Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jan 28, 2012, 5:59 pm
I've been away. I've been busy. There's been drama. And there's been the book. Yes, that about sums up my life of late. Let's start with the good stuff. I did make my deadline in turning in my manuscript. Then I promptly turned my attention to creating videos (yes, plural!) for my publisher's sales ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jan 12, 2012, 3:00 am
Three years ago today I was told I had a duck. Okay, well actually I was told I had breast cancer. Well, no, I was told both things. I'll explain.  In the days leading up to the actual diagnosis, one goes through many tests (and sleepless nights). And then one waits a few days (and sleepless night...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jan 10, 2012, 12:52 am
I did it! The manuscript for The Dog Lived (and So Will I) was turned in to my editor at Sourcebooks with 11 entire minutes to spare! I sort of thought when I turned in the manuscript angels would sing, champagne corks would pop and marching bands would storm through my living room. That didn't actu...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Dec 31, 2011, 5:43 pm
I made it past the dreaded Christmas holiday. Chris and I celebrated in our usual fashion--we call it "Mas Chris" (Spanish for "more Chris" --you got that right?) and just let it be all about him. Although, he, as is our tradition, was the one in the kitchen whipping up a pan of mouth-wateringly goo...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Dec 23, 2011, 5:57 pm
 If you've met me or been reading this blog in holidays past this will not come as a surprise to you: I hate Christmas. Actually, it's much deeper than that. I loathe the entire month of December, right up to Christmas (oddly, I'm okay with the 26th through the 31st). I'd give you the whole long, s...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Dec 15, 2011, 11:27 pm
The Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center here in Riverside has a "Pet Pictures" with Santa fundraiser event every year. We take Seamus every year. And every year he does this: Christmas 2007Christmas 2008Christmas 2010 That's right...every year he hates it! (2009 was my cancer year... I thus call "ch...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Dec 7, 2011, 9:02 pm
http://youtu.be/oQJDXSYEqWE Seamus is getting even more famous. It happens. This interview of me (and Seamus) was done in connection with the "Boobie Bash" fundraiser for The Pink Ribbon Place and Tongka Dog Foundation (raising funds to support canine cancer research). Let us know what you think of ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Dec 4, 2011, 9:47 pm
I had this crazy idea that I'd have MORE time to blog on vacation. Especially since my vacation was in Maui...you know land of beautiful beaches, sunsets and a "hang loose" attitude. But, no. First, I was sick the first two days I was there (crazy stomach bug--so much for Thanksgiving dinner) and th...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Nov 20, 2011, 1:20 pm
The last day of Wineapalooza... I love Paso Robles, so I really didn't want to leave, but alas, we have jobs (no, I promise!) and we missed Seamus, so we packed up and made our leisurely way home. In downtown Paso we had lunch and hit the Paso Wine Centre tasting room. We were a little early (12 is ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Nov 14, 2011, 12:22 am
Yeah, so it's taken me nearly four months to finish telling you of the epic wine tour through Oregon and California. I'm going to finish this up just as I leave on my next trip (Shhh....I'm going to Maui!). Perhaps I should have stuck to cancer and dogs (I have more stories there too!!). But the tri...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Nov 5, 2011, 11:47 am
Last weekend Chris, Seamus and I participated in Pink on Parade--our city's first breast cancer awareness walk benefiting The Pink Ribbon Place (yes, yes, it you're a pink ribbon hater you can stop reading). Our team was called "Legal Beagle and Friends." We were a small team (us, my secretary Miche...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 31, 2011, 11:37 pm
Well, it is Halloween, so I needed a blog title like that. It's also (almost) appropriate. I need to return to Wineapalooza because we met so many wonderful people and tasted some extraordinary wines and those deserve to be shared, so I'm pushing on with it, even though I'm months behind. In fairnes...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 23, 2011, 12:01 am
Hmmm...perhaps we should just agree that I'm going to post a Wineapalooza blog post, then something else, then Wineapalooza, then something else...because Wineapalooza and all the fascinating and delicious wineries we visited deserves continued blog posting. But also, there's so much else going on n...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 16, 2011, 1:26 pm
Where did we leave off??? The world's longest wine tasting tour has now turned into the world's longest blogging journey. But, I believe when we were lasting tasting (virtual) wines together, Chris and I had just left Irish Vineyards and were headed into Calaveras for dinner. You've heard of Calaver...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 13, 2011, 9:17 pm
Spry (inspiring healthy lives) posted an article on "The Best Breast Cancer Advice" from breast cancer survivors. I'm quoted. You'll recognize my usual classiness since I mention burping. No, really. It's a good thing. Check it out.
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 11, 2011, 12:39 am
(I will finish wineapalooza, I swear...but I had to share this). Because I was criticized for not taking cancer seriously (um, seriously???), because I hate all the pink-bashing negativity, because people feel the need to remind me that my breast cancer might recur and kill me (gee, thanks, because...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 9, 2011, 12:31 pm
I never quite know how these blog hops work, but I do know that I really want to go read allllllll of these doggie blogs. (Which would also give me a brilliant excuse not to be writing the memoir, you know, the one I'm on a deadline for...not a good excuse, just a brilliant excuse.) Must...keep....w...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 4, 2011, 10:58 pm
We interrupt this Wineapalooza trip to bring you some very exciting (well, to me anyway) news...news that is far more relevant to this blog. News that I've been bubbling over with excitement about for some time now but have had to (very, very impatiently) wait to mention. News that had been a long t...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Oct 1, 2011, 2:23 pm
 Part 2 of Day 9 of Wineapalooza Once again we were running short on time. It's not as easy to taste thirty wines a day as you might think. We did not have time to get to the winery we had originally picked out to visit next. We knew we'd maybe get one more winery in on this day if we picked one qu...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 27, 2011, 12:40 am
Day 9 of Wineapalooza... Sunday, July 31st You think we'd be slowing down by now, but we weren't. Well, I was, but Chris wasn't so "we" weren't slowing down. (See how that worked?). Luckily though we had another fun day ahead. And guess what? There was more wine! Our first stop was at a fantastic w...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 24, 2011, 5:56 pm
Day 8 continued.... To no one's surprise, we did not make up for any of our lost time at Cline  (seriously, look how long it's taken me to blog about it...you can then imagine how long it takes me to actually do these things). We were running even further behind and then managed to get lost on our ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 19, 2011, 11:36 pm
Day 8 of Wineapalooza: Saturday July 30, 2011 Meanwhile, back at the wine tasting wineapalooza... we woke up on day 8 with a busy schedule ahead of us. Not surprisingly, I got us off to a late start. By the time we arrived at our first stop, Cline Cellars, the crowds had descended. Bus loads of 'em....
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 16, 2011, 2:41 am
Day 7 (Part 2) of Wineapalooza. You may have noticed I have a thing about dogs. And also about wine. So imagine how giddy I was to be going to Mutt Lynch winery! Because they have a thing about dogs and wine too. They're dog friendly (oh how I wished Seamus could have been on this trip!), they have...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 13, 2011, 12:59 am
Yes, I realize it's taking me longer to blog about the epic mother of all wineapalooza trips than it actually took Chris and I to do the trip. All I can say is....there's been a lot going on. Including many interesting book related things that must all remain top secret and mysterious for the moment...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 7, 2011, 1:23 am
Day 6, Part 2: July 28, 2011 Anytime I use "Butterflies" in a posting, I get all sorts of hits. And I find that odd. Who needs to research butterflies so voraciously? (Oh, and that's my shameless confession that this post has nothing to do with butterflies--but there is a big ass blonde. It's back...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 4, 2011, 10:50 pm
A brief interruption of wineapalooza (I may have adult onset ADD). But I simply must share my new discoveries. Last night we went to the Angels game and were lucky enough to have tickets for one of the Dugout Suites (courtesy of Bank of America).  And here's the highlights of my fan-tabulous-evenin...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 3, 2011, 12:30 am
 Day 6: Wherein we reach California! Yeah, we stayed at the Rancheria Resort Casino. And you can too. Consider it my public service to you. Here's the thing though... we had breakfast in the casino. Because, well, it's where we stayed. Is anybody not familiar with these Indian (non-Vegas) type casi...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Sep 2, 2011, 1:41 am
So, no. It turns out I can't blog every day. Or every other day. I'd like to tell you I had a really good reason, like a fire in my backyard, but...oh, wait...I did have that. A fire started in the field/ hillside behind my home and quickly swept across all the dry brush to endanger our homes (I li...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 31, 2011, 12:44 am
Day 5: July 27, 2011 Rogue Valley, OR Remember how I mentioned Chris was smart enough not to make me wake up early and run about two days in a row? Right, so day 5 was another sleep in leisurely day. Plus, we were in Rogue Valley and it turned out there weren't really a lot of wineries in Rogue Val...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 28, 2011, 11:04 pm
[Note from "real time"--as opposed to going back to tell you about our wineapalooza trip which took place a month ago--this blogging every day thing is a lot of work! How did I do it when I was working and going through chemo??  I'm thinking it will now be every other day. Besides, we had 18 friend...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 27, 2011, 6:54 am
Wineapalooza Day 4: July 26, 2011 The easiest way to tell we were tourists in Oregon would have been to count the number of times I said "Look at all these trees!" It's really a beautiful state. And the drive from Florence to the Umpqua Valley (conveniently located on the Umpqua River) is gorgeous a...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 26, 2011, 8:00 am
Day 3: In which Wineapalooza heads to Florence...and gets a tasting break. Chris knows me well. Which means he knows better than to try to get me to be up early and out the door doing "things" (anything, anything at all) three mornings in a row. So Day 3 started with a sleep-in. Breakfast in bed at ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 25, 2011, 12:00 am
Before continuing with wineapalooza, allow me one "real time" break-- I had my UCLA check-up (mammogram this time) yesterday. All was fine. And I graduated. I have been returned to "normal" and will only have mammograms once a year now. Just like folks who never had cancer! Woo-Hoo! Now, on with our...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 24, 2011, 12:00 am
July 24, 2011: Day Two of Wineapalooza We were not up at the crack of dawn. We were however up and out the door at an hour that was too early for Michael's boyfriend Brian or friend Carmel to join us. And really, they live there, so I can see their point. Why is it that wine tasting rooms open at 10...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 23, 2011, 12:40 am
Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AKA Day One) We flew into Portland, Oregon and rented our wine-mobile. A white Jeep  Liberty. This seemed big enough to hold our wine purchases and our suitcases. (We are not small people. We are not light packers. We love our wine.) And we were off...to a very inauspiciou...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 21, 2011, 9:33 pm
 I haven't been blogging as much lately. I'm sure you've noticed. (Um, why no, no you haven't?) And there's a reason for that. I think. Next Wednesday I head into UCLA for a check-up. July 19th marked my two year anniversary of completing breast cancer treatment. (Yes, yes, I should have gone for a...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 14, 2011, 10:37 pm
 I am going to tell you more about our epic wine trip (and usually, I hate the over-use of "epic," but it applies here!), but I've also had the chance to do some great author interviews lately, so I want to share those in a timely manner. By the way, you still have a day (hurry!) to enter the conte...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 8, 2011, 10:02 am
 That's such a great title, I'm stealing it for this blog post too.And who's great title is it you ask? Why, author Jodi Compton! But she's not going to be upset I stole her title, because this blog is all about her.  Yes, yes, I have been wine tasting for two weeks now, but I'm home. And while I ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 6, 2011, 1:59 pm
 (More on the wineapalooza trip soon; as well as a fun interview with a writer you should know about a book you should know....but in the meantime, I found this post which I'd written back in June and then forgot to hit "Post." Chemo brain anyone??) I've followed the work of the Morris Animal Found...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Aug 2, 2011, 1:43 am
The current count is  10 days, 32 wineries, 279 wines. All I have the energy for is a couple of highlights (and you know I consider animals to be highlights) and just some funny stuff we saw along the way: I'm thinking she didn't want to be photographedHe gets to spend his whole life like this....I...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jul 28, 2011, 2:05 am
But, I'm on vacation. Again. Yes, I know, it seems I'm just back from Fiji. But really, that was two months ago. So obviously it was time for me to be here: Outside the tasting room of Winderlea Vineyard in the Willamette ValleyChris is with me, of courseAnd I got to see a longtime (we're not "old"!...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jul 20, 2011, 11:10 am
Seamus has always had a thing for big, handsome, hunky dogs. His first true love was Will: Will admiring Seamus (on Chris's lap) (Note to self: get better photo of handsome Will). But now, I think he may have an online crush. Allow me to introduce you to Blogging Bob...the handsome and erudite pitb...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jul 14, 2011, 1:00 pm
Two Years. Two Years ago today I finished treatment for triple-negative, Stage 1c, "highly-invasive", ductal carcinoma. I have a diploma to prove it. See: Teresa with Radiology Oncologist Dr. Janet Hocko 7/14/2009A whole different "cap and gown" experience, no? Two years after getting through it al...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jul 13, 2011, 1:18 am
I've been away. Did you notice? There are myriad reasons for this, but none that I feel like discussing at this point (which sounds very dramatic, doesn't it? It's not. Really.) But there is something I wanted to share. It's this: Beautiful isn't it? But it's more than that. It's a Cancer Survivor'...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jun 24, 2011, 12:16 am
So here's what we did in Fiji (besides just admire all that beauty in the landscapes and enjoy the happy, content souls that live there): Of course, we ate: One of Rhada's home cooked mealsA nice lunch on our first dayAt the Yacht Club...Oo-la-laFish entree at the Costeau ResortThe Lovo meal on our...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jun 13, 2011, 10:57 am
Like the people in Fiji, the animals there seem pretty darned content as well.We passed him on our morning walkSunil's cat...conveniently named "Kitty" A starfish is an animal, right? These were in the lagoon right in front of our houseguarding the fruit?One of these dogs ate my sandal, but they're...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - Jun 5, 2011, 5:38 pm
Mostly, I think the landscape of Fiji speaks for itself (and it whispers seductively,  "gorgeous... peaceful.... tranquil.... stunning... lush..." and no, it didn't mean me on that last one...). So here it is... Typical village house--love the colors! From our balcony (note hammock on left--I know...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - May 28, 2011, 10:23 pm
I'm baaaaack! Fiji was so fantastic it will be difficult to tell you all there is to tell. I'm tempted to fall into the "we did this and then we did this and then ohmygawd there was this oooh and also that and ohholycrap then there was this" sort of narrative so I don't miss a thing. But that won't ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - May 22, 2011, 1:39 pm
I've been meaning to post pictures and tell tales of our Fiji adventure--because believe me there is so much to tell. It's a magical, wonderful, gorgeous place. But I also have 700+ photos, and my step-mom Nancy just sent me her 700+ photos, so there's a lot of culling to do. Plus, we returned home ...
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Teresa R. posted an article on The Dog Lived (and So Will I) - May 14, 2011, 12:34 am
I'm home. Safe and sound. Fiji is fabulous. So much to tell! But, I'm also tired. So just as a "Bula! let's talk soon" note here are a few favorite photos from the first few days:   The pool at the house we stayed in. The beach in front of the property where we stayed Local Villagers on their way h...
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