Ruben, carpet and other things

Yesterday was Ruben's first chemo treatment. He said he feels just like he does on anything other day. I hope the treatments are kind to him, but we know they won't be after a few days.

We decided we wanted laminate wood flooring throuhout our house, however, we have a large area that is ceramic tile. I had read you can put laminate wood over tile, however finding an installer willing to do this isn't easy. So.....we have decided that instead of paying close to 10K to put in laminate flooring, we will just replace the areas that are carpeted with new carpet and leave it at that. With the economy the way it is....and job loss happening every day, it's probably not a good idea to spend that much money right now anyway.
Though I hate carpet....I am happy to have a wonderful home, so I am ok with it.

My Obamapalooza/birthday party is tomorrow night. I have been dreading it for weeks. Even though I want to have the party, I was dreading it....Don't ask me why. Anyhow, today I finally felt excited about it. I will have about 30 good friends here for some good music, great food and Bob's sangria. Most Everyone coming has had bob's sangria..... well lets say they are probably coming just for the sangria.
Hope you all have a wonderful superball (I could care less about football) weekend. Tampa Bay is excited about it. We are having crappy, rainy, cold weather right now though. I hope the visitors aren't too disappointed.
Go Steelers! (That's from Bob)

My son and my dog

I was just telling my son that as much as Maddie is a pain in the ass, I am glad I have her. Des says " Yeah, she's not bad, she just not good either".

House cleaning

We finished painting our family room and I just completed putting back the curtains, pictures etc on the wall. Painting is such a job.
I want to hire a housekeeper. Someone who comes every other week and just keeps things clean for me. I love cleaning but by the time I get home from work, I don't feel like it and I hate spending my weekends cleaning the house. I am very particular in the way my house is cleaned. Faucets have to be shiny and no water spots anywhere. Floors have to be clean, no hair anywhere. (My son has long hair so when he comes home on the weekend he leaves a trail)

My dilemma is I don't want someone in my house. I like my privacy and don't want anyone touching my things etc...
So....it looks like I am just going to have to do one or two things an evening and then it won't be so bad on the weekend.
Ugh!

Stage 4

My brother-in-law's cancer is stage 4, almost stage 5. I guess it was worse than the doctors first thought. He gets the PET scan on Monday. He starts Chemo on Thursday. Its going to be a rough couple months for him, for his wife, his grown kids...for everyone who loves him.

Run for your lives!!!!!!!!!!

Feces-throwing monkey on the loose in Tampa Bay


Jan 14, 8:33 PM (ET)


CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. Authorities have been trying to capture the primate since Tuesday afternoon, but it managed to evade a bucket truck and tranquilizer dart.

Gary Morse with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the adult male is thought to have escaped from an unlicensed source. It was last seen in Clearwater.

The monkey is not considered dangerous.

Ok, no he's not dangerous, he just hurls crap at you. Great..just what I needed...

Unbelievable

I read this article online and couldn't believe what I was reading. And then the whole Jesus comment was just weird. I can't figure out how to embed the link so here, you can copy and paste it. I tried to find intructions online but couldn't find embedding an article or website, just photo's which I know how to do already. Anyway, here goes:
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090108/D95IVKRG0.html

I feel like crap and other things....

My tummy is upset, I am lacking sleep, my son is writing some weird scary sounding music on his computer, my dog is jumping up the pine tree after a squirrel. I did hear from my attorney today with good news. Settlement is just a short 30 days away. So, I guess life isn't too bad. I feel better already. But I still worry....
Now I know why I like Chuck so much...

Ruben update: The teeth have to go....

My brother in law Ruben has to have some teeth extracted before he can start receiving the radiation therapy. (Five weeks, every day). They won't do the PET scan to see if the cancer spread to the lymph nodes until the teeth are removed. The oncologist said he now thinks it may have spread to the lymph nodes so he wants him to start chemo also.
So it will be extractions, PET scan, radiation and hopefully no chemo.
He is holding up pretty good but his voice is pretty much gone. The next 6-8 weeks will be tough for him. I'll keep you posted.