Keep Calm...

I don't know about y'all, but I CAN NOT WAIT for summer to get here... I am sick of the cold, windy and rainy weather.  I am ready to throw on the shorts and flip flops and enjoy the beach, cold beer, and good company!  Although I do enjoy the winter for many reasons (Christmas, snowboarding, cozy fires, etc.) summer really is my FAVOURITE season.

So to get me extra excited for the many things summer brings along with it, I thought I would dedicate a post to my summer adventures for 2012.. I guess a small bucket list for Summer 2012 :)

Here is a list of the mini adventures I hope to embark on :)

Country Concerts

Outdoor dinner parties

Road Trips

Beach days

Drive-in Movies

New bikini's

Beach cruising

Boating at sunset

Cottage Days

Baseball Games :)

BE DARING!

Finally home from my 40 hour work week and I am one happy girl!  This day dragged on for what seemed like FOREVER!!!  It didn't help that the weather was beautiful outside and I was stuck staring at a computer screen inside for 8 hours.. AARRGGG!!!

Anywho, whenever the weather warms up my mind tends to wander to adventure and spontaneity so I decided to write a blog about things I can do that are daring...

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all." -Helen Keller



Crowd surf at a concert.

"You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough." -Mae West

Jump out of an airplane.

"Do one thing everyday that scares you." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Book a last minute trip while at the airport.

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

Ride a motorbike.

"Actions express priorities." -Gandhi

Take sexy photos.

"If I'd followed all the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere." -Marilyn Monroe

Get a tattoo.

"One who makes no mistakes, makes nothing at all." -Giacomo Casanova

So, I started this post Friday after work and it is now Sunday night and I have to get my mind mentally prepared for another 40 hour work week.. EEKKKKK!!!  But at least now I can daydream about my daring adventures I am determined to fulfil.  Some I have done once but it will not hurt to do again.. :)

Here are two last quotes to leave you with... bye for now!

"Never worry about the future, it comes soon enough" -Albert Einstein


"DO MORE!"

Curve ball...

These last few weeks I have been trying to figure out what to blog about... I have had a lot going on in my life but really wasn't sure what to share and what to keep to myself.  This is usually my outlet to vent and feel more free... but I am sometimes scared to write how I feel.. in fear that how I feel will predict the future outcomes....

In the last few weeks I have been kinda down and, to be honest, scared to death.  I received some news that could have gone one of two ways... good or bad... Luckily, my fate has decided this is not my time to suffer... 

I was having some health issues that I decided to address.  In the search to find out what was wrong with me, it was discovered that I had a large mass growing inside of my stomach.  An ultrasound that was done to discover one thing found something totally unrelated but definitely worth examining further... 

Now, if you have read my blog, you will know that in the past I had a cyst that ended up being cancerous and a close call... well, to hear the news of a "large mass attached to my abdomen" you can imagine how I may have felt... I had to wait a week to have a CT scan to find out more... The CT scan of course fell on a Friday so I had to wait the weekend to find out my destiny... the wait may have been the hardest part...

FINALLY the results came in and I was blessed with good news.  The cyst, that is the size of a grapefruit, appears to have no connection to my past medical history... PHEWWW!!!  This cyst, although big in size, presents much differently than the one found on my back years ago... The doctor says this is a good sign.... 

Just as a precaution, I am seeing a surgical cancer team in London to get a second opinion and to see how I should proceed... but my gut tells me I am going to be just fine.  

I want to say THANK YOU!!  To all those who knew what I was going through these past few weeks and who were there to support me.  I am not good with words and I have a hard time showing emotion but I appreciate each and every one of you!  THANK YOU!!!!

I also want to say a special shout out to a family friend who may have a much different destiny... she is THE strongest, most beautiful soul I know and I am happy to have had the opportunity to know her.  She is one of a kind and deserves the world.  I ask that anyone who reads this, says a little prayer for her!!  You are beautiful inside and out!  xoxo