February 2008 - Pretty in Pink

Just a few thoughts

"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

This came by email

from Joyce @Brookside Cottage

tis lovely

Welcome March!! Now let's see some signs of Spring here please dear Lord.

Monica @ Girl Gone Thread Wild

left this award for all the Pink Artists.

Go grab yours too

Alison of Creative Arts & Craft awarded this to me also

thank you Alison!! Love your Blog too!

Yesterday I received

these awards

from Leanne @ La La Illustration

just a FEW of MY joys TODAY

my BBF, Marcia is coming to visit

hubby did dishes & cooked breakfast today

hubby made coffee before I came downstairs

a bird sang at the window to wake me up

I am able to do laundry

hats to keep my head warm

water

what a friend I have in Jesus

getting the book Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

in the mail, from my bookmooch.com account

the love of my dear family

the bible

PLEASE SHARE YOUR JOYS with US

much love , Deena

please sign my guest book at the right &

I'm working on my blog buttons

so click them to see what treats they hold

We are HOME

Oh I did so good today with chemo.

I got Herceptin, Taxotere, Carboplatin, Zometa, along with pre

chemo meds.

Everything went smoothly. That's because

all of you were with me today.

Your prayers lift me up to Him.

I got this LOVELY necklace in the mail today

from Brenda @ Pretty Pink Tiara

isn't it gorgeous??

My earrings are from

my BFF Marcia, love the blue.

Thanks for caring

My blog is such a blessing for ME

& I hope it is for someone else also.

I just want to say AGAIN

though I read EVERY comment

I will always have to be careful of my arm, so

sometimes I just can't come visit and POST.

Please know I care!!

Tonight I'll be doing the updates to

The Primitive Gathering. Check out all the fun

items, even ONE from me.

fondly, Deena

Pretty In Blue & Brown & PLEASE PRAY

Here's my sweet hat that

my friend Sally embellished.

It had MORE on it , but my kitty

like to chew the beads & ribbon when

she layed above me on my pillow.

My blood work was ALL good!!

I'm so thankful to be here &

hubby is good company, tis a good day

with sun

I'm looking out of the half frozen pond, tis a blessing.

Fondly, deena

I just a received a note from Dad2Eight

His two year old granddaughter has lung

cancer . Surgery is Monday.

PLEASE PLEASE PRAY FOR HER!!

Her name is EVA

& she is in Texas.

TRUST IN JESUS

Out of the mouths of Babes

Tis Cole & I last evening

Grammy got to pick up Cole up from school

yesterday. We loved up, eat supper, did homework,

and then he BEGGED my try my wig on for him.

I put on all my hats & my wig

and the sweet lil guy said

" you look pretty in your wig & all your

hats & you are pretty bald too gramma"

Oh he knows ALL the right things to say..but

he means it. He even asked if I had my nipple yet.

He thinks that signals I'm all well.

I told him when you start 2nd grade..that's about

the time I'll get one. He said

" did your doctor say, If you have a grandson who's going

to be in 2nd grade, that's when you get it???"

ROARING.. wait till I tell Dr Jones that one!!

OK, LET'S ROLL

of to my CHEMO POD!!

Joys today!!

grandsons who boost your ego

a husband who goes to chemo with me

Blog friends who love my new hair do(n't)

songs of worship

life!!!

a hubby who fills the bird feeders

My BFF Marcia coming for a visit tomorrow

a warmer weekend

making the bed

LOVE

enjoy the day the Lord has made

Rejoice & be glad in it

OH I AM SO THANKFUL GOD!!

YOU ARE MY SAVIOR AND LORD!!

deena

My plans for the past 2 days were to stitch until my fingers fell off but I didn't. Last night I took my grandfather to the ER because he was wheezing, had labored breathing, low grade temp, was weak and in pain. They admitted him, he has pneumonia, is anemic and received 2 units of blood today. I didn't go to see him but my mom did and she tells me he doesn't look so great. They were just beginning to start his transfusion so I figure tomorrow he should be a little perkier once it's all done. *sigh* I had plans on stitching in the ER thinking my aunt would stay at his stretcher side but I ended up being the one standing and giving the info so my stitching stayed in it's bag on the stretcher LOL. Anyway I did get to stitch before we left and here's what I got so far:

In other news...today the UPS guy brought me this *squeal*

I've been wanting a nice bag to carry my stash in and when I saw this I thought it might work. I figured if it didn't I could always return it. Well anyhoo since I was going to my not so LNS in NJ today I thought I'd try it out and OMG it's PERFECT!!! I love it so much! It has a pocket for my cell phone and wallet (things I'm forever losing in my current stitching bag) and it's spacious enough that I can put a few projects in. My 10"x14" mesh bags fit in it very nicely unlike my other bag.

Tomorrow is Leap Day...I work *blah* but in one of my groups someone said since it's an extra day that we only get every 4 years we should take advantage of it and do something out of the ordinary...something like splurge on a little stash OR start a new project! Like I said I work so I decided to do it today haha. I bought 6 charts and some fabric, 2 of those charts are things I want to stitch for Kelly. I can't wait to start one so I may start it after midnight OR I may start CCN Summer Garden - decisions decisions!

Well I'm going to blow dry my hair so I can then stitch until my eyes get sleepy. TTFN :-)

Sending My Love

My dear friend Sherry @ Esprit*d'Art bestowed this honor on me today

& I want to pass it on to

The Feathered Nest
Sweet Cottage Dreams
Shabby Cottage Studio
Samaritan Women
Saints & Haints
Rose of Sharon
Reconstruct This
Quilly Silly's
Pajamas Playmates and Breadpuddin
Once Upon a Cottage
Neena's Nest
Mosshill Studios
Mary's Writing Nook
Lydia's Lineage
Listen to Grammie
KittyJustice
It's About Friends~Chelsea
Isabella's Closet
Grace, too
Gotta Keep on Keepin..on
Four Sisters in a Cottage
Esprit'D*Art
Counting Your Blessings
Bold & Free
Bittersweet Punkin
Toddler Planet
Simply Wait
Red Tin Heart
Princess Hedge Hog Chronicles
Obsessed with Life
Just a Beach Kat
Walk the Beach
Jenster's Musings
Jayne's Breast Cancer Blog
Dancing with Cancer

it's so hard, I
love all of you & if you're a reader please
fell free to take it as an award from me & pass it on

I'll be resting now, drinking water & enjoying my day.

JOYS

a day of leisure
chemo tomorrow
being a stay at home everything
lovely art
my kitty cuddled up with me
phone calls from hubby

Please share your joys too
&
sign my Guest Book on the right

"see you" tomorrow from my chemo pod I pray
deena

Oh I received this award today

from Jettie @ We Start & End with Family

it's not just for me, it's for all of us who are touched

in some way by Breast Cancer

Deena the BEAUTIFUL Pink Princess Warrior

Lookie!

You Make My Day

award!!

From Dale @ Sea Dream Studio

Thank you Dale!!

Rich LOVES my head!!

woohoo

He says he likes BALD women bestest.

After this

& this

& changing sheets every day

I LIKE this!!!

Every Princess Warrior has to have her armor~~

I have the armor of God!!

& to keep me warm & not so PUNK!!

I have

My walking in the Singing Woods hat, so soft

My wig, looks so much like my hair DID!!

Sweet & blue with brown! from Lallee's Cottage

My fancy chenille hat, I liked the pink

I have a blue sleep hat that my friend Sally made pretty for me.

Hope to get a pic of it on in a bit, crazy camera!!

So, today is the day I stop feeling sorry for my family thinking

they'll be without me, and start KICKING CANCER ASS!!

not that I won't ever be hurting, scared or sad, but

I know God is with me & HE can heal me.

Rich knows I have a new short hair do

but he has not seen it yet.

LOL

I put on makeup

Hope he likes it!!

Friday Feb. 29th is my next chemo,

Tomorrow is steroids & water day!!

JOYS!!

my 2 daughters & my son & my great daughter in law

SIX grandsons

shaving my head

pink hats

friend who a make blue & brown hat

friend who make blue slippers

friends who send blue & brown slippers

cards in the mail

a husband who loves a bald wife

jazz music

dancing

chemo on 2/29

sunshine

warmer weather coming

seeing a little red fox

love to all of you,

Deena

Please sign my Guest Book on the right

Touched by an Angel

my sweet BBFF Jan of Bold & Free

has something wonderful

dedicated to lil ole pink Deena

on her BLOG

HERE IT IS

It made me cry, cuz GOD will

make a way.

I foolish looked at statistics

for women to survive 5 years or

longer with Stage 4 Breast Cancer,

I say BULL..20%???

Well , I 'll be one of those 2 in 10!!

God WILL make a way.

Oh ..please sign my Guest Book on the right!!

lovingly, Deena

The face of Chemo

This picture was last Wednesday, 2/20/2008

The ones below are today

Day 18 & I still have hair.

It's so thin compared to

three days ago.

I am doing great, feeling good.

Looking forward to Treatment # 2

this Friday 2/29

Leap Day, Sadie Hawkins Day!!

I took pics of the snow today too.

They'll be on my Nestled in the Singing Woods Blog

sharing some knowledge

DO NOT drink well water when going through chemo

DO NOT double dip in your make up, use disposable applicators & get NEW makeup

Joys today

a new LOVELY snow

digital cameras

BlogLand

God is my comfort

chemotherapy

the birds in the snow

being a webmistress

Rich got FIVE CD's by Rich Mullins @ the library for me

my IPOD

my Mac Book with a built in cameras

please share your joys with us!!

carpe diem

Deena

A Sweet Friend

I have found just the sweetest friend, she even makes

chocolate candy!! I love her blog .

Go visit her, she's a breath of fresh air.

It's About Friends~From Chelsea

I'll be back later

I'm doing GOOD, despite the path towards

baldness.

fondly, Deena

HELP

In the box that came from

my great blogging friends

click here to see all the gifts

*Susan, Mimi, Bonnie, Judy, Laura & Paula*

I had this one lovely gift

that the sender didn't give

her mailing address..

Please email me through my profile if this was your gift.

UPDATE ..I got my answer!!

Thanks so much , Deena

New WIP

When I was gathering stash for the 2008 Halloween SAL (which I'm during horrible at keeping up) I bought Mirabilia's Halloween Fairy. It's a pretty fairy and I've been wanting to start it but the fabric that came with the kit was just blah. After seeing Juls' I knew I had to stitch it on the exacton same fabric she's stitching it on. I received the fabric in the mail on Thursday and on Saturday I put in the very first stitches in her. Here's my progress so far

Isn't she lovely??? The fabric is Picture This Plus' Midas Touch in 32ct Belfast Linen. I really love it! I wish I didn't work tonight because I do not want to put her down. I know I could never stitch her on the train so it will take me a while to finish her but I'm off Tues-Thurs so hopefully nothing gets in the way of my stitching! TTFN I'm off to finish eating dinner and then get ready for work.