Not much...

new going on here. My oldest niece starts high school in two weeks. When the newest "Harry Potter" came out, she spent all night reading it (yes, she's done...took her all of nine hours). Just had to very nice family gathering yesterday at my parents house; all 13 of us. I have a prayer request though...I think I said that my dad has early signs of dementia (has for a while now), so it's getting very tough on the family. My dad may not be able to drive for too much longer; my siblings are having to shoulder the burden of taking my paretns places now (mom can still drive, but she's got some medical issues also).....we're definitely being tested right now. Can you please pray for us, that we get through this?

Other than that, everything's been great.

WOO-HOO...

I am officially off the Coumadin. Had a doppler study on my leg and the blood flow is excellent!! I shouldn't need to go back to this doctor unless something happens. Mine and my family's prayers were definitely answered (not to mention my friends prayers). Thank you to everyone who prayed for me.

This month...

isn't too exciting for us (other than celebrating this country's birthday; and counting out blessings that we can live in such a great country). There's a ton of birthdays though...my mom, dad, brother and aunt. I might also make the trip to L.A. that didn't happen in April.

Pretty good healthwise as well. Leg's just ok though. I hope to get off of the blood thinner at the end of the month when I have my (hopefully) last appointment with the Vascular surgeon (I'll have another ultrasound just to see how things are)

Hope everyone's having a great summer so far.

We celebrated my parents birthdays separately (usually we celebrate them together, since my mom's birthday is July 12 and Dad's is the 18th). It was very nice. For Mom, we went to a very nice restaurant called Carver's (formerly Hungry Hunter); it was just the six of us - no in laws or nieces and nephew; I think the last time just the six of us had dinner together was when we lived in Los Angeles 25 years ago - and for Dad, we went to my brother's house for a very nice BBQ. My oldest brother and his family couldn't make it due to prior committments (not to mention my niece being in the hospital - she's fine though; couldn't find anything wrong - just growing pains).

Today,

my eldest niece graduated from the eight grade (she'll be 15 the end of Nov). We went up to my brother's in OC last night because we had to get there so early this morning. It was awesome, except for one thing......we sat in the HOT sun for about two hours (thank goodness i put a ton of sunscreen on before we left). Being that there were 803 (no, that is not a typo - bigger than my high school graduating class 18 years ago) graduates, they had to use a high school football stadium to fit everyone. It was a lot of fun though. After the graduation, we went to lunch to celebrate with just the family. She had her own pool party with her friends back at her house this afternoon.

Here's hoping everyone has a fun, safe and blessed summer.

Next year we'll have two graduates. My second eldest niece will say farewell to sixth grade (on to middle, which for them is only two years) and my one and only nephew will say "Peace out" to fifth grade (on to middle; for him its three years).

Please go to...

www.lifetomotion.com - click on the three kids on the left side of the page. These children were killed in very tragic traffic accident on May 4th. The mother and grandmother were badly hurt, but are recovering. Please say prayers for this family that they continue to get through this.

Ok, so May...

was a pretty busy month with Mother's Day and birthdays. June holds more birthdays and a graduation. My eldest niece is graduating from the Eighth Grade; high school next year....YIKES. I remember my eighth grade graduation; the trip was to Disneyland. She was able to go to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Virginia...NOT FAIR! She ended up having a fantastic time; and took a grand total of 450 pictures!! The birthdays are my sister-in-law and my second eldest niece, who's turning 11 next week.

May birthdays included my eldest brother and my youngest niece (father/daughter), who turned seven.

Health wise, I'm having problems with my leg again (still); I'm supposed to be going in for another ultrasound, but have no clue when. Still on the Coumadin and will be for another three months or so.

I've been tagged...

Here are the rules. Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven people to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

Seven random things...

1). I must've had my face painted on cuz even though I graduated from high school 18 years ago, people still recognize me (and I usually don't have the foggiest idea who they are...)

2). Even though I don't know what it is yet, I know for a fact that God has a purpose for me here (I was born with a lot of medical issues and wasn't expected to live...even today, I've had some pretty serious stuff happen and here I am)

3). I'm still close friends with a person I met in the sixth grade.

4). I've lived in San Diego now for almost 25 years.

5). I have 31 first cousins (my mom's the youngest of nine)

6). I've always wanted to travel across the country.

7). I absolutely love being a tourist here in San Diego.