Still "Gettin' Pumped!"

Hi, Everyone!

I hope you're ding great! I'm on spring break this week...so happy to have time at home where I'm feeling good and can actually do things.

Went back to teaching kindergarten last week. I wasn't sure what to tell the kids about my short, short hair. My sister recommended not to tell them it was short because of my medicine, so I told them I went to the hairdresser and wasn't paying attention. And that when I swiveled around in my chair, it looked like this (rip bandana off my head.) There were gaping mouths, hands shielding eyes, smiles, and perplexed looks. But once I let the kids pet my super soft locks and "Bahhhhed" like a sheep all was right with their world. "Who wants me to put my bandana on?" 10/13 hands shot up. "Okay, no problem!" Then each time a teacher would come into the room, they'd tell them about "my secret" and we'd go through the whole routine with the teachers, ending with the head-petting and "Bahhhing." We even had the principal pet my head! It was a fun week back with the wee ones. By the end of the week, they were asking me to take off my hat!

Still getting "pumped-up" to the size I want to be. I'll probably get 3 more saline fills. My girls are hard as rocks. But they are well-behaved and do not move when I: jump, run, bounce, play baseball....it's kinda nice! There are plusses to all of this!

I am so happy to have my old energy back! I feel soooooooooooo much better than I did during chemo.

Here are some recent photos:

My pet dragon, "Val"

 

Painting by my sis, Mare, her only pink painting, I love it

Selfie - Gettin' pumped

Fishin' with my buddy - happy to be outside again after the long, hard winter!

Sis Trud & me at one of my "pump-ups"

 

 

Hair dye rocks!

 

Back to school surprises!

 

I feel so loved!

 

Feelin' silly again - Tulips from friends, John & Deb!



Feelin' like I can go out again! Glenn & me at Frenchtown Café

 

Andrea driving me to Philly to get pumped...she is the best friend ever!

 

The boys came along!

 

Waiting in the drs. office - oh how boring for a boy!

Hmmm...which kinda permanent implants?

Andrea & I decide on "natural" not the push-ups!

 

 

"I am still alive!" YEA! At Philly Art Museum, April, 2014...see the balls????

 

Tiffany, Plastic Surgery Nurse, & my growing girls....I am at 300ccs now

 

 

 

So happy for spring!

 

                                                                Funny Bunny!

Thank you for checking out my blog!!!!! Hugs to you all!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Annie

The Benefit ~ May 3rd

Hello, To Our Dearest Friends and Family Members!

Amen and Amen! We Mergotts have just about made it through our journey through the ins and outs of breast cancer! This is due ONLY to you and your support and to our Lord Jesus!

We cannot thank you all enough for all you have done for us these past 8 months!

We are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and the light of spring!     Amen and Amen again!

Some great friends of ours are putting together a fundraiser for us. It's so incredibly kind of them and we are SO honored. There is NO obligation for you to come, YOU HAVE ALL DONE SO MUCH FOR US ALREADY! But of course we would LOVE to see you! I just wanted to let you know about the event. Kathy O'Connell from WXPN's Kid's Corner is hosting the night, so it's going to be a lot of fun! Here are the details: When: Saturday, May 3 Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm Where: Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Co. - 6500 Point Pleasant Pike, Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania 18950 What: $15 suggested donation. Details: This fundraiser will feature jazz, folk, roots, Americana, Celtic, and rock music, as well as a silent art auction, great food and yummy desserts prepared with love, and fun! Please come out for a wonderful evening, we would be honored to have you there!!!!   Love and Hugs! Annie, Chip, & Eli

 

More Recovery...Gettin' Better

Hey There! Thank you for checking out my blog!!!! Wow, I can't believe it's been 39 days since my surgery.....

Things have been getting better with each day. I go back to work teaching kindergarten on Monday. I've have been 6 weeks off from school, and I'm really glad I tacked two weeks on to my original month off. I really needed the extra two weeks to heal more....

I am feeling good. Eating well (too much!) taking walks, doing more around the house...taking Eli to baseball and Cub Scouts, going to church, fishing with Eli, planting flowers, back to my normal routine pretty much. It'll be hard to wake up at 5:30 a.m. though that's for sure, and to get back into the "rat race" but I'm so blessed to have had this time off.

My "girls" are getting bigger! After taking an informal poll amongst my sisters, the chosen names are "Thing One" and "Thing Two"!


                                     Got to go fishin' with my AWESOME boy this week!
                                                Caught two big trout!

 

                                           Friend, Julie Ewing, met Jon Heder star of
                                      the hit movie Napoleon Dynamite
                                                  at a Comic Convention
                                      and she had this photo taken for me!
                                                                  SO HONORED!

 

                                   

MORE PICS............... 

 

 My physical Therapist, Karen,

Total Jennifer Aniston look-alike!

 
                              My sister Mare gave me this, her only "pink" painting!
                                              I love it! Thank you, Mare!

 

                                                   Fuzzy old lady but I'm cool with it.
                              I'll probably dye it "Bonnie Raitt Red" at some point soon....

                                             The girls are gettin' pumped every week! 

Makes life ever so exciting!

 

My sister, Trudy, came with me to HUP on Friday.

She's the best sister ever! (Besides Lisa, Mare, Gret, Heidi, & Judy!)

                  I hope this photo doesn't offend you, but seriously, this is an "AHA" bra
                  and it's pretty dang UNSEXY! I have seen bikinis WAY more revealing than
                             this dowdy thang! Anyway, just wanted to show you my progress!
                     I am not even a size A, and am shooting for a size B.
                                                      Then look out world!

 

Thank you ALL for your support!!!!!!!!!!!