Big Dipper at the Middle East April 26, 2008

What can I say? It was unbelievable!! I never had the pleasure of seeing the band together back in the day, but after 18 years they rocked like no tomorrow. They were absolutely incredible and people are still blogging about it! Jeff's an amazing drummer and it was fun to have the family all there to see him play. The kids were blown away! We were all so proud :)

Overdue Update!

Wow - last post was the beginning of the new year. It's crazy how much time has passed already. Things are great - I started a new job back in November which I love, the kids are doing great in school, Jeff and his band BIG DIPPER are getting back on the road next month for a few reunion shows in NY/NJ and Cambridge! It's pretty cool that after 18 years, they are still in demand! The Phoenix just published a great article in the Arts & Music section last week, they had an interview with The Noise just the other day, and the shows are coming right up at the end of April. If you want to check them out here in Cambridge, they will be at the Middle East on Saturday, April 26th. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster. We'd love to see you out - it's gonna be a fun night! Oh, and on March 18th, 2008, Merge Records will be releasing Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology. Get one while you can!

Anyway - this was supposed to be about me but that's really just too boring if you ask me. There's been a few people asking me to post a hair update. I'll do that soon. As I expected, my hair is coming back in just as thick and ornery as it was when it fell out! I was looking for the silver lining in the whole hair loss thing, hoping it would come in thinner and not as course, no such luck. Oh well, I suppose I should be grateful that I have a head of hair!

I'll take some pictures soon and post them another time.

In the meantime, THINK PINK and stay healthy!!!

Happy Easter!

We had a great day today, actually, we had a great weekend. My brother Andy, my sis in law Patty and my niece Taylor all spent the weekend. It wasn't planned that way, in fact we were all supposed to spend Easter at their house today. That was until Mother Nature decided to dump a ton of snow on us last week! They live in Maine and had no power for 3 days so they came Friday morning and spent the weekend with us, it was nice to have them here! I loved having the company since I spend so many days alone at home. Every time I turned around my sister in law was cleaning something! And, this morning, she and my brother put together a couple of bookshelves that I had ordered weeks ago for my office. It was great since I don't have the strength to do that kind of thing yet and Jeff absolutely hates assembling things. So, he cooked while they assembled. It was perfect and I finally have a place in my office for all the books in the house! Thanks Andy and Patty :)

I had a pretty strange day on Friday, I felt so tired and lightheaded...probably just the fatigue hitting me from this Taxol. My hands and feet have been getting progressively worse as the days go on. The numbness, itching and tingling in my palms, fingers and feet is really ticking me off. I have to say, it's getting annoying and there is nothing I can do to make it stop!

Today I felt a really sharp pain just jolt from my port through my chest. It made me stop dead in my tracks. It's never done that before. Oddly enough, during the week leading up to my treatment, my port always starts to hurt a little bit, like it's screaming to be used. Well, it can scream all it wants to, this is the 2nd to last time it'll be used! I cannot believe that after Thursday, I will have only 1 treatment left to go. I cannot wait to get this over with and get my port removed and try to move on.

Ok, now I am just rambling.....I could go on and on, but I won't bore you all to tears....I just thought I would add and update since my posts are fewer and far between these days.

I hope everyone enjoyed their day and I hope the Easter Bunny was good to you all!

Hi this is Alyssa. Today we had a holiday party with my mom's side of the family. I thought I would put up some pictures from the party. Mom felt pretty good today. Thanks to everyone who sent flowers, cards & gifts of support. It's nice to know that my mom has so many people that care about her =].

This is My Mom & I.

Jeff and my Mom
Frankie w/his new Red Sox shirt

Thanksgiving was a great day for us. We had a house full of family which made it a very special day. We got a little out of control with picture taking that day so I thought I would post a picture of all of us. I actually put "real clothes" on in honor of having company. Well, if you consider a "Tough Warrier Princess" t-shirt real clothes! Jeff bought me that in the hospital so I had to wear it :)