The Poem on the Picture Reads:5 things on my to do list:
1. Laundry
2. Dishes
3. Clean Living Room
4. Grocery Shopping
5. Pack for camping next weekend =]
5 jobs I've had:
(IN ORDER)
1. Cashier at Sam Goody
2. Courtesy Clerk at Fry's Food & Drug
3. Photo Clerk at Osco Drug (now CVS/Pharmacy...I was there for 5 years!)
4. Teller for Wells Fargo Bank
5. Currently, I'm a Recovery Assistant for Drive Time. You don't pay your car payment? I send someone to get your car. =]
5 Places I have lived:
(Ok, I'm gonna do this the short way--because I'll type all day if I do details)
1. California
2. Maine
3. Massachussetts
4. Utah
5. Arizona
5 Favorite snacks:
1. Fruit (melons, mostly)
2. Popcorn (butter and salt!)
3. Captain Crunch (lol I'm currently obsessed)
4. Brownies
5. Applesauce =]
5 thing I would do if I was a billionaire:
1. Pay off all our bills
2. Buy both of us new cars
3. Buy a house
4. Give to the church
5. Go on a vacation!!!
I TAG-
1. Kimber
2. Danyelle
3. Amy
4 & 5 whoever wants to!
How to play this game. Post these rules on your blog: List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names
3 JOYS-
1. My Husband
2. My Family (all of 'em!!)
3. My Friends
3 FEARS-
1. I'm terrified of spiders. Mostly tarantulas (I just got chills typing that). They can be alive or dead, fake or real, on tv or in pictures or right in front of me--I WILL burst into tears and try to get as far away as physically possible.
2. I am scared of heights.
3. I am scared of being unsuccessful. Terrified of not having a career.
3 GOALS-
1 To be Sealed in the Temple to Clint
2. To always be financially stable.
3. To eventually someday buy a house
3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS-
1. The Food Netword =P <3
2. Weddings =P
3. Decorating my kitchen. I've decided to do rustic-y USA stuff. =]
3 RANDOM FACTS-
1. I like to try to scrapbook--I'm not very good at it though.
2. I would love to make a career out of wedding photography. I love, love, love taking pictures.
3. Clint and I met on MySpace.com
I TAG-
1. Kimber
2. Danyelle
3. Amy (you can do this on your myspace blog since you don't have a blog)
4-5. Anyone else who wants to because I don't know of anyone else who I think would do it.
As everyone knows, Fred was diagnosed with cancer a few short weeks ago. This morning, at around 7:15 am, he left this earth, and is sleeping with the Angels now. Thank you all for keeping my family in your prayers. Please continue to do so, we need strength. We all loved him so much, and though we know he's happier and in a much better place, we still miss him so much. Not certain on funeral arrangements yet, but we know that he wouldn't have wanted his loved ones standing around his grave sobbing. We're thinking of having a party to celebrate his life. He would have liked it. =]
Fred had a good day today. Its days like this that renews our hope. He's very soft spoken right now, and my mom has to put her ear right by his mouth so that she can hear him. She has to do the same right next to his ear when she's talking to him. This morning, right after she woke up and before she got dressed or anything, he wanted water. She said something to him, and he said "Babe, I love you...but your breath kinda stinks!" LOL! I'm glad his humor is still sometimes intact.
He's no longer capable of making his own decisions. The other day, the family decided not to go forward with radiation treatments. They're not going to help, so why bother? The doctors were willing to try Gamma Knife Radiation surgery, but he's no longer a candidate, due to more blood surfacing around his brain tumor on friday. It wasn't a decision they came to lightly. They're thinking of his best interests now. They're keeping him medicated so that they can keep him comfortable. They're trying to get him transferred to the hospital up in Mariposa, because he wants to go home. My mom hasn't heard anything about that in two days. We're praying for that to happen. Praying for his comfort. They upped his steroid dosage, which reduces the swelling in his head. My mom said its helped immensely, which we're grateful for. His family was visiting today, and they were all swapping stories and memories, and he was chiming in with his own. Its nice that he's still got some of his memory. :)
That's the update for now. Clint and I are well and good. :) Please keep praying for my family. The prayers are helping, I can feel it. We're more at peace with the inevitable. Thanks so much for remembering us, thinking of us. It means so much. I love you all.
I snagged this from Danyelle :)
Basics
1. Who is your man? Clinton Owen
2. How long have you been together? 28 months (just over two years)
3. Dating/Engaged/Married? Dated for 22 months, engaged for 4 months, married for almost two :)
4. How old is your man? 23
You or your man?
1. Who eats more? Definitely Clint
2. Who said "I love you" first? Clint. We'd only been together for two weeks! But we talked online and on the phone for about 2 months, so it felt like we were together before we'd even met. :)
3. Who weighs more? Clint
4. Who sings better? Well, we both sing. But he refuses to let people hear him, and I have a terrible solo voice. I'll say Clint
5. Who's Older? I am! By 3 months
6. Who's smarter? We are both very smart but in completely different things
7. Who's temper is worse? I'd say mine. I get irritated very easily. Clint keep his cool. He's definately an example for me.
8. Who does the laundry? I do
9. Who does the dishes? I do
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
11. Who's feet are bigger? Clint's. They're HUGE
12. Who's hair is longer? Mine
13. Who's better with the computer? hmm...that's a toss-up. We're both very smart about different things.
14. Who mows the lawn? no lawn :)
15. Who pays the bills? I do
16. Who cooks dinner? Me
17. Who drives when you are together? Kinda depends. Usually Clint.
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? Usually me, just because Clint leaves his wallet at home. :p
19. Who's the most stubborn? Wow, we both are LOL
20. Who is the first one to admit when they're wrong? Me. LOL! Clint is VERY stubborn and "rarely" wrong :p
21. Who's parents do you see more? We see Clint's mom a lot. Especially lately-our AC keeps pooping out and we've been staying at her house at least once a week for the past month. :p My parents live out in Apache Junction-really not that far...but with gas prices so high, we can't go out there all the time.
22. Who named your dog? No dog, just 2 cats. I had them before I met Clint.
23. Who kissed who first? Clint kissed me first. We'd talked on the phone about how it felt like we were already dating, and at the end of our first date, he asked "So, are we-or aren't we?" I'd like to say that I scared him and made him sweat it out, but I liked him so much that I was like, "Oh, we totally are!" and then he kissed me :)
24. Who asked who out? I'll say he did, because he initiated contact first.
25. What did you do? He picked me up, and as soon as I got into the car, the Spice Girls blared through the speakers. I laughed so hard, and he insisted that it was his sisters' cd. :p We went to Applebees for dinner, where I ordered this Orange chicken bowl, and he ordered a SIDE of mashed potatoes. LOL. Then, we went and saw the movie Firewall. Before the movie began, he started tickling me, and I fought to get away, and kicked the lady that was in front of us in the head! We held hands through the entire movie, and then he took me home. :)
26. Who's more sensitive? Me!! I'm like, hyper-emotional
27. Who's taller? Clint by almost a foot!
28. Who has more friends? well, Clint knows a lot more people. He's still really close with friends from high school though. I've (unfortunately) grown apart from my best friend. We have a lot of the same friends now. His friends are fantastic! I love them all as my brothers/sisters. :)
29. Who has more siblings? Well, if you count only blood related siblings-then he does. 2 sisters and a brother. I have one brother. If you count step-siblings, then we have equal amounts. He's got 2 step-brothers, I have 4. :p
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? That's difficult. I'd like to say that I do, because I do the cooking, cleaning and paying of the bills. However, I think we have an equal hand in our relationship. We find a common ground, and don't try to outdo each other.
There's nothing they can do for Fred. Except to try to keep him comfortable in his last days. Which could be 4 days....could be 4 months. We just don't know. They're going to start radiation on monday or tuesday, because Fred wants them to do everything they can to prolong his life-which is completely understandable. He realizes that its not going to save him...but he would like to have as much time as possible with his family. Today is a bad day for him. He didn't sleep much at all last night, due to a headache. He's got a lot of morphine in his system. He's pretty out of it. We're hoping that its due to the morphine and not because the brain tumor is progressing so rapidly. I talked to my mom today and she finally broke down and just started sobbing. I feel so completely helpless. It breaks my heart to hear her crying like that, knowing that I can't be there to comfort her. I keep praying that the Lord will grant him just a little more time, but on the same hand it seems so selfish of me to do that when he's in pain. I know that everything happens for a reason, but this still feels like its so unfair. Why Fred? Why does it have to happen to my family? I know that we're not given more than we can handle, and that my family will pull through this, stronger than ever. Its just so hard to see my mother in so much pain while trying to be so strong for her husband. Right now, we're taking it just one day at a time. The doctors did tell us there would be good days and bad days, so we keep that in mind. We're just praying for his comfort, and for the Lord to Bless us with comfort as well.
Today I sent him a "care package": A big fluffy fleece 49ers blanket, a pair of fuzzy 49ers dice (to hang from his IV pole, of course!) and a 49ers penant for the wall. He's a die-hard fan. (Poor choice of words, much?). I also blew up our family picture from my wedding, and framed. I'm hoping it will help him feel a little more comfortable in his last days.
Please keep praying for Fred, for his comfort in this time of pain. Please pray for the comfort of my family, to know that this is what the Lord wants. There's a reason for it. We don't know what that reason is, but maybe we're not meant to know.
Terminal. My family met with the Oncologist this evening and were told that Fred's cancer is terminal. Its in his kidneys, and its spread up into his chest. And there still is the tumor in his brain. They're meeting with a neurosurgeon tomorrow to see what their options are. Its not looking good though. Please keep praying. At the very least, our prayers will help him feel more comfortable.
Hi everyone. Thanks so much for all your prayers for my family during this difficult time. Fred had a biopsy yesterday and today the results came back cancerous. They're waiting for the oncologist (cancer specialist) to come and speak with them, so that they know exactly what form of cancer he has, as well as the course of action they plan to take. All of your prayers are greatly appreciated. Keep praying! =]
Today they did a full body CT-Scan on Ferd, and they discovered another mass in his kidney. Its definately tumors. They're pretty sure its cancer. BUT we won't know until after the Biopsy tomorrow. Good news is that he's still in good spirits. He's flirting with all of the nurses and teasing my mom, saying that she can't get rid of him that easily. :p May God Bless him and all the doctors caring for him. :)
Late last night, I received a text message from my mother, telling me that my stepdad was in the hospital. I called her to see what was up, and she told me that Ferd's equilibrium has been off for awhile now. I guess his dizziness got so bad that she took him to the ER. The hospital where they live isn't very big, but they did a CT-Scan, and decided it was serious enough that he needed to be transported down to Fresno. When they got there, they did another CT-Scan and an MRI. They discovered a mass in his brain, with fluid all around it. Its not looking good. They were waiting for the results back from the MRI before deciding whether or not to do a biopsy. We don't know if its cancerous or not. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for him. Any and all prayers for him would be very much appreciated. Hopefully, we'll know more soon......
