Brent and I spent the night in San Diego. I had an account to see and it was way too long since I had seen my mom....so why not combine the two. We had a great dinner last night, some wine, and lots of talks about wedding plans. We decided to get up in the morning and see a jeweler she knew in San Diego. Brent and I hadn't put much thought into our wedding bands, so we figured why not check them out.
After spending a lot of time trying to figure out what we truly wanted, we have our rings on order!! Once we see them in person (about 2-3 weeks) I will give you more information about them. I just want to make sure we like them before I go announcing anything. Another step down!
We haven't had time to finalize the tent just yet. We are working with one of our friends here and he's been super busy. As soon as we can all find the time to meet, we will get that done.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Long Beach happenings
So a few things have been going on. The first I am very proud of! Brent installed, with the help of my dad's direction, a bathroom exhaust fan. Here are a few photos to explain the hard work. Here is the before shot...
Brent had to crawl up into a very small and HOT area to drill a hole in the side of the house....
The view from the bathroom up....
After a little wiring, we are up and running!
So the exhaust fan works and now our bathroom isn't a steam room! Big congrats to Brent for taking this on and a big thanks to my Dad for his patience :)
The other new thing in our life is this....
This purchase wasn't by choice. Yes we wanted a bigger car, but our Sentra needed a lot of work - so we had to make a decision. Thanks to the help of our buddy Tim Wong, we were well taken care of.
This weekend we booked all our flights for the wedding and honeymoon. It's getting closer!!
That's all for now :)
Brent had to crawl up into a very small and HOT area to drill a hole in the side of the house....
The view from the bathroom up....
After a little wiring, we are up and running!
So the exhaust fan works and now our bathroom isn't a steam room! Big congrats to Brent for taking this on and a big thanks to my Dad for his patience :)
The other new thing in our life is this....
This purchase wasn't by choice. Yes we wanted a bigger car, but our Sentra needed a lot of work - so we had to make a decision. Thanks to the help of our buddy Tim Wong, we were well taken care of.
This weekend we booked all our flights for the wedding and honeymoon. It's getting closer!!
That's all for now :)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Plans are coming together....
We landed in Boston at 10pm Friday, September 3rd…..after putting 684 miles (yes, almost 700 MILES) on our rental car, we return it Wednesday the 8th. Let me just say that the last 12 hours the car was parked in a parking garage. Saying it was a whirlwind trip just about sums it up. I feel like every time we go back east we just run around. It’s really inevitable, because we don’t have a home base.
Here are the major things we accomplished:
- My final dress fitting until the big day, it’s perfect and I can’t wait
- Picked the food for the wedding
- Visited the wedding site and took measurements for the tent location
o We have three potential locations, so need some time to work that out
- Saw everyone in our wedding party, that lives in Boston
It was a very successful trip! We even managed to spend some quality time with our Grandmothers (very important).
More to come…..
Here are the major things we accomplished:
- My final dress fitting until the big day, it’s perfect and I can’t wait
- Picked the food for the wedding
- Visited the wedding site and took measurements for the tent location
o We have three potential locations, so need some time to work that out
- Saw everyone in our wedding party, that lives in Boston
It was a very successful trip! We even managed to spend some quality time with our Grandmothers (very important).
More to come…..
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Today is a new day
This past week has been full of a lot of holding my breath. I haven't been this stressed (the last few months) in a long time and it really put my body through a lot. The start of this past week was full of blood tests, CT scans and PET scans. Another 6 months had past. Being tired is an understatement, for sure. I was working all day (until 8 pm each night), having little sleep and no weekends to recover. The old self would have no problem handling those hours, but the new me was just trying to keep a smile on my face. Deep down I was just wondering how my body was going to react. My mind was going to extremes for sure.....everything was put to rest when all my tests came back NORMAL! It was such a relief.
I am still doing blood tests every 3 months and will still go for another round of tests in 6 months. Because I finished treatment less then 2 years ago, he still wants to be pro-active.
My goal over the next few weeks is to find myself again. I am settling into a new job and still have a lot to learn (not only in the job, but about myself). I am not a selfish person and my needs typically come last. I am working on changing that. I am eliminating people from my life who add drama and take energy from me. I am not interested in that anymore. I am interested in taking care of me and making sure I am happy. Happy Erin = Happy Brent!
Brent and I fly to Boston on Friday and we have so many fun things in store. We are looking at the wedding location, we are finalizing the food, meeting with our photographer, I have a dress fitting.....Ahhh, so exciting!! This will determine a lot for us. More to come after the trip, along with photos :)
I am still doing blood tests every 3 months and will still go for another round of tests in 6 months. Because I finished treatment less then 2 years ago, he still wants to be pro-active.
My goal over the next few weeks is to find myself again. I am settling into a new job and still have a lot to learn (not only in the job, but about myself). I am not a selfish person and my needs typically come last. I am working on changing that. I am eliminating people from my life who add drama and take energy from me. I am not interested in that anymore. I am interested in taking care of me and making sure I am happy. Happy Erin = Happy Brent!
Brent and I fly to Boston on Friday and we have so many fun things in store. We are looking at the wedding location, we are finalizing the food, meeting with our photographer, I have a dress fitting.....Ahhh, so exciting!! This will determine a lot for us. More to come after the trip, along with photos :)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Updates, Updates, Updates
I don't even know where to begin. I feel like there isn't a lot worth writing about, but yet I have been so busy I don't have time to write. I will keep it short, not sure who even reads this anymore....
1) Got a new job at TYR. I am currently still doing my old job too, so definitely in a transitional period. I am working more on the sales side and will catch you all more when I settle into the job.
2) We have been having visitors throughout the summer. My brother Matt came by and we spent the day at Universal Studios. It's always interesting how you don't ever go to things in your backyard unless you have company!
3) My mom is working on her PhD, not sure if I said that before?!? I am so proud of her to take on that challenge. It's only going to bring her more and more success. She and I are very alike, the idea of sitting around all day when we get old isn't in our genes.
4) My brother Jon, sister in law Monica and niece Katherine are coming to visit TOMORROW! They haven't seen the house since we moved in. It will be great to show them how far we've come.
5) Brent and I are planning a trip back east in September (Labor Day Weekend)...we have a lot of wedding plans to finalize. We are definitely doing a small, intimate wedding. It's our style and we wouldn't have it any other way.
6) We are in a slight neighbor war....basically the lady across the street feeds all the stray cats in the neighborhood. What that means for us is that our yard becomes their litter box. Not okay with us! I ended up calling Animal Control, because the LA County law is that she can have 3 cats (if they stay outside) and 5 (if they are in door cats). At one point I think we counted 15 cats, yes 15! I appears the problem is getting less and less of an issue...but they have to know its us, because they have seen Brent chase cats out of our yard numerous times. The last time they were just starting at him from their driveway. Hey, I love animals, but cleaning up other peoples animals' feces isn't my kind of fun.
That's the abridged version of our life in a nutshell....I will try to be better about updates.
1) Got a new job at TYR. I am currently still doing my old job too, so definitely in a transitional period. I am working more on the sales side and will catch you all more when I settle into the job.
2) We have been having visitors throughout the summer. My brother Matt came by and we spent the day at Universal Studios. It's always interesting how you don't ever go to things in your backyard unless you have company!
3) My mom is working on her PhD, not sure if I said that before?!? I am so proud of her to take on that challenge. It's only going to bring her more and more success. She and I are very alike, the idea of sitting around all day when we get old isn't in our genes.
4) My brother Jon, sister in law Monica and niece Katherine are coming to visit TOMORROW! They haven't seen the house since we moved in. It will be great to show them how far we've come.
5) Brent and I are planning a trip back east in September (Labor Day Weekend)...we have a lot of wedding plans to finalize. We are definitely doing a small, intimate wedding. It's our style and we wouldn't have it any other way.
6) We are in a slight neighbor war....basically the lady across the street feeds all the stray cats in the neighborhood. What that means for us is that our yard becomes their litter box. Not okay with us! I ended up calling Animal Control, because the LA County law is that she can have 3 cats (if they stay outside) and 5 (if they are in door cats). At one point I think we counted 15 cats, yes 15! I appears the problem is getting less and less of an issue...but they have to know its us, because they have seen Brent chase cats out of our yard numerous times. The last time they were just starting at him from their driveway. Hey, I love animals, but cleaning up other peoples animals' feces isn't my kind of fun.
That's the abridged version of our life in a nutshell....I will try to be better about updates.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Crazy Hand Cysts!
Its been a while and saying I have been busy is an understatement.
Here are a few highlights....
I had two cysts removed from my left hand. I have one on my wrist and the second on the palm of my hand, the base of my middle finger. I was under the impression the procedure would be pretty simple, 30 minutes tops. Lets just say I was completely wrong! Here is a little picture of what I had going on:
The ganglion cyst got its nickname of "Bible cyst" because back in the old days, the cure for one was for the doctor to whack your wrist with a bible while you held your hand or wrist flat on a table. I just had family members hit it instead. Needless to say, this caused some bigger issues when the surgeon went to take it out. I was put under and the procedure ended up being about 2 hours long vs 30 minutes. They are out, so hoping I never have to do that again. I was in a soft cast for about two weeks and I still don't have my flexibility back in either my wrist or fingers. So fun!
I also went in for more blood work and it all came back CLEAR! I am now about 1.5 years out. In September I will have another full body scan and if all goes well I can move to yearly scans instead of every 6 months. I am very excited about this!
The wedding plans are coming along well. Brent and I are getting more and more excited about our big day.....more to come!
Here are a few highlights....
I had two cysts removed from my left hand. I have one on my wrist and the second on the palm of my hand, the base of my middle finger. I was under the impression the procedure would be pretty simple, 30 minutes tops. Lets just say I was completely wrong! Here is a little picture of what I had going on:
The ganglion cyst got its nickname of "Bible cyst" because back in the old days, the cure for one was for the doctor to whack your wrist with a bible while you held your hand or wrist flat on a table. I just had family members hit it instead. Needless to say, this caused some bigger issues when the surgeon went to take it out. I was put under and the procedure ended up being about 2 hours long vs 30 minutes. They are out, so hoping I never have to do that again. I was in a soft cast for about two weeks and I still don't have my flexibility back in either my wrist or fingers. So fun!
I also went in for more blood work and it all came back CLEAR! I am now about 1.5 years out. In September I will have another full body scan and if all goes well I can move to yearly scans instead of every 6 months. I am very excited about this!
The wedding plans are coming along well. Brent and I are getting more and more excited about our big day.....more to come!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
TWO YEARS!
Two years ago, I was sitting in Dr. Berman's office being asked if I came to my visit alone. The day I heard words I had never heard in reference to myself "Lymphoma, tumor board, chemotherapy" One thing I know for sure is that the body is an amazing thing. If you chose to beat something (or someone) and set your mind to it, it will happen. I hear about those victories every day.
These past two years seem like forever ago and like they didn't happen (does that make sense?) I beat cancer, bought a house, became an aunt, got engaged....so many good things have happened, its hard to reflect and feel sad. I am more empowered! When things truly get hard in life, the true support networks step forward. You know you aren't alone and that is something I treasure more then anything else.
Today I celebrate the Cancer survivors as well as give strength to the ones that need it. You can beat this and you will!
These past two years seem like forever ago and like they didn't happen (does that make sense?) I beat cancer, bought a house, became an aunt, got engaged....so many good things have happened, its hard to reflect and feel sad. I am more empowered! When things truly get hard in life, the true support networks step forward. You know you aren't alone and that is something I treasure more then anything else.
Today I celebrate the Cancer survivors as well as give strength to the ones that need it. You can beat this and you will!
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