A year ago:

I couldn't walk by myself
I couldn't roll over in bed without help
I had a 15 inch open wound on my belly
I had chemo and radiation to look forward to
I gasped in pain with every movement
My future was uncertain and bleak
I was medicated beyond coherant thought
I couldn't participate in any of the holidays
I lost my home, my cars, my children, my pets and my comfort
I couldn't hold my children tight
I couldn't tell my children it would be alright..........

A year ago has gone and I am so thankful to be alive and here for my children and my husband!

THANK YOU!!

This is my new baby, Trixie. We found her on Halloween. Can you imagine finding a black cat on Halloween? She was under the hood of Doug's truck, on top of the manifold just a crying away. It took her awhile to get used to people and I think she's ferral. After an extremely loud meowing session, she straddled Doug's foot and promtly peed on it while the box sat unused next to her. I had to show her how to use a litter box! I set a shaking kitten into the box, took my index finger and dug a whole in the litter.....yes it was clean... The scratching sound got her attention and instinct took over. She's been good ever since but I don't think she'd ever been around people because she had no idea what that box was for. Now she plays with everything is fearless to almost everything and is happy and healthy. I'm grateful for my gift!

Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately -- illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida ...  

 .... not me -- I concentrate on solutions for the problems -- it's a win-win situation.
 
 * Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.
 * Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levees.
 * Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.
  
Any other problems you would like for me to solve today?

I'm so tired these days, I can't stand it. I'm physically lethargic in that my body just doesn't have any energy. It's a struggle not to fall asleep at my desk day in and day out. I'm mentally exhausted as well. I find myself wanting to take the easy way out and not think things through. I know stress and diet are major contributers and I'm thinking I might be anemic as well. I also wonder if I'm just all used up from trying to heal from the chemo and radiation. I was drinking coffee in the mornings, but my stomach was revolting and I gave up Diet Pepsi as a thank you to the Gods when I came home from the hospital without an ostomy but now I feel like I'm crawling through every moment and every space of time till I can get back in my bed again. It seems like such a long crawl.

I feel like I can finally start living my life again. A part of me will always be waiting for the other shoe to drop, but for now I'm home free. CT/PET scan showed no new evidence of disease and CEA (cancer marker test) was down from 2.2 a year ago to 0.5. YAY!! I don't know why I haven't felt this kind of freedom when the tests were previously done, I think it's because it's officially been a year since the colon cancer. I'll never be totally home free and I know it but for now I'm cancer free and overjoyed. February will be my year anniversary from the Gall Bladder cancer and I'll celebrate then too. Each and every day is a gift and I know it especially since yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of one of my best buds, Marty, who died from the same vicious disease. I know you're smiling with me, Marty, I love you!

Marty: Forever in my heart

Two aliens landed in the Arizona desert near a gas station that was closed for the night. They approached one of the gas pumps and the younger alien addressed it saying 'Greetings, Earthling, We come in peace. Take us to your leader!!

The gas pump, of course, didn't respond.

The younger alien became very angry at the lack of response.

The older alien said, ' I'd calm down if I were you'.

The younger alien ignored the warning and repeated his greeting. Again there was no response.

Annoyed by what he perceived to be the pump's haughty attitude, he drew his ray gun and said impatiently, 'Greetings, Earthlings! We come in peace. Do not ignore us this way! Take us to your leader or I will fire!

The older alien again warned his comrade saying, 'You probably don't want to do that! I really don't think you should make him mad.'

'Rubbish,' replied the cocky, young alien. He aimed his ray gun at the pump and fired. There was a huge explosion. A massive fireball roared towards them and blew the younger alien off his feet and deposited him in a burnt, smoking mess 200 meters away in a cactus patch...

Half an hour passed. When he finally regained consciousness. He refocused his three eyes, straightened his bent antennae, and looked dazedly at the older, wiser alien who was standing over him shaking his big, green head.

'What a ferocious creature!' exclaimed the young alien. 'He damn near killed me! How did you know he was so dangerous?'

The older alien leaned over, placed a friendly feeler on his crispy friend and replied, 'If there's one thing I've learned during my intergalactic travels, You don't mess with a guy who can loop his penis over his shoulder twice and then stick it in his ear.'

Of all the blasted things! I've lost my snake. Now don't go getting kinky on me, I'd NEVER lose that snake! hehehehe Doug and I went to bring our snakes home for the first time since we've moved into our own place. We picked them up and then stopped at a couple of places to run some errands. I had them in a bag that zipped up and left about an inch open at the top so they could get some air. We got home and only King was in the bag, Jazzmin was MIA! I'm so bummed! I know she's in the van somewhere but who knows how long it'll take for her to come out.  Doug lost his snake......don't go there!........for an entire month once and another friend lost hers in her car for 3 days. I'm hoping Jazzmin won't take that long.

A cabbie picks up a Nun

She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome

cab driver won't stop staring at her.

She asks him why he is staring.

He replies:

'I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you.'

She answers,

'My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am

and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and

hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could

say or ask that I would find offensive.'

'Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.'

She responds,

'Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have

to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.'

The cab driver is very excited and says,

'Yes, I'm single and Catholic!'

'OK' the nun says. 'Pull into the next alley.'

The nun fulfils his fantasy, with a kiss that would

make a hooker blush.

But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.

'My dear child,' says the nun, 'why are you crying?'

'Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess,

I'm married and I'm Jewish.'

The nun says, 'That's OK.

My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party

This is it. This is the extent of the Halloween themes. I'm very disappointed. This one is ugly at best but the rest were worse. Where is the festive mood? Where is the thrill of spooky? Where are the Halloween themes!!??!!