Scripts & Scraps from a Survivor

I feel like the summer is flying by this year.  Maybe because so much of it has been about me this year.  I woke up this morning determined to create some memories with my kids.  I need to find some that are cost effective though since lately, everything is starting to add up. For Matthew’s birthday, we took our three kids and one of Matthew’s friends to the movies and even though we went to a matinee, it was still over $75 for us.  Then on Saturday, we decided to take the kids bowling thinking…that’s cheap right??? Well, two games and $50 later, we realized that bowling has gone up over the years!! LOL

 So this morning, I hit google looking for ideas and I found two great blog entries with ideas.  You can find them here and here.

We are set to go to Kansas City on the 3rd to see the Boston Red Sox play the KC Royals - we have tickets for two out of three games and Matthew is SO excited!! I had promised him that we would see a game at Fenway Park this year but once my trip to TX was set, I couldn’t figure out how to make that work so we went this route instead.  I’m also trying to get to the Cape for a few days.  This would be the first year in like 6 years that I wouldn’t be at the beach during the summer.  I was fine with that until a couple of days ago when Mari pulled out the mini books from the past couple of summers.  She started going through the memories and then Matthew and Nicholas started with…..we really miss the beach, we want to go to the Cape Codder (our favorite hotel there) and well….you know I was already in!! LOL :)  So…I’m stalking the airline sites trying to find cheap tickets.  So far the cheapest I can find is $350 a piece which may be a deal breaker!  But…I’m not giving up yet!! LOL

And totally unrelated, I sent an email to The View   this morning which is so unlike me but…..HUGE KUDOS to Elisabeth Hasselbeck for bringing up the lastest study which says that self breast exams may be harmful.  That study made me SO mad because the self breast exam saved my life.  For those of you that haven’t heard the story, I found the lump on my own when I was 37 and went to see a doctor the next day who told me that there was no way it was cancer and to watch it for 6 months. I knew something wasn’t right so 4 weeks later, I got another appointment this time with an OB/GYN who also told me that it wasn’t cancer. At this point, I got angry and said I wasn’t leaving without a mammogram. She said she would schedule it but the next available one was 4 weeks later and she didn’t see a reason to rush it. Well…the rest is history.  Here’s the deal gals…..under 40, a self breast exam is your ONLY tool for detecting breast cancer since mammograms aren’t recommended under the age of 40.  For those of you in this age bracket, please, please continue to do them.  It saved my life and although, I hope that no other woman ever has to go through this, that isn’t realistic right now.  Once you know your breasts, you WILL be able to tell when they don’t feel right.  Ok….stepping down from my soapbox now…thanks Elisabeth for bringing this up on national TV. You will never know how many lives you may have saved!!

We are off to work on our Make It Something Monday projects - the kids are working on making their OWN zoo books (and their perfectionistic mother is keeping her mouth shut! ) and I’m not sure what I’m going to work on yet but…will figure out something.

 I’ll update later. Have a great Monday everyone.

Deb

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