tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62092148206023951022024-03-12T21:13:11.388-07:00My JourneyHilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-75696562399363600292015-06-20T11:12:00.000-07:002015-06-20T11:12:28.883-07:00My RV RetreatQueridos; Dear friends<br />
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As you may have noticed, I have not been at my computer for several months. Here is an update on my health: In March I began my fourth kind of chemo. I did two rounds and then my oncologist decided that it was not working. As you can well imagine the feelings that went through me when the doctor said this was the last chemo option. And after a moment he suggested to try radiation. Our radiation oncologist seemed quite optimistic that it could be treated. And so I begin radiation in the abdominal area this coming Thursday, June 25.<br />
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We did fit in six days of camping at Cultus Lake since I had a week without appointments. It was a relaxing time with a few friends stopping in for short visits.<br />
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Thanks for all the cards, emails, and phone calls. I appreciate them even though I do not respond.<br />
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Lots of love to you from us,<br />
Hilda and Peter<br />
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Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-2952472156382963102015-03-18T18:53:00.000-07:002015-03-18T22:25:38.247-07:00A flower tattoo..?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: abril-text-1, abril-text-2, 'Droid Serif', serif; line-height: 35px;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40;">Today, I asked for a flower</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> tattoo</span> a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40;">nd all I got was a good laugh</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40;">This Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I go in for</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">radiation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40;">--that makes 5.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40; font-size: large;">I just finished reading the following quote and so I thought I'd share it with you:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What if:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3e40;">(Danny Gregory)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Would that knowledge change how you lived,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And what if you could know that</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">best</i> day of your life</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How would that change your life?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Always...take good care,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hilda G.</span></div>
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</span>Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-36996523409003515372015-02-19T19:32:00.000-08:002015-02-25T11:30:13.646-08:00Chemo 4, Friends and Mostly Knitting<div style="text-align: center;">
Today, is round three of chemo.<br />
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Yes, believe it or not, but here I go again. </div>
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Am I mad? You bet I am! </div>
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And sad, and disappointed, and, and, and, so many different feelings running through me.</div>
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Once a month, for three days, I take three pills a day called Etoposide (at home). So far I am feeling pretty good, but in a few days my immune system will go way down, and then I will feel pretty weak and who knows what. So far I have not felt a change in the lump under my left arm pit. Patience.</div>
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To keep our minds on other things...we celebrate.</div>
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(l-r) Eve, Laurie, Betty Lou, Hilda B., Elma, Hilda G., Arlene, Mary, Heidi, Marg–the birthday girl.</div>
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Location: Harvest Store and Cafe on Mill St.</div>
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The macarons I brought from Paris with these friends in mind. You can see that they split a bit because I put them in the fridge as soon as we came home. But still tasted good. They make a BIG fuss over there over them; it all has to do with the procedure of creating them: the right flour, the right temperature, the age of the egg, how long you beat the dough, etc.</div>
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Breakfast. Happy Valentine's Day!<br />
The dishes are a gift from Sandra to make us feel good. Thank you. Should use them more often!<br />
One says, Hello handsome and the other one, Morning gorgeous.<br />
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My Christmas gift from Peter was a soprano ukulele (made by Martin and Co.). I keep practicing and there are signs of improvement already.</div>
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I read a lot of books on my ereader. It's so easy to order a book, especially while reading in bed. (Ha. No photo of that!)</div>
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Peter picked up a book for me at Coles. </div>
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Oh, yes, and as you can see, I also decided to go strawberry blond. Strawberry blond ... sounds good, eh? Changes are good, especially while I still have hair. </div>
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Yesterday, was my second knitting class.</div>
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What fun we have! I am not a total beginner, but I chose to make a big scarf for Andrea (daughter). She asked if I was going to knit her a hat as well. Of course I will––but I am sure I will need help with that. By the time I'm finished perhaps winter will be over in Winnipeg. There is always next winter... </div>
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It's not about how much we get done in one evening, but a time for friends to get together for show and tell, share our stories and joke around. Sometimes the stories are on a more serious note and other times the room bursts with peals of laughter, coming mostly from our side of the table, as we knit and talk. Mennonites at this end and the Dutch on the other, with others in between. </div>
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We are all happy to be there.</div>
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On Ontario Ave.</div>
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Bought some more wool today. I finished two scarves. </div>
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When the owner asked me what size needles I was using, my reply was, "two baguettes." </div>
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Your arms become the needles.</div>
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Looks like this is serious business!</div>
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Love,</div>
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PS–Peter's dad had a new pace maker put in this morning at the St. Paul's Hospital. All is well at 102! That should give him a few more years!Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-57907517171885696302015-02-09T13:44:00.000-08:002015-02-09T13:44:11.449-08:00Spring time in the Valley?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Has spring really arrived in the Fraser Valley? At least that's how it felt like yesterday, but who knows what could happen to our weather in a few weeks.</div>
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The rains had stopped, and the sun was shining. It was time to get out of the house. So off we drove to Harrison Hot Springs, walked around the lagoon, had a snack, and watched people–that can be more entertaining than watching TV...<br />
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But the closer we got to Harrison the cloudier it got. What was happening to the sunshine?</div>
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We found a parking spot and walked all around the lagoon</div>
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We spotted two bald eagles high up on the tree,</div>
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pussy willows</div>
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boats rocking back and forth </div>
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and drift wood along the shore. </div>
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Someone had built a tepee with drift wood when the water had been low. </div>
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Harrison Hotel on the right.</div>
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And now it was time for a cup of coffee which we bought at Muddy Waters. They also have wonderful food.</div>
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and being the Mennos that we are, I brought from home a snack: granola with chia and hemp hearts and panforte which we had learned to enjoy in Italy a few years back–it's full of nuts, seeds and dried fruit.<br />
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The sun soon made its appearance again and we watched as more and more people came with family and friends.<br />
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Lots of people out with their dogs<br />
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all shapes and sizes<br />
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This one had a mind of his own, he kept pulling his owner along.<br />
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Some families came out to play ball</div>
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The weather was perfect for motorcycling, and we wondered again why we had sold ours...and then we remembered.</div>
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Time to go home and rest. Tonight was Bible study night.</div>
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Swans in a field in Agazzis.<br />
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We are home.<br />
This was the last house that is being built in our cul-de-sac. The lot sold for $225 or so.<br />
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As soon as we stepped out of our truck we were hit by this intense sweet-smelling evergreen bush called: Sarcococca.</div>
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The Christmas Rose plants are blooming, as well as the<br />
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Daphne bush. Also very fragrant.<br />
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The rhubarb<br />
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and the chives too are making an appearance.</div>
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I think we will have to buy another rhododendron like this one (yes, I looked up the spelling for this one too) to replace some of the evergreen bushes on the side that are just too big.<br />
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Take good care and get over your cough, if you have one. Or whatever ailment you may have.</div>
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Yes, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">surprise,</span> we are back!<br />
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The reason we went was to see Michael who had a couple of week off from teaching, and, yes, yes, the wonderful baguettes...</div>
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The apartment we stayed in (on line photo). Our small bedroom was in the other room. This looks very neat!</div>
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...and the reason we came back early--Peter.</div>
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Okay. A few days later I felt and looked about the same.</div>
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We had phoned Dr. Galraith before we left home, to find out about my CTscan results from a few weeks ago, and the result was that I have a lump under my left arm arm and also in my groin. Radiation here we go again! He strongly advised us to stay home, not because of the lumps, but should I get ill while in Paris, medical would not cover me, and the fee could well be over $100,000. Not a pretty picture...</div>
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The wash is pretty well done... the fresh bread I baked this morning looks and tastes just as good as a French baguette... the hash browns with Mennonite farmers sausage is now ready for breakfast. When it comes right down to it, we like our food the best, our home the best, our valley the best, and our friends and family the best.</div>
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Sorry about the cut off faces. I will blame it on my new camera and using my good eye (left) instead of my right. It seems like I have known these friends forever. So nice to be with a group of friends that care. </div>
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It felt like spring at our place. So cheery!</div>
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A week ago it was Tony's birthday--47. We met at Starbucks, Tony's favourite coffee shop.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Growing up in Buenos Aires, we didn't “whoop it up” for birthdays. So, for my ninth birthday, I decided to take charge and invited a hand-full of friends from the Steiner school where I was attending. I can still see six young girls full of life and energy. Ponytails, pigtails, and braids flying around, giggling and skipping towards a birthday party. A party that only we girls knew was happening, for when we arrived home...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">“Surprise!” “We have arrived!” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And what a surprise it was for my mother and sister, for I had not informed them that I would be having girls over for my birthday. (Thanks Andrea and Michael for not springing this one on me!) It never entered my mind to think that we needed food. Presents were good enough for me! My family, I guess, thought differently, and so...while we sat down to do homework on the dining room table, the door quietly closed and serious action began on the other side of the door, namely, the kitchen, where my mother and sister frantically baked my favourite cake: A white cake with two layers of whipping cream and juicy peaches in between. Yes, of course, the whole cake was covered in whipping cream and with a few slices of peaches on top for decoration. Too bad I don’t have a video of what went on in the kitchen, but you can imagine. Oh, Hilda...!</span></div>
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Peter and I flew to Winnipeg to see A-Z, on Dec. 27, 2014, to celebrate a belated Christmas and my 65th birthday.</div>
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Card made by Caleb.</div>
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Caleb, Andrea, Zachary, Byron</div>
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We were on Skype with Michael. No teaching for him tomorrow–its snowing in Istanbul.</div>
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Backyard: good tree to climb on in the summer time.</div>
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Photo of the neighborhood. Cold, but beautiful. </div>
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We all did what we had to do.</div>
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Peter</div>
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Norma, Elaine, Ken, John, Peter, Hilda, Elfie, Rudy.</div>
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Alma, Peter, Art, Bernie, Marg.</div>
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Andrea</div>
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Byron</div>
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I am so thankful that I am here to celebrate it with family and friends. We have much to be grateful for because, as you know, things looked a lot different for us/me a year ago.<br />
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Michael and Andrea are doing well in their teaching career. Michael is still in Istanbul, and Andrea and her family will be celebrating Christmas at their home in Winnipeg. I will blog about them soon.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Growing up in Buenos Aires, I remember the number of times that we attended a </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #ff2712;">Christmas Eve </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">program </span>by the number of fancy dresses that my mother sewed for me. And that would be two. Both made of chiffon and gathered at the waist. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The first one I remember was light pink with tiny white embossed dots, normal round neck line and puffy sleeves. The elastic on my left sleeve was too tight and irritated me greatly. After the program, and much to my relief, I “accidentally” managed to sever the elastic. To this day I still strongly believe: If something bothers you, "fix it.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The following Christmas my dress was white, with a multitude of multicolored 5 cm. square patterns scattered here, there, and everywhere, each square decreasing in size as it cascaded down in an arch. The neckline was square, and the sleeves were straight and short--nothing to “fix” this time. I remember walking home, after the Christmas program, feeling like a princess. A very hot princess indeed! It was December 24, and the weather was hot and humid. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Once we got home, I was finally allowed into the darkened living room to admire the lit Christmas tree. Yes, we had real candles and each candle had been carefully attached with a clip to a strong branch. Our tree was our very own “home grown” Christmas tree.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For a number of years we would bring our potted Christmas tree into the living room, and each year it grew a little taller, until one year it grew THIS tall! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Some of my catholic friends went to church every Sunday. They would get all dressed up and returned each time with a 4x6 cm. picture card. On it was a beautiful icon painting and a Bible verse for the week. I thought they were so lucky...I loved the pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One day, I asked Renate Kaethler, or she asked me, I don’t remember who asked whom, you know how unreliable the little details of our memory can be, if I could go with her to church. Renate lived three houses over, and was much older than me––all of three years. I was almost 9 years old. I wanted to go because I was curious and because it gave me something to do on Sundays. She, on the other hand, went because she wanted to grow in her faith, and as I found out from observation, because she was interested in one of minister Martin Derksen’s sons. Not sure which was the stronger reason for going to church. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sunday mornings, Renate and I would walk down our street, for about two kilometres, and wait at the train station for the right train to come by. We chugged along till we got to our destination. Once we got off we walked a couple of blocks to the Mennonite church. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And so the service began. After the usual preliminaries an offering basket was passed around with pesos in it to which I promptly helped myself to, and to my dismay was told by some very excited children to put it back. “You have to give, not take.” Well, that was a rotten deal! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The singing part I really enjoyed. We were accompanied by the piano and sang along as the blond lady upfront with the old fashioned “schups,” pumped her right hand up and down to the beat of the much beloved Christmas carols: “Stille Nacht (Silent Night); O Tanenbam (O Christmas Tree); Ihr Kinderlein kommet (Little children come); O du froehliche, o du selige (Oh, How Joyfully, Oh, How Peacefully; “Kling Gloeckchen, Klingelingeling!” (ring little bell, ringalingaling)--this one really got me going!; and Leise rieselt der Schnee, (softly falls the snow). What snow? It was 30˚outside! But still we dreamt of softly falling snow in Canada.</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These are some of the carols that stand out in my mind and to this day they still put me in that Christmas spirit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> One baked pan is done and the last pan just went in.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Last year I was too ill to even think about baking for Christmas, and thanks to my good friends, as you may recall, my freezer got filled up. I was going to write: "No such luck this year," but I never want to feel as ill as I felt last year around this time.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">There are many</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">recipes, and I have tried different ones, but today I used Frieda's recipe. She also sent me two photographs taken two years ago of her 3 beautiful helpers. </span><br />
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then you...I flattened the dough to cool it off faster in the fridge.<br />
Then you...Oops!<br />
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Yes, I am so happy that I am able to walk again. I started at the end of last month (Sep.) and guess what, we walked 10 km. today. I still can't see with my right eye, but at least I can walk.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, Peter and I walked to the Ranchers Restaurant for a late breakfast. I didn’t feel like being in church with a sore and inflamed eye. The distance is 3.5 km. from home which we hadn’t walked for a couple of years; by car many times before. But the feeling inside me that I could do this by walking was strong in me and so we set out. This was huge for me.</span></div>
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I haven't driven nor cycled for over a year and walking feels SO good. And we walked on and on.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“I want to be just like you: Five shirts is all I need.” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I believe there is a certain “freedom” that comes with having less in my closet, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">and... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">It’s time to de-clutter, fix what is broken and paint what needs painting. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Poor Peter, I am sure he is happy to be back at work. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I will keep working at it, and quickly, or not so quickly, walk past the window shops... </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">grandmother</span> I learned,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Johann Janzen (my father), Katja (my mother) Juan (my brother), Erica (my sister). Five years later, I came along. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Olga Funk Goertzen, in our back yard--circa 2002.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> I wonder... What I am passing on?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">One of these days I will attack my linen closet. I see too many towels and too many unnecessary/mismatched bed sheets, etc.</span></div>
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This part is<i> not</i> fun, but here is an update:</div>
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•My fingers are tingling and my toes are a buzzing (from chemo). Very annoying. I hope eventually that feeling will disappear. </div>
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•My dates for cataract surgery: Sep. 17 and Oct.1</div>
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•Now, if only I could get rid of this miserable cold...Yes, I did see the doctor.</div>
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How wonderful are these?! Thank you so much for the lovely bouquet to whoever left these at our front door. </div>
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Much appreciated!</div>
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Foxgloves come up everywhere...if you let them.</div>
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Climbing hydrangeas</div>
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Michael's plant since grade 6? He is 38 years old now. </div>
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This summer it had 8 blooms instead of 1.</div>
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What! Another movie!</div>
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Time to play Hide'n Go Seek. </div>
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Caleb counting to 50 in French. Looks like he's in pain!</div>
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Andrea, still looking...</div>
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Amazing! The places you can find to hide on a 1/3 of an acre.</div>
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Even if it means lying flat on the ground and hiding among the spider webs! </div>
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Zachary. Just a little rest will do...</div>
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A picnic at Harrison.</div>
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Hilda, Michael, Andrea, Tony Klassen (nephew). </div>
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In the water: Linda Klassen with Emma, Leah, Julia,</div>
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Nasturtiums growing in our garden because my mother (Katja Janzen Janzen Janzen) grew them and so did Peter's grandma (Anna Braun Funk).</div>
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Michael. </div>
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"Lunch time!"</div>
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Corn from the green and yellow barn. Very good!</div>
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Take good care.</div>
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Love,</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0066cc; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px;"><a class="black_link" href="http://www.great-quotes.com/quote/2245244" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 18px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"> <span class="authors" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>— <span id="author_183742_document_2245244" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Martin/Luther" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 18px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Luther</a> </span></i></span></span></div>
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Well, I am done!...for a while...and yes, the two radiation treatments went well, and...I am feeling fine. </div>
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You can't imagine how good that feels, and a lot of you can. </div>
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We all have our journeys, and hopefully we can be there for</div>
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<i>Thanks for your friendship, love and prayers, etc.</i></div>
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I still have doctor's appointments, blood tests and </div>
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CT scans coming up...</div>
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and for now, I will keep "glowing in the dark" from all the x-rays, radiations and CT scans. </blockquote>
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The rains fell very softly early this morning, and so with my camera hanging from my neck--I looked around first to see if the neighbours where still fast asleep--I started to snap a few. I think I could have made a good picture too, walking around in my light turquoise housecoat and beige baseball cap!</div>
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And these are the ones I took:</div>
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Campanula "Bellflower Dalmation" </div>
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We have had these Campanulas for 17 years. </div>
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Peter is up, dressed, and ready to go!...transplanting the basil plant into a bigger pot. </div>
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Basil--smile when you say the word basil--is full of fragrance, flavour, but hard to grow (for me). So, this year, I have it sitting on the railing of our deck. </div>
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"High, dry and well watered"</div>
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The forecast is rain for the next 6 days! </div>
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I may even take it along camping, and not just to pamper it, but to use a bit in our salad or chopped (torn up, if you like)</div>
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and sprinkled over a tomato sandwich. It's the best!</div>
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The tomatoes are ready in the greenhouses, and I must say,</div>
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they taste pretty good! </div>
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It's a great soup, especially if someone else makes it for you (: </div>
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and is able to take instructions (:(:</div>
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Actually, Peter likes cooking more so now then ever before.</div>
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Here is my version--for today: </div>
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<b>Sorrel Soup</b></div>
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5 cups of water</div>
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1 vegetable or chicken bouillon</div>
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1/2 a cup of sauteed onions, sauteed--optional </div>
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1 bay leaf</div>
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3 med. sized potatoes, diced</div>
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If you like the soup smoother, you can use a hand blender--that's what we did. </div>
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There is that word "we" again...! </div>
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Have you noticed that as we age we use we more and more!</div>
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And, to continue with the soup recipe, no, I did not forget the ham with bone, or the cream in it. Each to their own. </div>
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To your health!</div>
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Golden Chain Tree</div>
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Rhododendrons, a Maple Tree that grew from seed and the Golden Chain Tree</div>
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Rhododendrons and a log we found at the edge of Harrison Lake many years ago. We dragged the drift wood across the sand and into our car trunk. Oops! Can't do that now. </div>
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Sure, sure, some don't care if it's their front profile...</div>
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...while others make sure it's their side profile (:</div>
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Oh, yes, shoes from Payton and Buckle (: (: Very comfy.</div>
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Even the Buttercups look lovely!</div>
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Rhododendrons. That's right. And if you still don't know how to spell Rhododendron, well...then, just copy and paste! Like I did! </div>
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And then it was time to go to the Bailey dump with our load, Bill's load and Bill's truck. Hey, no way I want to get my truck dirty...</div>
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We have arrived...</div>
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Perhaps I could find a freezer here...mine is about as old as these.</div>
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Today was a very busy day here. This guy will show us where to go...?</div>
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Guess who is doing all the work?</div>
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If you look far, you will know where the crows go--when they are not at our place or yours.</div>
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They give you a card like this just in case you get lost (: Actually it identifies our vehicle which is weighed on the way in and out.</div>
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Time to go home now...we are done.</div>
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As you may know, I love old barns and... </div>
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...not so old</div>
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What a beautiful time of the year...</div>
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Close to our place</div>
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And, here is Rita Oosterlaar. She loves gardening even if her back hurts. She tripped on an inside carpet and fell backwards. Her doctors advice: Get rid of those carpets!</div>
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I am still working at getting my iron intake, and a whole box of spinach should do...you'd think.</div>
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Those green clops that you see in the frying pan, we call them "frogs"</div>
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Wishing you a wonderful evening (:</div>
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Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-74739279289379224262014-05-14T18:49:00.002-07:002014-05-14T18:49:15.500-07:002 Radiations! <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This morning Peter and I went to see my radiation oncologist, Dr. Atrchian, a very nice person. He told us that I would need only two radiation treatments! That sounded like very good news to us.</span></h4>
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Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-78909543169590462852014-05-06T19:00:00.000-07:002014-05-06T19:00:38.797-07:00Health Update<div style="text-align: center;">
Okay, now that I have had my lemon water and a "craving" for one more glass coming up, and believe me, I have had stranger cravings due to the chemo, I am ready to let you know what is ahead for me/us.</div>
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I wish I could tell you that the results of the last 6 chemo treatments went well, but that is not case.</div>
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Our journey is not over...</div>
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The last CT scan showed that there are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">two spots</span> that the chemo did not get, so I will have to have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">radiation</span>. </div>
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It is a 60 minute consultation with the radiation oncologist.</div>
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I see that some of you are having a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> birthday </span>this month, and we wish you a good one ahead of time.</div>
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My gardener (ha, ha) is walking through the garden, and deadheading the tulips. </div>
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And now for some iron--mashed potatoes with kale. Believe me, this tastes a whole lot better than liver!</div>
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Yes, today auburn hair, and tomorrow blond...? The only advantage to wigs, or as I like to call it, my "puppy dog." I really would like a dog, but I would like one that does not poop!</div>
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Zachary, the blond one on the left side (#2), with his hands and hair ready for the oncoming valley ball!</div>
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Peach blossoms and bees</div>
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The shadow is not a resting humming bird.</div>
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Recipe=1 cup sugar, 2 cups water.<br />
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Things we have on Craigs List because they no longer work<br />
for us...or Peter's dad (the walker).<br />
It's what you call "Spring Cleaning."<br />
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For those of you who didn't get enough of the tractor photos (:<br />
Have a wonderful day, no matter how you travel.<br />
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Hilda<br />
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I could have sent you a number of lovely spring photos, but today it's all about the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">plowing match</span> that took place</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Saturday, April 5, 2014,</span></div>
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at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">corner</span> of Chilliwack Central and Annis Rd. on a rather wet day where the clouds hung low, pressed against the mountains, and you better have come with your galoschen on, and taken photos from your car as I did.</div>
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It was the 92nd annual Chilliwack Plowing Match.<br />
But where is the driver?</div>
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A tool box is ready in case something goes wrong...</div>
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and...<br />
so are these draft horses brought in by farmers.</div>
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Five legged "old timers" reminiscing about how<i> they</i> did it in the good old days. </div>
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Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-44209217667117092432014-03-28T11:58:00.000-07:002014-11-24T08:42:16.731-08:00My dear friends...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">This morning (2009), I went down to our crawl space, and found the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Valentine box </span>that Peter gave me forty-two years ago. I took it out of the plastic bag and automatically blew off the dust. It wasn’t really dusty, but perhaps the plastic flowers made it look a little dusty and old. The chocolate bonbons are long gone and the lovely box now holds the love letters that Peter wrote to me the summer of 1967.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had been attending grade 10 at the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">MEI</span></b> (Mennonite Educational Institute) that year, and room and boarded in Clearbrook (now Abbotsford), at the home of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lesley and Lydia Friesen</span> </b>on Clearbrook Rd. They were a caring family, welcomed me into their home, and to top it off, Lydia was a fantastic cook. Finally I didn’t have someone (my stepfather) checking to see how much I was eating, and soon I began to gain a few of the much needed pounds. You see, I was ninety-five pounds when I got married, so I guess I must have been less than that when I moved in at the Friesen's. When my parents found out that I had a room in the basement, they arranged for me to stay at the Dick’s home, across from the school--So much for the good cooking! My parents may have heard that a thief had found his way in through my window while I was away one weekend, at my Uncle Peter Spenst’s place, in Chilliwack.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">At the end of the school year, I took the Greyhound bus home to Wembley, Alberta, where my parents were grain farming. That summer,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Peter</span>...I should really say<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Pete</span>, since that is how each letter that I received was signed, and that is how he is still called by some siblings and old friends. For some reason I never really liked to call him that, so after we got married, July 12, 1969, and had moved to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">CMBC</span> (Canadian Mennonite Bible Collage) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, now <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">CMU</span> (Canadian Mennonite University), I started to call him Peter--somehow it suited him better. Anyways...that summer we exchanged letters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I wonder what happened to the letters that I wrote him...? I found them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The lovely box had been full of delicious looking chocolate bonbons on that Valentine's Day long ago, but unfortunately...or fortunately, I couldn’t eat chocolate, and so, the next day, I gave the filled box to my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">mother</span>, who returned the empty box a week or so later and thanked me for the 5 unwanted pounds that she had gained! Too funny...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But, today is Feb. 14, 2014, and I have an eye scan and an one hour of chemo. Not much of a Valentine's Day, but that is how it has to go.</span></div>
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<br />Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-1809130529871151052014-02-12T14:02:00.001-08:002014-02-12T14:03:03.963-08:00Shingles, Chemo, Audio Books and Books<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought I'd let you know, since some of you are asking, that I still have<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <b>shingles</b></span>, and for your information, it takes a long time for it to go away. I am under a lot of heavy medication in order not to feel the pain in my head and eye, since that is where my shingles are.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Slowly, very slowly I take one less pill at a time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">white paper</span> </b>that Peter prints out for me every morning to make sure I don't miss a pill or a drop. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our neighbour, Martha, had it three years ago around her waist, and once in a while she still feel pain.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, you can get it twice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just for your interest, we have already spent over $2,000 for the shingles medication!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My cousin,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Lena</span>, from Germany sent me this picture, and oh, if only I could...How it sucks to be sick.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But I'd better not get on this bike since it would make me lose weight, and orders from the doctors is that I should gain weight! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And so...I will put some weight on my four cheeks!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <b>immune system</b></span> is so low that I feel very weak most of the time due to my third year of<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> chemo</span>--I guess my blood count is low and so I try to find foods that are high in<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">iron</span>.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For lunch today it's lentils--I used to love them as a kid, and I still do--and for supper, Peter will stop at <b>Fraser Valley Meats</b> to pick up some<b> </b>liver after his tuning. Did I say<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">liver</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We haven't had liver in a very long time, ever since the kids cried over their liver plates,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">"I hate liver!"</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> But really, I think I am the only one in our family who actually likes liver. Liver that is fried and smothered in fried onions, and then...awaaaay we/I go. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, before I forget, let me mention the free<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">audio books </span></b>(</span><a href="http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0SO8zbEsvtSA2AAkqFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByaDNhc2JxBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--/SIG=11lr47v0n/EXP=1392255812/**http%3a//www.booksshouldbefree.com/">Books Should Be Free</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)<b> </b>that Peter found for me on my laptop while I was recuperating in the dark. All are<b> unabridged, </b>and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I needed to listen to something that was familiar to me:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>•The Count of Monte Cristo</b> (Alexandre Duma) over 40 hours.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>•Sense and Sensibility</b> (Jane Austen)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>•Emma</b> (Jane Austen)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>•Max und Moriz</b> (Wilhelm Busch) in German.</span><br />
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Yesterday, was such a sunny day--15º C on our deck--that I just had to get my camera out and snap a few photos. I had thought of this idea while I was getting my head around the shingles. </div>
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Most of the photos look gray now, but they will all turn green with time...</div>
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Peter raking under the white Magnolia Tree</div>
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Plastic rake</div>
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Wisteria</div>
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Maple leaves</div>
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Maple Tree--looks gorgeous in the fall.</div>
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Climbing Hydrangea</div>
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Snowdrops--a sure sign of spring.</div>
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Cedar tree trunk--how many rings do we have?</div>
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Magnolia leaf among the others...We are all different and all beautiful.</div>
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Early Rhodedendrons--bought at Vic & Chris (Bartel) Dueck's.</div>
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White azalea </div>
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Azalea and her stone man--keeping guard.</div>
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Another Azalea bush.</div>
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A photo through the Maple tree.</div>
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Look way up...the Magnolia tree.</div>
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Spring cuttings...and the photographer.</div>
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Sometimes life is a rocky journey...</div>
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Weeping Swamp Cyprus beside Nia.</div>
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A purple Rose of Sharon...</div>
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Us, waiting for the red Robin...</div>
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...a little rest</div>
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...an overall view of our home. Yes, I think we'll stay...</div>
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...and listen to Vivaldi's Spring music, and...coffee at three anyone?</div>
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A wonderful day to you...</div>
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With a tissue folded over my right eyeglasses, I will say a huge <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">thank you</span> </b>for all your thoughts and prayers.</div>
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For all the cards, flowers, phone calls and those who took care of me. For all the meals, breads, buns,</div>
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chocolates,</div>
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...baked goodies to the bottom of the freezer!</div>
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Our family was here for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Christmas</span></b> and enjoyed all the food tremendously. Thank you again.</div>
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Guess what we had for our Christmas dinner? </div>
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Yes, Michael was the cook for the week he was here from Istanbul, Turkey. It gave Peter a much needed rest.</div>
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And Michael was also the surprise Santa Clause for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Zach (11),</span></div>
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Wow, this costume is hot!</div>
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One more gift, and then it's time for the cooked ham and all that goes with it. Thanks, Michael, the meal was delicious!!!</div>
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Back to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>shingles</b>.</span></div>
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It hit me hard on the right side of my face. I remember thinking, "How can anyone stay in bed for one week!" Well, guess what, I was in bed and in the dark for six weeks due to the infection in my right eye. When you have to, you are able to.</div>
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The shingle attack was so severe that I passed out once and the second attack was like having a seizure. It was like having my head branded and my right eye as if cut by glass. I really hope you never get it or are willing to pay the price for the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">shingles vaccine</span></b>--about $200--you only need it once.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Alex Bartel</span></b>, many, many thanks for the after hour phone calls and helpful advice. Thanks also to <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Martha</span></b> for understanding.</div>
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During all this time<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> Peter</span> </b>took great care of me. Gave me the medication, held my hand, cooked, washed the dishes and the laundry. Kept the house clean and cancelled many a tuning. I held on to Peter's arm as he took me to many doctor's appointments and stayed with me as I went through a<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> new</span></b> round of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">chemo</span></b>--it usually takes me close to six hours.</div>
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I was able to be up the day after <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Michael</span></b> came home, but I still had to watch out not to overdo it.<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">A-Z</span></b> came home a few days after. It was so delightful to have everyone at home.</div>
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The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">backgammon</span></b> game we play every day now that my eye is much better.</div>
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Hilda http://www.blogger.com/profile/08570186158658299544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209214820602395102.post-64101568076149500302013-11-12T15:40:00.000-08:002014-02-12T08:22:50.234-08:00Shingles<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That's right,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> shingles</span>, and not the roof type either.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here I thought I would blog about our wonderful little adventure to Vancouver Island with Werner and Frieda, </span>but, that was not meant to be.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh, we had a great first day sailing on calm waters, talking, coffeeing, and doing a bit of shopping on the ship--it is a great place for buying earrings--hadn't done that in a very long time. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And when "something" says, "Buy me, buy me," what is a person to do?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30 P.M.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://rosewoodinn.ivictoria.com/">http://rosewoodinn.ivictoria.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We arrived at our B&B for high tea half an hour late, but that didn't seem to be a problem. We were kindly served by a young girl. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Each couple was served a large plate, to be shared, of fruit and baked goodies-very delicious.</span></div>
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I did not take a photo, I thought I had tomorrow and the next day for that. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Afternoon tea may </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">well </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">have been started by the French in the 17th century. </span></div>
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"What a wonderful tradition..."</div>
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After tea, we found our own rooms, and settled down for a little afternoon siesta.</div>
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That evening, we watched news, played games, and ate crackers, cheese, yogurt, and whatever else we had brought from home--we were still full from "high tea."</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next day...</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">SYMPTOMS</span></b></div>
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I woke up feeling too sick for anything. </div>
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Missed out on having a good time with friends--who totally understood how I felt and were very sympathetic--and a great breakfast!</div>
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Something was not right. This felt worse than the chemo I had been going through.</div>
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Stabs of pain in my head and my right red blotchy eye was closing up on me. It felt like glass was cutting it.</div>
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My guess was...shingles!</div>
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When you are on chemo, your immune system is low, and therefore much more susceptible to shingles, etc. </div>
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Looking back to mid-October, I had had sharp pains in my head. Deep inside I had the thought, that perhaps I had a brain tumor. Not a nice thought!</div>
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I just wanted to go home and be in my own bed.</div>
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And, as they say in Low German, "Eine Striep noh Hues!" (literally, one fast way to home)</div>
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But as you can imagine, things did not go fast. </div>
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With the sailing home, stopping at the doctor's office and finding out that they were way too full to take me, and then waiting at emergency, which took two hours before I got to see a doctor (in the past I have waited up to 6 hours), and picking up the prescription, yes, for shingles, all took time.</div>
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We made it home </div>
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by 7:30 p.m.</div>
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•PMS-VALACYCLOVIR 500MG</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-Pills to be taken twice daily</span></div>
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•VIROPTIC</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-Two drops twice daily for ten days, and...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I slept for four days--not sure what was in those pills--and couldn't eat for three; Saturday I started eating a bit. Not a very nice way to lose 6 pounds. Had to be careful that I didn't touch the right side of my face and then touch my left side with the same hand--didn't want my good side to get infected as well, so I used a lot of tissue if something irritated me on my face.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">First they tell me to cut back on salt--my blood pressure is a bit on the high side--and a couple of days before a CT scan, they tell me to load up on salt!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">"Some 'things' in life don't make much sense. Do they...?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So, here I am, watching Cityline, and eating a chicken sandwich with pickles, chips...did I say chips!? TOSTITOS here we come! </span>and...apple sauce made by my new chef whose name just happens to be Peter (:</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> "Life isn’t about waiting for </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain".</span> Unknown</div>
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<i>PS--Just got a phone call from the Vancouver Cancer AGCY, reminding me of my appointment on Thursday, and, to drink lots of water. "No, you don't have to eat salty things, as long as you drink lots. Salt makes you thirsty."</i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Well, what do you know. They could have told me that before!</i></span></span></div>
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