7th April 2008

Survived day one of the school holidays...

Kids went to a football camp from 10am-2pm.... Jon and I went to the hospital for his treatment and then food shopping.... nothing exciting really.. but kinda nice to go into town without kids.

Looking forward to the next few peaceful days while they are out playing football.. will be one down on Thurs due to staying at a friends house (birthday/sleepover).... Prob go swimming on Fri..

Will wait and see what the week throws at me... right back to watching tv!

4th April 2008 - Teenager alert!

We now have a teenager in the house... it will never be the same again lol....



Happy 13th Birthday Robert... enjoy your HALF day at school

2nd April 2008 - Race for Life

Finally today I sorted out my application to Race for Life, I have also entered my mum and her friend Anne too.

We aim to raise £100 each doing the Race for Life in Newbury on Sun 6th July (I do only plan to walk though)

I have created an online page for sponsership's or you can contact me by phone and I will put you on a written form.

the page is found at :

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/elizabethbarrett1

or you can use the small donation (wigit) they call it on the right hand side of the blog.

I know money is always being asked for all the time, but I personally want to say Thank you to this charity for helping Jon through his times with Cancer.

27th March 2008 - Day 1

A quiet Jon left the house for work this morning, I myself too was scared of what was going to be happening today but work kept me busy. One of Jon's workmates too him to the hospital today.

Jon arrived home with a smile on his face which was such a relief to see, he said the treatment had taken about 40 minutes because they took some photos, and it wouldn't take as long tomorrow.

He came home with a tube of cream and has been told he will lose all his hair on his head again this time, was just getting used to him without the skinhead haircuts, he had just allowed it to grow little longer... oh well..

Jon said the process itself had no pain at all, in fact there was no feeling of anything at all just laying there and letting the radiotherapy happen.

In the evening Jon had a headache, and fell asleep many times in the chair, I think this was a combination of the treatment and the lack of sleep from the past few nights.

Roll on day 2 were here to fight Brian the 2nd back out.

20th - 24th March

Thanx Mum and Dad for giving the kids a lovely break away.... they especially enjoyed the special Easter Sunday at your Darts social club in Yattendon.... well done on the prizes you all won for the easter egg hunt.

I also want to thank Stuart, Marion and the family for looking after the boys on Monday, keeping them entertained playing football and XBox games. Rob also wants to say Thank you very much for the fantastic clothes... he is already parading around in the football shirt. (and Chris has claimed a few of the hats).

18th March 08

After going to sleep last night wearing my dressing gown and a bobble hat much to Jon's amusement... I went to work today freezing but came home to a warm glow at lunchtime... thanks British Gas for not letting us down again... (but maybe one time it can be fixed on the first visit should it break again for its yearly breakdown)

No other real news so wont bore you.... kids are looking forward to easter and the easter eggs... Im dreading having that much chocolate in the house when my diet is going downhill...

Oh well have to make sure the kids hide their eggs from me!

17th March 08 - Oh so cold

Grrrrr woke up this morning to a cold house... I never want to get out of bed when its too cold... but I eventually braved it... crashed about blaming Jon for turning down the heating last night... hes always so hot... am always so cold... eventually after enough crashing and banging of stuff Jon got up...

He hadn't turned the heating down... the boiler has decided to stop... so had to appologize... humbly..

British Gas arrived this morning... as usual didn't have the right part... will be back tomorrow morning (means another day off work for someone)

So sitting under blankets watching tv, with two covers on each of the beds... and a Calor gas heater in one room to heat the whole house... I hope it doesn't get too cold tonight!