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Pretty fall colors

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Our weather has definitely changed to fall weather. Much cooler and our oaks are turning their yellow colors.  Things are back to normal after my sister left on Sunday. We moved out the extra bed and now I’ve moved one of those arts and crafts style chairs out there. It’s nice and a good use of space. This is the room where my daughter had her bed etc. this summer it was our remodel and that’s when after we took the skylight out we knew we needed a roof. So, one thing lead to another. I still have miscellanous hanging around but shall get to it.

Today was doctor appt day. Just as I thought he said lets do another cycle of pomalyst. He said , and I agree, we need to hold off as long as possible to use another drug. So all in all, my numbers did go down. Not a lot but still down. I need to get another blood test Monday to make sure my neutrophils are up and then get the Pom delivered. So I won’t even start till next week. Next month I’ll get the zometa infusion since its been 6 months.

Then B and I went to Mexican lunch and then home. Tomorrow I was suppose to take a friend for surgery, but it was cancelled. I’m going to go do some errands and then the Applegate coffee klatch. My sinuses are bothering me with the fall cooler temperatures and so I’m not feeling great. This happens every year like clock work. Fall, cooler weather, sinus issues.

Im going to crunch budget numbers tomorrow too. We just paid our annual house insurance and our last big bill is property taxes.

Good news!

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Well, for the moment. My labs 8 days into this 4 mg of Pomalyst( that’s double what I was taking) are great. My neutrophils are 2668. Wow, I hope this cycle is the one that does the job. I still have another 10 days to go so it’s still kinda a waiting game. But at least that’s the good news.

We’re walking at 5:30 , still dark but gets light quickly. The just keep walking project is at 90 days into year 3. There’s still a few people who show up this early, and I try and stay out of their way. I mean it’s a big park do you need to walk right behind me:( .

Fall is definetly in the air. Cool evenings ,warm days. My son started his semester yesterday. And my daughter her online program as well. So back to school for them.

This week I’m going to Costco for mostly vegies and bread. ( too hot to make bread still)! But soon. Also, I think I’ll go with her to her work meeting on Thursday and I’ll hang out at the coffee shop. Not totally sure yet.

Still working on budget stuff with the roof and trees. We haven’t heard from either yet so I’m figuring this will all go into September.

Sunday musings

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We walked again, almost 3 miles. Nice. It is a dex day for me so for those of you who don’t know what decadron does. It’s a steroid that helps with the chemo, but it  causes some unpleasant side effects. I take it at bed so I get thru the night( the first 8 hours) asleep. Well sort of since I never sleep straight thru. But the next day you have a lot of energy for part of the day.  Then you sort of just run out of steam and crash…. I lay down for maybe 3 hours and then by 4pm I start to feel alright.  Tonight then I will take Ativan to sleep otherwise you’d lay there all night. Tomorrow is better and so forth , then it starts all over. It’s once a week . So, that’s my life. I do get a lot of batch cooking done and some Flylady stuff. Usually I finish the zone in an hour . Well, here’s our fall lights outside.Image

Beautiful fall day!

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imageI put out my vintage Halloween collection. One of the few things I haven’t gotten rid of ,because I love them.

Went for a walk with B at 6:45. I like the early morning. Today the library is closed so we headed for Costco. Got there right a 9:20. Spent a lot but I made a dent in Christmas/hanukkha  stuff. Yes, we are non religious, but I like both celebrations. So, we do them as celebrations of the gift of light and the winter solsiste. Works for us.