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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Saturday, August 09, 2014
Historic Benzie
Beautiful caching day.
We ended up at Dilbert's (Interlochen) for lunch. It was just fine - we would go there again.
 08/09/2014 | You found  Thompsonville Needs Another Cache! | Visit Log | |
| We were over this way on another beautiful northern Michigan summer day to do the Historic Caches of Benzie County Challenge and drove back through Thompsonville on our way to lunch. Thanks Red Hat Grandma for another nice easy find. Signed log and replaced where we found it. | |||
| 08/09/2014 | You found Thompsonville Card Cache | Visit Log | |
| We were over this way on another beautiful northern Michigan summer day to do the Historic Caches of Benzie County Challenge and drove back through Thompsonville on our way to lunch. Nice easy find. Took nothing, left our card, signed log and replaced where we found it. TFTC | |||
| 08/09/2014 | You found  Historic Caches of Benzie County Challenge | Visit Log | |
| We were over to Honor today to do Rathergohiking's Earth Cache for our souvenir and decided to drop down to Thompsonville to get this one. We enjoyed the drive and the walk. We had never been on this trail before. Signed the log and left our card. Thanks Goldfinch for placing these Historic caches and giving us the motivation to relive the earlier times. It's both fun and sad to reread our logs and see the names of fellow cachers from back in the day. So many of them are no longer active. The first of these historic caches we found was GC7AEF- Kiln You Dig It. On October Fifth, 2003 we had a great time two tracking and enjoying the fall colors. We found CG5B26 - L. A. Pathway on December 13, 2003. It was our first find in the snow back when we still enjoyed hiking in the snow. GCCB2C - The Pampered Cache was added to our list on another cold snowy day, February 15th in 2004. Both CGF955 - Underdeadwood, and GC5E7E - Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral were found on a rainy day, May 21, 2004. In June we did GC8557 - LooneyBin Two on the 14th. At that time it hadn't been found in a year. Instead of going by kayak, I hiked the muddy path from the campground and then huffed up the hill. I remember the workout. Later that month, on June 20th we found the last of the historic caches, GC92FE - GANDERGANG2 on our second annual Fathers Day outing. | |||
| 08/09/2014 | You found  Got Water? | Visit Log | |
| We came over today to earn one of the August souvenirs. It's interesting how many public artesian wells have been capped or diverted. When we were young, there were three flowing in Traverse City. Thanks RGH for showing this one to us. *************** I remember the artesian well by Wilhem's when I was a kid on Union St. Also, we've had a flowing well here at the river since the dawn of creation! Well, at least I think so... :) | |||
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Engine Engine Number 9
OK, so it's not about trains.
That's just the first thing that popped into my mind when I thought of the number 9.
Could just as well have been "nine ladies dancing".
Today was paracentesis number 9. co-starring Ultrasound Tech Lindy and radiologist Dr. Cannell. (sp?) 7 liters.
That's just the first thing that popped into my mind when I thought of the number 9.
Could just as well have been "nine ladies dancing".
Today was paracentesis number 9. co-starring Ultrasound Tech Lindy and radiologist Dr. Cannell. (sp?) 7 liters.
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Historic Leelanau
| 08/05/2014 | You found  Blue's 45th Clue | Visit Log | |
| We came up from Traverse today for this multi so we can add the Sightseer Souvenir to our Trophy Case. It turned out to be a little harder than it should have been because first we lost coverage on our iPhone and Pad so we didn't have the cords with us. We had to drive to a place where the signal was strong enough for us to get the cords to load into the Garmin. That accomplished, stage 1 was found but the bone head loading the cords for the final kept punching in 45 which put me over 60 miles away. Eventually the light dawned and the bridge was located but the GPSr wanted me to search the wrong side. Finally, after a significantly longer search than should have been necessary, as I was about ready to give up, the "Well Duh!" moment arrived and the can was found. Took nothing, left our card and a small piece of stash, put the cache back where it was found and walked off with our first Souvenir of August. TFTC | |||
| 08/05/2014 | You found Historic Caches of Leelanau County Challenge | Visit Log | |
| Doing this cache was fun and full of memories. We learned of caching in the spring of 2003 and made our first find on Fathers Day, we were hooked. We made a caching excursion into our favorite county on our 46th wedding anniversary, June 22, 2003. On that run we found GCC1F9 - When Lumber was King, GC95B8 - Sleeping Bear Duneside, and Trashcan's GC911D - Bland Cemetery. We were back over on July 13 and found GCAED7 - Child's Play, and then on October 19 found GCGHV4 - Pierce Stocking overlook #1. We found the rest the next year, on May 2nd, datum's GC3DE6 - Rockin' Robin III, (We were the last finders before he posted that he wanted to archive it.) on May 24th we found GC9550 - Doggone cache, and then in August, on the 14th we found GCJPZN - Manitou Meanderings 1. Thanks for placing this cache and giving us a trip back in time. Made the find after waiting out a muggle dog walker. Took nothing, left our card and a plastic necklace and replaced as found. | |||
Saturday, August 02, 2014
You Must Pay the Rent
breakfast at flap jack shack
try whereigo
back woodsing
mail rent
family fare
adam and melanie kayaking
What a treat for you! This is what my blog outlines look like :)
try whereigo
back woodsing
mail rent
family fare
adam and melanie kayaking
What a treat for you! This is what my blog outlines look like :)
Friday, August 01, 2014
No Surgery, No TACE, No Condo
Jana's surgery has been postponed because of a blood test result. Here's her Facebook post:
No plans for me either. Dr. Mir called as promised. and reported that Dr. Ruch is out of town until next Tuesday. The two of them have to discuss my case to decide what action to take next. I'll most likely know next Tuesday or Wednesday.
We met Beccy at Lone Tree to tour a condo that's available. It's not perfect, so we have mixed feelings about it...for a change!
Errr ... Plan B. My surgeon did not like some of the numbers on my blood work, and canceled the surgery. So after a tiny tantrum and a massive pity party, Laurie and I declared it sister togetherness day and went to watch IMAX movies and visit the space shuttle at Udvar Hazy.
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| So the day wasn't a total loss :) |
No plans for me either. Dr. Mir called as promised. and reported that Dr. Ruch is out of town until next Tuesday. The two of them have to discuss my case to decide what action to take next. I'll most likely know next Tuesday or Wednesday.
We met Beccy at Lone Tree to tour a condo that's available. It's not perfect, so we have mixed feelings about it...for a change!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
The Dow, Jana and I
Today the Dow, Jana and I all dropped 317 points.
I had an appointment this morning with Dr. Mir, an interventional radiologist at Munson. He is planning to do my next TACE procedure. He was personable and friendly, but he said some things that did not seem very hopeful to me. I like to stay positive and "up", but this meeting was kind of a downer, I can't really say why.
Depending on a blood test that I took, he will call me tomorrow to set things up...or not. We get different stories depending on which doctor we talk to. I have either two tumors or three. It has metastasized or not. So I'm just being swept along with the flow of treatment without really knowing what we're dealing with.
Meanwhile, in D.C., there seems to be a question about whether Jana will have surgery tomorrow or not. Evidently her blood glucose level is the determining factor. She has dealt with all of the heart testing, the pulmonary testing, the sleep apnea testing for weeks and weeks now along with doctor appointments with all kinds of doctors too numerous to mention. To have the surgery postponed or canceled because of a momentary high glucose reading is just unbearable. She has worked so hard and missed so much work to get to this point - it's a real punch in the stomach - a really low blow.
Laurie arranged her whole family's schedules so that she could be with Jana tomorrow and for a few days following the surgery. It really involved a lot of pre-planning for everyone, and it was worked out perfectly - the airline even cooperated. It may have been a vain effort.
Dick is feeling very low. Nothing seems to be working out for us - the condo situation, and the family health situation. He feels like his world is falling apart. I validate his feelings!
I had an appointment this morning with Dr. Mir, an interventional radiologist at Munson. He is planning to do my next TACE procedure. He was personable and friendly, but he said some things that did not seem very hopeful to me. I like to stay positive and "up", but this meeting was kind of a downer, I can't really say why.
Depending on a blood test that I took, he will call me tomorrow to set things up...or not. We get different stories depending on which doctor we talk to. I have either two tumors or three. It has metastasized or not. So I'm just being swept along with the flow of treatment without really knowing what we're dealing with.
Meanwhile, in D.C., there seems to be a question about whether Jana will have surgery tomorrow or not. Evidently her blood glucose level is the determining factor. She has dealt with all of the heart testing, the pulmonary testing, the sleep apnea testing for weeks and weeks now along with doctor appointments with all kinds of doctors too numerous to mention. To have the surgery postponed or canceled because of a momentary high glucose reading is just unbearable. She has worked so hard and missed so much work to get to this point - it's a real punch in the stomach - a really low blow.
Laurie arranged her whole family's schedules so that she could be with Jana tomorrow and for a few days following the surgery. It really involved a lot of pre-planning for everyone, and it was worked out perfectly - the airline even cooperated. It may have been a vain effort.
Dick is feeling very low. Nothing seems to be working out for us - the condo situation, and the family health situation. He feels like his world is falling apart. I validate his feelings!
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| Even though it's not always easy! |
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Chicago Adventure
Laurie and Dylan spent a couple of days in Chicago before he flies home and Laurie flies to D.C. to be with Jana for a few days. Here are some highlights!
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| The Bean |
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| Lincoln Park Zoo |
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| Dylan on top of the world! |
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| Willis Tower |
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| Architecture River Tour |
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Dino Duo
| 07/29/2014 | You found Reach Out And Touch Someone | Visit Log | |
| Out today with the Dino Duo while the Chevy dealer was on a 4 hour mission to fix all the recalls on their GM mobile. We decided to celebrate the good news Mrs Bend has received from her oncologist by trying to help each other erase some Churinga DNF's. The Dude took me by the hand and practically pushed my face in to it. What amazing effort must have gone into placing this cache. I am definitely not a fan of micros but this one deserves a favorite. | |||
 07/29/2014 | You couldn't find Gone Fishin' | Visit Log | |
| As a general rule, we only post a single DNF for a cache which we can not find, even if we return and search a number of times. We first posted a DNF for this cache a year ago. Found the tool and had an idea of what to look for but blanked. Dino Duo, who had found it, saw our DNF and swung past to see if it was still there, they reported all was good. I came back solo another time last fall and again this spring. I even got the micro maven to crank up her walker and give me a hand last month. Finally, I emailed the Duo and begged them to give me a hand in person to help me overcome my Churinga nemesis. They came over today but, although they had spotted it twice before, apparently became infected by a case of BWB blindness and this time drew a blank. I've tried the best I could so I guess this one will just have to go on my ignore list. ************** After caching, they came over and picked me up. We all went to lunch at Rico's. Yummy and fun. | |||
Monday, July 28, 2014
No Mo Chemo
Appointment with Dr. Ruch this morning. He says to stop the Nexavar (yay) because we now have doctors here at Munson who can do the TACE.
He reported the results of the CT showed that the smaller tumor was gone. This sounds like good news, but it remains to be seen. Not sure just how relieved iIshould be. Except it's definitely good news that I don't have to take the chemo anymore. The effects will linger for a week or two, but should lessen as time goes by :)
He reported the results of the CT showed that the smaller tumor was gone. This sounds like good news, but it remains to be seen. Not sure just how relieved iIshould be. Except it's definitely good news that I don't have to take the chemo anymore. The effects will linger for a week or two, but should lessen as time goes by :)
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Blueberry Bye Bye
Sniders were here for a fantastic blueberry pancake and bacon breakfast this morning. Then Laurie and Dylan loaded their bags in the car, and they were off.
When the kids leave it always feels like the end of summer. Very sad indeed. So Dick and I are both feeling just a little bit lost and forlorn. Fortunately, we still have our boring old selves for company :)
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