New Collection available soon!

This past week I have been thinking how blessed I am to have such wonderful girlfriends in my life! Anisa, my best friend from high school has been an invaluable source of support for me even though she is so far away. Kim, is always there to help whether it be to vent or helping out with the boys when we're in the hospital. And Amy, my next door neighbor, is so awesome! In honor of these ladies I'm working on a new collection, The Girlfriends Collection!

So far I only have 1 kits done, but I really think I'm not going to have a hard time breezing through the others since I know each of them and their personalities. The Girlfriends Collection will be available only at TSG.

Tomorrow is our appointment with the surgeon to see of they will be able to take a biopsy of Ragan's new tumor and we will set the surgery date.

Kim and I have made a date for Wed. night to go out and paint the town and let off a little steam! I'm so excited! I'll try to take some pictures, although, I really hate taking my camera out with me LOL, I'm always afraid I'll get drunk and lose it somewhere LOL! Here's a small preview of the first kit.
Girlfriends Collection -Michelle

Oh how I have neglected this poor little blog!

I'm sorry to the 2 or 3 readers that I have LOL! There has been so much going on that I haven't had time to breathe let alone try to put my feelings down. No scrapping news today, just Real Life Drama LOL.

The doctors have taken us on a real rollercoaster ride the past 2 weeks! On the 5th they told us that Ragan would be having a Bone Marrow Transplant, so we got the ball rolling and had already met with the transplant team several times, had her stem cell harvest all scheduled, and even bought a plane ticket for my mother-in-law to come and stay with us during the 2 months we would in the hospital. She had MRI & CT scans on the 8th, and I went in to discuss the results on the 13th assuming that everything would be the same as the last scans a month ago. Much to my surprise, they were not the same. It seems that while undergoing the last 2 chemo treatments a NEW tumor has grown. So, now the transplant is a nix, and we have no idea how we are going to treat her.

I'm trying really hard not to let everything get to me, but the longer this goes on, the harder it gets. I'm tired, and want to be done with all of this. But then I see Ragan so full of life and joy and I feel so crappy for even complaining. She is the one that has had to go through all of this, and she's done it every step of the way without complaining. She is such an amazing little girl! I sometimes think "how did this happen to us? How could God let this happen to my only little girl?" Then I realize that he also made her strong, happy and unbelievably loving so that she could endure all she's had to go through.

So, for all the mom's out there, when your kids are driving you insane, go somewhere quiet and really think about what your life would be without their special little personalities and characteristics that make them who they are!

What a day!

Ugh! So, yeah, I had a terrible day today. I woke up crabby as heck for no apparent reason, only to be rushed to the shower to get ready to take Gabe to the dentist to get his poor little teefers drilled lol. The dentist is 30 minutes away, and his appointment was at 10:30. At 9:30 I told Ragan & Gabe to get their shoes on while I finished blowing my hair out. I finally get done and it's 10:00 and I'm feeling so great that I actually got ready in time .... WRONG! Gabe is still barefoot.

ME: "where's your shoes?"
GABE: "ummm right here" (he's holding only 1 sandal)
ME: "where's the other one?"
GABE: "ummmm I think someone stole it!"
ME: "don't be ridiculous! where is your shoe? where did you take it off?"
GABE: "no really mommy! a monster came while you were in the shower and he took my shoe!"

Ok, now I'm getting mad! LOL I search high & low for the freaking thing .... it's has literally vanished from the face of the earth! In the mean time my precious driving time is ticking away insuring that I'll be late. So I go into the closet, dig out his sneakers only to find that I can't find any socks which is bizarre since he hasn't worn any since spring! OK, no problem, let's raid big brother's drawer. Hmmm .... no socks there either. What's a girl to do?? I went to look in Ragan's drawer. She has socks out the wazoo! Only thing is, she doesn't own any white socks LOL they are all pink or purple or have flowers or hearts. Guess what? Macho man Gabe wore pink socks today!!

The dentist appointment went well, but the whole shoe/sock episode just threw my whole day off kilter & I couldn't seem to get it back! The kids were supposed to clean their rooms when they got home, but of course that didn't happen so I spent all afternoon nagging & I HATE that!

I'm going to curl up in bed & pull the covers over my head and hope that tomorrow's a better day.