Here we go folks, the New Year is upon us. In a little less than 12 hours, all the promises and resolutions we make for and/or to ourselves will take effect.
What are yours this year?
Mine...
No using the "F" bomb until 0001 on January 1, 2012
Limit soda drinking to 1 can per day
Read 20 classic novels
Lose 20 lb.
Save $2,000.00 for emergency purposes and/or downpayment on a house
The hard part for me is sticking to them...I usually can last about a month and then something causes me to revert back to "life before the resolution". I don't think I'll keep all of them for this year but I'm going to try and that's what matters right? That we all atleast try?
So when the clock strikes midnight, and you share a kiss with your special someone, remember to atleast make an attempt to keep the promises you've made to yourself.
Be safe and have a verry Happy New Year!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Almost Time To Go
So tonight for dinner, I'm making baked ziti with garlic bread. We rented The Other Guys on OnDemand and are just relaxing.
It's almost time to go...
meaning: we only have a little over a week before I say goodbye to hubby for 3 months while he's in school down in South Carolina and I move to Michigan to save a little cash.
Each time we take a load of stuff out to the storage place I realize just how close it is to the time we move for good down to our next duty station. Thankfully, it's someplace warm!
When I first got here a few years ago, I HATED it. We lived in a little apartment in Watertown. The landlord said appliances were included and when I showed up, there was nothing there. We bought our own stove and fridge and furniture which wiped out our deployment savings. Then we ended up moving on post thinking it'd be easier. NOT. Due to certain circumstances, we only stayed on post for the initial 6 months requirement and moved out to a little town about 25 minutes away. The house was crap, the landlord was a nice enough guy and his wife and kids were really friendly, but nothing ever got done. There was a wasp problem during the hottest months and a mold problem that got so bad the toilet fell through the bathroom floor!
Then we moved out to another town a little further away and shared an apartment with a friend of ours that had lived with us in the previous place for a while. I then moved home to save money.
Long story short: I left stuff at the apartment in the bedroom and some stuff in the garage and my friend had no problem with that. Then there were some court issues and legal issues with my friend and she got evicted. I couldn't make it back here to move everything out so I had someone else move my stuff to storage.
We showed up here after hubby got back from deployment and went to the storage unit to get everything out. After we started opening everything, we realized that there was a lot of stuff missing. So we have an allotment coming out because we had to pay for the stolen stuff but our insurance reimbursed us so I guess it's not as bad as I thought it woulda been.
And now we are here, in a log cabin type house with tons of property, a fabulous landlord and her family, and we are leaving. I don't really want to but it's necessary because we need to save the money to get us where we are going next.
I'm not really sure what my original intent for this post was, but I guess I'm just feeling slightly sentimental about leaving this place. We'll be coming back for a month and just renting a room after my husband graduates because we have to clear this post, i have to get my medical records, all that irritating stuff lol
So...that's it for tonight...nothing too interesting, like I said, just feeling kind of sentimental.
It's almost time to go...
meaning: we only have a little over a week before I say goodbye to hubby for 3 months while he's in school down in South Carolina and I move to Michigan to save a little cash.
Each time we take a load of stuff out to the storage place I realize just how close it is to the time we move for good down to our next duty station. Thankfully, it's someplace warm!
When I first got here a few years ago, I HATED it. We lived in a little apartment in Watertown. The landlord said appliances were included and when I showed up, there was nothing there. We bought our own stove and fridge and furniture which wiped out our deployment savings. Then we ended up moving on post thinking it'd be easier. NOT. Due to certain circumstances, we only stayed on post for the initial 6 months requirement and moved out to a little town about 25 minutes away. The house was crap, the landlord was a nice enough guy and his wife and kids were really friendly, but nothing ever got done. There was a wasp problem during the hottest months and a mold problem that got so bad the toilet fell through the bathroom floor!
Then we moved out to another town a little further away and shared an apartment with a friend of ours that had lived with us in the previous place for a while. I then moved home to save money.
Long story short: I left stuff at the apartment in the bedroom and some stuff in the garage and my friend had no problem with that. Then there were some court issues and legal issues with my friend and she got evicted. I couldn't make it back here to move everything out so I had someone else move my stuff to storage.
We showed up here after hubby got back from deployment and went to the storage unit to get everything out. After we started opening everything, we realized that there was a lot of stuff missing. So we have an allotment coming out because we had to pay for the stolen stuff but our insurance reimbursed us so I guess it's not as bad as I thought it woulda been.
And now we are here, in a log cabin type house with tons of property, a fabulous landlord and her family, and we are leaving. I don't really want to but it's necessary because we need to save the money to get us where we are going next.
I'm not really sure what my original intent for this post was, but I guess I'm just feeling slightly sentimental about leaving this place. We'll be coming back for a month and just renting a room after my husband graduates because we have to clear this post, i have to get my medical records, all that irritating stuff lol
So...that's it for tonight...nothing too interesting, like I said, just feeling kind of sentimental.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Made It Home Safely
So hubby and I made it back to NY safe and sound. We've gotten the jeep unpacked, organized a few things, and gotten some stuff done. The rest of our days here in NY will be spent packing up anything that we don't absolutely need, moving things into storage, and all that fun stuff. Sandra and her husband were kind enough to watch one of our dogs for us and we picked him up and kind of figured out a moving strategy since they'll be moving some of their stuff in while we're still here since we don't move until the 8th.
Speaking of the two of them, I am sooooooo thankful for them being gracious enough to watch our dog and they will be watching him for us while I am in Michigan and hubby is in school. It really speaks to the kindness of new found friends:) Thanks, Sandra!
Let's see what else...
Ordered a few things from the MAC Cham-Pale and Stylishly Yours collection so that should be here shortly and I've got a few other things to order when I pay down my credit card balance.
I had someone contact me by way of a friend of mine who does photography on Fort Drum about doing her makeup and hair for her wedding in February but it'd be a tight squeeze to get back up here from MI. I'm meeting with her anyway just to see what she's looking for. Fingers crossed:)
Hmm...
Other than that, it's back to life here in upstate NY but only for another couple weeks and then it's down to SC and back home to MI. Excited, nervous, anxious...all in one
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Speaking of the two of them, I am sooooooo thankful for them being gracious enough to watch our dog and they will be watching him for us while I am in Michigan and hubby is in school. It really speaks to the kindness of new found friends:) Thanks, Sandra!
Let's see what else...
Ordered a few things from the MAC Cham-Pale and Stylishly Yours collection so that should be here shortly and I've got a few other things to order when I pay down my credit card balance.
I had someone contact me by way of a friend of mine who does photography on Fort Drum about doing her makeup and hair for her wedding in February but it'd be a tight squeeze to get back up here from MI. I'm meeting with her anyway just to see what she's looking for. Fingers crossed:)
Hmm...
Other than that, it's back to life here in upstate NY but only for another couple weeks and then it's down to SC and back home to MI. Excited, nervous, anxious...all in one
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Gift Of Love
So just when we were all having fun and laughing, just relaxing this morning when present opening was coming to an end, my dad said he had one last present for my mom. Now, you'd really have to spend a few hours with my dad to understand his sense of humor and odd way about him, but I'll do my best to explain it.
You know how there are those kinds of people that like to wrap a present inside a box inside a box inside a box inside ANOTHER box? My dad is kinda like that. He wrote out "instructions" that my mom had to follow, things like, "To open this present you must first stand up, grab your tongue, and while holding your tongue say 'biddie biddie bidde'," stuff like that. So he goes through this whole set of instructions right?
Finally she gets to open this present which ends up being a beautiful photo album with pictures that he had professionally taken off their original wedding slides (yes, they're old enough to have used slides) all put into 4x5 slots in the album with their wedding picture on the front. He also had a dvd slideshow made of the photos that played through while their wedding song was played in the background.
My father is 67 and my mom is 58 and they've been married for 30 years. How awesome is that?
Divorce has NEVER once come up, they fight but it's mainly cute old people fighting, and they just seem to be as happy now as they ever have been.
Because they adopted us when they were older than most adoptive families, I never met or remember meeting my grandfathers. My mom's mom is still alive and I see her as much as possible but she's in pretty rough shape. Dad's mom passed away a few years ago. I don't really even remember seeing any pictures of either grandpa except for the small ones my mom has in frames here at our house.
But I looked through the album and saw pictures of my cousins as children (cousins who are now in their 40s) and I finally came to one of a face I knew all too well, a younger face of my Grandma B, dad's mom, my mom in her wedding dress, and there stood Grandpa next to them. It brought a tear to my eye because I always hear stories of grandpa's and their grandkids and how they teach them the ways of the old world and tell them stories on their laps, and I never got that. I never even met him. As a baby, I was able to meet Grandpa S though, but I was only months old and have no recollection of him whatsoever. Kinda sad:(
Alas, the photo album let me look into a side of my family history that I never knew. My parents would every now and then describe their wedding to me when I saw their wedding photo and asked about it, but it was always so hard to imagine. I was able to see my parents on one of the happiest days of their lives together and I was able to see my grandparents, all together.
The Gift Of Love sure is a rare thing these days and when we find it, we need to hold on to it. Maybe in 30 years I'll give my husband a wonderful gift like that or vice versa. It's amazing to think that in 30 years, cell phones will probably be considered a thing of the past and who knows what new technology we will see. But one thing's for sure...the human capacity for LOVE will always be here until the end of the earth and as long as humans inhabit it.
You know how there are those kinds of people that like to wrap a present inside a box inside a box inside a box inside ANOTHER box? My dad is kinda like that. He wrote out "instructions" that my mom had to follow, things like, "To open this present you must first stand up, grab your tongue, and while holding your tongue say 'biddie biddie bidde'," stuff like that. So he goes through this whole set of instructions right?
Finally she gets to open this present which ends up being a beautiful photo album with pictures that he had professionally taken off their original wedding slides (yes, they're old enough to have used slides) all put into 4x5 slots in the album with their wedding picture on the front. He also had a dvd slideshow made of the photos that played through while their wedding song was played in the background.
My father is 67 and my mom is 58 and they've been married for 30 years. How awesome is that?
Divorce has NEVER once come up, they fight but it's mainly cute old people fighting, and they just seem to be as happy now as they ever have been.
Because they adopted us when they were older than most adoptive families, I never met or remember meeting my grandfathers. My mom's mom is still alive and I see her as much as possible but she's in pretty rough shape. Dad's mom passed away a few years ago. I don't really even remember seeing any pictures of either grandpa except for the small ones my mom has in frames here at our house.
But I looked through the album and saw pictures of my cousins as children (cousins who are now in their 40s) and I finally came to one of a face I knew all too well, a younger face of my Grandma B, dad's mom, my mom in her wedding dress, and there stood Grandpa next to them. It brought a tear to my eye because I always hear stories of grandpa's and their grandkids and how they teach them the ways of the old world and tell them stories on their laps, and I never got that. I never even met him. As a baby, I was able to meet Grandpa S though, but I was only months old and have no recollection of him whatsoever. Kinda sad:(
Alas, the photo album let me look into a side of my family history that I never knew. My parents would every now and then describe their wedding to me when I saw their wedding photo and asked about it, but it was always so hard to imagine. I was able to see my parents on one of the happiest days of their lives together and I was able to see my grandparents, all together.
The Gift Of Love sure is a rare thing these days and when we find it, we need to hold on to it. Maybe in 30 years I'll give my husband a wonderful gift like that or vice versa. It's amazing to think that in 30 years, cell phones will probably be considered a thing of the past and who knows what new technology we will see. But one thing's for sure...the human capacity for LOVE will always be here until the end of the earth and as long as humans inhabit it.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS! (I haven't even slept yet)
So it's 0154 and I've been playing Farm Frenzy Pizza Party for the past I don't know how long. I've gotten into a terrible habit over the past few years of staying up as late as possible just doing nothing in general and then only going to sleep when I'm absolutely exhausted and then the vicious cycle continues.
Hubby has been sleeping for a while and no stores are open so I'm just sitting at my dad's computer messin' around.
It's Christmas morning:)
I'm really thinking that I'm going to grab a pillow and blanket when I eventually do wear myself out, turn out every light in the house, turn on the Christmas Tree lights, and go sleep by the tree like I used to do when I was a kid. I just feel a bit nostalgic this year. My parents have a big tree in the living room, and a smaller one sitting on top of the dining room table so they can fit more of their collected ornaments instead of just keeping them in boxes.
I LOVE our Christmas ornaments. I always (when I was a kid and now when i'm home and able to) help mom put up the ornaments and we have a few very special ones. There's tons of original ceramic Disney ornaments that are a blast to hang up each year, we have 2 wooden baby rattle ornaments that were handmade by a lady from one of our old churches when my parents adopted one of my older brothers (the one that's here right now) and one when I was adopted, and then...there's the plastic pickle. It's just what it sounds like, a little 4 inch plastic pickle. We used to play a game that whoever found the pickle in the tree could open up the first present or would get to hand presents out. Needless to say, I'd scope out the pickle during the night and always be the first one:)
I always used to be a little present snooper too. I'd carefully untape boxes or peek through the tissue paper to see if I could get a glimpse of what was inside and waiting for me lol!
See what I mean about nostalgia?
Orrrrr...my brother (again, the same one who's here at the house right now too) and I would wake up at 0200, turn on A Christmas Story (yeah, you know the one. the one that loops 24 hrs a day every Christmas), line up our presents, and fall asleep on the couches.
I was telling my husband on the way here that I miss asking for toys and games and stuffed animals. I thought of this when I realized the first thing that came to my mind when my mom asked what I wanted for Christmas was quite literally, "kitchen stuff". I asked for things like mixing bowls, cook books, pans, etc, anything for the kitchen. When did I get so boring?
No really, when did we all grow up? I'm 22 almost 23, haven't graduated college, and am now asking for kitchen stuff...
What did you ask for/get this year?
Alright, well I think it's time for me to go curl up out by the tree. Goodnight/Good Morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY FESTIVUS, HAPPY KWANZAA, and all those wonderful things:)
Hubby has been sleeping for a while and no stores are open so I'm just sitting at my dad's computer messin' around.
It's Christmas morning:)
I'm really thinking that I'm going to grab a pillow and blanket when I eventually do wear myself out, turn out every light in the house, turn on the Christmas Tree lights, and go sleep by the tree like I used to do when I was a kid. I just feel a bit nostalgic this year. My parents have a big tree in the living room, and a smaller one sitting on top of the dining room table so they can fit more of their collected ornaments instead of just keeping them in boxes.
I LOVE our Christmas ornaments. I always (when I was a kid and now when i'm home and able to) help mom put up the ornaments and we have a few very special ones. There's tons of original ceramic Disney ornaments that are a blast to hang up each year, we have 2 wooden baby rattle ornaments that were handmade by a lady from one of our old churches when my parents adopted one of my older brothers (the one that's here right now) and one when I was adopted, and then...there's the plastic pickle. It's just what it sounds like, a little 4 inch plastic pickle. We used to play a game that whoever found the pickle in the tree could open up the first present or would get to hand presents out. Needless to say, I'd scope out the pickle during the night and always be the first one:)
I always used to be a little present snooper too. I'd carefully untape boxes or peek through the tissue paper to see if I could get a glimpse of what was inside and waiting for me lol!
See what I mean about nostalgia?
Orrrrr...my brother (again, the same one who's here at the house right now too) and I would wake up at 0200, turn on A Christmas Story (yeah, you know the one. the one that loops 24 hrs a day every Christmas), line up our presents, and fall asleep on the couches.
I was telling my husband on the way here that I miss asking for toys and games and stuffed animals. I thought of this when I realized the first thing that came to my mind when my mom asked what I wanted for Christmas was quite literally, "kitchen stuff". I asked for things like mixing bowls, cook books, pans, etc, anything for the kitchen. When did I get so boring?
No really, when did we all grow up? I'm 22 almost 23, haven't graduated college, and am now asking for kitchen stuff...
What did you ask for/get this year?
Alright, well I think it's time for me to go curl up out by the tree. Goodnight/Good Morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY FESTIVUS, HAPPY KWANZAA, and all those wonderful things:)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to everyone!
Will have another blog post later today with pics and whatnot:)
Will have another blog post later today with pics and whatnot:)
Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry CHRISTMAS Eve
Merry Christmas Eve to everyone!
I had such a great time, regardless of short amount of time, spending a day with my sister in law and nephew, her fiancee and his adorable girls. Kind of reminded me what Christmas is supposed to be about and with the amount of seemingly terrible news I've been getting lately, I needed this bit of spiritual pick me up:)
We are now on the road again. We were able to get some rest yesterday after we got to my sister's house and slept really well. I heard little voices and footsteps so I woke up and the kiddos were all wide eyed and bushy tailed oogling their presents from Santa under the tree. I woke my husband up while crawling over him to get out of bed and he got out of bed and went out and sat on the couch and waited with me for the mayhem to commence:)
Let's just make this short and say that Christmas at my sister in law's house really reminded me of what Christmas is about. It's a time to forget anything bad and negative in the world and just reflect on what you have and WHO you have in your life.
We arrived in Michigan a little bit after 1900 and showed up at the Christmas Eve service at my dad's church. We were a little late so we tried to sneak in but he saw us come through the door and smiled and almost started crying, which of course made me tear up a little bit.
Mom was reading the scripture and there was a good 50 minutes or so left in the program. Allllll my favorite church folk were there and this amazing man Cal, invited 20 people and 18 of them came. He does such amazing community outreach and what appeals to me is his dedication to the military and our nation's veterans. He's spoken in front of congress, traveled overseas, led rallies, you name it, and this man has done it.
The church service finally ended and my mama came down off the stage and gave us hugs and then I worked my way up through the people talking to dad and gave him the biggest hug I could. It was a great feeling being able to surprise him on Christmas Eve. I'm almost on the verge of tears just replaying the moment in my head.
My favorite older brother is here also. It's amazing that in High School, we never got along and now, we take advantage of when we see each other because it's very rare that it happens. His girlfriend (hopefully sometime in the near future, fiancee) is spending Christmas with her family so we won't get to see her while we are here or their awesome american bulldog, Capone.
Hmm...well, seeing as how it's almost midnight, I should get some sleep but I'm just too excited to be home. I love the Christmas tree, the backyard, the weirdly shaped driveway, the kitchen, I just love being here. Makes you really believe that home is where the heart is.
ahhh...*dreamy sigh*
Goodnight world, and Merry Christmas Eve to ALL :)
I had such a great time, regardless of short amount of time, spending a day with my sister in law and nephew, her fiancee and his adorable girls. Kind of reminded me what Christmas is supposed to be about and with the amount of seemingly terrible news I've been getting lately, I needed this bit of spiritual pick me up:)
We are now on the road again. We were able to get some rest yesterday after we got to my sister's house and slept really well. I heard little voices and footsteps so I woke up and the kiddos were all wide eyed and bushy tailed oogling their presents from Santa under the tree. I woke my husband up while crawling over him to get out of bed and he got out of bed and went out and sat on the couch and waited with me for the mayhem to commence:)
Let's just make this short and say that Christmas at my sister in law's house really reminded me of what Christmas is about. It's a time to forget anything bad and negative in the world and just reflect on what you have and WHO you have in your life.
We arrived in Michigan a little bit after 1900 and showed up at the Christmas Eve service at my dad's church. We were a little late so we tried to sneak in but he saw us come through the door and smiled and almost started crying, which of course made me tear up a little bit.
Mom was reading the scripture and there was a good 50 minutes or so left in the program. Allllll my favorite church folk were there and this amazing man Cal, invited 20 people and 18 of them came. He does such amazing community outreach and what appeals to me is his dedication to the military and our nation's veterans. He's spoken in front of congress, traveled overseas, led rallies, you name it, and this man has done it.
The church service finally ended and my mama came down off the stage and gave us hugs and then I worked my way up through the people talking to dad and gave him the biggest hug I could. It was a great feeling being able to surprise him on Christmas Eve. I'm almost on the verge of tears just replaying the moment in my head.
My favorite older brother is here also. It's amazing that in High School, we never got along and now, we take advantage of when we see each other because it's very rare that it happens. His girlfriend (hopefully sometime in the near future, fiancee) is spending Christmas with her family so we won't get to see her while we are here or their awesome american bulldog, Capone.
Hmm...well, seeing as how it's almost midnight, I should get some sleep but I'm just too excited to be home. I love the Christmas tree, the backyard, the weirdly shaped driveway, the kitchen, I just love being here. Makes you really believe that home is where the heart is.
ahhh...*dreamy sigh*
Goodnight world, and Merry Christmas Eve to ALL :)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Surprise!
So a few days ago I was complaining about not getting a christmas tree and that sort of planted the idea in my head to try and convince my husband into surprising our families with a spontaneous visit to see them over the next few days. Surprisingly it only took a few minutes of convincing and we came up with a route.
We cleaned the house, got some laundry done, packed up and left a couple days later. We left upstate NY around 1530 and drove straight through. Finally we arrived in WI on my sister in law's front porch around 0900.
We kind of planned everything with her fiancee and he had told her that she was going to have to take work off on Thursday. She asked why and alls he said was that there were two things, ones big and ones little and ones white and the others a golden brown
Sister: can I sit on it?
Fiancee: well...I guess you could...
Sister: is it something I can keep inside?
Fiancee: yeah...but I mean, you could keep it outside too. well how about this, what's the one thing you'd least expect?
Sister: my little brother and rebekah on my front porch
Fiancee: ha! I'm not that good, I can't pull that one off.
Sister: damnit, what is it?
So I txtd her fiancee around 0645 and let him know that we were about 2 hours away and I guess he told her to wake up and get dressed.
Finally we got here and my husband's sister must have been looking out the window because she came outside with tears in her eyes:)
I guess my opinion on the holidays is definitely changing.
Even though we are only here for the rest of the night and we drove 16 hours, it was well worth it. Obviously the military lifestyle doesn't allow us to travel much and we don't make it to Wisconsin even remotely close to as much as we'd like to, which makes the short day we've had TOTALLY worth it.
Got to go out for breakfast with my sister in law and nephew, relax at the house, give my sister in law her baby gifts (she's expecting a little girl in March!), go out for pizza with her and her fiancee, her son, his 3 kids. It's just been nice to be able to forget about the past few days of terrible news and stress.
Alright, well I'm writing this on my Moto Droid and my fingers are starting to hurt so I'll stop for now and update from the road tomorrow.
Goodnight and Merry CHRISTMAS
Oh and ps: anyone else amazed by the fact that Christmas is almost here and 2011 is already juuuuust around the corner? :/
We cleaned the house, got some laundry done, packed up and left a couple days later. We left upstate NY around 1530 and drove straight through. Finally we arrived in WI on my sister in law's front porch around 0900.
We kind of planned everything with her fiancee and he had told her that she was going to have to take work off on Thursday. She asked why and alls he said was that there were two things, ones big and ones little and ones white and the others a golden brown
Sister: can I sit on it?
Fiancee: well...I guess you could...
Sister: is it something I can keep inside?
Fiancee: yeah...but I mean, you could keep it outside too. well how about this, what's the one thing you'd least expect?
Sister: my little brother and rebekah on my front porch
Fiancee: ha! I'm not that good, I can't pull that one off.
Sister: damnit, what is it?
So I txtd her fiancee around 0645 and let him know that we were about 2 hours away and I guess he told her to wake up and get dressed.
Finally we got here and my husband's sister must have been looking out the window because she came outside with tears in her eyes:)
I guess my opinion on the holidays is definitely changing.
Even though we are only here for the rest of the night and we drove 16 hours, it was well worth it. Obviously the military lifestyle doesn't allow us to travel much and we don't make it to Wisconsin even remotely close to as much as we'd like to, which makes the short day we've had TOTALLY worth it.
Got to go out for breakfast with my sister in law and nephew, relax at the house, give my sister in law her baby gifts (she's expecting a little girl in March!), go out for pizza with her and her fiancee, her son, his 3 kids. It's just been nice to be able to forget about the past few days of terrible news and stress.
Alright, well I'm writing this on my Moto Droid and my fingers are starting to hurt so I'll stop for now and update from the road tomorrow.
Goodnight and Merry CHRISTMAS
Oh and ps: anyone else amazed by the fact that Christmas is almost here and 2011 is already juuuuust around the corner? :/
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Bad, Very Very Bad.
Judging from the title alone, if you read my last post, you should now know that the reason my doctor called me personally was because my test results were bad.
Basically, they've found precancerous cells and don't know their significance but I have to go in for a colposcopy and possibly biopsy.
Dear Doc, you ruined my holidays. Thank you, you suck. Hope your Christmas dinner burns. Sincerely, Me.
Look I understand that my doc's intent was not to ruin my holidays but I can't help but blame the bearer of bad news. I just can't get a break in life. Just when things seem to be going ok, something potentially life changing for the worse happens.
I hate the holidays this year...
Prayers please for courage, patience, and peace of mind, both for myself and all those in the world this CHRISTMAS season and all year round who are facing difficult times.
Basically, they've found precancerous cells and don't know their significance but I have to go in for a colposcopy and possibly biopsy.
Dear Doc, you ruined my holidays. Thank you, you suck. Hope your Christmas dinner burns. Sincerely, Me.
Look I understand that my doc's intent was not to ruin my holidays but I can't help but blame the bearer of bad news. I just can't get a break in life. Just when things seem to be going ok, something potentially life changing for the worse happens.
I hate the holidays this year...
Prayers please for courage, patience, and peace of mind, both for myself and all those in the world this CHRISTMAS season and all year round who are facing difficult times.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Good News Or Bad News?
So without going into too much detail, lately I've had to see a doctor for a few concerns and some issues I've been having. Nothing life threatening, but some things that could become serious down the road if not taken care of now.
Anyway, today my husband and I went down to Syracuse to see Tron in 3D and right as the movie is starting, I notice that the screen on my phone is lit up which means 1 of 3 things; a. new email b. new text or c. missed call/voicemail.
The caller ID said Unknown and immediately my hearts leaps into my throat. The only phone calls that I've ever gotten from a number listed as Unknown have been my primary care manager at the on post clinic.
As soon as the ending credits start rolling, I dial into my voicemail and to my surprise...
It's the doctor, personally...which I would like to point out that ever since I've been an Army Wife, I have never once had a PCM call me personally, it's always been a nurse. Heck, never in my entire life have I had a doctor personally call me, for ANY reason.
The message says, and I quote, "Hi, this is Dr. O, I'm trying to reach (name). Please call me at (phone number, then repeats phone number), it's nothing to fret about but it is very important."
What the heck does that mean? Nothing to fret about but important?
About a month ago I had a full set of bloodwork done checking everything from cholesterol to thyroid and liver function, hormones, etc. etc. I also had a couple of ultrasounds done.
I had a followup after the results came in and everything for the most part was normal. He was a little concerned with 2 things but said it most likely was just something we'd have to keep an eye on. Ok, not much of a big deal right?
Well, before leaving that day he sent me over to the labaratory and had me have blood drawn to check my liver function and i also had to set up an appointment for an ultrasound of my liver in the radiology department and an OB/GYN appt at an off post clinic in January.
Alright first, let me be VERY clear. I am NOT pregnant, although with the talk of ultrasounds and OB/GYN appts I could see where you would get that idea.
Anyway, I'm wondering if he's calling me about my liver function results or to discuss one of the ultrasound results (only one was available when I went in for my followup) or my pap results (which for whatever reason are STILL not available, unless that's what he was calling for). But then again, like i said, he has NEVER called me for anything personally, it's always been a nurse.
And yeah yeah yeah I get that he said, "it's nothing to fret about but it is very important." so what the heck could that possibly mean. My doctor is amazing and is so reassuring about everything so OF COURSE he's going to say it's nothing to fret about.
I tried calling back but the office was closed so I am getting up right when they open and calling back as soon as possible to figure out what the message was for.
Prayers please, and thank you.
Anyway, today my husband and I went down to Syracuse to see Tron in 3D and right as the movie is starting, I notice that the screen on my phone is lit up which means 1 of 3 things; a. new email b. new text or c. missed call/voicemail.
The caller ID said Unknown and immediately my hearts leaps into my throat. The only phone calls that I've ever gotten from a number listed as Unknown have been my primary care manager at the on post clinic.
As soon as the ending credits start rolling, I dial into my voicemail and to my surprise...
It's the doctor, personally...which I would like to point out that ever since I've been an Army Wife, I have never once had a PCM call me personally, it's always been a nurse. Heck, never in my entire life have I had a doctor personally call me, for ANY reason.
The message says, and I quote, "Hi, this is Dr. O, I'm trying to reach (name). Please call me at (phone number, then repeats phone number), it's nothing to fret about but it is very important."
What the heck does that mean? Nothing to fret about but important?
About a month ago I had a full set of bloodwork done checking everything from cholesterol to thyroid and liver function, hormones, etc. etc. I also had a couple of ultrasounds done.
I had a followup after the results came in and everything for the most part was normal. He was a little concerned with 2 things but said it most likely was just something we'd have to keep an eye on. Ok, not much of a big deal right?
Well, before leaving that day he sent me over to the labaratory and had me have blood drawn to check my liver function and i also had to set up an appointment for an ultrasound of my liver in the radiology department and an OB/GYN appt at an off post clinic in January.
Alright first, let me be VERY clear. I am NOT pregnant, although with the talk of ultrasounds and OB/GYN appts I could see where you would get that idea.
Anyway, I'm wondering if he's calling me about my liver function results or to discuss one of the ultrasound results (only one was available when I went in for my followup) or my pap results (which for whatever reason are STILL not available, unless that's what he was calling for). But then again, like i said, he has NEVER called me for anything personally, it's always been a nurse.
And yeah yeah yeah I get that he said, "it's nothing to fret about but it is very important." so what the heck could that possibly mean. My doctor is amazing and is so reassuring about everything so OF COURSE he's going to say it's nothing to fret about.
I tried calling back but the office was closed so I am getting up right when they open and calling back as soon as possible to figure out what the message was for.
Prayers please, and thank you.
Merry Christmas VS. Happy Holidays
Let's talk turkey for a minute folks...
And I would say that I apologize ahead of time if the following post offends anyone, but it's my honest opinion so why should I apologize for thinking on my own?
I don't get the whole Merry Christmas VS. Happy Holidays battle.
"Oh, well Christmas has the word 'CHRIST' in it and if you say it, it offends me because it makes me feel like I have to believe in Christ. You're infringing on my right to believe in whatever religion I want."
Hold up...STOP...WHAT?????
My response to people that like to bring that up:
"Sooo...your translation of me saying a simple 'Merry Christmas' is me shoving your head into a wall and telling you that you have to believe in Christ? I'm sorry but can you draw me out a map showing me how you got from point A to point B?"
Really, people????? It's kind of along the lines of the battle to remove "In God We Trust" from money. I missed the part where a dollar bill could force you to believe in God...
I just don't buy the argument that you feel that a dollar bill that I may drop on the ground in front of you in a snowy, wet, slushy walmart parking lot could offend you.
...I totally get that you may not believe in Christ, but puh-leeeeeeeeeeease, don't try to tell me that my dollar bills and coins are trying to make you believe.
please and thank you
And I would say that I apologize ahead of time if the following post offends anyone, but it's my honest opinion so why should I apologize for thinking on my own?
I don't get the whole Merry Christmas VS. Happy Holidays battle.
"Oh, well Christmas has the word 'CHRIST' in it and if you say it, it offends me because it makes me feel like I have to believe in Christ. You're infringing on my right to believe in whatever religion I want."
Hold up...STOP...WHAT?????
My response to people that like to bring that up:
"Sooo...your translation of me saying a simple 'Merry Christmas' is me shoving your head into a wall and telling you that you have to believe in Christ? I'm sorry but can you draw me out a map showing me how you got from point A to point B?"
Really, people????? It's kind of along the lines of the battle to remove "In God We Trust" from money. I missed the part where a dollar bill could force you to believe in God...
I just don't buy the argument that you feel that a dollar bill that I may drop on the ground in front of you in a snowy, wet, slushy walmart parking lot could offend you.
...I totally get that you may not believe in Christ, but puh-leeeeeeeeeeease, don't try to tell me that my dollar bills and coins are trying to make you believe.
please and thank you
Monday, December 20, 2010
Finally...Almost...Kind Of
Alright, so my husband will tell you that over the past two days I've been on a rampage trying to figure out how to customize my blogger layout. My goal was to have a completely customized design but I know nothing about code or creating a template that will render decently on any screen so I just gave in and designed my own header and picked out a background from http://www.thecutestblogontheblock/. FULL CREDIT belongs to the creators. Check them out, they have great blog backgrounds and they even do custom designs.
*frustrated sigh*
Anyway, that being said...
This is just going to be a place for me to spill my thoughts on random subjects, pithy commentary about stupidity, my experiments in the kitchen, military life, so on and so on. I don't want to be a "niche" blogger because I would end up having about 500 different blogs for every "niche" or "area of interest" that I have.
So here goes...
*frustrated sigh*
Anyway, that being said...
This is just going to be a place for me to spill my thoughts on random subjects, pithy commentary about stupidity, my experiments in the kitchen, military life, so on and so on. I don't want to be a "niche" blogger because I would end up having about 500 different blogs for every "niche" or "area of interest" that I have.
So here goes...
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