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Xmas Eve Tradition Continues Bicoastally

31 Days Project, NY-LA Image by Pirate Johnny

Every year for many years, Jay and I have had the traditional Chinese Food take-out Xmas Eve dinner with our closest friends in New Jersey.  We’ve been through many iterations of life together […]

By |December 24th, 2012|2 Comments

Holiday Differences – NY/LA

It’s difficult when you go from this scene at the holidays:

NY-LA Image by Listen Missy!

To this:

NY-LA Image by Iain Buchanan

I’m not complaining but it is strange to go from a […]

By |December 23rd, 2012|0 Comments

StumbleUpon: Pinterest with Content?

31 Days Project, Social Media stumbleupon.com Image by: ebayink

So I’m into my 22nd of my 31 Days of Blogging Project and only today, did I learn about Stumbleupon.com.

In my mind this is […]

By |December 22nd, 2012|0 Comments

The World Is A Rainbow

While on my quest not to dwell in the horror of being a parent in the post Sandy Hook world, I was moved to tears during Wild Boy’s school performance of the following song, “The World Is A Rainbow” by Greg and Steve.  I never learned this song when I was a kid and to see those 1st graders all dressed in the colors of the rainbow singing the following words, I lost it.

31 Days Project

Image by DIAC Images

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By |December 21st, 2012|0 Comments

Bicoastal Mammogram – LA, Part 2

To get a phone call from these people, the Monday after Thanksgiving saying you need additional images (after a mammogram the previous Wednesday) is a bit unnerving.

31 Days, Balance

The cancer experts in NYC.

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By |December 20th, 2012|5 Comments

Bicoastal Mammogram – New York, Part 1

I said it yesterday that I’m really no good with transitions.  I have no future in triathlons so I am just writing.  Sandy Hook stays in my human heart and the blog’s heart (with the green and white pegs of the heart logo) but as life dictates even in the most terrible of times, we must move on.

In keeping with the fact that I’m both bad with transitions and in denial that I’m no longer a full-time New York resident,  I waited until I went back to New York for my annual mammogram.  I’m 42 years old and have had only 1 mammogram.  I have no idea why I waited until I was 41 to have my first mammogram considering my stepmother died when I was 17 years old of what was believed to have been breast cancer (it had spread to her spine and all over her body when doctors found it during surgery) but I did.

Balance, 31 Days,

It really is.
Image by: Mayor Of Worldwide Breast Cancer

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By |December 19th, 2012|4 Comments