~TIPTOE: From Rhode Island to:...?????
 

Girls help this very busy caregiver out. I know you are all making plans for Tiptoes arrival and have different activities in store for her with different schedules. My question is this (without having to write a calender out and troubleshoot):

Who will Tiptoe be visiting next?? I do not want her to miss the Kentucky Derby or the Breast Cancer Seminars, etc. If someone has no special dates for her I think she should visit there first. I want Tiptoe to grow up very cultured and not to miss a thing. Funny how I already love her so much. So if your schedule ideas have no specific dates please write to let me know you need her to visit first.

Again, our furry little friend has many dates that I cannot keep up with. Oh....and PinkGirl I have to admit I called Andi to check up on Tiptoe. It is not that I do not trust Andi, I just needed to know she is adjusting to her new family members. They have bonded and I feel secure knowing tht she is in good hands.

Only problem I have is that I KNOW ANDI IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW!! Even though I want Tiptoe to be spoiled, I am going to have to be quite creative after BB gets her hands on her!! Tehehe!!>>Believe51

PS: I cannot wait for Tiptoe's arrival!!!!!!!!

I don't need her in Texas until around Dec. 10 (for the S.A. BC Symposium)-

Projected calendar supposing she stays about a week vacationing in each locale (she could stay longer):

Oct 1ish - @ home in Canada w/ Pink
Oct 8ish - Boca Raton w/ Andi BB
Oct 16ish - Providence w/ Marie
Oct 23ish - NJ w/ Becky
Oct 30ish - ?
Nov 6ish - Mississippi w/ Leslie
Nov 13ish - Georgia w/ Kate
Nov 20ish (for Thanksgiving)- ?
Nov 27ish - ?
Dec 3ish - Michigan w/ Barb
Dec 10ish - Austin/San Antonio w/ Brenda (also visit Lance Armstrong Foundation)
Dec 17ish (stay through Christmas) - Travel to Illinois w/ Sheila for the holiday
Dec 27ish - Milwaukee w/ Still Here (who will take her to Tucson/Miravel for her R&R spa trip w/ Steph, Crisy, Sherri & Stillhere
Jan 6ish - Home from Miravel w/ Steph
Jan 16ish - Boise w/ Marlys??
Jan 23ish - Oregon w/ Catherine
Jan 30ish - ?

Spring 2008 - Tiptoe heads east to Japan/Australia?? Kathy S in Tokyo?

Just For Tiptoe Fans
 

Marie and Brenda -- you girls are very efficient! Which is a good thing. We need to be organized. A calendar of itinerary is a super idea.

Wait till you lay eyes on Pinkie's Journal! (BTW, P -- what kind of glue do you suggest??) This book is a work of art!! No kidding. Most impressive. And intimidating to live up to its high standards.

Paul has copied the pic of Tipsy and -- is that the Dalai Lama(?) that Pinkie forgot to include in her package. Forgive my ignorance. I know that face. Just can't remember his name...

Just to let you know... Tiptoe is darling. She likes when you stroke her hunched back with your index finger. She gives you this look, like she's blissed out. Just took a pic (WHICH I HAVE NOT YET FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET FROM THE COMPUTER TO THIS SITE!!! **#!??* -- but The Pink One is helping from Canada -- all for the cause -- sharing). She was on the comfy chair in my bedroom w/Chase and Scamp looking out the double sliding glass doors overlooking the pool and greenery. I actually saw Chase, who was closest, lick her! Several times. He is generally very stingy in that area, whereas the Scamp is a lover, giving kisses to any one. They have both quickly grown quite fond of the tiny one... Chase put a paw on her back, trying to get her to play w/him. She didn't move. Guess she's content just to hang. And I don't mean by her prehensile tail.

Can't wait till my grandkids meet her on Sunday! Did I tell you the pink plastic bc bracelet I had for her is way too big, so I have put it around her neck as a lovely necklace. I have a HOPE charm dangling from it. That, with Pinkie's teeny blue stud earrings that seem to bring out the sparkle in Tippy's eyes make her look especally beautiful. Not to mention the pink hair extensions Pinkie has woven behind Tip's right ear! She enjoys all the pampering. I can tell. She's a real girly girl.

Oh, and I learned that Tip loves all veggies. (Tomato leaves are poisonous though, so be careful...) And as for fruits -- they contain too much sugar and cause hamsters to develop diabetes -- so even though T sniffs them, I take them away. Seeds and grains and nuts are good however (and the insides of Birds Of Paradise are a real treat!).

We are having the best time! Oh, and Karen, I told Tiptoe not to tell Paul about our meditation sessions -- just to test her ability to keep a secret... Turns out, he can't understand her little pipsqeaky voice anyway. Must be a sound only *women* can hear... Sometimes I say to Paul, What's that sound? And he says, What sound. And we're extra quiet. And he says, I don't hear any thing. And I clearly do hear this high-pitched shrillish sound (maybe coming from the radio that has the volume turned wayyy down). Women are especially sensitive, as y'all know, in many ways.

With loving energy and hugs,

Andi

Tiptoe's schedule
 

Thanks Brenda for making the first draft of an itinerary for Tip. The BCS in San Antonio and the spa vacation are the two most important events. I think if anyone else wants her on a specific date, they will have to sort of keep track of her whereabouts and make sure the person who has her knows about it. That's just my thoughts.....I am not the hamster's keeper. She is an individual, an adult, a free spirit...........I was just the first one to meet her.

Andi, as for glue, I used an ordinary glue stick and then added a bit of tape on the stubborn ones. The pictures that are sort of "dull" were printed on sticker paper. Then I just cut them out and peeled the backing and put them in the journal. It's the easiest way, except that the pictures are not glossy.
Maybe there is glossy sticker paper in the States - I couldn't find any here, but then again, I live in the Boonies.

As For The Tape....
 

Boonie Scrapbook Place
 

Pinkie,

I don't know the population of your Boonies -- but you should start a SCRAPBOOKING store! There is one in Boca. I ventured on a project for Paul's 65th Bday and found myself in over my head. My dghtr found this place, and it's a whole world of artsy/craftsy pp. I did the best I could, and it was the perfect gift for the man who has every thing and doesn't want any thing. I made him tear up! And that's quite a task. Even really sappy movies where I'm SOBBING, he does not shed a single tear.

You are really talented, Pinkie. And pp do enjoy this hobby.

I have a glossy pic (printed on Paul's color printer -- mine is b&w) -- with a peel off sticky thing in the back -- of ???the Dalai or whoever that guy is and Tip. I think it's the kind of paper P uses to print pics. It will appear in the Journal with proper notation, I promise.

Monday will be Journal day. Then I will prepare Tip for her next adventure to Marie's...

LOVE,Andi

I would love to have her Dec. 3ish so we could celebrate my 50th birthday - as long as she doesn't mind the snow in Upper Michigan!

This Is The Best Thread Ever...
 

I cannot tell you how many times I have giggled reading each and every post. And every time I pass Tiptoe, she wiggles her whiskers and smiles at me. (Did I mention her left whiskers keep getting stuck to her face? I just give them a tickle and they fluff right up.)

She even made Paul smile. (I saw him.) Don't think he'd admit to it though...

Brenda...
 

If Tip is in Michigan for the 50th, I can bring her with me to San Antonio...she can fly from Chicago Ohare....or if not, I can bring her back after San Antonio....I would like her to see Illinois....she can come to chemo with me...that will be fun! Then she can go to Arizona via Wisconsin with Karen.............

Suggestions?
 

Hi -
O Keeper of Tip's Agenda, whoever that is.

Seems maybe a good plan that if Brenda has her then gets her to San Antonio (I can see her hanging out on a special little throne on the exhibit table!) and passes her on to someone "up north" such as Sheila.

Maybe Christine and Joe can keep her during the symposium and introduce her to all the researchers at the Genentech reception.

That way Sheila (or whoever up north) can get her to Karen to bring to the spa gathering first week of January. From the spa, those of us there can draw straws or something to see who will take her to another corner of this great land of HER2 survivors.

P.S. Looks like Sheila and I were posting at the same moment and have the same ideas - wonder what Freud would make of that??

I live in Northern California. Do you think Tiptoe would like to spend sometime with us? I am sure we can find many activities to keep her busy and happy.

Let me know what works.

Karen

Steph
Great minds think alike??? is that the saying...she will be treated royally in San Antonio.....might have to see what kind of little chair I can find before I go!

Hows that look so far?

Keep in mind that she will become a star in SA - she will meet Kathy LaTour (we all will actually) and maybe be interviewed for CURE magazine (all of us as well... Surprise!).

And I will email my Genetech friend in San Fran and tell him about her so that he might prep their folks who will be at the symposium.

We don't need a specific date for Tiptoe's Tokyo tour. We can take her to the local hot spring spa and the Tokyo Regional Fish Market as well as to the National Cancer Center. If she is here on February 2, though, there is a fun bean throwing festival held at Shinto shrines and in homes around the country where people shouting "In with the good, out with the bad" throw dried beans and peanuts at a person wearing an ogre mask. My kids take turns playing ogre and we have a little ogre mask which is just the right size for Tiptoe to join in the fun. It my be more economical for her to travel light when she comes to Japan though.

Boise can host her any time. We have lots of things here I am sure she will enjoy. My meeting is an open one so anyone can attend. My group is so looking forward to her visit. And I will take her to all the secret places we have around here that we don't want anyone to know about. Boise and Idaho are growing too fast and some of its secrets are becoming too well known. (I am not referring to our infamous senator's restroom dancing techniques.)
Anyway, Marie, fit me into the itinerary as you see fit.
Love & hugs,
Marlys

traveling light
 

This is something to consider. Right now she is traveling with a journal, passport and a few personal items. As the journal fills, she will need a
new one. When she goes to Europe, Asia, and Australia, she could leave her
journals behind - but then her guests won't get to read about her travels.
Any ideas? Does anyone know how to do all of this on a disk? (Not you Andi)

If she has a hand written and bound diary and you don't mind razoring the pages apart, the pages could be scanned. The scanned pages could be saved as a word document. Then the whole mess can be saved on a stick. The stick can travel with Tip. We could post how to use the stick to read it AND to add to the adventure.

I have a scanner and a stick is just a few dollars (stick is less than 2 inches long, 1/4 in wide and an 1/8 in deep - isn't technology wonderful!). With enough gigs, the pictures can be stored on the stick too. How many pages is the journal? If you don't want to razor the journal apart (and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't), someone could copy the pages one by one. Someone or I could scan and download onto the memory stick.

Someone else may have a better idea. I am only throwing the stick idea out there because obviously, everyone Tip is visiting has a computer or else they wouldn't be in our online group.

Tiptoe is always welcome in Mississippi. The weather is great here right now. If we wait until she's been to Europe she may be too uptown for us. Maybe when she's here a few of us Mississippi girls could get together and give her a party and celebrate her geeting her portrait painted. What do you say, let me see, there's Kat in the Delta and I think Soccer mom is from near Jackson, I may have the name wrong. Let me hear from y'all!

Leslie

scanning Tip
 

That's what I was thinking about Becky but I don't know anything about "sticks". I don't have a problem with razoring the pages out
of her journal. I don't know the # of pages in the book, but I think
I filled maybe 10 of them with pictures and entries. It won't take long
before it is full. Maybe we can decide on that once the first journal is
complete. Maybe we could always send one journal with her and the
"stick" for the old ones ?? Hmmmm.... Tip is getting complicated. We'll
work something out.

I meant the subject to be Scanning Tiptoe, not a scanning tip.