It has been a while since I have updated. Life has certainly changed a lot in the last couple of months. The First week of January, my mom was diagnosed with Uterine cancer. That is the one thing in life that I fear the most...cancer! All my life, we have had to deal with Cancer in our family *on my dad's side*. First, my dad's grandma passed away from ovarian Cancer when I was in middle school (she was the best great grandma) , second my dad's sister, my aunt Susan passed away from breast Cancer when I was in High school, it just took over her life, then my dad's mom (the greatest grandma in the world) passed away from Leukemia when I was in college. Then to hear that My own mom has Cancer....It was one of the hardest things that I have ever had to deal with, besides losing all my loved ones. See in my family, we never had a good experience when someone said that they had cancer...they have all passed away from it...It kills in my family. However, The LORD came through and blessed my mom. See, uterine cancer is a good kind to get, because there is a 96% success rate. It is very very very curable. My mom went in a couple weeks ago and had a complete hysterectomy done. At the same time my mom was having surgery, her mother, my Grandma J, was being released from the hospital because she had a knee replacement on Monday, and mom's surgery was on a Thursday of the same week. My mom's surgery was very quick and thorough. She had the best (and cutest Oncologist) ever. When we got her labs back the next week, they said that they had been able to get all of the cancer out and that she was CANCER FREE!!!!! We were are very relieved. She is recovering at home until the middle of March, and then will go back to work. She has be off work for at least 6 weeks, but more like 8 weeks. Because they were able to get all of the cancer out, she only has to get check every 3 months for two years, and if she is still clean then, every 6 months for 2 years after that. No radiation, and no chemo!! Praise the Lord!

My Grandma is recovering at home as well, and will be off work for a few more weeks as well. God has been working His wonders!

Through all of these things that have been happening, Dan had lost a job again and started a new one (Praise God). I also had an MRI done a week before my mom's surgery, and we got the news on what was wrong with me the day after her surgery. See, I had been having excruciating back pain that was sending my to the emergency room, well, we found out that I have degenerating discs in my back as well as arthritis. So I am currently to Physical Therapy two times a week to strengthen my back so I hopefully will not have to have surgery. It Hurts all the time, so they are helping that with medications (that don't work, I might add:() as well as the therapy. I have to see my back Dr. every month. We are just taking this one step at a time right now, I have a 10 lbs weight limit, I can't lift anything over that and am restricted to walking, and the bike at the gym, and have a list of things I can't do and how to sit, stand, move and very specific exercises that I have to do at home. Working with toddlers at work isn't helping my back they said, but until they tell me I have to changed careers that is not going to stop me,because I love my job!! My co-teacher and I just work around what I can't do. Until they can get a set of stairs for me to help the kids walk up to the changing table, Stephanie has been great and lifting them up there for me! God definitely put her in my life! She is a great person!!! God will take care of this as well. Like He does everything.

that is life right now, Life as I know it anyway

That is all right now, that is what Life has brought us anyway. Dan and i are doing great! Just trying to make the most out of everything, We have definitely had a rocky first year to our marriage, but we talk everything through with each other, and prayer, and just try to take everything one step at a time. That's life!

It has been a long time since I last wrote so this is going to be a long one....you ready to read??

Here goes!

Life has been very crazy for Dan and I lately. In September, Dan lost his job.  I Turned 26 in October, Which Dan and I were both sick with the stomach flu on. Not the best birthday I have ever had but no big deal...Dan and I were together so I am thankful.  I have been loving my job still so that is good.  I have been sick with something just about every couple of weeks since about September.  Which has been very expensive.  Dan is still no working expect off and on with my father doing construction work, which the money helps a great deal because I don't make a lot working as a toddler teacher.  He has been looking for a job, it is just hard to find one right now. Especially with insurance.  I have been having some medical problems lately and have to go to my gynecologist in a couple months for a follow up appointment so she can run some tests to make sure that the problems that I have been having aren't because of ovarian cancer.  They don't think that it is but I have it in my family and the problems I am having are symptoms of it, so they have to check. 

I was also taken to the hospital Last Sunday morning.  I woke up about 3:15am with a slight back pain and had to go to the bathroom, well as soon as I was done, my slight back pain went to excruciating back, side, and stomach pain.  Dan called my mom because sometimes when I get really sick I go into a panic attack and can't breathe and he thought that it might be part of it, when she realized that it wasn't a panic attack causing the pain, they took my to the emergency room.  Now it was 4:30am and they gave me something that was 10X's stronger than morphine, so I was feeling good.  They took my for a C-T Scan and they couldn't find anything except blood in my urine.  They said that I had been passing kidney stones the past week and apparently when I pasted the last one that is when the pain came.  It was Horrible.  Everyone I have talked to says that it is worse then childbirth.  OUCH!!  Well, we still don't feel that they were kidney stones because I didn't see anything and it never hurt until sunday.  My back is still in a lot of pain.  So I am on medicine for that, but when I don't take it, it is painful.  I have no refills and am almost out, so we aren't sure what we are going to do. 

My car has not been working for a while now.  It shakes a lot when your foot is on the break.  We have spent $700 fixing what we thought would take care of it and it is still not working, so we took it to another guy and they found that I had two recalls on my car in the last year and we never got anything about them.  One of them causes rough idling (which is what my car is doing) so we have an appointment at Saturn on Tuesday....They ARE going to fix it for free, and we are going hopefully get them to pay for the $700 we already put into it.  I will NEVER buy another Saturn car in my life!  I have only had this car for 3 years in Feb and have spent about $5000 on it already getting it fixed since I bought it.  

For good news: there is this couple that is getting rid of a 1 1/2 year of shit-tzu male.  He is a brindled color (white, tan, brown, black)  He has his shots, he is nudered, and is up to date on everything.  They are giving him to us for free.  We laughed at his name because it is......MR. BOJANGLES!!!   LOL Bo for short but, yea that is what they named him.  It is a great great deal, because we don't have to pay anything for him. They are giving us his big bag of food, leash, toys, crate....everything!   We get him tomorrow, so we are excited.  That is the one good thing that has happened since i last wrote other than I am alive and Dan and I are doing fantastic.  I am greatful to God and Praise Him for all the Blessings that He has given us.