Shorts II

The past couple posts have been not about daily life (which is fine) but for the few of you who like to read this just to know what's goin' on, I've been droppin' the ball. So here's the second installment of shorts.

I've been spending my evenings working on a marketing project for the BCRC. I think we'll wrap it up right after the Fourth and go live next week. Yay!

The Astros lost to the Rangers during their three game series for the "Silver Boot." Ross is relishing in the victory and thinking of creative ways to rub it in the faces of all 'stros fans.

I took a kick boxing class last night. My arms are wicked sore from jabs and undercuts and all kinds of other things. My remedy? Take a spin class on Sunday so that my legs will be equally sore.

Guilty admission: I DVRed a special called "Will & Kate: Royal Baby Watch." No surprises it just talked about how the Duchess has lots of pressure to have babies (apparently nothing has changed since King Henry VIII and the poor fortune of his wives). It made me wonder - Kate used to be know as "Waitey Katiey" but maybe they put off getting married because they knew as soon as they did, she'd have to get pregnant. Maybe not, but it would seem like a smart plan to me.

And finally, most the fireworks shows are canceled here this year due to the worst drought in a million years. I think we're something like 10 inches behind on rain for the year. I've heard rumors that two suburbs are giving it a shot still so here's to hoping we end up at one of those shows.

Dear Ross

Dear Ross,

You knew when we got married that I had this affliction called travel. What you might not have realized is how severe my affliction is and how many resources are required to meet my needs. Bad news bears - it's severe and it requires like...all our resources.

Currently I am looking forward immensely to our Canadian Vacay in August. Hello Niagara Falls! I spent part of my lunch break scoping out hiking options. It's gonna be awesome!

Then I'm gonna take off for my 2011 Cheryl-only trip to Seattle. I'm jazzed about Seattle but you know me, there's a Delta there and the only thing that makes me more excited than travel is a Delta. Yeah, you're right, trips like this are like my dreams coming to life.

I've also got biz trips to Philly, Baltimore and probably NYC this fall. I'll take pics of things besides the library and fancy dinners on this NYC trip, promise.

Now for 2012...I'm getting ambitious. Jane's getting married in March so I'm gonna need to fly to Boston for that (yay Deltas!). And in April I have a biz trip to San Fran and since that will already get me to the west coast, well I think I should go see Kev in San Diego too. Thoughts? Then I want to take our EuroTrip together. Austria and Italy are sounding superb for that. (Spent another few minutes on lunch looking at weather in Austria and Italy in May...lovely.) And didn't you want to maybe hit up Illinois or Tennessee next year too? Count me in babe.

All that said, I'm thinking maybe we should sell the house and live outta a tent. I mean heck, we're going to be spending so much time in hotels, do we really need a house too? That just seems kinda wasteful...

Again, thoughts?

Love,
Me

Tips for Breast Cancer Treatment

Since you and me know each other, dear blog reader, you probably already know that I'm a fierce cancer fighter. I hate all cancers but breast cancer is one I have a special kind of disdain for because it messed with my Grandma and because 1 in 8 of us ladies will face it.

You probably also know that I love ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. Well tonight, Diane and health correspondent Richard Bresser took on breast cancer treatment. According to a report from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (which I have a very high opinion of), older women often don't receive radiation therapy following a mastectomy.

To help make sure every one fighting breast cancer knows all their treatment options and makes a conscious, purposeful decision, ABC News suggested bringing a supportive person along to your appointment (like how Aunt Fran accompanied my Grandma) and making a checklist of what you need to ask. As a starting point, ABC News provides this checklist.

And if you'd like to watch the segment from tonight, here ya go.



For more breast cancer fighting resources, check out these links

• Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas
• American Cancer Society
• Komen for the Cure

I Hit the Husband Lottery

Tonight after a wonderful weekend together (we were both off, yay!), Ross suggested we have an in bed picnic of strawberries, cheese, crackers and wine. Lexi joined and we had a little baseball on in the background.

HEAVEN.

Why I love Clinique

Well taping yourself is scary as hell but I decided to go for a new medium and post my first ever video blog. Ahh! I know right? But the subject is make up so it just felt like it should be a person talking and not writing. OK, deep breath, here it goes.



Whew, and now that that's done, a glass of wine to calm my nerves and anxiety that everyone can now see me online. Maybe two glasses.

(And a big thank you to the lovely lady at the Clinique counter in Macy's for helping me out during a only-girls-get-it mini-crisis. My Junior League picture actually turned out all right!)

Y'all Come Back Now, Ya Hear

Tonight Mom asked me how many people read my little blog. And actually, funny she should ask because I have been totally geeking out to Google Analytics recently.

Here, awesome blog readers, is what I know about you from the past 30 days.

• 44 of you soak up life via your RSS reader.
• There's 159 unique ones of you who visit the actual blog
• and combined you've visited my little blog 464 times. Thanks!
• Of those 464 visits, 17 are from Australia (Hi Erin!),
• 200 are from Texas, 115 are from Massachusetts and 22 are from Jersey.
• About a quarter of you come straight here and about a third of you follow Facebook links.
• And I think your fav post was also one of the most thought-provoking "You Can't Have Half"

That second to last point actually explains a lot. In the past 30 days, this little blog has had 45% more traffic than in the previous 30 days. My suspicions are that's because the auto-feed feature into Facebook has been wonky and not working. And since a few of you took the time once to tell me you read my posts via Facebook, well, I thought I should keep feeding the need by sharing links.

Anyways, this is my little Google Analytics nerd blog and my opp to say come on back and thanks so much for reading. Y'all rock my polka-dot socks!