Sandcastles

June 24, 2009

My friend Jackie! is in town. This past Tuesday marked one year since her brain cancer diagnosis. Not exactly an event to toast to. With my birthday looming on Saturday, we decided that the three of us should get away. So we decided to go to Catalina Island. I was there last August under much [...]

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Supposed To

May 5, 2009

This last weekend Mike, my parents, and I drove up to San Francisco. Saturday was a big day for my Jackie!. For those of you that are new here, Jackie! is one of my best friends in the world. Last June 23, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor on her frontal lobe. She had [...]

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What Goes Up…

November 19, 2008

I’m in a place where I have so much going on that I don’t even know where to begin. Last week, I was gone for five days to help celebrate Jackie!’s 30th birthday. She arranged for us to stay in a mansion on a vineyard in Napa Valley FOR FREE. I mean, look at this [...]

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Weekend With Jackie!

November 5, 2008

This weekend, the famous Jackie! came down to visit. I haven’t updated on her in a while…mostly because she was going through chemo and radiation, and there wasn’t anything to report during those six weeks. Jackie!’s last day of radiation was on the 22nd, which coincided with her final day of the first round of [...]

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Flotsam & Jetsam

September 2, 2008

Last Tuesday I had to check in with Doctor Looove. We chatted about a variety of things (2% me, 98% Maddie), and then Dr. Loooove threw out there, “Oh hey – we got the flu vaccine in today!” and I was like, “That’s cool” and then she said, “You should get it!” I was all, [...]

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The Olympics Are Killing Me

August 15, 2008

I’m running on about 4 1/2 hours of sleep and I blame Bob Costas. I’m of the mind to write a strongly worded letter to NBC taking them to task for keeping me up until 1:30 am every night this week. For all of you that don’t live in the Pacific Time Zone, let me [...]

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