Monday, October 28, 2019

Leaves Much To Be Desired

I'm seeing the last days of October approaching on the calendar and the effects of the little bit of snow we got this afternoon.
I'm cleaning up my photos for the month, it was a busy month for me.  Lynette and Anthony stopped in for a couple nights on their way home from a big trip from Texas, up the west coast and down through Montana and Wyoming, so we had a family dinner.  My folks were here for a few days and we had a family dinner.  We went to Texas to see Lynette and Anthony at their house.  We had other company that didn't require a family dinner. 
We had Lorene and family over again to play in the leaves. 
 At the very end of last month we took Christian on his trip to the SAC Museum and Wild Safari Park and had the other two boys overnight the next two weekends. (See further blog post for pictures from Christian's trip and the Texas trip. I'm getting too tired tonight. 

I was growing celery, until I let it dry out after I put it in dirt.  Re-watering hasn't revived. it.  


Barry wanted to make a dessert and I was desperate for ideas, but he was happy with a layer cake.  There are 9 candles, 8 for him and one for me. He chose the color of the frosting. 




Dad entered the flag afghan I made for him several years ago into the county fair.  
I didn't make it fair quality, but a second place  and $3.25 will get me some ice cream. 


This is a book about the history and current status of immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer.  
It seems like the non-fiction books I have been reading are so in depth that they the complete history of every scientist involved and where even the most minor things started.
My take-away is that in order for immunotherapy to be effective it needs to be tailored to each patient, is very, very expensive and can have very serious side effects. 


Boys and the pumpkin patch.






Photo Shoot



Leafy fun.














Sunday, October 6, 2019

Seven Years

Another milestone.
Another year. 
Seven years cancer free. 
I remembered earlier in the week that the seven-year anniversary was coming up, and the weekend was so busy I didn't think about it again until the evening of the day. 
The beautiful thing about that day is that we were already celebrating a family day, all of us together on a crisp fall evening.  Jim and I watched our children and grandchildren playing together through the picture window and I thought, "This is what Gramma and Papa's house should be."










Earlier that day we watched Barry's soccer game, the last one. 
Dad was coach.


Ahead of the pack, heading for goal.
Barry puts his all into the game does very well at it,.