Medical Issues: Damn Them

I guess you could say things are looking up. After some invasive surgery last week, the final pathology reports are in for my gramma and she does not have cancer! WAHOO! Of course being 75 (in three weeks) does not make recovery too easy and she has been struggling a bit. Her electrolytes were all out of wack and the morphine makes her pretty loopy. She is improving now and hopefully will get the chest tube out tomorrow and will go home in a few days. It would be awesome if she could be out of the hospital for Thanksgiving, but isn't likely.

Here is a recap of my family's medical issues this year:
1. My little brother was in the hospital and required surgery for an infection in his leg in May. He is diabetic and dropped a used needle on his leg, then three weeks later he could barely walk. Definitely one of the coolest wounds I have ever seen.
2. Over Memorial Day weekend, my grandfather (dad's side) was having problems breathing and taken to the hospital. He was there for I think two weeks and then in bed for another month or so. He was calling it his "deathbed".
3. In July, my sort of aunt (my mom's cousin who we all treat like her sister) Cyndy, went into a coma for 6 weeks. I went out and watched her son for 5 weeks.
4. After seeing her daughter in a coma, Cyndy's mom had a heart attack and was admitted to the same hospital with her for a few days.
5. In September, my Aunt Geri had a hip replacement.
6. Halloween weekend, my great-aunt (the one who had a heart attack after seeing Cyndy) fell and hit her head and had hemoraging and was in the hospital for two weeks or so. She is my gramma's sister and had the same electrolyte problem.
7.We were told my gramma had cancer and had possibly spread to her lymphnodes. But you know that story now.
8. My mom got an ucler from all the stress.
9. My Aunt Sara is having a kidney removed on December 23rd.

Oh yeah, I think that both my little sister and stepdad had to get their fingers checked out at the emergency room to make sure they weren't broken or something, but that is pretty minor.
Personally, I had some weird heart palpatations after seeing Cyndy and had to wear an "event monitor" for a month to make sure I didn't have any problems. Weeee!
So, I have had ENOUGH already! I am hoping that 2005 is a healthy year.

Stuff I Would Like But Won't Buy Myself

I know it isn't Thanksgiving yet, so I shouldn't be talking about Christmas yet, but oh well. Here are some things I would like for Christmas or just because.

Mascara - this is a girlie thing that I think I should have for Jay's wedding. And since that is on December 17th, I guess I would need it before Christmas.

Hair Dryer - Again, another girlie thing for Jay's wedding. Well, not the wedding because we are paying to get our hair done, but for the rehearsal dinner. I had one, but Emma stole it and took it to WMU with her, the damn Keego - always stealing things.

Swimsuit - A real swimming suit, not for lounging around, but for swimming. The one I have now is worn pretty thin and I think all the kids in my swim class can see my boobies.

Apron - I'm a slob and I keep ruining my clothes in my experiments in the kitchen.

Spices - Not the ones in the previous post. Other ones. Like curry powder.

Sweaters - I am a scrub. Hooded sweatshirts can only take you so far in life. Not wool, wool makes me itch.

Books - The one by John Stewart of the Daily Show, I think it is called 'America' or something. 'I am Charlotte Simmons', I think the author's name is Wolfe. Some old white guy talking about sexual relationships among young people today.

Iron & Ironing Board- Nevermind--- Matt's parents gave us their old ones! Awesome!

Unrealistic Wishes - Everyone in my family to stop being sick and world peace. If anyone can manage even just one of these two, I'll pass on all the others.

Spices We Have

After the generous donations of both my mom and Matt's, we now have some spices in the apartment. I am sure that there are some that we should have but don't. I don't know what those are, so here are the ones we do have and if anyone has any suggestions, let me know.

Boy, have I gone domestic.

Salt
Pepper
Black Peppercorns
Red Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Lemon Pepper
Garlic Salt
Sage (Leaves and Ground)
Cinnamon Sticks
Cumin
Basil (Leaves and Flakes)
Bay Leaves
Thyme (Leaves and Flakes)
Dill Weed
Poultry Seasoning
Poppy Seed
Sesame Seed
Parsley Flakes
Oregano Leaves
Paprika
Minced Onion
Allspice
Celery Salt
Ground Mustard
Vanilla Extract (not really a spice, but you get the idea)

Then maybe I will be able to make more than 5 things for dinner. WAHOO!

Keego Forever

You can take the kid out of Keego, but you can't take the Keego out of the kid.

You would think that since Seth was the youngest when he left Keego, he would be the least white trash out of all my siblings. Nope. He is such a cracker. And of course he thinks it is funny, and is proud of it, like a Keego would. When will he learn that being a drug addict felon is not something to have pride about? Probably never. What a waste of life.

First Post

Hi out there. I don't know why I really got one of these things, my friend Dan (http://maharg.blogspot.com/) had one and I had to create a name to post on his, so here I am.

If you are looking into some interesting reading, Kevin sent me a book "The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why Dubya is Wrong About Absolutely Everything". I haven't had much time to get into it, but thus far it is fairly entertaining.

If you would like to hear about naked people running through the streets of Boulder with pumkins on their heads, email me.

If you would like to see a picture of Nat Bachelis with John Kerry, email me. Andrea, if you read this and you have a picture of me with Nat Bachelis, or if anyone has a picture of me with him, please send it to me..... my cousin is trying to do that six degrees to Kevin Bacon and wants pictures of the whole line to Kevin Bacon.

If you would like to make a call, please hang up and try again.