Boring week. Except…no…not really.

Last weekend, dad and his new friend came over and helped me plant my garden! We got some tomato, banana pepper, green pepper, cantaloupe, and squash plants in the ground, along with some flowering bushes and vines like a hydrangea that I think I may already be killing. Anyway, I plan to plant mostly irises in the remainder of that gravely area in my back yard, setting aside a small path and place for sitting and visiting. Dad’s friend Carol loves irises like I do so a couple days later, yesterday actually, they showed up with three potted iris plants with blooms that are about ready to explode! We potted them in a large terra cotta pot and put it out in the gravel in with the rest of the growing garden. Then she introduced me to this site and is taking me up there in the next couple of weeks, where I will pick out a variety of irises I want to grow and they’ll send them to me come autumn! How cool!

Also, the homeowners association for our neighborhood told us it’s time to repaint our house (I call them nazis and I guess they like this to be done every 6 years). So we hired a painter for an excellent price and are changing the color of our trim from a boring blue shade (which is what it was when we moved in 4 years ago) to a very subtle green shade called “Pinot Greenio.” Don’t get me started about what a hassle it was to get that green color chosen and approved by the nazis! Let’s just say my first green choice was declined and declared “too intense” for the neighborhood! LOL Too intense! That still cracks me up! When the painters are done in the next couple days, I’ll share with you some pictures of the before and after look of our house.

Other than that, it’s been a terribly boring week around here. I’ve had ZERO energy and super tired so I’ve been sleeping late and doing almost nothing all day every day. I didn’t leave the house for three days, which is a bad idea…I can usually only handle two straight days in the house before I start going stir crazy. Honey and I went to the mall tonight and bought some new luggage (ON A SUPER DUPER SALE AT MACY’S!!! I love love love a bargain!), had dinner and bought some more fish for our growing aquarium. Tomorrow is more chemo. Let’s just say when I check in at the infusion center, I usually tell the nurses who I am, followed by, “I’m here for my nap.”

I haven’t lost any hair yet. I keep tugging away at it. To be honest, I actually want to lose my hair this time. It would make the hot hot summer so much more bearable! I wish I could get away with shaving my head. Naw, I wouldn’t do that. But if I do start losing my hair in clumps you can bet your sweet bippy I’ll be shaving it. It’s either all or nothing for me…I won’t walk around town with clumps of hair growing out sporratically on my head. All or nothing baby.

There were some awful tornados that tore up the towns around where my Aunt and Uncle live here in Colorado this afternoon. I’m trying to get ahold of Uncle Mark to see how they survived it. Grandmother or Mark, if you’re reading this, please email or comment and let me know all is well!!! *worrying*

See ya later!