leaving on a jet plane!

I do know when I'll be back again! :D
Walking the Tamapa 3 day to fight like a girl...and put an END to cancer once and for all. Imagine life without cancer, we would walk just for the sake of walkin'.
My Pink Angel team will be representing BOSTON in the SUNSHINE STATE....how appropriate SUNSHINE STEPHIE in the state she loves the best! :D ok not the best...second best Hawaii takes 1st place. How cool would that be the Maui 3 day....oh baby!
I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the wonderful donors who help make my walk possible. It's because of your donations to the cause that we walk and can fund research for new drugs ect to put an END to this disease. I am PINKED UP to show my passion for the fight. Post some pics IF I get them from teammates LOL ya all know my mo with pics ....someday maybe I will be a pic person! till then wait to be tagged in pics on FB! SO I will be back on the line as I call it after the 3 day. Love and thanks once again to all of you who support this fight....xoxoxoxoox I WALK BECAUSE I MUST!
http://www.the3day.org/site/TR/2011/General?px=2999947&pg=personal&fr_id=1751
this is my link to donate to the 3 day ....fundraising never ends....untill the cure is found does it end!

3 day training and da toes!

The training of a 3 day walker....lots of long training miles so that on the 3 day ya don't poop out..so this leads to many foot issues. We call them 3 day walker feet. So I in the past never had major issues with my 3 day walker feet. As for this year running in 2 5 K's I lost my pinky toe nail. ok not bad a pinky...well NOW the big toe toenail is now gone. UGH! sorry to be so forth coming with the toes. UGH! SO when telling M about the latest loss of nail he says..I hope I keep all my toes training for the 3 day. I said well my toes have yet to fall off just the nails LMAO! I knew what he meant but it was cute to point out we will not be at a toe loss, we hope! Keeping the nails is hard for running/walking people. It could be worse. I have had co-walkers who's feet were soooo bad that mine looked pretty! off to soak em in the salts...EPSOM SALT!

I never liked Applebee's not ever!

So today to get a bite to eat we stopped @ Applebees on the way north heading home b/c Ry and Michael saw a 2 for $20 commercial. So they got an appetizer and two meals for 20. I got get this I AM a cheep date LMAO! $3.49 salad. It was that b/c she made it an add on to an entree. It would of been like $5.59 but the waitress was very nice about that being apart of what Ry ordered. So one would think it was safe being a non meat eating person that a side salad is safe and has no animal products but nooooo. Not @ Applebee's.....there is like NOTHING on that menu for me to pick so I went with the safe bet of the SALAD...so I go to dig in AND there is BACON! ......she had stepped away when I was to dig the fork in and eat it so I said to the boys I can't eat this it has bacon....we wait about 7 mins to see her again and I nicely tell her the problem and she looks at me like I told her I cane from outer space. So she says let me see what I can do. WHAT!!!!!!!!!! OH OK .....now if you know me I DO NOT EVER get mad at people in any industry let alone the service industry. So she comes back and says they will make you another one with out the bacon I asked if that was ok. So I thanked her, smiled and waited for the next salad to come which made me think did they scrape the bacon off and just return what was first sent out? But when she walked away I said to my men ok so they were maybe contemplating not issuing me a non bacon salad and she had to get approval? LMAO! So yes I am a cheep date to a restaurant...water for all of us...the 2 for 20 meal and 3.49 plus tax and 20% tip....not a bad price for a meal that them 2 enjoyed. As for me I said to M "I TOLD YA SO" I suggested that we stop @ Costco for me to get the big container of spring mix for $5.49 and I would of had enough salad for 3 serivings but hey they wanted an entree and they got it. OH WELL...I so would of rather a shot of WH and a small shot of ginger from Sol Bean for the same price maybe even a little bit more $!~

45 from 90!

Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone....saw this in an e-mail sent with 45 little quotes written by a 90 year old.I think of Nana T who also is 90 but could not verbalize herself.. I have to share b/c they all seem to hold value, thank you Karen for the share! : ) I always look forward to your e-mails!

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .
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"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time.. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come....

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
So back to the cry one! Seeing Nana T today as every time I see her I seem to try my hardest to contain my tears. It very rarely works though. I should take my own advise like I say to friends...."like laughing when happy...you should cry when sad b/c you would NEVER hold back the laugh so why hold back the tears...it is such a valid emotion and if needed then do it...no shame in that"/////
So it was so heart wrenching when Nana T cried first. When putting my cheek next to hers she burst out into tears and in my happiest voice I told her how beautiful she is and how much I love her and she means so much to me. She then says don't worry. So by her saying that and realizing she comprehends more than people may think I had to burst within reason to not alarm her....It was so good to have Michael right next to me, the one who knows me so deep and so intensely that he takes the weight of my worry and supports it when I can only support so much. He knew I could tell that he ust knew that by her saying that it would start my tears. I feel some what good to know that she comprehends to an extent when we talk to her. My first words to her today were "come stai? " and she said oh eh! meza meza...that there shows me she is some what getting it a we lil bit. When she opens her eyes she tears up..I think it is easier for her to keep them closed when we are there emotionally. I tell ya I LOVE THAT WOMEN...she is MY NANA T! to sit and hold her frail but oh so still soft hand and have her grip it back also gives me a sense of warmth! I LOVE YOU NANA T...ALWAYS WILL! xoxoxo Love YOUR STEPHIE!

yay

http://career-advice.comcast.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-information/bestpaying-degrees-in-2010-hot-jobs/article.aspx?WT.mc_n=comcast802

this made this WIT mama happy! I know he still has a few years to go but it is great to see that the degree will be in demand. So sad to see college grads who can't find jobs in their field.
#6 on the top ten list!

would NEVER even if I had tons o cash spend $ on a bag! this vid kind of explains why!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgzQ9Pcsg&feature=share

I really like the message that this points out. Maybe that my friends is why I can sport my $1. reusable bags, like a pocketbook...lol it is the person holding the bag not the expensive fancy bag that makes the person...I <3 my matching reusable collection of handbags! it makes me me! lol

Stephen and Mama.....Lil Mama and BIG MIKE as S call us!

Outside Stephens dorm area on Sunday after the Jazz Breakfast!

WIT weekend continues

Back from day two of WIT Family weekend. Day one we had Stephen pick out our pumpkin, sign us in as a family but did not attend Casino Night...S had plans with his new buds and we got to watch our nephews and learn new and interesting facts from Evan. :D As for day two...bright and early on our way to the city....Michael taking the wheel (phew) no median strips being driven over HAHAHAHA.....met 3 new families, ate a very delish free lunch, took a walk to the Pru for a lil, had tons of fun walking and explorin the campus, did some cool stuff to raise money for the Jimmy Fund (love a good cause). While the boys watched a soccer game I went to see the deans address who btw in a room full o people before she spoke made a bee line right to my seat to say hello and tell me how happy she was to see me...her fellow Italian girl on campus :D ......when I went back to find the boys at the field house Michael asked if I made my way to the Dean..I said nope SHE made her way to me ...SHE LOVES ME! :D A 3rd years students mom heard me and said you know the dean personally! YUP I DO! lol lol...After some more outside activities on the quad we went to the pumpkin area that smelt pretty nasty. Ok it smelt FALL LIKE...lets put it that way! They were lining up the carved pumpkins with glow sticks for tonight's hayride that we will forgo since we left S to tend to his group of friends. This other family to not have to drive 3 hours north are staying in a area hotel and we will be meeting them for a quick dinner in a lil bit. Funny how they went 40 mins north of the city to get a decent hotel rate. Bright an early tom. am we head back for the jazz breakfast. Also it was so exciting to see the new student center that is being constructed...a ten million dollar project that will be named the Flanagan Something Center when complete in March 2012....the 10 mil was donated by Mr. F a WIT alumni who must have done well for himself. The BEST was seeing the presentation of how WIT students are working with the City of Boston to make the WATER FLOODING situating make rhyme or reason in the age of over population of the city. WIT Civil Engineering students are drawing up programs to have excess rain water be utilized in holding wells that will make the flooding situation have better flow and less taxxing on streets and the sewer system. Just hearing and seeing the real life input this institution has make me beam with pride to have our son be able to learn at a place that you are not a number and can thrive in the path you choose to study. The under 3900 or so student population make it easy to have an 18 to 1 ratio. That also makes me feel good that they are very much focused on by the professors. So far we are pleased and delighted to be parents of a Wentworth student. That is why we got the shirts you see in the pic. Pink for me of course....They did have WIT mom and WIT dad shirts but I did not like the fabric as much as I did for these ones. Off to see Tayors parents in Andover and pick up some items to take to him tomorrow. WIT we will see you in the am for jazz brunch!

"OUR MARTHA"

AN EARTH ANGEL that is what she is....OUR MARTHA as we call her. She is all ours, A Pink Angel who we love to hear, see, hug, laugh, feel close to and have many memories made with. Her beautiful smile has always been a sight that makes your day. He locks of dark curls blow in the wind and she lives her days with such hope and thankfulness. Just to hear her speak about how invigorating it feels to take her lunch time walk over the Mass Ave bridge and the awesome feeling of the wind in her hair makes my heart leap knowing that it is the little things that make such a big difference in life. To live everyday knowing just how much of a gift it is to be together and able to make new memories makes it all worth it. So to you OUR MARTHA you are loved so deeply and with such passion from your family, friends, co-workers and especially your Pink Angel team.....You are now that dark curly locks lady xoxoxoox love u lots and lots

"FIND COMFORT IN ME"

When "ANGELS ON EARTH" want to do something THEY DO IT! that's for sure......TO say that last night was touching is an understatement. I have a team of PINK ANGELS that show so much caring in life. Eileen our "nutty knitter" who has talent to the high heavens whipped up a BEA U TIFUL! COMFORT SHAWL for our dear Bridget.....The words you see in the picture make the concept so embracing to surround her or anyone receiving the shawl feel wrapped in love, caring, and healing vibes. It is wonderful to be with these people who have as much passion as I do maybe even more than myself for the cause and cure. I wake up everyday being extremely thankful to have met them and to be a PINK ANGEL. To you Bridget may this wrap you in warmth and love knowing that there are so many people who love and care about you always. xoxoxo Love Sunshine Stephie....

Pink!

Love the door mat AND the bag from ECCO....so would not spend @$50 on a bag...NOPE...not a bag person..well ok I AM but the $1. reusable ones! :D NOW THAT'S A BAG! hahahahaha ECCO also had these awesome walking shoes with the "pink" ribbon of course! Weird...ya think I'd be all pinked out! lol Not today..but yup every other day! :D support the cause, find a cure, END THIS! once and for all CURE CANCER ALL CANCERS!

people not things are what matter....

but why am I still ticked off???? UGH.....The cute lil hybrid needs TLC...a busted tire and some wire thingy broke from me avoiding a stupid college boy in his bike darting out infront of my car in the BIG BAD CITY OF BOSTON! To avoid hittin and hurtin him and/or another car I had to ride up on the medium strip...and BANG! WHAT A NOISE IT MADE> PANIC ATTACH! Good thing Stephen is the opposite of his reacting mama. He does so well in situations with stress....His brother is like me sometimes and he is like his Michael. SO Stephen took it delt with it and sent me on my way with the lil donut and I was panic the entire time heading North. He talked with me most of the trip in speaker so my hands were at 10 & 2.....I am glad people or persons were not hurt but ticked off that it happen. UGH.....really people...don't dart out between cars on a bike or on foot. Was taught that at a young age. Learnt my lesson on that with some roller sk8's on LOL LOL .......wink wink ....so we wait for cousin jj to call and say he can take my cute lil baby who is only 18 mnths old. in perfect off the lot condition, well maybe not now! UGH....but I look at it all...things can be fixed or replaced people can't I would not be able to live with myself knowing I hurt or injured even if by accident another person....so keep the eyes on the road...