My Puffy-Eyed Friend

Hello! This is Zoey. She's my best friend! This chica has been through so much and she's an amazing example of strength to me! As you can see her left eye is really puffy...it turns out she has a staff infection in her eyelid! She had a staff infection last year too, except not on her eye, it was in her sinuses. She also has a broken ankle. She broke it about a month ago and still has to wear a boot for quite a while longer. On top of this she works full time and goes to school full time, and she's setting herself up to graduate next May!

Even after all she's gone through, she is still a major support to me! She's been right there with me through this whole deciding on surgery stuff. She's just as excited as me! I've got 15 days left! On Wednesday I start a 1,000 calorie a day diet. This will shrink my liver so the operation will go smoother. Zoey has said she is going to go on a diet along with me. (Although I don't think she needs to!) Anyway, I really appreciate Zoey and I wanted to thank her publically for her tremendous support! Thanks Zoey!

The Ultimate Peep Show

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you all enjoy(ed) your holiday! Thought you'd also like to enjoy an Easter Peep Show! :o)

Fish Tale

Once upon a time, there lived a beta fish at Katie's house. He was a good fish, but Katie felt bad that she didn't pay much attention to the beta fish. The beta fish liked to swim to the top of the bowl and hang out up there. Katie would often look at the beta fish and ask her sister Melissa if this fish was dead. But every time Melissa would check it out and tap the glass, the beta fish would swim away, allowing Katie to feel better that the fish wasn't dead.
On a Sunday night not too far from today (the 16th), Melissa walked up to the fish bowl in the evening. She tapped the bowl, shook it a little, then looked up. She turned to Katie and said "Guess what, the fish is really dead." Katie was so upset. She started to cry a little and muttering something to the affect of "I've failed that fish, I've failed him." Melissa thought this to be funny and told Katie that fish don't have long lives and you can't really interact with fish like you do with dogs. But Katie really thought that she could have done more to make that fish feel like he was part of the family.
Well Katie had grieved and was moving on. All the while the fish floated upside down at the top of the fish bowl. Katie isn't one to touch fish so she never gave the beta fish a proper burial by flushing him down the toilet, and Melissa said she would flush him, but still hadn't by the time Tuesday night rolled around. Now on this said Tuesday night, Melissa was telling Katie a funny story, when Katie saw something move out of the corner of her eye. The fish bowl had caught her attention and it seemed like the beta fish in the bowl was moving slightly. She was mesmerized. Melissa noticed that Katie wasn't looking at her anymore and she turned to look at the fish bowl as well. "No way", said Katie. "It can't be", said Melissa. Melissa got up and walked over to the fish bowl, tapped on the glass, and a startled beta fish began swimming around! You can only imaging the surprise upon the two girls' faces! The beta fish was alive! After floating upside down for a day and a half, the fish was alive! Melissa tapped on the glass again and said "Welcome back, little buddy!"
It was a miracle! Katie exclaimed, "How did this happen? How is this possible??" Melissa replied with, "Its because you are paying your tithing!"
The End.

Happy Lucky St. Patrick's Day!!!

Do you ever notice that when you need money the most, you never have it? Although that seems always the case with me! There's a part in Dan In Real Life where they are doing a crossword puzzle and the hint is a 10 letter word that means whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. M-U-R-P-H-Y-S-L-A-W. Isn't that the truth? I got in my car this morning, my new car, that I just got in December...yep. So I got in my car to find that the front driver's side tire is flat. Murphy's Law is at it again! Anyway, today has been one of those days...actually this weekend has been one of those weekends. I wanted to post today and thank those close to me that really help me get through those "Murphy's Law" times. Thank you Melissa. Thank you Mom. Thank you Jeff. And thanks to everyone else's nice little comments that they may not think mean a lot but they do. :o) I'm so LUCKY to have people in my life with great influences and attitudes!

Surgery Date!

APRIL 16th!!

Wahoo! I have a date set for my surgery! April 16th, if you couldn't tell. :o) That's a month away! So I have a pre-surgery class to attend and then I'm set. I get to start a 2 week diet plan before the surgery, its to make sure my liver is small for the surgery. Anyway, not much more to say, just that I'm really, really excited! YAY!

Say Cheese!

I'd like to thank Ron for this hilarious cartoon! I sure hope that my mouse stomach doesn't make me want cheese all the time! HA HA! I had to share!

Absolutely Andrew!

I had to blog about my nephew, Andrew. He's such a funny kid. Anytime I'm having a stressful moment or just feeling really "out of it", I just remember the funniest thing he did. We have the Playstation game "Sing Star" and Andrew and his older brother, Jordan spent the night and played the game with us. Well the game records each song, and boy am I glad it does! Jordan and Andrew, not wanting to sing the whole time, were making very funny noises in the microphone. Well towards the end of the song, Andrew gets this very convicting look on his facy and screams "Ahi...Ahu..., Ahi, Aha, Ahu", then punched his fists forward. It was the funniest thing ever! I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard! This is where the recording of the song came in handy. We were able to play it for his parents, who of course thought it was just as funny. What's even better is that my sister told me that Andrew goes around the house chanting these words over and over! I'm sure she's annoyed, but I love it! So I say "Thanks" to Andrew for making my day over and over again!

Surgery Approved!!!

FINALLY! FINALLY! FINALLY!

The insurance approved the procedure! I called RMAP (doctor's office) and asked what happens next and she said that once they receive the approval letter that they will set the final surgery date. She told me to call in on Monday to see if they've received it. For some reason I was really nervous that they weren't going to approve it...don't know why. But now all that tension is gone and it's more real! It's a great feeling!

Anyway, YAY for me! More info to come!