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Published on June 09, 2025 09:16

Reflections

I love taking images and making reflections in water!

I’m off to get some protein drinks for my very bad, awful, terrible, horrible day on Tuesday. I’m starting chemo again today at the rate of 400 mg, that made me so sick when I first went into the hospital at the end of February. I’m hoping it won’t be as bad this time, but I don’t really have much faith that it won’t.

Have a great one!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on June 08, 2025 05:01

Red Eared Slider Turtles

I have two days of medical appointments now, and I feel bad. I hate feeling this way all the time. I managed to read 7 chapters of Protecting the White Bear last night after my granddaughter left. I hope to have it done by Sunday.

Hope your day is super fun!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on June 05, 2025 05:08

Bottlenose Turtle

I took my grandson to feed the turtles Sunday. The turtle was the only one at first. He’s soooo big. My grandson was tossing one food out at a time, and the fish were getting them first. lol

I finally convinced him to toss out a few handfuls and then the red-eared sliders joined him.

Yesterday was a rough day at the hospital and I feel terrible today. Today I have my granddaughter staying over and we’re reading “Agatha Parrot and the Odd Street School Ghost” right now.

Next we’re shipping books and need to sign her up for the library reading program.

We need to eat and then I’m ready to go back to bed. Lol

Have a great day!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on June 03, 2025 07:09

A Male Robin on our Walk

The female was nearby but I couldn’t get a good shot of her. With all the rain, they’re happily eating worms.

I had my grandson overnight until this evening. More storms are coming then. We fed the turtles at the pond, but it was 96 and too hot. Not even halfway around the pond, he said we had walked enough. lol He’s 4 now. But we managed to go all around it so that we could feed the turtles on the other side.

While he’s playing with his dinosaurs and watching Trolls, I’m trying to read a little of Protecting the White Bear. Tomorrow will be a long day. So will Thursday and Friday.

Every week gets closer to Stem Cell Transplant Day though.

Hope your day is going great!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on June 01, 2025 12:49

These are My Darkest Daylilies

Aren’t they beautiful!

So, after blood draws and such, I’ve been bringing my granddaughter to my house so we can read about Oscar, the 11-year-old boy who survived the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. She was so absorbed in it that she read 3 chapters to me instead of two yesterday. We did an overnighter. We would always do them once a month, and I want to do that before I’m hospitalized, and then the 100 days start with constant care for me after the stem cell transplant. I don’t know when I will be able to see the kids after that.

She’s been reading other books — working on the bingo card for school —and on Monday, we can start the reading challenge at the library. I still want to sign her up for Barnes & Noble like I do every year, and HEB. She also read for her Girl Scout patch. We’ve been doing math, spelling words, and reading comprehension, and then we pick out one movie to watch afterward. We also fed the turtles the day before.

So next week I have 3 grueling days of testing, biopsy, etc, and so for June, I will have her on Tuesday and a sleepover and all day Wednesday.

We ended up going to the library yesterday and picked up 19 books for $15. They’re beautiful books too. I’m having my grandson overnight tonight and then all day Sunday, before the grueling Monday. But I have so much fun with the grandkids, and they love coming to my house, so if we can, he and I will go to the library too.

I’m still working on getting Protecting the White Bear ready for publication, and I’ve managed to write some more on Wolf Heir.

Okay, I’m off to reread Protecting the White Bear before I have dinner with the kids and bring my grandson home to spend the night and all the next day!

Have a super duper fun day!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on May 31, 2025 05:09

Playday with my Grandson Today!

In between treatments and such and when I’m feeling well enough, I’m trying to see the grandkids before another hospitalization. I did that with my granddaughter last week and will on Wed and Fri coming up since I have no medical appointments and she’s out of school. We’ll be doing reading and math and having fun. Maybe trips to the pool, though I can’t get in and I need to stay out of the sun because of the chemo.

But my grandson is in daycare now full time, so I’m having him over for the day today. We’ll do fun worksheet activities, a stepping stone game for balance, maybe a kid’s exercise program, a nap, lunch, and an ice cream treat! Oh, and reading tons of books, of course.

I’m off to get some more proofing done on Protecting the White Bear before he’s dropped off.

Have a fun day too!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on May 25, 2025 05:47

Chives in the Garden

This one flowered. I planted two boxes full and they are doing great. They’re delicious on eggs and mashed or baked potatoes and a variety of other dishes.

I’ve been scheduled for the stem cell transplant for later in June. Yay! But I have to go through all kinds of chemo and get a new biopsy, replace my 2 line picc with a 3 line one (NOT looking forward to either), do all kinds of other rigorous testing, sulfa treatment for 10-12 hours one day and blood draws all day long that day, and then another day of sulfa treatment and then finally be admitted, another week of chemo, then do the stem cell transplant. Then no chemo after that while the stem cells hopefully begin to grow.

But it means constant trips to Houston once I’m released from the hospital for bloodwork and such for 100 days. I have to be with someone 24/7 to make sure I’m okay. So it’s not going to be a picnic.

In the meantime, I’m proofing Protecting the White Bear and hope to publish it before things get tooooooo wild.

Hope your day is filled with joy!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on May 24, 2025 05:52

Another Giant Daylily in Bloom

I love how they bloom all summer and through the fall.

Another long day at the hospital in Houston yesterday. It throws off the myriad of pills schedule I have to keep up with–can’t eat with these for two hours before or after, have to eat with these. Have to take these 12 hours apart.

I lost another 2 lbs. They say not to. Don’t diet. Don’t lose weight. But it’s impossible not to.

I’m off to run errands, and then I’ll dedicate the rest of the day to proofing Protecting the White Bear.

Hope your day is swell!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Published on May 23, 2025 05:57

Fuchsia Salvia

Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees love them!

Well, I’ve had two days of being at the hospital–which means, hours and hours and hours. They gave me an infusion to try to boost my immune system to fight this cold, like normal people have on Monday.

They’re starting me on cycle 3 of chemo on Thursday which means a bunch of more hours at the hospital in Houston. The good news is that the micro cancer cells in the bone marrow from cycle 1 went from 760 to 7 in cycle 2. Woohoo!

Today, my granddaughter is graduating from her 2nd grade. Afterwards, she can be off from school, so we’re doing our grandma-granddaughter special day. They don’t actually get out of school for good until Friday. I’m taking her to get chicken nuggets for lunch, a grocery run, and a trip to the ice cream parlor. Then we’ll go home and play games. I miss doing all the things we usually do together, our once-a-month sleepovers and all the other fun stuff.

Sunday, I’m having my grandson come over for the day, and I’ll take him to have ice cream too. He’s been wanting to stay overnight so bad. But I think we’ll do the day visit. We’ll read books and do fun activity sheets, eat 2nd breakfast, lunch, he can take a nap, I can take a nap, the dogs can take a nap, and then get up and do some more fun stuff.

Hope your day is going great!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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