I know that I have not posted in a long time. Mostly because I had not found the time to do so. I have been back to work since June and busy with home and family. Like I was mostly before being diagnosed with AML.
I began this blog in an attempt to help myself express what was going on with dealing with cancer and all the STUFF that comes with it. I had also hoped that it might in some way help others that might be in similar situations. I still do hope that and would like to say if anyone needs my help dealing with this disease please feel free to contact me.
I might not be posting very often because of being busy living the normal life that I missed so much while I was in the hospital and getting chemo. That is a good thing. Life being back to normal.
So what is going on with me now. I have been back to work 8 months, the same amount of time I was off. It is hard to believe that it has been 1 year and 4 months since I was diagnosed. So much has changed and I have changed. I would say that the one great thing that has come out of all of this is that my faith in people has grown. I have experienced the kindness and understanding of so many people. Friends, family and strangers. And without all of them and you I would not be here today. For that I would like to say Thank You!
We have put an offer in on a house! An exciting and scary situation. We are excited because we have lived in a manufactured home for 24 years. They have been good years. We raised a family here and have had the normal ups and downs. But, we can't do some of the things that we would like and we came across a foreclosure that needs work. But it seems to have good bones and Cindy and I know that we can make it a nice home.
The house is a walk out ranch on 4.7 acres. It has a two car attached garage and a pole barn. It is a nice house, but, it needs work. It needs painting inside and out. The pole barn is in disrepair and needs some major rehabbing. It needs a whole new kitchen. Not because it is dated. Because it is not there. Most of the cabinets are missing. Taken out by the previous tenants I guess.
The previous owner was a do it yourselfer. But not a very good one. I am sure that I will have to contend with many surprises that he has left along the way.
There is lots to do and Cindy and I have agreed that we will take on the challenge of remodeling. We have done some nice work here. We rebuilt our master bath and bedroom from the floor joist and studs. We had some good help doing it also. Thanks to Steve and Deedee. But it was hard work and long hours.
But, we absolutely love how it has turned out. We will miss our master bath. We made it perfect for us and the tile, cabinets and oak trim make it beautiful. We will not have that in the new house. Not for a long time. Because the focus will need to be on so much other stuff. But we will make it beautiful and eventually we will get the bathrooms the way we would like them to be.
Well, there is lots to do and I need to get doing it. Thanks to all of you that have read this blog and followed our journey. I will post from time to time... until then have a blessed life and live everyday to the fullest.
Thanks.
