Rita's Updates

Pool is open!!!

2009-05-24T18:41:00.003-05:00

The pool is open! Water aerobics lessons are $8.00 per 90 minute lessons. Fee includes instruction, equipment use and pool maintenance. Your support and interest makes my mom's day.

Sometimes, lessons close with a light snack too!

Happy Easter

2009-04-13T18:54:00.004-05:00

Rita celebrated Easter by making delicious treats for everyone. Rita is getting the pool ready and working on her house this Spring. So far, her health has been good, but the challenge of recovery and other circumstances have kept her at home quite a bit.
Let her know you are thinking of her...or stop by!

Please keep her dog Maggie in your thoughts and prayers, as Maggie's cancer has come back. For all that know Maggie, you know she has been there for my mom through everything. Maggie is currently undergoing chemotherapy in hopes that it will stop the growth of her cancer.

Many thanks!
-andee

Hopeful in the New Year

2008-12-28T21:12:00.001-06:00

Rita is home and receiving physical therapy as well as visits from friends and family. She is hopeful and is planning a POSITIVE 2009! Thank you for your well wishes and yummy dishes...mom feels so VERY blessed to have love and laughter in her life at this time.
Happy New Year to you and yours!

OUCH...holidays

2008-12-25T12:46:00.005-06:00

Good News...My mom was able to have a wonderful little get-together at her house with friends this year. Bad news...on Christmas Eve, my mom fell coming down her stairs and has broken her pelvic bone. She was home alone but was able to call and get help quickly. She was rushed to Greenview Hospital by ambulance. We hope she will be able to leave the hospital in a few days. She will need quite a bit of assistance as she heals over the next 6 weeks, but we are hopeful.
Through it all, her spirits are up as long as she does not move too quickly or laugh too hard...very hard for my mom to do...but she is managing.
Thank you for the many blessings of friendship!

BG Int. Fest Gallery Walk award ceremony

2008-09-28T21:59:00.003-05:00

Rita Rudloff presented the 2008 Gallery Walk award for Best Use of Theme to Memphis Marsha's. Owner/artist Marsha Heidbrink was there to accept the award. The award ceremony was held during the Bowling Green International Festival Saturday, September 27th, 2008.

Port-a-cath...gone baby gone

2008-09-25T20:07:00.003-05:00

My mom was able to have her port-a-cath removed yesterday. It was removed and she was able to go home. She can not get completely underwater, but is still dancing in the water...waist deep.
She will recover at home.
She is so strong.
:)

Memphis Marha's Sizzles

2008-08-09T21:01:00.003-05:00

It seems the Friday night Gallery Hop in Bowling Green, KY, was a big hit!!! Memphis Marsha's hosted an opening reception for SIZZLE and Rita's work was featured in the show.
Water aerobics and making art are keeping Rita busy these days. She is doing well and enjoying friends and fun.
She is in her pool and would love for you to stop in and join her for water aerobics.

pictured above Rita Rudloff and Nancy Keyser

Gallery Hop - Friday, August 8th

2008-08-04T07:24:00.002-05:00

See Rita's artful creations at TWO locations, Memphis Marsha's and The Gallery at 916, during Friday's Gallery Hop in Bowling Green, KY!
Don't miss the Gallery Hop this Friday. A free shuttle and seven locations will participate in the Gallery Hop.
Pick up a map at Memphis Marsha's, www.memphismarshas.com

We are very proud of our mom!!!

Rita and Andee's Reception

2008-07-26T21:39:00.002-05:00

The reception on Friday, July 25th was a HIT! The show will remain up for Bowling Green's next gallery walk on Friday, August 8th. So please feel free to go by again and again until then.

Pictured above from L to R: Andee Rudloff, Rita Rudloff and Carolyn Stephens

Next Friday, July 25th...Join us at Gallery 916!!

2008-07-17T22:00:00.002-05:00

The Animated Lives of Rita and Andee Rudloff
Reception Friday, July 25th
5:00-8:00pm
The show runs through July 31st.
The Gallery at 916
916 State Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101

www.thegalleryat916.com
www.visitbgky.org

Maggie too

2008-07-05T13:52:00.002-05:00

ok...Maggie is also cancer-free!!! Maggie and my mom were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Everyone has been asking about her...so here she is:)

Rita remains cancer-free

2008-07-05T13:48:00.003-05:00

Rita has remained cancer-free and it is truly something to celebrate!!! She is enjoying time in the pool and making art for her upcoming shows in July (www.thegalleryat916.com) and August(www.memphismarshas.com).
Please drop her a note, a call or come by for a dip in the pool with she and Nettie (pictured above).

Animated Lives show, Reception Fri.July 25th

2008-07-05T13:44:00.002-05:00

Rita and Andee Rudloff will be showing in Bowling Green, KY, at The Gallery at 916 the month of July. There will be a reception on Friday, July 25th from 5-8pm.

The Gallery at 916
916 State St.
On Historic Fountain Square in Downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
www.thegalleryat916.com

The Animated Lives of Rita and Andee will be present in many forms. Come in and celebrate life with us!

Rita, the artist, in Sizzle exhibition

2008-07-05T13:41:00.000-05:00

Memphis Marsha's Art Gallery & Classes will be hosting an exhibition including 10 regional artists' interpretation of the theme, "Sizzle" August 8-September 6, 2008

Opening Reception:
Friday, August 8, 5-8pm CT.
The reception is in conjunction with Bowling Green's Gallery Hop, in which 8 other art spaces will be open at the same time, & a limited number of free shuttle tickets will be available.

Expected Media:
Mixed Media, Printmaking, Photography, Drawing, & Painting

Exhibiting Artists Include:
Antigone, Franklin, KY
Mary Crutcher, Bowling Green
Michaele Ann Harper, New Orleans, LA
Nancy Keyser, Bowling Green
Tony Mennite, Hermitage, TN
Delaire Rowe, Bowling Green
Andee Rudloff, Bowling Green
Rita Rudloff, Bowling Green
Kim Soule, Bowling Green
Jennifer Stone, Franklin, KY

Regular Gallery Days:
Thursdays-Saturdays, 10-4 CT, or by appointment.

Gallery Location:
524 E 12th Ave (The PINK building between State & Chestnut Streets)
Bowling Green, KY

For More Information:
Marsha Heidbrink
270-843-1726; or Toll Free: 1-877-640-7973
http://www.memphismarshas.com

Water Aerobics this Easter?

2008-03-19T22:21:00.003-05:00

Rita has the pool ready to start saving knees, hips and taking that weight off...so come on over. With the great news...CANCER-FREE...last month at OHSU, she has not turned the smile down since she arrived home.
Contact her today...and thank you Marsha Heidbrink for the wonderful picture of my mom before her St. Patty's Day water aerobics class.
Wonder how Rita will dress for Easter???
Happy Easter and thank you!

Heading out for tests

2008-02-24T12:00:00.004-06:00

Greetings!!! My mom and I are heading out for tests at OHSU this next weekend. Mom has been feeling well and gaining her energy back. I think she is finally unpacking from the move back in to Bowling Green, which happened at the same time she was diagnosed. She is finding things that she thought did not make it in the move and reconnecting with so many good memories.
I am lucky to have a mom that continues to live fully every day.
A friend shared the following video (see link below) with me and I hope you will cut and paste the link and watch it too.
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?s=ithct48cqw&i=ufcchmyxqsuj9vwsemax

Thank you for keeping my mom in your thoughts and prayers.
-andee

Covered Pool!!!!

2007-12-26T21:41:00.000-06:00

It is official...with the help of Keith Graff and his wonderful crew at Gra-Tac, my mom's pool is officially INDOOR now. Every Rudloff in town for the Christmas holiday took a swim in the pool. With it being around 30 degrees outside on Christmas, the condensation and fog inside the pool made it a guessing game has to who just jumped off the diving board...WHAT FUN!!
Mom is about ready to get water aerobics up and going again. She has more energy each day. Blessings blessings...
"God only knows what we I'd be without you." -Brian Wilson

December was my mom's first vacation away from treatment in 2 years. OHSU has requested that she come back out to Portland, OR, in late February 2008. Thank you for keeping my sweet mom in your prayers.

Happy New Year to all!!
-andee

Hot off the press from OHSU!

2007-11-12T20:58:00.000-06:00

With clear scans at OHSU for the past 7 months, Rita will go home after this treatment and get an MRI in Bowling Green every month for the next 6 months -- if she stays clear, she'll then get a scan every 6 months.

We are so thankful that she is where she is today - so much different from this time last year.

Thanks so much for all of your well-wishes and support along the way!

Rita - Special Guest Speaker at CURE event

2007-11-11T20:18:00.000-06:00

Rita will be the special guest speaker at the first Campus for a Cure event on Saturday, December 1st. Be prepared to laugh and share in her joy for life!
Campus for a Cure welcomes everyone to a celebration of life at Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Auditorium, Saturday, December 1st from 7-10pm.
For tickets and more information about Campus for a Cure and the event, visit:
www.CampusforaCure.org

One Year at OHSU

2007-11-11T20:00:00.000-06:00

Today...my mom arrived in Portland, Oregon, and tomorrow she will start her last scheduled treatment. Friends and family, she is in remission!
This time last year, we were in an all-out panic trying to find my mom the right treatment after realizing the treatment at Vanderbilt was not working.
We were so very lucky to find Dr. Edward Neuwelt's BBBD treatment at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). My mom has done very well over the past year.
We all feel so blessed.

When we think about this time last year, we are just blown away by the generosity of people like Keith Graff, Stacey Irvin, Rita Silen, Libby Rowe, Joyce Cloutier, Sharon and Jim Bates and so many more people...thank you for the prayers and well wishes.

Please keep my mom in your prayers as she undergoes BBBD treatment over the next few days and travels back to Bowling Green, KY.

Please feel free to send my BRAVE mom BIG HUGS...she has climbed Mt. Hood!!!

smiles!!!!

Meet Nettie

2007-09-01T23:53:00.001-05:00

OK...so you might have heard, my mom has a new puppy. Well, pictured above with Andee is Nettie...she is certainly more than a handful.
Best of all, she loves to swim with my mom...so thanks to Chuck Beard, my mom has another water aerobics student!

Labor Day trip

2007-08-31T01:37:00.000-05:00

Andee and Rita are headed to OHSU/Portland over Labor Day. Rita will be at OHSU the first full week in September. The treatments at OHSU have been going well and Rita is spending the other 3 weeks of each month healing others and dancing in the water.
Dr.Neuwelt is keeping a close watch on Rita's vision and hearing throughout the treatment. Although she has seen a little decline in her hearing and vision, she is feeling pretty well overall and keeping a smile on her face. She really loves everyone who is coming over and splashing in the pool with her, including her new puppy Nettie Pearl.

Check out the new non-profit that Chuck Beard, Andee and friends have been working on: www.campusforacure.org

Thank you so very much for your prayers and support.

(OHSU pictured above)

Start spreadin' the news...

2007-07-26T23:45:00.000-05:00

One more week before the next trip to OHSU, treatment #9. Low-energy and a foggy head has not stopped Rita. She is in the water 3 times a day and is also the proud mommy of a new puppy, Nettie Pearl. Rita is busy creating lamps for the 2007 Tomato Art Fest in Nashville, TN, on Saturday, August 11th, TOO!
She is looking forward to attending her High School Reunion in Dawson Springs the weekend of July 27th and 28th.
Thank you to everyone for your help and support...especially those who are sneaking over to keep my mom's pool clean when she is gone. Super!!

Life is good!

"Thelma & Louise" are at it again

2007-06-21T11:11:00.000-05:00

Yes...it is that time of year when "Thelma and Louise" hit the road for an exciting road trip. This year, they have a modified schedule, but a schedule nonetheless.

My aunt Carolyn and my mom have traveled BY CAR to Nova Scotia, Alaska and countless other places. This year's schedule has them flying out to Portland and OHSU and renting a car when they arrive. Knowing the two of them, the laughs and experiences will be just as BIG!!! Together for another adventure, they have planned a few days before my mom's treatment to enjoy the mild temps in Portland. My mom will begin BBBD treatment at OHSU on July 9th. She will be released on July 12th. "Thelma and Louise" will return from Portland via Las Vegas on July 13th.

I am so glad that they are able to take the trip together. Thank you so much for the wonderful thoughts and prayers for my mom...she is always blown away that you are thinking of her.

Thank you.

Because....she is the best

2007-06-17T21:59:00.000-05:00

All I can say is, what other "grandmother" will go off the low and high diving boards for her grandson, Noah, on his birthday?
Well, you can count on ReRu! You can also say, she drew the attention of everyone in the pool area when she did it too...as she did a smashing dive off of the low diving board and a dramatic "pencil" off the high board.

I am so thrilled to let you know that her last MRI showed little signs of cancer!!!!!
Rita will head back to Portland, OR, and OHSU on July 10th for her next treatment. Treatment at OHSU is still scheduled until November 2007.

Thank you very much for keeping my mom in your thoughts and prayers.

If you are in BG, KY, please come join her in the pool...she is in the pool everyday!
-andee