Snogging is out!

Ok, so its Friday and Ben is working and I have nothing to do. Boredom usually drives me to mindless searching for the newest Twilight/Harry info until I find *something* to get excited about. Today, I've been perusing the Twilight Lexicon and reading some FAQ's answered by Stephenie Meyer. I found this and thought it was hillarious and just wanted to share! I loved that my favorite Harry word is in there;"snogging", the best word ever invented!

Q: About venom and kissing. Is Bella in any danger of this venom when snogging Edward?

A. I’ve had a few people wondering why Edward always pulls away from Bella when she opens her mouth while he’s kissing her (thinking I have some sort of anti-female-affectionate-aggression agenda or something, I guess). But, of course, he’s just worried about her safety. Yes, the venom does pose a danger to her. It’s not like acid–it has to be in the bloodstream to cause any problems, it won’t hurt her skin. However, say she had a sore in her mouth, or that she’d bitten her tongue…. Even if that wasn’t the case, Edward’s teeth are sharp as razors. She could cut her lips or tongue on them easily, and then the conversion process would begin–very painfully and very slowly (because it would be such a small infusion of the venom). Sadly true, snogging is out.

I doubt this is info Edward has shared with Bella. I guess it falls under the whole "let's wait until you're less breakable" umbrella. So, question... risk and all, come one now... who wouldn't mind taking their chances, if it meant getting to snog Edward? Hee...hee... hee... *wink, wink*

Gratitude

Today has been a very scary day for all in my family. After some scary results on a cardiac test that he failed, my dad had to have his stents checked on and we were not sure if he'd need more put in or if this could turn into something more serious, like open heart surgery. With his hernia surgery pending on the outcome of today's procedure(he's got a bulge the size of an egg in his groin), we've all been a little bit on edge today, waiting to hear from my mom. It was terrible to be stuck at work, so very very far away from my mom and dad, not knowing what was going on. Thankfully Heavenly Father intervined, and conveniently had some painters show up to work on our office's remodeling just at the right time. The fumes got to be too much to handle, and with no doctors in the office today, we closed down early. I was grateful for that, because I'd already had one breakdown this morning, and did NOT want to be at work if my mom was calling with bad news. So I came home early to wait, but just as I was getting out of my car (at home) my mom called with good news... My dad was out and in recovery, everything had gone just fine and it looks like the hernia surgery is still a go in a few weeks. I'm so grateful that my dad was being watched over and that everything went as smoothly as it did, even for myself! Now I think I'm going to take a nap, since I didn't get much sleep last night.

All together now!

Happy Last-Lupron-Shot Day to me!
Happy Last-Lupron-Shot-Day to me!
Happy Last-Lupron-Shot-Day to Alex!
Happy Last-Lupron-Shot-Day to meeeeeeee!
And may I never need moooooooooooooooore!!!


Woohoo, I made it! I survived! Thanks to all that have been so supportive during this crazy time of hotflashes, moodswings, hairloss, short-term memory loss, grumpiness due to migraines, and oh the insomnia... You guys the are the best! Especially Ben, he had to put up with this day in and day out for the past 6 months, you're my hero baby! :)

My poor blubs...

A few nights ago Sirius was stung by a bee. He killed the little sucker (well, it was going to die anyway since it's stinger had been left behind, but still, Sirius bit it in half, good boy!) and then proceeded to have a mild allergic reaction to the sting. We gave him some Benadryl and Ben stayed up with him 1/2 the night until his breathing returned to normal. Two days later we finally found the stinger and plucked it out! Everything seemed fine, he was back to normal and wasn't even messing with the area in question... Until last night. We noticed he was licking and licking it. Not just that, but Luna and Mini were drawn to it too and took their turns licking it as well. We decided to take a closer look and OH MY GOSH... he had a big gaping HOLE! It was, of course, bleeding and thats why they were all licking it. We decided a trip to the vet was necessary and off we went to one of those 24 hour emergency vets, since it was 10:30PM and our vet was obviously gone for the weekend.

The poor blubbers had to have his shoulder shaved, so that they could inspect closely and clean it out etc. An hour and 1/2 later we were back home with an antibiotic, some pain meds, more Benadryl, and instructions to keep our pup nice and drugged for a few days. We're not too excited about the Clavamox he's on (antibiotic) because he's been on it before and it gives him the RAUNCHIEST stinky farts ever imaginable. So bad are they, that even Sirius can't stand it. He'll let one loose, his ears will go straight back, he'll look at his butt, sniff, and then get up and walk away groaning... as if that will help. Ugh, its awful. But oh wells, whatever it takes to get him better, right?



Here is a picture of his little wound. Poor baby...

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I heard (well read, actually) something that made me see red. Someone on a support board (an online community site)gave out some false infromation concerning Endometriosis. Granted, it was well intended and meant to give hope, but nevertheless still NOT TRUE. Someone else (probably this girl's doctor) told her that once she got pregnant, the Endo would "go away forever!" Um... NO! That's SO not true! It's one of Endo's greatest myths and its appalling to me that there are still members of the medical community spouting out falsehoods like that! I mean we're talking old-school type thinking that has led more than one doctor to suggest pregnancy to TEENAGE girls as a cure!!! What the ?!?! Ok, so... this is my Endometriosis Awareness deed for the day... NO, pregnancy does NOT cure Endometriosis. Smack anyone that tells you so! Then send them to ME so I can smack them too! Heehee... no, not really, but I'll still lecture them, and that may be even worse, because Alex can get VERY verbose about this subject. If any of you actually want to know the reason why this is a myth, just ask and I'll explain. For now I'll spare the rest of you the big long shpiel. Ok, phew... just had to get that out of my system... ugh...

Twilight Tuesday!

"Um...I had an adrenaline rush... It's very common, you can google it."~Edward


Hands down the most silly (not to mention un-Edwardish)quote to come out of this movie thusfar! (Weeeeell, maybe not quite as silly as "Hold on tight spidermonkey!") Check out a scene in the making!

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I know, I know, this is SO not in the book! For an explanation of why and what this scene is all about, watch this! The Cullen "crust" (excuse me, CREST)clips are pretty cool too!

Single digits are GREAT!

Look at my ticker! I am officially down to single digits on DAYS left until my last shot, hooray! I'm SO excited!!!

That is all, just had to point that out and do a little happy dance! ;)

Lessons from Marley

A few years ago I read a book called Marley & Me by John Grogan. It's a true story about a newlywed couple that got a Lab puppy and named him Marley. They figured he'd be good practice for when they had kids in the future. Little did they know that this cute little furball would grow up to be a monster that would destroy their house, flunk out of obedience school, and turn their lives upside down.. literally! I read it because we were going through a rough patch with Mini and it gave me peace and gratitude that at least she was not THAT bad! It's a beautiful story about how this crazy dog managed to worm his way into the hearts of his mommy and daddy even though he was a hopeless case. One of those books that makes you laugh and cry at the same time.

Today is a better day... I'm still mad at Mini, but after finding out that Marley & Me is being made into a movie, it made me remember the things this book taught me and my heart has been softened a bit, my murderous inclinations slowly ebbing. Here is a trailer of the soon-to-be movie. It's one no dog-lover should miss!

I hate my dogs... well, 2 of them anyway...

People often think we're crazy for having 3 dogs. Up until now I've always dissagreed, 3 dogs equals 3 times the fun, right?

WRONG!

Why in the world did I have to be born such an animal-loving freak?!?! Why couldn't I just be content with the one perfect dog (Sirius...duh) and not insist on taking in the other 2 "poor,toubled,neglected, all-they-need-is-some-love" TERRORS?

As you may recall, I had a run in with Luna just a week or so ago... she's still a bit on my bad side. But just now my murderous inclinations reached a new high when I discovered Mini EATING my special blankie!!! This is a 6 year old blanket I crocheted for Ben while we were dating, one we still use to this day and keeps me nice and warm when we snuggle on the couch! (It had all the makings of a future family heirloom... well, to me anyway) It's got sentimental value people, not just some dumb blanket you purchase at Walmart for 10 bucks and discard without a second thought!!! She was EATING it! (Well, not ingesting it actually, but chewing and spitting it out)

So now there is a big HOLE in my blanket which will surely unravel and die a premature death... I am so beyond anger and frustration... She has ruined MANY things in this same manner many many times before. We get her bones and chew toys so its not OUR fault she's so stupid she can't tell whats acceptable to maul and whats not! I hate, hate, HATE her right now!!! I know thats really harsh, and most of you are probably thinking, "it's just a blanket, get over it!" but it enfuriates me to the point of madness that she has still not learned her lesson and that life would be SO much simpler if we had just never taken her in when she was dumped on us a few years ago! Same thing goes for Luna... UGH! Times like this really accenntuate all the things that bother me about them and I forget all the warm fuzzy "I love puppies!" feelings that got me into this predicament in the first place!

Sirius is the perfect dog... why did we have to ruin it? *Sigh* But of course now we're stuck. We're too soft to just get rid of them... and trust me, even if we were to try, its almost impossible to pawn dogs off on other people.(Unless they're childless idiots like us...) Trust me, we've been there, done that with Mini in the past. And taking them to a shelter is out of the question too because they'll just kill them and I could never live with myself after that. So no... we're pretty much stuck with them until nature does the job for us... and considering that Mini is only 4 and Luna 2, thats a loooooong time. To be fair to Sirius, thats probably a good thing though, because he gets awfully lonely and sad being all by his lonesome self... which is why we accepted Mini in the first place. His Vet said he needed a companion.

I'm sure this too will pass. I'll get over my blankie... Maybe it's time to make another one, right? That would be fun... I guess... *sigh* Why couldn't we just have kids like everyone else and not have to fill the void with dogs? Argh... Ok, now I'm going to go off and sulk for the rest of the night until Ben gets home from work. (Dang it Jasper, why can't you be real?!?! Ok, breathe Alex... do not kill your dog... do not kill your dog...)

Oh...my... gosh...

This is painful to listen to, but don't give up... wait for the best part, the dancing! I have NO idea what kind of competition this was, but I'm sure she didn't win. This is for all you Star Wars lovers!

Gettin' My Cullen On!

This is what I was referring to in my last post that would soon be arriving in the mail! I got home after a long day's work and what do I find waiting for me? Check it out!!!

I'll be wearing this December 12th!!! Woohoo!!! I know, I know, I'm such a dweeb! ;)

Can't we all just get along?

Ok, so I don't see any valid reason for all this animosity... There is no universally established decree that says you can't love both Harry Potter AND Twilight, right? Right... so whats with people? I for one, L-O-V-E Harry Potter (duh) and although I also l-o-v-e (notice the slight lesser emphasis) Twilght, there is no reason I should be torn about that. Harry will always be my #1, with Edward closely at his heels (as my fictional heros) and I'm dang proud of that! No reason to turn my back on either one of them! So November 21st I will be at a theater wearing my Potter Pride for all to see, and a few weeks later on December 12th, I will be right back at the theater wearing my Twilight Pride as well! (I'll post a picture of my Team Edward pride here in a few days when it comes in the mail...heeheehee)

Caesar Millan would NOT be proud... :/

As much as I love my dogs and swear they (mostly Sirius, really) are just little humans with fur, sometimes I am reminded of what they are... animals. Luna just reminded me of that by doing something dogs sometimes do... eat their poop!!! "Coprophagy" (or eating one's poop) really is mostly a puppy thing. Momma dogs will eat their pup's waste as a means to keep everything clean. Sometimes puppies pick up the habit from watching Momma. Other times its just because they're curious and/or bored... or hungry? Sirius did it (ew), Mini did it (ew), and now I've discovered Luna doing it. Problem is, she's not a puppy anymore! She wasn't hungry because I had just fed them (like not even 10 minutes prior!) so really, she was just being a disgusting little animal.

Remember the Lupron and migraines that turn Alex into a grump? Well yeah, today has been no different in that area, and so I just kinda lost it. I'm embarrassed to say that I did not react in the kindest manner. No, I did not beat the living daylights out of the little 10lb thing!!! But I did yell at her... a lot... a lot a lot... and I rubbed her muzzle in it (which you're NOT supposed to do!) while I yelled... That didn't help things b/c now she had poop not just IN her mouth but all around it too, ew,ew,ew!

So, I proceeded to the bathroom where I plopped her in the sink and washed her mouth out with baby shampoo (literally, although most of the washing was concentrated on her face) which she, of course, hated. I wasn't done torturing her just yet though... lol. I then spent a good 10 minutes brushing her teeth (which she hates as well) and then wrapped it all up with a few spritzes of doggy breath freshener, for good measure! She was then promptly locked up in her kennel upstairs, to have some time to think about how eating poop = torture at the hands of momma.


Momma is not proud... I'm sure Caesar Millan (you know, the Dog Whisperer) would have a fit and point out how horribly I mismanaged the situation. I guess I'm not much of a calm and assertive pack leader when a member of the pack starts eating their poop... Oh well, I didn't kill her, and that in itself is saying quite a bit with how my mood has been this week.


She probably would have benefited from Jasper's presense as well today. *sigh*

Where's Jasper Hale when you need him?

Each Lupron shot is usually followed by a week or two of almost constant migraines. This makes for a grumpy Alex, but I can usually keep a professional demeanor at work, migraine or not. However, today my "patience of a saint" (as my co-wrokers like to call it) snapped. A very rude patient was really nasty to me and made some not-so-nice comments (the kind that make you feel really stupid and degraded) that coupled with my splitting headache and nausea made me crack. She actually made me cry! We were so busy and hectic that I didn't have time for a full blown breakdown, but never in the year that I've worked there have I wanted to whack someone upside the head SO bad as I did today. I was a bit embarrassed by the fact that she actually got to me so bad that I cried, but I'm just going to chalk it up to the Lupron and migraine. I just had to take a few deep breaths and go on about my business. I'm feeling better now, but boy... she really pushed my buttons. Grrr... Too bad I didn't have Jasper around to take control of the situation! ;)

For those of you that have no idea who Jasper Hale is or why that picture is hillarious... well, sorry, not going to tell you. Go read Twilight!!!

Twilight Clip!!!

Last night, they released a scene from the upcomming movie on MTV's Movie Awards Pre-Show. For those of you that missed it, here it is. I hate the cruddy YouTube quality, but it's better than nothing I suppose. For a much crisper/clearer version, go here.

The Host

FAN-TAS-TIC!!!

I really have no idea where to even begin with all my praise for this book. One of the best love stories I've ever read! Soooo much more than just a love story, really... it's hard to even put the concept into words. Triumph of love over hate and the deepest rooted of hatred and prejudices? Like I said, I'm at a loss for words. One of the best reads for me personally, on so many levels. Wow.

Go read it!

Didn't my momma teach me to share?!?!

I'm having a hard time putting into practice one of the most basic rules of good social skills... sharing. It's like I'm 2 again, "Mine! MINE! Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!" *sigh* Ben and I have different reading speeds and since we only have 1 copy of The Host, well... this creates a bit of tension. For a while he was ahead of me, but today during a rather long nap of his, I caught up and passed him. I'm about 3/4 of the way through! I put the book down for like 5 minutes (to get dinner started) and what does he do? STEALS it from me!!!! ARGH!!! Since we're in totally different places, it makes reading outloud to each other useless, so we can't pull the Twilight method anymore. Grrr... I want my book back!!! I'm watching him like a hawk... the next time he puts it down for anything, its MINE! *Evil grin* MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!