so the final report is that my grandmother had a mini-stroke. APPARENTLY, she had TAKEN herself OFF the perscription blood-thinners they put her on after her last stroke because she didn't like the side-effects and had started taking one baby asprin a day..... yeah, that's my grandmother for you. she came back home yesterday and slept off a killer head-ache that hosptial drugs had given her. she was up today AS USUAL trying to take care of everyone, but eh, so goes life.

i get a brently today!!!!!

mk heifers.... stop trying to steal my idea. it's mine! mine! if ya wanna do quotes be creative on your own. i do quotes of the week. muhahaha

on a different note.... i got to see my girl yesterday!!!

isn't she so pretty??? (baker-- this is your cue to comment)
i also got to see my brently!!!!!

yay!! oh! and i got to see jamie-pooh too!!!

and i got hosed down today by the kids i'm babysitting....

ok ok so i missed a week but i was at the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION which was AMAZING!!!!! so there are two this week.....

"When possible
we have brought terrorists to justice,
and when necessary
we have brought justice to terrorists."
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
in her address to the Southern Baptist Convention of June 14,2006

"God always pours His grace into empty hands."
-Saint Augustine

i like questions i can answer.......
like this one today....
as 3 year old Ethan pointed up he asked me,

"Is that the sky?"

The principal difference between man and dog is that the dog will not bite the hand that feeds him.
Mark Twain

To succeed,
we must first
BELIEVE
that we can.
- Michael Korda

so i was REALLY super excited about summer and doing whatever whenever.... however it appears that my schedule is CRAZY and trying to figure out when i can actually do stuff with people is POOH!!!

bleh

God laughs all the time. Most of the time we just don't get it.
~ Jessica Foster~

so i spent about 8 hours in a 15-passenger van today; however the major fun part was finally walking with sand between my toes on the beautiful beach here in destin, florida. hopefully i can remain hidden from... certain floridians... anyway. here with 3bc... don't know anyone really well and i could really use a hug in my exaustion. woke up at 5:55 for the wonderful brently to drive me from manchester to the boro. lunch on the road. dinner at fudpuckers. bought a cute shirt. so so so tired.helped 5 guys set up the conference room for worship tomorrow night. man i love being abused and underappreciated by males who think they know more than me but hey i think it may just be an issue between me and band guys because i'm getting rather accustomed to this mentalitly and behavior--- but enough of that "semi-" rant... lol i need sleep

man- i think i might just love rascal flatts - they make it all better

 I DO NOT HAVE CHRONE'S DISEASE!!!!!!!!!

translation: much excitement

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand, Then you stand

Rascal Flatts, "Stand"

so for those of you who thought i died... i didn't

however i have underwent two absolutely horrible days
as i disclosed earlier i don't usually blog about my heath,
but considering i asked for your prayers here's what's transpired so far

i had a colonoscopy today

go on
say it
ewwwwwww
gross
trust me
i know
i'm the one who just had it done

so yesterday was a liquid-only diet
allowing me clear juices, soft drinks, jello and popsicles
no anything red, blue, or green
which removes almost all good flavors

and i 1/2 have results

i'm good except for some spots of inflamation
they took biopsies of those and i find out results on  Monday
sorry for the icky-ness of the blog.
thanks.

 am i vain?

An optimist
is a person who starts working on a crossword puzzle
with an ink pen.
_Anonymous_

or as my dear laura would say...
An optimist
is a person who starts working on a Calculus problem
on a post-it note.

i want to find the off button, but there isn't one

a little reminder for me...

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts.
Nor are your ways My ways,"
says the Lord
Isaiah 55:8

so i went home last weekend and said,
"mom, do i get an easter basket?"
after much pleading and pittiful looks... i got this on Sunday morning!

yay! yumminess!

and i wanted easter gass too.... mom found one piece...

after church mom wanted pictures since we were all dressed up

we wanted all one picture....but er we couldn't

and my mother continued to take pictures

mk so...this is long enough.... *smooch*

in celebration of my PERFECT score on my recent political science test

 ***

DANI'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Until you've been in poilitcs you've never really been alive.
It's rough and somethimes dirty, and it's always hard work and tedious details,
but it's the only sport for grown-ups --
all other sports games are for kids.
-Robert A.Heinlein

 the test- i stabbed it in the face and then i laughed
(translation- it was EASY for me....prob not for the rest of the class... but easy for me)

the doc- long story short - no ulcer - ibs- can eat whatever - had filet migon to celebrated for my tummy - going back for a test later

home - i love this place more than any other spot on the planet - went 4-wheeling and had a bubble bath--there's not much better

thanks.

test- then doctor- then home.

prayers appreciated.

hopefully no more rice cause i want a steak like no other.

mk so.... here is what i'm allowed to eat....

notice just how much of the gatorade is gone!

in the past 24 hrs i've had 3 cups of rice, 4 pints of gatorade, one mini banana, and 2 cups of applesauce.

i'm starving and this stuff does not NOT fill me up

this is the cute mini-banana ~ it tastes about the same

here are the fun yummy foods i'm not allowed to eat.

i'm so sick of rice

we MIGHT have found the cause of my pain!!! after my post asking you guys to pray, the pain has continued to get worse. in fact, i don't remember the last day since Christmas that i haven't had pain. today it reached a boiling point when i missed my 8 am lab cause it hurt so much i couldn't get out of bed. Well, mom flipped, but she talked to my "family" doc. te he he. my poor cousin is a dr. and gets plagued w/ all our medical woes.

---mk so now for the news you are actually reading this for---
she says it sounds like i have an ULCER!!!!
kinda  freaky, but if that means we can make the pain stop............yeah

so i'm now on a BRAT diet at the order of my mom
(Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast)
and
Prilosec OTC at the order of my cousin

Thank you Lord for even this possibility!

I'll tell you if it helps in about a week!