Saying goodbye.....always has a few tears!

Saying goodbye is never easy!

I feel like a dork for admitting this, even though there is no reason to. But today I found myself crying over a local TV show called Good Things Utah 4 beautiful ladies who are on ABC 4 everyday from 10-11AM here in SLC, Utah. It is like The View but with out all the politics. Its 4 ladies that I have watched daily for the last 9 years we have watched them as they became best friends, moms, pregnant, watched them through many hair styles, some great clothing choices some not so great. We watched as a new one joined the team and the show just kept getting better and changing with the times, with the styles etc.

I honestly feel like if it was not because of these 4 women that ABC 4 would not have been half as successful as it is today!

Earlier this month one of the ladies announced she was leaving I can remember watching that episode with Audrey and she kept saying “one of them is pregnant” but NO the big announcement was that long time host Reagan Leadbetter (one of my favorite’s heck who am I kidding they are all my favorite) was leaving the show. She was leaving so she could spend more time with her kids. I remember thinking “good for her”.

For the last few weeks they keep talking about her departure and I keep thinking she is really not leaving….but today as I watched and they were replaying some of her favorite memories I realized in a few days my daily routine will not be the same. Turning on the TV to watch GTU will never be the same.

http://www.abc4.com/content/about_4/gtu/featured_on/story/Reagans-Fondest-Memories/cxZTX99SjUe_nKIkBpwJEg.cspx

I wanted to take a few minutes and thank her for touching so many lives for all the fun goofy memories, for the tears, the stories,for putting her heart and soul into this show, for making sacrifices for all the love, for making us all feel like we have known her personally for the past 9 years.

I know I am not alone when saying this Thank you! Thank you, Reagan for the memories we look forward to hearing from you often we look forward for the opportunities that are before you. We wish you were not leaving but we all understand why you are and we wish you so many years of happiness with your boys all 3 of them…your 3 dogs, your 11 horses your beautiful home…we wish you happiness and many more great memories with your cute mother who we have grown to love as well.

God Speed and thank you for the fun ride J

Alliyah's FIRST blog post....oh enjoy :)

Why is it that when I want to find out something very important I can’t find out ANYTHING!!! I’m trying to find out where Taylor Swift is going after her concert. But alas I can’t find squat! I mean if I can’t find a book I can eventually find it, why can’t I find where the HECK Taylor Swift is. When I become famous people are going to try and find me, and I won’t know their trying to find me. Okay I’m done with this topic!

     I’m off track!! WOO HOO I get to sleep in, and stay up late. I like being off track. Okay different topic. People say I’m going to be a Disney star....see picture below (no this is not what I really look like it was a morph from a cell phone but it's totally my personality)

     I don’t know why thought. I mean I’m funny and all but Disney stars usually end up crazy and getting a D.U.I or going to jail. Those people are bad news. And I’m to pretty for the slammer I mean come on I’m kind of adorable. Right? DING DING DING, time for the last topic.

     I LOVE music!!!! Like that song I’m not crazy I’m just a little unwell. I also like Lady Gaga’s you and I. I can’t get it out of my head. FUN FACT: Did you know that the Jonas brother’s last name isn’t really Jonas. It’s really Lucas, they just grew up on some street with the name Jonas in it. Don’t you just feel betrayed by The Jonas Brother’s now. [ I never really liked them.] Well I’ll write soon okay. Don’t be sad I said soon. ~Hugs~

                              

                                           Love

                                           Alliyah!!!

Taylor Swift

Tomorrow night is Taylor Swift and for the LOVE of pete I am not sure I can handle one more concert...it seems like we have been to every single show of the summer and they have all been SO GOOD! I love Taylor Swift and so do the girls but....I am not sure I can take all 4 girls so how do you pick one to take don't think that is possible. So stay tuned to find out if we go to Taylor or not. I have heard its a great show but she is not my favorite when it comes to "Live" singing.

This is my favorite Taylor Swift song I hope one day Alliyah will write a song like this for me :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_6eQm7RTQ

Say What Cancer? Say it isn't so.......

Today, cancer made me feel this....CANCER SUCKS!
I began to wonder today about waiting. Are we all just waiting for the news of someone we love to find out they have cancer. I thought it would not be me as for I have had enough DRAMA in my life

A couple of weeks ago the doctor mention the word cancer to me, it all start with this lump in my elbow. Then this lump in my breast and it all happened so very fast appointment after appointment. Not feeling very well for at least the last 6 months fevers, night sweats aches and pains. But as all mothers do we put it on the back burner and just go about our normal crazy schedules.

After several test and after several doctors reviewed my case, I will be going in on Friday for a lumpectomy Dr. Nolan (who I hear is fantastic) will remove the lump, the duct and surrounding tissue. While she has me open she will perform something new called Inoperative Radiation Therapy to kill any cancer cells. We will not know for sure if it is cancerous until after pathology comes back with a full report. After we have all the results there will be a team of doctors who map out a game plan if needed. I look at this as a Basketball game. I am already through the first quarter and Friday will be the second the waiting for result will be halftime the hardest time I am sure…But I already know the outcome. I will WIN this game.

The odds are certainly in my favor as this has been caught very early, I am so great for the quick actions of my doctors and for the Breast Care Clinic Team.

There is no doubt in my mind whatever the outcome will be I will be blogging this same time next week, next year and years to come.

Funny thing is I have known so many people with cancers and so many of my friends and family have already dealt with this....I am the lucky one and yet I find myself being selfish and feeling sorry for myself. First thing I thought was I would NOT make a good bald person.

As a friend of mine wrote a few month ago....

I want to take cancer and squish it in my hands and stomp on it and spit on it and bury it deep in the ground and pretend we never heard the word.

I want to thank all my friends and enemies for all the kind words and person messages of encouragement and support. I am so grateful my daughters and there strength, love and help over the past few weeks of dealing with all this craziness.

Blogging

So I am back to blogging had a blog years ago when I was married and thought it was such a cute clever catchy blog....yeah, that did not last long. SO the girls and I have thought we need a new blog something that each of us could use and be able to share our wonderful adventures with everyone. Alliyah keeps asking me if she can PLEASE have a blog...so watch out world I will give her access and allow her to blog on her she has the imagination and creativity that I have never seen before. We have named our blog The A~Team because our dear friend last year created a fun cute cd with all of the girls favorite songs along with some of her favorite's and titled it the A~Team so from then till now we have always been called the A~Team.