And now I'm famous in Derry Too!

Hi Everyone!

First of all...I am doing great. My only complaints this week are the constant fatigue and these crazy hot flashes. According to my Dr, this will improve, but I have to dress in layers because I go from freezing to ripping clothes off frantically because I am burning up. I've been sleeping with the windows wide open in the bedroom and poor Kevin is freezing but I can't sleep otherwise. Even Drew is refusing to sleep in my room because its too cold! But I consider myself pretty lucky I'm doing so well!

As you know, house arrest ended on Wed and I couldn't wait to get out and SHOP again! For those who know me well, you know how hard 30+ days without setting foot in a store was!! Remember the Black Friday Target ads this year? This was me Wed morning.....

But after an hour in the store, I was wiped out. My plans on shopping half the day were thwarted by how fatigued I still get. I just want my energy back. Its frustrating to have your body wimp out on you. But on my way home I stopped and Dunkin's and grabbed one of these....

Ahhhhhh, how I've missed my iced coffees too! This cheered me up and I forgot I was cranky about being tired!

But back to the title of my post....One of my Derry Mom friends posted on my wall that there was an article in the local paper about Ty's hockey team and I was mentioned. I immediately went out and grabbed a copy of the paper and found the following article....

http://www.derrynews.com/sports/x1075330713/Avalanche-skaters-honor-Derry-mom

Cool right? I've gotten a bunch of texts, emails and calls saying local friends saw this in the paper. So proud of our boys, they did such a great job!! I still wish I could have been there to witness it in person, but hopefully they will do it again next year!

So channel 7 says 84 on Monday...my fingers are crossed, I'm dying to break out the new spring clothes I bought for the kiddos this week! ;0)

And since I'm doing so well...if you want to use those prayers instead this week that the Red Sox will win a game before the all-star break, that would be nice! I have a little fan here who is getting VERY stressed out!

Hope you all are well too!

xoxoxo,
Tara

I'm Famous in Las Vegas!

Hi Everyone!

So Happy April Fools Day! Mother Nature certainly got her "joke" in on us this year didn't she? But hopefully it will melt quickly and we can officially start spring....

So I forgot to share earlier that on my first day in the hospital when I was having my PICC line inserted, a photographer from the Las Vegas Sun (their big daily paper) was doing a story on MGH and patient safety and they asked if they could take a couple pictures. I said yes, why not, it was Las Vegas and no one I knew would ever see the pictures. The photographer must have taken 100 shots, thanked me and left. I completely forgot about it until Kev mentioned it yesterday. I decided to pull up the paper and see if they ever ran my Pics and this is what I found.....

http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2011/mar/27/tale-two-hospitals/88170/

http://www.lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2011/mar/27/tale-two-hospitals/88176/

Okay, so I'm convinced the photographer hated me. Seriously? 100 pictures and this is the best you can come up with? The second one cracks me up, its like they asked a 3 year old to say "cheese!" Not sure why I'm sharing them because they are so funny, but looks like I can never show my face in Vegas! ;0)

Anyway, all kidding aside, just wanted to check in and let you all know I'm doing well, I saw my DR on Wed and my numbers looked great so he doesn't need to see me for 2 weeks! I did end up catching the cold that has been running through the family, but so far its pretty mild so they aren't doing anything for it unless it gets worse, and hopefully it will pass quickly...

As of next Wed, April 6th I can leave the house again and let me tell you how excited I am for that restriction to be lifted!! Its been a month since I've been out to a Target, the mall, a grocery store, the school, a restaurant, anywhere except 2 trips to my Mom's and my in-laws. I am going stir crazy!!! I've had to miss so many things being stuck homebound, family parties, the hockey championship game, Lindsey's first play....but its for a very good reason and I'll stop whining about it!

I'm leaving you wth a couple pictures of Lindsey in costume for the critically acclaimed play "EEE I, EEE I OOPS!" She was a chick, can you tell? The play was adorable...Kev and Roz recorded it for me so I did get to see most of it at home! Drew decided to get in on the act by donning a chick hat. Aren't they cute? =0)

Hope you all are well, hope to see you soon, and keep the well wishes coming, they are working like a charm!!

xoxoxo
Tara