A BIG Thank You to You Guys who spent time with me in NYC!

Mom and Lucas started me off!  We had some fun at the zoo and shopping at Bed Bath and Beyond.......I'll never forget the carts!  Expresso Cafe was our find.
Mom's one of the only ones willing to drink my green smoothie with me.
Breakfast at the Ritz diner and veggie drinks.  Walking from the East side to West side by way of the transverse road.  I will always remember "Helloooo"- those birds were great.  Mom- moving me into the 5th floor apartment where we were afraid to go to bed....a few days later....moving out of the 5th floor apartment and up to another building 2nd floor apartment.  I could go on forever with what you did for me- I love you mom.

Nicole and Natalie- I will never forget you guys taking me to lunch at American Girl.  I will always laugh when I think of Natalie making a ton of bubbles on the street as the strippers and bouncer head to work next to the apartment.  I learned how to buy metro cards and ride the bus with you guys.  Creeping around Little Italy at night- dinner- how fun.  Thanks for my Zoo pictures and magnet!

Pat (Rob's mama)  Well you had a list of discount shops and we seen them all!  I will always remember that HUGE grocery store we found and how crowded it was!  I laugh when I think of the lady calling me "chatty patty on the cell phone".  Sharing Polenta at Expresso and one of my favorites was having a drink at "Becky's Bar"  waiting to hear if Labron was going to make NYC a happy place.  The free bus ride and the celebrity FISH riding our bus. We walked non-stop.

Leann- Oh gee where do I begin with you....you stepped out of the cab with your Maryjanes on and I knew it was going to be fun!  Loved having drinks and texting Liz your 1st night!  I became a "Bus Expert"  with you.  Only you and I would have to run away from a bum.  Somethings happened that we won't speak about- or our hubbies won't let us out again.LOL
Thanks for being so awesome and buying me those awesome owl earrings, drinks, food and Especially THANK YOU for my Vintage French PJs!  You are a great best friend.

Becky- I loved shopping with you - you're a good shopper when you're not getting yelled at and way too sweet!  Thanks for my fav scrub from Sabon.  I never looked at so many beads.  You and I had a great time listening to other peoples convos....my favorite over heard cell phone conversation:
So I met this guy last night with this huge tattoo of Christ hanging on the cross and underneath it is read- Before you turn your back on Jesus take a look at this.
It was with you that I laughed about your whale fortune cookie and PIG in Chinese.   

Rob - Gee it was short but sweet!  Visiting with the birds- hanging out at Boat Basin.  Being ready to call 911 if I didn't make it up that hell of a street.   I can't give much details about our time.  Thank for being so good during 101 degree temps.  I discovered Magnolia Bakery with you- YUM.  You're my sweetheart- I love you.

Dad- oh Dad you are the best.  Ellis Island with you was the best.  Sneaking to bad food joints- getting up super early!  Sitting outside watching the people on the street at night.  Hanging out at Starbucks at night having coffee.  I could never repay you for all the driving you did....from that 1st day when they said if my records didn't get there by 5 they wouldn't give me an appointment and it was 11 when we got off the phone.
You and I had a pattern down!  I love you dad!

Thanks so much everyone who did time at the apartment with me.  It wasn't easy but I have some wonderful memories and time we got to spend one on one was great.


Also Thank you so much to Kyle and Krista......Krista and the girls brought me tarts and balloons when I got home!   And then they took us out to dinner to celebrate my finishing.
Here we are all after dinner.

Thank you Aunt Nicole

Well since I've been dealing with my breast cancer my sister-in-law has made us dinner 3 times! Everything she has made and brought over we ate all it! Lucas who is super fussy even ate..........now that's impressive.

This last time she made up spaghetti and meatballs with her home made sauce. The salad was great as well :) We are very lucky to have such great family to help us out. Nicole and my brother have done a lot with helping us out.

It's very hard to get a picture of Nicole without a couple of kids hanging around. My brother and Nicole have 4 great kids with one on the way- and yeah she runs over to my house with food and one time she even made the whole meal in my tiny kitchen!

Here is Nicole with Joey and baby Sam. Those 2 our my godsons and I love them. This picture was taken on Joey's First Holy Communion.

It's so great that my brother and Nicole have decided to raise their children Catholic. Religion has been such a big part of my life and I can't imagine Lucas going through life with out his faith in God. All children need to have faith in God; He can be there for them when we can't. My brother's children are always loud, laughing and cracking jokes.

Here's Joey in his white suite

What a nice Catholic big brother!



Ok- He's still a silly boy

Through my whole cancer experience I met some wonderful people who prayed for me and I know made a difference in my cancer journey. They were not Catholics- they were from other churches and they were so wonderful to take me in and pray for me. I know I speak a lot of being Catholic and that is because I was raised Catholic and I feel God that way. But I have a tremendous amount of respect and love for other religions. I hope to celebrate with some of my new friends one day at their church. I will never forget what they did for me.

I am happy my Joey is on his way to being a religious monster ;)

Joe and Nicole - YOU DID GOOD!