Monday, August 10

After my usual morning routine, I researched stage 4 lung cancer online, because last night Hubbie learned from a Master Gardener e-mail message that a former president of the local organization has been diagnosed with the disease.

This lady is only in her 50s, and as far as we know, she has never smoked. She's a very attractive, slender woman, who has always been active. Her family owns and loves to ride horses, and they even made a trip to Peru a couple of years ago for some sort of riding event.

But she recently began having back pains that got progressively worse, which drove her to see her doctor. From what I read online, the prognosis for stage 4 lung cancer is not good. She was scheduled for her first treatment today, after which she and her family were to travel in their motor home to Florida to stay for a few months. Florida is a place that she loves.

Mother came over this morning, and we made three greeting cards...a congratulations one for a member of our scrapbook club who won second runner up in the Senior Ms. Independence County pageant at the county fair. This is the same lady who lost both her son and her husband within weeks of each other. The senior citizens center that she attends talked her into entering the pageant...probably to help her get back to living her life. Another member of our scrapbook club (the sister-in-law to the one who won second runner up) also entered the pageant, but didn't place.

We also made a birthday card for a friend, and a get well card for another friend. We paused in our work briefly for lunch, and then finished the cards after lunch. Then Hubbie and I shopped for a few groceries at the WDCS. We didn't accomplish a lot after that.

Around 4:30 p.m., a storm cropped up...strong winds, crashing lightening and thunder, and a downpour. It was still storming as we sat down to a supper of leftover spaghetti, with leftover coleslaw, and cottage cheese.

Mother went home after supper, and Hubbie and I watched TV. Tonight's movie fare was "The Jane Austen Book Club," recorded from the Encore love channel. The 2008 PG-13 drama-comedy movie revolves around six women with relationship problems who gather to discuss Jane Austen novels. The women's problems at times mirror elements of the Austen novels.