Step Away From the Cake

The vet called. The biopsy they did on a lump Rocco has on his face turns out to be a mast cell tumor. He has to go in to have it removed (and lots of surrounding tissue) and to have a chest x-ray to see if it's spread. Once that is known we'll decide what else needs to be done, if anything. Okay. Can this weekend get any worse?????

This is Mango. I adopted her on August 20th. She was the sweetest little bird. The person who owned her before never really let her personality came out. In the time I had her she was developing a personality that was way bigger than her. She was really cute and incredibly demanding. When she wanted attention watch out. Thursday morning somehow she got out of her room. There was a screen door and it was latched and there was a footstool in front of it. But still she found a way out. Unfortunately, Nala the pit bull found her before I did. I thought I had got to her in time as she really seemed okay. No blood and after a few minutes she was moving around and seemed really fine. But as sometimes happens with injuries, the worst ones took a couple of days to show up. I came home tonight and found her dead in her cage. I have so many emotions running around in me I don't know what to do. I'm so sad. She was only 4 years old and really just starting to learn to enjoy her life. I fee...

Regardless of political affiliation or beliefs no one can argue that we have to thank the veterans or we would not be enjoying the things we have today. Both my father and grandfather were veterans of WWII and WWI respectively. My husband is a veteran of Vietnam. I did a brief stint in the Army but it was during a time of peace so I don't really consider myself a veteran. If you see a serviceperson or veteran today, be sure to thank them for their service to our country.

Today I've decided to entertain you with a little of my life. First, there are a couple of things I absolutely hate. Grocery shopping. Doing laundry. Doing dishes. Getting gas. To me these things are the biggest waste of time because you have to do them over and over and over and over......... They are never done. Second, I'm a lab rat. I say that in the most loving way. Anyway who has ever worked in a lab will know what I mean. You feel like a rat sometimes running around in a maze. In lab work the one seemingly constant is dishes. Easily 1/3 of my day revolves around dishes. Using, washing, moving, putting away, breaking. It truly is never ending. My husband laughs at me cause I hate doing dishes so much yet have a job where that's a large part of my day. Other than the dishes, I love my job. So what was delivered to the lab this morning???? A dishwasher!!! We got a little portable Kenmore with a cutting board top. It's so cute and so much better than doing dishes by ...

This is a brief political post you may want to avoid. I've stated before, I consider myself conservative, very conservative. Although, when my views are laid out I'm probably more libertarian then Republican. Lately I've been pissed off at the republican party. They have been doing all these things to try and appease the Democrats. I have no respect for people that do that. I have tons of respect for people who stand up for what they believe no matter what party they are. Lately the republicans have been folding on their beliefs, especially Bush, and it just pisses me off. Then we have yesterdays election. The Democrats have taken control of the House and they may well take control of the Senate. Do you think the Republicans will get the message??? You guys are pissing us off. Stand up for what you believe and stick to your guns damn it!!! The scary part is now Nancy Pelosi will be the speaker of the House. That woman is a freaking nut job. Her, Diane Fienstein, and Barbara...

I read this post over at Rice's and it sparked an excellent exchange between him and I. I don't know the answer anymore than he does but you know what??? Talking about it and exchanging ideas is definitely a way to start. Read it, weigh in, and think....... On a much more mundane subject, I swam and ran today. I don't have any swimming program just yet. I'm just getting back into it so I'm just swimming 2x a week. I've decided to put off my 30 days of swimming until January. There are a number of reasons for that some of which include some traveling in the next 2 months and not wanting to have to stress about swimming. Besides, I've registered for a 10k, I need to run!!!! Okay, so swimming was okay. I swam for about 40 minutes then went off to vote. Then on the way home from work I stopped and ran. I do have a running program so tonight was just a 30 minute walk/run. It felt good. No pain in the butt ;) That's all I have tonight. I'm off to take the...

I believe in the power of the human mind. I believe that if you can think it you can do it. Okay, within reason. No matter how much I think I can fly, I can't. But you know what I mean. The times when I've had the most faith in my ability is when I've been the best. Those times when I really didn't believe in myself and was just going through the motions are the times when I was not my best (how diplomatic was that???). I have a fortune cookie fortune that is taped on my monitor at home. It reads: Your worst enemy is inside your head. I believe that so much. No one can bring me down but me. Okay, so the last few months I've been bouncing around. I didn't really believe I could do anything. I wasn't giving my best effort to anything. I kept switching things up. It just wasn't working. The last time I was really focused on a goal was the Tinman Triathlon and I did great in it (okay, great for me :). After that I just kind of lost it. My efforts were only h...

I blew the posting everyday and I blew the 30 days of swimming. UGH!!!!! First, yesterday was crazy busy. I had a ton of errands to run and by the time I got a chance to sit down at the computer I had nothing to say - too tired. But that also explains why I didn't swim. Who knew the 2 pools in my area don't open until 1 p.m. How ridiculous is that??? I headed out early to get my swim in before my errands started. The Y is closed. That's okay, there's a community pool. Ummm, yeah, not open either. WTF????? That's okay. I live on an island I can swim in the ocean. Ummmm, yeah, not so much. The rains the past week have turned much of the near shore area brown. As a water chemist I know what's in that brown water and it ain't going to be me!!! I could have traveled to the other side of the island and swam there but that would have made my day just that much longer. So I decided to bail on the swimming and try and get my errands done. By the ...