It’s been a few weeks since I posted here and only a week or so since I posted on FB. But let’s see what has been going on on Sherek Acres:

So I’m sure I’ve mentioned that we joined the gym…part of that new healthy lifestyle and something positive and productive in our lives.  They have a racquet club so Pete has been getting back into tennis.  He’s been getting some good court time a few days a week and then is swimming and working out on the days he’s not hitting balls.  I guess this weekend the club is having some charity benefit that we are going to go watch some pros play.  And Pete is going to hit with some pros for an hour.  That should be a good time. Pete also hit his year anniversary of living in Montana.  He left Colorado on October 16th.

Working on the house has slowed down a bit.  We were going to redo the bathrooms but decided to just wait until next spring since the weather is starting to get a little on the nippy side. (Winter is Coming)  But I did decorate the master bath so that the layout doesn’t bother us as much. The main floor bathroom…eh…not much to do with it really…but I just don’t like it. And the bathroom in the basement just needs to be gutted.  But I got some rugs and a shower curtain…it will have to do for a few more months.  Outside of that, my craft room is the store all for everything and the guest room is okay, but would still like to do a few more things in there. We finally got the 4th bedroom/utility room pretty much cleaned out.  We are toying with putting in a water softener in.  Still figuring that one out.  I think Pete’s garage is going to be a constant work in progress. Again, he chisels away at it a little bit at a time.  We did just get a truck load of gravel for the drive way. It evened it out better than it was…but I think we are going to have to do something else come spring. The thing is everything looks just SO different from when we moved in. It’s just crazy the amount of work Pete put into the house.

I’m coming towards the end of my radiation. 11 more to go. (22 down). There are days where I’m completely exhausted but I try to force myself to go to the gym and do at least 30 minutes of exercise.  Now it doesn’t always happen. Some days I just can’t. But I’ve been getting at least 3 days a week in.  Cardio, lots of stretching and core exercises. My back went out because of my lack of activity after surgery so core work has been key to a lot of this recovery stuff.  I am going to physical therapy once a week.  I had my Lupron shot Friday, that was a wild ride.  I hope that gets better, the side effects are pretty annoying for the first 48 hours and then slowly start getting better. My skin is holding up okay from radiation. A few spots that are getting red and itchy. Getting a wicked tan under my arm. I meet with my oncologist on November 2nd to discuss my next phase of treatment. Whoo Hoo.

So now since it’s the end of October I’m kinda bummed that we won’t be doing the Halloween party this year. I mean…it’s been a highlight of the year usually! A kick-off to the holiday season. Fine. Whatever. I will just jump to figuring out the Thanksgiving menu and of course, need to start planning and thinking about December and those festivities.