Friday Fill-Ins

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1. We need more cowbell.
2. I ate chips and white cheese dip and it made me smile.
3. If you want to see a picture of my uterus scroll down to the next blog entry.
4. I want another silver tabby cat because I miss my Barney cat that has been gone ten years.
5. Massachusetts has a proposed 5% sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery; I think that is perfectly acceptable.
6. Rum cake makes for a happy holiday.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to eating pizza with a friend, tomorrow my plans include begging my husband to get down all the Christmas decorations from the attic and Sunday, I want to do something fun with my kids!

Life In Jammers

I love a good set of cotton pajamas and it's a good thing because these days its all I wear. I was surprised when I read on my post surgery paper work that they recommend that you do not wear any pants that might constrict your abdominal area. When I asked exactly what that meant I was told I would not be able to wear blue jeans, preferably nothing with a button and a zipper. Minus a few pairs of yoga pants and a pair a sweats I wear to the gym most all my pants consist of jeans and corduroys. Back in the early spring I went through my closet and rid myself of all the stretch pants, elastic waist pants I used to wear promising I would never go back to them again. Now I desperately want my ugly fat girl pants back because mostly all I have to wear is my jammers.

Around the house it is no big deal but it becomes a bit problematic when wanting to go out. Yesterday all my nice yoga pants were in the washing machine but my friend Jen wanted to take me out to our local Hobby Lobby on a "field trip". I wanted to go. I needed to get out of the house but all I had to wear was my flamingo pajama bottoms and a black shirt. Jen didn't seem to care and so I brushed my hair, put on a little make up as not to scare those out in public and had Mr.K put on my tennis shoes.

It is amazing how many people will just not notice that you are walking around in your jammers in a major craft store. Maybe that is because there is a Walmart just a block over and we all know that there are always some strangely dressed people at Walmart. Maybe my slow movements and being slightly bent over a shopping cart indicated I was in some sort of pain or predicament but none the less not too many seemed to care. I did get a few odd looks, mostly from some hoity toity folks from the old money part of town or maybe they were just admiring my bravado as I wandered the Christmas ornament aisles with flamingo pants on.

I am not going to lie though. I have gone out in my pajamas before having surgery. Actually many times. Mainly through drive thrus for coffee but a few times to the grocery store to grab something quick but there is one time of the year where I purposely go out in my pajamas, in style. It's Black Friday. On Black Friday, I get up about 3 am, put on my newest Christmas jammers and then head to which ever store has the greatest deal I want to grab up. This year it looks like I will be sitting out on the festivities though and I am a wee bit disappointed.

So if you are in the Mobile area and see a girl wandering around in her pajamas slightly hunched over, say Hello! That will be me, not some deranged crazy person who forgot to take her meds that morning. Maybe.

Wordless Wednesday: The source of my aggravation

Not so wordless.

This is a picture of my uterus before they took it to pathology. I asked to see it and after seeing it said to my neighbor who was in surgery with me that I wished I had a camera to take a picture. He had his iPhone and took this for me! This is my uterus and cervix and my right ovary (ovary is not visible).

It is hard to believe that this small organ has brought me grief and joy and been the source of such physical pain.

Help for Anissa

I have never met Anissa in person. I only know her from her blog, Aiming Low and from Twitter. She is witty and fun and has great boobs, but most of all she is a warrior. I believe it takes a village and I believe in prayer. So please pray for Anissa and her family. The below is taken from The Spohrs Are Multiplying:

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2 pm Eastern UPDATE FROM ANISSA’S HUSBAND:

What we know is she had a massive stroke.

She bled into the brainstem and pons areas of the brain. She is no longer sedated but still unconcious and unresponsive. Vitals are mostly stable except for a lowgrade fever most likely due to the damage to the pons. The pons control the bodies ability to regulate temperature. She is still on a vent and it is unclear if she is capable of breathing on her own. She has had an mri/mra/ct today. An eeg is pending. We’re in a waiting game now for survival first, and ultimately for her to wake up.

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As you may have heard, Anissa, our beloved friend and leader at Aiming Low, suffered a stroke on Tuesday afternoon. She is in the hospital right now, in the ICU.

More than anything, Anissa needs your prayers and positive thoughts but to the many people in the Atlanta area who have offered help to the Mayhew family, we have set up a form for you to fill out so we can have everyone’s contact info in one place (please be assured your information will be kept private). If you are NOT in the Atlanta area but still want to help, you can also leave your information on that form.

Things that would be helpful right now are gift cards to restaurants and gift cards to the movies or to Blockbuster (to help keep the kids occupied) and gas/hotel gift cards for her extended family. We will be setting up a PO Box on Wednesday and posting the address here along with any updates. Please don’t send anything to the hospital or the Mayhew home. If you have questions, please email helpforanissa@gmail.com

We ask that you please respect the Mayhew family’s privacy by NOT calling the hospital and we thank you all SO MUCH for your outpouring of love and support for Anissa and her family.

With thanks and love,
The Aiming Low Team

UPDATE: An address has been set up to send cards and packages:
860 Johnson Ferry Road 140-184
Atlanta, GA 30342

O Yea, Winner for $50 Gift Certificate to Eden Fantasys!

O my, I almost forgot that I was to announce the winner of the $50 GC to Eden Fantasys!

Random. org chose the number 4! and AM of It's Not Gossip, It's My Life is the WINNER!!!

Congratulations on winning my give away!