OH No She Did-N'T!!

WARNING: Do not drink anything while watching this video!

I Hate Waiting!!

Friday was my biopsy and now I am waiting for the results to come in. I hate waiting! The biopsy itself wasn't bad. I do think though that Valium appears to have not have the desire effect with me. I felt no calmer after taking the medication then I did beforehand.

The nurses at the St. Agnes Breast Clinic were all very nice. This is the same hospital where I had my abdominal myomectomy last year, so I was comfortable going back there. The nurse that was with me asked me all these questions to make sure I knew what was going to happen and what I was to expect. Then the surgeon came in and talked to me before she started the procedure. I was nervous as all hell. Strange too, this procedure was so much less stressful on the body then my surgery last year, yet I wasn't really nervous at all like I was on Friday. Guess it's because the stakes are higher this time, yet had something gone wrong or if the fibroids were worse then anticipated the option of children being permanently removed would have been devastating to me.

Anyhoo, I didn't feel much except the needle going in to numb the area and then the pressure each time the doctor put the needle/gun back in to take another sample. The first sample she took - I nearly jumped off the table. No, not from pain, but I certainly gave the doctor and the nurses a scare! The nurse had warned me before hand that biopsy needle makes a clicking sound, I just didn't realize how loud of a sound it was. So she takes the first sample and I flinch on the table and suddenly I have 3 pairs of huge saucers eyes on me and all three of them asking me at once, "OMG did you feel that? You shouldn't have felt that! She numbed you up good!" If I wasn't wound so tight and if the Valium had worked the way I suspect it's suppose to work, I probably would have laughed at that point.

"No, I didn't feel any pain, a little pressure maybe. The noise just startled me." You could see all three of them exhaling at once! Like I said, I can certainly see the humor now, but Friday - yeah, not so much.

Then the nurse that was holding the sonogram wand, who was also the nurse that saw me take my 2nd Valium pill, pats my arm and says, "Oh Sweety, I guess that Valium hasn't kicked in yet has it?" Gee, Yeah think! "Well, you'll be feeling really good this afternoon then!" That 'real good feeling' never did seem to kick in on Friday.

After that first jump, the doctor let me know each time she was getting ready to pull the trigger. I don't think she wanted me jumping anymore either. Afterwards, they took some mammogram pictures to make sure the markers that were inserted, so that people know in looking at future mammograms that these two lumps have been biopsied already, the machine broke! I didn't get out there till about 2pm and I was starving. I hadn't eaten since about 7PM the night before! Not that I couldn't eat, I was just too nervous to eat, but at this point I would have eat a whole cow myself!

My sister took me out to lunch and she would have taken me anywhere else I needed or wanted to go, but I needed to keep ice on my boob for the next 5 hours and that would be a little difficult if I was out and about. Lucky for my I have several ice packs in my freezer. With my migraines, I need to make sure I can pull out a cold one when the one I'm using is no longer cold. So, home for the night I was.

Luckily, I did have a little pick-me-up just before going in! On Thursday, my 2nd Secret Pal package was delivered and what a package it was!! First off, the box was just too cute! I may try to reuse it. It's a share we don't have cute shipping boxes like that here in the states. I opened the box and I was instantly enveloped in the wonderful aroma of coffee! My pal send my some Espresso coffee from Finland! I find had a cup this morning and it was DE-Lish!! Yummy!! Next up was some organic espresso chocolate and some jelly candies from Finland as well. Haven't tried the chocolate yet, but the other candies are yummy! There was also two bars of handmade soap that smell yummy, and a pamphlet of Finnish to English translations of some knitting terms that my come in very handy for me since I have several shawls I'd love to make that need to be translated from Finnish to English before I can do anything! AND!!!! She send my Wollmeise yarn - not 1 BUT 2 skeins!! I've never knit with this yarn, but I have heard good things about it and boy is it soft!!! Two skeins of Wollmeise - Twin. This is one of the best perks of International swaps, getting yarns that I can't easy get in my area!! I have no idea what the colorways are because the label has it listed as "We're Different", but but when I check that colorway on Ravelry there are lots of variations for it. I think this happens to be We're Different - Aquarius:
one is a beautiful deep aquamarine/teal and the other is turquoise and green. GORGEOUS!! My pal has certainly taken the time to learn my color likes!! I'll try to get a nice outside picture of the skeins to really show off the colors! These skeins are a generous 510 yards each!! I am defiantely making a shawl with the more aquamarineish one. It's just too beautiful a color to hide under pants and inside shoes!

I'm so excited about this yarn that I would love to wind it up and cast on right now, but I have way to many UFOs flying around my house and I have to finish test knitting a pattern for Fresh from the Cauldron's - Oz Club, which I so regret not signing up for, but money was tight and too many house emergencies were happening for me to risk spreading my finances too thin. Besides, I have to find a shawl pattern!!



Thank you Secret Pal!! I love my 2nd package!! And it was just the little pick me up I needed before this weekend!

I Found Big Bird!!

Srsly??

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Christmas with Achmed

Blame it on My Niece!

*LAUGH*

My Last Will and Testament

Found these off of Shelly's blog Barely Contained.

	I, Pheelya, being of sound mind, hereby bequeath my entire estate to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I do this because I support their goal of banning people from taking diet pills. My only regret in this life was that I didn't punch more people in the face.
'What will your Last Will and Testament say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

How funny is that!

Here's another one I found on her blog.

You have a sexual hidden talent You have a sexual hidden talent. You might not look it but you are a dynamo in bed. Most of your lovers think that it is from years of practice, but really, you were just born with it. Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

*LAUGH* I guess a hidden sexual talent is better than no talent at all. *and no, I'm not telling you all my talent, that my secret to figue out first!*giggle*

Listen to the squirrel

I don't know how many of you know of iLL Will PreSS, but they put out some of the funniest cartoon videos. Warning: Explicit Language is used!

Anyhoo, the cartoons are really random in topic, but they usually are created to make fun *or maybe open up people the real reality* of occurance or events of today. The newest one happens to be about television.

You can see it here.

Can you do as the squirrel suggests and turn off your TV for a month??

Kids say the darndest things!

OK, here is a story that I just couldn't pass up on sharing. I am an elementary library media specialist and at this level you learn to realize that kids get so excited about knowing an answer, or thinking they know the answer, that they tend to blurt it out. Of course there are some kids that do this more than others and you learn to live and teach through these.

Soo.....

I am currently introducing a research project with my kindergartners. This week I am introducing them to the research process that we use in my county. One of the steps in the process is Organizing Information. I have this simple PowerPoint that I use with the kids that goes through each step.

I get to the slide that asks "What do you think the O stands for" and I prompt the kids the use their thinking skills on what they think the next step would be, keeping in mind that the word has to start with the letter O. I then start sounding to word out to give them a hint and get them thinking along the right sound path...

oooorrrrr...... *kids blurting out various wrong words, or following my lead and sounding it out with me hoping it will come to them* I love watching them as they try to figure out what I'm hinting at, because you can see the faces light up when they think they have the right word.


ooorrrgggg......


ooorrrggggaaaaa.... *do you see where this is going to go wrong yet?*

Then, one of the girls who was sitting right next to where I was blurted out...

"ORGASM!" *yes, oh yes, you read that right. Of course my mind is realing with thoughts of.... How the heck does a freakin' 5 year old know that word! Keep cool, keep your composure, don't act like anything is wrong, don't draw ANY attention to that*

Luckily, other kids were also blurting out, so they didn't catch it. Now, I have been doing this for 8 years and that was a first! Being I have learned to ignore blurts (when they are done innocently) I kept right on rolling with my lesson, not giving this word any type of attention. Mainly because I was NOT going to be the one to have to explain why this was not the right word OR what this word really means to a bunch of 5 year olds!

My assistant on the other hand.... you could have knocked her over with a feather - her eyes popped so far out of her head. Here I am, moving on, ignoring the comment as if I never heard it and trying to draw attention away from it... and my assistant is over there, repeating "Did you hear what she said? Did you hear what she said?" My assistant obviously missed all the looks that I gave her that were saying... Please shut up and ignore it! Let's NOT draw attention to it!

The poor little girl had no idea what the word meant and when she heard my assistant repeating the question to me started asking "Why, What does it mean? What does it mean?"

Luckily, at this point, another child called out organize. I was then able to turn to this little girl and explain what organize meant! Phew! Imminent disaster avoided!

Librarian...

If you are a librarian or a media specialist you should appreciate this video *grin*

Funny Video...

Dorothy is...

Thanks to Knits in Public for this one! I was just taking a break from working on my National Boards and reading other knitters blog when I came across this. Directions: Google your name with is in quotes (like this - "Dorothy is") and see what people are saying about you!

Here's my list:

Dorothy is inquisitive and possesses an active imagination. (* Do I ever! *)

Dorothy is an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle.

Dorothy is also an accomplished recorder player for those seeking variety of instrumentation. (* Not a musical bone in my body! *)

Dorothy is a member of International Pacific Bar Association. (* Long Island Ice Tea PLEASE! oh, it's not that kind of bar huh? *)

Dorothy is made with a polyresin material which may resemble porcelain.

Dorothy is a dangerous terrorist. (* YIKES! *)

Dorothy is the cutest sweetest little thing ever with a smile that lights up. a room! (*aawwww*)

Dorothy is deviant any way you look at her--either she is a pervert, a martyr, or in need of intensive psychotherapy. (*I prefer pervert, but in the good sexual way ;) *)

Dorothy continues to focus on what she doesn't have. (* I can't tell you how true this is right now *)

Dorothy is in the Land of Oz (* of course this would come up! *)

Dorothy is startling, gripping, disturbing. (* hmmm... I guess to some *)

Dorothy, Slow Down, You're Wearing Us Out! (* sounds like my ex-fiance*)

Dorothy is not in Kansas Anymore! (* Don't I know it*)

Dorothy Is Dead. (* Does this mean I don't have to pay taxes anymore?? *)

Dorothy is now a very modern twenty-first century young woman.

Dorothy is a huge dinosaur in green color with yellow spots. (* Not my best colors *)

Dorothy is a lively character. (* I try! *)

Dorothy is wrestling with a dilemma. (* Story of my life it seems *)

Dorothy is classically trained violinist.

Dorothy is distinguished by what she has healed.

Dorothy is shown as a very friendly, kind dinosaur with a golden heart. (* Again with the dinosaur*)

Dorothy is the lifeblood of our schools.

Dorothy is an exciting person to work with. (* Thank you! *)

Dorothy is one of my favorite characters.

Dorothy is one of those rare people who can successfully transfer knowledge.

Dorothy is forced to date a convict. (* It'll never happen *)

Dorothy is receiving threats concerning a young football player. (* Ummmm.... I do not recall; therefore it did not happen! *)

Dorothy is stunning. (* why Thank you! *)

Dorothy is arrested as a slumlord. (* ACK! *)

Dorothy is the innocent school girl with a not-so-innocent Victorian bondage fetish. (*LAUGH*)
Dorothy is equally good with her breasts squished realistically and corset more than snug. (* If you only knew how true this statement could be! *)

Dorothy is unable to grasp the true significance of all of this. (* What else is new? *)

Dorothy is a pleasant looking lady.

Dorothy is pure so she actually believes that Charlie is sane. (* No one is sane! No one I tell you! *)

Dorothy is by no means perfect, but this is still one hell of not just an update, but a great story as well. (* Who are they to say I'm not perfect? *)

Dorothy is given a pair of ruby slippers. (* I'm still looking for a pair in my size!! *)

Dorothy is able to expose evil of every variety with a single swipe. (* swipe of what?? *)

Dorothy is The Mole.

Dorothy is a clan mother, a position of authority among the Onondagas.

Dorothy is an entertainment junkie and compulsively watches TV and surfs the net. (* TV not much, the net.... guilty *)

Dorothy is a geek. (* :P *)

Dorothy is on the far left.

Dorothy is exposed to an extreme beyond what one would normally allow. (* Why must I constantly be tested! *)

Dorothy is under police protection. (* I didn't do it. I swear! *)

Dorothy is a gifted psychic and clairvoyant who has been helping people. (* Too bad I can't seem to get my future predictions right *)

Dorothy is a female given name from Greek Δωροθεα ("gift of the gods"). (* This one I actually knew! It's too bad others don't always see it that way *)

Dorothy is a designer and traditional Haida artist.

Dorothy is being branded by a group of evil little Munchkins. (* I knew they were evil! And you all thought I was crazy for thinking it!*)

Dorothy is widely credited by her fans. (* Kool! I have fans! *)

Dorothy is currently happily married to Mr. Lucas Hollingsworth.

Dorothy is Elmo's aquatic pet goldfish who first appeared on the "Elmo's World" (* First a dinosaur, now a fish?? *)

Dorothy is a walking wonder, genuine firecracker, and perpetual cheerleader.

Dorothy is brimming with life.

Dorothy is a skilled swordswoman. (* Who wears many badages! *)

Dorothy is the type of person who makes friends easily.

Dorothy is very determined, and makes it a point to never cry. (* Hides her crumpled tissues *)

Dorothy is a very playful little puppy.

Dorothy is beloved by all. (* But not by the one she loves most :( *)

Dorothy is standing on a road made of yellow bricks. (* I'm at one of those cross-roads right now*)

Dorothy is a miniature porcelain doll and is about 6" high.

Dorothy is continually creating mood with tone, pitch and melody. (* Lots of Dorothys out there that are musically inclined, I'm just not one of them! *)

Dorothy is one of the most creative, “cutting edge” thinkers in the world today. (* WOW! I like this one! *)

Dorothy is in black with leopard-skin cuffs and collar. (* Oh My! What happened to the Victorian fetish? *)

Dorothy is a walking wonder.

Dorothy is renowned for her skill in color planning.

Dorothy is brimming with life.

Dorothy is very proud of her accomplishments.

Dorothy is protected. (* by what or from whom? *)

Dorothy is 96 years old and is one of my closest friends. (* God Bless this one! I certainly hope I live that long. *)

Dorothy is knocked unconscious once again. (* That certainly seem to be my life story right now! *)

Dorothy is a ghost many have seen and heard and run in terror from over the decades in the 153-year-old building at 30 Yonge Street that used to house a Bank of Montreal branch. (* I always said I would come back and haunt those that did me wrong *)

Dorothy is one of the great teachers who inspires.

Dorothy is no longer vulnerable. (* Don't I wish! *)

Dorothy is a member of the Pagan Poets Society and a charter member of M.A.G.I.C.

Dorothy is WAY over the rainbow in this one. (* I came crashing down a few weeks ago *)

Dorothy is now one of my favorite women in the whole wide world. (* Thank you! *)

And my favorite.....
a "friend of Dorothy" was a euphemism used for discussing sexual orientation without other people knowing (* LAUGH *)