillow of her mom's that she wanted to save, but the fabric is dry rotted.  So, the pillow itself is stuffed into one of those plastic bag holders.  That way when the cover needs to come off for washing, the pillow will still be intact.

Something else I started yesterday with some of the material the neighbor brought to me was an outfit for Araya.  I am almost finished with it.  I am working on binding the armholes and also want to make a matching headband.  The skirt is really full.  Here's a picture (just too tired to finish it tonight).

We are still eating lunch meat that I bought for our get-together New Year's weekend, but just had too much food to mess with it.  So, I bought some little hoagie buns and some shredded lettuce like you get at Subway.  Then I found a recipe for an oil and vinegar dressing for subs and mixed up a small portion (in case we didn't like it).  It is really pretty good!  Here's what we have eaten for lunch the last couple of days:

Yummy!

So, that's about it, except for the most important picture of the day..........taken in Tim's office at church:

A Did-Something Day

After yesterday, I decided I needed to get some things done today!  :D  And I did!

I pulled the sewing machine out to make a cover for the pillow you see in the background for the neighbor, Lori McNew. I forgot to take a picture of the finished pillow.

 When it is very cold out, Buford (a member of our church) cannot come out to services, so I fix him audio CDs of Tim's messages.

I finished up the last of the leftovers from our get-together with the kids 2 1/2 weeks ago by turning the chicken and rice casserole into soup.  I added some water, a Ramen noodle flavor packet, onion, parsley, thyme, celery salt (cause I didn't have the real thing), and a bay leaf. I added a few more frozen veggies, too.  Let it boil long enough to cook the veggies good. Fixed a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches and it was a perfect meal for a cold day.

Here's my supplies for bandaging the tumor on Tim's chest every night.

The tumor is definitely changing after the radiation treatment.  And speaking of treatments, the doctor is going back to medicine #5 (which is the one that allowed lumps of melanoma to multiply very rapidly) because he is thinking the radiation may help it to work.  I have to honestly say that I am very skeptical (which is totally NOT part of my Having Only Positive Expectations (H.O.P.E.) for the year!  He told Tim to keep the current meds (#6 & 7) just in case.

Lori brought over some material today, which I have no place to store it because I already have too much material I need to do something with.  So, I decided to just whip up something quickly for Araya.  So, I am going to make her a simple, elasticized skirt.  But, I had so much of this material left still that I looked through my kids patterns and found a cute jacket pattern that I am going to make into a vest, instead.  That way Jessica can put a T-shirt underneath during the winter and then Araya can wear it sleeveless come summer time.....assuming she can even still wear it!  :D

Yes, I know Tim's mom is just loving this picture, since she hates Tim wearing his hoodie all the time!  :D  Well, tonight I had the housecoat on that she gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago.  I was wearing it because it did not get above 68 all day in the house!  It only got to 31 as a high outside!  Around 11 a.m. Tim turned the system off of heat pump (since it was so cold outside) and put it on emergency heat, which is electric heat.  After that, the temperature started dropping instead of getting warmer!  It got down to 66 and was 62 down in Tim's man-cave!  That is why he bundles up in his hoodie AND a blanket since it is so chilly tonight!  Anyway, I decided to throw the hood up on my housecoat to get my daily picture with Tim.

It is almost 12:30 a.m. and it is warmer in the house right now than it was all day.......69!  :D  Nite all!

A Do-Nothing Day

.....except for groceries and running to Dollar Tree and Tuesday Morning and Mega Thrift.  The rest of the day was pretty useless.  Just one of those days that I felt like doing nothing.  Tomorrow will have to be different!

I did manage to get my daily photo, even though it took 4 tries to get it right with the light in the man room!  And then I still had to do some photoshop work on it!  :D

Monday, January 18

I Am Fairly Certain That Given A Cape and A Nice Tiara, I Could Save the World

by Leigh Standley, Curly Girl Designs

I saw this quote at Mega Thrift today as a skin for a laptop.  I should have bought it for 99 cents.  But, it had ten cents written on it and she wouldn't give it to me for that so I told her to keep it!  She probably thinks I changed the price, however, it was written in the same marker as all their other price tags are written in!  The canvas art from this girl is $115!  YIKES!  I'm thinking 99 cents is a good deal!  :D  I may have to go back and get it!  Even though my principles tell me to leave it!

Snow Cold!

BRRRR!  Today has been really cold!  I don't know if it even got into the 40's!  When I opened the door to head over to the church I was surprised to see that it was snowing!  So, I got my umbrella and the camera.

It was not sticking very much but melting, especially on the pavement.

I tried to zoom in to see some of the flakes against a darker background, but they mainly blurred.

The neighbors, who were just recently saved during our Fall Revival, invited Tim and I to go to BreakfasTime restaurant for lunch with them.  We had a wonderful time chatting with them.  The place was packed out and had LOTS of people waiting to be seated.  I guess we were there about 20 minutes before we got a table.  I was in the mood for breakfast, but I was also in the mood for a sandwich.  So, I opted for a BLT with egg on it and got a cup of tomato soup that had noodles, spinach and feta cheese in it.  YUM!  Tim and everyone else got breakfast.

I decided to get my daily photo of Tim and I while there.  I turned it into a black and white photo.

At BreakfasTime restaurant with Lori and Frank

After we got home, for the rest of the afternoon, I tried to catch up on some art work:

Done for Documented Life 2016

Pocket Art Card (PAC) for Documented Life with Documented Faith Monthly Word - Pray

Documented Faith verse

And that wraps up my day!  :D

Art

I've been trying to keep up with about 3 different groups, but I'm not succeeding very well!  Just too much going on, especially since I've been working to organize my craft room better.  WOW!  What a time-hog it has been!  But, I've been able to get some art done at night, since I'm a night owl!  :D

First off, HOPE is my "WORD" for the year.  I'm praying to hear those words, "CANCER FREE" this year!  So, I made up this little graphic to depict my word.

One Little Word

One of the groups I have joined this year is Documented Life 2016.  They provide different prompts each week for being creative with.  This little card (2.5"x3.5") was created on a playing card.  This is the front and back.  I sewed the paper onto the card and added the little text boxes that I had typed and printed.  I printed out the head of the woman using a Graphics Fairy image and glued it to the paper after the sewing.  Then I turned the card over, printed out my HOPE graphic and glued it down and added the border with a marker and stamped the bottom "hope."

Documented Life 2016

This was done for the group, Documented Faith.  Every month focuses around a word.  Prayer is the word for January.  And each week through the month we are given a or some verses that deal with the word for the month.  I did this one digitally and then printed it on scrapbooking cardstock paper.  Cardstock always hangs up in my printer, so I about lost the top line of text.

Documented Faith

The third group is His Kingdom Come.  We are given a verse of scripture and we are to paint something that represents the verse.

His Kingdom Come

So, there is a bit about the different groups I will be centering my artwork around this year.

Here is today's picture of Tim and I getting ready to do one of our daily evening chores, which is to bandage the tumor on his left chest.

Saturday, January 16

Daily Photos

This year I have decided to take a picture each day of Tim and myself.  I have missed a few days.  Lots of days resemble one another, too.  I didn't decide to do this until the 3rd, I believe, so I missed the first day of the year!

Saturday, January 2

Sunday, January 3

Monday, January 4

Tuesday, January 5

Wednesday, January 6

Thursday, January 7

Saturday, January 9

Sunday, January 10

Monday, January 11

Tuesday, January 12

Wednesday, January 13

Thursday, January 14

Friday, January 15

I've only missed 2 days so far!  :D

Weeping and Gnashing of teeth in Outer Darkness

I felt the need to share this here:

Philippians 2:9-11
9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

I have confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord! Have you? Every knee will bow before the Lord! Better to do it now than to wait until the White Throne Judgment where you will do it with no hope of eternal life in heaven; only punishment in an eternity of hell! You and your "friends" will NOT be having a party!

Every knee shall bow:
Isa 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Ro 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Ro 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Outer darkness (hell) - weeping and gnashing of teeth
Mt 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mt 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mt 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

Mt 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Mt 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mt 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mt 25:31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Mt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Mt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Lu 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.