REPEAT POST.
2011 is my fifteen year hand anniversary and I am on a personal-day-holiday.
The best part about my fifteen year anniversary -- is that for the first time in fifteen years -- I can "just breathe". Inhale. Exhale. I am okay. The pain is dissipating. And I am thankful!
i.lost.ONE.finger.or.TWO
definitely ONE. definitely the use of TWO.
it was not the best day of my life.
october.3.1996
i had a cut that resembled a papercut. not open. not deep. not threatening. until I came in contact with a person with strep throat. the strep infection invaded my cut via coughing or sneezing. it became staph infection. THE FLESH-EATING BACTERIA. GANGRENE.
for those of you who know: you can skip this post.
for those of you who don't know, here are some "clean" tips:
1. WASH YOUR HANDS
2. NEVER KISS A "BOO-BOO", EVER! (KISS NEXT TO IT, AROUND IT, ABOVE IT, BELOW IT... NEVER, EVER ON IT!)
3. NEVER PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR MOUTH AFTER A PAPERCUT OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CUT!
4. PUT ON A BAND-AID. Or Plaster. YES, EVEN ON A PAPERCUT!
6 months in and out of the hospital.
365 daily visits to a hand surgeon.
10 hand surgeries.
4 long years of constant doctor monitoring.
40 prescriptions for pain pills.
1200 codeine tablets. (not for sale)
1 prosthetic.
4 doctors.
1 special doctor who saved my life and my hand.
$1,000,000 dollars, at least.
1 conclusion: disability.
1 future possibility: more amputation.
THANK YOU, DR. BOB! AND 'NURSES' CARLA AND DEBBIE! You're my heroes!
Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, November 1, 2010
recaps of the last six weeks
| an anniversary moon |
| an anniversary rainbow |
| and anniversary blooms |
An anniversary.
came and went. dawned and dusked. ebbed and flowed. yinned and yanged.
I love the anniversary wish list of traditional gifts; I love reaping anniversary gifts of chrome, wood, iron, steel and leather. Especially, if that anniversary gift is a brand new shiny vehicle with a big red bow and KEYS!
However, it is really the "list" that I find very unique.
Math Problem #1: Let's say you are married 1x @ 5 years; 2x @ 8 years; 3x @ 11 years. Which gift-year would you get on the third marriage on the eleventh year not including 1 year of dating?
A. Steel B. Opal C. Musical Instrument D. Silver
Year Traditional (U.S.) Traditional (U.K.) Modern (U.S.) Some of my ideas
1st Paper Cotton Clocks Basically, what
2nd Cotton Paper China WIFEY-poo
3rd Leather Leather Crystal, Glass WANTS
4th Linen, Silk Fruit/Flower Appliances
5th Wood Wooden Silverware
6th Iron Sugar Wood objects
7th Wool, Copper Woollen Pen/ Pencil sets
8th Bronze Salt Linens, Lace
9th Pottery, China Copper Leather goods
10th Tin, Aluminum Tin Diamond jewelry
11th Steel Fashion jewelry, accessories
12th Silk Silk/ Fine Linen Pearls, Colored gems
13th Lace Textiles, Furs
14th Ivory Gold jewelry
15th Crystal Crystal Watches
16th Tourmaline Silver Holloware
17th Furniture Furniture
18th Turquoise Porcelain
19th Aquamarine Bronze
20th China China Platinum
21st Brass, Nickel
22nd Copper
23rd Silver plate
24th Opal Musical Instruments
25th Silver Silver Silver
30th Pearl Pearl Diamond
35th Coral, Jade Coral Jade
40th Ruby Ruby Ruby
45th Sapphire Sapphire
50th Gold Gold Gold
55th Emerald Emerald
60th Diamond (Yellow) Diamond Diamond
65th Blue Sapphire Star Sapphire (Gray) 70th Platinum
75th Diamond, Gold Diamond, Gold
80th Oak
90th
*** notice there isn't even a gift suggestion for the 90th year?!
*** the jewelry companies would prefer bling to be added before the 25th anniversary
*** however, modern US #10 states "DIAMOND" but, ladies, do not wait til #10 to trade-up because by year 10 you will have too many committments tying up your dollars. Get the DIAMOND before you get married!!
*** was this list compiled by a male?
*** a musical instrument on the 24th anniversary because one or both of you is hard of hearing by then.
A simple new list:
Year HIS preference Her preference
1st leather/lace jewelry
2nd see above car
3rd see above house
4th see above plus enhancements
5th see above see above
6th - 100th see above see above
Sunday, October 3, 2010
fourteen.years.it.has.been
REPEAT POST.
2010 is my fourteen year hand anniversary
& I am on a personal-day-holiday.
i.lost.ONE.finger.or.TWO
definitely ONE. definitely the use of TWO.
it was not the best day of my life.
october.3.1996
i had a cut that resembled a papercut. not open. not deep. not threatening. until I came in contact with a person with strep throat. the strep infection invaded my cut via coughing or sneezing. it became staph infection. THE FLESH-EATING BACTERIA. GANGRENE.
for those of you who know: you can skip this post.
for those of you who don't know, here are some "clean" tips:
1. WASH YOUR HANDS
2. NEVER KISS A "BOO-BOO", EVER! (KISS NEXT TO IT, AROUND IT, ABOVE IT, BELOW IT... NEVER, EVER ON IT!)
3. NEVER PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR MOUTH AFTER A PAPERCUT OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CUT!
4. PUT ON A BAND-AID. YES, EVEN ON A PAPERCUT!
6 months in and out of the hospital.
365 daily visits to a hand surgeon.
10 hand surgeries.
4 long years of constant doctor monitoring.
40 prescriptions for pain pills.
1200 codeine tablets. (not for sale)
1 prosthetic.
4 doctors.
1 special doctor who saved my life and my hand.
$1,000,000 dollars, at least.
1 conclusion: disability.
1 future possibility: more amputation.
THANK YOU, DR. BOB! AND 'NURSES' CARLA AND DEBBIE! You're my heroes!
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Numero uno.dos.tres.
but who's counting on traditional gifts?? Candy? Copper? Wood? Pottery? Tin? China?
"What number is this?" inquired husband.
"I don't know, does it feel like a low number or a high number?" responded wifey. "Have these years gone by too quickly or a bit too slowly?"
"Very quickly," husband appropriately answers. [bonus points for him!]
"Do you have any ITCHES [as in 7, 10 or 13 year]? Or have you NOT had any time to get any outside ITCHES?" wonders wifey-poo.
"What would I do with some outside Bitches? I can't even keep my thumb on you!" stunned husband answered.
Happy Anniversary to ME (and hubby)! Happy Anniversary to US!
"What number is this?" inquired husband.
"I don't know, does it feel like a low number or a high number?" responded wifey. "Have these years gone by too quickly or a bit too slowly?"
"Very quickly," husband appropriately answers. [bonus points for him!]
"Do you have any ITCHES [as in 7, 10 or 13 year]? Or have you NOT had any time to get any outside ITCHES?" wonders wifey-poo.
"What would I do with some outside Bitches? I can't even keep my thumb on you!" stunned husband answered.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
another year?
anniversaries are like birthdays... they keep coming. even if you are single, anniversaries keep coming. you know, three years since the divorce. two years since last boyfriend. one year since last romantic interlude (yes, code for ... you know). and the anniversary traditional gift list should be for the married and the single. because really, who wants what's on that list anyhow? if you're single, you can buy yourself a gift - one that you actually want. and if you're married, you can ... i don't know ... compromise!?!
First - paper
(I think this means: GIVE ME SOME MONEY!! I AM TIRED OF SHARING!)
[singletons: GIVE ME SOME MONEY!!! quite universal]
Second - cotton
(Is it GRANNY PANTY season already??? The honeymoon really is OVER!)
[singletons: new clothes because i am sitting at the bar, listening to my favorite song on K13]
Third - leather
(Don't buy that WHIP!!! I want a trip to Italy!)
[singletons: leather pants, leather mini, leather thong... woo hoo!]
Fourth - fruit/flowers
(What's that? a blossoming peach tree?)
[singletons: yes, i'll buy my own damn flowers!]
Fifth - wood
(Honey, yes, I really do LOVE that 6 foot carved totem pole you created with all our heads!)
[singletons: money - it does grow on trees!]
Sixth - candy
(Don't even think about it... but what it really means, I think, is to go somewhere that is like going to a candy store and that place is called NEW YORK CITY!)
[singletons: yes, i can eat candy for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert without guilt!]
Seventh - copper
(Only if it cost a LOT of pennies ... like at least 100,000 pennies!)
[singletons: MONEY]
Eighth - bronze
(that translates as a trip to Tahiti, honest, it is the best place to receive bronzed skin!)
[singletons: fake and bake!]
Ninth - pottery
(time to replace the kitchen and its dishes/utensils ... because once you replace the dishes, you will need a new kitchen in which to 'house' your wares.)
[singletons: piggy bank]
Tenth - tin
(no, we are not wisking away to OZ ... maybe they want us to drink more caffeine and alcohol!)
[singletons: beer]
Eleventh - steel
(the steel doors to replace the wooden doors so that we can lock each other inside when their is an "ITCH" going on.)
[singletons: Everclear! steel:tin as everclear:beer]
Twelfth - silk
(self explanatory ... to cure the ITCH.)
[singletons: SILK, lots of SILK - sheets, pillow cases, eye masks, robes, blankets, pajamas, boxers, thongs]
Thirteenth - lace
(self explanatory ... still curing the ITCH. BUT I don't think men should don lace.)
[singletons: fredericks or victoria's? red or black? alot or alittle?]
Fourteenth - ivory
(isn't that illegal?)
[singletons: not white!]
Fifteenth - crystal
(isn't that illegal, too? But I will take that trip to Barneys for new stemware)
[singletons: scotch comes in crystal?]
Sixteenth to Nineteenth - ignored, not acknowledged, must be crises years.
[singletons: not ignored - botox, restylane, lipo, tummy tuck]
Twentieth - china
(are we too old to travel to the far east?)
[singletons: trade china and other valuables in for new sports car]
Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth - once again, ignored. unaccounted for.
[singletons: not ignored, adding to list - butt lift, more lipo, face lift, eye lift]
Twenty-fifth - silver
(there is a silver lining!)
First - paper
(I think this means: GIVE ME SOME MONEY!! I AM TIRED OF SHARING!)
[singletons: GIVE ME SOME MONEY!!! quite universal]
Second - cotton
(Is it GRANNY PANTY season already??? The honeymoon really is OVER!)
[singletons: new clothes because i am sitting at the bar, listening to my favorite song on K13]
Third - leather
(Don't buy that WHIP!!! I want a trip to Italy!)
[singletons: leather pants, leather mini, leather thong... woo hoo!]
Fourth - fruit/flowers
(What's that? a blossoming peach tree?)
[singletons: yes, i'll buy my own damn flowers!]
Fifth - wood
(Honey, yes, I really do LOVE that 6 foot carved totem pole you created with all our heads!)
[singletons: money - it does grow on trees!]
Sixth - candy
(Don't even think about it... but what it really means, I think, is to go somewhere that is like going to a candy store and that place is called NEW YORK CITY!)
[singletons: yes, i can eat candy for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert without guilt!]
Seventh - copper
(Only if it cost a LOT of pennies ... like at least 100,000 pennies!)
[singletons: MONEY]
Eighth - bronze
(that translates as a trip to Tahiti, honest, it is the best place to receive bronzed skin!)
[singletons: fake and bake!]
Ninth - pottery
(time to replace the kitchen and its dishes/utensils ... because once you replace the dishes, you will need a new kitchen in which to 'house' your wares.)
[singletons: piggy bank]
Tenth - tin
(no, we are not wisking away to OZ ... maybe they want us to drink more caffeine and alcohol!)
[singletons: beer]
Eleventh - steel
(the steel doors to replace the wooden doors so that we can lock each other inside when their is an "ITCH" going on.)
[singletons: Everclear! steel:tin as everclear:beer]
Twelfth - silk
(self explanatory ... to cure the ITCH.)
[singletons: SILK, lots of SILK - sheets, pillow cases, eye masks, robes, blankets, pajamas, boxers, thongs]
Thirteenth - lace
(self explanatory ... still curing the ITCH. BUT I don't think men should don lace.)
[singletons: fredericks or victoria's? red or black? alot or alittle?]
Fourteenth - ivory
(isn't that illegal?)
[singletons: not white!]
Fifteenth - crystal
(isn't that illegal, too? But I will take that trip to Barneys for new stemware)
[singletons: scotch comes in crystal?]
Sixteenth to Nineteenth - ignored, not acknowledged, must be crises years.
[singletons: not ignored - botox, restylane, lipo, tummy tuck]
Twentieth - china
(are we too old to travel to the far east?)
[singletons: trade china and other valuables in for new sports car]
Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth - once again, ignored. unaccounted for.
[singletons: not ignored, adding to list - butt lift, more lipo, face lift, eye lift]
Twenty-fifth - silver
(there is a silver lining!)
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