First of all I need to thank
Kat for reminding me to call and get my yearly appointment for my mammogram. I have the utmost respect for these women who are fighting this disease or have fought it. And
Kat is a breast cancer survivor. If you have a chance go over to her site today and send her blessings. I got to know some of these women who are fighting breast cancer this year when I was being treated for anemia. I had my treatments in the same room as they were having their treatments and I have to tell you that not once did I hear anyone of them feeling sorry for themselves. Oh, I'm sure they had their moments, but to me they all appeared to be brave. A few did tell me their stories and some of them had skipped a yearly mammogram because they were too busy or life got in the way. So please don't skip this important piece of your health. Also this brings me to another point, if you are over 50, have a colonoscopy. I was forced into it because of the anemia thing by my doctor and I'm not going to lie to you, the prep's not fun but the procedure is a piece of cake (well kind of). Also when I was going for my anemia treatments I met a woman who had colon cancer and she had a bunch of symptoms which she ignored. So please have these important procedures.
Okay, this is a complete change of subject, but one I just can't keep to myself anymore. And anyway, my granddaughter Maddie has announced it on her blog. Yes, Maddie has her own blog and it's password coded so if you just can't get enough Maddie on my blog, LOL, just e-mail me and I'll send you the code. That is if I don't think you're some whacko out there in blogland, again LOL. Anyhoo, it takes me a long time to get to my point, doesn't it? Okay, why do I have a picture of three sleepers that I brought back from Alaska? One's for Maddie and the other two are for our two new grandbabies who are going to arrive this coming spring. Maddie is getting a baby brother or sister in May and my son will be a first time daddy in March. I wasn't sure if either set of parents wanted me to announce it yet but I couldn't hold it in any longer. Our family is growing and we love it! Also click on the sleepers and see how cute they are. They are from a company called
Hatley, which I had never seen before. Honestly, they have quality stuff and it's so cute. I don't know if they just sell in stores in the Northwest or what but if your looking for some different Christmas stuff go
here to their site. They also have adult clothes, I thought their PJ's looked very comfy. If you made it this far in the post, I'm amazed but appreciate it. Thanks and I'll try to keep my post shorter next time! :-)
When my sweetie and I first started dating back when we were 16 years old we used to go to a park here in Cincy called Mt. Echo park. It has these beautiful sweeping views of our city. I'll get back to that in a moment but for anyone who thinks of Cincinnati as somewhere in the middle of the country let me give you a geography lesson. Cincinnati sits on the Ohio River in Southwest Ohio. Kentucky is directly across from us and Indiana is a stone's throw to the west of us. We sit on a bunch of hills, which is beautiful but makes for frightful driving when it snows. Okay, back to the park. This particular park sits on one of those big hills and it really does have great views of Kentucky and downtown and we pass it every time we go into downtown or Kentucky but we haven't stopped by in years. Mostly because we are always in a hurry coming and going and the neighborhood surrounding this park is not the best anymore. Sad but true...........Click on the photo above and try to find the big Cincinnati sign spelled out.
So Friday night after we went to see Fireproof we stopped at the park on our way home. It was a beautiful Autumn evening and it brought back memories of our first dates. Driving in my sweetie's orange Volkswagen bug and swinging on the swings there. We used to go there when it was dark but I don't think I would do that now. I remember my sweetie telling me about his family's fruit and vegetable business while we were swinging on the swings and telling me it was downtown etc.... and I being 16 years old thought it was a fruit and vegetable stand that they sold produce at not even knowing that there was a bunch of produce warehouses in a place they called the "bottoms" downtown. Interesting cast of characters that worked in the "bottoms", mostly Italian men who talked in a way that I as a 16 year old girl never heard before. But my sweetie and his brothers have great stories of these old guys who worked with them and honestly those old Italian guys treated me very nice.
So many memories are set here in my hometown. I can't imagine living anywhere else, no not even the beach for all I complain about the winter. Okay, maybe I could live at the beach from January to the end of March. But in the end my heart and family are here in this little corner of the world sitting next to the Ohio River with beautiful Kentucky across the water and Indiana just a stone's throw to the west.
