Prayer Request

Hey guys! I would like to ask for you to pray for Justin. As some of you know, he has Crohns disease. His first doctor didn't do so well getting a handle on his complications and Justin asked to be referred to a doctor at Vanderbilt. He had his first visit and found out that the first doctor had his meds all wrong. To a point that he would never get better if he continued to stay on that route. The new doctor has adjusted all his meds and added a few new ones to help keep the chance of colon cancer low. He is now up to 17 pills a day. One major issue he had was that the first Dr. had him on too low of a dose of 6MP (a chemo pill) and had paired it with a very strong steroid. It should have taken 3 months for his body to acclimate. But since he didn't have enough of the drug in his body it wasn't doing anything and now he has three more months until his body accepts the correct dosage. Unfortunately, the steroid that the 6MP is paired with causes osteoporosis. He has to go for a bone density test this coming week. If the steroid is causing issues with his bones, he will have to be taken off of it. This steroid is what is keeping him strong enough to handle the chemo pill. If he has to come off the steroid, the next three months is going to be very rough on him. He has lost over 100 pounds in the last 18 months due in large part to this disease and was hospitalized once. I am afraid that he will again end up in the hospital if he is taken off the steroid. Please pray that his bone density is fine so that he may continue on this steroid. You can also pray that his Crohns goes away altogether. I'm sure he wouldn't mind that answered pray!

I think Justin reads this from time to time and may be a bit upset that I have shared so much. If so, I am sorry, but it never hurts to have the Big Guy on your side, Popi!

Shhhh....

FYI: Lil's birthday is tomorrow, August 13, 2008.




Don't hate me!

Connersville Asian

There is a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's next to WalMart. I HIGHLY recommend it. The food was awesome. The take out carton is reusable. The Crab Rangoon is amazing. It was reasonably priced. They will soon have Sushi. And the most important #1 reason to purchase from them....EXCELLENT customer service. They were so nice and able to answer my questions. And I didn't have to wait for them to quit talking on their cell phone to take my order. (Unlike the buffet in town - who has HORRIBLE service. They wait until they are done talking on their phone to take your order. They charge you for a drink, even if you have take out and don't offer take out cups. And they will reach over your plate while you are eating to get your empty plate. Their customer service is disgusting.) I have found my new Chinese take out home!! I hope everyone has a great visit there. It would be nice to keep a nicely ran restaurant in town.

BTW:

I'm a sappy girl. I'm watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics and I'm crying like a baby!!!!

Shopping for something special

My girlfriends and I have this little club. We meet at least once a month during the summer. During Colts season, we meet every Sunday. We talk about love, life, kids, parents, siblings. We laugh about everything. We remind each other why we're friends. We remind each other not to do that silly thing we did last week ever again. We are shoulders to cry on. We are ears to complain to. We are all best friends. I am so blessed to have these very special girls in my life. We are all God loving women who have suffered loss in the love department. We call ourselves The First Wives Club. But we also love my little sister and had to let her in, even though she didn't fit the first rule of FWC. That's how much we love her. We made a new rule just to Emily could hang out with us. The new name became The First Wives Club Living Vicariously Through Emily. Or FWCLVTE for short! ha Now don't get me wrong. We talk on the phone or text daily and see each other many times through out the week. But when we get a call or a text that says FWC meeting. We jump. We rearrange schedules. We make plans for the kids to go to grandma's. (Or we put the kids in their pens, in my case!) We have all started dating in some form. All except Tracey. She won't for a while and we all respect that. That doesn't keep us from giving her eye candy too look at from time to time. So that brings me to me. I'm shopping. Not really actively. But I need a list so that I know what I'm looking for. That way when it comes along, I'll know it's there. I have two plans. Maybe one day I will share my plan A. Here is my plan B. My shopping list.

What I Want in a MAN
He will be a Jesus lover and should attend church or willing to go to church with me.
Is is a MAN. Not a boy wearing man pants.
He will love music/live music/concerts. (Playing or singing is a plus)
He will have a stable lifestyle and will be able to support himself.
He wants kids.
He will be professional minded and a hard worker. (That doesn't mean white collar, just takes work seriously.)
He should be tall.
He will enjoy the outdoors or be athletic.
He loves his family and is open to loving mine.
He loves family events.
He will be passionate about something.
He likes nice things. (He keeps his personal items nice.)
He will love animals.
He loves his friends and is open to my friends.

Now I know what you're thinking. I'm thinking it too....I'M GOING TO BE SINGLE FOREVER! ha

So there you go. I know there are a lot of little bitties who read my page. You have my shopping list. Go find him! =)

Cute little lizards

Hey guys! Just want to let everyone know that I have three lizards to get rid of. Chris is finally coming to get his HUGE aquarium and he doesn't want the lizards anymore. I hate to just let them go in the back yard. They are not native to Indiana and would probably freeze to death if they made it to winter. I feel that's just cruel and won't allow him to do that. I'm a firm believer that if you purchase an animal you are responsible for its well being until it passes on its own.

For this reason I am offering 3 lizards for free to a good home. I have 2 Green Anoles (like the ones in New Orleans) and one Gecko. You can have all three or just one. If you have only a small tank to keep the in, I would suggest only taking one. Lizards like to have their own space and females should be allowed to be able to hide from males. The Anoles are male and female. The Gecko is a male. I feed them a dozen crickets each week at the cost of $1.79 and keep crushed up dog food in a small bowl for them to eat as well. They are extremely low maintenance. I don't have a tank to give away with them, but a small fish tank with sand in the bottom and fake greenery for them to sleep in and climb on is all you need. A small water bowl and a small food bowl is needed for feeding. I would fill the water bowl up once a week. Through out the week take a spray bottle with clean, fresh water in it and mist the leaves and sides of the tank to water them. (They won't actually drink from the bowl, they drink it off the leaves. The bowl is to help with the humidity.) In the colder months you may need a small heating blanket set to low to place under the tank to keep the sand warm.

If you are interested in the lizards, or know someone who is, please let me know. I would love to see them go to a good home! (BTW: You can pick them up and hold them but they DO NOT like it. These would be lizards for looking at only, as they will shed their tales if they feel threatened!)

Today's a good day

Today was better. I think it started last night. I stopped being hard on myself and pulled myself off the couch. The evenings started and ended at Julie's boyfriends house. There was a poker run yesterday that ended at his house. They had a band and a blue million people were there. It was a good time. After a few hours of hanging out with good friends, I headed home. I had an important decision to make that night - Where to go to church in the morning. I kinda chuckled at this issue. 2 months ago I wouldn't have had this issue because I would have blown off both mom and dad for church and just slept in. (Since I've been back from N.O.L.A., I think I've only missed church once, not including the Sunday after we arrived back.) So mom has been asking me to go to church with her for a while. She has started going back to the church I grew up in. They have a new preacher and mom feels he's the cat's meow. She has been asking me for weeks to go with her and I decided I would go with her this morning. (We haven't hung out all that much lately. We've both been on each other's nerves and had to take a break from each other for a bit. That happens when you turn into your mother. Or better yet, that happens when I turn into MY mother. You just have to meet her.) So dad started calling me to make sure that I was up and going to make it for FFC. He really wants to make sure that we answer on the first ring, but I just can't do it. First of all - I'm a solid sleeper. That and I dream like crazy. So in the morning, if I'm not ready to wake up, I add the noises in my room to my dreams and just keep sleeping. Alarm clocks blaring, phones ringing, dogs begging for a potty break...they end up in my dreams as cars backing up, juke boxes playing, dogs begging for a potty break. You see where I'm going with this. So I think dad calls 3 times before I answer to let him know I'm going with mom. He's fine with it, no biggie as long as I'm going to church. I knew he'd be fine with it. Good news, going with mom gave me an extra hour of sleep. SWEET! Mom calls about 45 minutes later and I'm already awake. Not up, just awake. Shadow, my 40 pound Border Collie, was laying on my back trying to get me to scratch her belly. She's the best! Getting to the point...I went to church with mom. The message wasn't that bad but the music was really bad. Really bad. They were hiring a new music/youth pastor today. The members of the church gathered after church to make the final vote. I found out that I was still a member of the church. I didn't stick around to vote, but found it amusing that I was still a member, but that's another story. I don't think I'll be going back to this church for a bit. It was nice to see other styles, but I didn't feel ready to serve and uplifted when I left. I think that had to do A LOT with the music, because the message wasn't too bad.
All in all, it was a good day. I did hear from the offender. But, that too, is another story. Hope everyone is doing great!