Yep, I Totally Agree

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This came true for me, two weeks ago.

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Time for a new plan.

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I Hate Spoilers

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Don't you just hate it when

someone tells you how a book ends

before you get to read it

and figure it out for yourself.

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A Week Of Weakness

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Recovery Road 03

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Here is a picture of the flowers that I got from my bosses. They are very lovely, but they are finally on their last leg. (Yes, that is a can of Dr. Pepper in the arrangement.) I really appreciate all of the care and concern from the people that I work with. I want to go back to work as soon as I can. I would like to be back there now, but alas I guess, my body just isn't quite up for that yet.

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My sister Chickiepoo sent me this Boyd's Bear "Tinman" that I gave her when she had heart surgery. She said maybe he needed to look after me for a while. He is sitting on my desk.

Thank you Sis.

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This past week has been full of ups and downs. I feel better some days and others I feel like sleeping all day. When I could sleep, I have had crazy dreams. The most frustrating thing is that I can not get to where I need to be so I can go back to work. I can not even start my rehab yet, until I see the doctor again on the 7th. I want so bad for everything to be back to normal and I can not stand that I really have no control over it.

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I have been subconsciously rubbing my fingers along my incision/scar on my chest. Charley said he had a dream that I pop open my incision like a can of "Pillsbury Grands Biscuits." I think it would be funny, if when my scar heals, I have a tattoo put on my chest of a can of biscuits with the scar line as the pop open line on the tube.

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Recovery is so slow and I am getting bored sitting at home.

"I want to be the one to walk in the sun."

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Blast From The Past

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Long Live Witchiepoo

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I came across this picture of "Witchiepoo" from HR Pufnstuf and had to share it. I began to look up info on the actress that played "Witchiepoo" and discovered that Billie Hayes is 77 and alive and well. She still does voiceover work as recently as 2006. She is also the founder and head of a non-profit that helps rescues animals called PetHope.

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77 and still actively fighting for her favorite cause. Plus she gets extra cool points for playing Witchiepoo from my childhood.

Sounds like I have a candidate for the "Sassy Old Broads List for 2009"

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To learn more about Witchiepoo's real life and her charity,

you can go to her site at: http://www.billiehayes.com/.

See. Mother Was Right

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What is funny, is that, while waiting to see the doctor at the emergency room last week, I did have a moment where I wondered what underwear I had put on that morning.

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I Guess It Could Be Worse

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I could be this guy.

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King Tut In A King Sized Bed

Recovery Road 02

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Last night I was getting ready for bed. I was so grateful to be sleeping in my own bed and Charley was too. He doesn't like it when I am not there next to him. It was also the first time that I have slept in a bed that was not adjustable since the attack. Since I only slept for small pockets of time while in the hospital, I was a little leery on how a night at home would go.

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Would I get too hot?

Would I need to get up several times?

Would I need to sleep alone?

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I still need my heart pillow to hold on my chest when I roll over to get up. So I got my pillow and got in bed. Charley was coming down the hall so I waited for him to come in before I reached for the light. Thinking back on how I looked when Charley came into the room is kind of crazy sounding now. I had the air conditioner blowing at full blast. I was laying under a flannel sheet with my arms crossed over my chest and my heart pillow squeezed tightly under them. I now have an image of discovering King's Tut's Tomb and when the people break through the last door expect to find gold and treasure. What they find is a wheezing old man, wrapped up in Ralph Lauren flannel sheets with a giant red heart as the jewel of his coffin.

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When he finally got into bed I was laying on the edge of one side squeezing the heart pillow. I had pushed the down comforter and quilts to the middle off of me. They had unintentionally become a giant wall right down the middle of the bed. He was looking at me like, "Who is this crazy person?". He laid down and reached over the giant mass of blankets and lightly tapped my arm 3 times and said "Goodnight". Just like you see in the movies where some crazy person says something off the wall and the "sane" one pats them on the head 3 times and says, "Don't worry, everything is going to be alright."

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I was just trying to make sure I could get up and out if I needed to.

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After a little bit of chit chat about how much we missed being next to each other and good night kisses, we were both laying there in the dark and I was feeling less and less like a fool.

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but I was wondering, if I would sleep at all.

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Copy Cat

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Finding My Way Back

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The Good News Is:

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I quit smoking last week

and now eat healthier

with less fat and salt.

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The Bad News Is:

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I had to have a heart attack with 60% blockage,

a heart catheterization,

and a triple bypass

to convince me that it is time to explore

a new healthier lifestyle.

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I will get back to blogging full time again.

I will still have my same ol' piss and vinegar to share,

but I will also share with everyone my progress and setbacks.

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Recovery Road 01

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One of the good thing about this week is that as I am relatively younger for this type of heart attack, so recovery has and will be easier. I still have a long way to go. In fact, just typing these words is a strain to the muscles across my chest.

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The hardest part was trying to get up to the numbers that they wanted for me to be released from the hospital. I couldn't get above 80%ish blood gasses without an oxygen tank and could not go home until it was at the mid-90's without oxygen.

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Yesterday, I was finally released on the ninth day. When I got home and looked around my dirty messy house, I just burst into tears. I couldn't believe I was finally there. It felt overwhelming. Charley was busy unpacking the car with all of my stuff from the hospital, so when he finally notice me in the living room crying, I had been at it for a least 10 minutes. He asked me why I was crying and I said, "Because I'm Home". He held me for about 5 more minutes and I cried and swayed with him almost like a dance. Then, reality sunk back in and I realized that to reach my arms around Charley' 6' 6" frame, I was holding my arms over my own head.

Reaching up is forbidden.

It was nice while it lasted.

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Swaying in the arms of someone who loves you,

like a tree in the wind,

releasing a weeks worth of pent up emotions

and finally realizing after all these years,

that this wasn't just someplace we moved to,

this is my home and on this day I made it there safe.

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I Am Back Home And Doing Fine.

I will blog later today, I promise.

For those in the know,I will be back later
in the week. Blogging about my new aventure

What's In A Name?

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The original name for this store was

"Cocks and Titties"

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Won't You Tell Me A Story

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The moral of the story is,

"Don't piss off your sister"

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Have You Done Your Eggs Yet?

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The Easter Bunny Is Almost Here

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All of the little kiddies

will be dreaming

of the friendly Easter Bunny.

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Braer Rabbit Or Bare Rabbit

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Easter Will Be Here In A Flash

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A Celebration For All

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The White House stated today

that Gay Families would be welcome

to come to the annual

Easter Egg Roll.

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Another reversal of Bush Policies.

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Sorry, Easter Is Cancelled

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Fun On The Farm

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Another Peep Show

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A Little Something For The Easter Basket ...

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... from the Jesus Christ Superstore.

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The Jesus Christ on the cross action figure.

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My favorite part is the description:

"with ninja-messiah throwing nails"

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I thought this was a joke, but apparently it is real.

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Peeps Gone Wild

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When I said I wanted to go down

to the adult video store

and see a PEEP show,

I had something

entirely different in mind.

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Hide In Plain Sight

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KISS Eggs

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Just because they are cool.

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Time For Another Theme Week

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All week you will finds posts related to

bonnets and eggs and hares ... Oh My.

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

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The economy is so bad

that the Easter Bunny

had to find a second job.

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Luckily they were hiring

at the Playboy Club.

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Surprise In The Night

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I can see my mother doing this exact same thing to her new puppy.

Watch out for the crazy lady, little Darcy.

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Where's Waldo?

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Visually Impaired Edition.

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Woody Woodpecker

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Field Of Dreams

"Is this Heaven?'

"No, It's Iowa."

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The Iowa State Supreme Court declared yesterday that a law that states that marriage can only be defined as a union between one man and one woman was unconstitutional.

Gay and lesbian couples can marry in the great state of Iowa beginning April 24th.

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4 states down 46 to go.

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Bio-Hazard

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Future Therapy Patient

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They May Be Good ...

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... but I like my fries made out of potatoes.

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Are You Ready For Some Football?

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Where is the instant replay video?

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Easter Egg Dye Gone Bad

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"Until you learn how to do your own hair,

keep the damn blue dye to yourself,

you bitch."

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God Bless Aqua-net & Lilt

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"We don't know where Little Jenny's blond hair came from,

but it is the exact shade as the mailman.

That's all I'm saying."

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