Saturday, July 24, 2010

Good news and bad news

We got some good news the other day.  My sister-in-law, Tammy, doesn't have brain cancer like we thought she did.  The bad news is that she has MS.  But at least we know that MS is treatable.  Tammy's doctor seems like he will serve her well, and he has an MS specialist joining his practice next week.  We all hope she gets some relief from her symptoms soon.

Mike and Harley are in SD visiting some of Mike's old AMMO buddies and their wives.  I am sure they are having a great time.

Chelsea had her last day at Old Navy on Thursday.  She has worked there for over a year so it was a little hard for her to leave.  She has put in a transfer request to work in the Old Navy in Logan when she goes to college.  It's not a bad job and she actually likes folding t-shirts. I actually liked doing that also when I worked there several years ago.

She is getting ready to head back to Montana to volunteer as a jr. counselor at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp.  Then next week we all head up to Montana for a week at Glacier National Park.

I am so looking forward to getting up there and doing some hiking.  Not sure anyone else in the family is as excited about that!

Jake put off completing his financial aid and housing applications so long that he most likely won't be living in the dorms this fall.  And he may only end up with a Pell Grant and student loans for college.  I've only been bugging him for about 8 months!  So now he is going to need to look for a place to live in Salt Lake.  And he's putting that off as well.  School starts for him on August 23rd so he needs to get busy.  And, no, living here with us is not an option.  At this point he is really using our house as a place to sleep and eat breakfast.  Other than that we don't see him and he has chosen not to go on vacation with us.  He doesn't do the very few chores he should be doing either.  So it is time for him to move on and really live on his own.  I've done all I can to help him become independent so he should be okay.  Besides, he does have a mother, father and grandparents to help out as well.

I am going to bake some banana bread today for Chelsea to take with her on her bus ride tomorrow. We always seem to have leftover bananas so I've just been throwing them in the freezer if they get too ripe.  Time to use them up!

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