One Life, Six Words...

YES again... this time I scrapped it. Thanks, Princess...

Seventeen years ago...

the doctor looked at me and said "you have cancer".

Boy, was THAT a wake up call. May 9, 1991. The day my life changed... for the BETTER. Oh sure, the diagnosis, the surgery, the mental breakdown... all that sucked ass.

But it changed ME for the better. Had that never happened, I shudder to think where I'd be right now.

For many years we suffered with infertility. Back in the 80's you had to treat with a specialist, now every ob/gyn offers treatment. I had to go to a specialist about 30 miles away. With a sperm sample tucked under my armpit to keep it warm. 3 times a week. That was fun. NOT. Bobby and I were a team though - and we endured the tests and diagnoses and treatment.

Right before we were ready to discuss artificial insemination, the cancer diagnosis happened.

I look at it this way: had I not been infertile, my cancer would not have been diagnosed so early, and it would have killed me. My infertility saved my life. In more ways than one.

I also found my husband through all of this... and fell in love with him again. He was a caregiver, a lover, a husband and a friend. He was by my side every minute, supporting me, loving me and worrying about me.

He's a good man, that Bobby. I think I'll keep him around.

SO excited!

So this is what happened.

I emailed My Tim with a problem. He solved it for me. I showed him a picture of my tealight holder. He liked it. Asked if he could give my name to Ranger, he thought they might be interested in adding to their website as a project.

Um... OK? (insert shock face here)

Sent My Tim a tealight holder as a thank you for solving my problem. He said some very gracious things... of course making my heart go pitty-pat. LOL And a few minutes later I got the email from Ranger!

I even get PAID!!

So the Cell has decided they are going to be my Entourage and wear all black.

You know - Rangerwear. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Anyway - once again - Thank You Tim Holtz... #1 always. ;-)

Bowler's Butt.

Seriously. I have Bowler's Butt. And it's a REAL thing. Not a made up in my head tigger thing.

I googled it. It's real. And it HURTS.

Bowling???

Seriously. I went bowling for the first time in at least 30 years. We went as an office, and we had a BALL. (get the bowling reference?) In fact, the only problem I had was finding a ball that fit me. I have big thumb knuckles apparently. So I needed a lighter ball with a big hole.

Yeah. I'm stopping now. It will only go downhill from here.

Here are some shots of our fun afternoon...

One Life, Six Words...

I loved the challenge of this. But much like Janelle, there are different words for different parts of me.

The doctor said "you have cancer".

I married my best friend forever.

Reality tv is my guilty pleasure.

Make me laugh, I'll love you.

I used to feel empty. No babies.

A lifeline of friends. I'm complete.

I got tagged by My Princess...

(sigh)

I have to show you my OTHER dirty little secret. My bag. It's the only bag I have. It's my pocketbook.

Here are the rules:

1. You have to show your bag.

2. Show all the contents in the bag, no cleaning it out first.

3. Bag tag 5 more people.

Here is my bag:



I LOVE this pocketbook. It's HUGH. HUGH I tell you. lol (You know I mean HUGE, right?) It's a knock off Kate Spade.

And here you'll see the contents. It's not pretty:



Here's what we've got:

Wallet - knock off Louis.
brush
Renu
Contact rewetter
Sunglasses
Reading Glasses
Cell phone
Keys
2nd set of keys for office.
perfume
gum (2 different packs)
floss
eye liner
clear chapstick
tinted chapstick
lip gloss
2 hair clips (so THAT'S where they are)
Pen
emery board
Safety pin
tissue. I think it's clean.
ear muffs
one Crest whitestrip? lol
lots of paper garbage like a grocery list, gum wrappers, coupons
a magnet business card for the Tastefully Simple girl
AND... my little drugstore:
Airborne
ImodiumAD
Tums (2)
GasX

Thanks for visiting. I'm tagging: My Jessica, LipTwin, Lynette, Amy gebmom and AmyZ.