Life

We may have found our new house. it's right down the street from the school in Broadalbin and is just the right size with a little room to grow. Now we search for the best loan. Buying a house is pretty stressful. You have to figure out bills and cut down on shopping at Target. Everyone knows I LOVE TARGET!!!! We're anxious to get out of our apartment for many reasons

Reason number 1: Our neighbor is insane

The other day our 80 year old hag of a neighbor called animal control because she said our dog had too big of a collar. I don't even know what she's talking about. She's crazy. Animal control came and saw that there was nothing wrong and we have a perfectly happy even if very smelly dog. She starts yelling at anybody who even attempts to walk into my house whether they live here or not. She's a fruit cake and not my friend. That's right. I'm denying an 80 year woman my friendship
(Embarrassing story- Jinglebell ran away AGAIN and the same man from animal control was called and he brought her back to the house)

Reason number 2: We don't live in the same town that Hails goes to school in so we have to drive her everyday which isn't horrible but it would be nice if she could take the bus.

Reason number 3: Our landlord stinks. I had a river in my bathroom for about 3 months before he finally came and figured out the problem. (It was something with the upstairs neighbor's pipes) I had a problem with the furnace while Jake was deployed in the middle of the winter (it wasn't turning on) and he said he was sick and would get to it in a few weeks. I'm not a big fan of living like an Eskimo.

Reason number 4: The girls need their own rooms. Hails is getting older and needs her own space. If they were closer in age it wouldn't really be an issue, but Hails needs her space.

Reason number 5: It just seems like the next step in life. We're married. We have kids. We have a dog. Next is a house, right?

We went and looked at a house the other day and while we were outside talking with the realtor, Jake brought up the possibility of adding on a garage. I then said "If we had a garage, you would only use it to do your nudey stuff" Oops. I meant nerdy. After an uncomfortable silence by all and then me bursting out in laughter trying to explain that I meant to say nerdy, we all had a good laugh. I don't get out much. I really shouldn't try doing things like talking to adults.

Hails is doing well in school and in dance. She only took jazz last year and this year we added tap and she LOVES it. She's been acing all of her spelling tests and is even reading chapter books now. She's a big fan of Captain Underpants which kind of shocks me. I find it hard to believe she likes anything with the word underpants in the title but she does.

Lacey is talking more and more everyday She likes to come up next to me when I'm yell...I mean disciplining Hailey and copy everything I say and shake her little chubby finger at her. She informed us the other day that she has a princess butt. I guess that makes sense since she also tells us often that she is indeed a princess. 2 year olds are funny. She gets embarrassed when we laugh at her cuteness and runs off and slams her bedroom door. She's going to be a great teenager.....

I am a slacker

I guess it's about time I catch up since Jake has been home for over a month now! Let's see, where to start. Jake is obviously home and we're all loving it. He didn't go back to work until just this past Monday so I got used to having him here all the time. Lacey took a little while to really warm up to him but she's back to loving daddy when she's happy and mommy when she's a grump. Lucky me!
Hails started 3rd grade and she is doing really well. Her teacher is super nice and she isn't having any issues with reading this year. She even reads chapter books now. Captain Underpants is her favorite. I don;t care what she reads as long as she does it! OK, maybe I care a little but Captain Underpants is all right!
We have had the never ending cold at our house! It started with the girls, came back to Lacey and moved on to me and Jake got a little bit of it. Poor Lacey was coughing so hard she would throw up...every night. It wasn't fun. She ended up having an ear infection so after a few days of antibiotics she was a lot better. OOH! We have some big Lacey news. We are almost pacifier free. I know, I know she's over 2! I told myself I wouldn't let her have it after she turned 1 but she loved it so much! Now we've cut it down to bed time and she's been doing great! Next stop...potty training.
I got the results from my last procedure. I knew it wasn't cancer which is awesome but didn't bother to really listen to the rest. The biopsy they took had cells called CIN 3. I guess that's their grade or something. It's the grade right before cancer which is scary but it's not cancer so phew. Well, the cells went beyond the margins of the biopsy they took so November I get to go back and start the whole process over again. Yuck. At least Jake's home now.
We have been house hunting for about a month now. The area we want to live in is pretty expensive. You don't get a lot of bang for your buck. You don;t get much of anything. It's a small town but the school is fantastic so houses go pretty quick. There's been 2 or 3 that have for sale signs on them but when we call the sale is already pending. The search continues! We may have to settle for a town over with another decent school. As long as the girls don't have to go to school in Amsterdam, I'm happy.
I guess that's all the updates for now. Hopefully I'll have an update soon about our new house wherever it may be.

The results are in

and most people probably know them from facebook but I am cancer free! All of the biopsies once again came back high grade disease but they didn't extend past where they took the biopsies from which is great news. It's terrific news. It's completely awesome fantastic amazing news. It's any really exciting word you can think of kind of news. The nurse said it's one step under cancer so they have to keep a very close eye on it. In 3 months I go back for a colposcopy. In the mean time, I'll be doing a major change to my diet added as many cancer fighting fruits and veggies as I can and I'll be cutting out the loads of garbage I eat on a regular basis.
I love good news!!!!!!!

Waiting

makes me crazy. That is all. :)

No more biopsies! (mostly girl talk)

I had what is hopefully my last biopsy yesterday. This one was not NEARLY as bad as my last one. They were able to use lido-cane. All I felt was pressure. It was still very uncomfortable but not painful. I didn't even have horrendous cramps afterwords so everything went really well. It's a very odd experience that I would be perfectly OK with never doing again. It's a very very odd feeling to have to wait 7 to 10 days to 'know your fate" I guess you could say. The results of this have the potential of changing everything and that's just very odd to me. I guess they took a cone shaped piece of my cervix and if the diseased cells were all contained to the area they took then I just have to go back for a pap in 4 months. No big deal. Life can go back to normal with just a few extra Dr visits a year. I can deal with that. If the cells went FURTHER than the biopsy but still don't show cancer, I have to go back in 4 months and have another colposcopy. (NO NO NO!!!! I hate those)That also means I can't, well shouldn't have any more babies until everything starts coming back normal. However, I'm not really sure what they do when that happens. They can only take so much of my cervix. I didn't ask. I was choosing to only think positively that day. Of course there's always the chance that it could come back and show cancer but I'm trying not to think about that....all the time. It's a constant effort. So, in 7 to 10 days I'll know.

No news isn't good news. They just forgot to call

I gave in and called my Dr today for my biopsy results. Rather than feeling comforted, I'm scared....still. They showed high grade disease in ALL of the biopsies which isn't cancer, however does mean that I have to have ANOTHER deeper biopsy. The last one gave me the worst cramps ever known to mankind. I guess it showed disease in the glands or something too so they have to go deeper and make sure they aren't missing cancer. What the heck is disease? What does that even mean? I guess maybe it just means they're bad. SO, it wasn't horrible news. It just wasn't very reassuring. I thought that would be the last of it, I'd go in for the LEEP and be done. No such luck of course. However, they're going to do the biopsy and LEEP at the same time so as long as the biopsy comes back ok, I will be done and life can go back to normal.
I wish Jake was home. He is always so calm and so rational in any situation and it helps comfort me and balances out my irrational negativity. A couple more weeks, however after tomorrow, he'll lose his access to phones and computers because the new unit is there and they'll be turning in their keys. So, that stinks. My appointment is next Thursday. Wish me luck!!

biopsy

I had a biopsy today that was incredibly uncomfortable but luckily the whole procedure took under 10 minutes. I really love my new Dr a lot, even if my 10 minute procedure had a 2 hour wait. I should have the results in about a week and hopefully they'll come back OK. I know I'm going to have to have one more procedure but as long as it doesn't come back cancer I couldn't care less. My Dr. seemed really positive so I'm going to stick with that. So, besides being really crampy and uncomfortable, I'm doing well.
The girls are doing great. This has been the weirdest summer ever. I just found out I have a vitamin D deficiency which doesn't shock me. We haven't had any sun! Even the "nice days" we have are cloudy. They just call it nice because it didn't rain. The girls have been cooped up a lot which makes us all a little cranky. Of course getting out of the house usually means going shopping (what else do you do when it rains?) therefor the girls have a ridiculous amount of clothing. It's sad when you go to a store and can't find anything because you bought all the cute stuff. I have issues. My name's Sharee and I'm a shop-a-holic. There. The first step is admitting there's a problem right? However, if stores sold uglier clothes, I wouldn't have a problem!
ANYWAY, Jake's coming home soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have less than a month! I need to come up with some super adorable t-shirt idea for his homecoming. I'll take any suggestions! I guess that's all the news for now!
(The picture on the top is Jake's birthday cake. His birthday was the 21st and I still wanted the girls to celebrate it so we made a cake....and ate it for him)