I am scissors lol

You Are Scissors

Sharp and brilliant, you can solve almost any problem with that big brain of yours. People fear your cutting comments - and your wit is famous for being both funny and cruel. Deep down, you tend to be in the middle of an emotional storm. Your own complexity disturbs you. You are too smart for your own good. Slow down a little - or you're likely to hurt yourself. You can cut a paper person down to pieces. The only person who can ruin you is a rock person. When you fight: You find your enemy's weak point and exploit it. If someone makes you mad: You'll do everything you can to destroy their life

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

Christmas Parade and Festival

Last night we went to the Christmas parade and Festival here in town and had a blast!! The parade was so much better than I was expecting, it was a lot of fun other than getting hit on the coller bone by a jaw breaker being thrown from a float lol. 

And Marius actually went and saw Santa. He marched his little butt up there, told him he wanted a Kareoke(sp?) machine and then high fived him :)

At first during the parade the bigger kids were beating Marius to the candy, but then his Uncle Nick and some lady we met started helping him get some. We came home with a freaking bag full of candy!!

Jorunal Jar #3

Did you have a subject in school that you loved? One that you dreaded?

I loved English but at the same time it was boring because they would give us 2 weeks to read a book and I would finish in a few days so I had nothing to do while the rest of the class caught up lol

I hated math. just hated it, still do!!

Journal Jar Question #2

What is the weirdest dream you have ever had?

I used to have this dream whenever I was upset or scared. I had it until I started dating Ernie lol.

I was in a huge warehouse place, it was all dark except for a light right in the middle of the room, over a red and white checked table and chair set I had as a kid. Sometimes someone I knew was sitting there, sometimes it was empty. But I could hear all kinds of machines just out of the light. Sometimes I would be chased around but usually I just sat at the table scared. 

I always woke up freaked out and sweating.Publish Post

Journal question #1

These are from a journal jar (link has sample questions or google journal jar to find some) that my momm made me years ago and I just decided to start working on again in blog form.

Tell about handed down talents.

From my momm- you can give me any assortment of craft things, and I can make SOMETHING out of it lol. Wind chimes out of soda cans, Christmas decorations out of bell ornaments and ribbons, whatever it is, I can usually come up with something. Now how good it is varies depending on the supplies and my mood lol. From her I also get my love of scrapbooking, which I have turned into tagging, and making cards. None of which I get to do enough lol

From my dadd- well. I can ruin the punch line of a joke with the best of em lol. But he did teach me how to change a tire, change the oil, check to see when you can open the radiator if it over heated, mostly stuff having to do with cars. He wanted to make sure I could take care of my self. And I can... I would just rather have a man do it hehe

Let's say thanks!!

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Granny's Birthday

Happy Birthday Granny!

Today is my Granny's (Grandma) birthday!! I know she will never see this but I did send the picture to my uncle to show her. I tried to print it but I was having printer problems. 

Today is my Granny's (Grandma) birthday!! I know she will never see this but I did sent the picture to 

Halloween

This year for Halloween Marius was an army guy. Last year he was Mickey Mouse and scared of all the costumes, but not this year!! He had a gun so he wasn't scared of the stupid monsters and bad guys lol

He says he wants to be the same thing next year.

Our house was hit by a truck

Everyone is ok, a little in shock still lol. Just another day in our crazy life. The lady that lives up the hill across the street got out of her running truck to go inside and tell her friend something... then the truck rolled backwards down her steep driveway, took out the neighbors fence and their for sale sign, then took out our fence and hit the side of the house. There is a little crack on the outside and a bunch of stuff got knocked down inside but other than the fence no real damage.

Boring

Just cooking some pizza for the boys, we have Cody for 3 days this week. Been pretty quiet. The directv receiver in the living room broke, I brought the one out from our bedroom and got it fixed all by myself, go me =)

I got sucked in by a Lifetime movie this afternoon. There's two hours of my life I'll never get back haha.

Working on a new site for Ernie and the THC guys. They are starting a Rainbow Six Vegas 2 clan. I got the header done, that is about it. The rest of the site literally says blah blah blah

A baby asked God

A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth
tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and
helpless?” God said, “Your angel will be waiting for you and
will take care of you.”


The child further inquired, “But tell me, here in heaven I don’t
have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.”
God said,”Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for
you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.”




Again the child asked, “And how am I going to be able to
understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the
language?” God said, “Your angel will tell you the most
beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with
much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to
speak.”




“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
God said, “Your angel will place your hands together and
will teach you how to pray.”

“Who will protect me?”
God said, “Your angel will defend you even if it means
risking its life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”
God said, “Your angel will always talk to you about Me and
will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I
will always be next to you.”

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices
from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked,
“God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.”


God said, You will simply call her, “Mom.”

Peanut butter jelly time

Marius (4) and his friend Cody (6). Marius is the one being silly with the guitar lol

Psoriasis/ psoriatic Arthritis

My (Kimm's) Story

I was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was a kid and with psoriatic arthritis when I was about 16. It was just in my knee at the time. Over the years it has spread to where now I have it in: my hands, elbows, shoulders, spine, right knee, ankles, feet and toes.

I can't completely straighten my right arm due to permanent damage in my elbow, one of my toes is bent from it and very painful. My right knee and sometimes my left are so swollen I have trouble bending them. Depending on where the pain currently is, certain daily tasks are hard for me.

My treatment

I am currently on Humira shots, once every two weeks and methotrexate pills. The Humira has made a major improvement in my life. The only draw back is that it lowers my ability to fight illness so when I get sick I have to go off the shots until I am better.

**UPDATE 6/25/2008. I am now on Embrel and have been for a few months. World of difference!!! I can move!! No idea how long it will last but I am enjoying every minute of it**

My notes are in italics

What is psoriatic arthritis?

Psoriatic (sore-EE-AA-tick) arthritis is a rheumatic condition ,a disease of the joints, and is often seen in combination with skin that is red, dry, and scaly ,psoriatic skin lesions.

Psoriasis is a common skin condition affecting 2% of the Caucasian population in the United States. Approximately 10% of patients who have psoriasis also develop an associated inflammation of their joints (which means it is pretty rare and I really "beat the odds" to get it lol). Patients who have inflammatory arthritis and psoriasis are diagnosed as having psoriatic arthritis.

Psoriatic arthritis is a systemic rheumatic disease that can also cause inflammation in body tissues away from the joints other than the skin, such as in the eyes, heart, lungs, and kidneys. Psoriatic arthritis shares many features with several other arthritic conditions, such as ankylosising spondylitis, reactive arthritis (formerly Reiter's syndrome), and arthritis associated with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. All of these conditions can cause inflammation in the spine and other joints, and the eyes, skin, mouth, and various organs. In view of their similarities and tendency to cause inflammation of the spine, these conditions are collectively referred to as "spondyloarthropathies."

What psoriatic arthritis can do to your joints

Psoriatic arthritis may involve the spine, hands, shoulders, elbows, feet, knees, or ankles (HEY, I have it is all of those, do I win for my can do spirit? lol ). It can cause: Progressive joint damage , General joint stiffness , Pain and stiffness in the lower back, neck, and upper back (I have all those too, when I decide to get a debilitating disease I go all the way lol). The inflamed joints become painful, swollen, hot, and red.

What else can psoriatic arthritis do?

Aside from arthritis and spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis can cause inflammation in other organs, such as the eyes, lungs, and aorta. Inflammation in the colored portion of the eye (iris) causes iritis, a painful condition that can be aggravated by bright light as the iris opens and closes the opening of the pupil. Corticosteroids injected directly into the eyes are sometimes necessary to decrease inflammation and prevent blindness. Inflammation in and around the lungs (pleuritis) causes chest pain, especially with deep breathing, as well as shortness of breath. Inflammation of the aorta (aortitis) can cause leakage of the aortic valve valves, leading to heart failure and shortness of breath.

I made it

Lets see… I am now a happily married woman :) Woohoo lol. The wedding went well. No one passed out or anything.I have been working on my website and hanging out in the pool with Marius trying to stay cool. I think it hit 115 today =(

I accidentally paid my parents electric instead of ours through a stupid mistake. I fell and hit my house, cause you know, it is kinda small and I didn’t see it lol.

Had a good visit with Toni and Ernie's brother Edward and his friend Jason. Really just hanging out. Not too much going on now thankfully.

Our Day

Ok, I am tired. It has been a LONG day.

* Marius had a force 10 fit because he didn’t want his daddy to go to work
* He got into my make up. Smeared white powder all over his face. Why did I even HAVE white powder make-up???
* We got in the pool, played a little bit. Marius is trying to swim, I think he might learn on his own soon
* It was time to get out. He went to the middle and said, try and get me
* He finally got out then cried because I put pool chemicals in.
* He cried because I turned the filter on
* We had dinner
* Marius dumped all of the fish food out in the play room
* He then cried because he couldn’t feed the fish

Now he is sitting nice and quiet watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He just asked me if he was being a good boy. Why yes you are… for once today LOL

Well, that didn’t last long. He is up and sitting here telling me he has an owie and I can be the band aid worker because he puts on one and it just “boings” back up. And now he is back at the TV. BTW, there wasn’t an owie lol.

Getting Married!!

So Ernie and I are finally getting married :) We have been together for over 6 years and wanted to get married sooner but his divorce got majorly stalled in court. It took over 3 YEARS to get it done. Most of that was just waiting for the courts, at one point Ernie called and the last bit of paper work was sitting in the file, no one had given it to the judge!! Such a joke lol.

But we are finally tying the knot. I am getting really excited now. We aren't going to have a big wedding, just a few people there in a little chapel with the reception here at our house. But I am so happy to be finally marrying him. Everyone forgets we aren't married and calls us husband and wife anyways, might as well make it legal lmao.

Rodeo

We took Marius to the Rodeo last Thursday, it was SO much fun!! The night before Ernie told me there was no way Marius was getting a cowboy hat, so we got him a cowboy hat LOL.

There was a clown that performed between events, that was his favorite part.

Here are a few more random pictures....