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My Bucket List

December 11, 2014

Dear Fran Drescher #6

Dear Fran, I know I just wrote you yesterday. I can’t believe I forgot to tell you my exciting news. I’ve been working on number one of my bucket list. The kitchen cabinets were installed yesterday and today. I think I am about as close to heaven as a person can be and still be […]

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February 26, 2014

My Bucket List – Take 7

  Just in case you thought I was spending all my time daydreaming about how I can meet Fran Drescher instead of working toward fulfilling my bucket list, let me assure you, I have been doing both at the same time. The financing has been in place for months and months, the house plans are […]

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August 22, 2013

My Bucket List – Take 6

First, there was the rat. Now, we have some sort of ants crawling around the mud room (that will someday become part of our kitchen). I’m having a hard time concentrating on saving money for our remodel so that we can accomplish #1 and #5 on my bucket list. I’m too busy chasing all these […]

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July 23, 2013

My Bucket List – Take 5

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that I have a short bucket list. If you haven’t followed this blog at all, shame on you, I mean… welcome. 1. Get my dream kitchen. 2. Publish a book. 3. Go to Maui for our 20th anniversary. 4. Fit into my Oprah […]

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March 23, 2013

My Bucket List – Take 4

Remember my bucket list that I made when I was first diagnosed with Stage III locally-advanced breast cancer? 1. Get my dream kitchen. 2. Publish a book.  3. Go to Maui for our 20th anniversary. 4. Fit into my Oprah dress. 5. Get a patio set and concrete poured in the back yard. On September […]

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March 23, 2013

My Bucket List – Take 3

As I sat watching The Nanny and eating my salad, the lights flickered and the power went out. Five minutes later, it went back on. That’s weird, I thought to myself. It’s windy, but it’s always windy here. I took another bite of my salad and got back into the show. The power went out again. This […]

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October 13, 2012

My Bucket List – Take 2

Now that the windows are replaced in all of our bedrooms, I’m starting to notice how badly the master bedroom needs to be repainted. The only problem with that is, I loathe painting. To complicate matters further, I’m changing the color from mossy green to a sky blue. Worse than gearing myself up to get […]

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September 22, 2012

My Bucket List – Take 1

When I was first diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer, I narrowed down many of my life-long dreams into one short bucket list: 1. Get my dream kitchen. 2. Publish a book. 3. Go to Maui for our 20th anniversary. 4. Fit into my Oprah dress. 5. Get a patio set and concrete poured in […]

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May 28, 2010

Maui Translations

I’ve learned a few more Hawaiian words here during our dream trip to Maui: Maui Marijuana… Maui Wowie My Maui Sunburn… Maui Owie

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