Wolfie’s Scraps and Things

23 February 2010

Things are looking up!

I'm finally able to move like a normal person again! I'm now 3 weeks behind in my spring cleaning schedule, but it shouldn't be too hard to get caught up with a little bit of help from Arjan. :)

I have a lot things on my to do list for this week. I'm pretty sure i won't get it all done, but I should be able to make a pretty good dent in it. Scrapping and papercraft projects are on the top of the chain for this week since I'm working against deadlines at the moment.

Scrapping stuff-
Ct LO
10 things mini album
butterfly box
5 hybrid SSD Challenge projects
Feb 365 pages

household stuff-
dust
vacuum
steamclean hard floors
deep clean basement
deep clean bathroom
make sausage rolls for freezer
make quiche for freezer

LOM-
finish rating photos for highlight folders

10 February 2010

Good plans laid to waste...

Here it is almost 6pm Wednesday evening and I'm in the same place I was in Sunday evening at about the same time...My wonderful recliner! The problem with that is that I've been here the whole entire time except for very long, painful and agonizing trips to the WC or to feed and water critters or let dogs out. Yep, my back is out, AGAIN, and it's one of the worst episodes I've ever had in the past 17 years. Thankfully it is finally starting to feel a bit better and not quite so painful to move. I just hope I'm all better when Arjan comes home on Friday or at the very least by Sunday...I really don't want to spend Valentine's Day hurting so much he can't even give me a hug or a kiss!

I had such good plans for the week too. I was going to spring clean our closet and our bedroom this week as well as a lot of scrapping that I wanted to get to, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be for this week.

In other news, Bertha, Arjan's mom, had her initial appointment with her oncologist today. They have scheduled another scan for the 15th and then her radiation therapy begins on March 1st. She will have 28 daily treatments monday-friday. Then she'll have chemotherapy but we don't have any details on that yet. The oncologist did say that her cancer is very treatable. No 100% guarantees, of course, but that does sound very encouraging.

05 February 2010

Rethinking and weekend plans

We've been planning a trip to the US mid May to take of some immigration stuff for me and to get married, finally. But now we need to rethink our trip and possibly change the dates, since his parents were actually going to join us for the wedding. Now with my future MIL's cancer diagnosis and surgery being schedule for right about that same time.
Arjan says we shouldn't change our plans, but I don't think it's really hit him yet and we've agreed to discuss it this weekend while he is home.
As for our weekend plans, we'll be a bit busy and none of it all too much fun. The windshield washer fluid resevoir in the Tucson has sprung a major leak which is not a good thing in this nasty weather time of year, especially with Arjan driving at 180kmh in through Germany, so we have an appointment to get that fixed at 10.30 in the am. Then we are off to the DIY store to get the stuff we need to finally fix that leaky radiator problem and the insulation and underlayment for the attic. Then on Sunday we will be fixing the radiator and ripping up the flooring in that room.
While we're out and about I'm SERIOUSLY hoping I can talk him into letting me buy this for over our dining table. I really gotta have it...it's perfect for our living area.

03 February 2010

I HATE the "C" word!

Absolutely hate it!

I just got a call from my fiancé to tell me that his mom met with the surgeon today and that they have determined that she has a 6mm cancerous tumor in her large intestine. The good news is that it has not spread any further. She will begin radiation treatment and chemotherapy this week and in 3 months they will operate to remove the tumor. 3 months? Ok, so I don't know anything about cancer but that seems like an awful long time to just leave that in there, but I guess they are trying to shrink it down to a smaller size before they operate.

Why does bad shit happen to such good people? This woman is the epitome of goodness. I love and cherish her more than any mere words can say and I'm not ready for her to be gone so I will keep up the positive thoughts and put on a brave face and be there for her while she fights this thing. Theo, Arjan's dad, will be there for her every step of the way and they both have a positive outlook on this so that will definitely help.

I'll never forget the first time I met Bertha and Theo. When Arjan came to the US to get me in September of 2001 his parents were in Burma on vacation. They had no idea that I even existed much less that I was going to become a permanent fixture in Arjan's therefore their lives.

The first weekend they were home from vacation Arjan called to see if he could come up for a visit and did they mind if he brought someone along. That someone being me of course not to mention he wanted to take Nikita, my wolf hybrid, too. Being the people they are they naturally said it was fine.

So off we went for the 1.5 hour drive from Chaam to Heerhugoward. When we arrived they were of course a bit surprised, but they were the warmest, most welcoming people I have ever met. They accepted and welcomed me to the family with arms open wide and none of us have ever looked back.

I have never heard one single negative word towards myself from either of them and they would do anything for me just as I would for them. I have never had that in my life before I met Arjan and his parents and I hope not to lose it for many, many years to come.

So, I'm off to put on that brave face now and call my future MIL to wish her strength and let her know just how much I love and cherish her.

02 February 2010

Doin' a Happy Dance!

I finally received a new power supply for my beloved laptop! Mind you, it wasn't a huge deal since I had a spare laptop in house, but I really missed my PSCS4. PSE8 worked ok, but it just isn't the same and I couldn't do all the wonderul things in it that I can with PSCS4. I'll be spending the afternoon moving all my new files from the spare laptop to the T61 and then this evening I'll be scrapping my heart out.

Great timing too, since the LOM class starts in only 2 days and I have a lot of prework to do before it starts.

In other news, I had a wonderful weekend. Arjan's cousin, Eefje, took me to see the NT theatre production of Terry Pratchett's "Nation" in the cinema on Saturday. We really enjoyed it and afterwards Arjan decided that we should take Eefje and her husband, Peter, out for dinner. We went to our favorite Chinese restaurant and had the wok buffet. Great food, lots of talking and laughing and just an overall great time!

After Arjan left for the airport yesterday morning I did what I always do after the animals are fed and the dogs are walked, which is grab a cup of coffee and head over to SSD to see what's been happening overnight and to my great surprise I had a PM from Misty Cato. She told me that the card I made for my MIL was chosen to be the Spotlight Layout on her blog and that I had received a $10 GC to her shop at SSD! How cool is that? So needless to say I did a little shopping yesterday morning and with SSD's great birthday sale I was able to get quite a bit of stuff. I spent a little more than the $10 but I'm thrilled my purchases. Here's a look at what I bought.










That's it for now...I'm off to deep clean the basement and then call the water company so they can come and replace the water meter.