Just another 6 year survivor= today marks the day...

Well I survived another year with this horrible deadly disease and I plan to survive many more. Sadly most women diagnosed with this disease and this late stage in the game, don't get to survive quite this long, so feeling blessed is definitely an understatement for me when I was originally given 8 months to 2 years maximum on November 15th, 2002.

Today, my husband and I celebrated by bringing Miss Blue Belle with us to Ocean Beach and to hang with a very, very cool friend of mine. Here are just a few photos of our lovely day together. The day was incredibly relaxing and it was unusually warm for November in SF.

As we walked the distance on the beach, absorbing the warmth, Blue Belle got to explore and make a few friends along the way. Here she is engaged in a romp with a little Chihuahua mix. The two raced around chasing each other around. We laughed a few times as they created a little race track through the wet sand.

We also had a small dinner at a little sidewalk cafe and had some beers. I normally don't drink more than 1 but being that today was a celebration, I decided to break my rule and had 3. That's the most I have had in a long time. We tried to play pool but I have a serious pool playing disability. I can make snowboards do what I want them to do but some reason, pool sticks are something else. It's just a lot bigger than a pen or pencil for me and that was exactly how awkward it was for me to try to play pool. We laughed most of the evening and just enjoyed good conversations and getting to know what a warm hearted friend I now have. Its great to know good people in my life and then to find out they are even more cool than I could ever give them credit for is reason enough to celebrate this wonderful day. You must be surrounded in your life with more positive people and pets!