Home again, home again...

Oh so happy to be home!  I've toured Kasey and Beau's newly finished house...gorgeous!  I've stocked up on hugs and kisses and cuddles from the kidlets.  And Jared must have missed me, because it took almost no effort to get him to play Scrabble with me...two games...one win each.

The trip was very smooth sailing.  Rain was forecast for the first leg, with possible dangerous thunderstorms, large hail, and tornadoes.  We saw barely a sprinkle.  Made it to our destination, and then were in for a special treat.  A few days before heading home, when I knew we would be spending the night in Little Rock, I emailed a couple of my favorite bloggers from the area and was able to meet them for dinner. 

left to right:  the other Kathleen, V & C (The Stick Horse Cowgirls!), and me

After reading their blog for years, I just knew we would enjoy being with them in real life, and we did.  It was like having dinner with old friends.  Thanks for coming out to see us, V and C!  Hope we can do it again sometime.

Just to catch up...

Seems all I have been blogging is the books I've been reading.  Seems all I've been doing is reading books.  Not quite true, but does seem so.

Today was a fun day spent card making with friends.

Yesterday was a good day running errands and popping into antique shops.

Thursday was chemo day for the other Kathleen...FIVE down and just ONE more to go!

Tomorrow we are going to meet Rachael (the other Kathleen's daughter) and family at a midway point for lunch.  Kathleen needs to stock up on some cutie-pie hugs and kisses, and I need to get in one more visit, because...

Thursday I will be heading home.  The other Kathleen will be riding with me as far as Arkansas to attend a reunion.  She will stay a few days with friends and then fly home.  I will drive on to Texas on Friday.  Prayers for safe travels are appreciated.

Haircut day...

After having a lot of hair loss and scalp sensitivity, my friend felt ready to make a clean cut of it.  She asked her sweet friend (who shaves his own head regularly) if he would come to her home and do the honors.

A little Dutch courage never hurts.  We actually had a little party.

He did a great job...with compassion and love...humor and skill.

And he brought her a beautiful scarf and taught us how to tie it.  I love this photo of them in matching head gear.  

Friends don't let friends go through scary stuff alone.

The ultimate multitasker...

I always give the other Kathleen a hard time about multitasking...mostly because I am such a MONOtasker that it makes me nervous.  She has a habit of squeezing extra lines into a day planner with all her activities.  

Today took the cake.  It was her second chemo treatment.  Due to a miscommunication, she underestimated how long the chemo administration would take, and had scheduled a job interview by Skype from her home this afternoon.  She ended up having the interview by cell phone while the IV was pumping!

She never ceases to amaze me.

It's a winter wonderland...

We don't see much of this down home.

A trip of a thousand miles begins with a single phone call...

I arrived in Kentucky on Tuesday, and was welcomed by my sweet friend, the other Kathleen (she's the one in gingham).

We are using this visit to focus on getting healthy.  She is taking on chemo, and I am taking on my weight (too much of it) and my fitness (too little of it).  Today we both exercised and bought healthy things at the grocery store.

I will stay as long as she can stand me...we're playing it by ear.