Oblique or Not so Bleak?

I ended up going to bed late last night, due to the fact that I woke up at Noon on Sunday. Before I go to bed, I do my usual nerdy things, check myspace , facebook and Google reader. Generally speaking at 12:30am there is nothing exciting to report. Until I saw it…… the headline “Becket has Oblique Injury”. I gasped. I was temped to wake my sleeping husband, who would have cursed me for doing so. I felt something in the pit of my stomach. I think it was the Red Sox post season hoping going down the tubes!



However I woke up this morning to more news. Beckett will pitch in Game 3. It made me feeling slightly better, but what does this really mean? Is this like Lowell’s oblique injury? He was out for 2 or 3 weeks! The playoffs will be over by then!! I continued reading this morning, article after article and listening to talk radio, some saying things will be a-ok. Others (like WRKO) saying the Angels have already discounted the Red Sox, and are preparing for the ALCS. I also learned that if by game 3 Joshy isn’t up to pitching Francona can make an in-series switch, pitcher for pitcher but that Beckett would be out for the entire ALDS and ALCS.
Let’s hope Red Sox Nation (I’m still not sure how I feel about this term) can look on the bright side of things for a while… Remember, the Yankees are HOME!

Chili's

I'm not a huge fan of Chili's , but what they are doing is fantastic. So I wanted to spread the news. If you eat at Chili's SEPT 29th, and 100% of proceeds will be donated to St Jude's to fund research for pediatric cancer!

I will definitely be eating there Monday!!

Take a look at this if you need another reason to go..

Childhood Cancer Awareness Day

Today is Childhood Cancer Awareness Day....

Did you know?


*Each school day, 46 children are diagnosed with cancer.

*On the average 12,500 children and teens will be diagnosed with some form of cancer each year in this country.

*One in 330 children will develop cancer by age 20.

*Although the 5 year survival rate is steadily increasing, one quarter of children will die 5 years from the time of diagnosis.

*Cancer remains the #1 disease killer of America's children - more than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma and AIDS combined.

*In the U.S. almost 3,000 children do not survive cancer each year.

*Over the past two decades, only ONE new cancer drug has been approved for pediatric use.

*Currently there are between 30-40,000 children undergoing cancer treatment in the U.S.

*As a nation, we spend over $14 BILLION per year on the space program, but only $35 MILLION on Childhood Cancer Research each year.

*There are 15 children diagnosed with cancer for every one child diagnosed with pediatric AIDS. Yet, the U.S. invests approximiately $595,000 for research per victim of pediatric AIDS and only $20,000 for each victim of childhood cancer.

*Research funds are scarce as most money is diverted to well-publicized adult forms of cancer, such as breast and prostate.

*Right now, this second, somewhere in America, there are 7 children fighting for their lives who won't live through the day.


Please visit Life With My Special Ks to read more about childhood cancer and what you can do to help

Husband and Wife

The Wedding was amazing, everything went very smoothly. Matt and Christina looked, well see for your self.. This picture was taken at Roger William's Park in the Temple to Music. There was another wedding there , but we had a permit and was able use the locale how we wanted and they had to move as a result . The photographer was teasing me the whole time because I was taking just as many pictures as he did. Mostly Candids of the bride and groom though as I was a bridesmaid. Once we left Roger Williams Park we headed to the Ivy Garden in West Warwick. I must admit I was skeptical as to what I was going to see there . It was soo pretty! I would say that everyone really enjoyed themselves , some more than they should have!the bride and groom danced the night away before heading back to their hotel to get next to no sleep . They headed on their honeymoon this morning at 6am. By now Matt and Christina should have already arrived to their all inclusive resort in Cancun , hopefully Gustav and Hannah will stay far away.

Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs!!