Anya's Place

Dad finally had his test woohoo

2009-11-13T21:11:58Z

well he has diverticultis again. uum yea cus he never changed his diet. i knew that would come back(since that part of his colon had been removed last year during one of the surgeries to fix stuff).
This is aggravating cus this diverticulitis did not have to come back. But my father who knows EVERYTHING *eyeroll* did and probably will not add the fiber he needs to his diet.
His instructions for today were to eat lightly and avoid greasy foods... guess where we stopped for food on the way home.
Gene and Jude's (for those who don't know it's a place to get hot dogs and french fries) way to go on following doctor's orders, dad.
I guess they removed a few polyps and they are being tested. We should know results in a week or so.
well that's if dad actually tells us these results unlike when they found cancer and it took us what 6 or more months for us to know about that.. yea thanks dad.

dad has ANOTHER colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow

2009-11-13T02:31:04Z

He has more stuff to drink it's called movi-prep
well he was supposed to drink a gallon in an hour. starting at 5pm.... well he had some of it drank by 5 but he's not drinking the 8oz glasses every 15 mins til it's gone. He only drank some of the first gallon he poured half of it out.
he needs to start the next gallon at 9pm and drink it within an hour. I guess we shall see if it happens huh

happy halloweenie!!!

2009-10-31T06:49:00Z

ok i love halloween
I am not dressing up but i will be handing out candy. I will also be having the halloween tradition of eating "Witches Brew" for dinner. Yum yum yum it's so good. We've had this every year since as long as I can remember.
I think even my mom had it as a kid it's a simple recipe but it's YUMMY.

I hope my brother brings the baby over so we can see his costume but who knows.
I really don't have much to say but happy halloween and add the witches brew recipe to the blog

ok you can adjust this to how many people you are feeding

2-1/2 lbs of ground beef
3 cans of Special Hunts tomato sauce (with green pepper and onion)
2 can of diced tomatoes 1 large and one small
1 can of cheddar cheese soup
1 medium onion (diced)
1 small box of creamettes

all you do is brown the meat, boil the noodles keep the noodles separate
mix the meat, soup, tomato sauce, tomatoes, and onion together in a pot and spoon over noodles when hot.

you can add shredded cheese of your choice to the top which makes it even better

annoyed

2009-10-30T04:58:36Z

Gonna talk about dad's colonoscopy
Ok they could not do dad's colonoscopy because he was not cleaned out. uum well DUH.They had gotten him all prepped and I guess started but stopped cus they of course could NOT see anything. well yea we could have told them that and we aren't doctors.
Ok he's going to have to go back.... they are giving him more of that stuff to drink.. they obviously don't get that he refuses to drink this crap. and because I am an obnoxious daughter i took pics of the crap he was supposed to drink. first off he didn't fill the jug enough he was supposed to fill it to the line on the bottle.
Getting back to what i was saying... they are giving him more stuff to drink... if he doesn't i guess they will admit him then but they want to try this other stuff.. My mom told them it won't work he won't drink it.
I think instead of wasting MORE time they should just admit him and do it that way to MAKE him do whatever and maybe punish him a little bit.
I am extremely pissed about this whole situation. I realize he's a grown man but damn this is for HIS health shouldn't he care a little more?? You'd think he would, but if he doesn't care why the hell should we??
I mean do we have to treat him like a fucking child?? even a child takes their meds when they have to for christ sakes.
My dad took the week off work pretty much just for this test.. ok he took vacation time but still kind of a wasted week. He wil have to take two more days off when they reschedule my mom will also take a half a day or whatever off work to go with him. So he's pretty much wasted everyone's time and his money cus he will have to pay for this test even though it DIDN'T happen.

on another note.. I went to see my cousin Vicki's school play tonight it was good. She did a great job I wish I would have bought her flowers or something but we were running late since mom and dad didn't get back from the hospital when we thought they would have since they had to wait at the pharmacy because of this other thing they were supposed to get I guess they got this stuff or something I dunno. So we were kinda rushing to get there and mom and i pretty much ranted and raved the whole ride to my aunt's house.
Ok I have lost my train of thought I am tired, hungry and all that jazz so I will end this here.

he drank one and a half bottles (if he didn't dump it down the drain)

This is how much he drank if he didn't dump it down the drain

pissed off

2009-10-28T18:27:03Z

ok I wrote about my fathers upcoming colonoscopy last week right... and how he needed to do all the stuff the day before the test... well it's the day before the test.
so far he has only taken the six laxative pills he was supposed to start at 7am. he started late at 8:30.
he was supposed to drink 10oz of this stuff at around 10:30am since he started late. well he hasn't as of yet and it's 1:20pm
he is supposed to start the gallon of stuff soon.
supposedly he took the laxative pills and he's started throwing up. well it says on the note thing that if you do puke to call the doctor to let them know.
this is fucking ridiculous. Ok my mom called it on how he was going to be. she was right I was sooo wrong.

Ok I decided i will take pics of this stuff with a date and time stamp. and if mom wants to take them tomorrow with her to the doc I will upload them to walgreens and she can stop there before she comes home from work so she can show the doctor. at least there will be photo proof of what he did not do. I am sick of his bullshit dude..

Hiya

2009-10-23T20:38:57Z

Ok dad is going for his Colonoscopy next week. (i will be talking about it so I will add a cut if you don't want to read about it)

He is stubborn and doesn't take all the stuff he needs to take for them (which has been the pattern for each of his colonoscopys)
This is an IMPORTANT one though. Since they had found the cancer last year the doctors need to know if nothing is there.
Mom went to the doc with him last week for the usual consult before the test and asked the nurse how important it was for him to take everything they tell him to take and the guy was like you NEED to take all of it to be properly cleaned out. Esp after they found cancer last year.
Mom doesn't think Dad gets how important it is and doesn't think he will finish that gallon of crap he needs to drink.
Honestly since he has NEVER finished it before i have my doubts as well. His test is Thursday so Wednesday when I am home all day he needs to drink this stuff. He needs to start taking stuff at 7am. So i have to be policing his progress and making him drink this shit.
He's gonna hate us since we are seriously going to make him drink it. He has 5 hrs to drink this gallon of stuff.
Mom says she really doesn't get how lucky he was that they found the cancer and got it removed.
The doctor felt his colon after they removed the damaged part and felt the mass and ended up removing that too. The one doc that had come out to tell us how the surgery went told us that the doc NEVER does that. Dad was lucky.
I'm worried about this test but I am more worried that dad doesnt care enough to actually do what he's supposed to do and drink this gallon of stuff.
I mean if he doesn't care about his health (which he's kinda proved again and again since he doesn't take his meds that he's been prescribed for a few years for his cholesterol and all that) why should we?? Why pay all this money for his doctor visits and tests. Just get a lot of insurance on him and be done with it. Why should we obsess over the importance of these tests when he doesn't. It's not just me who worries it's mom and my brothers too.
I guess my Mom told him that I said that about getting him all kinds of insurance and not bother with the doctors. He didn't say anything, like anytime she talks to him about his health and what's important or what she's worried about he went outside to smoke a cigarette.

Writer's Block: Cyberstalking

2009-10-13T02:28:23Z

Do you keep tabs on ex-boyfriends and -girlfriends over social networking sites? Do you think it's emotionally healthy or dangerous? Amusing or painful?

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actually no I don't.
I could see where it would be amusing. I am friends with an ex on facebook but after how many years of not speaking we are on good terms and can be friends.
I guess it would depend on the relationship and if there has been enough time in the separation to gain closure and heal from the heartbreak.
If you haven't had that it could cause all kinds of drama and pain.

I've also had the relationship with an ex who has pretty much refused to give me the space I wanted from him to even be friends with him. There were too many emotions there and he never left me alone long enough to gain closure and perspective and has hurt me for years (yea I've written about him here on LJ lol). BUT I've never contacted him. He generally finds me and gets in touch with me.

Writer's Block: Confessions of a couch potato

2009-10-03T23:10:12Z

What is the longest uninterrupted period of time you've ever watched TV? Were you alone or with a friend/partner? Do you tend to watch more TV when you're happy, depressed, or simply bored?

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my tv is usually on, it doesn't mean I am watching it but it's always on.
ok I have to say the longest of me continuously watching tv would probably be when I do marathons of tv shows on dvds. I'm usually alone when I do those unless someone wants to watch the crap i am watching lol

Fuck Yeah 1980's tumblr

2009-09-20T19:57:05Z

Fuck Yeah 1980's

I've been on tumblr a lot lately this is one I started but it's more like a LJ community where you can run it with a few people. check it out. if you want to join tumblr and help with it that would be way awesome.
I am always looking for people to help post 80's stuff.
I thought maybe I'd pimp my new fave tumblr here and share with my friends.
I also added it to my links area on my journal along with my personal tumblr which is mostly a picture blog instead of writing anything personal. This is still where I write my personal stuff.
Too bad nothing has happened lately. Been watching the kids and my newphew a whole bunch.

saw this come thru on tumblr and had to share

2009-09-04T00:47:14Z

my sister in law is having a raffle for her job

2009-08-27T05:34:38Z

i am just gonna copy and paste from the email she sent.
if you could help her out that would be really really great.

Hello Everyone

My organization HPCRC is having a online fundraiser to help support our continuing efforts in tutoring & mentoring the youths of our community, Each ticket price is $20. The winner will receive a $3,000 credit toward a Disney Vacation through Primrose Travel to be used within one year of winning. Please visit www.HPCRCraffle.com or see the attachment. Please pass this along to everyone you know. Thanks for all of your support!

Gayle Peneschi
Executive Director
HPCRC
www.hpresource.org

bitter, party of one.....

2009-08-19T05:57:33Z

been thinking about this for a couple days... and I felt maybe if i wrote about it i might feel better??? I dunno.
I guess my aunts mom and uncle are supposed to be getting together to talk about what is going to happen with my grandfather (if you can call someone who's barely bee in my life grandfather but i guess by blood that's what he is)
He currently lives in FLA but last summer they had picked him up and he spent the summer up here being rotated from house to house (ok just a couple houses since not everyone currently has a relationship with him *namely mine and my aunt laura*) this year was the same my one aunt and uncle flew down and picked him up and flew back and he's been here all summer. From what I understand they really don't want him living alone. I mean the man is going blind due to macular degeneration.

Now the question is who will take him. I can tell ya right now my mother won't. I know my auntie laura won't either.
From what I heard there are only a few that i guess have even had this summer. He likes to stay at my one aunt's cus she has little kids and he can play grandpa. (ok still am bitter about that i mean i was a little kid and he didn't want to be MY grandpa so yea thanks gramps i appreciate it)

I am still very bitter about him now being back and being at things. i have not talked to him. He's been at 3 things this summer that I was at. My cousin Helen's graduation party. I walked past him and didn't even say hello. He was at my dad's birthday party and I didn't say anything to him there either. He was at my cousin Jason's wedding and I didn't talk to him there either.
Ok maybe it's a tad childish for me just to not talk to him or even say hello... but I guess I don't because I may open my mouth and say something and be rude to him. So i would rather not say anything rather than start trouble and take the focus away from what we are celebrating. I am not shy about telling people how i feel generally so I guess it is soo much better than starting crap.

I know i have written before about my feelings in this situation but i am sorry i am still bothered by the whole thing.
I just don't understand how someone who had grandchildren could just cut them out of his life like that. I mean my brothers and i and a few cousins (that were around when drama went down) were little kids. why would you not want to see us grow up. I just don't understand what kind of person would do that. ok I don't know HIS side but from what i understand he blames my mother for starting stuff when it was his "wife"(my mom said no one is sure if he and Isabel were ever really married or not so i will use quotes for her) doing things and send letters to my mom and my aunts.
I am curious to read these letters. My mom has them or at least copies of the originals.

It's just hard for me to believe that a man could be so pussy whipped that he would put her over his own children and grandchildren. it's just mind boggling. I mean I have dated men with children. His kids always come first. I would never expect any different. one of my ex's was pushing me to meet his kids and i kept saying no, that since we didn't know where our relationship was going I didn't want to get attached to his kids and vice versa, I thought that it would be unfair to them if something (and well it eventually did happen) but I was glad that I had not met the kids even though I did really want to.

I guess that knowing kinda that he will be up here and will be around and possibly in my life it bothers me.
I dont feel sorry for him that he's all alone in florida. He's made his bed now he has to deal with the consequences of his choices.
ok my other grandpa my dad's dad... he and i don't always get along but ya know if he needed something or whatever I'd be there in a heartbeat for him. Believe me it's not that i hate old people or anything lol cus that is so not the case. I grew up having ONE grandfather. I knew my other grandfather had turned his back on us. when we were kids and after my mom said she was done dealing with him and his "wife" she told us kids if we wanted to see him my dad would take us whenever we wanted to go. We did try that a few times for halloweens and stuff especially since my grandpa lived like 3 blocks away (yes he lived walking distance from me). Those stopped because it was obvious he really didn't want us there.
I guess what bothers me most is the feeling that he didn't care or even make some effort to stay in contact with us. He would come or drop off a gift if he was invited to something but it was never him initiating any kind of contact. No birthday cards or Christmas cards... nothing. I thought well maybe since my birthday is the day after his just maybe this year i'd get a card from him or something a phone call even. I was his first grandchild.. granted at the time of the drama there were not many of us but I always kinda thought that the first was maybe a little more special or something. Now he's got 22 grandkids and he's got 3 great grandkids now. I am not sure he's seen Evan. I asked my brother if he had brought even over to him at my dad's birthday party and my brother was like "no why" I don't even know if my brother has talked to him really. I guess he kinda feels the way i do in some respect.
My other brother i think has talked to my grandpa. But then I was the one who heard about all the stuff going on with him from a young age. I would sit and listen to the adults talk. I was also present at drama that had happened between my aunt who was babysitting my brother and I at the time and my grandpa. I haven't forgotten that. yes some details may have gotten fuzzy but i remember being afraid of him and being at the neighbors house and him screaming at the door my mom had to come and pick us all up.

I dunno i guess if i heard that he was taking responsibility for some of his actions and choices maybe i would be receptive to having a relationship but from what I've heard he made some crack last year about my mother starting trouble... and honestly she had done nothing at all.
I just can't be a part of his "woe is me I am old my "wife" is dead and now I have no one" pity party
I think if i saw him playing grandpa to my younger cousins i would be sick. cus yes i am still that bitter and yea i know i am bitter no one has to tell me that. cus it bugs the fuck out of me. they don't know anything of the past and he doesn't have to deal with the consequences of his choices looking into their eyes.. ok granted the man is going blind and can't really look into their eyes but ya know what i mean lol

ok I think i am done ranting hopefully some of it made sense to someone besides me.

Big Brother Ronnie Interview (one of the best IMO)

2009-08-08T19:53:34Z

Mediafiends.com - What do you Fiend?

Update on Gramps

2009-07-30T21:39:02Z

Gramps had his doc appointment today. I guess they will be treating the prostate cancer with pills. I was talking with a friend the other day who's dad just got the same for his diagnosis sooo I guess that is a good sign. The doc also wants him to go to get his kidney's checked. not sure why really BUT who knows what he told dad or if he explained stuff to dad at all. Of course I am sure there is a reason for that.

Writer's Block: Not So Genius

2009-07-18T19:09:33Z

Which modern invention do you think the world would be better off without?

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Cellphones. People have gotten so rude about constantly being on them. It seems people cannot do ANYTHING without being on the damn phone.
driving, walking the dog, taking the baby for a walk, shopping, it all must be done while on the phone now.

small update

2009-07-16T03:47:56Z

been awhile since i updated. My parents are on vacation. they went to visit my grandpa. they got some news not from HIM but from Gloria his girlfriend. I guess they found cancer in his prostate. My mom doesn't know much and I guess he has a doc appointment the 30th and my mom did ask Gloria to call her and tell her what the doc says.
My grandpa is already saying that there is nothing that can be done and stuff my mom thinks that is because of what happened when they found cancer with my grandma.
but by the time they found it with her it had spread and there was really nothing they could do.
I am hoping for the best of course. i don't always get along with my gramps but he's still my gramps ya know. this is the grandfather that has been there for me all my life unlike my mom's dad.
as far as i know my grandpa still hasn't told my parents anything about the cancer and the only information has come from Gloria.

I did get other news my cousin cecilie was arrested for prostitution... this is the cousin i have written about before and there is a tag so you can read about when she was here before (here's the link http://anya1976.livejournal.com/tag/cecilie+drama ) I have to say i am not shocked that she's following in the footsteps of her crackwhore mother. I had hopes my cousin annette would clean her shit up but she obviously likes being a crackwhore.

darn it

2009-07-08T17:37:45Z

my aunt asked me to dog sit thurs - sunday. I agreed of course. but now i remember big brother starts tomorrow. so this means i will barely be able to watch let alone screencap the feeds.
I barely use her computer while i am at her house. times like these i wish i had a laptop.
I need me a sugar daddy to hook me up with a laptop lol

Writer's Block: First Aid

2009-06-29T03:48:39Z

Have you ever performed CPR, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or the Heimleich maneuver on someone in an emergency?

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yes i have. My Grandma Simon. when i was staying with her during the day she started choking and i had to heimleich her.

party at the lake

2009-06-28T21:26:04Z

DSCN0433
Originally uploaded by Anya1976

my cousin had her Graduation/birthday party at their lake house yesterday.
that was ... um well an event to put it mildly.
The day started out well we got there at like 3:30 maybe. left later than we wanted but oh well.
When we got there Helen, Chloe, and Emma were on the golfcart and wanted me to go with them. We had literally just pulled up and I wanted to say hello to everyone. So they left and I didn't see them for a long time. I went swimming in the lake. Hung out with my cousin Bryon and his girlfriend Allyson. on this huge raft thing my aunt bought.
Of course we ate. Heard it was going to rain... I was on the phone with a friend and he said that it wouldn't reach us for a couple hours or so so my cousin Caroline and I went back in the water for awhile.
I got out maybe 20 mins before it started to rain. I was sitting on the dock with Bryon, Caroline, and Allyson talking and we felt drops. We ended up going to sit on the boat. Sat out there for a loooong time took some great pics of the sunsetting.
There was some drama won't get into in this post... BUT I am sure I will throw a friends only post in and talk about it.
My Mom's dad was there (no this wasn't cause for the drama) but I didn't talk to him. Honestly I had planned on calling him Mr.M(fill in the rest of his last name) instead of calling him grandpa.
But he didn't say anything to me and I didn't say anything to him. I walked past him quite a few times.

The pic here was taken from the deck. my aunt's dock is the one on the right with the lights on it.

Writer's Block: RIP Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T07:58:52Z

In honor of the King of Pop: What is your favorite Michael Jackson song?

Submitted By deathbylies

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oh I have a few.
P.Y.T
The Girl is Mine
Human Nature
Dirty Diana
You Are Not Alone
Smooth Criminal
In the Closet
Remember The Time
The Lady in my life

I have to say the Thriller album and all the songs on it are still one of my very faves. I played that record like crazy when i got it.
I'll never forget when my mom gave it to me.
My parents had gone shopping and when they got home she had something for me. I opened it and ran to the record player and put it on.

hey everyone

2009-06-24T07:48:49Z

today has been busy, it seems like this week is so busy and yet it's only Tuesday.. ok now it's Wednesday since it's almost 2:30am
Today I watched the kids. Liam was a holy terror. I had to help Chloee with her thank you cards that she needed to send to the people who went to her birthday party Saturday.
Well Liam I don't know if it's cus i had to spend time with Chloee and help her and he's used to getting my full attention since most times it's me and him in the afternoons. It also could have been that it was hot outside and we were cooped up inside the house.
Chloee had just bought a slinky today with a gift card she got from her birthday.... well Liam already ruined it while we were busy doing the cards.
finally he settled a little bit then we finished the cards and went to watch Chloee's new scooby doo movies.
Hopefully thursday will be a little better.

Tonight mom and I had eye appointments. my prescription hasn't changed much and the doc said that my astigmatism has gotten better. so i am kinda jazzed about that. I mean i have worn glass/contacts since i was in first grade and usually the news is that my eyes have gotten worse.
Granted my eyes have not really changed much in the past 4 years at least... so that's good.
I didn't order contacts yet since the doc said there are new contacts out and she wants to try a pair or two before i commit to anything... which is good since the new contacts are made differently and she wants to see how my eyes react to them.
We also talked about macular degeneration which my maternal grandfather has and my mom's brother was diagnosed with a couple years ago. I am kinda worried about that. She said that my eyes looked great and to make sure i take a multivitamin and some omega 3 vitamins and to always always always wear sunglasses outside. UV from the sun is a contributor to macular degeneration.
Mom's prescription hasn't changed much either and she ordered new glasses. she wanted to make sure she gets them before mom and dad go on vacation so she can get used to them before she has to go back to work. the frames she picked out are really nice.

Then we went to dinner just stopped at portillo's since it's near the tanning salon. we had awhile to wait to go tan so we ended up shopping. i got a couple pairs of capri's shorts and some leggings. i have to say... the only reason i am glad they are bringing back some 80's fashions are the leggings finally the good leggings that i missed when the 80's were over. i LIVED in leggings back in the day. so i got 4 pairs they were on sale 2 for 15 bucks. I couldn't really find any tops i liked though so i only came home with one top. I really need some summer tops though. I hardly ever go shopping in the summer so most of my cute tops are longer sleeved.

then we went to tan.

tomorrow I think we are going to stop over at my brother's to visit with them. Haven't seen them much lately. I saw my SIL and the baby at the wedding shower last week but i didnt visit with them much since i was wandering talking to everyone.
Last i heard my brother and SIL and the baby were going camping this weekend but they aren't now or something so maybe they will go to the graduation party for my cousin up at my aunt's lake house.
I am kinda excited about the party. I am really thinking of swimming i LOVE to swim. which will be good since then i wont have to do makeup or hair since it'll just get ruined by the water anyway.

Ok this is kinda what's going on in my life this week. I am tired now so i think i might actually try to sleep... unless i get distracted by something and stay up lol

Voice Post

2009-06-20T01:31:16Z

the auto transcribe kinda sucks lol btw.

88 season 5 Deadliest Catch icons

2009-06-14T04:12:45Z

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I love quotes...

2009-06-05T19:42:45Z

so i made a tumblr just for quotes i like.
lately it's been more love or break up kinda quotes but if something touches me i tend to post it here. If you know of any quotes that you think i'd like please tell me, post it here or email me or whatever.

http://anyasquotes.tumblr.com/

June first already???

2009-06-01T18:18:27Z

Where has the time gone?? I mean this year has gone by so fast.
I know i haven't written a bunch in awhile I blame twitter. BUT i really haven't had much to say.
Nothing much has been going on in my life.
The past two weeks we've had my brother's dogs here since they are on vacation.
I got the invite to my cousin's wedding shower (you all know how much i hate those) The wedding is in August.
I really need to do laundry, I should be doing it today.. and I may end up doing it in a few. This week will be busy tomorrow and thursday i a going to be watching the kids but i'll have Evan too and Wed I have to go to my brothers to watch Evan since my brother has a side job going on, working with his friend painting.
So I should have new pics to share
oh crap i don't think i ever posted pics of my brother's wedding did i? whoops I need to do that too.
Mom and I are going to start tanning this week. So at least i will have some color.

Ok i am gonna start doing some laundry need some clean clothes. Gotta plan the wardrobe for the week.
have a GREAT week.