Leukemia

Glad I got your attention!

Some of you may know already, but my Mom was diagnosed with leukemia in April of last year. She has CML. Its very treatable with medicines and she is almost in remission, but she will need to remain on her meds for the rest of her life. She is currently not a candidate for a bone marrow transplant, if some of the variables get better and some get worse, her doctor will begin exploring that as a possibility. Right now she is doing well, so we are just taking it one doctors visit at a time!

The reason I'm finally tell you this is because I joined Team in Training. I will be raising money to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society while I train for a marathon. I will be running the full White Rock Marathon in December.

If you want to know more about my mom's Leukemia, more about why I'm running or want to help me rais some money..check out my Team in Training website.

I'll be updating on here my progress as far as training goes and fundraising. Hopefully I'll have a good strategy soon and can let you in on the greatness!! Until then, please spread the word!!

Yummy

You thought this post would be about food. Oh my were you wrong!! Kristin (aka, K) just posted (and by just, I mean I just read it, she probably posted it last night) an interesting "list". Its her "list of hot celebs"..oh you know "the list". Everyone has one. If you dont already have one made, you know you've said it. Like...OOOH he's so hot..he is TOTALLY on "my list".

I was inspired. Here is my list...They all come with a "get of of jail free card". (insert dirty joke here about passing go and collecting 200 dollars)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
He may have been slightly downgraded in the whole larger realm of things considering he's been seen out with Wonky Valtrex (aka Paris Hilton) but..seriously. YES PLEASE. If you dont know about his hotness...Google him. Just do an image search. You'll see the hotness...And he's a soccer superstar. Its the utlimate combination really.

2.Channing Tatum
I think he was on Prison Break? I dont know...all I know is I watch questionable movies and discovered this hottie mchotterson in Step Up. Totally worth the corny ass movie...because he is super duper fine.

3. Daniel Craig
007 ladies. Refer yourself to the title of this post. YUMMY. It needed to be said again. Yes he's a little older. But c'mon. I'll make an exception...

4. Jeffrey Donovan

Another name you may or may not know. He's on a little show called Burn Notice on USA. Jacob loves the show. I love the show too. Jacob likes it for the explosions, spy stuff, and the hot leading lady Fiona. I like it for this hot hunk. LOL. No the show really is good, but if it wasnt this hottie as the leading spy guy, I might not watch. lol. 2 spies, one list. Maybe I have a thing for the internationally wanted??

5. T.I.

So he's my red herring I suppose. He's just amazingly good looking. I know. Interesting pick. There is just something about him. Can't explain it.


There are so many more hotties out there who deserve a "men"-tion lol. But this is my "list". I'm sure I could come up with at LEAST a 10 person list. But K's list was only 5, so alas, mine is only 5. Maybe that's the rule or something...you can only have 5??

Well quickly here are honorable MENtions:
--David Beckham..have you SEEN his underwear ads?? HELLO! (just dont let him talk, his voice is squeaky)
--George Clooney..dont judge. You know he FINE.
--Chris Pine...yumm
--Ryan Reynolds.did you see the cover of Entertainment Weekly??
--Robert Pattinson...but only during Twilight. Not in real life. He must be 100+ years old and a vampire to be sexy in my book apparently. lol


Ok thats it...now, who is on your list???

I tell ya

I think every post lately has started with something along the lines of "wow I'm a terrible blogger!"

Maybe, just maybe its because I AM.

I tell ya, I just dont have it in me much anymore.

I have nothing witty to say!!

So Ill just update you on what has been going on!

--Joined the Twitter world, wanted to tweet to John McCain but totally wimped out
--Reading...I'm plugging through Wicked right now, dont like it...But must finish..up next: something that isnt a commentary on politics, war, leadership, faith, blah blah drivel drivel
--Raising a very precocious pup..he's decided that he forgot about being potty trained...its annoying...
--Workin...every day from 9-2 and 9-3 on Fridays..
--Trying to figure out how to fit something FUN into my summer
--Hayden is going to my Dad's house the 1st of July..until the 12th..its going to be a LONG time, but I would say, much needed for both of us by then :)
--Ill have my first 4th of July sans kiddo...maybe I'll do something fun, go to the lake or something..thats what cool kids do right? go to the lake for 4th of July?? Maybe I should stay home since my "cool kid" quotient is always dwindling!

--Apparently pissing off the cash register....NO SALE NO SALE NO SALE...SORRY I wont press that button the rest of the time I'm here! I PROMISE...sheesh...testy much??

OK...I think that about sums it up..


Picture: the aforementioned pup..man he's growing up...i guess i could say that about the both of them!

Shock. This blog might ACTUALLY make sense!

That must mean finals are over!! WOO HOOO!!

What's been going on around these parts then?? hmm..

I STARTED MY FIRST JOB EVER! Another shocker, I know. You might wonder why at 24 I'm just now becoming a member of the work force. Well his name is Hayden and he's 7. I've spent the last few years being a student and a mom. No time for work. But now that it's summer for me, I got a job. My dad was pressuring me to do it, and I said what the heck, I realize it really IS in my best interest to have SOMETHING on my resume when I graduate other than just school. So for the next year and a half (hopefully) I'll be working at the law school bookstore. It's a great setup. I get money off books, clothes, and food!! WOOT! It just doesn't much better than that for a law student! Most "law" jobs don't pay. And, well, when you have a kid and can't take him where you're going, it helps to get paid to send him to day care. (another shocker. I'm just full of them today huh? lol) My dad just didn't seem to understand that A. Law jobs don't pay and B. I dont want to take any more of his money than I have to. Oh well.

So I have a job!! Woot. 8.50 an hour. 9-2 M-Th then 9-3 on Friday. Weekends are FREE! YAY!

Ok so what else?? My Hayden-man did AWESOME on his last report card!! That was a sweet bonus.

My pup keeps growing and growing. I'll take some pictures here soon, hopefully you'll be able to tell how BIG he's gotten!

I did a major clean of my downstairs and am SUPER satisfied with how it turned out. Even though its getting a little messy again...it will only take about 15 min. tops to get it back in shape! YAY. I'm currently writing this blog to avoid doing the same upstairs. It needs it. Bad. I live upstairs either at the desk or sitting in the bed during finals. (Well I did this year for half of it, the other half was spend downstairs on the super comfy couch. I got tired of looking at this room since I stayed in it to write the paper too...LAME) I need to clean out closets, dust, sweep, mop, the whole nine. I JUST DONT WANNA! I figure I'll get some of it done. I'm conserving precious energy for my run later.

Speaking of which, I'm back on the running bandwagon. I dont know how much I will end up talkin about it here, but I am trying to train for the marathon in December. I promised myself a long time ago that I would run a marathon by the time I turn 25. And, well, that is December 22! So HOPEFULLY I'll get my act together and get on it!! It will be H.O.T. this summer, but it will do me some good.

I dunno what else. I'm not feeling super witty right this moment. I just thought that if I want people to continue to read this ole blog of mine, I might as well WRITE something! s


OKIE DOKIE!!

A picture to send you off!

A picture of my Mother's Day present from the kiddo. Super random, but super cute because I know for a fact he picked it out :)
I said "Thanks Hayden!! What made you think I would want a rabbit?" and he said "Because you like rabbits" and I said "YEP! You're right! I sure do! How come you picked this one?" "Because I knew you would put it by the front door"........all occurring AFTER I put it out on the front porch. By the front door. LOL. The kid knows his mama!

and no. I dont collect rabbits. Well I do now. But only ONE. (and my dolly i had when i was a kid...her name was rosey--she was a rabbit...with roses all over her...hence the name..i was SO creative i know)

oh neglected one

what if the pen companies had to put disclaimers on their packaging about their ink permanently staining your skin (i'm just saying..you never know..those doodles from 8th grade could have been FOREVER)?

would they then have public service announcements because they know how much kids LOOOVE to write on their hand??

what would they say??

--This is Jenny..One sunny Monday, a day beautiful day in Fargo, North Dakota, Jenny decided she would say yes to Brad. She became his very first girlfriend, and he became her very first boyfriend. All was well, and Jenny wrote on her hand, like a lot of misguided girls her age do. She wrote I Love Brad. Then that Friday, Brad broke up with her. Now Jenny is stuck with her faded love story on her hand. Dont be like Jenny.


OOORRR

--This is Polly. She wanted to play the Pen 15 game. So she wrote Pen15 on her hand. Now she will go through life with penis written on her hand. Dont be like Polly.


Be safe..and dont write on your hands kids. Or you could end up like Jenny and Polly. Scarred for LIFE.

Be right, Dont Write!!

LOLOLOL

sorry...i'm a little delusional


because in reailty...those are just tattoos right??

but funnier because they are done with an ink pen...slash it was hilarious in my head...

Why?

someone made this....it made me think of Em.

Why does the back of my husband's anti dandruff shampoo say "Warning: for external use only"

He tried to explain it....I was to pre-occupied with what the eff internal dandruff would look like/where it would be.


Why do I hate school so much?

Again, husband tried to explain. I was pre-occupied with the fact that I was snotting on my comforter and was in dire need of a tissue..yet he was still just looking at me..WTF?

Why is TV at 1230 at night so much more interesting than my public health paper?

oh yeah thats right....because it isnt so mind-numbingly boring that I would rather poke my eyes out than work on it...thhaatts right!!!

My last one is a how/why/I totally understand now

How is it that your heart expands to bring people/dogs in so easily? Even when you don't know if you could love something as much as your other dog?

Well I totally understand what people are always saying about their kids, but mine is about my pupper dog. I never thought I could love a puppy as much as I love my Bailey-doodles, but I do. And my Bailey-doodles is still my baby girl. Crazy.

Mushy enough? Good. Good thing thats all I got!!

I found a website looking for warning labels..and made one of my own:
and another onewarning label generator

Meet Beau

This is Beauregard. Beau for short.

Where did Beau come from? A super sketchy mall pet store. So I consider him a rescue. I'm crossing my fingers he's okay, and yes, I do understand that he might not be. I'm just in denial.

I'm super nervous about being a new puppy-mommy. I worry about him being in his kennel while I'm at school. He HATES being away from us. Hates. I feel sorry for my neighbors. :(

Anyway..he is super super sweet..and loving. He's a mama's boy. I wouldn't have it any other way really.

Bailey is taking to him as best as can be expected. She doesnt looove the idea of having a little brother, but she doesn't hate it either. She did better today than she did yesterday. She actually played with him a bit.


Ok...thats my boy!! I'm sure this isnt his first appearance around here :)