Inside my head...Do you dare?

Enter to win $50 gift card to Sears/Kmart/Lands End!

2009-12-16T13:50:00.003-07:00

Just visit Common Sense With Money and follow the directions to enter for a chance to win 1 of the 2 gift cards for $50. They can be used online or in store at Sears, Kmart or Lands End.

Happy Birthday Ann!

2009-09-02T21:28:00.002-07:00

Moving

2009-06-06T01:52:00.002-07:00

We're moving this weekend. Kinda rushed you have 3 days notice to find a house and move type situation. won't have internet for about a week but cell will still be around. If ya need me call the cell. Everyone have a great weekend!

PseduoTumor Cerebri

2009-05-13T21:50:00.002-07:00

I have officially been diagnosed with PTC aka IIH. I am starting on a medication to reduce the amount of spinal fluid my body produces to see if this helps. I am also starting my fight to lose weight. I am told that if I drop 30 lbs I may be able to avoid the need for brain surgery due to this. I am very hopeful that this is true. I do not want to have brain surgery especially with my son being so young. I will keep everyone updated, but now I have a crap load of homework and testing to finish before we leave Sat morning for NJ.

Have a good night everyone

More inside my head

2009-04-30T22:09:00.002-07:00

I now have a diagnosis that is a 90% brain surgery rate if the test comes back positive. I have to go get a lumbar puncture aka spinal tap done to see if I have a spinal tumor. If no tumor is present then it is something called PTC or pseudotumor cerebri meaning my brain thinks there is a tumor but there is not and it is increasing the pressure in my head restricting the flow of my CSF (spinal fluid). If it is PTC I will undergo brain surgery to have a shunt placed in to assist in draining the fluid to prevent blindness and rid me of my headaches. I schedule the spinal tomorrow and will have it done sometime next week. I should know within 2 weeks what is going on. The scary part is knowing that no matter the diagnosis some kind of surgery is required plus the chance of the spinal tap requiring a surgical closing is rather high as well.

Wish me luck, i will keep everyone updated!

Kansas B.A.C.A. member dies during ride

2009-04-28T10:37:00.002-07:00

(April 27) -- A Lawrence, Kan., man died Saturday after he was struck by a bolt of lightning as he and six companions rode their motorcycles through a rainstorm, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Troy Gentzler, 45, was killed shortly after visiting an abuse victim for the northeast Kansas chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse.
The bolt struck as the group was traveling between the towns of Grantville and Perry.
"You can sum it up in one word: bizarre," Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig told the newspaper.
A woman riding next to Gentzler was injured in the accident. She was treated at a hospital and released.
Bikers Against Child Abuse supports children who have suffered physical or sexual abuse. Members of Gentzler's chapter conducted their annual tour Saturday, visiting people who had been in the program for several years, the Journal-World reported. Gentzler had been a member for about two years.

Though I am not a member, I am a supporter with friends who are members. My heart goes out to B.A.C.A. worldwide for the loss of their brother.

New blog

2009-04-22T22:46:00.002-07:00

This is just to let everyone know I have a new blog out there in blogger world. Nothing special just a bunch of Avon updates. that's it.

http://avoncrusade.blogspot.com/

If anyone is interested the link is above.

~S

Arizona Tattoo Expo is back!!

2009-04-09T20:33:00.002-07:00

This year the expo will be in Mesa from May 1-3
Great fun, you can get tattooed or pierced and there is tons to look at, even contests to vote on the tattoos you have!
Only $20 per person, 15 and under free with adult.

Mike will be in tucson this weekend so I'm not sure what day I will go, but if you wanna join let me know!!!

Results from MRI/MRA of my brain

2009-04-02T11:12:00.004-07:00

This picture is an example of the Carotid arteries.

the reason for this picture is the basis for my post. I have a narrow left cerebral carotid artery. In lamen terms the artery that supplies blood to the left side of my brain is narrow, not providing my brain with enough blood. This significantly increases my risk for a stroke or TIA (mini stroke). The radiologist suggested that I have a cerebral angiogram

to see how narrow it is and if i need brain surgery to correct it. I will keep updating as I learn more, my appointment with the neurologist is April 10th.

Luke Days 2009 Thunder in the Desert

2009-03-03T21:27:00.001-07:00

let me know who wants to come. We park on base so you don't have to try and find parking to pay for. We're most likely going the 21st which is a saturday.

2009 Marlboro Hot Laps

2009-01-26T22:25:00.002-07:00

It's a shame I could not experience the thrill of the ride this year because of surgery but I was able to focus on taking pictures and video. Here is the 2009 experience. Hope Ann & D enjoyed it as much as we do every year.

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I'm not a football fan but had to post this

2009-01-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

I think i'd pick all of them!

those who know me know what i mean

2008-12-16T22:22:00.000-07:00

Not much to say...

2008-11-11T22:27:00.003-07:00

This is just a filler until I feel like posting again...

Mike's Halloween Pumpkin

My Halloween pumpkin

What a day!

2008-11-06T21:06:00.002-07:00

Today has been a very long day. Mike had his surgery today. Got to the hospital at 7 and he was gonig back at 8:30 and done by 10. We didn't leave until almost noon cause it took him a while to wake up enough for them to let me back to see him and take him home. He insisted on going to school tonight but left at 8 and when he got in the car he told me he feels like ass and was in a ton of pain and starting to feel nauseaus. Didn't want to say I told you so but I told him so! Gavin is feeling much better from earlier this week, the prednisone is working and the fever is going away. While at the hospital this morning I was reminded of my short stint doing "what i wish i wore today" and here is my button for the day:

Well it's time for bed I have to work tomorrow and i'm exhausted!

My Apologies!

2008-10-30T19:51:00.006-07:00

I have seriously slacked off the last few months. Things are so crazy around here I don't even know how it is Hallows Eve already. Well this past month was nuts but fun. Took monkey to his first hockey game and he loved it. Also took Mike to see METALLICA for his birthday. And went to see Plain White T's, Dashboard Confessional, and Panic! at the Disco which was pretty bad ass. And this past Sunday we wook Gavin to Schnepf Farms to pick pumpkins. Not much happened this month. Mike gets the surgery i've been eagerly waiting for on Nov 6th. Hopefully no more snoring after!!!!!! Well I have to go do some biology homework now so here are some pics of the above mentioned events. Hopefully I'll write a real post soon!

Dashboard Confessional

Plain White T's

Panic! at the Disco

Daddy & Gav at the hockey game

Mommy & Gav at the hockey game

Daddy & Gav again

Death Magnetic Coffins

James Singing

Flames!

Metallica Speaker & Pyro boxes

Mommy & Gav pickin pumpkins

Gavin

Gavin

Gavin on his first horse

He's having fun!

This is why I am not Vegetarian

2008-10-04T21:02:00.003-07:00

I don't know what is worse not eating meat or shoving sharp dangerous objects into your face to show that you don't eat meat. Glad I don't live in Thailand.

For Ann

2008-09-19T22:38:00.002-07:00

Need I say more...

Botched Surgery

2008-08-29T08:14:00.001-07:00

The surgeon replied to the lawsuit filed by this model "They look fine to me"

Kidneys

2008-08-22T21:13:00.002-07:00

I will be taking a short sabatical from being online while I try to get better. Apparently I have a very bad kidney infection that without meds and rest would have led to renal failure. So I am on some broad spectrum antibiotics and have been told to take it easy and drink lots of fluids. I will post when I'm feeling better. Oh, and I finish my semester this week and don't go back until october. So hopefully I will be a little more active online!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

~S

FUCKING A/C --- UPDATE

2008-08-06T22:38:00.003-07:00

Well I am FURIOUS right now!!!!!!!!!!

When we got home today the a/c was broken. I have called the management company 5 times and left 4 messages and it has been 6 hours and NOTHING! No call back no nothing. It's 92 fucking degrees in here and I have a 2 year old. Apprarently they don't give a damn and NOT ONE a/c repair place will come out to fix it because it is a rental and they don't want to risk either one of us getting screwed. So now I may miss work tomorrow because I have to have someone come fix this and I can't sleep cause it's so hot and I keep going to check on monkey and make sure he is ok cause it's so damn hot in here!!!!!!

I'll update when someone calls back or when I crack and go postal on this stupid management company. If I don't hear something by first thing in the morning I will be calling an attorney since they are violating my tenants rights.

Well the a/c is fixed now. The capacitor was shot. hopefully the motor did not get damaged from the capacitor being bad. It's now 85 in here instead of 93. On a bad note they found a black widow nest in the a/c unit. They destroyed the nest and the mom but said some babies went running off. Now we have to deal with that because we cannot have black widow spiders in the house with a toddler....no no no. Now we need a spider killer.

apparently I am running for president!

2008-08-06T22:32:00.000-07:00

vote for Shannon!

Actual post from Craigslist....

2008-07-27T20:43:00.001-07:00

Do you love to play Super Mario Brothers on the Classic Nintendo System? Do you like to get tagged from behind while you do it? This is the post for you then.

You must know your way around the game before we meet, must be open to anal sex, also able to fake an orgasm is a plus.

I will send you the address to a hotel and a room number. When you arrive the door will be open. Please come in close and lock the door and close the shades if they are still open. I will be in the bathroom and the door will be closed. Turn on the TV and the Nintendo. Remove all of your clothing. Turn off all lights in the room and kneel down on the bed so you are directly in the light of the TV. You need to be facing the TV with your butt in the air pointed toward the pillows on the bed.

Press the start button on the controller when you are ready. I will hear the sound and turn the light off in the bathroom and come out. You will not look directly at me, only look at the TV. When the first level starts I will begin to finger you and lick you. I will be using lots of lube as well.

When you reach the end of level one, make sure to trigger the fireworks. This is vital to the entire experience. I must hear the fireworks. When level 2 begins and Mario walks into the pipe, I will penetrate you. You may say things like, "MORE", "HARDER", "YES", "FUCK ME", but nothing else. I will continue having sex until the level ends. DO NOT take the secret level skip. If you die I will pull out and spank you until the level restarts.

When you reach the flag you must again trigger the fireworks, and also orgasm. I will pull out. When the 1-3 starts I will penetrate your ass. You are allowed to say something like "OH GOD", "YES", OR "IT HURTS" no other conversation is allowed.

When level 1-4 starts I will alternate between holes as I see fit. You may beg me to cum inside or outside of you, depending on what you want. When boss falls and you reach the princess I will pull out and blow my load where you have convinced me I want too.

You may then say something like "Thanks", "It was great", "I loved it", "Don't stop"

If I am impressed you may continue playing and I will continue to pleasure you. If I am not, I will turn the Nintendo Off and return to the bathroom. At this time you may clean your self with the towel that is beside the bed. Turn the lights on, redress yourself and leave.

I may come back out and talk to you as you dress but the conversation will most likely be short and revolve around scheduling another time to get together.

Location: Orlando
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Well I only have one thing inside my head today...

2008-07-26T22:33:00.004-07:00

Ann I know your gonna have a comment on this one, but....

2008-07-18T22:48:00.004-07:00

Party at the Bay Saturday...

2008-07-16T23:20:00.002-07:00

EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!!

We're going to Hurricane Bay to Celebrate our 7 year Anniversary (7/11), John's Birthday (7/13)and Alishea's Birthday (7/20)

We have tons of free entry and 2 free drink passes if you need one let me know!

See ya at the bay!!!

Pima Air & Space Museum

2008-07-16T22:23:00.006-07:00

We went to Tucson this past weekend. Mike had drill and it was our 7 year anniversary. So the 3 of us packed up and went to the land of ONE grocery store again. It was not a good weekend to go. It was icky weather wise and Gav was sick (103 temp almost all weekend but no antiboitics as it was viral). So the 2 of us stayed in the room all day Saturday and watched tv and read books and napped while daddy was at work. Sunday since we had to check out while Mike was still working we decided to take a field trip to the Pima Air & Space Museum. Gavin LOVED going and looking at all the planes and parts. We got there around 10 and left at 2 and had only seen about 1/2 of what they have. We went back after Mike got done work and spent another 2 hours walking around and STILL didn't see everything.

They had pretty much every plane and part you could think of to look at and a TON of displays and model aircraft. They had a memorial for the 390th Bombardment group that lost a bunch of members. They had JFK's Air Force One. Even an SR71 Blackbird that you could get right up to and check out the engine and everything. Not to mention a whole hanger for WWII planes. And that was only what we got to see. We will definately go back one day and spend the whole day going through there. Here are some pics from the day, we took over 300 these are some favorites. Enjoy!

4th of July Cancelled...

2008-07-05T11:18:00.002-07:00

Can you believe they actually had to cancel the fireworks because of wind! So we stayed home and watched the Tempe Town Lake fireworks on TV. Not my idea of good fun but it was better than having to sit outside in such massive wind they couldn't shoot off fireworks. LoL it wasn't even that bad when they cancelled them. It did however get worse about an hour later and was lightning out and loooked like rain. Oh well.....Off to the PARTY at D & Ann's

The Circus!

2008-06-30T21:17:00.006-07:00

We took Gavin to his first circus on Sunday. It was AWESOME! He absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVED it. Especially when the elephants came out. He was jumping up and down and screaming and clapping and going "whoa elpant" Definately an experience I will not soon forget. Here are my fav pics from the day.

That's right I keep my kid on a leash

Gotta touch the toys ($20 a piece wtf?!?!)

When the lights go out...

Gavin eats popcorn

beginning of circus

6 bikes in a metal ball

"Whoa elpant"

black light portion...awesome colors

those sticks have guys swinging from them!

finale

end of the circus

Father's Day Eve at the Bay

2008-06-21T20:13:00.008-07:00

Check out my myspace for all of the pics!

To all the Men out there

2008-06-15T18:56:00.001-07:00

MyHotComments

Hurricane Bay invite

2008-06-10T20:38:00.002-07:00

Saturday June 14, we are going to the Bay again! Everyone is invited. If you get there before 9 there is no cover. After 9 without military ID is $10. It's great fun and the more the merrier!

The Party

2008-06-01T20:27:00.006-07:00

The pictures should say enough...I want to thank everyone for coming I had so much fun...I have NO voice today from it...we MUST do this again soon!!! This is only a choice few...all of them are posted on my myspace page, videos will be coming soon!

Birthday...

2008-05-30T22:14:00.003-07:00

So this is the month of Birthday's in my family. My mom turned 54 on May 21. My son, Gavin or monkey as I lovingly call him turned 2 on May 23. And today is my 25th birthday. So in a matter of 9 days we have 3 birthdays. Talk about busy. Plus there is Mother's Day and Memorial Day thrown in...That makes one hell of an expensive month!!! Today I worked and got a cake and ballons at work. Came home and Mike bought me 2 90 minute massages at Massage Envy. I've been asking for those since Christmas, so I'm glad I finally got them! Tomorrow I get to go to defensive driving school for my stupid photo radar ticket that I shouldn't have to do cause it wasn't me that set off the damn thing. So from 7:30-1, I will be there than at 3:30 mokey is haveing his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Finally we get to go out like grown ups when my mom gets here. So tomorrow night is P-A-R-T-Y night!!! We're going to the Bay and like always I will have pics to share!

~S

How to drive in Phoenix

2008-05-24T23:56:00.003-07:00

Ah. . . . . the truth at last!!!!!

1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name. It is 'FEE-NICKS'.

2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00am to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00pm . Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning.

3. The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 85 mph. On Loop 101, your speed is expected to match the highway number. Anything less is considered 'wussy'.

4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Phoenix has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the loudest muffler go first at a four-way stop; the trucks with the biggest tires go second However, East Valley , SUV-driving, cell phone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way.

5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot

6. Never honk at anyone...ever! Seriously! It's another offense that can get you shot.

7. Road construction is permanent and continuous in Phoenix. Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night to make the next day's driving a bit more exciting.

8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks, dogs, barrels, cones, cows, horses, cats, mattresses, shredded tires, squirrels, rabbits, crows, vultures, javelinas, roadrunners, and the coyotes feeding on any of these items.

9. Maricopa Freeway, Papago Freeway and the 'I-10' are the same road. SR-202 is the same road as The Red Mountain FWY. Dunlap and Olive are the same street, too. Jefferson becomes Washington , but they are not the same street. I-17 is also called The Black Canyon Freeway, as well as, The Veterans Memorial Highway, and if all that isn't enough to remember, SR-51 has recently been renamed Piestewa Freeway because Squaw Peak Parkway was too easy pronounce. SR-101 is also the Pima FWY, except west of I-17, which is also The Black Canyon FWY, and The Veterans Memorial HWY, west of I-17, it is known as the Agua Fria FWY. Lastly, Thunderbird Rd. becomes Cactus Rd., but Cactus Rd. does not become Thunderbird Rd. because it dead-ends at a mountain.

10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been 'accidentally activated.'

11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55-65 mph zone, you are considered a road hazard and will be 'flipped off' accordingly. If you return the flip, you'll be shot.

12. For summer driving, it is advisable to wear potholders on your hands.

Massage & BJ?!?!

2008-05-02T21:19:00.002-07:00

My BFF in Hawaii sent me this the other day. She took the picture as she was walking to work and thought I would get a good laugh from it since I am a LMT.

What I wish I wore today

2008-05-02T21:14:00.003-07:00

I haven't done this in a while. Things have been insane around the house the past week or so. Sorry to have neglected...
With moving departments comes learning new procedures...One of the people who did not fare so well in my old department was sent to my new department to try and avoid giving him a box to pack his desk with, and I don't think it is helping much. This guy is about the slowest person I've had to work with in a while. We were going over procedures today and literally 2 minutes after he did it he couldn't remember what he had just done to do it again. I know it can be hard when your learning but come on now, you just did the effin thing and now your lost?!?!

Girls Night Out!

2008-04-21T10:46:00.007-07:00

It was a blast! And judging by the events of the last 48 hours I will need another one VERY soon! I posted the pics and video from it on myspace, but for those of you who don't have access here are a few highlights.

Hot Yoga- UPDATE

2008-04-15T14:36:00.003-07:00

I have started doing hot yoga. And when I say hot boy do I mean it. The room is 105° and 40% humidity, so even if you just sit there you sweat your ASS off. I LOVE IT!! The first day was rough, it's 90 minutes and 26 different postures and I was only able to do about 18 of them. Not very well, mind you. But when class was over I was full of energy and felt awesome! I was starving too, but only ate a salad and was full. That's not even the exciting part. I lost 3.4 lbs and kept it off. It's now been 3 days and it's still gone! I go again at 8pm tonight and am very excited to see what happens.

In the meantime, I have to go grocery shopping. I'll update if I lose anymore weight after class.

Namaste

Well Class #2 was awesome as well, just as hard but this time I was able to do 1 more pose then Sunday! I'm down 1 more pound too. I'll check in the morning and see if there is a difference and then again when I get home from work...I'm exhausted now though so it's bedtime.

Congratulations to Grandpa D & Grandma Ann!

2008-04-06T22:35:00.001-07:00

Scary resemblance

2008-04-05T01:52:00.004-07:00

I once dated this very odd looking man just because my mom hated him and a friend of mine liked him, but he liked me instead...The things we do when we're 15. Well the other day I'm watching Blades of Glory with John Heder and Will Ferrell and all of a sudden the character played by John Heder (Jimmy MacElroy) looks a lot like this ex...So I dug up a picture of the person who me and my BFF nicknamed BIG BIRD and decided to do a side by side comparison.
Joe aka BIG BIRD is on the left, John Heder is on the right

It's scary to me what I dated just to make my mom mad, and creepy that someone famous looks a LOT like him. What do you think?

Nursing school

2008-04-01T23:47:00.002-07:00

Since I am having the worst time getting class schedules to fit my schedule I am biting the bullet and doing individual courses to get my RN. I start my psychology classes on April 14. I am going through RIO SALADO because they are part of the maricopa county college system and are one of the top 10 schools that are accredited for Nursing. I am going to get this damn degree and I don't care how I need to do it, I've been to laid back with it and now I am tired of letting everyone else (other the Gavin of course) come before me...IT IS MY TURN TO DO WHAT I WANT IN LIFE DAMNIT! The classes will be online so I won't need to go to a physical classroom except for a few final exams but I can schedule that. This is how I need to do it so be it. It should only take me 6 months tops to get the pre-requsite classes done. By 2010 I should be wearing the pin!

Do UFO's exist?

2008-03-30T21:35:00.006-07:00

Have any of you heard the stories the past few days about the mysterious person known only as "Raj" who posted a bunch of pics on a few sites (craigslist, flickr) saying they took the pics in California in May of 2007, and then deleted all the accounts and disappeared. Around the same time someone calling himself "chad" snaps a few pics with his cell phone, as well as a woman from a Lake Taho snaps a photo of an object that is almost identical. There is writing on the bottom of one of the "arms" of this thing that could be alien or just a foreign language like Chinese or something. Then, a little while later, mind you this is over the span of like a 3 days the first set of pics come out, new pictures arise of the thing...only BIGGER. Is this thing growing?? I'm going to post pics from each of the 3 eye witnesses, plus the new and improved thing.

strange writing
Chad's picture

Raj's picture

Lake Taho picture

new and improved thing

if I come across any new info I will post it...this is definately interesting

What I wish I wore today

2008-03-27T23:24:00.005-07:00

I attempted to go to work today but felt like ass and they made me come home. Well before leaving I ran into one of our Spanish associates (the special team of bi-lingual people to answer the phones) and good god it was like she escaped from the circus. I will try my best to describe her the best I can without an actual picture.
Ok so she's hispanic, about 35, I would say 5'4 and 180-200lbs. Not huge but no place near average (about a size 24/26). She has the "I tried to dye my hair blonde but it came out kinda orange" shoulder length semi curly hair. The "HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THAT" eyebrows put on with a brown sharpie. And the clumpy eyelashes, with the pink lip liner but no lipstick. Today she is wearing a brown tank top that must be a childs large because it barely covers the fat of her stomach and looks almost painted on it so tight every time she exhales i think i hear the fabric tear a little. On top of this tank top (with a pink bra under might i add) she has one of those white beach cover-ups that is all mesh and holey, like it's a sweater. And some SKIN tight kaki capri pants. By skin tight i mean you can see EVERY dimple in her legs and almost make out each hair follicle. Plus she has a major camel toe and panty lines in the back. Then to top off her ensamble she has on CLEAR platform sandalsthat do thiswhen she walks...NEED I SAY MORE??

Happy Birthday Vicki

2008-03-24T00:44:00.008-07:00

Happy Birthday Vicki...I was looking through my pics that I have of you, and what a difference. We first met when your Dad and I were almost through with massage school, it was in 2004. You had just turned 6. You were a very outgoing, talkative and insightful little girl. You always wanted to play and you were always interested in what was going on. I've seen you grow over the last 4 years and you have turned in to a smart, funny, and beautiful young lady. One of my first memories of you is when we did the first ALS walk. You walked the whole thing with us and you were full of energy.

A few weeks later we took you to the airshow at the base, that was a fun day for all of us. But you absolutely LOVED it!

Then came Christmas 2005, Mike had just gotten home from Korea, I was a few months pregnant with Gavin and boy were you silly!

2006 was a very busy and tiring year for me, Gavin was born in May, Mike got out of the military and I started back working full time, so we didn't see much of you that year, and I couldn't find any pictures that I had of you. So we fast forward to 2007, last year. You have grown so much it's amazing. You were so beautiful at your brother Rex's wedding

Again the year was very busy so I didn't see much of you until our Annual Christmas gathering where again you were your silly self.

Then we fast forward to now, your 10th birthday. Thanks to your mom's blog I stole this pic of you.

All I can say is my how you've grown, and I look forward to seeing the wonderful woman your growing up to be!!!

Sick...

2008-03-22T22:29:00.003-07:00

So I am getting sick all of a sudden. I think it's the flu, apparently the cramps and headache were the beginning of it. I went to the Dr. friday and the told me to rest and lots of fluid cause no medicine is going to get rid of it. Well DUH it's the flu! So i've been feeling crappier all day. I'm probably not going to post for a few days since I feel like arse. For everyone, HAPPY EASTER!

What I wish I wore today

2008-03-21T14:00:00.002-07:00

So I didn't go to work today because I was up all night with muscle cramps and a massive headache that medicine was not getting rid of. I called the Dr. to make an appointment and go in at 3, but all day I've been very snippy and short with EVERYONE. My point, it's just who I am get over it!

What I wish I wore today

2008-03-19T20:00:00.003-07:00

I had 9 calls today where I needed a spanish translator because the moron could not speak a word of english, but yet somehow they can make hundreds of dollars a week and maintain a bank account...Why is it the english speaking people with bank accounts cannot keep a job and then blame the bank when they are dumb enough to think that the credit option at check out means they can take a loan from the bank with no penalty and pay it back when they can?

What I wish I wore today

2008-03-18T21:51:00.003-07:00

My mom tried to call me lazy today because when Gavin took a nap today so did I...HELLO it's my 1 day off this week hell yeah I'm going to nap when my kid naps!!!

What I wish I wore today

2008-03-17T21:00:00.007-07:00

I am starting a new thing...Every day I am going to post under What I wish I wore today...And today's winner is...

Dinner in the Sky

2008-03-16T15:30:00.008-07:00

This is something that I would NEVER do simply because I am scared to death of heights. It must cost a fortune and be very exciting, but not at all for me!

You have to take out insurance for the duration of the meal and get a medical clearance. Think about this, your wayyy up on a crane eating dinner and a gust of wind hits, the table starts swinging back and forth and does your meal go flying or is it bolted to the table? What if your shoes fall off or you drop something like your fork, does it kill the person who just happens to be walking by underneath? Crazy concept. Neat pics though

Dunkin Donuts

2008-03-15T11:43:00.003-07:00

Am I the only one who is just finding out that Dunkin Donuts now sells their coffee in stores??

I must be behind on the times. I saw a commercial lastnight for it and immediately thought of Ann and her obsession with this coffee.

So as my public service, for those of you who don't know, Dunkin Donuts sells coffee in grocery stores!!!

Senior Eye Test

2008-03-07T20:33:00.001-07:00

Evolution of Dance

2008-03-03T23:24:00.001-07:00

I had to make a second post cause I LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy. I clap at the computer every time I see him so I thought I would share this time!

Tattoo---UPDATE

2008-03-03T23:12:00.004-07:00

So (don't all of my posts start with so? hmm) tomorrow I am going to get tattooed. This is what I am thinking I will get lets see how close it turns out. The only thing I am 100% on is Gavin's foot print name and birthday, the rest is questionable.

I'll post pics when it's done!

It turned out NOTHING like what I had envisioned, it is 100x better!!!! I LOVE IT

The Shiner

2008-03-01T01:01:00.004-07:00

Nuff said? Not quite...This all takes place last week (talk about being behind)

I get home from work Friday night (the 22nd) and get monkey right to bed since it's 7:30 when I get home. We get up Saturday and we're playing and having a good time, then comes shower time with Daddy. We all come upstairs and Daddy and Gavin get in the shower. I do a few things while he's washing monkey and then he calls for me to come get him. I get him out of the shower and have him on the bed drying him off and getting him dressed when I notice his right eye looks funny.

So I look a little closer and yell to Mike, "Gavin has a black eye, What happened before I got home lastnight?" Mike comes out of the shower and says "Yeah right, where?" Like I'm making up a story about the little one having a shiner. So he examines his face and then says "I dunno, he didn't fall"

So I'm like wracking my brain trying to figure out what the hell could have given him a black eye. No note from daycare so it had to happen at home. All weekend I'm going crazy trying to figure this out and I keep telling myself the only explaination is he fell at daycare and they didn't say anything.

So Monday (the 25th) I take him to daycare bright and early, 6:15, maybe I should say dark, early and cold.
And ask them if he happened to have fallen at school Friday. The woman's response "Yeah we have the accident report the afternoon people didn't give it to your mom for some reason" So I'm immediately like nobody told her either? And she replies "they said since it was grandma they didn't know if they should"

HELLO everyday for a year now she picks him up from school WTF why would you not tell the person picking the child up "oh by the way he did a face plant on the tile today so he might get a bruise" Not too smart there people.

I'm not mad or anything just confused as to the caliber of subs they have at the daycare. So my little bruiser, is litterally a bruise this week.
He looks like he got into some 70's eyeshadow and got 1 eye done before getting caught. The pics was taken about 36 hours after he fell. Today you can hardly see it but if you look for it you can see it.
Thankfully his eye didn't swell up or anything and it didn't seem to hurt cause the only time he even said ow was when Daddy poked it and asked him if it hurt.

My Sports Car

2008-02-22T20:21:00.001-07:00

I'm a Ferrari 360 Modena!

You've got it all. Power, passion, precision, and style. You're sensuous, exotic, and temperamental. Sure, you're expensive and high-maintenance, but you're worth it.

"Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-13T19:39:00.003-07:00

Well in response to Ann's comment here is a post for ya sista! This post is literally for you. When you wrote back in Jan about the Valentine's Bears at Walmart I was on a mission to find bears in english at Walmart. Low and behold lastnight I finally did. At 2 am at the Walmart on Dysart & McDowell. I was going to the register and walked past a bin of these. Not only were they in english, they also had ones in biker gear!

So Happy Valentine's Day in any language!

Why ME???

2008-01-29T20:43:00.000-07:00

Did someone put a hex on me sometime in the past or is the world out to get me or what? I swear something is wrong with my aura or my something. I just got over a damn ear infection and sinusitis and now I have effin PNEUMONIA!!!! WTF! I'm on Cipro, Robitussin with Codine and an inhaler cause my coughing fits make my lungs spasm and then I can't breathe. Plus I've got the effin runs to the point where I'm dehydrated and the Dr. says if I don't get better within 48 hours she wants to put me in the hospital on IV anitbiotics and fluid. I swear I need to go to Kellogs place and eat corn flakes and get daily enemas to make myself better. "chew chew chew it is the thing to do" On the up side from being sick I've lost 9 lbs in a week, not healthy but hey it's 9 lbs. Well I'm off to take my cough medicine and try to eat some soup and time how long before it comes back.

~S

UPDATE~~ Well the runs turned out to be a BAD bacterial intestinal infection called c-diff (Clostridium difficile) and I am lucky that when I told my Dr. I had the runs she put me on the right medicine for it, so now I am on Flagyl on top of the stuff for pneumonia. Anyway, I'm heading to bed it's 1am and Mike is in the Land of ONE Grocery store again.

Finally a Post

2008-01-23T13:10:00.000-07:00

Well, the past few weeeks have been extremely hectic and stressful. Somewhere in a previous post I mentioned that Gavin was being tested for Cystic Fibrosis. Well, his first test came back borderline, which prompted the doctor to say that he needed to be re-tested. So we took Gavin back to get tested again and thankfully it came back negative. Now he has to get his adnoids removed and tubes put in, again, on Feb 6 because he pushed out his tubes early and he has fluid in his ears again. Hopefully taking out his adnoids will fix the problem with him always having a sinus issue.

My recovery from my surgery has not been so great. I am still in massive amounts of pain and not feeling well. I go today for another follow up because the Dr. wanted to run a liver function test on me since when I had surgery the liver function they did came back abnormal. And we need to find out why I'm still in pain.

My Mom got shingles from the stress of Charles passing, so now she can't come near me for a while since I have never had chicken pox and shingles is the adult version of the chicken pox she can give it to me. Her face looks like she has road rash, and is not pretty at all.

I still don't know about Nursing school cause they have not gotten the official results yet and they were supposed to have them on Monday so needless to say I am a little stressed out.

I don't know yet if I go back to work Monday or if I need more tests run, but I do not feel ready to go back to work because I feel like crap. I also need to go see a neurologist because I'm getting my migraines again and don't know why.

We have a friend staying here this week (the one from korea) and it's strange. He is now divorced and when we saw him last he was married. He is "seeing" a girl now but they just started seeing eachother and it's a very ackward feeling since he is trying to be good. So there are a lot of ackward moments with him even though we brush it off like it's nothing. Well I don't know if I am done the post or not with my long rant about a bunch of nothing, but I have to leave for my Dr. appt so if I remember anything else I will update later.

~S

NASA Pics

2008-01-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

I was reading the news yesterday and NASA just got some new incredible pics from some of their space telescopes and I thought I would share some with you.

Whirlpool Galaxy

Sombrero Galaxy

Eagle Nebula Gas Tower from a star dying

New stars forming, the bright blue spots are the new stars

3000 stars forming in the Orion Nebula

The Helix Nebula, dubbed by some the Eye of God because of how it resembles a human eye

White Dwarf, the final stage of a dying star, the bright white center is the star and the colors around is the gasses being explelled from the center

For the Star Wars fans out there, the Death Star Galaxy. Scientists say that if what happened to the star in this picture happened on the Milky Way the Earth would cease to exist.

And finally
The Crab Nebula. This is what is left from a Supernova (an explosion from a star dying) that happened in 1054. Chinese and Arab Astronomers recorded seeing the supernova in the sky during the day. This would mean it was the most powerful Supernova explosion recorded to date.

Sorry

2008-01-17T22:19:00.001-07:00

Sorry lots of stuff has been going on. I will update probablly Tuesday night!

Charles F. Youngker, Rest in Peace Friend

2008-01-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

Charles Francis Youngker, 87, passed away on January 7th, 2008. Charles was born on June 7th 1920, in Phoenix, Arizona, son of Benjamin Franklin Youngker Sr. and Lillian Meeker Youngker. He spent his early childhood in Phoenix and attended Emerson Grammar School for five years. His mother died in 1928. Soon after, he and his brother were sent to live on a farm in Iowa with family friends, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tarr. He finished grammar and high school in Morovia, Iowa, where he attained the rank of Life Scout. Charles matriculated at Cornell College of Iowa in Mount Vernon, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. After college in 1942, Charles moved back to Arizona and began the start of a long and successful career in agriculture. Charles started at the bottom - as a common laborer in helping his father develop raw desert land into productive farmland. Charles looked back to the development of new land as one of the greatest thrills of his career. "Developing new land, turning the raw desert into production, is a real challenge," he said. "It involves drilling wells, surveying, digging ditches, installing power lines, leveling the soil, putting in pumps; and finally the real thrill of planting the first seed and harvesting the first crop." His hard work and dedication enabled him to accomplish what must have seemed, at times, an impossible dream. As a result of his vast contributions, many people feel the cotton industry and Charles Youngker are synonymous. For over six decades he farmed in Buckeye, Rainbow Valley and Arlington, Arizona. Even while spending long hours running his agribusiness, he found time to lend his expertise to other people in his industry. He was a past president and twenty-eight year member of the Roosevelt Irrigation Board of Directors, past President and twenty year member of the Rainbow Valley Irrigation Board of Directors, President of the Oscar Johnson Foundation (an arm of the National Cotton Council), Past President and Chairman of the Board of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association, and President of the National Cotton Council and Chairman of the Board. Charles also served his community by being a founding member of the Buckeye Community Church; past President and sixteen year member of the Buckeye Union High School Board of Education; a past Grand Master of the Arizona Independent Order of Odd Fellows and an officer in the organization's Sovereign Grand Lodge; a former President of the Buckeye Chamber of Commerce; member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell College of Iowa, his alma mater, where he was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award. Charles also gave back to his community by building the Steven Youngker Tennis Center on the campus of Grand Canyon College, the Madelyn Youngker Learning Center at Grace Fellowship Church, and the Youngker Hall at Cornell College in Iowa. He has received numerous rewards for his leadership and community service including: the Buckeye Lions Club Outstanding Community Leader, University of Arizona Lifetime Achievement Award, Harry S. Baker Award in honor of extraordinary service and leadership which led to the advancement of the United States Cotton Industry. Charles was preceded in death by his college sweetheart and wife of thirty-eight years, Madelyn Youngker, his son Steven Youngker, and his brother Ben Youngker. He is survived by his wife Virginia Youngker; stepmother, Martha Jane Youngker; son, Chuck Youngker (Virginia); daughter Susan Truax (Dave); Adult Children by marriage Susan Ovel (Steve); Lisa Williams (Dean); Lori Swift (Jim); and Jeff Weih (Phyllis); thirteen grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. The Viewing will be held on Thursday, January 10th at 3:00 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church, at 13658 W. Meeker Blvd., Sun City West, Arizona, 85375. A Memorial Service will follow the Viewing at 4:00. The funeral will be held on Friday, January 11, at 1:00p.m. at Grace Fellowship Church, 1300 N. Miller Rd., Buckeye, Arizona 85326. Arrangements entrusted to Sunland Mortuary.

GOOD RIDDANCE 2007!

2008-01-02T22:38:00.000-07:00

First off, I updated Wish me Luck! with pics from the surgery. I'm healing as best I can with a bad cold and a toddler to take care of. The Vicodin they gave me isn't doing anything but giving me cotton mouth and then making me tired. Other then that The pain is slowly getting better and I can finally walk up and down the stairs and get in and out of bed myself. I still can't pick up little man without crying, plus I'm not supposed to lift more then 10 lbs for another 4 days and nothing more then 20 for 3 weeks.

So finally 2007 is over. I would like to deem it as the year of bullcocky. It was by far one of the worst years I have had. From day 1 of 2007 things went wrong. Gavin was sick non-stop all year, I had 2 surgeries and many many illnesses. Mike's car broke so many times I can't count. We had several money problems right up to the end of the year. We had to move cause the place we were renting got foreclosed on. Friends got divorced and in accidents and fired. And they had the nerve to coin it the year of luck- HA!!!

So here is to a NEW YEAR, NEW START and hopefully a WONDERFUL 2008!

Wish me Luck!

2007-12-28T00:56:00.000-07:00

Today, Friday, is my surgery. Just wanted to stop by and say howdy since I will probably be MIA for a few days recovering. I'll post the story when I'm feeling better if it's any good.

Everyone Have a GREAT weekend and New Years if I'm not on!

UPDATE::: here are the pics

day of surgery

36 hours after surgery

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2007-12-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday D

2007-12-23T23:40:00.000-07:00

This is the 5th Birthday I've had the pleasure of celebrating with you and I'm looking forward to many more! I love ya!

Effin' UPS

2007-12-18T21:27:00.000-07:00

I am sooo mad today. I had 9 packages due to be delivered today by UPS, all of which are gifts. So I am home all damn day waiting and waiting, And nothing. So I go online to check on the status of them. 4 of the 9 claim to be delivered at the front door at 2:06 pm today. Well who's effin house did you deliver them to cause it wasn't mine. I call UPS and they have no clue. The chick says that she's going to put in a tracking request and find out what the heck is going on cause if I was home then there is no way they could have delivered to the house without me knowing. Not to mention that 3 of the boxes "delivered" are part of a 7 piece item so why did all of it not get "delivered" today?? Talk about duh! Now I have to go through heck to try and get this taken care of. Grrrr...I'll update this post as I gather more info. I'm going to look around the outside of the house and tomorrow check with the neighbors and see if they even saw UPS yesterday.

UPDATE:: I GOT 3 OF MY BOWFLEX PACKAGES BUT 4 ARE JUST MISSING. THE THING FROM TARGET ARRIVED AND THE GIFT FOR MIKE CAME TOO..NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A CLAIM TO BE FILED ON MY BOWFLEX SO I CAN GET THE REST OF IT

amrdrn rbaf sod gt

2007-12-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

WTF you might be asking. Well, I'm on AOL talking to my mom via IM and this is how the conversation goes. things in ( ) i added for explaination

Me: Well it's time for me to take my pills and get ready to go ninites (what my 18 month old says when he's tired)

Mom: amrdrn rbaf sod gt

Mom: what was all that jumble I typed?

Me: lol I don't know I didn't type it

Mom: Neither did I

Me: well then who did? bridget? Keesha? (her 2 dogs)

Mom: the candy cane? (her animated buddy icon on AOL)

Me: if the candy cane is typing i'm done using computers

(We then get into a discussion of what it could have been she was trying to say)

Me: maybe it was "i am getting ready for bed so good night"

Mom: no i don't think so

Me: well then it must be "am ordering roast beef sod get"

Mom: either way you look at it something is wrong

Me: lmao

Mom: what does lmao mean

Me: laughing my ass off

Mom: pmplso

Me: what? are you not typing again?

Mom: no i'm laughing so hard i'm crying and i can barely see to type

Mom: peeing my pants laughing so hard so it should be pmplsh

Me: rotflmao and that means rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

Mom: well i am going to bed so good night

Me: so maybe I was right that "amrdrn rbaf sod gt" means "i am getting ready for bed so good night"

Mom: maybe

Me: well then "amrdrn rbaf sod gt"

Mom: whatever you say RAINBOW (from mad tv)

Me: Night

Mom: night

By the end of this conversation I can't see from crying so hard from laughing.

So my question is... WTF does "amrdrn rbaf sod gt" mean?

BIG PIMPIN'

2007-12-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

We went to Arizona Mills the other day, and no matter what mall we go to I have to look around in spencers. Well while we're looking around this Santa Pimp hat catches my eye. And being the goof that I am I put it on my son's head. The hat is funny on an adult but sooo damn cute on him! Just had to share.

A task for the readers

2007-12-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

I have an assignment for everyone who reads this blog. As those who know me are aware I have a thing for Fairies. I have a collection of them at home as well as a tattoo. I am now starting an online collection of Fairies. If you can find them please send them my way and I will post them with the person who gave me my fairy.

I have my snow fairy already to start things off.

Thanks,

~S

New Car...for ME

2007-12-06T22:23:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post a few pics. We traded in the Trailblazer on the 29th of November, for an '07 Pontiac Torrent. So far I really like it, it's a little smaller then the Trailblazer and better on gas. Which is a plus.

STUPID CHEVY

2007-12-04T11:20:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of the train wreck we call Mike's Camaro. This is from when it was running good and he was able to take it to Speedworld. But since this post is about this piece of junk I figured a picture from when it wasn't junk would be nice.

So, this past weekend Mike had to go to the Land of ONE Grocery Store for Drill. If you don't know where I'm talking about click here. So at 11pm Friday night I get a call from him saying he made it there but now his car won't start and he thinks it's the battery and he wants me to drive down. I laugh at him, and tell him I am not waking up our son to drive 2 1/2 hours cause his shit mobile won't start, and that I'll have my mom watch the baby and I'll come down Saturday and we'll fingure out what's wrong and fix it.

So Saturday I take the 2 1/2 hour drive in the rain and residual flooding to go help him with his crapper. I get there at 5pm, his car won't start has no lights and all you hear is a clicking noise when you crank it. Now about a year ago we had the same problem with the car and we got a new battery but the old battery load tested full, so something is not right and causing the car to think the battery is dead. So we go to Autozone and he ends up getting a 5/16" battery ratchet and a light tester to make sure he didn't blow any fuses on the way down from all the flooded roads. But we don't buy any parts.

We then go to dinner and Walmart to get tums and a fleece for me cause it was cold and I don't have a jacket. We stop at another Autozone and buy the positive and negative battery cables, only one problem you need a lift to put the positive on. And since the car won't start we can't exactly put it on a lift. So still nothing useful is bought.

We go back to base and push the car out of the 10 minute spot it's been in for about 21 hours, and nothing is working. So we finally cave and go to Checker and buy a battery. Now the whole time the battery we already have is load testing as full and Mike's multimeter is showing it's got 12.6 volts so we know the battery is good, but because this seems eerily like the last time we try it again. $100 later we get back to base put the new battery in and voila it starts right up.

After all that we're both ready for a drink and a nice hard wall to slam our heads up against. So we decide to take a walk to the Enlisted club for some drinks. It's a 15 minute walk in the dark, in the cold and on rocks non the less with no street lights and i'm in flip flops. We get there and they are f'ing closed! On a Saturday at 8pm they're closed!!! I was not happy, so we turn around and walk to the shopette and buy some drinks and go back to Mike's room. We have a few drinks talk about his stupid car and his project for school and by 11pm we're asleep.

He gets up at 5 to get ready for work and I get up at 10 pack the room check out for him then leave. I stop to get breakfast and get home around 12:30 and put Monkey down for a nap then unpack the car.

Mike gets home about 4:30 and when he pulls into the garage his car stalls then won't stay started. It's got some smoke coming out of it but that's pretty normal since he has an oil leak. So we leave the garage door open for a while to let the smoke and stink of burning oil go away and about 4 hours later he goes out and the damn thing starts no problem, and stays running.

I JUST DON'T GET IT...WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS STUPID CHEVY! If anyone has any suggestions or answers please let me know.

Turkey Day

2007-11-22T21:51:00.000-07:00

So we're not celebrating Thanksgiving today like normal people. Why, you ask. Because JB HUNT the wonderfully selfish company my Husband works for doesn't observe Holidays. So we're making Thanksgiving Sunday. Doesn't bother me, cause I didn't have to cook the Turkey today, but I do have to do it Sunday. My mom will take Gav out for a few hours so I can prepare and everything without chasing an 18 month old around, which will be nice. Plus we get to have our own special day that nobody else has (that we know of anyway). So to those of you who actually got to eat Turkey and stuff today, Happy Turkey Day!

~S

Snoring

2007-11-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

GOOD GOD HELP ME!!!

My wonderfully ignorant husband is back to snoring again. And this time it's worse then it has been in years. He's had this horrible cough for months upon months now, and I finally got sick of it and sent him to the doctors to get it fixed. They find out he has chronic sinusitis and post nasal drip which combined with smoking (which he thinks I'm oblivious to him still doing) is making him cough. Any person with a little bit of logic would go see an ENT and actually do what they're told.

Nope not my husband, he goes once and gets told he needs 1 of 2 things done and then he never goes back. Well duh- no wonder you not getting better. So today we take him to the allergy dr. to have him tested to make sure nothing household is contributing to his cough. We find out he is allergic to horse, feathers (which he has a feather pillow- sorry honey say bye bye to that) several kinds of weeds and trees (pecan and maple being 2 of them) and roaches. Thankfully we're not gross people, or he'd have a problem. The allergy specialist laughed at him when she found out he was still smoking and complaining about his cough...talk about a here's your sign moment.

She suggested he get a second opinion from another ENT since the other one didn't give us much to work with. It was either spend 2k out of pocket or lets do surgery and see if that helps a little. So Monday I get to schedule an appointment for him, I think I'm going to send him to my ENT since he's done such great work on me. Hubby is now on antibiotics to clear up this sinusitis and they're putting him on something for heartburn cause he's always saying his stomach burns. And she's going to try and get our insurance to approve chantix for him to help him quit smoking.

I married a mess...And I can't sleep, his snoring keeps me up at night cause it sounds like darth vader is in bed next to me with a head cold. So I spend half my night shoving and kicking and slapping him to stop him from snoring and trying to roll him over to his left side since he doesn't snore as loud then. I can't take much more then this, and to top it off I'm supposed to be going back to work in a little over a week. How the heck am I gonna do that if I can't sleep!!!

The surgery and the fun after

2007-11-11T01:41:00.000-07:00

So,
As promised here is the surgery story. October 25th I had a Tonsilectomy and a cyst removed from my left maxillary sinus (the ones behind your cheek). Surgery went good, as you can see from me waking up from the general here.

The surgery itself lasted almost 4 hours, and would have started on time if it had not taken 10 attempts and 3 blown veins to get the IV catheter into a vein. I was wonderfully bruised...

When I got home that day I was doing pretty good, I was able to text a few people and let them know all went well but it was pretty hard to talk cause my throat was very raw. It felt like they had glued sand paper to the roof of my mouth and each time i swallowed the grit was running down my throat, scratching the whole way down. Thankfully they gave me Liquid Lortab, which for those of you who don't know it is a narcotic mixed with tylenol and used for "moderate to moderately severe pain" as the bottle says. I pretty much slept for a few days except to get up and do random things since you can't really rest when you have a one year old. Even if other people are there to help out the maternal instinct is still there. The next pics are not the prettiest, as they are of my throat. The first one is the morning after, the second one is 3 days after and the last one is 6 days after.

So, my mom and husband watched Gavin the day of and that whole weekend. But, Gavin had to go to daycare the following week and guess who had to take him, while on liquid lortab none the less. So, he goes to daycare that Monday, Tuesday, and gets dropped off Wednesday and I get home and 2 damn hours later the phone rings, it's the daycare. Someone had to come get him because he had blisters on his hands and feet from a child who had bit him the week previous that hand HFMD (hand and foot in mouth disease) normally this would be no big deal cause you just get some blisters on your hands and feet and in your mouth then they go away a week later. But lucky me, I just had throat surgery and it could be extremely dangerous to me and put me in the hospital. So, I had to have Mike leave school and take off work (which got him suspended for 3 days) and this is what Mike looked like for a few days after, so I didn't get it.

It was definately an interesting week. Gavin didn't get the blisters in his mouth and he only ended up with a total of 5 blisters on his hands and feet. But guess what...Mike got it!!! Thankfully he was in Tucson for his drill weekend because his hands and feet were covered. When he came back they were pretty much gone but he still had to sleep on the couch for a few nights to be sure. Now, I'm doing pretty good, I had a follow up on Friday and everything looks good except that I got a throat infection which happens pretty frequently in adults when the scabbing starts to come off of the tonsil site. So they put me on a massive 2 day dose of antibiotics to knock it out and I go back on the 20th for a recheck. The surgery itself and the recovery weren't really bad it just hurts like hell to swallow anything, I lived off of crushed ice and slimfast for the first week and graduated to mac & cheese and popcicles after that and I have been eating real food for about 4 days now and it's very sore to eat anything that's not soft but not any more sore then if you had a cold. Hope you enjoy the pics!

The difference a year makes...

2007-11-11T01:25:00.001-07:00

Before I post about my surgery and show pics, I wanted to show some very good friends of mine how much a year can change a person. So the first set of pics are from 2006, the second set are from 2007. Look at the difference! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Quick Update

2007-10-28T23:58:00.001-07:00

Well surgery was done on Thursday. I'm recovering quite well. Still kinda sore, if I don't take my pain meds every 4 hours my tongue swells up pretty bad then I can't swallow and can barely breathe, so I'm pretty doped up. I'll blog the whole experience when I can stay focused and awake for longer then 20 minutes.

And yes Ann, I remember texting you!

Our Trip to the land of ONE grocery store

2007-10-17T20:15:00.000-07:00

So, as my previous post revealed, we went to Tucson over the weekend for Mike's first UTA (military jargon for drill weekend). We left here Friday night at 9:30 figuring Gavin will sleep the whole 2 hour drive since it's late, dark and he had already been in bed for 2 hours. That plus Mike forgot he needed clothes and had to do laundry. So we leave, and Gavin is WIDE AWAKE the whole ride down there. Talking and dancing to music. Very cute but when he didn't go back to sleep during the ride down, I knew I was in for it. So we get to Tucson at about 11:30 and finally get to the hotel about midnight.

We stayed at the "lovely" Airport Hampton Inn. And I use the word lovely VERY VERY lightly. It doesn't look bad from outside as this picture shows.

it's behind Gavin in this one

We get the keys to the room and drive around back, to park since the room was on the 3rd floor in the rear of the hotel. We get all the stuff in the hotel and when we get into the elevator me and Mike look at eachother and gulp. The door was missing paint, and all dented. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but the camera was in the diaper bag and I forgot afterwards. Then the elevator starts to move. I swear I felt like I was on that thrill ride the Tower of Terror going up this thing. It was rocking back and forth and you could feel it bumping into the walls on the way up. Then it started making this odd grinding noise. I held on to Gavin with both arms so tight he pushed me off and said "mommy" in this real frustrated get off me tone, that I had to laugh. We thank our lucky stars when the door opens and it's actually at the floor not stopped half way between levels or anything crazy.

We get off real quick and go to our room, which lucky us is next to housekeeping's storage rooms. They had a pack-n-play in the room which I don't think I would use as a laundry basket it was so nasty. There was white stains all over it and what looked like soda spills on the plastic. I was thankful that we brought ours, I was afraid to fold up the hotel one and put it away for fear of getting contaminated. The funny part was who ever labeled them spelled the hotel name wrong. It said HAPTON all over it. Whoever did that must have skipped ESL.

And boy was I right about Gavin. He did not go to sleep until 4:30 that morning. And Mike had to get up and leave at 5:30 to be at the base at 6:00. Oh and I must also mention it's not at Davis Monthan, the some what normal base, it's at the airport. Where the Air National Guard station is. So the base is like literally 6 square blocks. Which I guess is fine for 1 weekend a month. So needless to say I don't get any sleep Friday night. Not to mention that I drove there (and back).

Gavin is finally asleep at 4:30 so Mike takes the Trailblazer to the base for inprocessing. Gavin gets up at 9:30 and we go downstairs for breakfast, no restaurant, just continental breakfast. Which is fine cause they had eggs oatmeal, cereal, bunch of bagels and donuts and juices. So we get food for me and him and go back to the room. This is Gavin eating breatfast in bed.

Gavin liked breakfast so that made me happy. The eggs had ham and cheese in them, and he had a biscut and oatmeal and apple juice. So he was good to go. Since Mike had the transportation we hung out in the room and played with the toys we brought until he got all types of cranky and needed a nap. I put him in his pack-n-play about noon and he ran around and rocked it back and forth until about 1:30 the passed out. Mike got back at about 2:20 and we ordered pizza since Gavin was sleeping finally. They delivered right to our room, which was nice. We ate and decided to go to "Arizona Factory Outlets" which the hotel book said was a good "shopping spot". Apparently whoever wrote that was in the same class with the person who labeled the port-a-cribs.

We drive around for 20 minutes trying to find this great place that's 3 miles away from the hotel. Finally go back to the hotel and Mike uses the computer in the lobby to Google it. And we find out it's on a road off the main road which wasn't even mentioned in the directions in the book. So we finally find it an hour after setting out to go there. It was off this road behind a run down building that looked like it used to be a warehouse. We pull into the parking lot and the building is reminiscent of the indoor swap mart. We get out the stroller and go in. The second the door opens I almost fall over from the smell. Imagine your in a bathroom that hasn't been cleaned in about a month and the toilets don't flush. That's the smell. Only add wet carpet smell to it. And there are 3 stores.

A Dollar Plus (nothing was $1, so they really meant the plus part) a Toy Liquidators, which had toys from the early to mid 90's for sale (pogs- remember them?) and you can almost see it in the picture a Vanity Fair. We did manage to spend $50 at Vanity Fair on like 4 outfits for Gavin and a $5 shirt for Mike. But we got out of there so fast, it was horrible.

We stopped at a QT for directions to Walmart (hoping they had one) and a good place too eat (again hoping they had one) and we were directed to Golden Corral, a buffet. Surprisingly it was very good. They had cook to order steak and popcorn shrimp. The 3 of us ate there for like $25. They had quite a few things to choose from and unlike Country Buffet we didn't get sick! And Walmart was right accross the street. Mike ran in and picked up a few things and when he came out he said he was the only white person in there and he felt very out of place. I cracked up. After our fun little outing we went back to the hotel to try and put Gavin to bed. He finally fell asleep at 9:30 Saturday night, so did we since I was exhausted from the night before.

Sunday I got my ID, Mike finished inprocessing and I had to pack up the room and check out by 2pm. So not much happened Sunday. After Mike was done we did go to Davis Monthan to check it out. Very small compared to Luke but you could fit a good 3 or 4 of the ANG bases on it. They are big on security compared to Luke too. They wanted to see everyone's ID and the had those tire spike strips in the ground so you couldn't go the wrong way. We got gas ($2.57 a gallon) and headed back towards home. Again with me driving, only this time it's 3:30 in the afternoon. Gavin and Mike both sleep almost the whole way back. Gavin needed it. We got home about 5:00 Sunday and boy was I glad to get home.

I DO NOT WANT TO MOVE DOWN THAT WAY!!!! Mike wanted to move out that way everyone from the base told him not to cause there is nothing out there. Boy were they right. They have 1 Food City and 1 Walmart. I think I saw 3 pharmacies and about 6 gas stations the rest is run down trailer parks, and abandoned warehouses and buildings. There was 1 area that had new houses going up, from the $130's which is shocking to see but that's cause there is nothing there and you have to drive 30+ minutes to get to anything. The closest mall, real mall, we found out is 30 minutes away. I would not be able to live in an area like that. The only nice thing was how close the mountains are to you compared to here.

Tucson

2007-10-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

We're heading to Tucson for the weekend, Mike has drill. So I will be back on Monday probably with some crazy story about the weekend. This is also Gavin's first trip away from home! Wish me luck!!!

Mike's Birthday

2007-10-10T22:46:00.000-07:00

So, Mike's 26th Birthday was this past Saturday (the 6th) and to
celebrate we went to Hurricane Bay, the club/Karaoke Bar we go to
whenever we get a sitter (which has been 2 times in the last 17
months!!!) We went with John & Alishea and their friend Tom, whom
we had never met before and would prefer not to again. He was a little
off his rocker, and for some of you that read this you know you have to
be pretty off for me to say that. This guy made wierd jokes about being
gay all night long and didn't say anything other then that until he got
up to sing a Megadeath song. Nuff said! So, anyway while we're there
this guy, Nunzee very cute very funny, one of the Karaoke hosts if you
will does this dance that my drunken self caught on video but stupid me
had the camera sideways so it looks even funnier! Here is the Nunzee
dance!

All in all we had a good night, and I got drunk (not loaded) for the first time since Korea!

THE DAM- Gotta love the government

2007-10-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

THE DAM

This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his property. It was sent by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania. This guy's response is hilarious, but read the State's letter before you get to the response letter.

SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County

Dear Mr. DeVries:

It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity: Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet stream of Spring Pond.

A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity. A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.

The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at downstream locations.

We find that dams of this nature are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted.

The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2006.

Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement action.. We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

David L. Price
District Representative and Water Management Division.

Here is the actual response sent back by Mr. DeVries:

Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County

Dear Mr. Price,

Your certified letter dated 12/17/02 has been handed to me to respond to.
I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at 2088 Dagget Lane, Trout Run, Pennsylvania.

A couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood "debris" dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures building materials "debris."

I would like to challenge your department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their dam work ethic.

These are the beavers/contractors you are seeking. As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam activity.

My first dam question to you is:

(1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers, or

(2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said dam request?

If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued.

(Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental
Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.)

I have several concerns. My first concern is, aren't the beavers entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay for said representation -- so the State will have to provide them with a dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed during a recent rain event, causing flooding, is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling them dam names.

If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition please contact the beavers -- but if you are going to arrest them, they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter, they being unable to read English.

In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the environment (Beavers' Dams).

So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until 1/31/2006? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them.

In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a real environmental quality, health, problem in the area. It is the bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone. If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! The bears are not careful where they dump!

Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this response to your dam office.

THANK YOU,

RYAN DEVRIES

GOD LOVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
& THE DAM BEAVERS

Gavin's First Year

2007-10-02T22:46:00.000-07:00

The Biker (For Daryl & Ann)

2007-09-26T15:36:00.000-07:00

The Biker

I saw you, hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store
Line. But, you didn't see me, put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday.

I saw you, pull your child closer when we passed each other on
the sidewalk. But, you didn't see me, playing Santa at the local mall.

I saw you, change your mind about going into the restaurant.
But, you didn't see me, attending a meeting to raise more money for the hurricane relief.

I saw you, roll up your window and shake your head when I rode
by. But, you didn't see me, riding behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window.

I saw you, frown at me when I smiled at your children. But, you
didn't see me, when I took time off from work to run toys to the homeless.

I saw you, stare at my long hair. But, you didn't see me, and
my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love.

I saw you, roll your eyes at our leather jackets and gloves.
But, you didn't see me, and my brothers donate our old ones to those that had none.

I saw you, look in fright at my tattoos. But, you didn't see
me, cry as my children were born and have their name written over and in my heart.

I saw you, change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere. But,
you didn't see me, going home to be with my family.

I saw you, complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be.
But, you didn't see me, when you were changing the CD and drifted into my lane.

I saw you, yelling at your kids in the car. But, you didn't see
me, pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe behind me.

I saw you, reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the
road. But, you didn't see me, squeeze my wife's leg when she told me to take the next turn.

I saw you, race down the road in the rain. But, you didn't see
me, get soaked to the skin so my son could have the car to go on his date.

I saw you, run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of
time. But, you didn't see me, trying to turn right.

I saw you, cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I
was in. But, you didn't see me, leave the road.

I saw you, waiting impatiently for my friends to pass. But, you
didn't see me. I wasn't there.

I saw you, go home to your family. But, you didn't see me.
Because, I died that day you cut me off.

I was just a biker. A person with friends and a family. But,
you didn't see me.

Re-post this around in hopes that people will understand the
biker community.

I hope you never
Lose someone that rides.

To Wear is Human

2007-09-06T09:18:00.000-07:00

Curt Shilling- Boston Red Sox Pitcher

Inscribed "K ALS" on his shoe to remind people "there are bigger things in life than baseball" while pitching during the World Series. Curt has been a long time advocate for the ALSA and has raised over $5 million for patients, research, and education.

I thought of a good friend when I saw a tshirt with this picture on it. Ann, a very good friend of mine, lost her father to ALS just a few years ago. She is from Mass. so it's only fitting that this whole blog is about a T-shirt based off of a BOSTON RED SOX pitcher. Every year since her father had become ill she has participated in the walk to D'feet ALS, and sadly he passed shortly after the first walk. I was able to make it the first year, but was pregnant and had pre-eclampsia the second year and was unable to walk. This year I had to work. However, I do make contributions each paycheck to the ALS foundation, so even though I could not walk I am still able to help.

So back to the point of the blog. I was driving to work this morning listening to my favorite morning goofballs, JohnJay & Rich on 104.7 Kiss FM and Jeremy Roenick (former Coyote now a Shark) had sent JohnJay a tshirt for his Birthday from his place he has in Scottsdale, Arizona MUZE LOUNGE. So I went on to the website to see a picture of the shirt he had given JohnJay and there was a link to the website. So I'm looking through the shirts they have on the website and I find one that reminds me of Ann. The website is a Flash page so I can't copy the picture but here is the link to the page https://www.muzelounge.com/flashstart.php Click on the Charity link

And for those of you who don't go to the page, this is what it says:

"HOPE IS A GOOD THING"

Help us 'K' ALS 100% of your purchase will help save lives.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually lead to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. Yet, through it all, for the vast majority of people, their minds remain unaffected.

Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, the recent years have brought a wealth of new scientific understanding regarding the physiology of this disease.
While there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved drug, Rilutek®, that modestly slows the progression of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical trials that hold promise.

We hope that through the sale of our "hope is a good thing" t-shirt featuring Curt Shilling's bloody sock and American League Championship Series pitching effort, we will help to put an end to this deadly disease by donating 100% of our profits from the sale of this shirt. Please help us "K" ALS.

The shirt is $39. I suggest you go get the shirt!!!

Conniving People

2007-08-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

So I'm getting really sick of the bullshit drama at work. Today I had enough! So back in July our manager got transferred to another department but we're over budget so they haven't hired a new manager we've got some stupid fuckers filling in as "acting manager". The first guy wasn't bad, he actually understood that life happens and shit goes wrong. Well apparently some stupid ass manager for another area got canned so they moved him over to take the place of that guy since, we're over budget. So they bring in this stupid bitch who looks like nobody told her she died about a year ago. This damn woman has been the acting manager for my team for no lie, 1 week, and it's already gone to her fucking head.

Today was the topper for me though. So work knows that because of how long my commute is and the fact that daycare doesn't open until 6am I don't get to work until 7:30 instead of 7:15. So I walk in at 7:26 and sit at my desk and this bitch has the nerve to get on me the second she walks in 45 minutes late mind you. "What time did you get here, what have you been doing since you got here?" Like I'm sitting at my desk on the phone with a customer and she's reaming me out for a known issue when she waltzes in 45 minutes late.

By this time I'm already mad cause traffic on the 10 is horrendous and there was not 1 but 2 accidents this morning. So I go into her office and calmly explain to her I am sick, I have been sick all week and I have been here where I belong the whole time. I guess she didn't like the fact that I told her that so she decides after I go back to work to pull my personnel folder and start going through my fucking time sheet like it's a damn hit list. She then proceeds to call in 2 different managers and a trainer into her cubicle office and have them scrutinize it like it's any of their business. I then hear her say "this is horrible, I'm gonna bring this up to Mark (who happens to be the AVP of my department)" She does not look at me once or say another word to me all day.

Little does she know I had already taken it upon myself to speak with Mark since it has been an ongoing issue trying to get them to change my start time so it doesn't look like i'm 15 minutes late everyday. I'm not losing my job cause they can't make a schedule correctly. Well, about 15 minutes before she leaves today I see her walking to Mark's office with my brown folder, and I can't help but snicker to myself cause when she walks in there he is going to look at her like "you fucking idiot i know already."

Maybe next time you have an issue with someone don't try to make their performance look bad or try to get them in trouble with the higher-ups...It will only make you look stupid and vindictive in the end.

Long story I know but I had to get that off my chest or I probably would have tore her a new one tomorrow.

~S

Flawed

2007-08-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

So I've been meaning to apply the craziness from my head onto paper for some time now, but with life getting in the way it makes it almost impossible. Let me stop here and back up a little bit, for those of you who do not know me. And as a bit of warning, when I get going I don't punctuate properly.

I am 24 years old, married for 6 years now and have an amazing 15 month old son. That's what everyone sees. Now on the inside behind closed doors, with the curtains drawn- I am fat (although I am working on deleting that one), married to a man who takes me for granted on a daily basis and doesn't think twice about it, and have an amazing 15 month old son who I hardly get to see because I work 10 hour days and when I get home it's time for him to go to sleep. I am miserable because my husband is a jerk and thinks it's alright, I feel like a horrible parent because my son crys when I get home from work and my mom leaves, Which stems back to being fat. My life is a viscous circle and the constant spinning is making me dizzy.

Each time I try to take control and slow down the speed of this damn merry-go-round I am on something happens and I lose my grip and simply because I tried to slow it down I seem to make it spin faster and more furious. One of these days I'm going to get so sick from all the spinning I am going to fall off and find myself landing in the dirt face first. Believe it or not this all has a tie in to the icon at the beginning of the post. I am flawed, we all are and the more we try to cover it the harder it gets to remember who we truly are. And I think I have gotten to the point where I am sick of just going through the motions of life. I want to be flawed (not fat mind you) and I want to be able to enjoy having those flaws and have someone enjoy me BECAUSE of those flaws not in spite of them.

Well that's enough rambling for one post. And more updates to the page will come over the weekend when I actually have time to sit for more then 5 minutes.

~S

Under Construction

2007-08-26T21:13:00.001-07:00

I've had a blog set up but never used it, until now. Since I've got so much crap going on in my life now I figured I would finally start to write about it. Tonight however is not a good night to start blogging, so I will actually start tomorrow. I will have a page that looks somewhat reasonable and hopefully something worth reading.

Well off to play laundry queen yet again.

~S