We went to the surgery clinic at the charity yesterday and K's surgery is scheduled for October 17th. K has been very tired lately and is sleeping at lot. He says it just comes over him suddenly and he can't keep his eyes open.

I have a new biter at daycare; work is a little more stressful. I have been researching the biting problem, hoping I can help her through this phase quickly.

We had a very short cool spell and I saw on t.v. that another will be coming next week. I will be glad when the cold weather is here to stay for a few months. I thought I had this sweating problem solved. I don't have the night sweating anymore; but some days I have what feels like a furnace inside me and sweat just drips off me all day. Ugh!!!!!! The other ladies at work are freezing and are wearing long sleeve shirts. I am wearing tank tops and keep a wet rag draped around my neck for coolness; constantly wiping the sweat off my face.

Our neighbor gave us some just picked turnip greens from his garden. I cooked them yesterday and a pan of cornbread to eat with them. They were delicious. I am enjoying cooking again. I cooked a big pot of corn and potato chowder last week and it lasted us several days. I am ready to start cooking my favorite food, soup! I am still not eating much, but I think I would eat some soup.

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And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me, and that thou might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
I Chronicles 4:9-10

Today, has been a nice peaceful day. It started off with a cool breezy morning but the heat index climbed up in the nineties by noon. I put a stew in the crock pot so I wouldn't have to stay in the kitchen plus it helped keep the temperature down in the house.

I was so glad not to have to go to the daycare. It was a stressful week; it seemed that all my babies were teething and this led to much whining and crying. They didn't want to play with any toys, they wanted to be held and snuggled. That is hard to accomplish when you have six. I have managed to hold four at one time but haven't figured out how to hold six all at the same time. So I don't sit down until some have went home. When I do sit, they immediately start climbing onto my lap. All week they were hanging onto my legs and crying, it was rough.

I enjoyed being at home today. We washed the truck and car this morning. The lovebugs are back in full force and we have to scrub them off the vehicles 'cause they have enough acid in them to eat the paint.

The rose bushes K bought for me are actually still living and blooming. It is truly amazing. There is always a rose to cut and bring inside to put in a vase. I say amazing because they are still in their pots; we haven't transplanted them in the ground yet.

When it warmed up outside, I came in and found a movie on tv and sat down to relax while crocheting. The movie and the crocheting are almost foolproof in keeping my thoughts occupied. I need to think about the future; I just don't want to right now.

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And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Isaiah 58:11

Another week gone in the month of September. A new year will be here before we get turned around. I can barely control my inner turmoil as I wait for the middle of October and K's first disability check. Every one has been blessing us with their continued support. I want to be able to know we can pay our bills on our own. I do thank God for friends and family that have been here for us with no strings attached because they love us.

The cancer is spreading again. The urologist told us the Zoladex is not working anymore. The next step in trying to control the cancer is to remove K's testicles to stop the production of testosterone. But there is no guarantee that it will work. K is willing to give it a try. He hasn't been scheduled for surgery; I am praying they will do it one day this month. K will have to stop taking the daily aspirin and when he does that, he risks a blood clot because of the cancer. I don't like the idea of the surgery. I have always heard that once they cut on a person with cancer; the cancer spreads like a wild fire. K wants to though.

Yesterday at lunch time, I decided to micro-wave one of those frozen pretzel that you can buy at the grocery store. You can probably guess what happened. I set the micro-wave to three minutes instead of thirty seconds. One of those crazy mistakes because my brain somehow sends two messages simultaneously. I am thinking one thing but my body does something similar to the brain message but wrong. I feel really goofy at times. My pretzel burned to a crisp and smoke filled the house, but the smoke detector did not go off. After I got the door and windows open, I tested the smoke alarm and the battery is still good. I bought this smoke alarm two years ago so I don't know what to think. The house was still stinky when I came home from work. And it is still stinky today.

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Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5

My, my, it has been a while sinced I blogged. We are doing good. We celebrated our 32nd wedding aniversary by taking a much needed vacation. We only went as far as north Louisiana. We stayed at a cousin's camp in the Kisatchie National Forest so we didn't have to pay out any money except for the gas in the truck, so it was an inexpensive vacation. We both got much needed rest. We went to bed when the sun went down and slept till eight each morning. Twelve hours of sleep was awesome; I could get used to that.

K is starting to experience pain again. I am wondering if the doctor will refer him for radiation each time the pain gets unbearable. The cancer treatment center called us because medicaid did not pay as much towards the radiation treatments as the center wanted. I hope they don't turn us away next time. There are a lot of doctors and specialists in this area that will not take medicaid patients because medicaid does not pay what they charge per patient.

The day time temperatures are tapering off. The heat index does not get in the hundreds any more. It sure is nice. I will be glad when fall gets here.

I finally finished the afghan I started at the beginning of the year. I also started another cape from the pattern I already used. I have had several requests for capes. I still want to do a crocheted bag with the pretty spangles. That will be something new that I have never made and I am looking forward to it.