He really does.  Cancer is just a big pain in the corn dog receptacle.  I mean, look what it’s done to try to take over our Patty’s life.  How many trips to Moffitt (Cancer Center Resort and Spa)?  How many rounds of chemo?  A feeding tube.  Pain. Early in the week I did one of…

  We started our day with roll call…as we waited for our elevator down to the street Patty called out “One!” and I yelled out “Two!”  Jean and Patti were “Three!” and “Four!” and Trudi and Jane followed up with “Five!” and “Six!”  We were all accounted for.  The day was to begin. I mean,…

How do I segue into our first full day in Austin? I cringed when I heard that our plan today was to rent Segways. Sadly,  I’m experienced.  This should mean I’m confident, but I’ve fallen both times I’ve previously driven them.  Patty announced that she’d love to take a Segway tour;  Patti and Jean had…

This fourth trip crept up on us as we were all busy, and we’d had our flights booked for months.  The pics of our reserved Air BnB looked amazing. Marcia Ball, our talented friend, is to be inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame tomorrow.  From the moment we were invited we planned…

Our beloved BM (Blog Master) is under the weather so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to write the  blog…..does everyone hear the crickets? We don’t even know where to start……we’re just not Julie! But we’ll try…… Patty: I’ll start. This is Patty V: Our day started at 7am with a rally breakfast and us wondering…

Yeah, that’s our Patty V in the back of that group pic of Pancreatic Cancer Survivors…130 in all that showed up for Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day, can you imagine?  She’s ready to be front and center tomorrow as we visit our legislators…we have scheduled meetings with Sen. Bill Nelson and Sen. Marco Rubio and Congressman…

These trips always start the same way…we  head to the airport together…but just before this we meet at our final stop, Trudi’s house,  where we stand around and watch Jean figure out how to get all the stuff into the car. Some of us try to look busy while she arranges and rearranges everything, but…

We pre-gamed yesterday.  We were heading to the nation’s capital, and we needed to look JUST RIGHT. And so we met yesterday morning at Aqua Aveda Salon on Anna Maria Island.  Jane and Patty’s niece, Ali,  is the proprietor and we were very well taken care of… Stephanie was in charge of the pedicures, and…

  The six of us have been in touch a lot during the past two weeks or so but mostly by text…little updates, cute memes, inspirational quotes, inside jokes….Patty is often at work or busy with family…her niece Sara, whose middle name is Patricia after this fabulous aunt of hers, recently graduated from high school…so…

Trip Number One:  Summer 2016.  Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica Pier. Trip Number Two:  Fall 2017.  The Mississippi River from Chicago to New Orleans. Get ready for Trip Number Three!  Any guesses? We’ve been discussing Trip Number Three for about nine months…since we got back from the last trip.  It’s always up to…

Like the Boy Scouts, we hoped to be prepared.  Last night we planned to get up first thing this morning, survey the storm’s progress, and make a decision.  We met in Janey and Patty’s room at 7:45 am even before we’d had coffee.  Our flight was scheduled to leave New Orleans airport at 1:55pm.  The…

What is that old wives’ tale again?  The morning after you’ve been drinking make sure you get on a boat?  That may not be it.  But that’s what we did.  We got up early and wiped the powdered sugar off of our lips after more beignets and coffee.  We headed to our airboat tour…we’re in…