July 14, 2003

• Did ya miss me?  I know it's been way to long since I have been on Zanga.  There has been so much going on around here and with all the problems with Zanga I've been losing interest.  It seems everytime I want to post something Zanga is not being cooperative, just my luck I guess. 

  
  

  First off, my cousin has begun her chemotherpy at UCSF.  They had her do another CAT scan about and told her that 2 of the areas have completely disappeared and the larger 3rd area is not getting any bigger.  I have not yet found out if it is shrinking but at least it appears that the chemo is working.  It has not been without it's setback's though.  She has been getting pretty sick, with ear infections and colds taking it's course.  She ended up in the hospital for 4 days on the verge of pneumonia last week. 

  
  

  During all of this we have been planning a 50th wedding anniversary for my husband's parents.  That finally happened on July 4th, I'm so glad that is over, but it was a success and they were totally surprised.

  
  

  With all of this going on we have been doing some remodeling as well.  My house has been in such a state....contractors are a strange breed of people.  Now I know why they have the jobs they do...they cannot work in a structured environment that the rest of the world does.  They have minds of their own and work when they want to, they do not care about their clients.  We removed all the carpeting in the family room, front room and hallway and installed Prego as well as in the kitchen.  That's done, but the new french door that is replacing 2 sliders in the family room is causing many problems.  The first door that was delivered was not what we wanted so now we are waiting on the new door to be delivered.  I'll be so glad with it is over....Since this work is being done we are taking the opportunity to paint and re-do stuff as well but when you only have 1 day off together it takes way to much time.  Here are a couple of pictures of the front room and what I am doing there.  There will be a chair rail going on as soon as we pick up the miter saw we purchased on Saturday.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  This is the Prego in the front room

  
  

  

  
  

  This is where the chair rail will be going in a walnut

  
  

  

  
  

  This lamp belonged to my grandmother, my dad and now I have it.  It did not have a lamp shade so I had this made (hopefully from the period) and will now be in the front room when everything is complete.  That's my baby grand to the right that is covered, and the curio cabinet with the shelves and all it's stuff removed.  And that's me in the mirror taking the picture

  
  

  I'll take some more pictures when we get the chair rail up with everything in it's place and pictures back on the walls.

  
  

  I hope this finds everyone doing well, I have been keeping up with my daily subscriptions so I've keep up on what's been going on in everyone's life.

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