Dragons, Monkies, Arugula, and Black Pumpkins...

Hi! What blessed friends I have! Since today was a "good" day I tried to get some stuff done since I go back to school on Monday & Tuesday and since I will get my next chemo on Wednesday. "Aunt Sue" came over early in the morning and helped me sort through a gazillion papers, bills, letters, etc - we kept calling it "Phase One" whenever we felt overwhelmed. It's one of those things that gets done over time as you chip away little by little. But getting it done made me so happy because the living room's where I crash on my "bad days" It (the living room)  looks much better now with a certain someone's desk more organized!

                                                              Sweet Sue, sortin'     
Then my awesome friend, Margret, from school came & took Eli for the day to play with her son Jesse. They went to paint pumpkins in Princeton and of course Eli painted his pumpkin black (like a NINJA!) I didn't even know Eli was a Rolling Stones fan! Anyway Margret brought the boys back at 6 ish then Eli decided he wanted to do a sleepover at Jesse's so he got all his stuff together including his Glow pet named Eli Junior and his new Angry Birds slippers...and they were off again!
 
Margret brought me, not only some killer homemade veggie soup which we all scarfed up in like 3 seconds, okay 4, but also rustic wheat Panera bread, organic butter and arugula salad which I love! She even took a huge bag of my dirty laundry home to wash for me! Now that's what I call a GIRLFRIEND!

 

                                           Pretty *Margret & the Monkies
                            (*Teacher of the Year Conley School, 2012/2013)
In the meantime, my little brother Matt, his new wife Tara, and our friend Melissa painted Eli's room (another place where I crash sometimes - I have a single bed in there all to myself) a lovely, mellow, soft shade of blue. The room is so nice to be in now. Very soothing and relaxing. I am so grateful for the help!

I tried to stay out of the painters' way so I washed three cars and made homemade pizza and two apple pies and to top it all off I even took a shower! You know it's a good day when I get a shower in. Good for everyone around me not just me!

             
     Matt & Melissa (w/her breast cancer cap on!)                    Matt & Tara

 

       Tara tapin' on the top bunk w/dragon         Chip doin' dishes between talkin' music

 

                            *Tara & Matt                                         Matt & *Tara
                        (*Voted "Best Sister-in-Law Ever" by the Bauerlein Girls, 2013)

Margret also brought, from school, " I Miss You" letters from the kindergartners at my school and when I read them I cried. I can't wait to see them on Monday! I'm going to bring my banjo in and play it for them!