30 Saturday Jul 2016
Posted in Photography
No matter how poorly I’ve felt the last few days I made myself go to the butcher shop and purchase some nice steaks and grill them for supper tonight. I wouldn’t have done it for no other reason than for my girls last weekend before leaving for college later on this week. I’m really going to miss them.
03 Sunday Jul 2016
Posted in Family, Photography, Twins
My oldest just graduated college and my two daughters just graduated high school. My son is currently looking for a job while my daughters are working at a local water park from 9am until 8pm. Both my daughters will be attending the same college where my son graduated and they will leaving sometime this month to start school. Where has the time gone? I was hoping that my daughters would spend some time at home before going off to school but they want to earn some money before leaving out. I can’t blame them for that. It’s just going to be harder on mom and me when they do finally move out.
I guess that’s part of being a parent. Time for the kids to leave the nest. I had my doubts about my son but he turned out pretty good. My daughters are another story. They will be sharing the same dorm but I feel that neither can live without the other. They depend on each other so much. Both have separate majors so each will have their own classes. They will just have to work it out on their own I guess. Mom and I will be basket cases before it’s all over with.
14 Monday Dec 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Christmas, CML, College, Kids, Leukemia, Medications, Twins
I go through this every year. It’s nearly Christmas and I’m just not in the mood for it. It’s not that I’m depressed; it’s more of disappointment that I can’t afford to more for my kids. The older they get the more expensive their needs or wants get and we can’t afford to get everything they ask for.
This year my wife and I discussed the fact that the girls will be going off to college next year so we’re going to make sure that we help them with things like laptops and other necessities for college. With that said, that will be two of everything. One of the things that we will be trying to get them within the next few months is a car. This brings up another problem. The girls haven’t decided on where they want to go to school. Each one has stated that they want to go to separate schools and if they do go to different schools then we’re going to have a huge problem. We can only afford one car. I want the girls to make their own decision on where they want to go to school but in reality they will have to go to the same school or else one will be walking.
And of course I’m somewhat concerned about my CML levels going up the way they have. I’ve been back to the oncologist and they’ve done more blood work to determine what the next step will be as far as the medications that I will be on, being that the ones that I’m on isn’t working anymore. I’m hoping to hear back from him this week.
“Life Goes On!”
29 Thursday Oct 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Cats, Dedication, Friendship, Girls, Kids, Twins
I know I’ve posted this picture before but this one fits tonight’s topic so well. Every time my girls leave the house, whether it’s going to school, to church or just going out to the store with their mom, Sophie will either sit by the door or sit on the back of the couch looking outside waiting on her girls to come home. Most of the day while the girls are away at school both of our cats will stay on the foot of my bed but when it gets close to the time for the girls to get home Sophie will take her place on the back of the couch and wait for her girls to come home. Once the girls are home she stays by their side until they go to bed. I’ve never owned a cat that was so dedicated to any of my kids as she is. The other cat is just happy that we feed him and keep his food dish completely ful.
“Life Goes On!”
14 Wednesday Oct 2015
Posted in Photography
Tomorrow my daughter’s turn 18. I’m not ready for them to be this old. One has been accepted to the same college that my son is going to and the other daughter hasn’t applied to any colleges yet but soon will. Tonight my daughters went to church and left my wife and I at the house alone. We’ve been without our kids on several occasions but tonight it felt a little different. I guess just knowing that in just a few months from now there is a very good chance that we will be experiencing the empty nest syndrome. My wife and talked about this for a minute but my wife quickly changed the subject. I could tell in her voice that she didn’t want to talk about it and soon it was clear to me because she had a tear run down her cheek. It’s going to be much harder on her than on me I think.
“Life Goes On!”
06 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted in Photography
Today was my day. It’s been so long since I’ve had a day when most things went without having a problem. I even had a civil conversation with my boss this morning. My day was pretty well planned out so I went straight to it. I stayed pretty busy and the day went by pretty quick. About 2 pm the receptionist from my oncologist called and said that the doctor wanted to speak to me. My results weren’t due in until next week so I immediately went into panic mode. The doctor came on line and told me that my levels were lower than they had been since my diagnoses. That was exactly what I was needing to round out my day.
I had a meeting after work so I got in really late but both my daughters were still up and they both had a great first day back to school. That made me happy too. Maybe this will keep going at least one more day until the weekend.
“Life Goes On!”
31 Friday Jul 2015
Posted in Photography
We don’t have a lot of money and having three kids, one in college and two being seniors in high school, makes it difficult “keeping up with the Jones”. My twin girls share most things they have, including their bedroom. We can’t afford for them to have a car so they drive my wife’s car to band camp. They will walk to school once school starts. It’s unfortunate that they have to share so many things but like I said we just can’t afford it to be any other way. Cell phones became an issue two years ago. We simply could not afford to have them each have a smartphone, so we purchased each one of them a phone with minimal features. They have complained many times saying that they can’t do school work and other things that their teachers want them to do. They each have iPods that they do some stuff for school on since they can hook up to the internet at the house wirelessly. I’ve promised them that if we can afford it that I would purchase them smartphones when it’s time to upgrade. We still can’t afford it but today their contract was up and I did what I promised them. They don’t know it yet but they will be happy campers when the Fedex truck arrives on Tuesday. I’ll have to made sacrifices but at least I fulfilled a promise I made to them.
09 Tuesday Jun 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, Cataract Surgery, daughters, Eye Doctor, Kids, Photography, Stress, Sweetwater Creek State Park, Twins, Wife
It’s been a long day today. I had to get up early this morning to 1) make sure my girls got off to work and 2) get my wife to the eye hospital to have Cataract surgery done. Getting my girls off was one thing but getting my wife to her appointment was another. The smallest thing makes her nervous, so much so that it makes her sick to her stomach. It’s like dealing with a five year old. She also has a very low tolerance for pain. A paper cut will cause her to scream for pain meds.
It was an early night for the girls. They got home, ate the supper I prepared because the wife couldn’t do it and took their showers and went to bed. They are currently working at a local water park and they have to stand up all day helping people on the water slides. I’m hoping it’s making them a little more responsible. It’s good for them. It was also an early night for the wife. It was a very stressful day for her.
After the supper dishes were cleaned up and put away I was planning on going on a bike ride but mother nature had other plans. A couple of thunderstorms showed up and I don’t ride when it’s lightning. Tomorrow means that I’ll be back at work catching up on what wasn’t done today while I wasn’t there. Just one day closer to retirement is what I keep reminding myself. Have I said lately how much I hate my job?
Hoping to get a ride in tomorrow to relieve some of this stress that’s building up inside me. Twenty five miles should give me a good start.
“Life Goes On!”
03 Sunday May 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, College, Gymnastics, High School, Photo, Photography, Seniors, Twins
Where did this weekend go? In fact, where did April go? I can’t believe that it’s May already. School will soon be out for the summer and all three of my kids will either be working or going back to school. It’s going to be a lonely summer. My girls will be seniors next year in high school and my son will be graduating in December from college. Hopefully he will have a job when he gets out of school. I just hope I have enough vacation time built up before my girls have to go back to school in August to have some sort of vacation I can spend with them. These doctor appointments are killing my time.
“Life Goes On!”
21 Tuesday Apr 2015
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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, Band Trip, DollyWood, Gatlinburg, Kalah Mack, Photo, Photography, Tennessee, Twins
And I really need this little mini vacation. I’m going with my twin daughters to Gatlinburg, Tenn. on a band trip. They are playing a couple of pieces in Dollywood on Saturday. If you’ve never been to Gatlinburg Tennessee, it’s a beautiful city in the mountains. It’s been several years since I’ve been there and I am so looking forward to spending some time there. However, I’ll be on a buss with other parents and teens so I won’t be able to go where I want to go. But it’s away from here and at work. That’s the main thing.
“Life Goes On!”
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