good news....good good news...

good news today...ginny's cancer is behaving and it is contained in her abdomen...it is quietly sleeping...no cancer in her lungs...we are celebrating!

here is my beautiful ginny...

p.s. house renovating almost done...will have pics and an update soon!

renovation is happening...full speed ahead...friends scott and brad helped out and the walls are up...

framing for the new closet for the master bedroom

hanging rock!

new entrance into the closet

the wood stove was once here...now the shell of our new entertainment built-in...

the new wall in the living room...the closet is on the other side...








next week the mudding and taping pro will do his thing...then we will prep the floors...the second week of october the painter will arrive and then in late october the floors go in and the new furniture arrives...woo hoo!

renovation renovation renovation

we started ripping apart our house...the plans are ambitious...but we are well on our way...

















reno began with the bathroom...we love it

the next project (living/bedroom) started with taking out the closet between the living room and our bed room....

then the wood stove came out...

the flooring was next...

the new flooring is waiting for the new construction and painting to be done...

we purchased new furniture this past weekend...we are anticipating the finished product...

we will post again once the walls are up....woo hoo

breathing easier

well we met with dr. peethambaram and ALL of ginny's fungal and bacterial tests have come back negative...confirming dr. p's first response to the "spots" in the lungs...it is simply inflammation caused by the 6 rounds of chemo and is not an infection...so ginny has been taking steroids for the past two weeks...at her check up this week her lung x-rays are showing improvement...ginny is coughing less... september 20th we go again for a CT scan...to check on the lungs and also to take a look at the original cancer sites and make sure that they are behaving...ginny feels good and is looking great...

to change the subject completely...i started teaching at riverland community college this week...I AM LOVING IT!  it feels really great to be there...in 1996 i decided that i wanted to teach at the college level and after 8 years of college and an additional 6 years of waiting after getting my master's degree...here i am...i am so glad that i am liking it...it would stink if i didn't given the time waiting....

i am teaching introduction to sociology, cultural diversity and sexuality and relationships...i have to say that my favorite class is Sexuality and Relationships...so much fun!
kirsten

goose down

my beautiful ginny...