25 Down

I've been getting a lot of flack for not posting to my blog recently. I guess people assume I'm in bad shape or dead. I'm not.

Today is my 69th birthday. On Friday I received my 25th radiation treatment and have only 8 more to go (ending 6/4 because of the holiday). My side effects have been limited to difficulty swallowing, indigestion and tiredness. If that's it I'll consider myself lucky.

Our kids have been great. They've been eliminating a lot of items from our To-Do list involving replacing, repairing, painting and gardening. Todd was her on Saturday (5/7) and rebuilt our outhouse (yep we decided to keep it). Nathan came in from N.C. on Saturday (5/16) and stayed the week to repair our bathroom floor and help out. Mary, Matt, and Todd also came while he was here (that's Will in the picture). Thanks guys.

If you look closely you can see some hair starting to emerge.

10 Down

Yesterday I got my 10th radiation treatment. Only 23 more to go. I haven't noticed any side-effect yet and I'm hoping it will stay that way.

The week started with a flooded basement. The floor drains weren't swallowing so I decided to rent the rodding equipment and clear it myself. I under-estimated the work and over-estimated my abilities. Luckily, my brother-in-law, John, stopped by and ended up doing most of the work. The blockage was 146' from the clean-out (in the barn). Thank you John.

We're almost back to normal now with just a little more cleanup to do.