To head up chemo (Get it? Head up?) My beautiful friend, Trina, cut my hair from ringlet long to elfish short. This will be WAY easier to vacuum when it falls out. Trina's super-sleuth scissor handling created this cut, which I found from Once Upon a Star character, Snow White. Thanks, Trina and Vertigo Salon …
Thank you, Weird Cancer Guy
Dear Weird Cancer Guy, Thanks to you, all of my friends and family have shown their love for me, and I'm letting them. I feel like there's strength in numbers, so I've told everyone I know. My relationship with my husband Brian is stronger than ever - I thought it was super strong before. My …
Suck it, Weird Cancer Guy
Radioactive test and ultrasounds went great yesterday. Here's the best part: They did not see a spread to my lymph nodes. Take that, Weird Cancer Guy! You're fat, yet contained. The port surgery went great, thanks to the extraordinarily nice nurses and fantastic anesthesiologist at Good Sam (didn't pass out or get sick!) They laughed …
View to a Thrill
Does it get any more postcard-perfect than this? Every year, we head to Timberline with two other families. It snowed like crazy last night, leaving sugar-encrusted trees and a blue tint. I love how everything looked like that for miles. Normally, I'm not a white or cream person. But after Weird Cancer Guy, I want to …
Weird Cancer Guy, I hate you
My life has taken on the navigation of a shopping cart. You think you're going straight when suddenly, the wheel sticks and you do a sharp 90 degree turn into a shelf filled with now-toppling cans. Last week, I got diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. Awesome. My first stop is four months of chemo. Then …
Tales of the doomed wristwatch
Not sure about you guys, but I'm tired of looking at my iPhone 20 MILLION times a day to see what time it is. I already look at it enough, not to mention I did slam my coconut head into a pole one day. So I ordered an actual watch - the kind that goes …
Clackamas Women’s Services needs your vote
They don't call me the Ultimate Turnaround Person for nothing. If there's one thing I'm officially about, it's empowering women. Clackamas Women's Services does just that - empowers women to get out of abusive relationships. Unfortunately, I've got plenty of personal experience with that, too. So I'm passing this along: Clackamas Women's Services has the …
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The ultimate TIME OUT
TIME OUT performer-moms got together at Mint last night to celebrate the end of the show.
Good-bye Carmen
Dear Carmen,I am so happy I got to perform with you and know you. No offense to other performers, but you were the funniest person in this town and WAY underrated. Who else could roll an oxygen tank on stage and make a joke out of it? I listened in awe as you talked about …
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