New Blogger Page

Check out my new blog at www.journeylandjudy.blogspot.com

You Will Always Be in My Heart, Mama

Mama passed away Friday April 13, 2007 from a courageous battle against mesothelioma cancer.

Mesothelioma is an extremely rare form of cancer and even rarer to be found in women. It lies dormant in the body for as many as 30 - 50 years from first exposure to asbestos.

Once symptoms present it is generally too late to do anything. A person is given 6 to 12 months to live. Mom was diagnosed in Oct. of '06 and died 6 months later. It is such a devastating disease on a person that i want no one to go through the pain and agony of watching your loving mother leave this world too early like i did.

Visit the following site to learn more:

http://www.marf.org

Spread the word about Mesothelioma Cancer and get educated so we can get more research funding, which lags far behind other cancers.

I miss you Mama, I ache for your sweet smile and warm hugs and just being there when i needed you. Nathan and I will be looking for you in the stars!

New Blogger, A More Recent Post

Wow, think i like the new and improved Blogger. This is me when i was working , oh the fun i had with those kids, teaching them sports they've never heard of and trying to instill in them the importance of being active for life.

I will cherish every day i was able to teach and be there because it was truly the only job i have ever had where i loved to come to work every day. I was lucky to have experienced the art of teaching, and i think i was pretty good at it, Nana would be happy.

Little man is now 2 years and 3 months and steadily talking, jibberish one minute, english another and spanish thanks to Dora the Explorer, his favorite show next to Diego. The left pic is an updated one of us taken a couple of weeks ago.

So many things have changed in '07. Jorge is working for a new company and we finally have stability and are able to save for things. We can probably put the addition we have been dreaming of sooner than we think. The vision of the b&b is now feeling like a reality.

CP is at bay and has been since jan.15, my last visit. Knocking on wood, crossing fingers, saying prayers and anything else to extend my time.

Hot Fun in the Summertime!

Nathan loves the slide at Nanny and Papa's. We have been enjoying the sun and plan on taking a trip in August to Canaan Valley. Both Mom's are healing well and we sure hope they feel better soon.

Snap On, Snap Off......The Snapper!

This guy came out of the woods when we took our golf cart ride on the back of the farm this morning. Elly jumped off the golf cart and immediately ran towards him. He reared back on a fours, stuck his long neck out and snapped at her! She yiped and was lucky he didn't bite her nose off. He was a good size alligator snapper, too, well over a foot long and with dried mud all on the top of his shell. Check out those claws on his left leg. Nathan looked at him in amazement from the cart, pointing at him and babbling in baby talk. I took these pics from a good distance with the zoom lens. We then left him to venture on to the pond, I'm certain.

Saturday on the Mower

Haven't posted in a while because of my other blog page on yahoo 360. This was taken yesterday, Nathan loves the lawnmower and climbs right up in it with on problem. We cut the back field Friday and he sat right there with me the entire hour of cutting. Saturday he attended an outing at Barrett's Landing. They had booths of crafts, books, games, and seed planting cups. They even had a storytime for the kids, Curious George was there, too. He will certainly get more out of it next year I think. He could stay outside all day and is always asking to go o-u-t!

Monday Monday

Haven't posted in a while because I have been using my yahoo 360 page since the pics load up so much quicker. You can reach that page by going to journeyland's profile link on the right. Nathan had his checkup friday and got the mmr/chickenpox vaccine so he had a long weekend. He's doing better. Looking forward to the warmer weather near the end of the week so we can get out and play!