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On, March 10, 2008 I found out I have Leukemia. I am 48 years old and not ready for all this I have to see a specialist yet to find out which one I have.I think I just need to vent about it so maybe I will add more as things happen.

Well I went to the UPMC Cancer Center today and found out that normal white blood counts are between 4000 and 10,000 and mine is 132,000 so I have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia which sounds worse then it is. I have to have a ct scan to find out how bad my lymph nodes are but they think I only have to have one week of chemo and I will not lose my hair. wow so happy about that lol.So i feel a lot better now.I am trying to raise my 10 year old grandson so I really don't have time to be sick. Thanks for listening

Debby

This a great recipe to make for the kids to take to school, you will be the best mom in the whole world. Cupcakes with a kiss in the middle.

60    Milk chocolate kisses
3/4 c  Butter; softened
1 2/3 c  Sugar
3    Eggs
1 ts Vanilla
2 c  Flour
2/3 c  Cocoa
1 1/4 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
1 1/3 c  Water

In large mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs
and vanilla. Beat on high speed of electric mixer for 3 minutes. Stir
together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder; add alternately
with water to the butter mixture. Beat just until combined. Add paper liners to muffin pan fill muffin cups about 1/2 full with batter. Place chocolate kiss in center of
each. Bake 20 minutes.At 350 degrees.cupcakes

 My sweet heart made these for me on Valentines Day. They where so good I thought I would share the recipe with everyone. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

2 Tbsp. butter (softened)

8 slices rye bread

8 slices swiss cheese

3/4 lb. corned beef thinly sliced

1/2 lb. sauerkraut

1/4 cup thousand island dressing

Butter one side of the four slices of bread, and place buttered side down on piece of wax paper. Top each with a slice of swiss cheese and then corned beef. Make sure most of the water is out of the sauerkraut then put sauerkraut on the sandwich, then put thousand island dressing on top of the sauerkraut, add more corned beef then cheese make sure you butter the tops of the last slice of bread.  Preheat a griddle and cook sandwiches until golden brown, turning carefully with spatula.reuben sandwich