Friday, March 28, 2008

My dog is gay...

and I have the photos to prove it.


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I call this one: "This is my bitch, yo"


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This one I call: "Brokeback Dogs"


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and finally: "Big Pimpin"

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

"GOD DAMN IT, KITTEH, THAT'S A BAD KITTEH!

kitty: meow. .Maaroooow, Rooaaaoow


ME: No kitty, you can't go outside


kitty: rAAAAAAOOOOOW.


me: No kitty! That's a bad kitty!


kitty: meow, Maaroooow, ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAw


me: No kitty, No going outside


Kitty: hiss and attack...


My arms look like I ran into a barbed wire fence...she tore the crap outta my hands. They are all swollen and bloody now.


I can't wait until she gets spayed on the first.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

I got bored at home.

So I just got a new job--I start Monday as a Recovery Specialist at Telecare. The Recovery Specialist is a treatment team member who is responsible for providing care to meet the physical and psychological needs of residents through providing direct and indirect services in a manner consistent with Rehabilitation and Recovery principles.


Check out the website and see if there is something there for you!


Here's more info if anyone is interested : Brochure 

Monday, March 10, 2008

umm, ok.


Your Life Path Number is 9



Your purpose in life is to make the world better

You are very socially conscious and a total idealist.
You think there are many things wrong with the world, and you want to fix them.
You have a big idea of how to world could be, and you'll sacrifice almost anything to work towards this dream.


In love, you can easily see the beauty in someone else. And you never cling too tightly.


You are capable of great love, but it's hard for you to focus your love on one person or relationship.
You have a lot of outward focus, and you tend to blame the world for your failures.
You are often disappointed by the realities of life - it's hard for you to accept the shortcomings of the world.

What's yours? 

Friday, March 7, 2008

It's been a rough week...and it's only Tuesday, right?

I got a call on Sunday afternoon (I think...it may have been Monday morning...they are all bluring together) from my little brother who let me know that my parents had gone to the hospital to be with my Nana (Mom's Mom) as she had something wrong with her "chest".

**This could get graphic**


After calling the hospital and talking to my parents, it's become clear that my Nana has breast cancer ( those are hard words to type). She has apparently had a lump in her breast for quite some time, but didn't' let anyone know about it because she didn't want to worry anyone as we just lost Grampy (Mom's Dad) a few years ago to lung and various other cancers. At some point in the past couple of months the lump in her breast (which was actually a tumor) ruptured and caused a large wound in her breast tissue and the skin covering her breast. Instead of going to the doctor, she self-medicated with bandages and that sort and has been hiding this for a while. While at work, the wound opened even further and she was forced to go to the emergency room finally. After seeing the doctor and the surgeon, it was determined that not only was the wound infected and would require IV antibiotics, but she has cancer that will require a radical mastectomy to be done on Wednesday morning. The surgery itself is worrisome, and to add to it-- the surgeon doesn't think that they will be able to save enough skin from the breast to close the wound and will more than likely have to take skin grafts from her legs to close it. They don't plan on closing the wound right away though, and I am not sure why. Because the cancer was so advanced, they did a bone scan on Monday to see if it had spread any further into her body. After the results come back from the scan--today hopefully!-- we will know what type of after care we are looking at for her, whether it be Tamoxifen or some sort of Chemotherapy.


My Nana is a wonderful woman, she's strong yet soft and cuddly. She never fails to make me laugh, yet she is there to comfort me when I need to cry. She's 63 years young.


---Updated!! The bone scan came back with spots in her spine and legs. We will know more after the surgery tomorrow morning.


--New Update-- She is out of surgery now, and is in recovery. They were able to save enough skin to actually close the wound, so she won't have to go thru another surgery for the skin grafts.


--Update 3/7-- She went home yesterday. Had to g0 back in to have the drains removed today, but is doing as well as can be expected. We will know more about treatment options after the biopsy results come back. Did some research online and it doesn't look like there is much they can do for the spine spots other than Chemo.