Harvard vs. Cornell on TV

If any of you are hanging out and don't have plans on Sat, at 9 am....watch the game on Versus TV. Some of you will get the channel...on my Cox,,it is on 334. I will most likely be watching it at our local sports bar, Friends with my Dad. Join us if you feel like it. Sonny is #49. He plays defensive end. He is playing with a high ankle sprain..I hope he does not re-injure it!
Nancy

updates and news

It was homecoming at Mission Viejo tonight. Last night was the football game vs. Murrieta Valley. Our team won, rather handily, and there was a fantastic half time show,,,,and then the homecoming....Melissa was nominated for Queen...and absolutely looked the part as she gracefully dismounted her flying carpet...Mairin was one of 4 Varsity Song girls that choreographed the JR dance for the half-time review. It was really good! The entire production was great. We had some friends visiting that don't yet have high school age kids...and they left very impressed with the game, the students and our girls!

Harvard won vs. Lafeyette,,,27-13. Sonny did not end up travelling because of his high ankle sprain. He was so disappointed not to be with his team. As a senior, every game is so special, whether you play or not.

Well, let me say Happy Birthday to my Uncle Bob in Rock Lake WVA! I hope you had a great bday week!
This last week has been crazy for work...as you can probably imagine. The federal housing bail-out seemed to create a feeding frenzy for good deals in real estate...at least with my clients..! Here in Orange County,,the "real deals" are gone very quickly.

Let me say that I am quite aware of this month's Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I am SO blessed to have a great prognosis. I take my pills everyday. I am reminded everyday. I see in the mirror everyday. The date of my last chemo was Oct. 14. Wow! I have some new friends that I talk to one on one about their own particular journey. THEY are a blessing. We have so much in common.
I am not quite at the point in my recovery that I can be involved with focusing on the cause. Many of you may not understand this. I just need to feel me again. This sidetrack has been a blessing and a curse. The hard part of this is I don't want to be different. I just want to get back to me. My goal is to feel healed and share my story on a one on one basis. I have met some incredible women with various cancer challenges. We have been brought together because of mutual friends or doctors that know about my particular outlook. For now, that is what I can do.

What an incredible few weeks of my Theta friends going through "rush" again with their daughters! Just going through the college application process is a rush in it's own! I went with Colin last weekend to Cal. St. Channel Islands. We had a great time. He feels like it may be a good fit for him. He said he can start a lacrosse club team,,and join the surf team. The classes are small 15-18 in a class and the campus is somewhat small, yet only a 2 hour train ride home! The colleges that are recruiting him for lacrosse are private,,,and although they are offering scholarships,,,really are still costly.

My goal this year was to slow down and really listen to what my kids were telling me. My favorite quote is "speak without offending, listen without defending"
Wow. Each child is such an indivdual. I love their differences,,and mostly love seeing them enjoy each other. We laugh a lot.

what a weekend!

friday was the first home game for MVHS....Mairin's Godparents, Morgan and Diny Underwood, came down from Pasadena to watch Mairin do her song thing....we had so much fun catching up with them...they just recently enrolled their youngest at USC in the honors program...and are now officially "empty nesters". And they are so proud of introducing their 3 kids to this world with all of them at top rate colleges and are going to be contributing members of our society. I admired the fact that they were looking forward to spending more time with each other, and being on the "outside" of their kids day to day decisions. Must come from confidence in their kids.
Sat. morning I tuned it to the station that was playing the Harvard vs. Brown game.
In between I was getting things organized for our trip to Channel Islands for the college visit with Colin and his friend Dillion and also his Mom.
I had to leave with 2 minutes left in the game...in order to catch the train up to Camirillo...Channel Islands. Harvard was down by a touchdown...H scored..and then had to make the 2 point conversion to win...they didn't make it.
Such a sorry state for our seniors...they took it really hard. Sonny actually sprained his ankle in the first quarter,,high ankle sprain..and played up until the
4th quarter. He is really trying to savor each and every game, practice and team meeting,,,knowing that this is all the last. WOW even though Sonny won't play this weekend.. he will be travelling and supporting his teammates. He really is enjoying this last and final year.
Kevin and I talked and as excited as we are to have him go out with a fantastic year..we are so hopeful that he finishes college with only some minor bumps and bruises..before he heads off to the corporate world.
thanks for staying in touch with us
Nancy

Football days!

I was glued to my computer yesterday, listening to the Harvard vs. Holy Cross football game. Sonny had a large fan base attending, which was awesome! His Dad and Uncle Mike were there, as well as former high school parents, the Tomans and Herren's and Joey. Also, my sorority sister, Darrell's daughter, Gibson and some friends came down from HC to watch the game.
The game was soooooooo exciting, and Harvard pulled it off by scoring 19 pts. in the 4th quarter to win 25-24. Sonny contributed a ton, and had a great time!
The next two weekends are away games, and I think on TV, (satelite, so I'll have to be one of the few fans in a sports bar at 9 am!
I'm sitting here now watching my Bruins vs. Arizona. Come on Bruins! I love Saturdays in the fall!
Nancy

what a great weekend!

I hope you all had a fantastic labor day weekend like I did. First of all I took charge of my crazy hair and had it cut, and highlighted. Shannon did a great job and cut off my "mullet" and thinned it out a lot. I now feel like I have a cute short haircut, instead of my "chemo" hair growing out. I still want to get some length to it, but I am so happy.
Monday early am I met a co-worked, friend of mine for the RSM 5K run/walk. We did it and had so much fun. There were about 1000 of us out there and it was a beautiful morning.
Then Mairin and I headed up to UCLA Rose Bowl to watch the UCLA vs Tenn. game. We joined my friend Cherie and her hubby Mark after seeing their gorgeous new home. We practically lost our voices and stayed for the fireworks. We were proud of our "homeboys--the Molines" (MVHS grads) and had a blast.
Health-wise I got my 3 mo. check-up from my plastic surgeon who removed my stitches and gave me the go-ahead to do upper-body conditioning. I went full-out for 3 days and can hardly move my arms to type. A little over-zealous after not using them for over a year.

Audio postcard

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Inspired...

I have been keeping up with the blog of my friend that is battling ovarian cancer. Today she wrote a beautiful story about just sitting in her backyard early in the morning listening to the birds, and joggers go by. She had been lamenting the loss of her eyelashes and eyebrows,,feeling a little insecure. If you all could see her,,she has the most gorgeous eyes, and yes, I'm sure everyone tells her that time and time again. Now she's not so sure. Then she talks about her daughters, her husband, and her faith and blessings,,,,and she has all of us reading her blog feeling like SHE is the one who is helping all of us!
Yesterday I told someone that this humid weather was just NOT a good thing for my already challenged hair. I look like Will Farrell in "Semi-Pro" I told her...and with all seriousness.
Then this morning I read my friend's blog about her eyelashes and eyebrows. Ugh. I am a cad.
Kim you are such an inspiration for me.
Humbly,
Nancy