This Blessed Mess

We met almost 4 years ago and I was instantly annoyed. He was a slacker and I was in junior management. He wore khaki shorts to work with a t-shirt that said 'Hate Me' across the front and wouldn't stop spinning around in his chair; I would not be seen without full makeup, heals and business-casual ...

Boy parts!! :)

I have this friend named MaggieDammit, who has a little website called ViolenceUnSilenced.com - maybe you've heard of it. Today she is celebrating a whole year of ViolenceUnSilenced and you should be too. Click here to celebrate with Maggie and all the survivors who have finally found their voices.

I thought I would update you all and clear up some missing pieces.. It was Don that called me that morning - JDs boss. All of JDs co-workers started calling in late and when one finally said to Don that she was late because she was stuck behind a wreck - it all clicked. JD was ...

As dramatic as it sounds to say, I guess our whole lives changed on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at approximately 6:26am. Just like every other morning, JD kissed me goodbye while I was half asleep and reminded me of such-and-such that had to get done/paid/resolved that day and I murmured a half-hearted "mmhmm-I know-mmkay-loveyoutoobye". I got ...

Oh hai! Um. I forgot I had a blog. It'll never happen again. So ANYWAY. Here, I'll catch you up: There was Halloween. [caption id="attachment_629" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Bella & Veronica/Zombie Cheerleader & Cheeta Cat"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_630" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Trevor & Billy/The Hobos"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_631" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jack/The Baby in Halloween Jammies"][/caption] And then everyone in the house got disgustingly sick. [caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" ...

Ahhhaaa.

*This post it brought to you by BORING BOOB UPDATE! The results came back on Monday and SURPRISE! The ultrasound tech never even looked at or clicked a picture of anything on the left side. They said the concern in the right side was a 5mm nodule in a lymph node with non-cancerous characteristics and 'nothing to ...

So, I went and had a mammogram: [caption id="attachment_607" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Me, patiently waiting for my mammogram."][/caption] Because I found a lump in my left breast: the left one. The first thing I learned was that although they schedule you for an ultrasound, you aren't getting one unless something is wrong. "I have an appointment at 10 for a ...

"Why yes, that IS a piece of cheese in my nose."