  Hey Ladies! I'm Baa-ack! Thank you so much for your concern about my untimely disappearance, but last week was hell. So much to deal with, I'll run it down quickly. Sunday, Charlie caught herself on barbed wire and opened a two inch gash on her left flank, 3 hours and $172 at the vet. Sunday night, found lump in left breast.
Monday dr, Thursday needle biopsy, results this morning non-malignant pre-cancerous tumor, lumpectomy scheduled for Aug. 21. Emotions run last week, fear, anger, helplessness, more anger, denial (mixed with a bottle of Merlot can be very effective anesthesia. ) Emotions today, happy, gratitude, relief, might have to try the Captain Morgan's thing and party tonight. Sarah's teacher's 6-week old baby girl died Wednesday morning, Mayor of Panhandle died Wednesday night. Went to both funerals on Friday. Spent Saturday moving my grandma into hospice, Sunday confessing to Roy what is going on medically.
Spent Sunday night making up to him for not telling him sooner. This morning things settled down enough physically, mentally and emotionally for me to come back here and make my presence felt. Once again, thanks for missing me. On a darker note, DO NOT send Geraldo to look for me. I have a stun gun and I'm not afraid to use it. Quick notes in response to some of your postings this last week.
Nan - One word for you and your husband: grandchildren. KidLight - all the fun, none of the responsibility. You guys probably don't have too many more years to wait. I also suffer from hypothyroidism. First clue: falling asleep in the toilet at work with my forhead resting on the toilet paper. Repeatedly.
Pregnancy killed my thyroid. Still carrying the weight I gained with Sarah. Actually lost weight with Jaylee. Hyperemetosis. Killer Oompas. My dog keeps bringing us rabbits and rabbit parts.
Sarah got a hold of one and brought it into the house. "Look, rabbit. " At a glance, I thought it was one of her toys. The blood dripping from it's mouth begged a closer look. Ah, kids. Are you sure you don't want another one?
Jan - So glad you're not TB positive. That could really wreck your social life. Famous TB sufferers: Doc Holliday (one of Val Kilmer's best roles), Satine from Moulin Rouge (probably one of the most attractive cases of "consumtion"), and I believe Queen Victoria died of TB. Or syphillis, which is something I'm thinking you're not too worried about. Sherry - so you're husband fancies Angelina Jolie. Just remind him with whom she was last "intimate" and that should gross him out enough.
I would have liked to see the American Idol concert, but only if Joshua Gracin was able to participate. I knew he wasn't the best up there, but darned if I didn't try to keep him going. God bless redial. Nat - I've heard that "sssssss-POP-gush" sound at 3 in the morning. Both girls were home with pink eye and the hot water hose to the kitchen sink ruptured. I was getting their meds when it blew.
Couldn't see to turn it off under the sink so had to turn the intake to the hot water heater off and wait for it to empty into the kitchen floor. Why don't these things ever happen during daylight hours? Glad to hear you have a good sump pump. Jayel - I loved Eric Shawn's "total coverage" of the Iraqi ambassador. The other guy I love to watch that is underappreciated is Campaign Carl. You don't have to be gorgeous to be a FOX Hottie.
As for an apocolyptic world in which Hillary is POTUS and Pelosi is Gov of California, I'll take a page out of Alec Baldwin's book and threaten to move out of the country. So has anybody heard when he's planning on leaving? Does anybody even know what I'm talking about? I'm starting to ramble, so I'll end this and post. It's good to be back. 
