In-between Raindrops

Taking a walk on the Clear Creek Trail one crisp February morning two days after it snowed and two hours before it rained all afternoon. Good timing!

RENTED

Snow Take #3

This scene is starting to look all too familiar this winter. However, this time the sun is shining, BUT the wind is blowing the snow and the outside temperature without the wind chill is 27 degrees. Chicago is 40, let's go there with the Seahawks, shall we????

GO SEAHAWKS!

Go Seahawks!

Beat Dallas in the playoffs today.

The flag at the top of the Space Needle is the 12th man flag representing the Seattle fans.

"D" Day

It's January 5th and I am officially DONE with Radiation!!!!
YIPPEE!!! As a trophy of finishing, or maybe a souvenir, they let me take my mask home!


Here I am with my mask on, looking quite glamorous if I say so myself!




Here I am with my mask off looking more normal and happy to be done!

Done for Now

DONE FOR NOW! Y-I-P-P-E-E

Here We Go Again.........

Yes, this is our front lawn today, December 23rd!

White Thanksgiving!

White Christmas!

Sure hope we have a White New Years :)

DOWNHILL NOW!!!!

TO CELEBRATE THE HALFWAY POINT OF MY RADIATION TREATMENTS, I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY BEING A BLONDE!

Friday Ferry

Friday ferry ride.................

Can you find me?????????????

Olympic Mtns

The weather has finally cleared up enough so we can see the beautiful Olympic Mountains to the west.

Road Closed?

We thought it was strange that we didn't get our newspaper this morning. Turns out our road is closed. Hmmmm.............



On our way home this afternoon we passed this snow plow FINALLY doing something about our street.

Sunrise

A most magnificent sunrise this morning....of course it is only 19 degrees out!

Kol is shoveling the driveway in hopes that the car will slide out easier today. This is actually this worst part.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
It's COLD out here!!!!!!

White Thanksgiving

This is the scene outside our living room window about 8 am this morning and the snow has been falling continuously. Button isn't quite so sure she likes being the first to put her paw prints out there.

Wonderful Thanksgiving

A small intimate gathering with the most delicious food was enjoyed in front of the roaring fire while raindrops fell silently outside. We each expressed our thanks for good health and being together. All very meaningful for this Thanksgiving.

The Best Place

This is the reason I go to Seattle every day....they are the best!!!!!

Sighting

Submarine sighting while on our ferry ride to Seattle. Unusual, but not unheard of in these parts since it was going to the shipyard in Bremerton.

Notice the BLUE SKY!!!!!!

Day 1

Here we are on the Bremerton ferry returning home from DAY 1 of the radiation treatments with 32 left to go. It is only a 5 1/2 hour round trip, but well worth it for the healing to happen. The ferry on the left is actually going to Bainbridge Island and in the center of the picture is the famous Seattle Space Needle.

Today was beautiful with blue skies, sun and dry roads as opposed to yesterday which was very windy and pouring all day and the water had many white caps!

I AM B-A-C-K ! ! ! !

Two weeks after my surgery and I AM BACK HOME and it feels s-o-o-o-o-o G-O-O-O-O-O-D !!!!!!!

I traded in the robe for the hat and I'm ready for the next phase of this little adventure.

I'm feeling great and progressed so well through the rehabilitation phase that I was discharged a day early. We start our daily ferry commutes tomorrow with the official kick-off of radiation treatments beginning Thursday. Apparently Wednesday is the "test" run. I'm willing to make the extra trip to make sure they get it right!

While I don't recommend having a brain tumor, I strongly recommend you travel from anywhere in the country to the UW Medical Center in Seattle to have it removed. They are the MOST INCREDIBLE TEAM! WHEW! I'm so lucky!

On the Road to HEALTH

The robe is done and we are now on the road to good health.