Its super mellow down here and really just beautiful. The front of the house is floor to ceiling windows staring out over the river. Today, the weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Roger went to the boat to do more projects. I stayed back to replicate Thursday's activities with the exception of a walk into town. I think the temperature had to be the mid to upper 60's...really gorgeous. I would have preferred to have Roger in tow for the walk and meandering through Vevay but I know how grounded he feels on the boat and how much he wants to plow through projects when he feels good. So I elected to stay out of his hair (what hair he has) and stay back at the house. But for the last couple hours this evening, I didn't do any Black Friday shopping though I did manage to make a dent prior to jumping on the blog.
Roger has been working on a remote control airplane model I got for him many years ago for Christmas. The box was as big as me and the cost, well it was embarrassing when you say "model airplane kit". So Roger has started working on this thing in the workshop in the basement. I went down to check out his progress earlier this week (photo here). I about had a fit when I saw this elaborate "kit" was a bunch of STYROFOAM!!!! Seriously, I expected balsam (:) balsa(?) wood, carbon fibre, platinum plating or at least gold plating.....not Styrofoam. When expressing my concern of the product relative to the original investment, Roger just laughed and said "its a model. Of course its Styrofoam. That's the point. You BUILD it". Again, I was not getting it. Because not only was it Styrofoam but you had to whittle the foam into the proper molded shape. Whatthehell???? Anyway, my hubby seems to be happy as a clam working on this model airplane which will be as tall as me. The other shoe
to drop on this little hobby is the motor. I - stupidly...emphasis stupidly... thought this grand kit had everything. Was a complete kit. Um, no. Its just the shell of the plane, which will have to be fibre glassed and then tricked out with motor, etc. Care to render a guess on the cost of a motor for this little fun-fest? Me? I guessed a couple hundred bucks. Ha! Roger naturally wants a gas powered motor which can run as much as several THOUSAND dollars. WHAT?!?!?!?! I think he told me the high end to work on the shock factor and quickly said he thinks he's found something in the couple hundred dollar range. So any who, we're pretty easy goin' this week. The coming week is the ramp up for chemo treatment # 9 (three to go after this coming treatment). We will find out the results of Roger's CT scan last week. He is also giving physical therapy a whirl to see if it will help with his fast deteriorating posture and his neck/spine issues. I was hoping he had a hot little cute therapist which would motivate him through the therapy. He won't confirm or deny. Lots going on. The good weeks have certainly helped us both. A little recharging of the batteries.
In my catalog purging today I found the following saying. It was inscribed on a bracelet or something. I have no interest in the jewelry but thought the saying was nice... "What Cancer Cannot Do...
It cannot
invade the soul,
suppress memories,
kill friendship,
destroy peace,
conquer the spirit,
shatter hope,
cripple love,
corrode faith,
steal eternal life,
silence courage."
Enjoy the weekend. Shop a little to rev the economy. Hang some holiday decorations to get the spirit jump started. And above all else, love your people
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