October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Who doesn’t know this?  Last week the boys all wore pink ribbons to school to show that they are aware.  I was proud of them.  Joe left his on his sweatshirt and wears it to school most days now.  Hayden told me that it was for ladies that got sick in their breasts, and if I ever did, he would help daddy take care of me.

About eight years ago, Roy actually found a small lump in my breast.  He noticed it before I did, and I made an appointment with my OB.  She suggested I get it checked out just to be sure, and unfortunately, Roy had to be out of town when I had my mammogram.  Luckily it was nothing.  But I stood there in that cold room with my breast getting completely squished, and I prayed that it would be nothing.  I hoped it would be ok, because Roy wasn’t outside waiting for me.  I was fine, but it made me aware, and I make sure to check my breasts each month, and even though it’s no fun, I go in each year for my annual check up.

I urge everyone to watch Lifetime’s amazing movie, Five. It has five segments to it. Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, and Alicia Keys each directed one of them.  I laughed. I cried. But most of all, I got to thinking.  1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives.  That means in a room of eight women, one of us will have, has, or had breast cancer. It’s an eye opening thought.  

It seems like every company out there has an item that they create to donate the proceeds to breast cancer research. 

I will be buying a t-shirt this year from Ford Cares. To date Ford has donated over 110 million dollars to breast cancer research. Incredible.

Fright rags, one of my favorite websites to look for wild t-shirts for the boys, has one of my favorite t-shirts for Breast Cancer research.

And since I love lipstick, I will also be buying one of Estee Lauder’s special, limited edition pink lipsticks.

And while I have never worn New Balance, each year they come out with a new sneaker for “Lace Up for the Cure.”

1 in 8 women will be affected, but it will touch us all at some point.  Do what you can. There are so many ways to help!

Ok… I’m confused, and you’ll see why in a second. As we continue the countdown…

40) Sugar We’re Goin’ Down by Fall Out Boy - Cool Vibe, but… huh?  I think they say something about dropping a whore and breaking a leg… why are they playing with hookers?

39) Chasing Pavements by Adele - If Wikipedia is to be believed, to ‘chase pavements’ basically means you’re chasing something pointless, something with no real value to you.  Pretty deep.  I think this is the song that I sat up and took notice of just how amazing Adele is.  I mean she opens her mouth, and even Roy and the boys take notice… that says something.  I want to be her when I grow up. This song would be in my top 20.

38) Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus - Catchy tune… drove Joe nuts, so, of course, we would call him when this was on the radio and hold the phone up to the speaker (he usually hung up on me when I did this).  But really?  This is above ANYTHING by Adele? Who picked these songs?

37) Oops…I Did It Again by Britney - Do I really need to type out her last name?  What is up with the ugly shoes she wears in this video?  And come on… the whole Titanic jewel thing is so cheesy.  I just want to know what she ‘did’ again.

36) Bye Bye Bye by *Nsync - This was before JT realized he was actually good looking. HELLO… what was up with his hair?!  Anyways, I just love this song because Roy dances to it when it comes on… humor is a huge turn on.

35) Daughters by John Mayer - I don’t know… manwhores just annoy me. So I guess that means John Mayer annoys me. I don’t care if this is a pretty song!

34) All For You by Janet Jackson - Who doesn’t love Janet?  This is such a fun song… and kinda dirty too.  I dig that.

33) Hurt by Johnny Cash - When I hear him sing this, it’s hard for me to believe that Trent Reznor didn’t actually write it for Johnny Cash!  Best cover ever… so haunting.

32) This Love by Maroon 5 - Another dirty ditty disguised by Adam Levine’s slightly girly voice (HEY… he said it himself.). And I get it… Adam Levine is supposed to be super hot, and he isn’t a bad looking guy, but guys that I can beat up just don’t do a lot for me… oh wait, this is about their music.  I like most of it. This song isn’t my favorite though. I can think of other songs they have done that eclipse this one… easily.

31) Rehab by Amy Winehouse - Tragic.  Just Tragic.  But her voice belonged in another decade; great jazzy vibe.  It’s too bad that won’t be all she is remembered for.

30) Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani - LOVE her clothes!  Ok… enough gushing over Gwen’s closet.  This is just a really fun song… and any song that gives the middle finger to Courtney Love is a hit in my book.  Take that!

29) Best Of You by Foo Fighters - Joe is a big fan of the Foo, and I do have to say that this song ROCKS!  It just completely and totally rocks!

28) Music by Madonna - Definitely a club tune.  Not a club banger, but a club tune.  I’m pretty sure Madonna was a pimp in this video… and hey, whatever floats your boat.  Roy dug this when it came out. He might still listen to it on the sly; I don’t know.

27) YEAH! by Usher ft. Ludacris and Lil Jon - TOTAL CLUB BANGER!  Yep in all caps.  This song will get everyone on the dance floor, even after I dragged Roy all over St. Thomas, and he was exhausted and sunburned, he still got up and grooved to this song.  My top 20.

26) Seven Nation Army by The White Strips - Great bass line. Dig that there is a female drummer… but just doesn’t do much for me.

25) Hot in Herre by Nelly - No, it isn’t Hot in Here… get it right… Herre!  All men should dig this song. I mean women just agree and take their clothes off when dancing to this song.  I totally dig this tune.

24) Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliot - TIMBALAND alert!  And Missy Elliot… again those two together, instant classic.  We all dig this song; we even do the sound effects.  Great beat.

23) Get the Party Started by P!nk - I Love P!nk.  Most everything she does… any type of music. And she has some great hair.  

22) Fallin’ by Alicia Keys - Just a great piece of songwriting, and she nails it. Perfect song about an unhealthy relationship.

21) 99 Problems by Jay-Z - Maybe Roy knows… maybe someone can help me out here… I don’t know if Jay-Z is saying that he has 99 problems, but a b***h ain’t one means that his b***h (NOT cool, Beyoncé seems like a really sweet person) is cool and not giving him any grief, or a b***h ain’t one because he doesn’t have a girl because he calls all women b***hes?  Anyone?  Anyone?

More to come…