Relaxing

I was sitting outside yesterday reading a story, Ancient Images, on my Kindle when my buddy decided to join me.  Talk about the worlds best companion ! !   Just like me... He knows how to relax.

Decisions

Saw this on Face Book and stole it.  Makes a lot of sense to me!

Tuesday the 12th weight chart

It is starting to scare me a little bit.  I'm starting to put on weight but I believe it is mainly water.  Just waiting for everything to come crashing down on me.  The last time I worked hard to bring my weight up was just prior to Thanksgiving of last year.  Got to a 149 lbs and was super happy but then we know how fast I came crashing down and spent the week of xmas in the hospital and came out 25 lbs lighter.

Anyway here is the current weight chart as of today:

Notice all the stats are in the positive now and not negative (loss) figures ! !

Yep, your unions still looking out for you ! ! !

 I can remember the days, late 60's,  whilst I was a dutiful dues paying member of a union (same one depicted in the below story) while I worked in the local plastic plant located in Andover, Ohio.  We were on strike and for being on the picket line we were paid a fifth of Seagrams.  That just warmed the cockles of my heart.  The union finally settled, and get this, for a nickel an hour raise and they gave up cost of living increases.  Yep unions will always look out for ya...

June 10, 2012

Union, board settle beef over eats

By Joy LeikerHerald Staff WriterThe Sharon HeraldSun Jun 10, 2012, 09:00 AM EDT

SHARPSVILLE —

Union workers in the Sharpsville Area School District cafeteria were the victors in a dispute with the school over what they could, and could not eat.

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed the grievance in 2011, according to the settlement which was approved by a unanimous vote of the school board May 21.

The board’s solicitor Bob Tesone approved the release of a copy of the three-page resolution this week following an earlier request by The Herald.

The grievance was based on the allegation that the school district “violated established past practice” in charging cafeteria workers for food or drinks that couldn’t be sold or consumed by students. These items would include food or drinks with expired dates or foods that had been reheated, none of which can be served to students according to safe food regulations.

But according to the settlement, cafeteria employees indeed can eat and drink those expired or reheated items – at their own risk. And they don’t have to pay for them.

The items cannot be sold or given to any other party, the agreement says.

AFSCME members working in the cafeteria however must pay for any other á la carte items they consume.

The settlement was negotiated by Superintendent Mark Ferrara and board President Bill Henwood on behalf of the district, and by local representative Bob Calvin and AFSCME President Tammy Scott on behalf of the union employees.

Monday the 11th

Yes I can..

Silence

Suicide

Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who went on to write songs and record several hits during a solo career, died Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 65.  Story here:   http://music.yahoo.com/news/former-fleetwood-mac-member-bob-welch-dead-65-005513069.html

Not to be all philosophical but at one time I would have ranted and raved about the stupidity of committing suicide.  BUT, after contemplating suicide my self while in a fairly deep depression over how my life changed dramatically because of the intestinal removal, I now can not only sympathize/emphasize but really understand.

Make sense?  I don't think I would have but in all sincerity I contemplated it.

    

Things not to say..to a person with GI problems.

Kinda funny but I had a doctor (heart specialist) tell me #1.

Shhh . . . The President is Sleeping

Ego upon Ego upon Ego.  Seems likethis fook oughta be doing something useful for the country

Shhh . . . The President is Sleeping

by Keith Koffler on June 6, 2012, 9:01 am

President Obama’s job keeps him busy, and with the added amount of fundraising he’s been doing in recent weeks, he can often be found “working” late.
Many of us are forced on occasion to work into the evening, but the president is availing himself of an option most of us don’t have: He’s sleeping in.
Obama’s constant fundraising and travel, it appears, is making it difficult for him to get out of bed.
After a hard day of passing the hat around Monday in New York City – four fundraisers in all – Obama returned to the White House at close to 1:00 am. The next day he received the Presidential Daily Briefing – which normally kicks off his publicly announced schedule when he is in Washington and is usually taken by the president about 9:15 am – at 10:45 am.
Obama claims he works Saturdays. But this past Saturday, following a Friday trip to Wisconsin and Chicago that featured an incredible six fundraisers, Obama slept in at his home in Chicago, puttered around the house, and finally emerged at about 11:45 am to stroll to a friend’s house.
He ultimately got back to Andrews Air Force Base at 4:25 pm and headed straight to Camp David for further recuperation.
Obama then made a couple of public appearances to mark Memorial Day in Washington, but he appears to have squeezed in a little holiday time afterward, with his schedule beginning at 10:30 am the next day.
The week before, fundraising took a similar toll on the president’s morning habits, as you can see below.

Obama Not Scheduled to Commemorate D-Day

All I can say is disgusting.....That is, assuming the article is the truth, and in todays society who knows.

Obama Not Scheduled to Commemorate D-Day

by Keith Koffler on June 6, 2012, 10:10 am

It’s D-Day and President Obama is hitting the beaches – of sunny California!
Instead of scheduling a brief event to mark the 68th anniversary of America’s brutal landing on the shores of Normandy, Obama is already on his way to San Francisco, where he will hold two fundraisers before moving on to Beverly Hills to stage two more.
Obama failed to mark D-Day with either a speech or a written proclamation both last year or the year before. He did give a speech in 2009, the 65th anniversary of the event.
First Lady Michelle Obama, who has made much of her “Joining Forces” campaign to support military families, also has nothing planned for D-Day. She’ll be in New York City for a fundraiser and then in Philadelphia to meet with campaign volunteers.
Obama’s failure to mark D-Day in any significant way is both a shame and a political mistake.
According to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, two critical swing states – Florida and Pennsylvania, are among the top five states in terms of veterans’ population. Within the top twelve are four others – Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina – all states Obama desperately needs to carry.

Ray Bradbury

What a shame! ! !  !  Although it does happen to everyone....




From the news article:


Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.
We've got confirmation from the family as well as his biographer, Sam Weller.
His grandson, Danny Karapetian, shared these words with io9 about his grandfather's passing: "If I had to make any statement, it would be how much I love and miss him, and I look forward to hearing everyone's memories about him. He influenced so many artists, writers, teachers, scientists, and it's always really touching and comforting to hear their stories. Your stories. His legacy lives on in his monumental body of books, film, television and theater, but more importantly, in the minds and hearts of anyone who read him, because to read him was to know him. He was the biggest kid I know."
Karapetian added:

If you're looking for any single passage to remember him by, I just picked up my copy of The Illustrated Man, my favorite of his books. The introduction is entitled "Dancing, So As Not to Be Dead," and there are some great lines about death. My favorite:
"My tunes and numbers are here. They have filled my years, the years when I refused to die. And in order to do that I wrote, I wrote, I wrote, at noon or 3:00 A.M.
So as not to be dead."
I'm an actor, something he was always been really proud of, and told me once, after getting cast in a play. "You're living out my life! You're doing everything I wanted to do but couldn't!" He was such a driving force in my life, but what always fascinated me were his impact on others. How his stories lifted people up and saved them from lonely summers. Who among us was never buried deep in a Bradbury story, lost in his meticulously yet effortlessly crafted metaphor?

Please feel free to share your thoughts about Bradbury in the comments below. He truly was an inspiration, and the genre is poorer for his passing.

good ole days-5 June 12

Dontcha miss the good ole days?  HuH  Huh  Huh

Ran across this site:  http://www.goodolddaysmagazine.com/featured_story.php

Man I'm getting old.


The Judd's sang this song:

Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days
Sometimes it feels like this worlds gone crazy
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
When the line between right and wrong
Didn't seem so hazy

Did lovers really fall in love to stay?
And stand beside each other come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say?
Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Ohhh Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days

Grandpa, everything is changing fast
We call it progress, but I just don't know
And Grandpa, let's wonder back into the past
And paint me the picture of long ago


Did lovers really fall in love to stay?
And stand beside each other come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say? (And then forget)
Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Ohhh Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days

Ohhh Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good ol' days

(INSTRUMENTAL followed by humming)

Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?

Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/71747/#H0wU83UQJgGYqmL2.99

70th anniversary of the decisive Battle of Midway

Received a call from my primary physician this morning.  Last blood analysis showed I had low levels of B-12.  No kidding?    She now wants me to come into her office and receive a B-12 shot once a week for 6 weeks and once a month thereafter.    Guess that happens when one is malnourished.

70 Years Later: Remembering the Battle of Midway

www.vabenefitblog.com

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the decisive Battle of Midway. It is widely regarded as one of the most important naval battles of all time.  4-7 June 194

2 June 12 - Good morning

Coumadin Level for 31 May 12

Coumadin Level for 31 May 12 was 3.4.  Doc said not to worry to much about it.  Scheduled to go back in 2 weeks.  Wonder when we will get this to level out?  Went to Lowes and picked up some red bark mulch and a box of fake stone borders.

Today I did the yards, put the mulch down, and placed the fake stone border around the rear pine tree.  Does make it look better.

Felling pretty good again.  Makes it about a week straight I've felt good.  Since today is national doughnut day I should have went to Krispy Kreme and got a free doughnut if I would have bought a cup of coffee.  Wonder if it is too late... hmmmmmmmmmmm........

Too cute.

Short Bowel support

Finally received my copy of this book/pamphlet . Knew most of the stuff but still found out a LOT of new information.  If you have or know of someone with SBS  please send then to this new website.  Please.

http://www.shortbowelsupport.com/default.htm

30 May 12 -Normal today

www.TheVeteransSite.com

be nicer

Just for.......

Ran across this somewhere..

Decoration Day = Memorial Day

A little history lesson for those who have forgotten or were never taught it in school.


Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

      There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.

General John A. Logan Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-B8172- 6403 DLC (b&w film neg.)]

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.
In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:

We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.

      She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms.Michael and when she returned to France, made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help. Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their "Buddy" Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it.

 
     Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country.
There are a few notable exceptions. Since the late 50's on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. They then patrol 24 hours a day during the weekend to ensure that each flag remains standing. In 1951, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louis began placing flags on the 150,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an annual Good Turn, a practice that continues to this day. More recently, beginning in 1998, on the Saturday before the observed day for Memorial Day, the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts place a candle at each of approximately 15,300 grave sites of soldiers buried at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on Marye's Heights (the Luminaria Program). And in 2004, Washington D.C. held its first Memorial Day parade in over 60 years.
     To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps."
     The Moment of Remembrance is a step in the right direction to returning the meaning back to the day. What is needed is a full return to the original day of observance. Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to their country.
     But what may be needed to return the solemn, and even sacred, spirit back to Memorial Day is for a return to its traditional day of observance. Many feel that when Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971, it made it all the easier for people to be distracted from the spirit and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002 Memorial Day address: "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
On January 19, 1999 Senator Inouye introduced bill S 189 to the Senate which proposes to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th instead of "the last Monday in May". On April 19, 1999 Representative Gibbons introduced the bill to the House (H.R. 1474). The bills were referred the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Reform.

     To date, there has been no further developments on the bill. Please write your Representative and your Senators, urging them to support these bills. 

     
      Visit our Help Restore the Traditional Day of Observance page for more information on this issue, and for more ways you can help.

Monday 28 May 12 - Memorial Day

A couple of reminders for today....

27 May Memorial day wekend

26 May 201 - Veterans in particular

Need anything else be said?

25 May 12 - Memorial day weekend

Enough said.

24 May 2012 - Feeling good

Had another bad night.  Swapped out the apnea masks. Finally got to go sleep around 2:30 AM.  Multiple movements  prior falling asleep.  Woke up at 6:30 AM feeling like I could take on the world and several hours later still feel it.  Ran the weed eater and then mowed the yards.  Wooo Hooo ... Don't feel too bad.  Small amount of muscle strain in the right arm from using the weed eater.  Had trouble, once again, trying to start the dumb thing but left it alone for 10 minutes went back and pulled the starter cord and away she went!!!!   Arrrggghhhh

Other than that feelin goooooood.

Took a shower, scrubbed the commode out ('bout 7 times a week I have to do this).. for the obvious reasons.  Even got on my hands and knees and scrubbed around the commode and the surrounding floors.  Did dishes, emptied the trash... now to sit down and have a coke.  Would luv to have a jack and coke but heck it is not even noon yet.  Nice day outside for sure.

Maybe I will add to this post later.

By the way have you ever been to:   http://www.postsecret.com/

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If you have never been to this site I highly suggest reviewing it.

Netflix movie should be in the mailbox this PM.  This on is called Contagion.  See it at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/

Wed-23 May 12

Had trouble last night  did not sleep well at all.  Slept without the apnea mask because I was having way too much leakage and just did not want to deal with it anymore - this was about 1230 at night..  Last bathroom time was about midnight.  Today has been kinda rough, been to the bathroom approximately one every hour and fifteen minutes.  But did get some yard work in.

AND watched or rather re-watched Underworld - Rise of the Lycans prior to watching the latest one; Awakening.  A couple of times the thought crossed my mind that I wished they had produced one that covered the intervening 12 years that were missing.  Still like it and since they left it open ended I eagerly await the next one.  If I'm still around.

Storyline Underworld Awakening for IMDB

Mankind discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan species and they begin a war to annihilate the races. When Selene meets with Michael in the harbor, they are hit by a grenade and Selene passes out. Twelve years later, Selene awakes from a cryogenic sleep in the Antigen laboratory and meets the Vampire Thomas. She learns that she had been the subject of the scientist Dr. Jacob Lane and the Vampire and Lycan species have been practically eradicated from Earth. But Selene is still connected to Michael and has visions that she believes that belongs to Michael's sight. However she has a surprise and finds that she has a powerful daughter named Eve that has been raised in the laboratory. Now Selene and Thomas have to protect Eve against the Lycans that intend to use her to inoculate their species against silver.

Normal? - 22 May 12

Very excited this AM.  What everyone else takes for granted when it happens to me I become ecstatic.  I had a normal looking bowel movement this morning.  Mind you the size was smaller than normal but for all intents and purposes IT WAS NORMAL LOOKING ! ! ! ! ! !

Watched the movie Abduction.  It was just a little below OK.  The kid can't act worth a darn but he does have a nice body and that's probably why ( along with the Twilight series popularity) he got this role.

Abduction(2011)

Storyline from IMDB.

     Nathan (Taylor Lautner ), a teen, along with his friend, Karen (Lily Collins) finds a website that has photos of children who are missing or believed to have been abducted. They decide to age one of the photos and discover that is of Nathan as a child. He contacts the person who placed the photo to find out what's going on. The person on the other end only wants to know info about Nathan so Nathan hangs up. The person then contacts someone in Europe and shows him a photo of the one who called. He then heads for the U.S. Nathan then wonders is it true, was he abducted. He tells his "mom" who then tells him she and his "father" will tell him. But before they can, two men claiming to be cops show up wanting to talk to Nathan, and when he isn't found they pull guns and demand Nathan be given to them. His parents fight them but are killed. Nathan runs but remembers that he asked Karen to come over...

Thought you might like to know and understand the why of it....

Another movie - Post #3 for today - Exiled

Started to vacuum the family room so turned on Netflix and started to watch a movie entitled Exiled.  Talk about a real shoot 'em up.  Blood spray well done.
Had to stop running the vacuum and sit down and watch it.   50 times better than Apollo 18, even with  the english captioning. 


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From IMDB . . . . . . Exiled (2006)
Storyline:   The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. For the jaded hit men, they wonder where this journey will end. Against this backdrop come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost.

Apollo 18 - post # 2 for the day

Watched Apollo 18 this morning.  3 things.

1. - I'm sorry I bought the Blu-ray edition,  
2. - I'm sorry I bought it at all, 
3. - I fell asleep watching it.

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IMDB synopsis
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.

In December, 1973, the crew of the previously-cancelled Apollo 18 mission is informed that the mission is a go, though it has now been deemed a top secret Department of Defense mission. Commander Nathan Walker (Lloyd Owen), Lieutenant Colonel John Grey (Ryan Robbins) and Captain Benjamin Anderson (Warren Christie) are launched towards the Moon to place detectors to alert the United States of any impending ICBM attacks from the USSR.

Grey remains in orbit aboard the Freedom Command/Service module while Walker and Anderson land on the moon in the lunar module Liberty. While planting one of the detectors, the pair take samples of moon rocks. While attempting to sleep, the pair hear noises outside and a camera captures a small rock moving nearby. Houston (Andrew Airlie's voice) claims the noises are interference from the ICBM detectors. Anderson finds a rock sample on the floor of Liberty despite having secured the samples. During further exploration they discover footprints that lead them to a Soviet LK lander nearby, finding it functional but blood-stained. Anderson follows tracks leading into a dark crater and finds a dead cosmonaut. Walker queries Houston about the Soviet presence but is told only to continue with the mission.

run for the wall -21 May 12

Had a nice weekend... was lazy and did not do too much.

The run for the wall is happening again and with that in mind......

Last night was not the best of nights.  Woke up at whatever time and had a "midnight" snack of a glass of milk and 2 sandwiches.   Comes 3 AM and my butt hole hurts and I'm ferociously passing gas ferociously.  Only one thing to do so I went to the bathroom.  Was in there for at least 1/2 hour.  When done kinda hurt.  Just the lucky life I live I guess.

Stray thought..... Sometimes I laugh so hard tears run down my leg.

Movie-Friday #2

Just finished watching Colombiana.  What a cool little revenge flick.  Zoe Saldana makes skinny sexy...  She was good.

Friday and Breakfast and a movie

As a side note having nothing to do with today.  After a couple of hours messing with the blogs'  layout yesterday, I figured out how to have music play while someone is reading this drivel.  Emotional high spot ! !
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Unusual for me but I cooked, for lack of a better description, breakfast this morning.  Make a 3 egg, ham and cheese, omelet.  Along with the eggs I had buttered toast and orange juice.  Seriously breakfast, most of the time, is cereal, cream of wheat, oatmeal, and sometimes chicken noodle soup.  So again this was unusual for me to do.
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    Did the dishes and then watched a movie called "The Darkest Hour".  Description taken from IMDB:

Storyline

The American software designers Sean and Ben travel to Moscow to sell their software to investors. However, their Swedish partner Skyler pulls a fast one on Sean and Ben, and they are out of the business. They go to a nightclub, where they meet the Americans Natalie and Anne and they flirt with the girls and see Skyler in the club. Out of the blue, the population is surprised by lights, which they mistake for natural phenomena. But soon, they learn that the lights are aliens invading Earth and using power supply to annihilate mankind. Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne and Skyler hide in the kitchen and when they leave the place, they seek out survivors on the street. Are they the last people on Earth?

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Not a bad little sci-fi movie.  Well, at least, I liked it.

As an added bonus this morning's constitutional was about 90% normal another unusual occurrence.  I would post pictures but even I'm not that gross.  Makes me feel almost normal.

Maybe more later.

Weight chart & My therapist

Took my therapist in for his 8 week grooming appointment.  He came out looking like the cutie he is.! ! ! !

Here is the most recent weight chart but what I don't understand is why I did not lose more weight because of the last few kinda miserable days.  Oh well.

Intimate bathroom time

One of those "things" I've dreaded happening to me happened tonight at 10:15 or so  and that was I shit myself.  I have/had drunk a lot of water today that contained crystal light - must have been all the sugar, and that might have been why my system was not able to handle it.  (Although, drinking Mexican coke with real sugar does not have that kind of affect one me.)  I was/have been going to the bathroom once an hour for a least 7 hours with it being basically colored water and minimal particulate matter.  Enough so that my hemorrhoid decided to pop out and started to bleed again.
    Anyway went to bed at around 9:30, after the sleeping pill started to kick in, so was not able to finish watching the season ending episode of NCIS: LA.   At 1015 the pressure at the butt hole had increased enough to wake me up.

      I hurriedly slipped off the apnea mask and started walking to the bathroom but it started leaking out of me about 3/4 of the; thankfully nothing leaked onto the carpet.  I was able to contain it by grabbing the boxer shorts legs to keep it off the carpeting but by the time I hit the tile in the bathroom it could not be staved off.  Needless to say the bathroom floor, the exterior of the commode, my rear, my legs, and the commode interior got coated with excrement.  Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting

Now its 1130 PM I've had a shower, the commode has thoroughly been cleaned, along with the tiled floor in the bathroom.

This is the first time since leaving the hospital in August 2010 that this has happened.  At least the humiliation was contained to the house.  Wife does not even know about it yet.  Will probably tell her in the morning.

   So now here sitting and drinking a mexican coke and thinking about getting something to eat.  Edit:  Ended up making 2 ham sandwiches.

How crazy is my F'd up life.  At least if I would have had cancer I would have totally recovered or totally died not this piss ant lingering life I now lead.   AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! !  !!

edited on 17 May to add a couple of words

15th of May- - Tuesday - Grass

Short note maybe more later.  forgot to weigh myself this AM.  Now it is 1015 hrs.  had 3 bowel movements this morning.  Almost made me not do anything but since no pain no problem.

East side of the house, the side with the 3 Blue Spruce trees I planted grass seed in the bare spots.  So got to wait another 3 weeks to see if this seeding takes root.  So to speak. 
Using this
will hopefullybe become this


Not much was accomplished with the cancer/blood doc yesterday.  Am going to restart the liquid iron into my system then 6 weeks go back and be tested.  If iron levels are OK they are OK an nothing more to be done.  If not OK then the decision to either infuse or infuse with the bone marrow testing.  Am probably wrong but I don't think this doctor believes my iron levels are low because the short intestine.  I think his specialty blood cancers are overshadowing the short bowel syndrome. We will see.

Monday the 14th

Friday was a bugger but I ended up having a great weekend.  Saturday went out shopping with the wife.  Went to Target, ostensibly to buy a double walled drink container and ended up buying a sweat shirt, pair of shorts, Tank top, and a new jacket.  All were on sale and all I had to do was for everything we bought I would get rid a like one.  In other words,  for the new pair of shorts I would get rid of an old crappy pair.  No problem.

Sunday did the yards - weed whacked and mowed.  Did not hurt too much.  Must mean I'm re-building some muscle....I hope.

Picked up 3 DVDs tday.  1-Underworld:  Awakening
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Have a blood doctor's appointment today.  My problem:  With aplastic anemia, the bone marrow doesn't make red blood cells.  Reason for that is  I don't absorb enough of whatever because only 6 ft. of intestine.  Malnourishment.   So wonder if he is going to talk infusion or bone marrow testing.  Don't know but I am leaning towards an infusion.



Extra info - -

The two bone marrow tests are aspiration (as-pih-RA-shun) and biopsy.

Bone marrow aspiration usually is done first. For this test, your doctor removes a small sample of fluid bone marrow through a needle. He or she may have some idea of what the problem is, and the sample gives him or her useful information about the cells in the marrow.
A bone marrow biopsy is the followup test. It's done to provide more information about your cells. Also, a biopsy is done if your doctor wants to examine the bone marrow structure itself. For this test, your doctor uses a needle to remove a sample of bone marrow tissue.

Let us just hope neither is required but as I said just do an infusion ! ! ! !

Friday.. In some pain

What a beautiful day; unfortunately I am not enjoying it very much.  In a lot of pain due diarrhea all last night and today. Even prep h is not helping and the one hemorrhoid is the size of my thumb.  Lordy Lordy but I do hurt.  Honestly 'tis my fault.  Sometime early last night, I think around midnight, I got up and had two bowls of cereal as the night time munchies.  Super mistake.

Coumadin level was a 2.9, so so but I don't have to go back and get it checked until the 31st of the month.  Getting better.

After the wife came home yesterday we went to Walgreens to pick up some drugs, Pet smart for doggie treats and dog food, and finally to Sam's Club.  Picked up some AA batteries, 2 big bags of mulch, and another hose reel like the  one I bought a week or so ago.  While we were there we spent an additional $4.60 for 3 Nathan's hot dogs and 2 large sodas.  A sumptuous feast in my book  ! !  !

Nice lady

Should have done this a week ago! ! !   Wife works at a rehabilitation center and was in a conversation with either the head cook or one of them.  Wife was talking about what I am not able to eat, things like raw vegetables, which leaves out salads (whoever thought I would be the one to say I miss salads) which my system cannot process among other items.  Mind you I can eat anything I want but I pay for it by not being digested and passing straight through my system.

Wife goes in to work the next day and the lady brings her 5 huge Ziploc bags filled with different kinds of pasta salads.  I swear there must have been 10 to 12 pounds of food there.  Tuna pasta salad, pasta salad with grapes and pineapple, pasta salad with different kinds of cheese and I forget the other two.

Wife asked her how much it cost and the lady got offended ! ! !   I guess she loves to cook, and believe me, it was reflected in all food she made.  Lip smakin goot ! ! ! Except there was no broccoli (horrid . . horrid .. vegetable) which I guess tyhe wife told here I disliked with a passion.

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Hard to believe there a folks like that left in this world.  Yea sure everyone you talk to say they are that type of person but it is nothing more than the mouth moving and no truth behind it.  Anyway what a wonderful and kind lady. 

From what I have been given to understand she will just decide to make something and she ends up making a  lot of it and her neighbors become the recipients.  Damn sure will never turn down any type of food she gives me.  grin

thursday-coumadin appt.

Gotta get my blood checked today.  Curious to what the coumadin level will be.  Have been fighting to get it back down to 2.5.
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Know it sounds infantile but I love..LOVE.. I say..... my 2001 FLSTS .  Just hope I can get my body back into a condition I can start riding again.  Even though the Doctor's (all of them) say it is an extremely bad idea to start riding again.  Kills me beyond belief...

Being cleaned up after a trip.
As an aside, means nothing to anyone unless you are an Heritage Springer Owners Association  (HSOA) member, as I am, and this ring brought up in a discussion.  


Check this website out.  What a cool ring.

http://www.kinektdesign.com/

Be really cool to have an HSOA ring based on the first image.

And she got fired ! !

The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.

April 30, 2012, 10:24 pm

By Naomi Schaefer Riley

You’ll have to forgive the lateness but I just got around to reading The Chronicle’s recent piece on the young guns of black studies. If ever there were a case for eliminating the discipline, the sidebar explaining some of the dissertations being offered by the best and the brightest of black-studies graduate students has made it. What a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap. The best that can be said of these topics is that they’re so irrelevant no one will ever look at them.
That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be Easeful’: Black Women’s Authoritative Knowledge on Childbirth.” It began because she “noticed that nonwhite women’s experiences were largely absent from natural-birth literature, which led me to look into historical black midwifery.” How could we overlook the nonwhite experience in “natural birth literature,” whatever the heck that is? It’s scandalous and clearly a sign that racism is alive and well in America, not to mention academia.
Then there is Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of “Race for Profit: Black Housing and the Urban Crisis of the 1970s.” Ms. Taylor believes there was apparently some kind of conspiracy in the federal government’s promotion of single family homes in black neighborhoods after the unrest of the 1960s. Single family homes! The audacity! But Ms. Taylor sees that her issue is still relevant today. (Not much of a surprise since the entirety of black studies today seems to rest on the premise that nothing much has changed in this country in the past half century when it comes to race. Shhhh. Don’t tell them about the black president!) She explains that “The subprime lending crisis, if it did nothing else, highlighted the profitability of racism in the housing market.” The subprime lending crisis was about the profitability of racism? Those millions of white people who went into foreclosure were just collateral damage, I guess.
But topping the list in terms of sheer political partisanship and liberal hackery is La TaSha B. Levy. According to the Chronicle, “Ms. Levy is interested in examining the long tradition of black Republicanism, especially the rightward ideological shift it took in the 1980s after the election of Ronald Reagan. Ms. Levy’s dissertation argues that conservatives like Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, John McWhorter, and others have ‘played one of the most-significant roles in the assault on the civil-rights legacy that benefited them.’” The assault on civil rights? Because they don’t favor affirmative action they are assaulting civil rights? Because they believe there are some fundamental problems in black culture that cannot be blamed on white people they are assaulting civil rights?
Seriously, folks, there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community from high incarceration rates to low graduation rates to high out-of-wedlock birth rates. But it’s clear that they’re not happening in black-studies departments. If these young scholars are the future of the discipline, I think they can just as well leave their calendars at 1963 and let some legitimate scholars find solutions to the problems of blacks in America. Solutions that don’t begin and end with blame the white man.

And their response.. To see Chronicle editors’ final response to the above post, please read “A Note to Readers.”
AND yes I blatantly stole this story and when they (whomever they are) yell at me I will remove it.

QUESTION::::::  Shouldn't everyone have the right to view or read all viewpoints and that was all it was just a viewpoint.  So now they pushed me over the edge and I won't be so open minded on this subject any more... so there.

BTW..She is married to a black man.  Damn but she sure is prejudiced..

Friday... 4 May 12

Guess I went a little overboard yesterday on my venting.  Let myself get a little angry.  oh well.

Have a doctor's appointment today.  My primary.  Now who is she again?  Been so long since I've had to see her, been at least a year, well maybe not that long but almost.  Heck, while in the hospital for a week in December, I never even heard from her.  Good system or is it just very few Doctor's want to come to New Mexico.  Guess they can't make the shekels here...

BTW:

shitz

Just another way of saying shit, (noun) without it looking so bad, used to express anger or frustration or confusion or excitement etc...

 

 

Trust issues..

Hit another high regarding weight today.  140 pounds even....  dang ! ! Thats' 15 lbs in a month.  WoW . . . . .

Let me tell you a little story about trust.  If you, by chance, have read any of my previous postings, you will remember the ones about ************************************************************

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SB has become everything he, and I still do, ever hated growing up and that is  fanatical over the top christianism.  So every time he txt messages me I get biblical quotes and every time he calls and leaves me a message it is a sermon.  I just don't need or want my life complicated with or by fanatical pseudo christian fanatics.

Ok the point of this story is I get a txt message out of the blue (May 2nd) from my HS saying, and I quote:
....... ""Hope u were not offended I gave SB your number... He is like how SS was with me.  he just wants a relationship with his brother... I remember you saying you had respect for him.. OK.  Have a good day."" end quote.

Wonder where that came from or what drove her to text me that message... Oh yeah I remember, asked my SS to not say anything.  Gee talk about trust.......

Maybe she should look in the damn mirror and start to truly re-evaluate her own damn life and not try to complicate others. It is just one txt msg or voice message away from locking them all out again. Maybe HS would want me to say something to the supposed molester so that they can work things out. Doesn't she have an understanding of what trust is all about... DAMN DAMN...
I have been super successful over the years in staying out of the family drama and but as soon as I open myself up a little bit look what happens.....

Forewarned is forearmed

Saw an odd little movie called Shadowboxer.  It is a thriller saturated in sex and violence, is an extravagance that leaves you with your mouth hanging open — partly in admiration of its audacity and partly in disbelief at its craziness.  Playing one of the most unlikely couples in screen history, Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jr. are Rose and Mikey, contract killers and lovers living in Philadelphia who happen to be stepmother and stepson.


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30 Apr 12

My weight is climbing am 137 now.  Really odd in that I am starting to put the weight on.  Makes me feel good but am waiting for something bad to happen.  For every step in a forward direction I end up taking 2 backwards.

 Was a nice weekend.  Did yard work and physically did not hurt too bad.  Grass is starting to show in those places I had replanted.  Threw the ball with the doggie... I don't know who has more fun the dog or myself.  Weather is starting to become really nice.  Just warm enough. 

Still have not had a beer.. been since 09 July 2010 since I've had any and am so looking forward to my first one ! ! ! ! ! !

Talked with my brother-in-law Saturday for over an hour.  I goofed up once and said something along the lines of "you guys" but I don't know if he caught it or not.  The wife did.  It is coming up on a year since my sister died and I really do miss her and you could not ask for a better man than Glenn.

Bought a hose cart from Sam's club on Friday.  Long story short was not all there and had to take it back and get another one.  Ends up took about 1/2 hour to assemble it but it really helps clean up the look on the west side of the house.

donuts...

Daughter's and brothers b'day

Today, the 23rd of April is my daughter's birthday and coincidentally my brother's also.  Did the facebook b'day wishes plus got them cards also.

Took the wife's car to Jiffy Lube and then had it washed and detailed.  Looks like a new car.

Filling out the paperwork to claim property, of some sort, being held by the state of Ohio in my mother's name. She died in December  1982.  Sent the info to my brother but he did not want to, or even care to see what it was so I decided to do the paperwork and see what happens.  Am curious what
"OTHER INT PROP IN SAFEKEEPING".  Is it just paperwork that was in a safety deposit box?  Don't think it is any sort of money or it would have be defined by the State of Ohio's unclaimed stuff web page info.

Oh well.  tomorrow is my birthdayand maybe we will go to Sam's club for the hot dogs.

Stupid blogger programmers

These stupid assed smucks changed the way this blog looks and how it works.  Didn't they ever hear of the KISS principle?  Keep It Simple Stupid................ sheesh.... now to figure out to get it back to what I can understand.

Well I found out how to revert to the old interface and did.  Now to see how long it will last like that before more forced changes occur.

Had a really bad night last night.  Up at midnight snacking and that was really the wrong thing to do.  Had to go to the bathroom once every hour.  Ass started to hurt, could not get any sleep, and stomach just gurgling beyond belief...Am so tired today.  had just a small glass of milk and some toast for breakfast.  Hopefully will not have to go to the bathroom to often.

Taxes 18 Apr 12

Nothing to really report or gossip or talk about.  Tried to do more research on Short Bowel/Gut syndrome.  Found another website but nothing dedicated to us short bowel folks.  What is it?  Are we so few in number that no time or effort is being expended on our behalf?  Oh well.

Weighed 133.8 this morning so it has been 6 days in a row that I have weighed over 130 pounds.  Pretty cool even if I do say so myself. 

Slept a full 8 hours last night.  Yep that means I never had to get up and go to the bathroom  !!  !!  What a pleasurable experience.!.!.!

Had 4 pieces of toast for breakfast with Nutella on them.  Thought I would keep it light this morning.

Wife bought it the other day and I have not had it in over 50 years and had literally forgotten on how good it tasted.  Lip smacking good.

Also first time in over 25 years we are getting tax money back from the feds.  Weird feeling to get instead of giving.  Still had to pay the state though.

Saw where the Secret Service is going to investigate Ted Nugent... they should go back to more partying instead of investigating something or someone so stupid.  Who really gives a rat's rectum about Obama or Nugent for that matter.  Sheesh.

Yesterday I was able to run the weed whacker around the yard and then fertilize it.  Wore me out.  Got to try and build up my stamina and regain some muscle.  The last round in the hospital just knocked me for a loop.

Weight 13 April 2012 - edited to take meaness out..

Finally hit the 130 lb mark.  131.8 to be exact.  Must be those midnight ham sandwiches.  Kinda odd though because I have been not sleeping well because of getting up to go to the bathroom.  Must be those midnight snacks... grin

Of noteworthy note.  Sister has not called me in a few weeks.  .........................................  Sure is odd.  Leads .......................................  Mean of me to say ............................

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Too mean on my part?  probably but is the truth.

Was gonna try and work in the yard today but is chilly to me so going to stay inside.

Coumadin level was 3.8 yesterday.  Made another adjustment to the meds.  see what happens in 2 weeks.

Bad night - snow today

Had a horrible night had to go to the bathroom 4 times and it was nothing but colored water.  Lost over 2 pounds of weight.  Sucks and I am not at all hungry this morning.

Snow ed this AM and as of this writing at 9:55 is still snowing.

2 April 2012

Why oh why did I not listen to those that told me "Twilight Saga:   Breaking Dawn: Part 1" was so bad. Truly 1 hour and 57 minutes wasted... UGH.

Sunday I weighed over 130 lbs.  130.8 to be exact.  Then I don't know what happened but my body rejected me and overnight I lost almost 2 pounds.  Primarily water... darn... darn.

Sunday we watched Bing and Hope in The Road to Bali.  Never used to find that simplistic of a movie to be funny but it is/was.  Found myself laughing out loud a couple of times.

Still trying to figure out what my sister's angle was or is.  Was so successful in staying out of the family drama for so many years to get embroiled back in it.  Not gonna do it .... not gonna do it.