It's February 12 not April 8

This year of firsts is absolutely overwhelming.   Yet it is tomorrow, February 12th, that I've been dreading the most.

Trash Goes Out On Wednesday

Recycling goes out Tuesday Trash goes out Wednesday Life goes on.

Catch-Up Part I

Cancer Sucks.  I know I've said it before and guess what I'll keep saying it  My last post on March 7th brought you up to February 12th when we learned of The Brain's latest diagnosis of Grade 4 GBM.  Life has been an ugly downward spiral since.   I started writing this March 20th, today's the 28th so~there will be a Part II.

This Tumor Has Gotten Mean and Nasty

Life changed quite quickly after January.   Our new family slogan is: Cancer Sucks

Lady and The Brain: New Year, New Chemo, Now What?

The Holiday Season at our house wasn't the brightest.  Sharing the updated news on The Brain's Tumor and waiting for information on his new Chemo definitely brought down the merry factor. We entered the New Year with high hopes and just as high-stress levels.  

Lady and The Brain: All's Good Until..Merry Christmas

We were settling into a new routine: 5 days of Oral Chemo every month with an MRI every three. We planned dinner, weekly outings and even our annual trip to Epcot's Food and Wine Festival around this schedule.  It was working ~ until the headaches.  

Lady and The Brain: 6 Weeks of Radiation ~ Now What?

May 11th ~ the final day of Radiation.  Okay great, now what? I think we were more anxious at this point than when we started. Quick housekeeping info:  I've recently learned about #BrainTumorThursday   So, all future  Lady and The Brain posts will be published on Thursdays.

January Movies Part 2

I've seen 2 more movies since my last January post.  I actually thought I'd see more . BumbleBee, The Boy Who Would Be King 

Oscars 2019

  I think I did a pretty good job of getting to see most of this year's nominated films. I only missed 6 of the nominated films.  I have tickets for Beale Street this Thursday;  thankfully Roma and Ballad of Buster Scruggs are on Netflix; I never heard of Cold War, At Eternity's Gate or  the animated movie Marai until awards season so I'm hoping AMC will show them. I've marked my Predictions ⭐  my favorites 👑   My strongest vote is for Glenn Close in The Wife, I know all the Lady Gaga fans will boo however Glenn's performance was incredible.
Strange side note: I copied the layout I used for the 2017 Oscars and Mahershala Ali was in the exact same place.  I really don't understand how he's the supporting actor but that's why I'm not in Hollywood.

Lady and The Brain ~ Treatment Begins

April 2, The Brain's first Radiation Treatment was circled on all of our calendars.   I really had no idea how to approach the day

January Movies

We usually try to see at least two movies a week thanks to our AMC A-List passes.   I plan to update weekly on what we've seen starting in February.

Lady and The Brain ~ The Inbetween

Before I jump into this post I wanted to point out that The Brain was not experiencing any symptoms whatsoever from the Tumor.  It was considered an incidental finding ~ incidental isn't that funny.
So what happens between a cancer diagnosis and treatment?   Much more than you probably think

Lady and The Brain ~ The Beginning Part II

Wait 6 months!  As if we would actually take this piece of medical advice. Not sure what I'm talking about then hop over here and read Part I

Lady and The Brain ~ The Begining Part I

One year ago today our world was turned upside down.    This is the story, as condensed as possible, of our beginnings.  By The Way ~ remember Pinky and The Brain from The Animanics?   That's where our name comes from.

***WATCH*** HERE*** FOR*** CHANGES

2018 brought some serious changes to our world.   We've decided to start sharing our journey in hopes of encouraging AND connecting with those going through similar circumstances

Introducing...... Cannon

We have a new addition to our family.  He's 4 legged and a complete puppy mess. Here's Cannon

Apologize for returning with a rant

Lots to catch up on but have a rant that's truly driving me a bit nuts and isn't that the point of having a blog but to share my opinions.  With everything going on in Texas why am I so amazed that there are people looking to use this to promote hate!?!  And before you argue it isn't hate here's a simple guide rule: is it helpful or hurtful!

904 Life: Publix New Ready to Cook Dinners

While at Publix the butcher asked me "What's for dinner tonight?"  Thinking he was making small talk I showed him my basket of Pulled Pork (which was BOGO).  He then asked if I'd like dinner for free on Publix? As if I'd say no!

Movie Review: Gifted

Oh how I have missed screening movies!  I've been out of the loop these last 4 weeks but now I'm back. I screened the new Chris Evans' movie Gifted.  First impression from trailers was that it looks nice but I won't spend the money to see it.  So what did I think after screening it?

My Oscar 2017 Predictions

     I think I did a pretty good job of getting to see most of this year's nominated films. In the main categories I missed Moonlight, Elle didn't play here and 20th Century Women just didn't interest me.  Surprisingly I haven't seen two of the Animated Features. The one I'm most disappointed about missing was Moonlight  :( I've marked my Predictions with ⭐ and my favorites with 👑