Follow up to Cora's surgery

Cora did a wonderful job with her surgery. Not a tear was shed. The results came back as a reactive lymph node. Thank God! She is back to school and feeling great. Her stitches will be taken out next Friday. All is well!

Cora's Surgery

For those of you that don't know, Cora is having surgery tomorrow. She has had large lymph nodes in her neck since she was a toddler. After many years of blood tests and antibiotics her Pediatrician decided to refer her to an ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. Dr. Flowers at York ENT Associates evaluated her and decided to remove the largest lymph node and have it tested. He is pretty sure that the lymph nodes all have been used from fighting off an infection and are taking forever to reduce in size. He compared it to an old factory that once was a working factory and is now sitting vacant. Tomorrow morning we will be arriving at the York Hospital at 6:15 am. Her surgery will start at 7:45 am. Dr. Flowers said it will be out patient as long as all goes as planned. I am thinking we should be home before 1:00 pm. I will update on Thursday when I get back to work. Have a wonderful evening. Say a prayer for Cora!!

Here I Go Again!

Possible Lupus...

Long time no write...

Well, what a long time it has been. First off, I am officially Mrs. Bailey. Kenny and I got married on June 20th. Married life is wonderful! So far, so good. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and turned out just the way I wanted it and more. The weather was great after a 15 minute down pour right when I went to get out of the car. It cleared up wonderfully and pictures were able to be outside. I will have to post some pictures when I get a chance.
Cora and Rosalyn are both done softball. Both feel differently about it ending. Cora couldn't be happier. We pretty much made her play the last few games. She didn't want anything to do with it and made that very clear. Rosalyn on the other hand became very interested in the whole sport and misses her teammates a lot. Rosa will probably play next year. Cora will explore something else or stick to the flute.
Kenny and I are slowly house hunting. We have a few minor things that need fixed up in the house. We'll be fixing things up and hopefully moving on. Time to get a "new" house for a fresh start for the new family.
I am also looking for a new home for our 2 cats. Rosalyn is becoming allergic to them. It is really starting to affect her daily life. If anyone would like a cat let me know! They are bother and sister. Gilbert, the boy is black and white. Gidget, the girl is a calico. Both fixed and declawed.
On that note, I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the summer. See you all later!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my smart, beautiful, funny, bold, caring, loving, faithful sister! Love Ya Karen!

Update on the Bailey-Wagner Household

Hello Everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful spring. We are so far. The wedding plans are coming along great. Kenny and I are both becoming extremely excited. As some of you may have know we "adopted" 2 labs at the beginning of the year. Bailey, chocolate and Deisel, black. Brothers. As they were getting older they started having some dominance issues. After some discussion, a lot of barking and pee messes we gave, Diesel, the black one away. The house is much calmer now. No pee messes and no crazy barking. Individually both dogs are great. Together it was pure competition. Bailey is adjusting great. He is definitely a people doggy. With us all the time.
The girls are still excited about softball. A lot of their practices have been cancelled because of the wonderful spring weather. We went to Walmart last night to get them both batting helmets. They were wearing them in the car on the way home saying,"Look! We're bobble heads!" They are hilarious! They both earned straight A's in the third marking period. Cora is still playing the flute. She plays very well and enjoys it also. Her first show is May 16th @ 8pm. We'll still be at your wedding Britt!
Well, I hope to see everyone soon. Have a wonderful day!

Softball

Cora and Rosa have decided to try Softball this year. This is the first sport for both of them. They are both doing very well for being beginners. Between Kenny and Jeremy the girls get to their practices every week. They are on separate teams. Same 2 locations, at the same day and time, on different days. That doesn't make much sense. Oh well. We'll see what this spring and summer have to being us. Good Luck Girls!!! Love Ya!!!

Happy 21st Kenny!

Today is Kenny's 21st birthday. He is finally legal. Tonight will be a fun filled night full of getting Kenny drunk, legally. We are starting out at the Bonneville Inn around 6pm for dinner with his family. His sister, Wendy, also is celebrating her birthday today. Nope their not twins. If you know where Bonneville is you are more than welcome to join us (I have not a clue where it is). I'm hoping to head to the York area later in the night. The camera will be going along. So, hopefully I will have some fun pictures to post later. See ya.

Good News

For all of you that read my blog you will get the good news first. Kenny and I are moving to Beverly Hills after the wedding. A Great Uncle of Kenny's has unfortunately past away and has left the multimillion dollar house and land to Kenny, the youngest of the nieces and nephews. We will keep you posted as time gets closer. I hope all of you are as happy as we are! Talk to you later.















APRIL FOOLS!! Love you all!

REID

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REID!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

AUNT WENDY, KENNY, CORA AND ROSALYN

Over Joyed

This morning I was corrected. I am called mommy at their house. WTF? I give up!

Blah!!!

Jeremy called a while ago asking if I minded the girls calling Whitney mom when they were with them. Reason being their 18 month old was beginning to call Whitney, Whitney instead of mom. Well I thought there was no harm in that. If the girls are comfortable doing it I was okay with it. Today however was my breaking point. The girls have started to call her mom when they are with me. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! Sorry, but that hurts. My girls are all I have and if I'm not forgetting I pushed them out of ME. Sometimes I feel like I am over reacting. Am I? Should I be okay with them calling her mom around me knowing that they are old enough to know who their mom really is? Wow. Many tears were shed on this one today. I really don't know how to handle this.

An Assignment From My Father

Dad alway hears Karen and I talking about our blogs. He said he wants us to blog about how our life would've been without him as a father. Here it goes.
1. I would not be me. My father played an important part in the whole conception thing. Therefore, my eyes might have been blue, my ear without a lump and my nose not so unique.
2. My sense of humor would not exist.
3. No trips to Chincoteague would have happened. Not every child got to go to the beach every year growing up.
4. Shit on the shingles. Need I say more?
5. Who else had a "raviolli factory" come to life in their kitchen every once and awhile?
6. Add the jungle in there, too!
7. Not learning to use tools at the basement work bench on Lakeview Dr.
8. Not seeing how proud he was to see me graduate.
9. No awesome mashed potatoes at holidays.
10. No "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."
11. No brownies WITH nuts. "It really is the only way they should be made".
12. No Wee Willy or Wobble Yack.
13. No flipping back rides on the bed that made us all laugh histerically.
14. No one to look like the devil and scare the shit out of us when we did something wrong. Maybe that's why I didn't get into too much trouble?
15. No Dallas, Dinesty or PM news.
16. No interesting family gatherings on Sunday afternoons.
17. No one to tell me to that moving back home was just a "stepping stone"'
Okay, this list could go on and on. I would not be who I am without my Dad. The world wouldn't be the same and God knows he is here for a reason. Love you Dad!

Rosa's Morning Bathroom Humor

Cora and I were standing in front of the bathroom mirror this morning brushing her hair. Rosalyn comes walking in singing a song. Cora asked, "What are you singing?" "Nothing" was Rosalyn's reply. "I heard words. What did you say?", asked Cora. Again, Rosalyn said, "Nothing."
Rosalyn then said, "You want to hear this song? It's called 'Nothing' too." She then proceeded to dance around in complete silence. "Did you hear it?", she asked us. "No", we both replied. "That's because it's called Nothing!"
Maybe you had to be there, but it sure made me laugh. We all started the day with a laugh. It was great!

Red Lion Halloween Parade

Seeing that I have a wonderful co-worker by the name of Kate and an awesome Office Manager by the name of Cheryl I was able to switch hours so I could take Cora and Rosalyn to the parade. The Red Lion parade is a "family tradition", as Cora stated before the parade last night. It was cold so I told the girls to dress like they were going out to play in the snow.They did and were still freezing before the parade started, but that is half the fun to loose feeling in toes and other body parts. At 6:30 pm we headed to the main drag in Red Lion to find that all the other "parade groupies" thought ahead and put blankets and chairs out about 2 hours before things started. We found a spot right on the corner (no comment Karen) of High St. and Broadway. It turned out to be a great seat! All the usual entries were there from Kay's Reflection's to the hot air balloon group that place the basket on a trailer and scorch at least one power line every year by shooting an enormous flame into the air. I saw an 80 year old women dressed as a flapper because her husband wanted to play Bonnie and Clyde. Right before the judges she climbed out of the car in her high heels and bright red flappers dress to WOW the judges. God, I hope she doesn't come down with pneumonia. Clyde would never be the same. As always we loved the guys on four wheelers doing their crazy tricks that were even crazier seeing that it was about 40 some degrees and raining. The best float was the Beverly Hill Billies. They had everything down to granny in a rocking chair on the back of their hill billy automobile. The girls always enjoy running around picking up candy. Kenny and I had to laugh seeing them dive and roll around on the wet street for a dum dum pop or a tootsie roll. They made out great when it comes to candy. There was an annoying girl beside us that kept screaming,"I want candy. Candy, candy, candy!" It got old quick and I was amazed her parents let her do it! It was great seeing the parade participants ignore her. After the "grand " ending of, no lie, about 15 emergency vehicles we headed home. The girls were hungry for popcorn chicken for bedtime snack and of course they had to have a piece of candy. I got them to bed around 10 pm and came down to watch some of the football game with Kenny before we went to bed. I stopped and picked up one of the candy buckets and was digging around for what might taste wonderful in my mouth when I came across something I never found in a Halloween candy basket. Can you guess. Ready? A nasty, soggy, smelly cigarette butt. Happy Halloween!!!

Cora's Track Meet

Cora had a track meet yesterday. She came in 2nd out of all the 4th grade girls. I believe she said it was 46 girls all together. She came running out of school yesterday with her little red ribbon held high above her head. I am so proud. Maybe we have so cross country meets on our agenda that we aren't aware...

Reid

Karen and Reid stopped by the house the other night to drop off a large bag of hand-me-down clothing and the popcorn order forms. Reid was walking up the stairs to play with the girls and he asked,"Aunt Wendy, Can I sing at your wedding?" I asked what he wanted to sing and this is what he sang. "Here comes the bride. Here comes the bride. Hi Ho the Dario, Here comes the bride." How cute!

My Big Sister

My older sister is the most wonderful, beautiful, generous, loving person I know! Love ya Karen! Thanks for making my life so perfect. Without you I would be nothing. As I quickly approach the age of 30 life seems so clear. I now realize you have always been right, and I have been horribly, terribly wrong. Thank you for your guidance. I wish I could be as wise as you!

Catch Up Time

Well, a lot has happened over the pass month or so. Number 1, I'm no longer single. I'm actually engaged to be married in June of 2009. His named is Kenny. Special, very special. The girls get a long with him very well. With my work schedule I think he is with them more then I am. He is from New Oxford. The youngest of 4. He loves to work, can't stand sitting around. After the wedding we will probably be moving to New Oxford or Hanover. We get along great and love learning more about each other. I need to get a computer so I can post pictures and really enjoy this whole blogging thing.

Again...I hate Mondays

It is now 8:02 am Wednesday morning. I am ready for bed. I didn't get wound down last night until a little after 1am. I was up at 5 am to be at work by 7 am. Why must Mondays be so late. Nobody really wants to be at the doctors office at 9 pm. The coffee is starting to run through my veins. Hopefully that will work. I see a nap around 5 pm.
To change the subject. Has anyone ever pulled out there bathroom sink drain stopper? Oh my God! I have been having problems with my sink drain. It doesn't move if you pull the thing to open and close it. I have to reach under the cabinet to open it. Plus the cats love to lay in the sink. I guess it is a cool place for them to lay. Well their naps proceed to close the drain. I got the shits of it last night and pulled the whole drain out. Honestly, I have never been so grossed out! I was waiting for that disgusting clump of everything that goes into a bathroom sink to talk to me. It was late and I was tired. So, I may be over exaggerating, but how the hell does a plumber get up every morning to deal with that "stuff"? This whole issue goes right along with the port-a-pot at Lake Redman. You know it's bad when a 3 year old says,"No, that's nasty". No lying, the shit was 2 inches from the opening of the shitter. Cora and Rosa used the thing. The trees weren't very inviting that day I guess. Could you imagine being the poor SOB that gets to suck that clean? LOL Okay, enough of that. I am at work and should be working. Later.