Calendar Girls November

Hi everyone!

I am late, but still on time as far as the day we are to post each month. So sorry for being tardy!

Jeanette provided us with this months challenge, here it is:

We choose a holiday in November (not Thanksgiving, but a little-known holiday) and create a card/project with that holiday in mind. Here's a link to Bizarre November Holidays: November Holidays 2012 (Official) Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Bizarre, Silly, Crazy, Unknown Holiday Observances


The holiday I chose to use, since it is near and dear to my heart is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

My dad is a lung cancer survivor, they found it very early due to a normal scan he had to check on his NHL (and I don't mean hockey ;-) ). He underwent surgery to remove the entire lower lobe of his right lung in February of this year. Since then he has had to jump many hurdles but is a fighter. He has amazing strength and courage and he faces each day head-on. In my eyes, he is a hero.

Here is my card:

Now, you wouldn't expect a man in his early 70's battling 2 types of cancer along with a few other ailments to remodel his bathroom, would you? That's exactly what he has been doing for the last couple of months. He is bound and determined to finish it on his own and is doing a great job. That bathroom has not been remodeled since the early 1970's.....so it was a bit outdated, and it's amazing that the walls were standing, considering what he found when he tore them down (see the next picture)! Yikes!

Can't wait til the bathroom is done and all pretty again! I forgot to mention....while the floor tile was curing/drying, my dad put down a new wood floor in his bedroom (to pass the time? who knows!!!). That man is always doing something!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!