First, I suprised my mother with a manicure, so that was fun ( Read more... )

Ok, I messed around with the wedding photo post to make it a bit easier to read. Note that we've hidden our last names. If you have forgotten how to spell both our names, drop me a line here or with my email (which is in the locked post). However, just knowing how crouchback's name or my name sounds will allow you to find the names ( Read more... )

Ok, I could be having just a regular break and this is just a patch of pain that will go away. The nerve block could be wearing off. I could be getting used to the pain meds and those might need to be increased. He increased one of my drugs that makes me feel good but isn't a narcotic. So, I see him in a month to see how I'm doing. I have to ( Read more... )

I just bought 48 megarolls of the "does a bear shit in the woods" TP. Only the ultimate for our pampered asses. I think we're set for TP for four months. I HATE running out of TP. It's my major luxury in life. Soft TP for my tender hiney ( Read more... )

My grandparents got on a big boat to America. My grandmother was pregnant with my uncle. She was too terrified to be seperated from her family, and didn't tell the officials she was pregnant. See, they flew over pregnant women instead of having them on a boat for a long time. She got into so much trouble when her yacking was found out. Poor

One day, my grandmother took my 3 year old mother mushroom hunting. Even in the DP camps they had so little food, that my mother ate tea and bread as her primary nutrition from about 6 months until they left for the US ( Read more... )

My grandmother was a village girl. Very sheltered. She didn't even know that there were people with different skin colors until she was close to 30. So, you can imagine that she had some prejudices ( Read more... )

Well, I've learned some things. I could go to Germany under the care of a medical doctor who's at a med school in PA, and get into a Ketamine coma for 5 days, and maybe I'll wake up pain free. Yeah, baby, Special K all the way ( Read more... )

I was talking about Lithuania and things surrounding it with a second generation Lithuanian. I'm first generation, neither of my parents were born in the US. I have a LOT of stories to tell, and this is as good a place as any. So, some short things to keep you occupied ( Read more... )

Fuckaroo. My camera will not turn on anymore. It turned on, gave me an error "Memory card error", then refused to turn on, and the lens is expanded. I just bought a new big memory card, too, and I was going to download the full smaller memory cards. Shit.