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February 28, 2006
I'm SO Doing This
About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told that she owned the line,but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises, back-to-back.
As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said, "I understand you've been on this ship for the last four cruises." She replied, "Yes, that's true." I stated, "I don't understand" and she replied, without a pause, "It's cheaper than a nursing home."
So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations on a Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for:
1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have breakfast-in-bed every day of the week).
3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.
6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.
7. T.V. broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.
9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.
Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go?
Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 02:15 PM | Comments (0)
February 27, 2006
Episode # 2 "Drug Tapers" 2006 Season of
As The Tonsil Falls
Well today, I had my appointment with my new neurologist. I think I mentioned in my New Years Resolutions and during Episode # 1, that I had every intent on firing "TheDrugDealer" and finding a new doctor who would work on my treatment plan with not so many medications.
After waiting a good 45 minutes past my appointment time for "TheTaper" to even come into the exam room, he sat there while I basically recited everything that I had to write down on the medical forms I turned in to the front desk.
He had me do the normal neurological exam stuff, like making fists and flexing muscles, holding arms in a position while they push on you while saying, dont let me push.
Again, I was told that I had basically gone from a fairly healthy person to having 6 different conditions and that Chiari has nothing to do with it. This is frustrating to me as I read every day on my support group that neurologists don't know anything about it and that the one test, the cine MRI, that I need to test for spinal fluid flow... I cant find a doctor to order it for me.
BUT, as I said in Episode #1, I'm not fishing for surgery, I just want to feel better, and I really wanted to get off of some of these drugs, so I ignored the fact that he said Chiari doesn't cause any symptoms at all and waited to see what he would do with my drugs.
Then we sat down and talked about my medicines. Yes, internet, I went to and paid "TheDrugDealer" way too long and by the time the 4 months had past, this is how many drugs she had prescribed. Some of these drugs I had since stopped, but this is the total list since August.
Yes, internet, that is an Excel Spreadsheet. Yes, internet I have formulas set up in Excel to tell me when to call and refill my drugs. Yes, internet I am a geek. Yes, internet, I wouldn't be able to function without Excel... this is part of my OCD.
The first thing "TheTaper" said was that we needed to re-evaluate my medicines and streamline them. That, my friends, was the best thing I have heard in 4 months.
Ok, lets go down the list:
The Aviane is my birth control pills. They help with the hormonal migraines that I get and help keep me partly sane. No need to change.
There are three ways to treat migraines, blood pressure medications such as the Nadolol (that "TheBrickWall" prescribed), epileptic medicines such as the Lyrica and Keppra and Topamax, and anti-depressants such as the Lexapro.
The first thing he tells me is that Keppra and Lyrica are in the same family of drugs and there was no reason to have me on two drugs designed to do the same thing. Um, DUH! Then, instead of having me pick one of the two, he took me off of both (Tapering (Hence, the nickname) the Lyrica down to one pill a day for a week and then quitting) and added Zonegran because unlike the Lyrica and Keppra, Zonegran has been associated with Weight Loss.
Then he increased my dosage of the Lexapro and told me to start taking it in the morning instead of at night. He said that this drug could possibly be causing the Insomnia problems that I have been having.
We decided of the three migraine-onset medicines, that I would stop taking the Axert and the Zomig and that he would give me a new prescription for the Relpax.
The Nadolol is a Beta-blocker (blood pressure medicine) and I am supposed to "Taper" myself by reducing the dosage by half for two weeks and then again by half for two weeks before stopping. This is one of the drugs that I had tried to quit cold-turkey in the past and that I had horrible side effects from doing so.
The Flexeril was one of the drugs that I had stopped taking, mostly because I was physically inable to function on the dosage "TheDrugDealer" had me on. Instead of taking 3 pills per day, now I am going to start taking one at night. This will help with the neck and shoulder pain and will also help me sleep.
The Topamax and Naproxen were drugs that I stopped taking back in October, as I could not function while taking them and were the culprits that caused my fall and subsequent knee surgery two months ago.
The Triglide (high triglycerides) and Nexium (acid reflux) are both medications that I have started since my diagnosis. Both of these medications treat conditions that were apparently caused my the wonderful cocktail of drugs that I was on. Hopefully as I "Taper" off all these drugs, I will be able to get rid of these two also.
The Mobic is the anti-inflamatory drug I took leading up to and just after my knee surgery. I have been off of it since I had my stitches out.
The Vicodin (aka Hyrdocodone) was one of the two drugs that "TheDrugDealer" prescribed for me that I was actually allergic to. She also attempted to give me a cortizone-steroid pack back in September. It for this reason I would like to give a heart-felt thanks to observant Pharmacists who inform patients about possible allergic reactions, especially BEFORE the prescription is filled and paid for.
And lastly, the B12 and Folic Acid. These were two vitamins that were showing deficient (along with a high white blood cell count) in my first blood test after taking the Topamax for 7 weeks. "TheTaper" said he would run a complete panel of blood tests when I go back in 6 weeks for my follow-up. Depending on those results, I may get to quit taking these two vitamins and the Triglide.
Lastly, he told me to go buy wrist braces for both of my hands to help with the numbness in my hands that is caused by the carpal tunnel. I bought some and tried to wear them while watching TV when I got home and I couldn't even stand to leave them on for the 30 minutes that Two And A Half Men was on.
I asked about how my arms and hands go numb when I sneeze, cough, yawn or stretch, to which he basically said... "that it was possible that was a symptom of the Chiari, but to just learn to live with it." This frustrates me since, aside from my migraines, the pain inflicted on my arms and hands when I cough, sneeze, yawn or stretch is horrendous and the exact symptom that caught my Chiropractor and 1st neurosurgeons' attention, which led up to my diagnosis in the first place.
So, for those of you doing the math... I went from 15 drugs and two vitamins down to SEVEN drugs and two vitamins. That sounds like a massive improvement to me. I will also hopefully have a little less stress in the financial department as those 8 drugs that I am no longer having filled will lower my monthly prescription bill from $340.00 to $200.00.
I am going to give the changes from today a chance to work, see if anything changes for better or worse and go from there. I am still frustrated, I really don't like being told that I get to "learn to live with it" for symptoms that really hurt and disrupt my life... but this is the best I can do for the moment.
*If any of you are new, feel free to go back and read thru the Archives and find my posts regarding my diagnosis and the fun road that it has taken me on. Just click on the "My Body Is Falling Apart" category, or even better just read August - January.
**I haven't quite finished going thru all of my archives and reformatting them and uploading the pictures that were lost when I dumped that jerk named Blogger... please be patient, I'll get it done someday.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 05:22 PM | Comments (4)
Prayer Partner
TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!
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February 24, 2006
I'm As Happy As A ...
Frog?
I am going HOME tonight. I am going to Houston. I haven't been home since October 2004. I haven't seen my best friend in 16 months.
I haven't seen MissB or BabyD for even longer than that. I did get to see Ness(a)Lee last month for lunch, but the cuteness that is her kids were not with her.
I've got my mp3 player loaded and I'm gonna be jamming to Little Big Town's Boondocks and Bon Jovi & Sugarland's Jennifer NettlesWho Says You Can't Go Home.
Cause I'm Coming HOME.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 12:12 PM | Comments (5)
February 23, 2006
SPF - Bedside Manner
Another week has gone by and it is again time again to take pictures of Random and Odd stuff in our abodes and post them for all the world to see. This week, Kristine, the most and random and off of us all wanted to see:
Our Nightstands, Our Favorite Book, and Our Favorite Lamp.
1. My Nightstand
This nightstand goes with the bedroom suit that I inherited from my dad's mom when she left us in 2001. On top is my alarm clock and the extra handheld unit to my phone.
On the shelf is my houseshoes and my two microwavable heat packs. The plaid one is for my feet and the white one wraps around your neck. Inside of the drawer is where I keep my crafty stuff. I am not a crafty person, but I do have some markers and glitter markers and the StampIt! set I bought from a home party at Ness(a)Lee's house one time a few years ago.
2. My Favorite Book
I bought this book for myself for Christmas 2004. I read it right before I moved to Dallas to start Culinary School. It was a really good book and it did prepare me for some of the things I would encounter when I got here.
3. My Favorite Lamp
This lamp/nightlite was given to me by my dad's mom back years ago. I am frankly surprised it still works as many times as I have moved. It did get a little chip on the right side "lawn" around the church.
So, there we have it, SPF - Bedside Manner style, go let Kristine know if you played.
Tangent:
I have a doctor's appointment Monday morning (a new neurologist because I fired TheDrugDealer)and I hope he has as nice of a bedside manner as those of you visiting me today... (if that isn't fishing for comments I don't know what is).
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:46 PM | Comments (25)
What I Should Have Majored In
I stole this from Nappy.
You scored as Chemistry. You should be a Chemistry major! As if that isnt clear enough, you are deeply passionate about Chemistry, and every single chemical reaction and concept fascinates you. Pursue that!
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Funny... I was a chemistry major my first two semesters at Baylor. I used to love chemistry in high school, but at Baylor? Not so much.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 01:45 PM | Comments (2)
FUG Thursday
Monkey see, Monkey do, right? Everyone else is doing FUG Thursday and I just had to join in. I also got a picture of the girl in the red adult "onesie."
Now I will admit that back when I was in high school, with a cute little size 8 figure (sans the need for the over-the-shoulder boulder holders)... I could be found wearing one-piece jumpsuits, but they were 1) not hooker-red; 2) not backless; 3) not flare-legged and 4) did not show off my silicone implants!
Actually, NapQueen and I discussed this very issue while at the LightBar in Austin..We wore UNITS!*
Did you play? Make sure you let the Diva herself, Kami, know.
*In the late 1980s and early 1990s UNITS was its own independent store. After searching and googling for over an hour, I can not find anything on the internet about this company or their clothing. I did find that JCPenney carries a brand name called Units, and it is a modular-style knit clothing line, but I'm not sure if its the same thing. If you don't remember units, you were definitely not a child of the 80s.
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February 22, 2006
The Best Part Of Working For A Liquor Company
FREE SAMPLES
Tuesday night I brought home two of each of the four flavors, vanilla, chocolate, cappucino and strawberry, that we had of Original Mudshake.
I had a vanilla one this evening and it was GOOD.
I also have two wheat beers and a bottle of a blush wine in my refrigerator and last Thursday about 4pm they walked around and passed out a small 2oz glass of a new beer for all of us to try.
Nothing like drinking on the job.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 11:54 AM | Comments (2)
February 20, 2006
Cinderella's Wishes
Cinderella is now 95 years old.
After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a Cat named Bob for companionship.
One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmother. Cinderella said, "Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years"?
The fairy godmother replied,"Cinderella, you have lived an exemplary life since I last saw you. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?"
Cinderella was taken aback, overjoyed, and after some thoughtful consideration, she uttered her first wish:
"The prince was wonderful, but not much of an investor.
I'm living hand to mouth on my disability checks, and I wish I were wealthy beyond comprehension.
Instantly her rocking chair turned into solid gold Cinderella said, "Ooh, thank you, Fairy Godmother".
The fairy godmother replied "it is the least that I can do.
What do you want for your second wish?"
Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said,
"I wish I were young and full of the beauty and youth I once had."
At once, her wish became reality, and her beautiful young visage returned.
Cinderella felt stirrings inside of her that had been dormant for years.
And then the fairy godmother spoke once more:
"You have one more wish; what shall it be?"
Cinderella looks over to the frightened cat in the corner and says,
"I wish for you to transform Bob, my old cat, into a kind and handsome young man."
Magically, Bob suddenly underwent so fundamental a change in his biological make-up that, when he stood before her,he was a man so beautiful the likes of him neither she nor the world had ever seen.
The fairy godmother said,"Congratulations, Cinderella, enjoy your new life.
With a blazing shock of bright blue electricity,the fairy godmother was gone as suddenly as she appeared.
For a few eerie moments, Bob and Cinderella looked into each other's eyes.
Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at the most beautiful, stunningly perfect man she had ever seen.
Then Bob walked over to Cinderella, who sat transfixed in her rocking chair, and held her close in his young muscular arms.
He leaned in close, blowing her golden hair with his warm breath as he whispered. . . .
"Bet you're sorry you neutered me."
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:50 PM | Comments (1)
February 17, 2006
There Has Been Some Recent Speculation
I guess this is the proof.
| You Are 72% Abnormal |
 You are at high risk for having a borderline personality. It is very likely that you are a chaotic mess. You are at medium risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is somewhat likely that you are in love with your own reflection. You are at high risk for having a social phobia. It is very likely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement. You are at high risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is very likely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer. |
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SPF - In All Our Glory
I think I am on a roll! Three weeks in a row now I have actually played SPF. I guess Kristine is being really easy with the assigments or something. If you are here and don't play SPF, why the heck aren't you? I can vouch for the fact that its not just for the "cool bloggers" because hell if it was, I couldn't play.
This week's assignment.
What is under my bed? Hmm. Two tupperware underbed containers containing pants that I doubt my fat butt will ever get into again, a couple of purses, and my suitcase set. Although, the suitcase set came out from underneath the bed as soon as I took this picture because I was PACKING FOR BLOG BLOWOUT.
This is my stereo. I'm not sure we still call them that, but that is what they were called in 1996 when I bought it. God, I swear I kept the Fingerhut catalog company in business. This stereo has a dual cassette deck and a 25-disc CD changer. Man, I thought I was hot stuff to have that back in 1996.
Since I got my new computer last week, I can actually get Photoshop to load. It is so much fun now that I can erase all the crumbs and stuff off the kitchen floor because I haven't mopped this week.
This picture is my three kitchen cabinets and the under-the-oven drawer, all of them full of pots and pans. Most of the pots and pans still look fairly clean. They are my EMERILWARE STAINLESS STEEL COPPER COOKWARE that I got for Christmas in 2003 but didn't take out of the box until I moved to Dallas in January 2005 since there wasn't really room for them in my parents' kitchen.
Ok, there is all the glory I can muster up tonight, I gotta go finish laundry and packing for AUSTIN! Did ya play? Let Kristine and I know so we can come visit you.
And for the couple of friends I have that read this everyday and never comment, come on, get a blog and join in the fun.
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February 16, 2006
Tonight's Agenda
I'm packing my suitcase for Blog Blowout 2006!
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Only In Texas
I don't know why this hit me so funny but it has just cracked me up.
This is a caption off of the Weather Channel's desktop application that runs on my computer. It sits down in my taskbar and tells me the current temperature and flashes when there is a severe weather alert.
The icon in the taskbar clearly shows 82 degrees, but then it started flashing. What did the weather alert say?
Winter Weather Watch.
Only In Texas.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 03:49 PM | Comments (2)
Blog Blowout Weather Update
I'm going home to pack tonight and leaving for TheArmPitOfHell straight from work tomorrow. Hopefully I will be in BaylorLand before the weather gets too nasty, and hopefully the really bad weather wont make it all the way to Austin.
Mother Nature... you are a wench.
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February 15, 2006
Scientific Study
A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive! on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle.
For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with scissors lodged in his temple and tape over his mouth, while he is on fire.
No further studies are expected at this time.
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I Really Didn't Think I Was That Bad
I snagged this from Shelly and from reading her comments, the closest one to me was a, gasp, 75.
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February 14, 2006
Living Up To A Joke
My dad's joke has always been that here in Texas we have two seasons... Summer & February. Winter is hitting us this weekend. You know what else is this weekend?
At least I have plenty of pretty sweaters and blazers to wear and dont have to worry about going to find something spring-like to wear this weekend.
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February 13, 2006
Kill Cupid
Click here to go shoot that damn chubby incontinence having flying bastard.
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February 12, 2006
Happy Birthday To My Best Friend
Happy Birthday!
I hope you had a wonderful day. It's hard to believe that we have been friends for nearly 15 years. We have been thru so much together and I can't imagine my life without you in it. God knew that we were meant to be best friends for life, considering how many lengths he went to to make sure we finally met.
After living in the same neighborhood for 4 years, going to the same elementary school for 2 years, even being in classrooms across the hall from each other in 3rd grade, it wasn't until you moved back to Houston in our senior year that we finally met. We sure became fast friends and I have no doubt that we were just making up for lost time.
I can't believe that it has been 16 months since we have seen each other, 16 months since I have been home, but what I love about our friendship is that the minute I walk in your front door (in two weeks when I come to visit) it will be like I never left. I love that we can stay up late talking and crying and go out to eat and make your hubby eat stuff that he didn't want but that he will talk about for the next year. And, no matter how many stupid things I do, you never judge me, you listen to me, you understand me, and you are always there for me when I need to cry.
I cant wait until I move back home so that we can see each other all the time and I wont be that far away from the best friend a girl could ask for.
I Love You!
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 07:11 PM | Comments (1)
I Knew Lawyers Were Fowl But This Is Ridiculous
Apparently the US Mafia Leader, oops I mean Cheney, decided that Austin, Texas millionaire attorney Harry Whittington was Fowl and needed to be shot.
I know I don't know much about hunting, but taking the assumption that I have above average intelligence, it leads me to ask one question. When quail hunting, aren't you supposed to look for your target to be small and have feathers running or flying and not on the ground walking upright with 2 legs 30 feet away from you?
Since when does the Mafia Leader do his own shooting? I thought they hired people to do that.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 07:01 PM | Comments (0)
HOME
I'm homesick and I'm ready to come home. I am not happy in Dallas and I need a change. My lease on my new place is up on May 14th (yes, I know I just moved here), and I decided tonight that it is my goal to be able to move to home when my lease is up.
Those of you who live in that glorious wonderful place known as H-town, if you wouldn't mind keeping your eyes open for jobs and a place for me to live, I would greatly appreciate it. I will send you my resume if you have any ideas or places to submit it.
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February 11, 2006
SPF - All About Love
Kami, over at The Dallas Ks, was babysitting SPF for Kristine this week and if her laptop wasn't being such a HAB then I know she would still have some of that bottle of Crown.
Anyway, this weeks assignment is all about that nasty "Kill Cupid Week" Love crap. We are supposed to show the blogworld:
~ What you love most about your home
~ What you love least about your home
~ What you love most about yourself
Well, as you might have heard, I moved in December and I've been having computer problems ever since so I haven't had the opportunity to post any pictures of my new abode.
~ What you love most about your home
I have a backyard, err, actually its my front yard, regardless its a yard. I can't wait until spring so I can plant a herb garden, grill steaks on the bbq pit and sit outside on the deck and blister in the sun.
~ What you love least about your home
I have appparently moved into a TimeWarp back to the 1970s when it was cool to have mirrors covering entire walls.
The first picture is the mirror wall in the dining room. The kitchen table currently home to all of the stuff that has yet to find a home here in 1970. I'm hoping to get all the pictures and stuff hung this weekend.
The second picture is the mirror wall in the bedroom/office. It doesn't bother me too much when I'm working on the computer but when I'm trying to sleep that wall is just creepy.
~ What you love most about yourself
I was bald until I was nearly two years old. Every hair I did get, got ripped out by the scotch tape my mother used to stick the bows on my head.
When my hair finally decided to grow, it came in thick and with a mind of its own. Luckily, we had the same ideas of what it was supposed to do... curl under at the bottom. All I had to do was dry it and it would just curl under perfectly. My hair holds curl like crazy and I've had to have my perms actually straightened out 2 or 3 years later.
As a kid my hair was brownish-red with natural blonde and black highlights. By the time I was 16 I started highlighting it to cover up the first signs that I had inherited my dad's premature white hair. By the time I was 25 I was buying boxes of home color every 4-6 weeks. Needless to say I have been thru some major color disasters.
After changing boxes and types of hair color and after finally finding someone I like to cut it on a regular basis, my hair is finally to the point where I love it again.
Did you play? Drop me some love (comments) and let Kami know you played.
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February 08, 2006
Blog-Anniversary
One year ago today I became known to the blog community as FutureFoodTVStar. I didn't know what was about to happen or how I would come to know so many wonderful people. What a difference a year can make.
When I started my blog, I knew Ness(a)Lee, but then again, I had known her since 1999 so it was just fun getting to see pictures of MissB and BabyD. Nessa had been blogging for about a month and had a good little blogroll started.
I started clicking on her links and reading blogs of people I didn't know. Then I would click on their links and read other blogs of people I didn't know. Before I knew it I had a blogroll that I could barely read in a day.
Other people I knew in real life, DefinitiveArticle, CricketYank, Andevine, Ball-n-Chain, started blogs. A few of my old students, neuronBarrage, DipoleMoments, Niran Babalola had been bloging for a while. Bloggers like Kami found me and invited me to parties so that I could meet the MILF, FootballWidow, Me & the Punkin, Rant & Ravin', and Crazy Legs O'Houlihan.
My cousin, OB, had a blog leading up to her wedding and 3 of her other bridesmaids and a couple of wedding guests, SparkyJr., Hmm...Interesting, Randomness, The Fairies are Watching, and Phrog1383, have blogs but they don't update very often.
I found blogs that were all about food and cooking and the restaurant scene, like 101 Cookbooks, Hooked on Heat, WaiterRant, Smorgasbord Sunday and Accidential Hedonist. I even had someone suggest that I should marry them after seeing pictures of the food I made in Culinary School, and another ask where he could get food like that, while WITFITS posts about chocolate cravings when I didn't have a dime for the vending machine.
I found blogs that I now visit every day just because the girl, SoozieQ, looked like a girl I went to high school with and I fell in love with Moto's face. SoozieQ and KimmyK have also gotten their hubbies, Sua Sponte and The Hubs into blogging and the proof is on the net. I found someone who pretty much hates everything who has the same birthday as I do. The Twisted Minds shows that someone else's mom knew how to spell Aimee. I found there are quite a few of us bloggers who have been to culinary school and have finished and work/have worked as pastry chefs, Sherri, or had to stop like I have, Suburban Misfit, and What'd I Do This Time? is seeking the opportunity to start culinary school.
Next weekend I am traveling to Austin for BlogBlowout 2006 where I will get to meet even more amazing bloggers. Some of them, like Everyday Lums, I have been reading for months... some of them, like Flutter, I just found last week when I decided I needed a weekend out on the town and signed up to attend the Blowout.
I have seen some of the cutest (and ugliest) dogs (and cats) and squirrels in the world, Very Zen, What Was I Thinking?, Marit, Closet Metrosexual, Holy Schmidt!, HDL, Just Zuphchic, Pack of 2, Bl(ah)g, RSG, Sharkey, Spoonie, and LeLo in NoPo and I have cried along with their families when loved ones like Sam left for Rainbow Bridge.
I found out about a game called Stuff Portrait Friday and Kristine over at Random and Odd sent people to comment on my blog when I felt lonely. Xtessa, Renee, HappyMama, Nobuddy's Buzness, Dashababy and the Fonz all stopped by to say they liked my stuff, and a couple of them would come back again and again.
We saw Jay's Twins, Popeye and NikkiZ born and listened to their moms talk about being pregnant and now get to wait for Maxwell's little sibling. There are a couple of blogs about people who have the same condition, Arnold Chiari, that I have.. like Baylie for Brains and Syringomyelia.
Public Service Announcement blogs, such as Celebrity Smack, keep us informed about how the famous really become famous, while PostSecret gives us a chance to tell our secrets and be famous for a week. Dooce and The Phantom Professor, tell us not to blog about work, Overheard In New York leaves no doubt why that city has the reputation it does, and Overheard in the Office makes us realize we really are working with a bunch of monkeys, and we get Useless Advice from Useless Men, and Snipets of Random Chaos, while The Snowsuit Effort reminds us that real people end up homeless. One Child Left Behind, Spurious Plum, and Wave Of Modulation amaze us with their photography skills and Von Krankipantzen amazes us with her strength.
Anybody's Guess made us laugh at her comedy routine, and DearBuster gets some of the most hilarious search hits you have ever heard. Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper always participates in HNT and Maybe You've Seen My Picture tells us about the trials of being a high school student, George! tells us how hard it is to find cute girls in Dallas, while explaining the fine art of College Hoops Appreciation to us, and I think about Dima every time my mother tells me I should go to Law School, and JohnBoy sometimes makes me sad that I didn't persue my plans of being a college professor.. The Boy Who Thought He Was An Alien video blogs in American Sign Language and I like to try to see if I can understand him before I read the synopsis.
Some of us even get bold enough to put our political thoughts out for the whole world to stare in disbelief. Rosie's Blog, The Republic of T, PencilsSuck and I are gonna campaign together to get Barack Obama elected President and hopefully Kami will do our fundraising.
Until PissyBritches went to go visit RSG and Kristine, I never knew the F-word could be used in so many different ways. SassySuspect and The Tao of Thao blog about my home, Houston, that I miss so much, SNAFU tells us about life in Sweden and Steve sits nude on a toilet seat while telling us about idiot drivers in Memphis that I would swear were Dallasites stuck in Tennessee.
Well, folks. That is the past year in a nutshell and here's looking forward to another one full of clicks, links, selfportraits and blog blowouts. I have learned to appreciate you blogworld and I Blove everyone on my blog roll.
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Quarter Horse For Sale
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February 07, 2006
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February 06, 2006
I'm In Mourning
Saturday, February 4, of the year of our Lord 2006, my computer left this earth to join its maker in heaven.
I am currently stuck with only access to the internet while at work. I am in the process of trying to see if my computer can be reincarnated or whether or not it would be better to just let it rest in peace and build a new one.
I may not be able to update or answer emails at the moment, so please bare with me. I can get to my blog so if you need to get a hold of me, leave me a comment.
The funeral is Wednesday.
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February 03, 2006
SPF: It's A Game I Play
I like to keep you all guessing ... if and when I am actually going to play SPF. Well this week, I'm playing.
Mostly, I am playing this week because this is the first assignment, that Kristine has given us, in a while were I could complete it with google image searches. I've had so many problems with my computer in the past two weeks, I am not daring enough to try to sync my digital camera and download my pictures.
Anyway, without further ado...
Games I Play
I have a paid membership to ClubPogo and I play most of the games on that site, especially the two games that are the "Weekly Challenges" for badges. But, when all is said and done, I'm addicted to
Mahjong Gardens.
Family Games
When I was growing up, my parents and I would occasionally play card games. One of our favorites was:
PIT.
Also, my Great Aunt Ruth taught the grandkids in my family to play Dominoes.
We usually played either 42 or Mexican Train. After she died, we have tried to continue to play and we still have fun, but it is bittersweet.
At my grandparents we used to play Wahoo all the time. I think next time I go visit them I am going to make them get the board out so we can play. Our board doesn't look exactly like this, because ours was acutally hand made by a friend of the family.
My Games
I need a set of dominoes but the games I own and have with me in Dallas and play on a semi-regular basis are:
Uno has been around forever and I think everyone plays this one. SkipBo was another one of my parent's and my favorite games to play. Phase10 I found out about thru an ex and some mutal friends. This game gets really fun when you have 5 or more people playing.
Did you play? Let me and Kristine know.
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How Men Screw Up Romance
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February 02, 2006
Six More Weeks
Punxsutawney Phil said today that we have six more weeks of winter headed our way. Somehow I am not surprised.
This is Texas. We are supposed to have two seasons: Summer & February. Our "winter" spell hit early this year... like in early November. Its been quite comfortable ever since. It was in the 60s this morning when I left for work and I don't think we've seen a a night below freezing in 2006 so far. I guess we are due for a little more "winter."
Enough about the weather... on a more personal note, it seems like its been winter for the past oh, I don't know, 8 years maybe. Maybe some of it is because I have a horrible habit of living up to the textbook definition of genius... doing something over and over again expecting a different outcome and then surprised when it ends up the same damn way.
I haven't slept thru the night in nearly a week. I am having a horrible time trying to turn my brain off. I have so many thoughts going thru my head about every subject from the weather to money to school to my health. I don't know what to do and whatever I have been doing hasn't helped or worked. I really need a new outlook.
If I don't get some sleep tonight... tomorrow night I'm going to go buy me some over the counter sleep meds and attempt to sleep all weekend.
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February 01, 2006
Sounds Like A Plan
Dear IRS,
Enclosed is my 2005 tax return showing that I owe $3,407.00 in taxes. Please note the attached article from USA Today, wherein you will see the Pentagon is paying $171.50 for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a toilet seat.
I am enclosing four toilet seats (value $2400) and six hammers (value $1029), bringing my total remitted to $3429.00. Please apply the overpayment of $22.00 to the "Presidential Election Fund," as noted on my return. You can do this inexpensively by sending them one 1.5" Phillips Head screw (article from USA Today detailing how HUD pays $22.00 each for 1.5" Phillips Head Screws is enclosed for your convenience.)
It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year.
Sincerely,
A Satisfied Taxpayer
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Happy Birthday Barbara!
Happy Birthday to my sweet and precious friend Barbara! Hope you have a great day and are feeling ok. Love you!
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