6 months later

This post was one I made Jan 2, 09/the day I made the commitment to walk the 3Day...6 months later and WOW! I have grow and shrunk at the same time. My knowlege of BC has grown, also my awarness. My waiseline has shrunk. In March I was doing 5 mile training walk....I recall the first one in knee deep snow(Jan), I kid you not. I was like these people are really dedicated. So I now can do 5 miles without a doubt for an add on after walking 15-18.....We have worked our way up and WILL be walking 60 miles in less than a month. So excited..

Friday, January 02, 2009
Just made the first step..one of many....

In July I have made a commitment to walk the Susan G breast cancer 3 day walk. This is my first step of many too come. It is a 3 day 20 miles per day walk in Boston. Donations are needed to help this worthy cause. More to come........

Luvin' the sun!

So how awesome is Natural Vitamin D! I love you sun, plaese stay around for a really long time....until after New Years!

a half day ..not enough

So I get out of the bear abrn yesterday at 2 or so and the sun is sooo awesome...Enjoyed having to wear my sunglasses, stayed out until 7:50pm , picked up Ry met Michael and we were NOT going home. Out of the house ALL DAY LONG....well this big BOOM happen this morn and I hope the rain clears b/c Ry has a pool party today. It is the end of June and pools should be swam in but noooo this weather has not really allowed it. So lets just hope that the sun comes out for many days to come...

You Have a Sanguine Temperament

You are an optimistic person who is easily content. You enjoy casual, light tasks - never wanting to delve too deep into anything. A bit fickle, it's easy for you to change plans or paths when presented with something better. You enjoy all of the great things life has to offer - food, friends, and fun. A great talker, you can keep the conversation going for hours. You are optimistic and sure of your success. If you fail, you don't worry about it too much. At your worst, you are vain. You are obsessed with your own attractiveness. A horrible flirt, you tend to jump into love affairs and relationship drama easily. You're very jealous - which just magnifies the craziness around you.

What Temperament Are You?

Julie got her Masters

Congrats to Julie for her hard work at Salem State College for 4 long years....It took a while but well worth every minute. Getting "pinned" meant a lot and now the degree to show her years of hardwork in OT was hard earned....xoxoxo

TEAM HUNGRY FOR LIFE In Memory of Dennis Rich

This support of walkers shows just how awesome a man and family the Rich family is.

A descriptive word

When using words to describe a person I have never been know to have the word TINY in conjunction with a description of me, UNTIL NOW! lol Yesterday we dropped Stephen off at his friends house for the weekend to go to their summer home in NH to help them put the boats in the water, and install the dock with his friend. We have had the pleasure to stay there last summer and the summer before. Well I have not seen the parents since November but last weekend we took their son to the movies with some other kids. I was told by Denise, the mom that Matt came runnin in the house last Saturday and said "mom, did you see Mrs. Raf?" (Stephen is Raf, Ry is lil Raf and Mr and Mrs are we lol) "well she is tiny" lol lol When I saw her last night and got out of the truck she was like Matt was right...I looked and was confused then she told me of his enthusiasm of how TINY Mrs. Raf was. TINY...I just find that word so not me. TINY to me is a lil petite person who has small lil feet and hands. But hey I will take it. She even said I wish my sons friends decscribed me as tiny. Denise was and still is a small momma, lol she has always been slim and the same height as me so it is not like she would have this drastic look of change if she lost 5 lbs...but she said the change is so mindblowing and thinks she would not know me in a store if I were to approach her at first. She went on to say that she has been craving my fudge but understands if I no longer make it...I WAS LIKE I SOOO STILL MAKE IT! lol and she will get some on Sunday when we get Stephen in the afternoon for our fathers day dinner. S offered to take dad out to dinner with Ry and I with his hard earned money from his job. He is too cute. So I am off to get ready for my neices recital, I will fit so much better in the tiny seats ....lol lol with my TINY body....hehehehe

new walking shoes and $14 socks Thorlos

Felt awesome yesterday and lookin forward to a 15 miler. I did not get the ping in my left knee and was skippin around b/c the bounce was awesome. I just wish they were PINK!

Water Walkers

not a fashion show...lol wearing the dark green windbreaker that I could pull out of the closet in the dark this morn and old eye glasses and a hat to cover the messed up hair....Not a fashion show..lol
This morning at 630am on the dot in the pouring rain 6 brave Pink Angels headed out for our ussual Sunday Morning 15 mile walk. We always seem to have lots and lots of people but today 6 brave NON WOOSSIES! lol Peter a guy who was redignosed last month walked even though on Thursday he had some aggresive experimental chemo. U GO PETER! We ended at 12:30 with a small 15 min snack break of my Homemade Raw Vegan Treats. I am happy to report that Peter knows and goes to Sol Bean for his shots of Wheatgrass and does an 85% raw diet to go hand in hand with his other treatment and says he really thinks it makes a hugh differnce in his recovery and I do not doub that. I am goin to help out Friday night for his Relay For Life fight...he will be walking non stop from 3pm Friday to 3pm Saturday...as long as in his name or sponsrship walking takes place in that 24 hour period. So when he gets tired others are there to help with his walk. His family is a hugh Irish clan and there are many there to support his 24 hour walk but he is determined to do 12 of it on his own. A former Marine of the Gulf War that has a heart of gold and passion the size of the world. He also has a goal to do EVERY 3 Day around the country and has lots of financial support from companies he did work for when he owned his own landscaping design buisness. GO PETER! So as I hear the rain falling so fast and hard laying in my bed not for one second did I think I am not walking today. WHY! b/c there are people who can;t walk and wish they could and I CAN! SO I WILL~~~~~~

Paula Cole

Had an encounter at the Bear Barn with her...great gal and sweet lil daughter

THINK PINK!

contin.

easier said than done......Oh you should be so proud! or wow you look awesome...Well I have to learn to live with my NEW self. I not others need to see me as I am now seen. It is not easy. I have a loss for words when I am trying to explain the conflict in my own mind that I have some days...Not all days just some. Am I wrong in thinking I would NEVER want to be that way again. NEVER...I had a friend on the same journey say she would reather die than be obese again. Well we all know I want to be around for a long time. I never wanted to be the person my mother way not taking good care of herself and passing at the age of 60 b/c of weight and health related issues. Do I want to die? No I want to fight with all my God given might to stay on track...It is not a "CAKE" walk.....thats for sure. It does nto come easy and sometimes I find myself saying to people who say wow you look good I say "Yeah I'm tryin'" Yeah well I was pointed out by myself the other day in deep tought of this journey I AM DOING! not just trying. DAMIT give yourself some well deserved credit. It is like the prevebual right side angel and the left side dressed in red devil suit on your shoulders telling you two differnt things. I try....I DO! I try AND DO! I WILL no matter what continue TO DO! DO DO DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE>>>I WILL NOT STOP>...I ma unstopable...even I will not let me stop....SO THERE!

it is not about what you say or think it is about what I think!

the beauty of rain....yeah RIGHT!

Love rain love the sound love the smell in the spring YEAH NOT! enough is enough...I love this rain as much as I love snow int he winter....we all know that is 100% not true. So I am off to Home Depot before BAB to get wood to start building the ARK!

TEAM Hungry for Life!

http://drichhungryforlife.blogspot.com/



Got my Team Dennis shirt today (thanks Katie) and will be sporting it proudly on Fathers Day morn for the NSMC Cancer Walk.....

20 Miles

Biked 20 miles in under a 50 min period...faster than 20 miles an hour...I think that's not too bad...I do 3 miles in under 7 mins when I warm up to do weight training to warm the body! I felt sooo good burning and pumpin' today...almost at 160 down..so close....

For one split second...

I woke at 457am without the alarm as always and made my way to the bathroom and sat and said yeah no training walk this morn. Washed hands and walked back towards the bed. Did not sit or lay back down...another spilt second..pivot towards the closest to get clothes. Yeah second of that gone and forgotten. Could I go on with my very busy day knowing that I did not do my 15 miles that are expected of me...NO I would feel guilty and wrong. Even the day I do the NSMC 6 mile cancer walk to honor dads or I should say men I will do an additional 6-9 miles to compensate for my small distance. I HAVE TO! Today was the FIRST time since maybe April of '08 that I had a second of negative feelin to go back to bed. BUT THE THING IS I DID NOT FALL or GIVE IN! YAY ME! pat on back. I look at it this way, am I healthy enough and do I have legs that work? YES I DO! well get out there and just do it! I would not of met Peter and awesome positve husband, dad, and breast cancer survior this morn. Yes Peter, men are not immune to BC like some may think. He and I chatted and he had a great pink shirt on that said "CANCER...You messed with the wrong BROAD(crossed out) fighting kick ass kind of guy! Up yours, I WON!" it was a hoot. One fiesty gal had a t on with two hugh circles of hot pink right where the boobskies go and it said hey what are you lookin at? Thats right I walk for the fight!
One had the same hot pink dots...very large take up your entire boob area dots that said these boobs are made for walking....lol I love the enthusiasm. I love the hope and I hear of the suffering and the loss that goes with it. I am proud to wear the pins of two women who walked on the Pink Angels before me that have passed and they were even younger than I am...Sad but that is why we walk...Peter said Chrissy may not have lived a lifetime, b/c the message for SGC is Everyone Deserves A Lifetime, but the life she lived made a make on many hearts...her time was full of life! Touching these training walks...I feel like it doen't just train our bodies but also our spritis.....I see things differnly. I cherish and thanks God for every breathing second I am givien to make my mark, make a differnce. TO BE! not just ot be TO BE! and to DO! selfeshness is not an option! DO for others! xoxoxo love yourself and grow by spreading that love...xoxoxo

words to live by!

Always be that person that people want to cross the street to get to: Not cross the street to avoid!
A a smile and love goes a long way~!