My friend Jillian owns this super-rad '60s game, Pie Face. We gave it a spin yesterday. It is the most fun-filled, messiest game evah! Later, I played the videos for Brian. I haven't heard him laugh that hard in such a long time. The world needs more Pie Face! THREE POSITIVES: 1- Brian's laughter. 2- …
Dangerous liaisons
We knew this would happen. The kids would actually get along, form a bond and gang up on us. Today, they secreted a bottle of raspberry dressing out of the refrigerator and streaked their hands with it, screaming, "I'm hurt! Oh, my hand." It's my fault. I'm the one who said whoever draws blood first …
Welcome to the New Age, alright
I feel it in my bones.Enough to make my systems blow.I'm radioactive. Radioactive.Coincidentally, the Imagine Dragons song follows me around. I'm closing in on week three of the ultimate tanning bed session. My skin is red, but not too bad. But when I sneeze, I feel like I'm at a crab feast and I'm the …
The “Ketchup” blog
Firecrackers, ice cream and condiment jokes - it finally feels like summer around here. In our quest to make sure the kids have tools they can use to deal with other adversity like cancer, we took them to a family therapy session. Steven stunned us by saying: "They're just the most amazing parents." Livvie said: …
What could be better than this?
Nothing makes Mother's Day happy like stuffed brioche and Iron Man. We started with an amazing brunch at Mama Mia. Just looking at my family sitting there finally laughing, I realized, Oh my God, I am so thankful I'm here. Then, tears. "Seriously, Mom. If you cry, that would be WEIRD," Livvie said. Too late. …
What fell away?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole blog about how our plans of being over Weird Cancer Guy fell away this week. Nothing but the headline showed up, making it seem a lot more dramatic than it was. We were ecstatic thinking we were done with Weird Cancer Guy. But then, I found out I need to …
Falling away
Being a woman is a pain in the chest
Next to chemo, everything should be a cake walk. But getting syringes of fluid pumped behind your chest muscle is no sparkly cupcake. With boobs under construction, a drain dangling from one side and a throbbing back, I am not confection happy. Why does being a woman have to be so painful. I'm talking menstruation, …
Blogging while strongly medicated
Here's one piece of advice I can confidently give you: Don't drink and look for jobs on Craigslist. I did that once, scored an interview, then realized that I would have gone home with negative take-home pay. They laughed out loud when I called them to bow out of the interview. So here I am …
The doctor said it’s a little early to
The doctor said it's a little early to get off of pain killers. I tried to just take one pill at a time. The rest are antibiotics, muscle relaxers and other stuff. It's still beyond me how anyone gets addicted to oxy-whatever it is. One pill makes me semi-spacey. Two pills make me feel like …
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