A New Year!!
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Posted:Dec 30, 2007 8:35 pm
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Been, Gone a day or two...but never frett...you were always in my thoughts...I had to re-group...I lost a vital part of Me...and did not take "it" well. I do hope all has went well with all my Blog babies.
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A better place...
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Posted:Jan 4, 2007 9:28 pm
Last Updated:Sep 5, 2017 2:09 pm
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Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the
beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my
life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the
sand. Sometimes there were two sets of
footprints, other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that
during the low periods of my life, when I was
suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I
could see only one set of footprints, so I said
to the Lord,
“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you, you would walk with
me always. But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life there has
only been one set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most, have you not
been there for me?”
The Lord replied, “The years when you have
seen only one set of footprints, my ,
is when I carried you.”
Mary Stevenson, 1936
This is one of my favorite poems and I know in my heart and soul... that my Father ‘believed’ this with all his being...
His Heavenly Angels... mercifully and swiftly...carried my Father to his Heavenly Reward on the 12th of December.
For those who know me and understand...and for those who don’t...
I have been walking around in a daze of confusion...of disbelief...of raw agonizing pain...of suffocating grief and sorrow. Only now...do I feel strong enough to share his loss.
OMG!! Daddy I wasn’t ready for you to go...
This may sound strange...but, I have to be thankful that he did not linger endlessly and suffer in agony. That would have been sheer agony in its self and totally heart wrenching. His passing was merciful and swift.
I take comfort in the belief...that my Father suffers no more and is in a better place.
Your memory will live on...in my heart...through my sons’ heart...through my grandchildren’s hearts...your grandson...your great-grandchildren...your legacy.
I will miss you, Daddy!!
In Loving Memory
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Holiday wishes...
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Posted:Dec 23, 2006 4:32 pm
Last Updated:Dec 30, 2007 8:01 pm
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I just wanted to wish everyone... Happy Holidays!!
May your New Year be blessed with good health and happiness!!
Best wishes my OhSowonderful blog babies 
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Treasure...
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Posted:Nov 27, 2006 5:25 am
Last Updated:Sep 5, 2017 1:58 pm
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Treasure the blessings of each new day...
...a glorious sunrise
...a tranquil sunset
...a gentle breeze caressing your check
...a Spring shower that refreshes the earth
...a fresh, glistening, untouched blanket
...... of snow
...all the crickets, frogs and birds
...... singing in harmony
...all the beauty
...all the glory that surrounds us
Treasure the blessings...
...of a friendly smile
...of a helping hand
...of holding hands
...of even shaking hands
...of a hug of friendship
... ...of compassion
... ...of solace
... ...of love
Treasure the beauty and the wonder
...of love
...of family
...of friendship
...of compassion
...of understanding
...of kindness
...of the acceptance you have shown others
...of the acceptance others have shown you
Treasure every moment!!
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Prognosis...Grim!!
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Posted:Nov 16, 2006 1:29 pm
Last Updated:Aug 30, 2010 5:05 am
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All is not so well in OhSoland...Oh! God!! I wish I could say all is well!! But, the Grim truth...the reality of my Dad’s health problems are far more serious...{than he had ever let on}...far more serious than I had expected!!
I knew that he had had some health problems... but, he hid the severity from me...I can only assume he was trying to protect his little girl.LOL  I was totally blown away!!
The Prognosis in layman terms... my Dad is slowly suffocating!! His doctors believe, due to a lifelong stomach condition, which caused frequent acid reflux...or something...something! It has caused his lungs to harden!! And they will continue to progressively harden...until...he can no longer breath!! Granted, I’m no medical expert...but, it sounds as though he has scar tissue...upon scar tissue building up in his lungs.
Whatever the cause...the doctors say there is no cure...no way to reverse the damage...no way to stop the progression...the outcome is inevitable...’Time’ is the only uncertainty! It is in God’s hands now...only he can determine how much time is left.
Bottom line... He is slowly dying!! A slow agonizing death!!
His options are limited. Best case scenario... {only option that would provide any semblance of viable life} He is approved for a lung transplant. I have to have faith that that is an option open to him.
Probable scenario...The function of his lungs can no longer support his system. Or should I say the non-function of his lungs...will no longer provide the necessary function to enable life. At this stage, it would be necessary for him to be connected to a respirator.
Worst case scenario... Needs no explanation!!
In his typical style...He tells me that we all die...we get old...we get sick...we die!! That is our life cycle... It’s like...Gee! Dad!! I do understand that...intellectually and logically I know death is inevitable. But no matter what...emotionally you are never prepared!! How can you be prepared to lose a part of yourself!!
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Emergency road trip...
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Posted:Nov 4, 2006 7:49 am
Last Updated:Nov 27, 2006 1:36 pm
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My Fathers' health has been failing this past year. Of course, when we talk he down-plays the severity of his health issues.
Well there is no getting around this one...he is in the hospital. All I really know is that his lungs are only working at a 15% capacity...and that does not sound good.
So I'm out of here!! I need to go spend some time with my Dad. OMG!! This can't be happening!! I need more time!! You can't go yet!! Daddy, NO!!
I'll catch-up with everyone when I get back...
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Another year...
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Posted:Nov 3, 2006 6:30 am
Last Updated:Aug 30, 2010 5:07 am
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Another year has come and gone...
A year full of joy, laughter and too many tears...
A year that wept for the birth of a precious Grandchild...
A year spent with all my loved ones...
A year spent nurturing so many special friendships...
A year enhanced...by meeting so many wonderful people...
A year spent...without a significant other...again.
The ‘day’ as insignificant as any other...
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A Proclamation...To Reclaim...
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Posted:Nov 1, 2006 8:03 am
Last Updated:Aug 30, 2010 5:11 am
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Just trying to reclaim My Blog...
deleted posts were a...Venomous regurgitation of my bile I must profess I'm only human!!
I need...I want...I desire...More...
After the initial invasion, I thought it would be best to stop blogging completely. I had to consider my ...my blog was never intended to cause him grief. I felt I should take into consideration how the whole ‘invasion’ may have affected him. I thought/felt it would be best.
There were so many posts...so many comments...so many responses...that where twisted and interpreted as...how the invader saw fit. I will, however, give the invader the benefit of the doubt. Even though, the invader has know for at least a year...about my blog...about the Alt M&G...about the bloggers I consider OhSospecial friends. I will chock the invasion of ThaMan70615 as an immature act.
The conception...the intention of my blog was to share ‘whatever’... jokes... tid-bits of info I found interesting...my journey... my life lessons...the joys, pitfalls and triumphs...my mundane {ain’t got laid...in to long} daily life...a place to vent my frustration, with situations beyond my control!! That is the KEY... situations beyond my control... I can only wish...this had not happened...but reality always rears its ugly head. And this is an ugly situation!
Rub-a-dab-dab...This is the Rub!! This is MY BLOG!! My notions...My commotions...My emotions!! YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO ‘INVADE’ MY PLACE!!
With that Said!! I apologize my ‘Blog babies’ I should have never let my ‘ass’ defeat the ‘purpose’....My purpose...Your purpose...Our purpose!! I hope all is forgiven!!
lil’ man...ya know where I’m at
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It' time...
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Posted:Oct 21, 2006 2:47 pm
Last Updated:Oct 24, 2006 3:09 pm
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It's time for me to go
My heart is in shreds...
My love has turned against me...
My life is in shambles...
This is the one place...
I have found solace...
but, has been my undoing...
To OhSomany wonderful bloggers!!I will miss you all. You have filled an empty space, in my life. I love y'all!!
Catch ya on the flip side!! Missin ya already!!
contact info upon request
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Duty calls...
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Posted:Oct 16, 2006 9:44 pm
Last Updated:Aug 30, 2010 5:16 am
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Gee, Whiz! I’m such a lucky cuss!!
Today was my first day of jury duty. Honestly, I was not real thrilled it is just a bad time. Some might even say there is never really a good time
Any hoo, I got chosen in the first pool of potential jurors. You swear an oath. Ok, be good...not that kinda oath!! Then your ask a million and one mundane questions...do you know anyone in the DA’s office, do you know this or that person, do you know the accused, do you know...yada yada yada.
Eventually, they get around to Why? the Grand jury indicted ...said accused. The charges are read...Terroristic threats with the treat of murder. Ok, I could handle that...I’ve threatened to beat the shit out of my numerous times...but ‘it’ never happened.
Sodomy of a minor under the age of sixteen... Red Flag!! I must have stopped listening, for a few seconds...because the last thing I heard...was something about him sticking his penis into her mouth. Pooff!! In an instant, I knew I could not be ‘impartial’...I could not be a juror. Not for this case... Nope! No Way!!
With next barrage of questions, we were asked if we could be fair and impartial. I had to speak-out and say NO!! When asked why? I said I could not be Objective. Nuff, Said!!
I was excused and sent back...to sit with all the people who had not been selected...another potential juror was selected and the process started all over again...and again...and again.
Eventually, we were sent on a break. There must have been some ‘wheelin and dealin’ going on...cause the next thing I know...the young girl {victim} and her mother walk-out crying. He must have pled ‘guilty’ to a lesser charge or something.
We are called back into the court room and the whole process starts over...for a different case. I was not a member of the pool, this time around. But, your still stuck there for the same ol’ mundane questions...the same ol’ yada yada. Boring!!
So I'd like to know, if you were selected as a potential juror...is there a particular crime you know you could not be objective about?
If so, what?
Legal eagles...guilty as charged and sentenced...so I'm at liberty to discuss the case
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A lonely woman...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2006 8:10 pm
Last Updated:Oct 20, 2006 2:52 pm
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A lonely woman, aged 70, decided that it was time to get married. She put an ad in the local paper that read:
HUSBAND WANTED!
MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (70's),
MUST NOT BEAT ME,
MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME,
AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED!
ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.
On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman with no arms or legs sitting in a wheelchair. The old woman said, "You're not really asking me to consider you, are you? Just look at you.... you have no legs!" The old man smiled, "Therefore I cannot run around on you!"
She snorted. "You don't have any hands either!" Again the old man smiled, "Nor can I beat you!"
She raised an eyebrow and gazed intently. "Are you still good in bed?" With that, the old gentleman leaned back, beamed a big broad smile and said, "I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"
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Time to De-Funk Da-Funk...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2006 8:00 pm
Last Updated:Nov 27, 2006 10:11 am
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Considering the fact, that this has been a long, very long, drawn-out saga about all the DRAMA!! I decided to take pity on all the poor souls that have been tuning-in to ‘As The Stomach Turns’ and give a short abridged version; of the final chapter. Ok, Ok!! You can all stop applauding now!! I realize I have been going on, an on, an on... like the Energizer Bunny!!
A worthy piece of information...
I will henceforth... In all future posts...{{I just got a feeling...there is more to come}} refer to my 2nd G’sons Mama as the ‘Ice Princess’ because she is one cold hearted &*^!$% girl!!
Zee Finale...
My spent a couple of hours, at O’dark thirty in the morning, walking back and forth to the gate. {after hours...you have to have a ‘key code’ to get in the gate} Hopelessly, thinking she would come back!! {not in a million years...I had seen this whole ‘scenario’ play-out...before} God!! My heart just ‘aches’ for my !! Anyway, he talked to the Ice Princess the next day...she wouldn’t come back out to the lake.
The break-down...of our pleasant little, quality family-time together!!Boiled down to...1st day/night...spent most of the day with my 1st {oldest} G’ just having a good ol time...spent a couple of hours with the 2nd G’ {the lil’ one}...Major ‘Ice Princess’ drama leading to a quick...snatch, grab and run...
2nd day/night... {ideal day...Which, I wanted ‘all’ of us to share...unfortunately, it did not turn out that way} got to spend the day, with my and 1st {oldest}G’ fishing, swimming, riding bikes...just having fun...being together. Had to take my home that evening. The Ice Princess was nowhere to be found. When the G’ and I got back to the lake...we pretend night fished for a while...then called it a day.
3rd day/night...Spent the day with G’ doing just about the same things we had done the day before...along with a little nature hike. Around 4 ish, my G’sons Mama calls and says she wants me to bring him home. {Just great! Just what I wanted to hear!! I was suppose to have him one more night...but NO!! That was not going to happen. WTF!! At least she let me keep him for a few more hours so we could go night fishing again. After dropping my G’ off, I spent the remainder of the evening drowning my sorrows...alone!!
4th day/night...Around 10am, I called G’sons Mama {like I said I would} to see if they wanted to come out to the lake. She was still in bed and I’m sure my G’ was planted in front of the TV...by himself. Ok, so I’ll call back in a few hours. What a joke!! She didn’t even afford me the courtesy of answering the phone when I called back. Needless to say...my last day/night at the lake SUCKED!!
Oh, Joy!!Joy!!Joy!! I can’t wait to do it again
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Da Funk...{cont}...
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Posted:Oct 3, 2006 11:11 am
Last Updated:Oct 21, 2006 1:59 pm
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So my , along with his new family finally arrive at the lake. Things seem to be going smooth as silk. He unloaded his car and I helped put the groceries away. While his girlfriend, took care of the baby {my new G’} and gets him settled. Her and the G’ are running in and out...all excited...just having a blast. It was my sons’ responsibility to provide the food, while I paid for everything else. My G’ hadn’t had anything substantial to eat for a few hours; so I fed him and the g̀friend’s {he has been calling me G’mom since the little one was born...no problem...he is an innocent } After they finished eating, I figured why not go exploring and have some fun! I pulled out a couple of lanterns {a propane and a battery operated one} and off we went...the little one’s shared the battery-operated lantern, while I carried the other one. We did a little exploring and then went down to the boat dock. The G’ and I sat on the edge so we could dangle our feet in the water; but the other little one just stood there...with such an indescribable look on his face. {the only thing I can really think of is a cross between terrified, but yearning} I finally convinced him that I would not let anything happen to him...that he was safe! It took him a few minutes to become accustom to dangling his feet in the water. Needless to say, I started kicking my legs and they both quickly followed suit and when all was said and done...we were all soaked from head to foot. We had a blast!! I’m sorry it had to end, but it was getting late. It will become apparent...Why! I wish ‘it’ had not come to an end!!
We get back to the cabin, I strip the little guys down and wrap towels around them. My had been re-rigging the fishing poles, while we were gone, and his g’friend must have been preparing the baby for bed...can’t say for sure. {probably brooding...and I’m trying to be kind} Whahoo!! A posse of drowned rats comes crashing into the cabin...I go change out of my wet cloths and start running bath water. Amidst all the excited chatter, I ask the g’friend if she would give them a bath. {because it is little rough on my back and knees...in my ripe ol’ age...LOL} Things are honky dorrie!! The lil’ones are playing and splashing, in the bath, having even more fun just being . So, she gets the boys’ out of the tub...she takes her and I take my G’ to prepare for bed...{ I’m a lot slower with the ‘bed’ ritual...I just want to savor every moment} She puts her in bed... a few moments later...my G’ in his p-jays struts back to ‘his’ room.
It is crucial![size2]At this point to ReMEMBeR...that earlier in the day, I had told my G’ to pick-out ‘his’ room so that he could carry his stuff to that room! My G’ enters ‘said’ room and asks, Why are you in my bed?
You have to understand, the lil’guy is 3 yrs old and the last thing ‘he’ remembers is G’ma saying ‘pick’ your room...right!! *** As an AdULt, all you have to say is...you guys are going to share the room. Gee! Whiz !! That’ll be fun!!
Oh! No! No, Way!! Not even in my wildest dreams!! This is where...The Stomach ‘Starts’ to Turn!! Instead of being, the ‘adult’ she is suppose to be...she snatches her up out of the bed and puts him in her room. At this point, my G’ is confused and upset! {Big FU-fuin! No, NO with me!! You don’t mess with lil’ ones!!}
Oh!! Sorry, for going-off on a tangent. I tried to divert my G’ s’ attention/interest with a hide-a-bed . . . that folds out of the sofa {that he actually spent the night on} . . . he was totally engrossed . . . and did not give the DRAMA unfolding around him another thought. {I do, at least, hope so!} After, my G’ was settled, I looked into the room...where my and his ‘new’ family {supposedly, minus her } would be sleeping} and they were all ‘spooned’ together... {it was a very touching site...BUT!! I have no ideal, WTF her and my said to one another... I made a comment...RE: Your perfect little family...which, does not include ‘us’
Next thing I know!! She is jerking, both of her ...{one a wee lil' dude} up-out of bed and heading for the DOOR!!
Thankfully, my 3 month old G' {a wee lil' dude} and my 3 yr old G' were oblivious to all the shit that was going on...around them!!
I was shocked!!
Totally, flabbergasted!!What just Happened!??!
Well! Before, I get obnoxiously rude and go off on a 'tangent' I should 'cut' for a commercial...LOL
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