tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69689458918832071912024-03-12T21:17:45.409-04:00againsthegrain and otherpossibilitiesLIFE, EMS, PAGANISM, AND STUFFRuns With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-55764750774322325392020-12-14T07:56:00.004-05:002020-12-14T07:58:55.502-05:00Pandemic , Election, and a dog named Maisie. Blessed.<p>This pandemic has been nothing but a shit show.</p><p>This election has been nothing but a shit show.</p><p>I wanted to mention it but I don't want to discuss it really. We all know how crappy this year has been. </p><p>The one good thing that came out of this year was my becoming a Mama.</p><p>Her name is Maisie Abigail.</p><p>She's a light brown Chihuahua Boston Terrier mix.</p><p>She will be 3 years old on December 27th.</p><p>She loves treats, blankies, her purple dog Lavender, snuggling with her Mama, walkies, visiting human friends, her puzzle toys, going to see Grandpa and Grammie, and her Daddy.</p><p>She's amazing.</p><p>She arrived from Texas on June 10. Katie and I drove to New Jersey to pick her up. I hadn't met her yet but I was assured by the rescue that she was perfect for me.</p><p>You know what? They were absolutely correct.</p><p>If you want the perfect dog for you, check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TessK9Rescue/</p><p>I can't say enough about their organization. They are amazing!</p><p>I'm so blessed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ieOGcxiP9GA2l9Nes_Xi9cPavSgbtfnF42ulLz_vbKyF0jN29FjtLWeEGEPp1q9pY_ZrrkX2tnMwxAVkdvbWKuPDl8xbDZOGjZZqfYC8vPi94f44CwqC9g5Gu7Jf5nTNggquLlxoFU/s3088/IMG_1015.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ieOGcxiP9GA2l9Nes_Xi9cPavSgbtfnF42ulLz_vbKyF0jN29FjtLWeEGEPp1q9pY_ZrrkX2tnMwxAVkdvbWKuPDl8xbDZOGjZZqfYC8vPi94f44CwqC9g5Gu7Jf5nTNggquLlxoFU/s320/IMG_1015.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERYr3hgZA4ihBRh1vEc9zsrc5v2MNaxlq5baLNir4Fwq08Pksyj6LqJxoi5oMQv16WYqYJnHm9SUwxuM2lpAh8QbZT5gFHmU3nALHEbxRj60dh8GiNAm0ISJ7uwSHPY3vGyNZRL9Wjyg/s4032/IMG_0940.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I haven't updated in a while.<br />
My plan to try to fell apart.<br />
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Mom was sick for six years and she took a turn.<br />
She contracted C-Diff. We think from the dialysis center. No way to prove it though.<br />
She was in hospital for 2 weeks.<br />
She passed peacefully on March 13, 2019 at 05:25am. She turned 71 that morning.<br />
We sang Happy Birthday to her at midnight.<br />
When her breathing ceased and her heart stopped we all looked at her in anguish.<br />
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I stepped over to her and checked her pulse.<br />
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Nothing.<br />
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I turned to my sisters and said that Mom was gone.<br />
We all burst into tears simultaneously. We hugged and cried and then I went to the nurse's station to let them know she had died.<br />
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The first time I said it, "My Mom has died."<br />
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She looked at me and said, "I'm so sorry."<br />
I thanked them for caring for her and keeping her comfortable in her last few days on earth.<br />
One of the nurses looked at me and she had tears in her eyes. She told me Mom was so nice and sweet. She came over and gave <b>me</b> a hug.<br />
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That's how Mom was.<br />
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That's how she lives on in her daughters, her grandkids, and everyone who knew her.<br />
Her memory is very much alive.<br />
That is the bigger thing that she left behind.<br />
Her kindness, her friendliness, her giving spirit, her sense of humor, her gracious heart, her love of God, her laugh, her brave face fighting cancer from day one. I could go on forever about Mom.<br />
She was amazing.<br />
She was smart.<br />
She dealt with a lot of crap in her life but always had a positive attitude.<br />
Even at the end of her life.<br />
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We will remember her, her friends will remember her, her grandkids will remember her.<br />
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One of the bigger things she taught me was to live life to the fullest.<br />
Take risks.<br />
Talk to random people.<br />
Reach out to those who may be lonely.<br />
Live your best life.<br />
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She did.<br />
I am too.<br />
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Rest In Peace Mom<br />
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We Miss You<br />
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1948-2019<br />
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Signing off 12:15<br />
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-44937405618788848742018-04-09T11:36:00.002-04:002018-04-09T11:38:01.203-04:00Demon<br />
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<u>Demon</u><span style="mso-tab-count: 9;"> </span></h2>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
seems that every day I hear about another diagnosis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sometimes its a death sentence, and sometimes its not.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cancer
it seems is a modern demon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Going
after the rich and poor, the young and old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No one is spared.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How
fair is it though, who it chooses to take.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As if no one cared?<o:p></o:p></div>
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A toddler before she had a chance
to live? A thirtyish father of two who was an inspiration to so many?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fifty-six-year-old mother? My
seventy-three-year-old grandmother?<o:p></o:p></div>
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We prayed for that toddler, that
father, that mother, and my grandmother but they all lost the fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We gathered, raised money, cooked food, and
cried but in the end that hollow is still left inside.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If cancer does not discriminate,
then who is next?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Y</span>ou? Me? The
next person you text?<o:p></o:p></div>
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You live life dreading finding that
lump. Worry when you are so tired. Dread
that next doctor’s visit or test. Hoping
everything comes out for the best.</div>
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For all the prevention in the
world, something could be missed and throw you at death’s door, suddenly and
without warning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happened to my Gram,
she was gone two weeks after her diagnosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Crushed my soul and I was only sixteen years old……<o:p></o:p></div>
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No system is spared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even your own blood can betray you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And so, we live on……<o:p></o:p></div>
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Watching for that next Facebook
post and following her story, wondering about her condition…. </div>
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Putting on a gown
and mask outside of her hospital room knowing that any germs could kill her..<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shivering in your uniform in the
cold of January, waiting to salute his casket one last time…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reading her blog and hoping to hear
some good news…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over and over it seems, praying for
no relapses, for good test results, for continued life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are no guarantees in this
world, that much I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must press
on and live each day to the fullest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Deal with whatever comes next and hope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For all those out there fighting
the fight, I want nothing but good things for you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For all those who have lost the
fight, we will take care of your families and friends.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because no one should lose a baby.<o:p></o:p></div>
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No one should watch a loved one’s
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This demon we call cancer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-27165722144305828292017-10-10T14:27:00.000-04:002017-10-10T14:28:26.998-04:00Things that are newI promised I'd blog again real soon.<br />
Here I am to fulfill that promise to you.<br />
With my current list of things that are new.<br />
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Things that are new in my life:<br />
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1. My nephew "Little Dude" will be a year old on Friday 10/13<br />
2. Diagnosed with PTSD/Depression/Anxiety in 2015. Currently in treatment.<br />
3. I've been working with a safety company for 2 years and 3 months. I love it.<br />
4 Separated from D. We are living apart and co-parenting Teddy and Grover.<br />
5. My daith piercing in my ear. Will be following up with a blog on migraines.<br />
6. Came up with an idea for my next tattoo! It came to me in a dream. Seriously.<br />
7. I've been to the beach more this summer than in my entire life.<br />
8. Wrecked my Optima (Kiki 2) last December. 😢<br />
9. Got a Sportage just before New Years. Her name is Indy. She is amazing.<br />
10. Finally bought a kayak and its assorted gear. Love it!<br />
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I'll be along to elaborate on some of these soon.<br />
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Don't worry.<br />
I promise not to leave you again.<br />
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Signing off 14:26<br />
<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-66497414069017332652017-10-10T14:12:00.001-04:002017-10-10T14:13:54.912-04:00Good afternoon friends!"Where have I been?" you ask?<br />
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Well.....life is weird like that.<br />
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I've been here the whole time.<br />
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Just not looking to share my world again until some things got sorted out.<br />
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I'm in a better space now so here we go again!<br />
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Thanks for being patient.<br />
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I'll be blogging again VERY soon.<br />
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Signing off 14:12<br />
<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-65540225706365226242016-01-31T21:05:00.003-05:002016-01-31T21:08:30.524-05:00I'm not too good at this blogging thing....So I've just realized that I haven't posted on the blog in over a year. I've done a few things on the Facebook page but nothing here on the actual blog. I need to log on tomorrow and clean the blog up a bit. Some big changes have happened and I need to acknowledge them. Until tomorrow.<br />
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Signing off 21:05Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-32482901626298807292013-11-16T23:17:00.000-05:002013-11-16T23:17:04.855-05:0030 Days of Thanks- Days 1-15Several of my friends on Facebook have been posting something they are thankful for every day for the month of November. I decided to write a blog about it instead. So here are days 1-15:<br />
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November 1st: I am thankful for my life. I love being alive and I love my life. Thanks for creating me Dad and Mom!<br />
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November 2nd: I am thankful that I got to know my Grandma and that she was such a big part of my life. I miss her every day and hope she would be proud of the woman I have become.<br />
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November 3rd: I am thankful that I knew my Nana. She had such an influence on who I am today and I miss her so much.<br />
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November 4th: I am thankful for my awesome Dad who took on the role as sole caregiver when I was young. He did a great job raising us and I am so proud that I got to follow in his footsteps and join the fire department.<br />
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November 5th: I am thankful for my Mom and the fact that we have a relationship despite her absence for some of my life. I am also glad that her treatments are working and she is beating her illness!!<br />
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November 6th: I am thankful for my wonderful Fiance, D. He is truly my best friend and I am so lucky to have him in my life. We will be getting married in 6 months and I can't wait to be his wife!!<br />
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November 7th: I am thankful for my ferret Teddy. He is super awesome and I love him so much. <br />
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November 8th: I am thankful for my ferret Grover. He is the perfect addition to our family and quite a personality. I love him so very much.<br />
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November 9th: I am thankful for my job. I love what I do for a living and am blessed that I get to have so much fun at work.<br />
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November 10th: I am thankful for my sisters J and S. I couldn't ask for two better sisters and am so lucky that I got them!!<br />
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November 11th: I am thankful for the LVFD. I love being a member and helping our community. It's so much fun!!!!<br />
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November 12th: I am thankful for my health. I have a few medical issues but mostly they don't bother me. I am thankful that I am able to be well enough to live my life, enjoy my hobbies, and work full time.<br />
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November 13th: I am thankful for the freedom to practice my religion freely and without persecution.<br />
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November 14th: I am thankful for my blog and the fact that I am able to write and entertain people with my writing.<br />
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November 15th: I am thankful for my sense of humor (which apparently I got from my Dad) :D<br />
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Stay tuned for Part 2 at the end of November. Until then remember to BE THANKFUL!!!<br />
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Signing off 23:15.Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-53013404176619394462013-11-16T22:10:00.002-05:002013-11-16T23:20:15.917-05:00Grover!!I would like to formally introduce our newest ferret Grover!!He is currently 9 months old and the newest love of my life. Teddy will be writing a blog about him very soon. Welcome to our family Grover!!!<br />
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-47134890629844485312013-03-25T12:36:00.002-04:002013-03-25T12:38:55.002-04:00It's been THAT long?!Seriously though. It HAS been that long since I posted here on ATGAOP. I guess I have to update what's been going on in the last 3 months since you heard from me last.<br />
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First of all let me say that D and I got ENGAGED on December 5th! He totally took me by surprise by getting Teddy in on the act and proposed as I sat on the couch.....watching TV.....in my PAJAMAS! It was totally romantic and very sweet. But that's how he is. :)<br />
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We hosted dinner this year for Yulemas on Christmas Day (we have some Christians among us Pagans....but it's ok!) We didn't burn or otherwise destroy the food (thanks for the help Ma) and had an entirely delicious dinner.<br />
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We went to visit D's family the weekend before and I got a blender from D's mama. Very cool and awesome to make milkshakes in. :D<br />
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January and February came and went without any big stuff going on. As per usual those two months are usually typically boring and that's fine cause I just want the winter to be OVER so we can start in with all the awesome spring stuff. Like trips to the beach, hiking, and taking Teddy for walks (which he REFUSES to do when it's cold).<br />
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Well now it's March. Hello March. March is funny because it's an action as well as a month. So technically you can march through March. How many times can I say March in this blog. Don't test me. :)<br />
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We celebrated my Mom's birthday by taking her out for chinese food and getting her this embarrassingly HUGE cupcake balloon. And then they gave her ice cream and we sang Happy Birthday as obnoxiously and as loudly as we could. Super awesome and she was thoroughly mortified!<br />
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We attended my niece T's Sweet 16 party held at a night club! She wore this GIANT red tulle ballgown and I spent part of the night reminding her and her friends to stop stepping on it! No wardrobe malfunctions happened! Thank goodness!<br />
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I was moved to a new jobsite at the beginning of March...in Manhattan. I don't mind the commute because I don't have to drive. I nap on the train. Which is awesome.<br />
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We are heading to see D's parents this coming weekend so I will see ya next month with a new post!!<br />
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Signing off 12:35 hrsRuns With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-46010865679465147002012-12-12T12:38:00.002-05:002012-12-12T12:39:50.351-05:00The Official NORAD Santa TrackerDid you know on Christmas Eve you can track Santa's progress to see where in the world he is flying and delivering toys?! Well you can!! NORAD has a special website just for him!<br />
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It's not quite Christmas yet so the site have activities and things you can play around with in the mean time.<br />
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Check it out <a href="http://www.noradsanta.org/en/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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Merry Santa Tracking!!!<br />
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Signing off 12:38Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-73597709773184620192012-12-05T09:45:00.001-05:002012-12-05T09:48:58.725-05:00Totaling the 12 Days Of Christmas gifts....EVERYONE knows the song the 12 Days of Christmas.<br />
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This blog has to do with just that.<br />
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The song.<br />
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First I will start out with a little history on the song and then I will get to my point. Y'all know how much I love Wikipedia! A search on Wikipedia found an article describing the background on the 12 Days of Christmas song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_%28song%29" target="_blank">here</a>. If you want to read the whole article there that's all well and good but the first section is pasted below for easy reference:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Origin">Origin</span></span></span></span></h2>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">The twelve days in the song are the twelve days starting Christmas Day, or in some traditions, the day after Christmas
(December 26) (Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day, as being the feast day
of St. Stephen Protomartyr) to the day before Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6, or the Twelfth Day). Twelfth Night is defined by the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>
as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve
of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and
observed as a time of merrymaking."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"></sup></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Although the specific origins of the chant are not known, it possibly began as a Twelfth Night
"memories-and-forfeits" game, in which a leader recited a verse, each
of the players repeated the verse, the leader added another verse, and
so on until one of the players made a mistake, with the player who erred
having to pay a penalty, such as offering up a kiss or a sweet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-snopes_1-1"> </sup> This is how the game is offered up in its earliest known printed version, in the children's book <i>Mirth without Mischief</i> (c. 1780) published in England, which 100 years later Lady Gomme, a collector of folktales and rhymes, described playing every Twelfth Day night before eating mince pies and twelfth cake.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Oxford_2-1"></sup></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">The song apparently is older than the printed version, though it is
not known how much older. Textual evidence indicates that the song was
not English in origin, but French, though it is considered an English
carol. Three French versions of the song are known. If the "partridge in
a pear tree" of the English version is to be taken literally, then it
seems as if the chant comes from France, since the red-legged (or French) partridge, which perches in trees more frequently than the native common (or grey) partridge, was not successfully introduced into England until about 1770.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">This leads up to the info that I found onli<span style="font-size: small;">ne yesterday. Someone took the time to to<span style="font-size: small;">tal up <span style="font-size: small;">the prices for all the gifts given in that song based on today<span style="font-size: small;">'s prices. They even gave a comparison figure <span style="font-size: small;">based on last year's prices. The prices in the list are o<span style="font-size: small;">nly for 1 "set<span style="font-size: small;">" of gifts as the <span style="font-size: small;">link <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/26/gifts-in-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-cost-107000-this-year-thanks-to-rising-feed-prices/" target="_blank">here</a> explains. The whole package with all 364 gifts at today's prices would be around </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">$107,300.24<span style="font-size: small;">! <span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Yikes!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">As promised here is the list (I added the pictures):</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Partridge, $15; last year: same <br />
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- Pear tree, $189.99; last year: 169.99<br />
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- Two turtle doves, $125; last year: same</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Three French hens, $165; last year: $150 </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Four calling birds (canaries), $519.96; last year: same</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Five gold rings, $750; last year: $645</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Six geese a-laying, $210; last year: $162</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $6,294; last year: same</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $4,767; last year: same</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,562; last year: $2,428</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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- 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,776; last year: $2,630</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Anyway. I made a piecaken. What is a piecaken you ask? It's a pie (of any type) baked into a cake (of any type)....whole. I made one with a cherry pie inside a chocolate cake and it turned out pretty damn good. At least everyone who tried it liked it. It's really easy to make also:<br />
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Step 1: Obtain box of cake mix of any variety (and the eggs, water, oil etc you need to make it)<br />
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Step 2: Obtain a whole pie (or make a whole pie and bake it)<br />
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Step 3: Heat oven at temperature listed on cake mix box<br />
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Step 4: Spray and flour a springform pan of the round variety bigger than the pie<br />
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Step 5: Prepare cake mix and pour 2 cups of it into the bottom of the springform pan<br />
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Step 6: Place entire whole pie in the bottom of the springform pan on top of the cake mix<br />
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Step 7: Pour the rest of the cake mix over the pie, making sure it's completely covered.<br />
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Step 8: Bake until cake is done (will probably take longer than listed due to the pie being in there)<br />
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Step 9: Once piecaken has cooled you can frost it if you want to<br />
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Step 10: Cut it in half so you can see how cool it looks and display for consumption<br />
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Step 11: Enjoy!<br />
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Made jello brains in a mold too....those didn't work out too well as they lost shape upon removal from the mold. We kept it to eat anyway cause cherry jello is yummy!<br />
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Let me know if you attempt a piecaken and how it turned out!<br />
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Signing off 22:50Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-11036217254137910942012-10-05T11:19:00.002-04:002012-10-05T11:20:02.931-04:00A Few Random Images.....And Teddy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I just felt like posting some random images from my vast collection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like this</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw7zeKT5r7o2U4JeD2da990qAQcZ6wF9lDEI9M_Z-QI-2wlhdArri7kRT5xnF_ajE4HH1JGFGSpaOmbyl4d46xJWkSVyFWPRbZIugaxoUJXZQytgvu9fsekhDQvAjaCJ58tIK946tCa8/s1600/538724_382678301770005_243660239_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw7zeKT5r7o2U4JeD2da990qAQcZ6wF9lDEI9M_Z-QI-2wlhdArri7kRT5xnF_ajE4HH1JGFGSpaOmbyl4d46xJWkSVyFWPRbZIugaxoUJXZQytgvu9fsekhDQvAjaCJ58tIK946tCa8/s1600/538724_382678301770005_243660239_n.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdemOALz-yV0fwDAJETwk0Fa92At2YGWipJeV6B9MgujYHLwYeHEJD8mfo_LImSQ56jRcadtk3AQfJY8sOqLdcxJhyphenhyphenicO8C20ivebG2dgMsMjgmH9N19_Dhg_Dxra7pux-yxjlNi8Aqw/s1600/392869_388743267852534_1428578522_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdemOALz-yV0fwDAJETwk0Fa92At2YGWipJeV6B9MgujYHLwYeHEJD8mfo_LImSQ56jRcadtk3AQfJY8sOqLdcxJhyphenhyphenicO8C20ivebG2dgMsMjgmH9N19_Dhg_Dxra7pux-yxjlNi8Aqw/s320/392869_388743267852534_1428578522_n.jpg" width="277" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Teddy</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-17234926384299241242012-09-28T04:37:00.000-04:002012-09-28T04:37:54.997-04:00Music I remember loving in the 80'sI heard a song today that I hadn't heard in a long time. 'Mandolin Rain' by Bruce Hornsby. I got to thinking about the first time I remember hearing that song. I must have been 9 or 10 years old and I can specifically recall loving the piano part and the words. I used to tape songs off of the radio just so I could listen to them over and over again. I liked to memorize songs and be able to sing them word for word. Heck, I still like to memorize songs. That's what drove me to memorize 'We Didn't Start The Fire' by Billy Joel when I was in 12th grade. I used to drive around in the car with the cassette tape in the tape deck and the windows down. I would rewind it and play it over and over and over again. I can still sing the whole damn song word for word (and I know about all the historical events and people he talks about too....so there :-P ) <br />
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When we were kids my Mom sold Avon and had a regular route with customers that she went on delivering catalogs and merchandise orders. That was one of the things my sister and I helped my Mom with on Saturday mornings. We'd drive the route in my Mom's car with the radio on and sing along while we made deliveries. I have to say I learned a lot of songs this way. I'd hear a song I liked and when it came up on the radio I'd tape it and memorize it. I still love to sing. D makes fun of me sometimes because I will sing along to anything whether it's in my range or not!<br />
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All of this thinking about my childhood got me to thinking that I wanted to pick 25 songs that I remember being my favorite in the the 80's. Then I realized that I would have way more that 25. So I picked the first 26 that I could remember. In no particular order. Finding them on YouTube was pretty easy, as was saving them to a playlist.<br />
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1. 'The Way It Is'- Bruce Hornsby<br />
2. 'Mandolin Rain'- Bruce Hornsby<br />
3. 'The Living Years'- Mike and the Mechanics<br />
4. 'Billie Jean'- Michael Jackson<br />
5. 'Walk Like An Egyptian'- The Bangles<br />
6. 'Come On Eileen'- Dexys Midnight Runners<br />
7. 'Take On Me'- A-Ha<br />
8. 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'- Wham<br />
9. 'Under Pressure'- Queen and David Bowie<br />
10. '867-5309'- Tommy Tutone<br />
11. 'Sister Christian'- Night Ranger<br />
12. 'Born In The USA'- Bruce Springsteen<br />
13. 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)- Dead Or Alive<br />
14. 'Mickey'- Toni Basil<br />
15. 'Jack And Diane'- John Mellencamp<br />
16. 'Take My Breath Away'- Berlin<br />
17. 'Whip It'- Devo<br />
18. 'Straight Up'- Paula Abdul<br />
19. 'Faith'- George Michael<br />
20. 'She Blinded Me With Science'- Thomas Dolby<br />
21. 'All Night Long'- Lionel Richie<br />
22. 'Down Under'- Men At Work<br />
23. 'Uptown Girl'- Billy Joel<br />
24. 'Tiny Dancer'- Elton John<br />
25. 'The End Of The Innocence'- Don Henley<br />
26. 'We Didn't Start The Fire' -Billy Joel<br />
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I hope you enjoy the songs and let me know what your favorites were from your childhood. I always love hearing thoughts on and reactions to my posts. Thanks.<br />
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Signing off 04:38Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-23974135117348412012-09-11T12:26:00.001-04:002012-09-11T12:32:23.556-04:00September 11....(eleven years later)I'm sitting here in Queens, NY in our office with the windows wide open and the breeze blowing in. I hear the trains and traffic going by and I hear people in the lot next door talking and laughing. This is the first September 11th that I have worked since I was sent home from work on September 11, 2001 and told by my boss that she was paying me for the rest of the day because they might need me at the fire house. The events that day and the months that followed were bizarre, surreal, and I'm not sure I ever really got over it.<br />
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Today's weather is exactly the same as it was in 2001....it's even a Tuesday. Every year I take September 11th off from work and spend the day at the fire house. The place we all gravitated to as the events in 2001 were unfolding. We prayed, stared at the TV and monitored the scanners. We talked and stood around in a state of shock. We didn't truly know what was really going on with our brother and sister firefighters and EMT's until we started getting phone calls about people we knew who were working. Some people hadn't heard from them since before the planes hit the towers. Guys were MISSING. It was a little scary.<br />
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We prepped the trucks and the ambulance in case we were needed to assist anyone, anywhere. We sat around....no one wanted to leave and go home. Our families didn't really understand what we were feeling. My ambulance responded to a ferry terminal and assembled with several other ambulances to remove and transport some of the more minor aided to our local hospitals as the city ones were becoming overwhelmed with wounded. I don't know what time we got back to the firehouse but I then received word that two guys from a neighboring fire department who were both working that day were missing. So I went with some people over to their firehouse and a few days later was involved in a prayer meeting as we held out hope that they'd still be alive.<br />
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But they weren't.<br />
I went to many, many funerals, wakes and vigils that year and the next for brothers who died in the line of duty.<br />
I know many others who survived the response that day but who are now sick with lung issues, cancer, are battling PTSD, or have since passed on.<br />
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I think about how we are all tied together because of what we do. Firefighting and EMS is our calling. I personally wouldn't have it any other way. It doesn't matter if you didn't know someone who died that day, we are all brothers and sisters in service. It's not just today that I think about my friends who perished doing one of the things that they lived for. It's every time I get on a rig, every time I head off to work and bandage someone up, every time I see a skyscraper or airplane, every time I push that siren button as I sit in the front seat of that ambulance and head off to a call. I take comfort in the fact that they SAVED people from dying that day. People are alive today because of my brothers and sisters who put civilians lives before their own and for that I am very proud of them.<br />
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It's a daily struggle for me to understand why people want to cause trouble for others, to try to injure and kill each other. Especially people they don't know. Every assault victim I see and every news report I hear makes me even more determined to try to make a positive difference. The gods gave me the power to help people and I try to do the best I can while I make my way in this world. I get into the back of that ambulance and I hold the hand of the elderly woman who fell and cut her head and needs stitches. I take a minute to reassure the husband of a patient that his wife of 60 years is going to be alright. I hold a child who has had a febrile seizure and explain to his sobbing mother that what happened is perfectly normal and he will be fine. I try to make a little difference wherever I can.<br />
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I have been serving for the last 13 years and D for the last 18. I hope that when we have children they will get the service bug in them too and continue the work that we have started. I serve in the memory of my friends who have died in the line of duty and the friends that I have made since I have been part of this thing that is bigger than I am, it's bigger than all of us.<br />
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Rest in Peace guys. Just know that we won't ever forget you.<br />
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343 on 9/11/01<br />
To TL, GH, PL- R.I.P<br />
To my sick friends: Keep fighting! <br />
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-74631567809815291732012-08-30T17:40:00.001-04:002012-08-30T17:49:50.494-04:00Summer is over?Sorry about my lack of postings lately folks. This summer has been very eventful for Teddy, D, and I so there hasn't been much time for writing. Hell I haven't had much time for reading either! You know things are seriously busy when I don't have time to read.<br />
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D and I drove to Maryland to see sister S and brother in law J last weekend. It was a very fun trip down and we had a great time goofing off in Walmart (I saw a Mennonite woman and her kids!), eating at Sonic for the very first time (that place is super fun)! We made friends with the people in the mini van next to us when I got out of the car to take pics of D and sister S. The folks in the car on the other side of us asked about the ferret bumper sticker I have on my car.<br />
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I told them about Sir Teddy the awesome and showed them a picture. They complimented him on his good looks! :) I'm a proud mama!<br />
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I'd have to say the craziest part of the trip was the drive back home.<br />
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We stopped at Antietam to see the sites and after the cannon firing demo we got caught in the worst rain storm EVER. Downpours.....everywhere!<br />
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Poor D drove us halfway through Pennsylvania before we got ahead of it and were able to stop and take a break. Took about 8 hours to get home after we stopped at the PA Dutch gift shop, Cabela's (bought a weather radio), and Applebee's (for dinner), and the Vince Lombardi service area in NJ for fuel (it's cheap).<br />
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Boy was Teddy glad to see us when we got home! :)<br />
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Signing off 17:41Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-43686583282290076572012-08-08T13:32:00.000-04:002012-08-08T13:33:59.620-04:00Teddy SpeaksHi everyone! It's Teddy! After my introduction blog Mommy said I
was a pretty good writer. She helped me sign up for my very own email
address and my own Facebook page!! I now have my own handle here on
blogger so I can post blogs on Mommy's blog. I just wanted to post my
info on here so if anyone wants to be my friend they can find me!<br />
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My email address is teddy12912@gmail.com<br />
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My Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/TeddyTheWonderFerret<br />
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Hope to see you all soon...I'm going to take a nap!<br />
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Love and kisses<br />
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Teddy<br />
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-1146902668378787322012-06-14T00:41:00.001-04:002012-07-16T06:43:33.424-04:00Hi!!!! My name is Teddy!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hello! My name is Teddy! I am a 4 month old white marked ferret. My birthday is January 29, 2012. I weigh around 2 pounds but mommy calls me "chubs" :D<br />
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I live with my mommy and daddy in our little gray house. Inside our house I have a huge cage that my mommy and daddy bought me and I love it!<br />
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I have a hammock and a sleeping bag in my cage and they are very soft and comfortable. I spend my days hanging out in my cage while mommy sleeps after work. Nights are spent running around the living room playing with my bell balls, chew rope and plastic rollie tube. I also like to wrestle with my daddy and sneak around trying to scare mommy and daddy by jumping out from under the couch!<br />
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My daddy told me I was born in upstate New York on the Marshall farm where they raise ferrets. After I was big enough they sent me to a pet store to live with other ferrets and to wait for someone to take me home. I remember the day that my mommy and daddy came into the store. Mommy came over to the cage and started talking to me and waving at me. I went over to the wall of the cage because I wanted to get a better look at her. They walked away and I started to eat because I was hungry. A little while later my mommy came back and told my daddy that she wanted to see me. The pet store man came over and opened the cage and picked me up. I heard daddy talking to the pet store man about me and then mommy said she wanted me. Daddy said the cage wasn't set up yet but mommy said she didn't care. She said I was the one. The pet store man took me from daddy and put me in a small cardboard box. I was scared! I wanted to go back to my big cage!<br />
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Daddy opened the top of the box and it was very bright out. We weren't in the store anymore! Mommy said we were in the car and they were taking me home! I was scared again but they were very nice...talking to me and petting me. When we got home they closed the box and left me in it for awhile. I tried to get out but I couldn't. I guess I'm still too small! Later on daddy took me out of the box and put me in the sink to give me a bath. I didn't like that too much so I played with the drain cover in the sink and then tried to get away from them when they took me out of the sink because I was cold!!<br />
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After I was dried off they put me in the living room with some toys. I didn't want the toys but I did want to look around and see where I was. I ran around for a little bit and explored. The cage they put me in after it got dark was nice but I didn't like it because it was too small. I heard Daddy say that I would be getting a new cage in the morning so I settled down and went to sleep.<br />
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The next day we went to the pet store (I went too in my new carrier!) and got me a new cage. Daddy calls it my mansion! It's HUGE!! 4 floors, a hammock, sleeping bag, 3 ramps, 2 potties, food dish and water bottle. I have tons of toys too! One of them is a ball that makes noises. It dooks and meows and says doo doo doo doo doo! My favorite toy is the one on the stick that has hair on it.<br />
Mommy says I have to go to bed now so I will write more again another
time. I will have mommy put some more pictures of me so you can see how
little and cute I am! She says I have a whole album on her facebook
page (she always has the camera in my face!). Goodnight!! <br />
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<br />Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-75023592951349636562012-06-08T01:27:00.003-04:002012-07-13T01:36:42.529-04:00Adventures In Wisconsin!We returned yesterday from our vacation in the very cool state of Wisconsin. So I figured why not write a blog about it! :-)<br />
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We left on May 31 and drove up to D's parent's house in Connecticut and crashed there over night. We had lunch the next day with Joe and Darryl and then headed up to the airport.<br />
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I was so excited because this was my FIRST FLIGHT! EVER!! (I never go anywhere exciting). We hung around the airport after going through security for awhile (what a pain in the ass trying to explain to them that I wanted them to HAND SCREEN my epi-pens instead of putting them thru the x-ray machine) and then boarded our flight.<br />
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I took a bunch of cool pictures from the plane of the clouds and the
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I don't know if we are technically allowed to do that, but the sights outside of the window were just too cool to not photograph. I even turned off the shutter sound so I wouldn't bother anyone. I'm so nice! :-) <br />
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After landing in Kentucky (another state I'd never been to) to catch
our connecting flight (had to wait 90 minutes) we grabbed some food and
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I stopped and did a double take! They don't allow smoking inside ANYWHERE in New York and I was shocked when I saw this! When we were kids I remember my grandma smoking in restaurants and stuff but that was before the bad effects of second hand smoke were really understood. Anyway I had to take a shot of it and here it is for all to see. <br />
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We finally boarded the second flight and in about an hour we touched down in Madison, Wisconsin. It was fairly late there (22:00 hrs or so) and the airport was very quiet (kind of creepy). We got our rental car and headed the hour away to Wisconsin Dells and our hotel.<br />
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The next day we attended D's brother's graduation where I met his sisters, nieces,
and nephew and then had lunch and went swimming at the hotel. Later
that night we walked into town and did some sightseeing and I took LOTS
of pictures.<br />
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This is the local fire department (the town used to be called Kilbourn.) They changed the name of the town but not the fire department. <br />
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The next three pictures are from the river walk we took in town. It follows the river down to this big bridge. The views are incredible! We even saw a freight train go over the overpass by the dam. It was so noisy! It had about 70 cars pulled by 4 engines and I had to stand and watch the whole thing go by.<br />
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We played adventure mini golf and had dinner at this groovy Mexican
place called Pedro's. (by the way they have awesome margaritas) There is a 3 pound burrito on the menu and if
you can finish it in one sitting they will take your picture and hang it
up on their wall of fame. A large party came in to the restaurant while
we were eating and this tall, skinny guy ordered the 3 pounder! He was half
way through it when we left to go back to the hotel. I couldn't see him finishing it....he looked like he was in pain already!<br />
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We are kind of lame and seemed to get to bed every night by midnight....I figured we could a least stay out late ONCE but by the time it got late we were both exhausted! I think it's because we were doing so much walking and everything.<br />
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We did actually go out to Walmart at 02:00 hrs the first night we stayed in Wisconsin. I had a reaction to the bedsheets (probably the soap they used) and started getting hives. There is a 24 hr Walmart just 5 minutes up the freeway so poor D had to get up and take me there to get a pair of sweat pants and some benadryl. I bought him a cool looking camo baseball hat with a W on it to try to make it up to him. (sorry again babe). So I guess that counts as staying up late even though I had to wake him up to take me there?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Wisconsin River from the road bridge</td></tr>
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We got free passes from the hotel to go to Chula Vista's water park. It's an indoor/outdoor water park and it's HUGE. They have water slides, a man made beach (chairs on sand for sunbathing), a whole shallow park for the kids, and the coolest attraction.....the action river! We rode the action river 5 or 6 times. It's a long river that makes a big oval around the kid's area. It has waterfalls and fountains and at the end it had a section which has huge ocean like waves. You sit on a plastic tube and float down the river. I'm not much for water slides but the action river was a ton of fun! D went on several water slides...including one outside that had a crazy drop off (I couldn't watch) and another that started inside, went outside and ended inside. He managed to coax me on a water slide (it was for kids actually) and I went down it just to shut him up! :-)<br />
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We took a tour on the Wisconsin Ducks. They are amphibious military vehicles from the 1940's that drive through the forest and then into the Wisconsin River. They tell you about the history of the area and show you the sites. We saw amazing rock walls and formations, forests and I got a picture of the dam. When our tour guide splashed down into the water above the dam we all got soaked! It was fine though because it was actually a very warm day. <br />
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Later on D and I met his sister, niece and nephew for dinner and then went to the Tommy Bartlett show. It's a water/air/stage show that has been running for the last 60 years. They had water skiing, boats racing and jumping over ramps. They had acrobats, jugglers, a clown, a gorilla and a guy that told very bad jokes! It was fun. D's niece climbed up on my lap and sat there for most of the show. She is 4 and would get so excited when she saw the water skiiers and the clown chasing the gorilla!<br />
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We spent the last day of our trip doing more sight seeing and shopping for things to bring home with us. I took the above picture because I freaking love cows! They all looked at me when I got out of the car to photograph them. D sat in the car shaking his head and laughing when I said hi to them and waved. How do we know they can't understand us? I was taking their picture...the least I could do was say hi! they stood still for me till I got back in the car and then they wandered away. I even thanked them for letting me capture them on film. I think D thinks I am crazy.....<br />
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Our flights home took us to Detroit, Michigan (another state I'd never been to!) and then we had to run to catch our connection back to Connecticut. Our plane into Detroit was late so we had 15 minutes to run from Terminal C to Terminal A! I hate that airport! My knee decided to give out mid dash so we stopped at one of the desks and they called our desk to tell them we were indeed on the way. We made it with 5 minutes to spare!<br />
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We landed in Winsor Locks about 10:00 and stopped for dinner on the way back to Derek's parents where we crashed for the night. Our arrival at home was around 17:00 hrs on Tuesday. D and I crashed on the couch for a few hours and then we went out to get sushi for dinner because there was no way in hell I was cooking!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed reading about our adventures in Wisconsin!<br />
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Signing off 01:27<br />
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<b>Leukemia</b> is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of the even broader group of diseases affecting the blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid system, which are all known as hematological neoplasms.<br />
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<b>DKMS Americas</b> is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 2004 and based in New York, NY that recruits volunteer bone marrow donors of all races and ethnicities to help leukemia patients in need of a bone marrow transplant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><span> </span><span></span></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKMS_Americas#cite_note-1"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKMS_Americas#cite_note-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> DKMS Americas was co-founded by <b>Katharina Harf</b> and her father <b>Peter Harf</b>. It is the US offshoot of DKMS (Germany), formed to help leukemia patients in need of bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants.<br />
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You may be wondering what this all has to do with me (and you). Well, first of all I want to credit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> for the 3 definitions above. Now I will explain what is going on.<br />
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I received my bone marrow donor registry card today in the mail. I became inspired to register after a friend of mine donated his bone marrow and recounted the experience for me. So I fired up google and was directed to the <a href="http://www.dkmsamericas.org/" target="_blank">DKMS website</a>. After reading through all of the information and doing a bit of independent research on the subject I decided to see if I could even BE a donor (given my medical history).<br />
The following info is straight from the DKMS website: <br />
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<div class="bmdsubhead" style="color: #cc0000;">Potential donors MUST:</div><ul style="color: #cc0000; list-style-type: square;"><li>Be between the ages of 18 and 55</li>
<li>Be in good general health</li>
<li>Weigh more than 110 lbs but not exceed a BMI 40 </li>
<li>Not be HIV positive or have been diagnosed with AIDS</li>
<li>Not have had heart surgery or have heart disease</li>
<li>Not have autoimmune disorders such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis or fibromyalgia</li>
<li>Not have sleep apnea, breathing problems or severe asthma (daily inhalers are acceptable)</li>
<li>Not have diabetes requiring insulin (or injectible medication)</li>
<li>Not have hepatitis B or C</li>
<li>Not have kidney or liver disease</li>
<li>Not have had a stroke (including a TIA)</li>
<li>Not have chronic or severe neck or back problems</li>
<li>Not have had uncontrolled epilepsy and not have had any seizures in the past year</li>
<li>Not have a history of blood clotting or a bleeding disorder</li>
<li>Not have a personal history of cancer (melanoma, breast, bladder and cervical cancer [stage 0, in situ] and cured localized skin cancer [basal cell or squamous cell] are acceptable)</li>
</ul>Well there was my answer. Yup! I am OK to be a donor! I sent for the swab kit and waited.<br />
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About a week later I received my swab kit and after reading the directions I pondered if I really wanted to go ahead and register. I talked it over with D and made the decision to go ahead with it.<br />
The directions were very easy (you just have to swab with inside of your cheeks with these big Q-tip things) and wait for them to dry. Then place them in the envelope and mail them. That was about 6 or so weeks ago. I had actually forgotten about sending them in when I opened the mail today and saw my card. I'm actually very excited. :)<br />
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I know the chances of me actually getting called to donate are pretty slim. But if there is even the remote chance that I could someday help save someone's life it's worth me taking the 5 minutes to swab my cheeks and get on the registry. You never know. I am already on the NY State organ donor registry and I give blood as often as I can so I guess the bone marrow donor registry was the next logical step.<br />
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I encourage everyone who can to check out the site and contemplate registering. You can access the site through the link above or there is a counter on my home page you can click that will take you right through.<br />
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Just think about it....you could possible help save a life one day.<br />
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I registered.....are you next?<br />
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Signing off 03:08 <br />
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Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-29477651603059046312012-05-08T04:30:00.000-04:002012-05-08T04:37:46.520-04:00Jim Croce - Time In A BottleI don't know why this song makes me tear up every time I hear it....<br />
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If I could save time in a bottle<br />
The first thing that I'd like to do<br />
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away<br />
Just to spend them with you<br />
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If I could make days last forever<br />
If words could make wishes come true<br />
I'd save every day like a treasure and then<br />
Again, I would spend them with you<br />
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But there never seems to be enough time<br />
To do the things you want to do once you find them<br />
I've looked around enough to know<br />
That you're the one I want to go through time with<br />
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If I had a box just for wishes<br />
And dreams that had never come true<br />
The box would be empty except for the memory<br />
Of how they were answered by you<br />
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But there never seems to be enough time<br />
To do the things you want to do once you find them<br />
I've looked around enough to know<br />
That you're the one I want to go through time with<br />
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Copyright Jim Croce 1972<br />
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Signing Off 04:38Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-66482279153047503442012-05-08T04:22:00.000-04:002012-07-13T01:15:46.540-04:00May comes in with a sneeze!Well May certainly came in with a sneeze at our house! Bronchitis is NOT a fun illness and I developed it about a week after having one of my patients sneeze in my face. Eww.....I just knew I was going to get sick.<br />
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Sick I did get, and Derek hauled me off to the doctor. I always self diagnose and so far on all occasions I have been right. Dr. S confirmed my bronchitis and sent me home with a scrip for antibiotics, Robitussin with codeine, and a doctor's note.<br />
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I took up residence on the couch later that afternoon surrounded by my medication, a pot of Vicks Vapo-Rub, a box of tissues, a trash can (Giants....of course), a bottle of water, a bottle of orange Gatorade, the tv remotes, my Blackberry, my computer, my favorite pillow, my green Snuggie, and a giant fluffy blanket. Derek had taken Wednesday off to care for me and my Mom came by Thursday to bring me more Gatorade and some cans of Cambells chicken noodle soup.<br />
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3 days out of work and then the weekend arrived. I was feeling somewhat better. We had to make a day trip to CT to pick up our new electric lawn mower....Sears delivered it to the wrong address! Visited with Derek's Dad, his brother Chad, and their new dog Belle. We had lunch with Joe and then hit Ikea before we headed home. We bought a new memory foam mattress pad for our bed and a new memory foam pillow for me. The pillow seems to be helping with my headaches some which is always good news.<br />
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Sunday found us back home where we slept in, did some yard work (Derek mowed the lawn) and then we took the rest of the day off by getting lunch and then camera shopping. I bought a new camera and we went to the beach to test it out. It has a VERY COOL sweep panorama feature which I tested and now have to figure out how to get the pics from the camera to the computer. All in good time....we have 3 weeks until our trip.....hope that's enough time to figure out how it works!<br />
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Back at work and so far so good.<br />
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Signing off 04:21Runs With Trauma Shearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101942166798435785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968945891883207191.post-31252363328852123792012-04-27T18:00:00.002-04:002012-05-08T04:23:31.359-04:00Happy Birthday to ME!!<br />
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How come nobody ever walks around singing Happy Birthday to themselves?<br />
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Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me!!!!!</div>
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Yes, it's my birthday! I'm 32 today (but don't tell anyone!)</div>
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Off from work...party tonite!</div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;">Usually I think before I post in my blog but I think this is one of those weird days. I get random thoughts that pop into my head occasionally (OK all the time) and I usually try to write down the more bizarre ones to see if I could use them somewhere. So here is one of my usual strange ideas!</span></h6>
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know when you go somewhere and they make you wear those sticky name
tags that say "Hello My Name Is ______." I've always wanted to alter it
to say "Guess My Name." Ya know....just to mix it up a little..... :D</span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-size: small;"> </span></h6>
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-size: small;">You could always put the name
of a random object in the blank space. How about "Hello My Name Is
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<b><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-size: small;">Or
my fathers' "Hello My Name Is Rupert Bagbee." I saw him write that on a
name tag once. He went the whole night laughing because everyone he
didn't know was calling him Rupert (his name is actually Douglas). My
family was in on the joke too so it was pretty hysterical....I guess you
had to be there. :D</span></b><br />
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seem to be interchangeable these says....usually proceeded my Captain or
sometimes just Cap....especially when people need something. :)</span></h6>
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