OK, Just quick post since I am hard at work doing absolutely nothing. I LOVE Saturdays. You know what the best thing is about a Saturday????? Tomorrow is not Monday!!
Anyway, really stoked. My website passed 1000 page hits today. Yippee!!!!
Now, IF SOMEONE WOULD ACTUALLY BUY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!
Enjoy the day that is not the day before Monday!!!!!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Karma Continued
OK For those of you who are poised in anticipation on the edge of your seat waiting breathlessly for Part II of "Should Have Seen it Coming". Sorry. Not going to happen. Synopsis - Christmas came, dog died bought a puppy, spent time with family Christmas was over. End of story.
So. Moving on. It's been a very hectic 2011 so far. Been meaming to write but can never seem to find the time. However, due to the inevitability of STUFF happening just to annoy me, my computer crashed at work today so after about on hour of wandering around the office eating what candy I could beg, borrow or steal, waiting on my computer to be fixed or replaced with those small boxes they pass off as "loaner laptops', I found myself with some time on my hands. Thus this post. I can update my blog and still look like I am hard at work fighting the evils of the corporate world which i would be doing if I could only access my computer or even my Blackberry. (For once, I actually remembered to plug in my BB last night so it is sitting safely at home all snug in it's charger)
Anyway, where was I?? Oh yeah, 2011.
Starting to get a bit nervous about my impending treatment for Hep C. When I first signed up for this gruelling, but possibly unrewarding therapy, it was six months away. Now we are down to 3 month. Wow! REALLY quick 3 months!! The hardest part of the preparation (besides the no alcohol thing which happy hour is almost considered a medical necessity for good mental health at my company) is the UNKNOWN FACTOR!!!!! I have no idea how my body (and mind) are going to react to the treatment. DOCTOR said that reactions for different people was like a "Bell Curve". "Bell Curve". Sounds like a kiddie ride at the amusement park doesn't it? WRONG!!!
Yeah, I know. I was surprised too!!!
Doctors "Bell Curve" means that 1. I could feel fine and be able to go on pretty much like normal. 2. I could feel somewhat crappy but still pretty much function OK. 3 - Feel REALLY crappy and struggle to function in what passes as acceptable or 4. Be Totally wiped out and not be able to function at all to the point of being temporarily disabled during treatment. Geez. Wonder how many taxpayers' $'s were spent to come up with THAT study???? Course , I am not a doctor, and I would never presume to possess the vast knowledge that is floating around the Med Schools, but I am pretty sure I could have come up with those options on my own.
Prognosis - You will either feel fine, feel crappy or feel somewhere in between fine and crappy. REALLY glad I got that info.VERY useful for the preplanning stage!!!
Anyway, go see my ENT DOCTOR tomorrow to see if, as an extra little bonus, I need another sinus surgery before I start my treatment.
(BACKGROUND UPDATE BULLETIN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have had 3 sinus surgeries= one staph infection last spring = heavy treatment of 6 weeks of levaquin = stressed liver = trip to MUSC = trans jugular liver biopsy, upper GI, lower GI, blood work, MRI = Upcoming treatment
Butterfly Effect. What can ya do.
As my beloved mentor Rosanne Rosanna Danna once said, It's Always Something"
So. Moving on. It's been a very hectic 2011 so far. Been meaming to write but can never seem to find the time. However, due to the inevitability of STUFF happening just to annoy me, my computer crashed at work today so after about on hour of wandering around the office eating what candy I could beg, borrow or steal, waiting on my computer to be fixed or replaced with those small boxes they pass off as "loaner laptops', I found myself with some time on my hands. Thus this post. I can update my blog and still look like I am hard at work fighting the evils of the corporate world which i would be doing if I could only access my computer or even my Blackberry. (For once, I actually remembered to plug in my BB last night so it is sitting safely at home all snug in it's charger)
Anyway, where was I?? Oh yeah, 2011.
Starting to get a bit nervous about my impending treatment for Hep C. When I first signed up for this gruelling, but possibly unrewarding therapy, it was six months away. Now we are down to 3 month. Wow! REALLY quick 3 months!! The hardest part of the preparation (besides the no alcohol thing which happy hour is almost considered a medical necessity for good mental health at my company) is the UNKNOWN FACTOR!!!!! I have no idea how my body (and mind) are going to react to the treatment. DOCTOR said that reactions for different people was like a "Bell Curve". "Bell Curve". Sounds like a kiddie ride at the amusement park doesn't it? WRONG!!!
Yeah, I know. I was surprised too!!!
Doctors "Bell Curve" means that 1. I could feel fine and be able to go on pretty much like normal. 2. I could feel somewhat crappy but still pretty much function OK. 3 - Feel REALLY crappy and struggle to function in what passes as acceptable or 4. Be Totally wiped out and not be able to function at all to the point of being temporarily disabled during treatment. Geez. Wonder how many taxpayers' $'s were spent to come up with THAT study???? Course , I am not a doctor, and I would never presume to possess the vast knowledge that is floating around the Med Schools, but I am pretty sure I could have come up with those options on my own.
Prognosis - You will either feel fine, feel crappy or feel somewhere in between fine and crappy. REALLY glad I got that info.VERY useful for the preplanning stage!!!
Anyway, go see my ENT DOCTOR tomorrow to see if, as an extra little bonus, I need another sinus surgery before I start my treatment.
(BACKGROUND UPDATE BULLETIN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have had 3 sinus surgeries= one staph infection last spring = heavy treatment of 6 weeks of levaquin = stressed liver = trip to MUSC = trans jugular liver biopsy, upper GI, lower GI, blood work, MRI = Upcoming treatment
Butterfly Effect. What can ya do.
As my beloved mentor Rosanne Rosanna Danna once said, It's Always Something"
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Should Have Seen It Coming
Well, I should have known that if I digressed from my original intent of this blog, the fates would find me. After that cheery little Christmas Posting and the start of my children's book, karma found me. Right after I decided that I was going to have a wonderful, stress free holiday for a change, disaster struck. A little harder than usual. Everything started to fall apart on December 17.
Dec 17 was a Friday and the day we were to travel up to Charlotte, about a 4 hour trip, to spend the weekend with my family. My daughter lives in Chicago, so months ago I booked her flight so she would get in early afternoon, we could start a little shopping for her and leave for Charlotte after work. Well, I get a call that morning. My daughter had overslept and MISSED HER FLIGHT. Now remember, this is the weekend before Christmas and a very busy time to fly. 8 hours and an additional $400 dollars later, I rebooked her flight but we were unable to leave for Charlotte until the next morning, Oh course by the next morning it was raining buckets so the trip up was miserable. The visit with the family was wonderful as always even though almost half the family couldn't make it this year.
On the Sunday before Christmas, on our way home from Mothers, real disaster struck. We were still about 30 minutes from home when I received a frantic hysterical phone call from the "roommate". He had stayed home to baby sit the dogs. My beloved Yorkie, Chloe Grace, was playing with the other dogs, ran into a chair, broke her neck, and died instantly. We met RM at the Emergency Vet but Chloe was gone. She had a degenerative disk in her neck so there was nothing we could have done to prevent it I was, and still am, completely heartbroken. She was only 4 years old and although we have 2 other dogs and more cats than we can count, she was the center of the household for humans and animals alike. The other dogs spent the day after searching for her all over the house. It was so sad.
I am not through with my story just yet, but writing this has been hard so I am going to take a break. Will pick the story up next time. SPOILER ALERT...... It does have a somewhat happy ending but not before more karma attacks. (Really should have been better as a teenager!!!)..
To be continued........................
Dec 17 was a Friday and the day we were to travel up to Charlotte, about a 4 hour trip, to spend the weekend with my family. My daughter lives in Chicago, so months ago I booked her flight so she would get in early afternoon, we could start a little shopping for her and leave for Charlotte after work. Well, I get a call that morning. My daughter had overslept and MISSED HER FLIGHT. Now remember, this is the weekend before Christmas and a very busy time to fly. 8 hours and an additional $400 dollars later, I rebooked her flight but we were unable to leave for Charlotte until the next morning, Oh course by the next morning it was raining buckets so the trip up was miserable. The visit with the family was wonderful as always even though almost half the family couldn't make it this year.
On the Sunday before Christmas, on our way home from Mothers, real disaster struck. We were still about 30 minutes from home when I received a frantic hysterical phone call from the "roommate". He had stayed home to baby sit the dogs. My beloved Yorkie, Chloe Grace, was playing with the other dogs, ran into a chair, broke her neck, and died instantly. We met RM at the Emergency Vet but Chloe was gone. She had a degenerative disk in her neck so there was nothing we could have done to prevent it I was, and still am, completely heartbroken. She was only 4 years old and although we have 2 other dogs and more cats than we can count, she was the center of the household for humans and animals alike. The other dogs spent the day after searching for her all over the house. It was so sad.
I am not through with my story just yet, but writing this has been hard so I am going to take a break. Will pick the story up next time. SPOILER ALERT...... It does have a somewhat happy ending but not before more karma attacks. (Really should have been better as a teenager!!!)..
To be continued........................
Monday, December 13, 2010
Don't let "christmas" ruin your "Christmas".
That right. I said it. Commercial christmas is ruining Christmas for many of us and we don't even know it. I won't even say that I am not going to "fall into the trap" of a commercialized christmas. It's not a trap. It's a way of life!!
How many frantic days do you spend in December? I found myself right in the middle of the chaos this weekend. I HAD to get the house cleaned up. I HAD to decorate. I worried cause I got both my sisters two items but one sister's items cost more than the other sister's items so do I need to go buy one more thing to make the money even or do I stay with two items each so one doesn't get more than the other? What about my great nieces. I love them dearly and want to get them something cause they are the only children in the family but do I really need to get them one more toy that their mother will have to pick up? (Course I will get them something cause children are the very best to buy for but it is totally for selfish reasons. I want to!!) Anyway, I was NOT having fun. All these tasks and decisions and money worries were stressing me out. What happens is you spend all this stressful time preparing for a MOMENT just for the MOMENT to pass and then you feel let down cause it is over so quickly. So I decided to STOP.
I know this is not a new idea, but this year I am going to treat the holidays as it should be treated. As is everything in life, Christmas is a journey, not a destination.
This year I pledge NOT to frantically fight the crowds for "just the right gift" that people that I barely know don't need or even want. I WILL NOT be devastated if my house is not spit polish clean and decorated like a Macy's window. I WILL NOT spend every waking minute worrying that I might be forgetting something or someone. I WILL NOT go into debt so I can spend half the year paying for half an hour of opening gifts that, as I said earlier, people probably don't want or need. I WILL NOT spend half the day on the 25th in the kitchen slaving over the stove to make sure we have every food group known to man represented on the table just to spend the other half of the day cleaning up the mess.
What I WILL do is buy that special item that I come across that I know a loved one would appreciate and cherish. I WILL straighten up my house while listening to Christmas Carols and sipping Christmas Tea. I WILL put lights and ornaments on the Weeping Fig tree that lives in my living room. I WILL spend what I can comfortably afford to give to the special people in my life that I care about. I WILL spend Christmas Day in the kitchen with my daughter laughing and putting something together for Christmas dinner be it turkey, steaks, ham and eggs or sandwiches.
See, I don't want to see Christmas as an EVENT. I want it to be a special celebration of Jesus birth that lives within our hearts and treating it as such will fill your soul with happiness and peace. Christmas is a time to rejoice with family and friends and be thankful for what God has given us.
"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today, in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
Book of Luke
Merry Christmas to all!!! May you all have a joyful, relaxing, and happy holiday.
How many frantic days do you spend in December? I found myself right in the middle of the chaos this weekend. I HAD to get the house cleaned up. I HAD to decorate. I worried cause I got both my sisters two items but one sister's items cost more than the other sister's items so do I need to go buy one more thing to make the money even or do I stay with two items each so one doesn't get more than the other? What about my great nieces. I love them dearly and want to get them something cause they are the only children in the family but do I really need to get them one more toy that their mother will have to pick up? (Course I will get them something cause children are the very best to buy for but it is totally for selfish reasons. I want to!!) Anyway, I was NOT having fun. All these tasks and decisions and money worries were stressing me out. What happens is you spend all this stressful time preparing for a MOMENT just for the MOMENT to pass and then you feel let down cause it is over so quickly. So I decided to STOP.
I know this is not a new idea, but this year I am going to treat the holidays as it should be treated. As is everything in life, Christmas is a journey, not a destination.
This year I pledge NOT to frantically fight the crowds for "just the right gift" that people that I barely know don't need or even want. I WILL NOT be devastated if my house is not spit polish clean and decorated like a Macy's window. I WILL NOT spend every waking minute worrying that I might be forgetting something or someone. I WILL NOT go into debt so I can spend half the year paying for half an hour of opening gifts that, as I said earlier, people probably don't want or need. I WILL NOT spend half the day on the 25th in the kitchen slaving over the stove to make sure we have every food group known to man represented on the table just to spend the other half of the day cleaning up the mess.
What I WILL do is buy that special item that I come across that I know a loved one would appreciate and cherish. I WILL straighten up my house while listening to Christmas Carols and sipping Christmas Tea. I WILL put lights and ornaments on the Weeping Fig tree that lives in my living room. I WILL spend what I can comfortably afford to give to the special people in my life that I care about. I WILL spend Christmas Day in the kitchen with my daughter laughing and putting something together for Christmas dinner be it turkey, steaks, ham and eggs or sandwiches.
See, I don't want to see Christmas as an EVENT. I want it to be a special celebration of Jesus birth that lives within our hearts and treating it as such will fill your soul with happiness and peace. Christmas is a time to rejoice with family and friends and be thankful for what God has given us.
"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today, in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
Book of Luke
Merry Christmas to all!!! May you all have a joyful, relaxing, and happy holiday.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause
Course, I have no idea who Virginia is. Just one of those saying from an old movie (I guess) that keeps on going on. It really should say, Yes Leslie, There is a God.
See, for the first time in a VERY long time, (longer than I can remember) I am thinking about the future. Not in a philisophical way. I mean the REAL future. The "what am I going to be doing in 10 years, how can I afford retirement" future. See I have not been planning for any future cause on January 23, 1995, my future was taken away.
It was on that date that I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and told that they (the all knowing doctors) could not guarantee that I would survive ten years. I was 37 years old with a nine year old son and a 6 year old daughter and didn't expect to live long enough to see one or both out of high school. That was 16 years ago and here I am. Six years past my expiration date. My son is now 27 years old and my daughter 24. I lived to see them both graduate high school, go on to college, fall in love, fall out of love, move more times than I wanted to help them with, bury their father and grow into wonderful, loving, self sufficient (sort of) adults.
I will go into more detail in later posts, but to explain my statement, I need to tell you that I will be starting treatment for my Hepatitis in May of 2011. There is a 25% chance that the treatment will rid my body of the virus in which case I have the opportunity (God willing) to go on to live a long normal life if I don't do anything stupid like step out in front of a bus. (Which brings up the subject, why does everyone use this as the example of their unexpected demise. Are there that many buses out there running down seemingly innocent people???)
Anyway,
That I may live past the next holiday or next season has not been in the front of my mind for years. Not that I went around all gloom and doom like I had a sword over my head. I just chose not to think about it. I don't live life day to day but more like summer to summer ( I am very cold natured).
Now I have to plan. Takes some getting used to.
More later.
See, for the first time in a VERY long time, (longer than I can remember) I am thinking about the future. Not in a philisophical way. I mean the REAL future. The "what am I going to be doing in 10 years, how can I afford retirement" future. See I have not been planning for any future cause on January 23, 1995, my future was taken away.
It was on that date that I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and told that they (the all knowing doctors) could not guarantee that I would survive ten years. I was 37 years old with a nine year old son and a 6 year old daughter and didn't expect to live long enough to see one or both out of high school. That was 16 years ago and here I am. Six years past my expiration date. My son is now 27 years old and my daughter 24. I lived to see them both graduate high school, go on to college, fall in love, fall out of love, move more times than I wanted to help them with, bury their father and grow into wonderful, loving, self sufficient (sort of) adults.
I will go into more detail in later posts, but to explain my statement, I need to tell you that I will be starting treatment for my Hepatitis in May of 2011. There is a 25% chance that the treatment will rid my body of the virus in which case I have the opportunity (God willing) to go on to live a long normal life if I don't do anything stupid like step out in front of a bus. (Which brings up the subject, why does everyone use this as the example of their unexpected demise. Are there that many buses out there running down seemingly innocent people???)
Anyway,
That I may live past the next holiday or next season has not been in the front of my mind for years. Not that I went around all gloom and doom like I had a sword over my head. I just chose not to think about it. I don't live life day to day but more like summer to summer ( I am very cold natured).
Now I have to plan. Takes some getting used to.
More later.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Holiday Shopping at Amazon.con
You can access Amazon directly from this site. All Amazon has to offer is just a click away.
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