Once again I have been remiss in posting here on my personal blog. They say a busy life is a happy life, and as I  like to say, “I must be ecstatic!”. Or maybe it is the old “No news is good news”? Nah, I always have news….or at least a really good story

Back in October I flew to Austin, TX to spend ten days with my best friend and business    partner Deb Lane. During those ten days, we traveled       down to San Antonio to attend the first ever GVO Seminar. GVO, or Global Virtual Opportunities) is one of our main online businesses. For those who have never met any online friends in person, it is an amazing experience! This happened last March when we met in Las Vegas to attend the Marshall Sylver Turning Point Seminar. This time we saw many of the people we had also met in Vegas, but many, many new faces were there. People recognized us from our weekly webinars as GVO Academy instructors. We felt like Rock Stars as folks rushed up to us, most of them dispensing huge, warm hugs! As always, what we came away from the Seminar with was priceless. We learned so much, we are completely re-vamping our websites and online business. Naturally, the time we got to spend together was way too short. We did manage to take some pictures together and even shoot a little welcome video for our main website, Marketer’s Edge (You should see the outtakes!).

On the personal front, my granddaughter Josephine turned three on November 21. It is these events that make you realize just how fast time passes, especially as you get older. I continue to be amazed at how smart she is. Really. Not just because she is mine. I thought my daughter was smart, but with the computer age these babies are gaining knowledge at an exceptionally rapid rate.

Ric had a second surgery, this time on his right shoulder, on December 9. The doctor found a large amount of scar tissue had built up and was the primary cause of his pain. Ric says it’s like a miracle! He still has pain and tingling in his left shoulder, but the doctors say that is most likely due to his inactivity over the last year while dealing with the other issues.

My oncologist is absolutely amazed every time I go for chemotherapy. My bloodwork is good. I tell her things I do, like shoveling snow last week, and she can’t believe it! I am sure the chemo has a bit to do with it, but I still give credit to the Immunocal, which I never miss a day of taking. I even took it to Texas with me.

Now you see what I meant by the “busy life” comment. I have chemo every Thursday for 3 weeks, then I skip one. Ric has Physical Therapy every weekday. Three nights a week he has counseling from 6 – 9 PM. We babysit Jo four days a week. I do all of the grocery shopping and most of the cooking. I help run an online business. Cancer? I have no time for the usual side effects of cancer. I am now two years into a disease which has a usual prognosis of 5 – 10 months.

My grandpa turned 85 on December 22. He’s definitely slowing down, but still doing great “for his age”. We treated him to Applebee’s (he likes it), then cruised around town looking at Christmas lights. This has become one of our yearly traditions. Gramps fell asleep in the car.

We have certainly had our challenges over the last few months, but we always find a way to deal with them. At the end of the day, we are family, through thick and thin. I think “they” are right – a busy life IS a happy life!

Stephanie