I'm married!!!!!

Just in case I still have readers...I'm married!!! I'll try to take some time over the next few weeks to make a post for anyone who is still around :)

Things I've done 2...

Make anything that you have done BOLD. That's the rules folks.

Started your own blog

Slept under the stars--just the one time

Played in a band--Jr High, HS and some college!

Visited Hawaii

Watched a meteor shower

Given more than you can afford to charity

Been to Disneyland/world

Climbed a mountain

Held a praying mantis

Sang a solo

Bungee jumped

Visited Paris

Watched a lightning storm at sea

Taught yourself an art from scratch

Adopted a child

Had food poisoning

Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

Seen the Mona Lisa in France

Slept on an overnight train

Had a pillow fight

Hitchhiked

Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

Built a snow fort

Held a lamb

Gone skinny dipping

Been to a Broadway show in NY

Ran a Marathon

Been in three states at once

Ridden in a gondola in Venice

Seen a total eclipse

Watched a sunrise or sunset

Hit a home run

Been on a Cruise

Seen Niagra Falls in Person

Visited the birthplace of your Ancestors

Seen an Amish community

Taught yourself a new language

Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

Gone rock climbing

Seen Michelangelo’s David

Sung karaoke

Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

Visited Africa

Walked on a beach by moonlight

Been transported in an ambulance

Had your portrait painted

Gone deep sea fishing

Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Been to Grace Kelley’s grave in Monaco

Gone to a drive-in theater

Been in a movie

Visited the Great Wall of China

Started a business

Taken a martial arts class

Swam in the Mediterranean Sea

Visited Russia

Served at a soup kitchen

Sold Girl Scout cookies

Gone whale watching

Gotten flowers for no reason

Donated blood, platelets or plasma

Gone sky diving

Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

Bounced a check

Saved a favorite childhood toy

Visited the Lincoln Memorial

Eaten Caviar

Pieced a quilt

Stood in Times Square

Toured the Everglades

Been fired from a job

Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

Broken a bone

Been on a speeding motorcycle

Seen the Grand Canyon in person

Published a book

Visited the Vatican

Bought a brand new car

Walked in Jerusalem

Had your picture in the newspaper

Read the entire Bible

Visited the White House

Killed and prepared my own meat

Had chickenpox

Saved someone’s life

Sat on a jury

Met someone famous

Joined a book club

Lost a loved one

Had a baby

Seen the Alamo in person

Swam in the Great Salt Lake

Been involved in a law suit

Owned a cell phone

Been stung by a bee

10/18/08

I'm getting married tomorrow....enough said :)

Wedding planning

WOW!!! I can't believe how fast time flies by!!! Our wedding is only about 2 months away..EEEKKK!!!!! Today my invitations are going out. There is NO going back now!!! hehehe WOW, this is the first real big step we've taken towards the wedding, everything else up til now has been planning. YAY!

As for my health, I go in for a LEEP procedure on August 22nd. It's going to be no fun but at least I'll be over it before the wedding! You can google it if you want to know what it is. Has to do with my cervix and it's just not fun at all, but necessary.

So that's that!!!!!

Wedding Dress Personality

Now playing: David Archuleta - Crush (Main Version)
via FoxyTunes

What Your Ideal Wedding Dress Says About You




Your Personal Style:



Young and flashy. You dress like a celebrity, and you love to accessorize.



Your Ideal Wedding:



A huge party with all your friends, with lots of toasting and dancing



Your Philosophy on Marriage:



The person you marry should be your best friend.



Your Perfect Marriage:



Is when you still surprise each other with romantic gestures

The Wedding Dress Test

Results and More Tests

So my blood tests for hepatitis and thyroid came back negative, as well as the urinalysis. All normal. My colonoscopy found nothing of interest. He did biopsy two spots but didn't they would be anything.

I get a call today that my pap smear came back "significantly abnormal" and so I am being referred to a gyno for a colposcopy! My abdominal ultrasound is scheduled for tomorrow morning. I went in today and gave more blood to test for celiac disease and gluten allergy.

So far they have found nothing wrong with me yet all signs pointed to something wrong. It's so frustrating and I feel like a lab rat. I guess I won't need all this diagnostics anytime soon and I can be confident that all else is fine and dandy at age 32 as it SHOULD be!!!! Geesh!!!!

Colonoscopy!!!

I had my mashed potatoes on Monday evening, then a little later I had some scrambled eggs. At about 10pm I ended up in the bathroom with several bouts of diarrhea. So I called the doctor the next morning and she said she'd set up a consult with the GI Doc. So then I get a call today saying that they just went ahead and scheduled a colonoscopy for me for Friday. YIPEE!

So, last night I had some chicken and rice soup which stayed down til about 3am, then it woke me up. So it's all for the best that I go through this horrendous process.

So I get my prescription for the Nu-Lytely. It's basically a one gallon plastic container with some powder in the bottom. It came with several packets of flavoring (lemon-lime, pineapple, cherry, and orange). I get to choose which one I want to use. Tonight after 8pm, I'm on a liquid diet, which is what I was on pretty much anyways. Then tomorrow at noon I get to start drinking this liquid. I can cut it with crystal light or something like that. I get 4 hours to drink it. Probably within 20 minutes I'll start having the urge to go. When everything comes out clear, then you know your clean. Hopefully it won't take me long. then it's clear liquid diet til midnight and then nothing after midnight.

I go to the doctors at 7:30am on Friday. Procedure should be done by 10:30 or so, then it's home. Oy...can't believe I am getting this done. It'll be good but still, such a hassle! I sure hope they find something in there!!!!!

Back from the Doctors

I just got back from the doctors. I had my annual physical as well as a follow up to my diagnoses on Thursday of diverticulitis. I've been on a clear liquid diet all weekend long eating only a pudding cup once a day with my antibiotics.

So, she tells me that she wants to do a hepatitis panel since my liver values are elevated. She explained to me about fatty liver and all that jazz and that I may need an ultrasound.

We talk about my symptoms that I presented with on Thursday. Most of them are gone, although my stomach is still sore, my guess is that there is still some inflammation in there. Doc then told me she'd refer me to a gastroenterologist, the best around in her opionion, and she wanted me to talk to him first, see what he thought and what step (i.e. upper endo or colonoscopy) he preferred.

My physical went fine. All else was normal. She said I could start eating soft solid foods (that includes brownies, right?) for a few days, see how my stomach did and then go back to normal after a few days. I went up to the lab, got a urinalysis, a thyroid profile, and a hepatitis profile done (more blood), and went home. Oh, the results from the ova and parasite testing weren't back yet. So she should be calling me sometime in the next few days with results. I'm hoping it's nothing crazy and I can just get back to normal.

She also told me that she can prescribe my antidepressant meds and I won't have to go to the psychiatrist anymore! WOOT!!!

So, I had some eggs, some mashed potatoes and a brownie ( I couldn't help it!!!!!) and now I'm happy and content and am going to go watch a movie!

Happy Monday everyone!

Updating ya..

Wow, I can't believe how fast the last 6 months have gone. I used to be really good at writing in my blog but have seriously slacked off in that department. It's not that I've been extremely busy, I guess that my brain has just been elsewhere.

So, our wedding is planned for October 18, 2008. It's a Saturday night. So far, we are looking at a backyard wedding. The cost for everything is enormous. We really need to win the lottery. But I'm still excited. I just hope it all works out!

I got a new pet. He's a black bear hamster. So far I've been calling him Hammy but I know that isn't original. We are still getting to know his personality. He's quite skittish and have been trying to get him used to us. He's wicked cute though and I just want to kiss him and squish him. LOL

Work is the usual. I still love being around the animals but the politics of the hospital are really getting to me. They are taking advantage of me and it is just getting to be way too much. I'm looking though.

Not really working on anything crafty. I have so many WIP's and none of them excite me but I know I should finish or frog. I can't get myself to do any of that. I'd really love to make the "Diamond Sage Wrap" from the new Interweave Crochet. Any suggestions for a good yarn for that? It's hard to find a good cheap laceweight. Thanks in advance.

So, I taught my mom to crochet a while back. She's doing so well and I'm so proud of her!! She has made a bunch of afghans and throws. She made a few bags and is now busy making dishcloths. She even taught herself to read a pattern, which she said she'd never be able to do!!!! Someone else who is "hooked"!!! Yayayay MOM!!!!

I spent Memorial Day week at my brothers in KS. My mom, her boyfriend and myself flew out there to see my brothers new baby, Chloe. She is the most beautiful wonderful thing ever! She was born March 27th and is so perfect. We had a good visit with her and my brother and his wife. They are situated on Fort Leavenworth but not for long. My brother is getting out and the family is moving to Oregon, closer to his wifes family. It's going to be tough having them so far away.

Both B and me had our birthdays. We are now 32 years old. I don't feel 32 though. the past few days I've felt 100. I had a diverticulitis attack, well at least that is what the doctor thinks. She also said I had elevated liver values so more testing will be done for that on Monday. It's kinda stressful but I just want to feel better. The past 2 days were horrible. And I'm on a clear liquid diet til Monday which is awful. I'm STARVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's about it for now. All else is normal around here. Summer is here, and only 4 months til the wedding!!!

Wedding Plans

I think we've just about figured out what our wedding day/reception plans are going to be. We originally were going to have a beach ceremony and then a restaurant reception. We finally came to the conclusion that we just can't afford the restaurant reception.

So we are going to have a backyard reception. Oh my...am i crazy?