THE LAST TREATMENT

Today is treatment number 33..the last radiation treatment...Jane is about as happy as I have ever seen her..no more everyday trips to Lihue...and no more doses of radiation..the last 8 booster doses have made Jane a little more tired..but she is doing really good and is anxious to get her life back...still have some doctor appointments to deal with..and some trips to Kapi'olani on Oahu for follow up..but at least this part of the protocol is over....

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"HAPPY JANE"

8 TREATMENTS LEFT..

We are heading to town in a few minutes for the first of 8 booster treatments..extra doses of radiation...and these 8 treatments are the last in Jane's protocol...we are both happy that the light is at the end of the tunnel finally...Jane is doing pretty good..tired but in good spirits and especially since soon we won't have to drive to town every day for treatments...

10 DOWN...23 TO GO

Jane has done 10 radiation treatments with 23 left to go..here she is with her friend, Patty, celebrating pau hana friday and the end of two long weeks of daily treatments....

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

We had good friends come celebrate christmas and new years with us this year...and John and Muriel stayed with us over the holidays and just left yesterday...starting tomorrow Jane has 5 day a week radiation treatments for 33 treatments...luckily the radiation oncology center is on Kauai in Lihue..so we don't have to fly to oahu everyday like everyone did just a couple of years ago...Jane is anxious to get the treatments finished and is positive and strong...I found this photo of Jane from high school..she was co-captain of the school cheerleader's squad..positive and strong...see if you can pick her out of the photo....

 

hint: bottom right

XMAS TURNINGS..

A while back I was at the Tavern with friends and one of them mentioned he just bought a lathe and was turning handles for kitchen and bar tools...I was very interested and remembered wood shop in 8th grade and how much I loved the smell of burning wood on the lathe..A couple of days ago that friend called and asked me if I wanted to come over to learn a little bit about turning wood on the lathe..He showed me his collection of xmas gifts that he had already finished and they were beautiful..I thought I was just there to watch but he took me through each step in the process of turning a handle..and then let me do one myself...complete to finish sanding and tung oil and insertion of the kitchen tool..in my case, a vegetable peeler..I had a great time and now would love to buy a lathe and put it in my newly construction garage/workshop/guesthouse...

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assortment of kitchen and bar tools

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garlic press

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ice cream scoop

 "grasshopper" at work

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my finished veggie peeler in zebra wood

PAU HANA FRIDAY POOL TOURNAMENT

...In the ManCave...started off with Happy Hour at the soon to be defunct Tavern (December 28th last day) and then moved to our place for post Happy Hour festivities...people started dropping off at around 9pm...but die hards played until around 2am...and the two of us left at 2am also finished off a bottle of MakersMark ....

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GARAGE/WORKSHOP CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

We are finally getting very close to being finished with our construction project.  The carport conversion to mancave has been completed for a while now and the garage/workshop is getting there.  We have friends coming to stay with us on December 17th so I am hoping we are done with the daily construction noise and mess by then.  Here's some photos of the "workshop" interior..

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stairs done, hand rail next

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workshop cabinets and farm lighting

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bathroom vanity and vessel sink

 

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looking out bathroom sliding door in to outdoor shower