A long awaited return

I'm back...I think. That's it for now!

Life as I Now Know It....

I had intended to post this two days ago when it would be exactly two months since my last post, but like the title of this post - LIFE HAS CHANGED and things no longer operate for me on my normal to do list or plan.

My dear, sweet, wonderful Dad is gone. The tears are flowing again just writing those words. Everyday is SO HARD. To all my friends, I cannot tell you enough how much you mean to me. I continue to be overwhelmed by all of your love, thoughts, prayers. I only hope I can be as good a friend to all of you not just in your times of need, but always.

I'm hoping to get back into the swing of life, different as it may be, and that includes giving some attention back to my blog. Please be patient with me - someday I know the laughs will be back.

Oy!

It's been a tough week, y'all. I'm not really going to go into details, but craptastic would be the best way to describe it. Besides one seriously mortifying incident (don't ask!), there's nothing that I can really pinpoint as being horrific or unbearable, but let me tell you I am feeling low. Or as Hubz would say - feeling "swing low." I just can't shake this funk (not the caffeinated kind - that Funk I lurve truly). Hopefully this will pass and I'll be back on the up and up (or uppers) by the weekend. In the meantime, I'm going to wallow - don't try to talk me out of it.

Favorite Things Friday: Red Stamp's Computer Desktop Calendar

Since this is my second Favorite Things Friday post in a row with calendar in the title, you might be picking up on the fact that I'm slightly obsessed with calendars, planners, organizers, etc. I'm already on my third planner this year - I seem to find something wrong with all of them, but so far my newest one seems to be working well.

Anyhoo, back to my new Favorite Thing...I'm a huge fan of redstamp.com they have great stationery and desk items. I also use them to create special save the date emails, but I won't divulge all of that information in this post. I recently stumbled upon their blog and discovered every month they post a free link to a cool and creative calendar image you can use on your computer desktop. They even have different resolutions available so it works with different monitor sizes. Just follow the simple instructions and voila, you have a very stylish computer desktop.

I can't wait to see what April's design looks like. Enjoy!

Silence Really is Golden

So today I got to conduct one of my infamously long and boring training sessions and I basically talked from 10:30 am until 4:30 pm today. Now, talking this much may not bother some (like hubz who can TALK), but for me...my head hurts, my ears are ringing, my throat is sore and I've gotten no other work done today. I knew I was going to be doing this and it's probably the 20th time I have with this job, but no matter how much I prepare, all that incessant noise spewing from my lips really sickens me...mentally and physically.

There is one upside to today's rant...since I am not yet talented enough to yak and sip my chai at the same time, I ended the training session with almost a quarter of this morning's chailala left (and yes it tastes just as good cold). Sweet!

So, please let me enjoy the rest of my chai and consider me on the DO NOT CALL list...at least for tonight.

Favorite Things THIS Friday: Mibo Studio Calendar

Today's Favorite Things Friday is inspired by my lack of desire to be in the office today - the only thing keeping me sane right now is my insanely adorable FREE(!) calendar I received from Mibostudio.co.uk (a really cute UK site) just for signing up for their newsletter. I was first turned on to the free 2009 calendar by one of my all-time favorite blogs: Fifi Lapin...the World's Most Stylish Bunny.

I had the best intentions of sharing this favorite with my nearest and dearest in a New Year's e-card, but somehow I never sent it and before I knew it was way too late to celebrate New Year's. So now all my nearest, dearest, and dear readers can have this fun and stylish calendar hanging on their walls too.

To receive the pdf calendar, just go to this site: http://mibostudio.co.uk/# and click on Free 2009 Calendar, then select the Sign up Here* link. The geniuses behind this adorableness will email you to confirm and then send you the pdf. I printed mine on regular letter-size paper and tacked the first six months to my cubicle wall. The designs are gorgeous and I can even imagine lopping off the calendar portion and framing or matting the designs when the year is over.

Enjoy! Oh and, Happy New Year, y'all.

* I don't normally like to sign up for too many sites, but I promise Mibo rarely emails, so it's really not a major hassle for your inbox.

Favorite Things LAST Friday

So obviously my life is boring and my blog is uninspired of late, but I promise I am working on posts. They just don't actually make it to the blog. But last week, I did experience on of my most favorite things and it happened to be a Friday too.

Since most of my few readers know about my chronic illnesses, I'm not afraid to post about my regular colonoscopies. I had my 9th, yes 9th, one last Friday. And I realized one of the things that truly makes me happy is Propofol. For those of you who don't know (or are too lazy to click on the link) Propofol is a short-acting intravenous sedative agent used for the induction of general anesthesia for adults and children, maintenance of general anesthesia, and sedation in medical contexts, such as intensive care unit (ICU) sedation for intubated, mechanically ventilated adults, and in procedures such as colonoscopies and endoscopies (source: Wikipedia). For me it means not waking up in the middle of a colonoscopy, which did happen to me twice before. No, I'm not one of those crazies who likes to be awake and watch their procedure. No thank you. I'd rather be in my happy place and be woken up a short time later not remembering a thing.

So ultimately the plus side of having so many colonoscopies is so I can share this wonderful favorite thing. When most of you hit 50 and have to go through this, be sure to ask for Propofol. Until then, be happy you don't have to go through such things.