It's fall!

 I hope you like the fall blog header!  Someone was getting tired of the other one!

I have been out of town for a week but now we are back at home until Christmas - at least that's the plan!  My sister and I went to Winston Salem a few weeks ago for the NC Demos Quarterly.  It was the best one I have been to!  We did so many wonderful projects and were busy working on them all day.  I participated in the Friday Shoebox and also the Saturday night Shoebox.  Plus, I was in several swaps - Christmas, Sketch, 3D, and Fun Fold so I now have plenty of cards!!  

Last week Sonny and I drove to Pittsburgh Friday and met Ashley on Saturday.  We were going to the Steelers game which was Sunday night.  But at the last minute we got tickets and went to see the hockey team (Penguins) Saturday night.  We had good luck on both games - they won!  Our Steeler tickets were the best!!  We were on the second row from the field and on the 10 yard line.  Unfortunately, all the action was done at the other end of the field but thank goodness for the jumbo-tron!  Monday we drove to Ashley's house and stayed with her until Thursday.  It was a good visit as usual.

A couple of weeks before we went on our trip, my husband was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).   It is a chronic form of leukemia (long term and slowly developing).   Leukemia is a type of cancer of cells in the blood and bone marrow.  People who have it have an increase in the number of immature white blood cells in their blood, bone marrow, and spleen.  He did not have any symptoms when he was diagnosed with CML.  It was discovered when blood tests were done on his recent check ups with his doctor who then referred him to an oncologist.  He is able to control CML with daily medication so he won't be having to go through chemo treatments or radiation.   So far, so good - he is tolerating the meds with no side effects.

Ashley worked at home one of the days that we were there with a little help from her cat!

These were the signs they were giving out - my birthday was 10/22!

We took a boat shuttle across the river to the Steeler stadium.  This was a great picture out of the window of one of the many bridges in Pittsburgh!