If my eyes are closed forever.

I know that I am sounding like a pessimist. I usually try to be an optimist but right now I am going to be more of a realist. I know that I have been receiving a whole heck of a lot of support and prayers but, there is no guarantees. So that is why I feel it is important to let all of you know how important you are to me and my family.

My brothers Mike(Leann) and Dave(Sara) sisters Dawn(Dave),Carolyn(John) and Lisa(Dave) Including the wives and husbands. All of you have been there for me at the beginner to help me cope with this very serious illness and throughout my life. I want you all to know just how much I love each and everyone of you. I love you all the same, so Mike just because your name is first doesn't mean I love you more I want to make that perfectly clear. I would have liked to say this in person or over the phone but I really don't think you will understand what I am saying. There isn't any thing I wouldn't do for any of you If I could. Let all of the kids to know that I love them.

My sisters and brothers in law Susie(Jim),Sandy(free- any takers)and Stacie(Tom) I want you all to know how much you all have meant to me during the 14 years I have known you all.(Sandy and Stacie a little longer) You all have been good to my family during these rough times. I love all of you too, equally as well. Tell all of yours kids that I love them as well.

My Mom and Dad Yolanda and Frank and Mother in law Mary. I want you all to know that you are very important people to me.All three of you have helped mold me to who I am today.( an old man with cancer,just kidding)I know that I haven't been the best son and husband but I did try my best. I hope the memories are all good. I love each and everyone of you. Thank you for everything.

My kids Michael,Zachary and Kaitlyn. I hope you all know that I love you all very much. Michael I know that someday you will be great lawyer. It won't be easy but , I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. Zachary I know that you could be a great race car driver if that is what you still want to do in another 15 years or so. I know you both will be outstanding young adults.I hope that I played a role in that.Kaity my little girl. I love your kissies. I know that someday when you get married you will be the boss of the house like you are now. I know that I wasn't the best Dad but, I did want the best for all of you. Michael you need to understand what your mother is going through and how things will change. It's not all about her. It's always been about you and the kids and then me. Not only will Mom need you but, so will the kids.

All my old friends and the new ones and other family members. There are so many of you that I can't even begin to mention all of you without forgetting somebody. I love you all and wish the best for you. Thank you for the prayers and kind words of encouragement. God Bless you all.

Sally my wife who is one of the most important people to me. There isn't any words that can properly express how I feel about you and how much of a impact you have made on me. I love you now and forever. I know we have had some dips in the road but we learned from them and our marriage got better. We have had a very unique marriage with a lot of laughter. Usually we always laughed with each other and not at each other. We have had some sad moments but, it always made us better.I love you sweetheart.

I hope if something does happen to me that no one forgets Sally. She isn't one to make calls. So I hope that she can count on some check up phone calls once in a while. She is my wife and I care about her as much as anyone can.

Patrick,Eli,Cloe, Evan and Rachel I hope you all have long and fulfilling lives. I love all of you.

Jacqueline and Joseph I hope you have a very long and prosperous marriage.
Nathan,Matthew,Nicole,Stephanie, Elliott, Noah,Bekka and Holly I hope you all have long and fulfilling lives . I love all of you too.

I know that this isn't what everyone expected. I just didn't want something to happen without expressing some of my thoughts. I really am thinking very positive but like I said earlier there are no guarantees. So I felt like this is what I needed to do. So thank you for visiting and love you all.

Hopefully in a week or so I will be back to telling stories, Stay tuned.

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I am sure Bill will be on tonight to write his blog. Just wanted to let everyone know he will have to be at the UIC 1pm tomorrow. The surgery should be around 1-2. However, the doctor is performing another surgery before Bill's so the exact time is uncertain.

I am planning on posting a blog tomorrow night to let everyone know what is going on. The surgery should be 3-4 hours. A little longer if they run into complications or find more cancer to remove. He will be in recovery for 2 hours and possibly he might need to spend the night in the ICU.

When Bill is feeling up to it he should be able to post and read your comments while he is in the hospital recovering.

Sally

Not again

Today I am mentally and physically beat. I am very nervous about Wednesday. Please don't tell me not to be. It's much easier said then done. Sally is terrified to drive in Chicago. She has in the past but knows her limits and driving to Chicago is one of them. So we decided to take public transportation to UIC for a practice run. Sally looked up on line for information how to get there. I called UIC and was given the same directions except was told to get out at a different stop since the one that was listed is closed. We were told what bus to get on and that it would take us right there. Well that wasn't the case. First we couldn't find the bus. I called CTA and was told I would have to take 2 buses. So we did. We finally got there and went to take the buses back to the train station. We have so much to do before Wednesday so Sally and I wanted to get home as fast as we could. The bus we got on didn't announce the streets. I think we missed the stop but not sure. Sally suggested to get off the bus and take a cab to the bus station. She worked in Chicago for a couple of years right after High School. We were on the street she use to work on so we decided to walk. It was about a 20 block walk to the train station. Needless to say Sally has no clue how she is going to get there now. The Amtrack is one option but the schedule is very limited plus it will cost her about $30 a day to see me which is $10 more then her taking the South Shore and the buses. I am going to call Grey hound tomorrow and see if there are any stops close to the hospital.

So what we planed on at the most to be a 3 hour trip took us over 5 hours. We got the little ones from my sister's house (we almost took the kids with, glad we didn't) and went out to eat. I ate my last supper which was spaghetti. I will not be able to eat tomorrow. Starting at 1PM tomorrow I have to take a series of medication and have this powder stuff I mix with water to drink to clean me out. I wish I was able to take the pills instead like I did for the colonoscopy. After dinner we had to run to Walmart to pick up some prescription. Kaity was beyond tired and cried most of the time. I had to run to Walgreens tonight to pick up some more medication.

I haven't even had the surgery yet and the little ones are feeling the effects already. Kaity has been more clingy then usual especially with Sally. She usually takes naps and goes to bed without any trouble. Thursday we had trouble getting her to bed and it's been like that ever since. We were gone for a long time on Thursday and wonder if that has something to do with it. Tonight Sally had to sit in the back seat of the car because she was crying for her. After we got the kids to bed tonight, Zachary came out of his room crying to Sally. He said that he doesn't want to spend the night any where and wants to be with Sally. Sally explained to him his Aunt Sandy who will be keeping him for a couple of nights was planning on taking him to the park and beach. He felt a little better but still was very sad. He told Sally "she is the best mom ever.".

Another thing which is making it difficult is not knowing the surgery time. It's hard to plan transportation and getting the kids to my sister in law without knowing a time. I won't know until tomorrow between 1-4. If I have to be there early in the morning before public transportation is running Sally and I might have to spent the night tomorrow night. Tonight Sally will be washing clothes and search for a way to get to the UIC. She has to pack for the kids still. Not knowing how long the kids will be at her sisters will make it harder for her to pack. It's not like she can run over and bring them more clothes or diapers. Here sister lives in Valpo which is about a 45 minute drive. Also, I won't have a hospital room until after the surgery. So everything I bring that day including what I wear in she will have to carry it around with her. I wish she wasn't afraid to drive it would have been much easier on her. While she is doing her thing tonight, I am getting the living room ready so I can clean the carpet tomorrow. Kaity has a doctor's appointment in the morning so I figured that would be a good time to do it when she isn't home.

That's it for tonight. I need to get busy so I won't be up all night. God Bless.Sorry for the boring blog but, not really into it today.

Take it easy?

Today I went to mass with the family. Came home and did some cleaning around the house. Kaity didn't want to take a nap so I laid down with her and we both fell asleep. Sally and I went out for dinner for our anniversary( which is actually on the 13th, but I will be in the hospital) and then we went to Target.

Yesterday I was so darn tired to type. So tonight I wanted to elaborate more on yesterday's events. Sally was telling everyone on Friday how I need to take it easy. I know many of you agreed with her. Well, you won't believe what she did to me yesterday. Like I said yesterday we went to visit her friend, Kim, at the hospital. Sally asked me if I wanted to stay home with the kids or go with her. I was tired and decided it would be more restful to go with her then staying with the kids. When we first got there Kim was nursing. So Sally and I told her we would come back in a few minutes. I didn't eat very much yesterday and I was starving. I suggested to go to the cafeteria. We walked to the elevators and while we were waiting Sally came up with this brilliant plan. Let's take the stairs. Without even including me in her decision she said "Come on let's take the stairs." Before I even had a chance to reply she had already darted to the stairs. She didn't even wait for me to catch up before she flew down stairs. By the time I caught up with her it felt like I just had completed a marathon. "Hmmm" I kept thinking "Glad she wants me to take it easy. I can't imagine what it would have been if she wanted a work out with me." If that's not bad you should have seen her the day. I like to go shopping with Sally ( I know that's weird being a guy and all, but I like looking at boy toys). The other day Michael had a couple of hours free to watch the kids. Sally needed to do some running around and I wanted to go with. So I was thinking maybe one store. Nooooooooooooooo not Sally. She likes to compare prices. She also likes to go on line and read reviews before making a purchase. I am surprise she doesn't check the reviews when she buys my drawers. I guess I should be lucky because she really isn't a browser. She likes to get what she needs and leaves. I on the other hand like to take my time and look around. So the other day she kept dragging me in and out of stores. Not only that but she kept walking fast and kept telling me to hurry up because we didn't have enough time. I did get upset with her because I was getting tired and I felt like she didn't understand. I wish I was still the studly athlete she fell in love with( keep all comments to yourself). Chemo has really taken a toll on me.

Not sure but I think chemo has effected my hearing as well. Of course I can't hear Sally half the time. I think that has a lot to due with being together almost 14 years. I finally have mastered the fine skill of tuning her out. But now it's getting to the point I can't hear other people as well. Yesterday, Zachary was talking to me and I kept saying "What Zachary? I can't hear you?". While this was going on Zachary asked Sally why I couldn't hear. Sally said it's because I am old and deaf. Zachary went to repeat what Sally had said to me and I still couldn't hear and said "What?". A roar of laughter came from the both of them and Sally had to explain to me what just happened.

Michael was a crab yesterday. Zachary felt like Michael wasn't being nice to him. It's hard because Michael is so much older then Zachary so most of the time Zachary can't even get Michael back. Once in awhile Zachary will come up with a clever way of getting him back. Like peeing in a cup and telling Michael he made him lemonade. Last night Zachary said he wants to build a robot. A Clone Wars robot to be exact. He wants to program the robot to be mean. In his exact words " I want the robot to be mean to Michael so it will scare him away and he will never come back home." It breaks my heart to see Zachary sad. Zachary is a good boy and it hurts him when his brother isn't kind to him. Life is hard enough for him without having a big brother to make him feel bad often.

You know it's a good day in Chicago when the Cubs won 6-3 in 14 innings and I won't rub it in any one's face about how the Sox did ( lost 8-4 to the Indians). Take care and God Bless.

I'm getting there

Last night I went to the first Friday service at the Carmelite Monastery. This is something that I would like to get in the habit of doing.It's a all day affair and you can come and go as you please. I get there at about 11:30 or 12:00Am to say my prayers and the Rosary. At about 1:30 AM there is a break for coffee and other munchables. I like going later at night cause it is quiet and not a whole lot of people there to see me do stupid things. When it was time to take our break, I went to get a cup of coffee. People were there chatting away.I grabbed a cup and started to fill it up. I took the cup filled with coffee and it hit the nozzle and spilled all over my hand. I said "!@#$%^&** and ^&&*(*&%$. I know that wasn't very nice considering I was at the Monastery but, that coffee was hot like McDonald's hot. The worst part was everyone stopped talking to see what all the ruckus was. I kept on cleaning up my mess and ignoring everyone else. I got done and turned around and everyone was looking at me. Now there will probably be a picture of me in the food area telling everyone of my verbal assault and that the coffee is very hot and to be very careful.

Sally and I went to see Sally's good friend Kim in the hospital cause she had a baby girl named Sophia Marie and weighed 5' 9 . Her and her husband tried for a while to have a baby. So this was truly a God send. That really made me think of the birth of my kids. I remember the first time when Zach was born. It was one of the happiest days of my life. I always thought I wouldn't have a child of my own. Sally and I had a hard time trying to have little Dolphin Boy. We had to have help with a Fertility Doctor. It really didn't take as long as I thought it would, it was about 5 mos when Sally got pregnant. When Zach was born I remember seeing him bend his foot and it would touch his shin. I said to myself"WHOOOOA. I thought that maybe he had a broken ankle or something. He didn't, I guess newborns can do that.

Sox finally won 4-2 against the Indians.
Cubs are tied 3-3 against the Reds at the top of the 11Th.

This is a short blog. I really need to get some sleep so I can get more done tomorrow. I hope to have a more refreshed day tomorrow. Thanks for visiting my blog and God Bless you all.

to tired to write

Hi it's Sally reporting to you tonight. Bill was going to write the blog but was exhausted. I asked him to sit and watch TV with me instead. He has been busy today. He woke up early and went to mass. He had a doctor's appointment after that. By the time he came home it was 1 pm. He spent a lot of time today working outside. When it rains a lot we have been noticing water in some of the heating vents. He digged around the back side of the house looking for foundation cracks. He also put a sealer on the side of the house along the driveway. After that he went with me shopping because he wanted to go to Borders. I am trying to get everything done before Wednesday and I was shopping a lot longer then we anticipated. We didn't get home until 9. I feel bad for Bill because he looks tired and worn out all the time. I can even hear him breath when he is so tired. I wish he would stop and rest when he gets that tired but he doesn't. I think if he were to get more sleep he would feel better. We go to bed fairly late and he wakes up early to go to mass. We need to start going to bed earlier. It didn't help that I took Kaity. She is a little Houdini and is able to escape from being fastened in the cart. So Bill was trying to watch and chase her around the store. Every time he would stop to look at something she would wonder away. Once I saw her wondering off and kept and eye on her until Bill realized she was missing. Another time she had wondered away and Bill had to find her. After that he dropped Kaity and me off at Kohl's so he could look around Borders. This time I had her fastened in the stroller. I also bribed her with fruit rolls ups. She was good until she ran out of the fruit roll ups ( on her defense she had been out with me for 5 hours and was getting bored and tired). I was shopping and looked down and that little stinker had escaped. I put her back in there and watched her. She is able to move around enough that she was able to stand up and escape that way. Bill left Borders to help me with her. Chasing her around would wear anyone out.

So now it's just a little after midnight. I begged Bill to go to bed but of course he didn't listen to me. He just left to go to the first Friday all night vigil. He will be there for a couple of hours. People bring in food and they take a break around 2 to eat. I am sure he will stay to eat. Plus, we have to wake up early in the morning. Zachary has a soccer game at 9. Plus, I called today about donating blood for Bill. I was told it has to be done tomorrow at the latest. I was told that their schedule for tomorrow is full and I need to call back at 7am to see if they handle extra donors. Originally there was going to be 6 of us but it probably will be more like 4 if they aren't able to squeeze us in tomorrow. So, I might have to leave early in the morning and Bill will have to be up to take care of the kids. Plus, he has to put all the dirt back on the side of the house before he it rains tomorrow. He wasn't able to do it today because he had to wait for the stuff he put on to dry. Tomorrow, we also have a graduation party to go to. Plus, we were planning on going out in the evening to celebrate our wedding anniversary since he will be in the hospital for it. I am hoping he will agree to stay home tomorrow night so he can rest. We can go out Sunday night instead.

I know I am not entertaining like Bill. He is the amusing one in our family. If I wasn't so tired I would write some embarrassing stories about him to get him back. I do have a correction for yesterday's blog. The music and people at the monastery last night was not Korean. They were from the Philippines. I know it really doesn't make a difference but I wanted to prove Bill wrong once again.The name of the healing priest is Father Fernando Suarez. You can google his name to find out more information about him.

Moon over the Cell

It has been a very long day. Sally and I left the house at 7am for the UIC. We had an appointment at 8:30 but were given directions to take the sky way. Well the direction were to the University of Chicago not for the University of Illinois at Chicago. After driving around for 30 minutes looking for the parking garage we finally realized we were at the wrong place. It took me another 30 minutes to find the express way. During the entire time Sally and I were bickering back and forth. Sally accused me of driving in circles. I didn't have much choice when the streets were all one way. Finally after we got there I met with the nurse and the surgeon first. Then we sat and waited for over 2 hours to speak with the anesthesiologist. After that we had to go back and talk with the nurse again. I will not know of the surgical time until Tuesday. Right now we are waiting for the authorization from the insurance company. Hopefully, the clinic filed it today. The surgery will be approximately 3 to 4 hours long. There is a good chance that I will need a blood transfusion. My sister in law (Sandy) and Sally offered to donate blood for me. Sally is going to call tomorrow to set that up. Also, there is a possibility I might be in the ICU after the surgery which is common after that type of surgery.

After all of that is was after 1 PM. We were hungry since we didn't eat all day. So we decided to check out the cafeteria. The hospital and the out patient clinic is on 2 separate streets but connected by walkways. After we were done we walked outside to the garage. Sally and I started bickering again like and old married couple(Fred and Ethel Mertz is a good comparison). She accused me of having us walk around in circles. She claimed to have said to walk back were we started but I don't recall her ever saying it. She doesn't realize it but, I got lost on purpose. I love to take walks with my wife. What is a better time then in Chicago on a chilly day not knowing were we are going. When we finally got to the garage the bickering started again on where the car was parked. I swear some one moves my car every time after I park it. I will tell you one thing though, that I will know University Village like the back of my hand by the time my surgery is over with.

Last night myself,Michael, Zachary and my good friend Dan went to the Sox game. It was a great game because they lost 5-3 to the worst team in baseball right now. One of the Oakland players hit a Home run and Zach did his Dolphin noise in Dan's ear. Dan liked it so much that Zach did a oncore without even being asked,that's my boy. Later, as I was watching the game I heard a crunching noise coming from behind me. I looked and saw Zach eating peanuts from off the ground. He said,"It's OK Daddy they are in the shell so they are not dirty".He got me there. I thought it was nice of the people that were there and left to leave Zach the mother load of peanuts. It wasn't just a couple it was practically a whole bag on the ground. Not once did Zach watch the game until every peanut was devoured, that's my boy. Again I go back to watch this beautiful game and then I hear some girls laughing. I looked back at them and just smiled thinking they were flirting with me. This was going on for a while and then Dan told me what they were laughing at. Zachary because he was so into the game(he really wanted to go to a Cubs game) was playing with his legoes star wars that he smuggled into the park.Dan said look at Zach. As I did this I was speechless cause now I knew what the girls were laughing at. I said to Zach" Zach pull your pants up". The whole time they were laughing, Zach was just smiling back at them without realizing it. Earlier Dan got a close up of Zachs moon when he was climbing over a chair to be closer to Dan, his new buddy. I do have to admit Dan was a real trooper. We were all cheering for the A'S and Dan took it well.When we went to the Cubs game earlier he wasn't quite as mean like we were but then again the Cubs won that game.

I went to a healing mass at the Carmelite Monestary in Munster. I never went to anything like this before. It was given by a priest named Fernando Suarez and another priest who works with him who I really don't remember his name.The Mass itself was pretty long, than afterwards he did the healing. There was a lot of people there and most of them were Korean. I am not making fun of that but, stating that at least half of the people if not more were of Korean decent. The music that was being sung during the mass was written and said in Korean. They do, do a lot of different ethnic masses there. The healing priest was of Canadian Philippine decent the other one was Canadian. They have gone to over 40 countries and healed about 2,000,000 people last year. There was people from all walks of life there. There was a child there that was very loud and out spoken during the singing. I believe he had severe ADHD. I am not making light of any of this. I thought that it was a very nice thing that anybody could come to,to be heal for anything. First the people in wheel chairs and then families with kids 8 and younger could go first. Next time I will bring Zach so maybe he could be cured of his mooning. Then it went by rows.So you know were I was sitting, practically in Illinois. I was thinking if I could have a couple of things to be healed of. Sally says that I have a problem with snoring and farting not to forget the cancer. So what do I do.Be cured of the Snoring and Farting so the wife I love dearly could have a good nights sleep,( she will usually go on the couch) Or the cancer that can help me live a more prosperous life but than again my wife who I love dearly will have many sleepless nights. This is a tough one, I ultimately chose the cancer.I thought that she is suppose to love me no matter what, with or without the gas. Sorry honey maybe next time. I hope no one thinks that I am making fun of my little boy. I am not, there just isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't make me laugh and I want to share.

Thanks for visiting and God Bless.
Sox lost again to the worst team in baseball 7-0. Cubs game was post poned.

A 6 year old's definition of sex

Early posting today due to going to the Sox game tonight plus I have to be up early tomorrow morning for the 8:30 appointment at the UIC. Not much to report on today's event. Went to mass and said prayers after church. Zachary had a half day and is done with school for the summer. My gripe for today, I was notified that my family doctor is leaving the Hammond Clinic. I finally found a doctor that I liked and now he is leaving. I have HMO so I have to stay in the clinic. I do not know of any other good family doctors there. I guess if that is my only gripe of the day I am doing good.

The other day while we were in the car, Zachary(which he often does) asked for us to tell stories about him. So I thought I would share some. Excuse me if I have previously shared some earlier. It's getting difficult to remember everything I have written about. When Zachary was about a year and a half, one day we were driving in the car. In this deep monstrous voice we heard a "MaMa" coming from the back seat. I wish we were able to record it. I never heard of a child's voice being so deep. It was funny. When he was a little older, if one of the doors in the house was locked he would knock on the door and say "It's me Yakawy". Like us knowing it was him would make us want to jump up and unlock the door. We teach our kids to pray at a young age. We have a crucifix in almost every room of the house. When Zachary was 3 he was looking at a cross and praying to Jesus. Then he turned around and said "I am not talking to Jesus any more. He is dead and can't hear me." Last year Zachary got himself into trouble ( I don't even remember what for). He was told to put his nose in the corner. Innocently he asked "Why? My nose didn't do anything wrong." Some day I am going to check into getting a cord for the camcorder so I can connect it to my computer. I would love to share a clip of Zachary doing his dolphin noise. It is hilarious. I am not sure how he does it. If I tried I would end up gagging. It sounds just like a dolphin. Not sure how he figured out how to make that sound. Next time you see Zachary, ask him to make the sound for you. I think you would get a kick out of it. Just a few months ago Sally was talking and Zachary was in the room. She spelled out the word s-e-x so Zachary wouldn't know what she was talking about, but then the goof said the word right after. So Zachary kept saying "S-E-X Sex!" When asked what sex was. He said "It's when you take your clothes off and shake your boobies and butt around". We don't have cable and we monitor what the kids watch closely. So I have no idea how he came up with that response. We asked him how he came up with his answer. His replied " I don't know. It's just what I think".

Need to get ready for the game. By the way thank Mike (my oldest brother) for the Sox tickets. Hope you have an enjoyable evening. God Bless

Sally + microwave= disaster

Today I went to Central Park to meet Zach and his classmates.It was a field day for them and all parents and siblings were invited to be at the park. All the kids were having a fun time then I was spotted. I could just hear them say "Hey, there's the Fat Guy with the big head. One child that was there was Dante. He asked me if I could give him a cookie. I did have a bunch of candy wrappers in my pocket but, nothing to make him think that I had cookies. I said ," I will get you a cookie if you have cake on you." He didn't have any so we both lost out. I was spending more time with the other kids than my own son. To Zack I am his dad and he is use to me and the other kids probably look at me as a prop.(Fat Guy with a balloon head).

Sally and I went across the street to visit with a neighbor and to bring dinner to them. We felt uncomfortable walking there but I am glad that we went. I have lived here since 1992. I really never talked to any of the neighbors. In fact, I was told that one of my neighbor who lives next to me is afraid of me. Not sure why, I never said or did anything to him. But I have been told I look crabby and mean. When Sally and Michael moved in (almost a 11 years ago) Michael started talking with the neighbors but they still avoided me. In the last couple of years Sally and I have been trying to become more friendly with them. Now what I have been home I have talking with them more. I will feel better when I go back to work knowing my neighbors better. I feel now that Sally and the kids can go to some of them if something were to happen (like a fire) and needed help. The neighbor we visited has been ill since the fall. He just came home from the hospital on Friday after being there for over a month. We really don't talk to him but he was always on him porch watching out for the neighborhood. He always waves to us and had came over a couple of times to help us out. I am looking forward to seeing him on the porch again watching out for us.

When mentioning fire it just brought up a lot of memories for me. Like I have mentioned before Sally can cook. What I have failed to mention is we are lucky the house is still standing. Sally has caught a cutting board, dish towel, wooden spoon, paper towels, and I am sure other items I can't think of at this time on fire. Some of them was because she turned on the wrong burner and the other times was because she was careless and had an item to close to the flame. Also on several occasions has forgotten to turn off the flame. I have walked in the kitchen a couple of hours after she was done cooking to find a flame on the stove. What even scares me more then her using the stove is her using the microwave. I had to replace at least 3 microwaves after she was done using them. The very first time was before we were married. I was working and Michael and Sally were there. Sally went to make a bag of microwave popcorn. I have no clue what she did but the house was covered in smoke. It was so bad that when she went to open the windows smoke was coming out of them. The inside of the microwave was charred and my house smelled for days. I purchased a new microwave with a sensor so this way she could not burn popcorn again. She managed to ruin that one when she was melting chocolate. Not sure how but the microwave started sparking really bad. That was the end of it. Then we bought another one. It didn't even last for 2 years. She had this great idea to try to roast garlic in the microwave. She was in the living room and noticed smoke coming from the kitchen. Flames were literally shooting out of the microwave. She was able to put the flames out with baking soda. Even the bowl she used was shattered. Needless to say that microwave was a goner. Burned garlic smell is much worst then burned popcorn for your information.

I have a favor to ask from everyone. My good friend Dan, his sister is in need of prayers. I won't go into details but the family as well as I am is very concerned for her.

By the way the picture above is the Garlic she nuked,

It's getting late. Sally is waiting for me to watch a movie. God Bless.

little red rocket

Today I didn't get as much accomplished as I would have liked to. Sally keeps reminding me what I need to get done before the surgery. I spent a long time in the doctor's office and waiting to have blood work. The doctor was in a very talkative mood and talked to me for a long time. Which led me to walking out of the office without the prescription refills which was the reason why I made the appointment in the first place. I will have to call his nurse tomorrow and have them call it in to the pharmacy. I had planned on riding our bikes to the park with Sally and the kids but the rain put a damper on it. Usually when I pick up Zachary from school I let them play on the playground for a few minutes. So today I let them. Kaity wouldn't play on anything because it was "hot". Then the rain started to pour down and we had to run to the car. The kids were all soaked. We went home until it calmed down a bit. I need to go to my mom's and asked the little ones if they wanted to go. Zachary of course wanted to and Kaity said "Nooooooooo" as she covered her head. I guess she didn't like getting her hair wet. What a typical female( A miniature sally) she is turning into. She did decide to go with us.

Dan thanks for the name of your mechanic. It's a little far for me to since we only have one running car right now. Deb I might be calling you for the number of your mechanic. I am going to take the car to Auto Zone and see what they have to say. I have been having my brother in law work on the cars but he has been really busy and his wife is having problems with her truck. I am very leery with garages. It stems back when Sally was having car troubles. Right after we were engaged Sally's little red horizon( I called the rocket) kept stalling.When I used to talk to her and she was driving the Rocket it always sounded like a wind up toy. I knew financially it would be hard for her to have it repaired being a single mom plus she had lot of medical bills and a student loan. So me who wanted to take care of my future wife told her I would pay for the car repair. Sally took it to a garage she had heard was good. We weren't aware they were under knew ownership. They rebuilt the carburetor and it was a hefty bill. I didn't mind as long as I knew she was going to have a safe car and not driving around with a car that stalls. Well, the car was still stalling so we went to take it back. On the way back we passed an older lady who's car had stalled about a block away from the garage. As Sally and I were dropping off her car the same lady walked into the garage yelling because the car she just picked up died on her. I had to a few times talk to the lady behind the counter. None of the mechanics wanted to come out to talk to me after I said they should all be wearing clown suits, cause that place was a joke. It was funny but it was a warning of who we were dealing with. A couple of days later the mechanic called Sally and told her the car was dead. The engine was locked and her car couldn't be repaired. They wouldn't even refund the cost of the repair because they said it was a different issue. Sally of course was really upset and couldn't afford to buy another car. So she had it towed this time to the dealership. There was a piece of metal that mysteriously ended up in the engine. That was when the crap really hit the fan. If they thought I was mad before ,that was nothing. I am not going to go into detail cause there are some younger kids looking at this blog. I did tell them that I was going to call the better business bureau and will make sure whomever I talked to that there name is mud in the auto repair business. Once it was removed the car was running but it still was stalling. She drove it like that for over a year. Her mom and I took her to work and much as we could. She drove my car a few times to. After I paid off my car (2 months before our wedding) I bought her a brand new car. It was our family car until she crashed it. It wasn't her fault and beside this wasn't the point of this story. This is the reason why I asked if anyone knows of a good car repair shop. I don't want a repeat of past events. Needless to say they have new owners again.

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