Tuesday, January 18, 2011

new!

dearest tissue expanders,

you're gone, and i'm glad. i've replaced you with new squishy, more comfortable implants. it was you, not me. and i'd better never see you again.

me.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

glad.

5 days til surgery. yessss.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

copying.

i'm copying michelle. she had an awesome review of 2010 in pictures, and i figured since this was an insane year, i should do one too! thanks mich ;]

january



i was so excited to play with my cats after graduating that i just hungout with them all the time and took pictures. i'm so0o lame!!1 and then it was dad's surprise 50th at gramma's! he wasn't that surprised though. gramma got him that sweet simpsons frame. it was my 23rd and mom's 52nd birthdays this month too, but apparently i took no pictures haha.

february





i thought i had an awesome idea for my etsy, but i got lazy. that explains the sock. adam visited! i took lots of pictures of my cats, and casey got a boyfriend. don't worry, it didn't last.

march


apparently the month where casey thought she was in "alice in wonderland". also the month i got a job at AHRC.

april




i had spring break off from AHRC so i visited adam, and we spent a day in beaver falls, pa! i saw all my beautiful geneva friends that i missed so much. we celebrated ryan's 17th birthday, too!

may


the dreaded month of may. the 11th i was diagnosed with DCIS stage 0 breast cancer. uh, it sucked and obviously i took no pictures of that day. the day of casey's prom, i had a bunch of doctor appointments. it was a sad day because i was newly diagnosed and going to see all these doctors. baby anthony's birthday party was depressing for me, too, because everyone there felt bad for me and hugged me. which just sucks because it made me want to cry right there. may 20th was my double mastectomy. the following months are during my recovery.

june


i got to take part in casey dressing up as barbie for the toy story 3 premiere by knitting her legwarmers! it was the best haha. and then she had, what i believe was her final prom. and then her graduation! bittersweet.

july


the month of the pig roasts! i got my eggs removed this month to prepare for tamoxifen (fun!) and went to adam's for the skvarla pig roast, and then dad had his, and the noto's had a family reunion. crazy!

august


this month we had our graduation party, and went to mike and sarah skvarla's wedding. we got to see indiana! it was full of corn! i also started taking tamoxifen this month. start of my next 5 years.

september




my favorite picture of casey and boots. okay, so we drove out to maryland for the day to celebrate aunt erin and uncle jim's 50th [surprise] birthday party. it was fun and they were totally shocked. molly and claire made the cake. the drive there was certainly interesting too... anyway. we met john's grandson DJ for the first time. he was the cutest baby ever and we miss him a lot. they're coming back in april though! also we got a new kitten, fred. i call him my "cancer kitten". he's the best. courtney's birthday was in there too.

october



courtney and DJ just chillin. i like this picture. october had a lot of birthdays in the conway family, and in typical conway fashion, the cake was lit with tea light candles instead of birthday candles. i love them. and of course, halloween. i was a hobo clown. this picture was taken at michelle's halloween party.

november




november! fred went crazy with my yarn, tori and vox came home from school for break and i got to see their beautiful faces, and then i spent thanksgiving at adam's house. this is also the month he found out he got an awesome new job! and we went on a super expensive date to celebrate our two year (and his awesome new job). also while i was there i got to see sarah :]

december








december was a good month. michelle and i wrapped warrior, i made scarves for the cats and took christmas pictures, adam came and celebrated christmas with us and got snowed in!, and on casey's birthday we took warrior for a walk in the snow. he loved it. here's to 2011, starting out with brand new foobs.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

what the.

has it really been 10 months since i last wrote in this? sheesh. welp. i suck at blogging, i've knit a million and one things since i updated. most importantly my little cancer blanket. except it's not little. or pink. i just knit it after my surgery. how are you guys? for the ones not in ny, miss you!

Thursday, January 14, 2010