MASTER STORY LIST

Daily Diary:

Journal Entries (2002):

• Ben & Jerry and the Ice Cream Licker I need calcium! 7/28/02
• Scrub, Scrub, Scrub Team in Training Kick-Off and I scrub the rug at last 7/27/02
• Sausage Thing After a Very Long Day Another Chemo Day down and I make an interestiung dinner 7/25/02
• Harried Hilarious Hijinks at Lunchtime 7/22/02
• Ode to Chocolate How bad can I be? 7/20/02
• Saving Dirty Underwear How we do manage to pile things up --- 7/14/02
• Old Cars in the Driveway What's life without a dead car in your driveway? 7/14/02

The DATE With Fabio!

• The Dream Date with Fabio - July 8, 2002 Photos!!!!!!
• Dinner with Fabio The date finally happens - and my son went with us, with his big camera 7/10/02
• Fabio's Day What HE went through before he came to pick me up 7/8/02
• My Son Has His Own Room 7/8/02
• The Drive Down Breaking in the Tacoma 7/7/02
• Leaving for LA - and the "Date" And Ranger, the pesky orange furball, makes me late 7/7/02
• Estrogen Patch What men do to us - they deserve any hell we give them! 7/5/02
• I Have Nails....       Pepper Insisted Long nails and a shopping spree at Stoneridge 7/5/02
• I Don't Like My Hair With Gold Roots Because---- So now it is burgundy 7/5/02
• The Black Dress - Or, I Change My Mind Again I prefer slinky black clinging velvet 7/4/02
• Finding a Hotel; Buying Make-Up Yes! I need MORE! The rooms is secured and the dentist gets me in the chair July 1, 2002
• The Final Dress: Dusky Green-Blue Crepe At last I have decided and the dress is done June 31, 2002
• The Green Velvet Dress I fuss over a creation that I will discard 6/30/02
• Mad Shopping on QVC and Hide Everything! I give my self a new hair color and thin the licks, shop QVC for makeup (which may or may not arrive) and begin reassembly of Momma. 6/30/02
• Setting Up My Fabio Date Getting things rescheduled 6/28/02

Journal Entries:

• Naked in the Kitchen Revisited More hilarity while doing housework 6/26/02
• Busy Day, This Friday Was Finishing off the cats and doing chores builds an appetite 6/22/02
• Bathing the Cat Ranger smells and Little Bit is a handful, time for a bath Ha, Ha and Ha 6/21/02
• The Fabio Date is Coming And I Am Not Ready! No dress! 6/19/02
• Yes, I Have Carpal Tunnel A few stinging zaps and they can confirm it Workman's Comp! 6/19/02
• Shopping & Scrubbing Into Summer And sewing too 6/12/02
• FAT, FAT, FAT! FABIO DREAM DATE IS July 8th 2002 and I have not lost weight! 6/10/02
• Chemo and Movies and the Dishwasher Quits 6/8/02
• Monday Adventures And they are trying to get the Fabio date confirmed - so my kid gets sick 6/2/02
• We're Having a Heat Wave 5/31/02
• My Date is Being Scheduled Fabio looms on the horizon but I can't see over my belly 5/30/02
• I Can't Find My Car Keys! The exasperation of the ritual hunt 5/30/02
• EXPRESSIONS FOR WOMEN ON HIGH STRESS DAYS Love these! 5/28/02
• My Gray Chinchilla Momma Died Today After 14 years as part of the family - I will miss her very much .5/23/02
• Thursday Chemo Day and TNT It's Kickoff time after a long chemo day 5/23/02

Daily Dairy April 16 - May 19, 2002 - Snapshot of a Life:

• Diary Days 1-2 Tuesday April 16, 2002 - Wednesday April 17, 2002 4/19/02
• Diary Day 3 Thursday April 18, 2002 Chemo Day and Bridget Jones's Diary Has a Sequel 5/10/02
• Diary Day 4 Friday April 19, 2002 Spa, Gym, Figuring out COBRA 5/10/02
• Diary Days 5 Saturday April 20, 2002, Art Photography 5/10/02
• Diary Day 6 Sunday April 21, 2002 The Gym, Gathering Grocereies 4/21/02
• Diary Day 7 Monday April 22, 2002 Scorpian King ans a Straying Cat 4/22/02
• Diary Day 8 Tuesday April 23, 2002 Creative Cooking 4/23/02
• Diary Day 9 Wednesday April 24, 2002 The Gym, The Spa and the Blood Test 4/24/02
• Diary Day 10 Thursday April 25, 2002 Long Chemo day 4/25/02
• Diary Day 11 Friday April 26, 2002 Interview Day Disasters - No job is worth this! 4/26/02
• Diary Day 12 Saturday April 27,, 2002 Duoteam Wrap-Up Party and Reading 4/27/02
• Diary Day 13 Sunday April 28, 2002 Reading All Day 4/28/02
• Diary Day 14 Monday April 29, 2002 Back at Unemployment - They lost me! 4/29/02
• Diary Day 15 Tuesday April 30, 2002 Hunter-Gatherer 5/10/02
• Diary Day 16 Wednesday May 1, 2002 Adventures in Costco 5/10/02
• Diary Day 17 Thursday May 2, 2002 Chemo day - Should I Be a Producer? 5/10/02
• Diary Day 18 Friday May 3, 2002 The Cat is Winning 5/10/02
• Diary Day 19 Saturday May 4, 2002 Wildflower Race Day 5/10/02
• Diary Day 20 Sunday May 5, 2002 Recovery Day 5/10/02
• Diary Day 21 Monday May 6, 2002 5/10/02
• Diary Day 22 Tuesday May 7, 2002 5/10/02
• Diary Day 23 Wednesday May 8, 2002 Spiderman up in flames! 5/10/02
• Diary Day 24 Thursday May 9, 2002 Chemo day Working on the Website 5/10/02
• Diary Day 25 Day 25 Friday May 10, 2002 8:50 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 26 Day 26 Saturday May 11, 2002 8:45 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 27 Day 27 Sunday May 12, 2002 Mother's Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 28 Day 28 Monday May 13, 2002 8:57 AM Giant's Game Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 29 Day 29 Tuesday May 14, 2002 5/19/02
• Diary Day 30 Day 30 Wednesday May 15, 2002 8:40 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 31 Day 31 Thursday May 16, 2002 7:20 AM Chemo Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 32 Day 32 Friday May 17, 2002 9:40 AM Giant's Game 5/19/02
• Diary Day 33 Day 33 Saturday May 18, 2002 SVC Meeting Day 5/19/02

Through a Mother's Eyes - A Story Log About my Son's Battle with Acute ALL Leukemia

Journal Entries (pre-diary):

• It's Spinal Fluid Check Up Time In which we drill into my son's spine to see if he remains cancer-free 4/17/02
• Take Your Daughters to Work Day And telecommute and use Flex Hours and do it all! 4/10/02
• Today was Hair Day I cash in my auction prize and get my hair redone - short and sassy 4/10/02
• Happy Easter!! Oh Yeah!!!! 4/5/02
• The TNT Auction Team in Training guys and gals go for the highest bid 4/5/02
• A Radiator Light and the Toyota Trainee Male chauvinist jocks duck and cover! 4/5/02
• A Crazy Day! PHOTOS MOVED HERE My truck, my computer, a surprise party, two sons and a cat in the window! 2/11/02 photos added 4/3/02
• The Programming God Arrives to rescue his mother 4/2/02
• Mail Call Why can't they all just bill the credit card? 4/2/02
• Chemo Day - Again 3/28/02
• Fetch and Carry A mother's work is never done 3/27/01
• A Visit to the Unemployment Office They have upgraded - but the system is still a joke for the down-sized professional 3/23/02
• Bye, Bye Methyldrexate! In which we have reached a milestone in the ALL Leukemia treatment schedule! 3/22/02
• Working Woman's Guide to Survival From one who knows 3/21/02
• Foot Focus In which I finally get treatment for my poor marathon-damaged feet 3/18/02
• The Estrogen Battle Goes On 3/17/02
• 25 things you should have learned by the time you have reached middle-age from the internet and then some 3/12/02
• And Jack's Are Wild! New Regency Short Story - FICTION 3/11/02 (almost 10,000 words) - Over 18 Please!
  
• Homework I am laid off and I am now so busy I could spit! But I sleep better! 3/12/02
• Apple OpSys 9.1 and I - EEEK! When an upgrade eats your files, it is being too aggressive! And the printer is still MIA - the modem is flaky - but the scanner works! 3/12/02
• Modem, Modem - Where Art Thou? Software Upgrades get down and dirty on the Mac 3/5/02
• The NT - Upgraded to Oblivion What happens when support blindly updates an operating system on a PC 3/5/02
• A Long Thursday A 2-hour chemo run becomes a nightmare 2/15/02
• My Son is in the Mood to Eat Shrimp and we go to Red Lobster after managing to dress him (January/02) Written down 2/15/02
• A Crazy Day! PHOTOS MOVED HERE My truck, my computer, a surprise party, two sons and a cat in the window! 2/11/02 photos added 4/3/02
• Crashes - Continued Musical Toyotas and a floundering NT 2/6/2002
• Super Bowl Sunday - 2002 2/6/2002
• Crashes, Crashes, Crashes! The van, the NT, the G3, the G4 minitower! Egad! 2/5/2002
• It Must Be Monday! The Van flicks on a Radiator light and the NT laptop takes a dive - again! 2/4/2002
• The Four Pound Elephant My son treats the nurses very well! Very well indeed! 2/4/2002
• A Wee Bit of Tension - It's Lumbar Time Again 1/24/02
• The Dress is Selected And next, the heavens parted! Wierd events at the fabric store! And my younger son has begun his campaign! 1/19/02
• My Son is in the Mood for Shrimp and we go to Red Lobster after managing to dress him 1/xx/02 Written down 2/15/02
• The Date Come-ith! My date for Fabio is about to be scheduled! Panic! 1/18/02
• I'm Having Way Too Much Fun With My Son! A natural character with a twisted sense of humor. It isn't only when in the hospital that he exhibits quirky behavior! But he'd better not mess up my upcoming date with Fabio!! 1/15/02
• Now we Are 60 Egad! Isn't it time to slow down yet? 1/13/02
• Devil Duckie - Fiendish version of the rubber duck! 1/10/02
• Devil Duckie in Engrish - Horrid Poem - lost something in translation - 1/10/02

Journal Entries (2001):

• You know its Christmas when----- 12/26/01
• Naked Housekeeping II - the Bathroom How mothers fare when trying to bathe with children in the house 12/26/01
• I Want my Tree! Christmas Tree 2001 12/20/01
• Team in Training Saga My new shoes 12/20/01
• Houston International Gets Demerits Help for the disabled is inconsistent at the airports 12/16/01
• Lumbar Hunt Adventures in the APU 12/16/01
• Timmy Tacoma is Still Clean and Neat - and Very Wet! And my son has been playing with the window lock 12/3/01
• 25 Reasons Why I Need A ('nother) Date with Fabio Or maybe just the one that's "pending" 12/1/01
• Getting a Photo ID Can Be Fun Adventures at the DMV before we left 11/23/01
• The Rotty Slippers The boy gets up and dances 11/23/01 [PHOTOS!]
• The 20001 Bookfair and more photos - gaining up on a cover model 11/23/01 [PHOTOS!]
• Arabian Nights Naked leg in my son's lap - oh dear! No - Deer in the headlights! - 11/16/01 [PHOTOS!]
• Flying to Orlando Yes, I got on a plane! Romantic Times Convention - 11/13/01
• Timmy Tacoma Comes Home! The ultimate power-shopper strikes again! 11/6/01
• My Computer is Being Captured by Security Forces---- 11/6/01
• Shower Time - There is a Limit Even my patience runs out once in awhile! 10/24/01
• Bad Girl in Stanford Mall How do I handle stress? I POWER-SHOP! 10/20/01
• Panic Time and a Flaky Pump Did the two boys manage to get the younger one to the hospital without Mother's help? $64,000 question. 10/20/01
• Lumbar Punctures and Power Steering My son's a rag-doll pin-cushion and the Toyota van droped its power steering on the Dunbarton Bridge in the dead of night 10/20/01
• Don't Mess with My Froggy! Picking on an absent-minded Mother10/13/01
• Kill the dot-PIF Files! SPAM SPAM SPAM I HATE SPAM! 10/10/01
  
• Brainfreeze Slow burning after-effects 10/6/01
• The Movies RAT RACE - GO SEE IT! 10/5/01
• Team in Training PHOTOS 10/5/01
• Woman of the House - copy of the Woman's World Story - PHOTOS and stories from the shower 10/5/01
• CALL TO ARMS: DO YOUR JOB Don't let the bastards win 9/19/01
• A Different Kind of Crash - My G4 Gets Cranky An object to vent my terror 9/19/01
• Jack is Back - Daniel's That Is Ooopsy! 9/18/01
• Momma is Packing Heat When America is Attacked - We arm ourselves to the teeth! 9/14/01
• Stanford Bomb Scare Aftermath - Games Some Sick People Play 9/13/01
• September 11, 2001
• Demirits for Sea World and San Diego 9/3/01
• The Massage I finally collect my Mother's Day present 8/23/01
• The Green Beads Joan Rivers - sensual green pearls - oh my! 8/23/01
• Lemonade Pie It helps to follow directions 8/18/01
• Thirteen Hours of Terror in Treatment Alarms and a scared mother - long day 8/17/01
• Pandamonium with Pacific Bell All I wanted was a simple phone line 8/15/01
• Don't Spill the Urine Sometimes my life gets to me 7/30/91
• "Dirty HTML" WYSIWYG Editors et al 7/21/01
• Photoshoots and Pills The week-end was crazy - and so was Monday Morning....7/15/01
• Isty-Bitsy Spider 7/5/01
• More Photos of my Younger Son....PHOTOS The top ones are hard to take.. 6/29/01
• Momma's got a Needle I learn to be a nurse....6/22/01
• Heat Wave, Tomatoes and Feral Cats It's summer and the heat is coming up fast. So is my garden. 6/16/01
• Honoree - Peninsula Tri Team in Training We signed up for the mayhem again 6/10/01
• Women require Ph.D.s - Men have Nether Regions What's in a name? 6/7/01
• OK. Stop Grabbing the Nurses! My younger son is a devil 6/6/01
• Naked in the Kitchen What to do when scrubbing the floor is an absolute must! 6/1/01
• Mooning Mother It's hot outside! 5/23/01
• Getting to the Offsite Don't Worry in Traffic 5/23/01
• Bourbon a Deux The PC people struck again - and my sons have a solution 5/23/01
• They Shoot Old PCs Don't They? Can't we BAN them from the desks of PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE? May 15, 2001
• My Younger Son PHOTOS May 10, 2001
• My Writing Calls to Me And so does a stack of newly acquired books.....5/10/01
• No Room at the Inn It's that bad chemo-in-a-bag time again and I get to use a portable IV 4/28/01
• Easter 2001 We made the movies - and I have flowers....4/21/01
• Salmon Crispy What happens to a poor, innocent working mother when her son dictates a recipe he sort of remembers..... 4/18/01
• Medifast Mix-Up What happens when they mix up your account with someone else's and can't follow directions! An on-going saga. 4/10/01
• Turkey pot-pie on the stove-top Low fat, low salt, in-a-hurry dinner 4/10/01
• Punk Rocker Or, what happens when the stylist cancels out 4/8/01
• Spring Makeover My reaction to stress - call the stylist! 4/7/01
• File This Under: Oh! I Don't Need This! Progesterone withdrawal? Another new thing to fuss over! 4/4/01
• Medifast Redux I place a new order, and promise to be good. And get out of those truffles!! 3/28/01
• How to Put on False Eye Lashes - Pepper-Style She gave me instructions - I'm just a little cock-eyed at following them! 3/28/01
• The Shower and all My younger son, under chemo, is full of beans and making up for lost time..... 3/19/01
• Transcript: E! True Hollywood Story: FABIO a fast description of the 1-hour special on that golden Alpha-male Adonis! (be still my heart!) 2/11/01; 3/3/01
• Tuesday Turmoil the runs in for rehab take their toll 2/23/01
• Candling Eggs A past history with chickens 2/17/01
• Feed the Boy! What happens when a cancer patient can finally keep food down? They try to regain the weight they lost --- all at once! My younger son eats like a horse! The doctors find this to be hysterical...... 2/14/01
• I Need Help! After viewing myself on E! and the Synopsys Training Tape - oh Dear! 2/13/01
• Bratty Boys Fabio was a "wise-ass" kid (or holy terror as an alter boy) - sounds very familiar to this Mom! 2/13/01
• "Hung up in my Bathroom...." The promo is running for the Fabio special on E!...... 2/7/01
• Unbelievable PeanutButter Cookies Peanut butter, sugar, what else do you need? 1/28/01
• Super Bowl Sunday The boy pigs out - appropriate for watching football 1/28/01
• Flap, Flap, Flap Momma is thinking about a new truck...1/28/01
  
• Cobblers - Apples, Peaches, Berries, etc. to go with the Apple Crisp - my son is cooking in rehab 1/28/01
• Rolling Blackouts The idiocy of the deregulated California power supply 1/27/01
• Don't Triffle with My Truffles! 1/16/01
• Dear Diary More Tales of Horror from chemo 1/11/01
• PICU My son tries to die on me again - I will not allow that 1/03/01
• Waiting Waiting Waiting As the schedule slips.... 1/02/01
• You've Been at the Hospital Too Long When... 1/1/01
• Bumbling Baking Bread The cook screws up! Oh, of course! 1/1/01

Journal Entries (2000):

• Crazy Cake Stir it in a pan - no mixing bowl 12/20/00
• Fruit Cakes - many variations - soak in Port Wine for at least 1 month! 12/20/00
• Chocolate Truffle 12/20/00
• Death by Chocolate Cookie Need I say any more! 12/20/00
• Peanut Butter Blossoms - made with HERSHEY'S Kisses of course! 12/20/00
• Sugar Cookies Revisited 12/20/2000
• Caramel Custard Cups 12/20/00
• Apple Crisp That old stand-by apple crisp from the 50's 12/20/2000
• Hot Cider - with a Twist or Two 12/20/2000
• Sweet Potato Pie 12/20/2000
• Pills, Hips and Medifast! and a trip to the ER for good measure 12/20/00
• Drugs! We Need MORE Drugs? 12/12/00
• Phone Card, Phone Card, Whose got the Phone Card? I can lose anything 11/28/00
• PDF - Tried and True and Around for Ages I speak out for a clean and readily available format for eBooks! And show off a great Jettison review! 11/28/00
• Fire Drills and Christmas Movies 11/26/00
• What I am Thankful For November 2000 11/25/00
• Running Around in my Bra Trials and tribulations while camping on the ward - he knows where he is 11/21/00
• Skipping Holidays we will wait for the turkey and probably the pie 11/20/00
• Baby Wakes Up - And I Can Breathe After 9 days on morphine to control the pain from spinal menengitis, my younger son wakes up and breathes on his own 11/18/00
• They need more bathrooms don't they? 11/15/00
• Wednesday in the PICU 11/15/00
• The Kindness of Strangers Getting me back home fast - meningitis while neutropinic 11/18/00
• The Hammer is About to Fall In Houston, at the conference, briefly 11/9/00
• Cover Model Reunion In which we want cover models!!! 11/8/00
• Getting Ready for Houston And trying to get my son to recover from chemo enough to fly with me - we didn't get that far 11/5/00
• Falling Branches - Bad Day in Fremont My son is not doing well at home .. 10/22/00
• EEntertainment RE: Fabio The mishaps flying to the interview 10/18/00
• Playin' Hooky - Goin' to LA Flying in for the Fabio interview - can't be easy....10/18/00
• Entertainment - E! is doing a Fabio special and I am helping 10/15/00
• Blower-Motor Blues I hunt a Tacoma while they fix my truck 10/15/00

Leukemia Stikes at Home - And It Struck My Younger Son

• My Younger Son Came Home And we start the long road back to independence 10/8/00
• He Is Coming Home Frustration at the lack of communication and digesting a Clark's Charbroiled Burger 9/24/00
• Tuesday - And He's Had Way Too Many Drugs! 9/19/00
• Tired Momma - the Pushy Broad 9/17/00
• Needless to Say- The CT is Delayed because he needs a day off! 9/5/00
• Out of Bed for All of an Hour Beginning to get him up and walking - but they play with his meds 9/5/00
• My Day A record of the harried daily trials when you have a child in the hospital and you are the primary breadwinner and caregiver - for all mothers faced with this 8/30/00

Other Stories - Leukemia - Through a Mother's Eyes

Aborted Date (Moved to January ? February ? 2002? (July 8, 2002)

• Not Ready for Princess Seams! Getting ready for Fabio can be a real trial 7/5/00
• Center Stage - I get my hair done - so does my younger son - spikes! 6/30/2000
• Touch Me - a message in a bra no less - and a biopsy for my younger son 6/30/2000
• Scheduling the Date - with Fabio Of Course! And I still haven't made the dress! 6/26/00     
• Promises, Promises Never take your teenager with you to the gym! 6/26/00
• Fabio for Valentines In which I waivered for about a heartbeat and bought him again! 2/11/00
• Fabio is Loose Again! He has a "date" package at Big Brothers Auction 2/6/00
• Fabio to Jump Ship! I can't get there but the fans who live in Florida can have fun! 1/26/00

Story Table 00:

• Smell the Flowers Busy, busy, busy 6/19/00
• Working Mom's Rant 6/12/00
• The Red Jacket My youngest is on a kick - better than Fabio - his goal 6/3/2000
• It's June Already And I am so busy I had to move the date out to July .... 6/3/2000
• I Just Heard - Fabio et al Time is running out - I need my dress! 5/16/00
• Mother's Day 2000 Why should it be different? 5/16/2000
• Talking to my Computer 5/16/00
• 14 E-Mails Spam Spam Spam 5/16/00
• Fajetas - Egg, Beef or Chicken Roll-Ups Quick and Dirty cooking Pass the Hot Sauce 5/16/00
• Rounding up my Date Or, Fabio - Where are you now? 5/8/00
• Aftermath LittleBit Lives! But I'm changing the Rules 5/8/00
• The Art Show and the Killer Cat here kitty, kitty, kitty 5/5/00
• Women of a Certain Age Indeed! 5/5/00
• Egg Hunt Or, How to Spend Easter 2000 sytle 5/5/00
• And the Beat Goes On And the StarLog Ad is OUT! Jettison 4/28/00
• eCommerce 'Tain't Easy Or, how tearing your hair out as you launch an on-line store is a real possibility
  - and where oh where is my date with the big guy? I need a hug! Jettison 4/27/00
• Review Breaks Open in Romantic Times May 2000 Issue Oh Wow! And the centerfold wasn't bad either! Jettison 4/17/00
• Amazon.com - To List or Not to List Jettison 4/15/00
• Withdrawal (From the Bank) 4/1/500
• Withdrawal (From the Internet) Or, what happens when the ISP provider craches Jettison 4/15/00
• In Search of a Commercial Page Web Host You would think it would be easy....Jettison .4/13/00
• Medifast Plus Demystified Or, it's back on the diet for real! UGH! 4/10/00 www.medifast.com
• Terrorized on Tuesday Or, Sometimes Kids Just Ask A little Too Much 4/9/00
• Basic Fabulous White Cakes 4/2/00
• Basic Whip-It-Up Fast Yellow Cake 4/2/00
• G4 Interrupted 3/31/00
• I Had A Terrible Time in the Kitchen 3/31/00
• Stalking Fabio 2000 3/17/00
• Post-Florida Chaos my life is not simple....3/16/00

• TORONTO 1999 ROMANTIC TIMES CONVENTION:

Favorite Entries (1984-2002):

• America Worst Srtrikes Again! In which my bag is lost on the way back from the Las Vegas business conference - or America West got me again! 3/10/00
• Where in the World is Fabio????
• The hilarious short Essay - The Calendar You Gotta Read This One!
• The Mousepad: What happens when a woman gets a FABIO mousepad? You would not believe me
• It's picture Day - And they can't find their shoes!
• How to Make Your Son Want to Leave Home 6/6/99
• Another take on Parenting - Working Mother's Morning
  Published in AMCC's internal newsletter       1984
• Bad Boys in the Bathroom - Or, Why I'm Glad I'm Single!
• Butterpats on the Ceiling This one is something to read - what boys can do with food....
  
• Bad Boy with a Gun, Or, Stalking the Livingroom TV
  
• Top 10 Uses for MacAddict Magazine
  Published in MacAddict, issue 3
• Top 10 Ways to Know You're a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict
• Top 10 Ways to Know Your Son is a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict
• When the Sap Rises.....
  Published in AMCC's internal newspaper
• Diet-Busting Tips Or, how I scold myself when dieting 5/7/99
• Women of a Certain Age Indeed! 5/5/00
• The Red Jacket My youngest is on a kick - better than Fabio - his goal 6/3/2000
• Who said that Mornings Get Better as the Kids Get Older? Not me! 1/26/00

The continuing saga of my novel

Now rewritten to stand on its own.1976-present.
The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison 

• And the Beat Goes On And the StarLog Ad is OUT! Jettison 4/28/00
• eCommerce 'Tain't Easy Or, how tearing your hair out as you launch an on-line store is a real possibility
  - and where oh where is my date with the big guy? I need a hug! Jettison 4/27/00
• Review Breaks Open in Romantic Times May 2000 Issue Oh Wow! And the centerfold wasn't bad either! Jettison 4/17/00
• Amazon.com - To List or Not to List Jettison 4/15/00
• Withdrawal (From the Bank) 4/1/500
• Withdrawal (From the Internet) Or, what happens when the ISP provider craches Jettison 4/15/00
• In Search of a Commercial Page Web Host You would think it would be easy....Jettison .4/13/00
• Post-Florida Chaos my life is not simple....3/16/00
• America Worst Srtrikes Again! In which my bag is lost on the way back from the Las Vegas business conference - or America West got me again! Jettison 3/10/00

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• Stories From the calendar Photo Shoot in February - Photos Included

  • The Trip Home from Florida Sunday the 27th 2/29/00
  • Gold's Gym - Or, How to Make Me Feel Dumpy Friday 3/5/00 PHOTOS ADDED 4/8/00
  • Thursday Night at Troy's Bar (Continuing Saga of the Photo Shoot) Thursday Night continued.... 4/24/00
  • Bar Shoot 5 PHOTOS - Friday's Group 4/8/00
  • Bar Shoot 4 PHOTOS 4/8/00
  • Bar Shoot 3 PHOTOS 4/8/00
  • Bar Shoot 2 PHOTOS 4/8/00
  • Bar Shoot 1 PHOTOS 4/8/00
  • The Construction Shoot Thursday Continued 2/29/00 PHOTOS ADDED 4/8/00
  • Boy Who Irons - Woman on PMS Thursday Activity 2/29/00 PHOTOS ADDED 4/8/00
  • Wind 1 - Photo Shoot Anyway Wednesday's Adventures 3/5/00
  • East City Grill - Tuesday Night Dinner 3/2/90
  • Dress-Up Day Tuesday Adventures PHOTOS 3/5/00 PHOTOS ADDED 4/8/00
  • Bouncing on a Bike - Hanging Around Monday - First day of the shoot 3/2/00
  • On Being Shirley Valentine rejuvination 3/2/00
  • The Romance of a Calendar Shoot - An Overview of the Week 3/2/00
    
  • The Orgasm (and other drinks) Sunday Activity Or what Troy does behind the bar...and on it. PHOTOS 2/28/00 See Bar Shoots Above)
  • America Worst Saturday Adventures OR an airline you want to avoid 2/28/00
  • Departure to Florida And the Jettison/Troy Sutter Calendar PhotoShoot Saturday 2/28/00

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• February Romantic Times Has Arrived PHOTOS Jettison 12/20/99
• Self-Publishing A Book Liner Notes If you're following this project 12/16/99
• The Jettison Saga Background submitted to Romantic Times 12/7/99
• Producing a Photoshoot Submitted to Romantic Times 12/7/99
• Getting Ready to Edit    The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/17/99
• Leaving San Diego   Or how to be traumatized without really trying... 
  The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/16/99
• Dinner   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/15/99
• I Am Numb Now   PHOTOS! The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/11/99
• Oil Up The Model   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/11/99
• The Day of the Shoot   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/15/99
• Notes From The Photo Shoot   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/15/99
• Arrival (in San Diego for the Photo Shoot)   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/15/99
• Flying In for the Photo Shoot   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/15/99
• Printer Notes   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   11/5/99
• Mind Bending   Life has ways of letting you know.... The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison  11/1/99
• Photo Shoot: Ten Days and Counting...  The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison   10/29/99
• Publishing A Novel   What to do after the muse hits you. Watch this! The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison  10/21/99
• The Saga of "Jettison"   The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison 10/21/99
  
• Tramping It Up   the Mr. Romance pageant follows the book fair - and the Vampire ball follows that.
  And I hire Troy to be my cover model. So There! The continuing saga of my novel: Jettison    10/21/1999
• Arriving Home   Returning from the RT '99 Convention 9/23/99
• The Friday Night Costume Event   at the RT '99 Convention   Or, how Cinderella found her prince   9/28/99
• Friday in Toronto ---     musing on porters ("How much you pay?") and waiters (decaf please!)and lunch with a cover model (Troy of course). 9/26/99
• Too Hot to Handle   nothing like a little fire alarm to make breakfast on the 43rd floor interesting     9/24/99 *****************************************************************
• Breakfast with a Cover Model --- Not! Thursday AM in Toronto   9/26/99
• Chasing the Models 9/26/99
• Boarding Air Canada 9/29/99
• Travel to Toronto  which starts with getting to the airport.. 9/29/99
• Crabby Monday Birthday 9/23/99
• Begin To Pack For Toronto 9/23/99
• Stormy Leather   Dominatrix Dungeon Master - the Vampire party will never be the same.... 7/9/99

Leukemia - Through a Mother's Eyes

Also see the "Daily Diary" for the latest Stories

Reverse-Date Order:

• It's Spinal Fluid Check Up Time In which we drill into my son's spine to see if he remains cancer-free 4/17/02
• Take Your Daughters to Work Day And telecommute and use Flex Hours and do it all! 4/10/02
• The TNT Auction Team in Training guys and gals go for the highest bid 4/5/02
• Chemo Day - Again 3/28/02
• Bye, Bye Methyldrexate! In which we have reached a milestone in the ALL Leukemia treatment schedule! 3/22/02
• A Long Thursday A 2-hour chemo run becomes a nightmare 2/15/02
• My Son is in the Mood for Shrimp and we go to Red Lobster after managing to dress him 1/xx/02 Written down 2/15/02
• Super Bowl Sunday - 2002 2/6/2002
• A Crazy Day! PHOTOS MOVED HERE My truck, my computer, a surprise party, two sons and a cat in the window! 2/11/02 photos added 4/3/02
• The Four Pound Elephant My son treats the nurses very well! Very well indeed! 2/4/2002
• A Wee Bit of Tension - It's Lumbar Time Again 1/24/02
• I'm Having Way Too Much Fun With My Son! A natural character with a twisted sense of humor. It isn't only when in the hospital that he exhibits quirky behavior! But he'd better not mess up my upcoming date with Fabio!! 1/15/02
• Team in Training Saga My new shoes 12/20/01
• Houston International Gets Demerits Help for the disabled is inconsistent at the airports 12/16/01
• Lumbar Hunt Adventures in the APU 12/16/01
• Timmy Tacoma is Still Clean and Neat - and Very Wet! And my son has been playing with the window lock 12/3/01
• 25 Reasons Why I Need A ('nother) Date with Fabio Or maybe just the one that's "pending" 12/1/01
• Getting a Photo ID Can Be Fun Adventures at the DMV before we left 11/23/01
• The Rotty Slippers The boy gets up and dances 11/23/01 [PHOTOS!]
• The 20001 Bookfair and more photos - gaining up on a cover model 11/23/01 [PHOTOS!]
• Arabian Nights Naked leg in my son's lap - oh dear! No - Deer in the headlights! - 11/16/01 [PHOTOS!]
• Flying to Orlando Yes, I got on a plane! Romantic Times Convention - 11/13/01
• Timmy Tacoma Comes Home! The ultimate power-shopper strikes again! 11/6/01
• Shower Time - There is a Limit Even my patience runs out once in awhile! 10/24/01
• Bad Girl in Stanford Mall How do I handle stress? I POWER-SHOP! 10/20/01
• Panic Time and a Flaky Pump Did the two boys manage to get the younger one to the hospital without Mother's help? $64,000 question. 10/20/01
• Lumbar Punctures and Power Steering My son's a rag-doll pin-cushion and the Toyota van droped its power steering on the Dunbarton Bridge in the dead of night 10/20/01
• Brainfreeze Slow burning after-effects 10/6/01
• The Movies RAT RACE - GO SEE IT! 10/5/01
• Team in Training PHOTOS 10/5/01
• Woman of the House - copy of the Woman's World Story - PHOTOS and stories from the shower 10/5/01
• Momma is Packing Heat When America is Attacked - We arm ourselves to the teeth! 9/14/01
• Stanford Bomb Scare Aftermath - Games Some Sick People Play 9/13/01
• September 11, 2001
• Demirits for Sea World and San Diego 9/3/01
• Thirteen Hours of Terror in Treatment Alarms and a scared mother - long day 8/17/01
• Don't Spill the Urine Sometimes my life gets to me 7/30/91
• Photoshoots and Pills The week-end was crazy - and so was Monday Morning....7/15/01
• Isty-Bitsy Spider 7/5/01
• More Photos of my Younger Son....PHOTOS The top ones are hard to take.. 6/29/01
• Momma's got a Needle I learn to be a nurse....6/22/01
• Honoree - Peninsula Tri Team in Training We signed up for the mayhem again 6/10/01
• OK. Stop Grabbing the Nurses! My younger son is a devil 6/6/01
• Mooning Mother It's hot outside! 5/23/01
• My Younger Son PHOTOS May 10, 2001
• No Room at the Inn It's that bad chemo-in-a-bag time again and I get to use a portable IV 4/28/01
• Easter 2001 We made the movies - and I have flowers....4/21/01
• Feed the Boy! What happens when a cancer patient can finally keep food down? They try to regain the weight they lost --- all at once! My younger son eats like a horse! The doctors find this to be hysterical...... 2/14/01
• Super Bowl Sunday The boy pigs out - appropriate for watching football 1/28/01
• Don't Triffle with My Truffles! 1/16/01
• Dear Diary More Tales of Horror from chemo 1/11/01
• PICU My son tries to die on me again - I will not allow that 1/03/01
• You've Been at the Hospital Too Long When... 1/1/01
• Drugs! We Need MORE Drugs? 12/12/00
• Fire Drills and Christmas Movies 11/26/00
• What I am Thankful For November 2000 11/25/00
• Running Around in my Bra Trials and tribulations while camping on the ward - he knows where he is 11/21/00
• Skipping Holidays we will wait for the turkey and probably the pie 11/20/00
• Baby Wakes Up - And I Can Breathe After 9 days on morphine to control the pain from spinal menengitis, my younger son wakes up and breathes on his own 11/18/00
• They need more bathrooms don't they? 11/15/00
• Wednesday in the PICU 11/15/00
• The Kindness of Strangers Getting me back home fast - meningitis while neutropinic 11/18/00
• The Hammer is About to Fall In Houston, at the conference, briefly 11/9/00
• Cover Model Reunion In which we want cover models!!! 11/8/00
• Getting Ready for Houston And trying to get my son to recover from chemo enough to fly with me - we didn't get that far 11/5/00
• Falling Branches - Bad Day in Fremont My son is not doing well at home .. 10/22/00
• My Younger Son Came Home And we start the long road back to independence 10/8/00
• He Is Coming Home Frustration at the lack of communication and digesting a Clark's Charbroiled Burger 9/24/00
• Tuesday - And He's Had Way Too Many Drugs! 9/19/00
• Tired Momma - the Pushy Broad 9/17/00
• Needless to Say- The CT is Delayed because he needs a day off! 9/5/00
• Out of Bed for All of an Hour Beginning to get him up and walking - but they play with his meds 9/5/00
• My Day A record of the harried daily trials when you have a child in the hospital and you are the primary breadwinner and caregiver - for all mothers faced with this 8/30/00

• Priorities Rearranged Another interesting morning 8/16/00
• Last Man Standing Pulling myself together - sort of. And I do another ad in two hours or less... 8/13/00
• Aftermath from Surgery Exhaustion 8/12/00
• Chocolate Cheese Cake Comfort What mother's do for distraction 8/10/00
• Which is Worse - Chocolate or Coffee? And What About a Cheeseburger? My son has a lung collapsed to test for fungus (biopsy) 8/10/00
• Bad to the Bone 8/8/00
• Saturday - The Arm IV Goes South Saturday his blood pressure is back up - and the IV kicks up 8/5/00
• Changing Roles Helpless because his blood pressure is down he has to have help - and my boys promise me I'll be on Mommy-cam when it's my turn 8/5/00
• A New Wrinkle Now its an opportunistic fungal invasion - and the medicine from hell 8/5/00
• Chemo Aftereffects Hospital horror - And the Starlog ad for Jettison and the Extreme Troy calendar gets done in two hours - because that's all the time I can spare 7/31/00
• Speaking of E-Mail - Mine is Down ISP providers do need to be regulated - this is too much! 7/26/00
• In the Hospital The horror is creeping in - and the nightmare of treatment has begun in earnest 7/23/00
• The Full Effects The chemo has begun in earnest 7/13/00
• First You Stop Vacuuming My son is missing from my house 7/10/00
• The Diagnosis 7/10/00
• Bone Marrow Testing 7/9/00
• Thank You I hear from people all over the world about my son 7/9/00
• Setting up the Invalid 7/8/00
• Heading for LA My son's diagnosis is not good - I will need that hug! 7/7/00

START ^

Boy's Stories List:

Parenting and Working in the 90's

• Who said that Mornings Get Better as the Kids Get Older? Not me! 1/26/00
• I Took My Boys to Red Lobster Before I had surgery 1/18/00
• Driving Lesson Number 3   The boy is learning to park today     9/29/9
• The Driving Lesson 9/23/99
• Graduation   In which a dark suit meets its match at Red Lobster....   8/22/99
• Just a Little Bit   a kitten joins the family   8/14/99
• Sometimes, Things Just Pile up in a Heap         7/23/99
• Blood Red Slash. . .   a mystery,----or is it? 7/13/99
• Lucky Plucky Ducky    Things your son can do in a spa....  8/2/99
• Manic Week-End A Mother's Week-End is Never Done...7/27/99
• Weekend Adventures     7/7/99
• Must Have Tools     Rites of manhood 7/7/99
• Return From the Fair   Heat, high speed and sugar 7/2/99
• Don't Ever Burn The Pizza 6/14/99 posted 6/25/99
• How to Make Your Son Want to Leave Home 6/6/99
• The Senior Prom   Hunk in training 1999; Crabby Monday and Prom Night Photos; 5/26/99
• Mommy Germs 5/12/99
• The Time Must Come...   when you have to let them leave home 4/22/99
• Sea World 99 A reward for making Eagle   4 /16/99
• Flight of Eagles The younger eaglet goes for the prize   4 /6/99
• Leaving Sante Fe by Shuttle More nightmares in traveling... 3/12/99
• Award Day I get another toy...will the boys let me keep it? 3/12/99
• Power Shopping Never take a woman someplace and not let her shop! 3/25/99
• Boarding the Plane in San Jose The computer has other ideas... 3/12/99
• Departure From Home Another business trip without my son 3/25/99
• Retreiving my Notebook - 3400C Computer That Is Or, How I Got My G3! 3/12/99
• Mother Aren't Allowed A work in process.... 2/14/99
• Golden Underwear Adventures in Doing Laundry 1/18/99
• Crab Rampage 2   Happy Birthday to me! Crabby Monday! 1/15/99
• Ritz Rampage   in which my son and co-workers explore Red Lobster's Crabby Monday 1/7/99
• Adventures in Hazardous Holiday Cooking     1/1/99
• Baby Steps as the youngest grows to manhood     12/30/98
• Recipes including Lethal Stuffing for Turkey. We never do it the same way twice.     12/30/98

Adventures in Surgery

• The Thin Red Line Persists     12/30/98
• Delivery by Tacoma     12/21/98
• My Sons, The Plotters     12/21/98
• Tuesday - 24 Hours After the Surgery     12/21/98
• Wednesday - Trying to Recover     12/21/98
• Wednesday Misc.     12/21/98
• Thursday AM     12/21/98
• Thursday PM - Drugs. I Need Drugs.     12/21/98
• Jury Duty - During Recovery? I Don't Think So     12/21/98
• Friday - My Boys Visited Last Night     12/21/98
• Baby! It's Cold Outside!     12/22/98
• Revenge   Or, my sons plot to get even.....9/98
• Apple - Will You Fix My Notebook? Please!
  (Yes, They Will.)   A new logic card and new RAM - excuse me, what's left?  
  The 3400C runs just fine now 11/30/98
• It's A Stitch in Time     11/25/98
• The Sons of Katie Elder Have Nothing on Mine!   11/20/98
• Witchdoctors Adventures in the emergency room, over medicated, overtreated 11/15/98
• Hotel Horror - Or, Why I Prefer to Travel with my 6'2" Son!
      What happened before Witchdoctors     11/25/98
• Ranger   My Cat  10/21/98
• My Boys Do Not Like To See Their Mother Ill   10/21/98
• Family Business - Photos     10/98
• A Boy And His Toy - - ota Tacoma Truck, That Is     10/5/98
• The Truck Comes Home - with a new engine 7/98
• TOYOTA - CAN YOU HEAR ME? - I guess they finally did! 6/98
  Update - "Looking at the repair record, are you ready for a new truck???" No! I am not!
• The Van Comes Home - $$$$
  
• Butterpats on the Ceiling This one is something to read - what boys can do with food....
  
• Bad Boy with a Gun, Or, Stalking the Livingroom TV
  
• Whomping up a cake - Or, Stories from a harried Mom
  
• Bad Boys in the Bathroom - Or, Why I'm Glad I'm Single!
  
• Another take on Parenting - Working Mother's Morning
  Published in AMCC's internal newsletter       1984
  
• One of my Friday's - Freaky Friday
  
• Oh my! - A Week I Could Forget!
  
• It's a H*** of a Move! 08/16/95
  
• Oh, No! It's the House From H**L!
  
• The Truck - need I say more? I bought one
  
• When the Sap Rises.....
  Published in AMCC's internal newspaper
  
• The Nintendo
  
• It's picture Day - And they can't find their shoes!
  
• Camping with the Boy Scouts in the Desert...Ooops!
  
• Setting my hair on fire.... 9/13/97

Misc. Story List:

• Falling Leaves Even in California 1/26/00

Thyroid Saga - Dieting

• Diet-Busting Tips 5/7/99
• Thyroid Adventures - Part 3   (See below for others) 9/98
• Thyroid, Synthroid, Estrogen, Progesterone, Menopause et. al and the Lack of Information.
  
• Thyroid, Synthroid, Estrogen, Progesterone, Menopause et. al Part 2.
  

• Starting a new diet? A Growing page of helpful information.

Web, HTML, etc. Basics

• website rules
• HTML Introduction

PCs and Macs, Cell Phones, Technology- More Working in the 90's

• Toys, I Need Toys I like Big Systems, Big Hard Drives 1/18/00
• My G4 Baby Inn which the monster is coming on-line 1/18/00
• Got a G4! Or, How I spent Christmas 1999 1/11/00
• Getting the Ducks in the Row Computer Asisted Instruction - Web Based training - It has only taken us 30 years to get here - watch the IPOs - 12/3/99
• Computer Attack!   A need for back-ups led to the Orb; a need for a C compiler led to new Apple Computers! 9/5/99
  Funny how that happens.   9/2/99; edited 9/6/99
• Bit By The G3 Bug   Which about says it all   9/5/99
• Cell Phones   I prefer to be non-technical at home. Sometimes. 1/27/99
• Y2K Among Us   I prefer a Mac! They don't have Y2K problems 6/29/99
• GM and Microsoft   from e-mail from my son     10/12/98
• Putting a Mac Expert onto an NT! UGLY!
• Top 10 Uses for MacAddict Magazine
  Published in MacAddict, issue 3
• Top 10 Ways to Know You're a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict
• Top 10 Ways to Know Your Son is a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict

Science Fiction

• The Science Fiction Short - The Green Disk which led to confusion with an ecological press

Really Miscellaneous

• Last of the Crab   They are doing away with the crab assaults - and switching to shrimp!     10/21/99
• Next to Last Crabby Monday   10/11/99
• They Eat Roses, Don't They?     Or, after the Eagle Court...  10/8/99
• Crabby on the 27th     Or, after the Eagle Court...  10/8/99
• Crabby Monday Birthday 9/23/99
• Crabby Monday After Getting Home 9/23/99
• Eight For Dinner   Breaking records at Red Lobster   9/2/99
• Fetch The Mousie   In which cats prove their total refusal to be anything less than dominant.   8/30/99
• Pet the Bunny   Training Sappers (US ARMY kill machines) [Caution - do not read if you don't understand the Army. It may disturb you.] Further adventures with "J" and COBRA Commander and kill training   9/8/99
• USArmy   You're in the army now! Adventures with COBRA Commander!  8/30/99
• Unwelcome News   7/8/99
• Crabby From the Classroom   The start of hell week - in which I am running a 5-pilot synthesis class and too tired to resist chocolate at Red Lobster. Do we see a pattern here? 7/2/99
• Too Hot!   CA sets records for heat, fires and smog, and it only took a week. 6/29/99
• Days Like This 6/14/99 posted 6/25/99
• And The Day Continues..... 6/14/99 posted 6/25/99
• Men Are Like Puppies 6/7/99 posted 6/25/99
• New Commandments 6/7/99 posted 6/25/99
• Why? 6/7/99 posted 6/25/99
• Back At Red Lobster   written 4/20/99; 6/25/99
• Spring is Sprung and September Summons  Rambling around in my head.....But I am serious - get the Fabio Stand-Ups...Give yourself a heart attack! 6/1/99
• Men Get So Confused   Or why I like to be introduced the right way.... 6/1/99
• Dressing the Salt and Pepper 5/12/99
• Full Moon Over the Crab Feast 4/29/99
• Crabby Yet Again and thinking about Sea World 4 /16/99
• New Victim - Crabby Again King Crab reigns! 3/25/99
• Random Thoughts A mother's musings 2/20/99
• Land Before Chocolate Red Lobster Raid - again! 2/15/99
• Musing on Management by Objectives 3/5/99
• College Preparation Required Reading List - Support On-Line Education [actually old - I misplaced it]
• Buttons, Knitting, Crochet - History of [written two years ago just for fun] Exerpt being printed in Montana County Register 3/99
• Analog Design?? .. Me?
  Published (an exerpt) in Computer Design, January 1997, pg. 40.

A Comment

• On a serious note.......Aunt Emma

Fabio - July 8, 2002

Adventures in Stalking Fabio:

• The Dress is Selected And next, the heavens parted! Weird events at the fabric store! And my younger son has begun his campaign! 1/19/02
• The Date Come-ith! My date for Fabio is about to be re-scheduled! Panic! 1/18/02

• Setting up the Invalid Leukemia is confirmed and the date is put on hold. Fabio and Eric send their prayers. 7/8/00
• Heading for LA My son's diagnosis is not good - I will need that hug! 7/7/00
• The Red Jacket My youngest is on a kick - better than Fabio - his goal 6/3/2000
• It's June Already And I am so busy I had to move the date out to July .... 6/3/2000
• I Just Heard - Fabio et al Time is running out - I need my dress! 5/16/00
• Rounding up my Date Or, Fabio - Where are you now? 5/8/00
• Fabio for Valentines In which I waivered for about a heartbeat and bought him again! 2/11/00
• Fabio is Loose Again! He has a "date" package at Big Brothers Auction 2/6/00
  

And on into 2000....

• Fabio to Jump Ship! I can't get there but the fans who live in Florida can have fun! 1/26/00
• Not Enough Fabio! Winking at the camera, Waving as he drives off into the valley? 1/18/00
  

More Stalking 1999

• Its Been a Long Time Since I Last Saw Fabio     11/4/99
  
• Fabio Bashing - A Response   originally August 1995; 8/16/99
• Expectancy Looms   Oh my yes! As we wait for the cookbook! - With him on the cover! 7/7/99
• Big, Bold , Beautiful - Tarzan   Oh my yes! Thank you Barclay! 7/7/99
• Celebrity Death Match - Fabio Style Or, MTV strikes a blow 5/1/99
• So There I Was... Fabio goes on a TV binge and forgets to tell his webmaster!!!!   4 /16/99

The Accident March 1999

• Dignity and Grace Under Fire   Why we think so highly of our tall, blond hero! What class!   4/4/99

General Stalking 1999

• Listen to the Radio.....   In which I nearly wreck the truck! Something about a low voiced Italian.... 2/15/99
• Mad in Manhatten   The big one got away! 2/13/99
• After Bad Boys   The big let down! 2/13/99
• Languishing at JFK   The plane was late ... very late. 2/13/99
• Leaving Las Vegas   Where I hadn't really planned to spend the night 2/13/99
• Flying Home   At long last 2/13/99
• All Fall Down   What I went through BEFORE I got on the airplane for NY! 4/3/99
• First Encounter   With Fabio of course! 1/31/99
• Frustrated in Fremont The target got away!1/27/99

DECEMBER DATE 1998

• Fabio 9 - Flu 1   Fabio has the flu - and I want to baby him! All night if necessary!
  But he gets even! He makes me give up coffee!    12/9/98
• Cinderella Goes to the Ball   I even left him a glass slipper. Hint. Hint.     12/8/98
• Primped, Pampered and Prepared for the Party   Photos to be added   12/30/98

• Not Too Old To Dream   He knows how old I am - is this a good thing?    12/8/98
• Interview with Fabio   I hope I didn't wear him out!     12/7/98

And Some More Adventures Stalking Fabio -- Getting Ready.

• E-mail I have received.....About my madness, my insanity 9/98
• Revenge   Or, my sons plot to get even.....9/98
• Planning Ahead   October isn't that far away....9/98
• Random Photos
• More photos
• With Eyes Wide Open   and they are.     10/7/98
• On Why I Spent $15,500 For A Date With Fabio   having confused a few people at work.....     10/12/98
• Preparing for Contact    10/28/98
• Cinderella prepares for the Ball    10/28/98
• More Photos of the 3 of us in Little Rock
• The Step-Sisters Have Arrived 10/29/98

ARKANSAS AUCTION: Stories from my Trip to Little Rock, ARK.
Chasing Fabio, Of Course!

Fabio and I - after I bought him in Little Rock - years ago-

• The Dress   from desperation, inspiration   9/98
• Getting Ready   packing up and other adventures   9/98
• Departure   on mad runs through Dallas - at 107 degrees   9/98
• Mad, Bad and Bankrupt   Got Him!   Or the webmaster strikes again!   8/98
• Sometimes I Wish I Were Thin, Tall, Blond And Under 30   ---- sometimes   9/98
• Aftermath - What Do You Do To Follow Fabio???   9/98
• The 5-Star Dinner     9/98
• Going Home     And it's a long way home   9/98
• The Flight Home   Guard those photos!  9/98
• The Men Don't Get It       11/2/98

Fabio Fandom When Teenage Boys Rule the House, Or the Office!

• Where in the World is Fabio????  I think we misplaced him!   8/98
• What Any Woman Does When Faced With Trauma - Find Fabio! Those arms! That chest! That low chuckle! Sigh!
• Fabio - The Jungle Commercial From a loin cloth to a Tux....Who needs butter?
  Published in the Fabio Fan Club Newsletter, March 1998
  
• What happens when a relatively sane woman gets to do the Fabio website??? Ho! Ho! Ho!
  
• What happens when a woman gets a FABIO mousepad? You would not believe me!
  
• The hilarious short Essay - The Calendar You Gotta Read This One!
  
• The Romantic Times Pageant San Diego
  
• Another one - When Mother Leaves Home Going to the San Antonio Fan Club Meeting
  
• A Mother's Reward I actually got to San Antonio
  
• Chasing After Fabio - and Running Away From Home Driving to LA - to Bullocks, and the promotion featuring Fabio
  Several of these stories were quoted in the LA Times that came out as a result of his appearance in LA

• Nashville - I ran away again! Romantic Times Convention
  
• Fabio Bashing - A Response