Stephanie S. won the Faded Paper Figures CD giveaway! Congratulations Stephanie!
Please contact me at phddilly(at)yahoo(dot)com to arrange for delivery of your prize.
We’ll have another giveaway soon. And if you have a new CD, book, or craft item that you’d like to offer for a future giveaway, drop me a line and we’ll arrange it.
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Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post by tomorrow morning so you can be entered in the drawing for an 8″x10″ photo print.
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For those of you dropping by from dooce.com, welcome! 🙂
Like Heather, I was raised Mormon, grew up in the South, and am married to Jo(h)n. Unlike Heather, I’m a hippie Quaker living in the OC with my two teenage kids (CatGirl and GameBoy).
Twenty-five years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Five months ago I got an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and I’ve been fighting to keep that one ever since.
I like gardening, cabaret punk, and my favorite black sweater. I tend to find the oddest things in my cleavage.
This was my first foray out of the house, hospital, or clinic in over three weeks. It was well worth the effort. 🙂
Love this pic of CatGirl that John snapped today!
Have had this in the works for awhile and it seemed an easy thing to post while I’m in recovery.
Here’s the meme:
If you want to play too, type your answer to each of the questions below into a Flickr search. Using only the first page, choose your favorite image, then copy and paste each of the URL’s into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows). Leave a comment if you play, so I can have a peek.
The questions:
1. What is your first name? (Jana)
2. What is your favorite food? (fruit)
3. What high school did you attend? (Bakersfield)
4. What is your favorite color? (red)
5. Who is your celebrity crush? (Ewan McGregor)
6. Favorite drink? (tea)
7. Dream vacation? (train)
8. Favorite dessert? (blancmange)
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (historian)
10. What do you love most in life? (family–and it’s a bonus that this pic is of a cat family)
11. One word to describe you. (passionate)
12. Your Flickr name. (PilgrimGirl)
This post will not be about my new best friend vicodin. Rather it will be about my other new best friend–the one that I’ve fondly named “Happy Belly” (or HB for short).
You see, when one has been taking superman-strength antibiotics for several weeks at a time, one does encounter a certain amount of gastric discomfort. And add to that the slowdown of pain meds and days on end spent in bed, and…
So I had the thought the other day to get out the heating pad from the linen cupboard (actually, I think I sent GameBoy searching for it given that I don’t really leave the bed, but whatever….). The pad, set on med or low heat felt so good to my ouchie belly. After “wearing” it for a few hours I realized that it just felt good to have something warm to snuggle up with–like the coziness of a kitty but without their predilection for putting their butt in your face when you curl up with them in bed. I especially find it comforting during my dressing changes. Three times a day John has to pull the gauze “packing” out of the hole in my leg and stuff new gauze back in. This means that I roll up in a semi-fetal position and moan, cry, and squeal until he’s done. It all goes so much smoother with HB to comfort me. HB is like my own personal Care Bear.
When I am up to it, I am so going to crochet a charming little cover for HB. As of right now it’s bedecked in a tatty pillowcase. Not the best-looking duds for my new best friend–sort of like Dobby the house-elf’s dishrag dress.
If you’re reading this and thinking that I’ve probably had a bit too much of my other best friend (the vicodin one) before posting it, you are probably right. But you really should try HB one of these days. It’s amazing how much comfort a little warmth can bring.
Things are going so well, I will probably be going home soon! 🙂
The other day when things were looking bleak, this song came on Pandora. It made me feel so strong.
John, arriving in time to give me a goodnite kiss.
