Brookfarm Fun

Most of you know that Mark and I raise alpacas and our business name is Brookfarm ~ Alpacas in the Valley of the Moon. But for those who may have found me randomly, and would like to see some fun and cute shots of our alpacas, here is the latest blog entry from our website. It definitely is a little lighter than this site. Enjoy!

Brookfarm Random Fun

Hugs, Debbie... aka the cancer warrior; AND survivor 

LIVESTRONG: 

I AM STRONG. I AM LOVED. I AM HEALTHY. WE WILL WIN!

Girls Get A Rest

Me and my girls got a rest today. A rest from the frenzied schedule of doctor appointments and tests. My girls and I, well you know what I mean here, had an early morning appointment in Sonoma that was totally unrelated to cancer. Mark was with "us". That felt nice. After the appointment we stopped at Broccos to buy some hay for the alpacas, chicken food, and alfalfa pellets.

While out and about , I received two calls to schedule appointments for next week. So now next week is pretty full with three days scheduled -- the chemo teaching session, labs and Oncologist appointment, and my first chemotherapy "session".  Ready or not, here I come!

After we returned home, Sarah came up to the house to get me so we could drive back down to Glen Ellen Village Market and meet Bobbi for lunch. We sat outside at one of the barbecue tables and soaked up the beautiful mid-day sun. It was glorious!!!! When I returned home, I squeezed in a bit of knitting and welcomed our neighbor, Debbie, who came up to buy eggs and brought delicious lentil soup.

So now that evening chores are done, I'm writing this while heating the soup and trying to get in the remainder of the 10 glasses of water required for my day of tests tomorrow.

And tomorrow involves a bone scan and CT scan. We're almost ready! :-)

Hugs, Debbie... aka the healing breast cancer warrior

LIVESTRONG: 

I AM STRONG. I AM LOVED. I AM HEALTHY. WE WILL WIN!

Nice Distraction

Whenever I feel down and negative thoughts about the cancer, I’m visualizing the little Pac Man character gobbling up all the cancer cells.

This weekend was a nice distraction. We spent the weekend with Alura and Stephan in Davis and attending the annual UC Davis Camelid Symposium at the Veterinary Hospital complex on campus. Nice distraction because we were learning about our lovely alpacas and all the latest and greatest on husbandry, health and more. And we were with a great group of friends and fellow alpaca lovers. But best off was the night over with Alura and Stephan and talking over dinner at their lovely home.

Hugs, Debbie... aka the cancer warrior

LIVESTRONG:

I AM STRONG. I AM LOVED. I AM HEALTHY. WE WILL WIN!