Happy New Year 2017!

Happy New Year!!! As 2016 came to a close and 2017 rang its welcoming bells, Dragon and Kitten were sitting in the snow dreaming of trips to come.  Note that this scares me a little bit as the two of them can get into a bit of mischief when they put their heads together. My…

Pie Town, NM

Dragon and Kitten are quite a pair flying through the back country of New Mexico.  But the human wanted pie so we stopped for some Pumpkin Pie the night before Thanksgiving in Pie Town, NM. As Dragon and Kitten sat on the side of the road watching all the birds fly by while I went…

Decisions… Decisions… Decisions…

I have owned a Class A RV for 4 years and it just isn’t working for me.  It sits in the yard in between trips and you are constantly having to maintain it.  When you do travel, you arrive at a place and never leave it as who wants to drive a 30 ft. trailer…

Learning to Tow

Today was my 2nd time towing and I am starting off small with our 10+ year old Toyota Tundra and a 12 ft. trailer.  My trepidation of towing was very high as my foray into driving my Class A Motor home (2004 Damon Daybreak) was a pitiful mess.  So pitiful that I have owned it…

3 Year Cancer Free – Time to start a new dream

It is hard to believe that 3 years have passed since I went through my double mastectomy.  In that time, I have had 9 additional surgeries (some for infection and a lot for reconstruction), gotten my MBA (top 4% in my class, done in 6 months), my ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (hardest test…

08/29/2013 – Where Overachiever is not all that

I will stop going by days now.  Time moves on, either very quick or very slow depending on where I am standing.  That would be a good definition of relativity. I am 6 days out now from surgery.  6 days, it still seems like forever.  But, I notice that my body has a different opinion. …

Day 31 – 08/18/2013 Thursday, August 29, 2013

It is hard to believe it has almost been a month since I was diagnosed with cancer.  It feels like a year.  So much has happened and yet I feel like I am just not accomplishing anything at all.  I just want the surgery here and done with.  Then move on to the next part…

Day 22 – 08/09/2013

My new reality. I met with the plastic surgeon and oncology surgeon. Both were running an hour late which was definitely no fun and highly stressful.  You sit in the waiting areas and look around at the people.  One of the other people in the room had been through surgery and you could tell was…

Day 21 – 08/08/2013

Dear Friends:   I wanted to let you all know that I have been diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer called Paget’s Disease of the breast.  The good news is that I have excellent medical care and we found it very early on and everything is looking positive about it not being invasive. I…

Day 16 – 08/03/2013

Been out in the RV for the weekend.  Gail suggested it and it has been a wonderful distraction.  Climbing hills, collecting rocks, hitting my hammer against stones hoping to break them open and find treasure. We have adventured further afield.  Down into West Central, NM.  We just finished up a half hour in the hot…