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January 24, 2007
hives alive
I woke up on Monday with hives on my wrists. Itchy. By bedtime it had spread to every conceivable spot on my body. My fingers swelled to sausage sized proportion and throbbed. Even the bottoms of my feet itched and I swear to jeebus my hair hurt. I didn't need collagen injections in my lips. I looked like I peeled off Angelina jolie's lips and glued them over my own. Which wouldn't be too bad if the rest of my face weren't swollen up like the elephant man. I've been od'ing on Benadryl and even went the Dr. yesterday for a Cortizone shot. I was making people in the waiting room start to itch. The Dr. said she had never seen hives so bad and that I should be very careful to make sure it didn't start to affect my breathing. I should go straight to the ER if I felt like i was going to have an asthma attack. Great.
The swelling has subsided mostly by now but the itching hasn't stopped in the least bit. The worst part is I have no flipping clue as to what may have set this off. I made an appointment with an allergist but couldn't get in for another week.
Please pray for the itching to stop soon, before I go insane!
In other news, we took Little Duck, Little Bear and Uncle Cakes to the zoo last week. It was awesome. All the animals were out and active. We had a black panther rubbing on a tree and making the wildest noises. I've never experienced anything like it before. Truly amazing. I'll post pictures today.
Duck got his two front teeth and is walking all around the furniture.
Last week Little Bear had to go to Children's Hospital for an EEG and we had to make sure he was sleep deprived. We had to keep him up until 11 pm and wake him up at 4 am, then keep him awake until his test at 8am. Please kill me if I ever have to do that again. That same night we had to keep him awake late I ate something bad so I was throwing up about five minutes before we had to leave the house the next morning. It was great fun. Grumpy was actually not terribly grumpy, which is always a happy bonus.
Other than that it snowed in the Superstition mountains which we can see from the bedroom. It actually got cold and rainy for a few days. I felt like I was back in Seattle (I wish).
Posted by bugg at 01:41 PM | Comments (0)
January 22, 2007
never tear us apart
I stole this from the handsome and irresistible Newplanet. Sorry NP my linky dinkies aren't working properly....
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
I used my phone because I keep my I Pod in the car. So these songs are part of my top 100.
Q: What does next year have in store for you?
Why
Q: What does your love life look like next year?
Promises, Promises
Q: What do you say when life gets hard?
Tenderness
Q: Song that reminds you of good times?
Certain Things Are Likely
Q: What do you think when you get up in the morning?
Birds Fly (whisper to a scream)
Q: What song will you dance to at your wedding?
This is the Day
Q: Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
Suedehead
Q: Your favourite saying?
Change Your Mind
Q: Favourite place?
Boy
Q: Most Missed Memory?
Steppin Out
Q: What song describes your best friend?
Revenge
Q: What song describes your ex?
Silence
Q: Where would you go on a first date?
How Soon is Now
Q: Drug of choice?
Come on Eileen
Q: What song describes yourself?
Beers. Steers and Queers
Q: What is the thing you like doing most?
Tainted Love
Q: The song that best describes the president?
Temptation
Q: Where will you be in 10 years?
Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
Q: Your love life right now?
Been Around the World
Q: What is your state of mind like at the moment?
The Look of Love
Q: How will you die?
Absolution
Q: The song you'll put as the subject?
Never Tear Us Apart
Posted by bugg at 07:28 AM | Comments (0)
January 14, 2007
keep on moving on....
So I have been having all kinds of problems with Moveable Type. I can't delete spammer comments and lately it double posts all of my entries. I can't update my links or anything. I keep getting errors and I don't know how the hell to fix any of it. If meloknee were here, she'd know what to do but I am at a loss. I have to figure out how to take my archives with me but I think when I figre it out, I'll be moving back over to blogger. Sigh.
Posted by bugg at 09:38 AM | Comments (0)
January 10, 2007
photos galore and forgetting to remember
My mom finally leaves tomorrow... litttle dance of joy. I can only take so much company, you know?
I've uploaded many new photos to flickr if you are interested.
And finally, I am afraid that I am getting dementia already. Today I had to call the bank, the woman asked for my account number, and I completely blanked couldn't think of it to save my life. So I stammered and blathered on like an idiot and the woman was like give me your soc and I can look it up like that. Now, I know that number by heart. I know my account number by heart. I remember birthdays and anniversaries. I always remember everything. I'm like a flippin' elephant when it comes to remembering. I am full to the brim with useless trivia and stupid knowledge.
I couldn't remember my social security number to save my life. Only the first number and I wasn't even sure if that was right. I actually had to tell her that I would call back. I was sweating when I hung up the phone.
I hope to jeebus it was only performance anxiety of sorts. I cannot lose my mind, I mean not the rest of it, yet. I really need what little I have left.
Posted by bugg at 09:56 AM | Comments (2)
January 05, 2007
fragile - must be italian
I am the proud recipient of a leg lamp for Christmas. I have wanted one for as long as I can remember. It is the small version, which is perfect. It is now my bedside table lamp. Me likey.
Strange things have been afoot in the Bugg house. I haven't been writing because my mother is here for far too long a visit (almost a whole month) and I just can't have a moment to myself. Absolutely no privacy. It's frustrating.
On New Year's Eve my dad (who is deceased) showed up to say hello. I swear it. I have a music box that my parents gave me when I was about 7 or 8 years old. The painting on the lid is a Norman Rockwell painting of a girl and her brother swinging together. The song it plays is Fly Me to the Moon. My dad loved Frank Sinatra. My dad and I danced to that song at my wedding.
Anyway, I was standing near the cabinet where the music box resides, taking off my shoes, when I heard several notes of music. I haven't wound it in years so I couldn't figure out what made it "play" like that. I sat down on the couch to watch a movie. Then I heard it again and even my mom heard it from the kitchen table. So, I half jokingly said "dad's here to say Happy New Year." For the next forty-five minutes every thirty seconds or so the muisic box would play two or three notes of music and at one point it played a whole line of the song. Then it just stopped. It was crazy.
The Little Duck is trying to kill me. Yesterday he took only one nap that lasted one hour. Then he went to bed at his normal seven pm. He then woke up crying at 11pm, at which time he drank a whole bottle of milk.
He went back to sleep and I thought all would be well. I went to sleep at almost midnight. At 1am Little Duck started screaming and crying.
He did not go back to sleep until 11am this morning. WTF??
Nap, please!
By the way, the movie we watched was a totally cheesy 80's movie called Modern Girls. It was ok. But, we watched it because it is the only movie in which But Not Tonight by Depeche Mode was used. And I loves me that song with a passion.
Posted by bugg at 10:44 AM | Comments (1)