What it looked like in Montana in late December: The view from the house: Tuley’s Snow Adventures, or, How to Tucker Out your Terrier: Amusements in zero-degree weather: Snow jumping keeps you warm(er): 1. Frosty Redfoot. 2. Driving home: turkeys obey no traffic laws: It sure is beautiful there. Cold, Continue Reading
December 2008
Snowglee
I’m going through the Montana pictures and videos and thought you’d enjoy watching Tuley’s first foray in her homemade snow booties. She hadn’t been out of the house for three days for more than a minute at a time because of the cold, and she was ecstatic, if somewhat tractionless. Continue Reading
roller coaster
In the end the news was all good, but it was a bit of a rocky road yesterday morning getting there. Val’s scan was December 19. Friday tests are a drag because you don’t get the results till Monday. This was Val’s first scan since chemo ended so we couldn’t Continue Reading
Terrisue called
at 7:00am this morning. “Your scan looks fine” We will know more details when we get to talk to the doctor. val
In Montana, doing fine
Hi all, Just a quick note from a wifi cafe in Eureka, Montana to say that we made it out of Portland (despite some hairy conditions on I-84) and safely to Montana in one loooooong day last Saturday. It was -18 when we arrived and snowing beautifully. (Hey, does anyone Continue Reading
PDX snow!
Snow! Snow in Portland! Crazy! We skibbled out into it. Some of us stuck our faces in. We did not make this broccoli-nosed snowbeast, but isn’t she cute? Val had her two-months-after-hardcore-chemo CAT scan this morning; we should have the results by phone Monday. Our basic status: emotionally all over Continue Reading
I got my hair i got my dog i got my eyebrows i got my sunshine i got life life life
Ack! i feel so much better!
It’s crazy to have this much gumption. To realize that i could do anything. really anything any mostly upright human adult could do. anything… I didn’t see it coming but this is a lot of pressure. What should i do? I should do it all– now. I should work on Continue Reading
silhouetted against the light
Hello friends! Life’s been busy of late so I’m afraid we’ve sadly neglected you. Here’s a quick survey of recent Deb ‘n’ Val highlights: My trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, with my mother and sister was a balm and a delight. We immersed ourselves in art, color, music and sunshine and returned Continue Reading