Ok, Since Jen is pretty much the only one who comments on my blog now, I've changed the settings so that anyone can leave a comment. Please leave your name tho, or at least a name that I will know you by! LOL
I've restricted who can access my blog by making it non public and only people who know the address can find it. Hopefully, I won't have too many strangers reading about my life! LOL
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Who is Missing from this Picture?
For Christmas for the last 3 years I’ve been asking for Gilbert Blythe. Who is that you are wondering?? Well, if you have ever read Anne of Green Gables, you would probably recognize the name. Gilbert and Anne eventually fell in love, however at first they were bitter enemies! I collect Porcelain dolls. Actually I collect Dolls from around the world too, and those take up the majority of my collection.
A few years ago, (ok about 6) I started the collection of Green Gables. It was great! I got Anne one year, Diana the next, then Matthew (who is my favorite!), and finally 3 years later I got Gilbert.
Let me introduce you to the crew!
From Left to Right: Gilbert, Diana, Anne, and Matthew. Hmmm…someone seems to be missing don’t you think?? Whoever could that be?? Hmm…I’ll have to think about it.
Let’s take a closer look at the dolls.
Starting with the Star of the books Anne!
I have several Anne dolls, or rather Dolls that are supposed to be Anne. I like this one the best, mostly because of her outfit. To me it looks like the ones described in the books. We have her red haired braids there and the hat…all fine. Let’s look at her face a little more closely. I always pictured Anne to have a mischievous look on her face or maybe a smile. Other then when she was fighting with Gilbert or Marilla (hmmm…hint, hint) she didn’t look happy, but I picture her to be happy the rest of the time…so my complaint is I don’t like her non smiling face!
Next we have Anne’s Kindred Spirit, Diana.
Diana Barry was Anne’s Best Friend, who she called her Kindred Spirit. She felt a strong connection to Diana, and every once in awhile the pair ended up in some situation that was almost always Anne’s idea! Lol. Let’s talk details. I don’t particularly care for her outfit, although it does show that Diana was a bit more sophisticated then Anne, so I guess it will have to do. Maybe it’s that pink isn’t my favorite color? The black ringlet hair is perfect. The eyes seem a little big, but mostly I’m pretty impressed with this doll, again no smile, maybe her and Anne just got caught being drunk because they drank the wine instead of the Raspberry Cordial??
Matthew was the only one who wanted to keep Anne, when she first arrived. He and his sister, Marilla adopted what they thought would be a little boy to help around the farm. When Matthew went to pick him up he found Anne instead. He fell quickly in love with her spirit and energy. Anne talked the whole ride home, with Matthew hardly saying a word. When Matthew returned home Marilla (there’s that name again), quickly asked what this was all about and where was the boy that they had asked for. Matthew said that they couldn’t send her back, Marilla and Matthew got in a bit of an argument, but Matthew ended up winning and Anne stayed with them.
Unfortunately, Matthew dies of a heart attack very quickly in the book, however it still leaves you time to fall in love with his character and how he bonded with Anne. I love this doll, it’s probably the one doll that I think represents the character the best. He’s carrying a basket of potatoes. I just think he looks perfect. Don’t you? If you don’t, check out the next picture.
See the hump in his back?? OMG I do fell in love with this doll when I opened it, I couldn’t believe how perfectly the creator of this doll had depicted Matthew.
Gilbert Blythe was as mentioned before Anne’s enemy. She broke a chalkboard over his head, they competed in different things and they genuinely did not get a long! However in later years, they managed to admit that they loved one another and they got married and had kids. This doll is a representation of the young Gilbert. I remember reading the books and falling in love with him at the same time Anne was, these books serious are amazing! LOL
I haven’t made a decision on the details of this doll yet. I think I was just happy to finally get him! LOL
So again, who is missing from this crew of characters in a bunch of novels? That would be Marilla. I will do a write up on her, if she ever appears under the Christmas tree! LOL
A few years ago, (ok about 6) I started the collection of Green Gables. It was great! I got Anne one year, Diana the next, then Matthew (who is my favorite!), and finally 3 years later I got Gilbert.
Let me introduce you to the crew!
From Left to Right: Gilbert, Diana, Anne, and Matthew. Hmmm…someone seems to be missing don’t you think?? Whoever could that be?? Hmm…I’ll have to think about it.
Let’s take a closer look at the dolls.
Starting with the Star of the books Anne!
I have several Anne dolls, or rather Dolls that are supposed to be Anne. I like this one the best, mostly because of her outfit. To me it looks like the ones described in the books. We have her red haired braids there and the hat…all fine. Let’s look at her face a little more closely. I always pictured Anne to have a mischievous look on her face or maybe a smile. Other then when she was fighting with Gilbert or Marilla (hmmm…hint, hint) she didn’t look happy, but I picture her to be happy the rest of the time…so my complaint is I don’t like her non smiling face!
Next we have Anne’s Kindred Spirit, Diana.
Diana Barry was Anne’s Best Friend, who she called her Kindred Spirit. She felt a strong connection to Diana, and every once in awhile the pair ended up in some situation that was almost always Anne’s idea! Lol. Let’s talk details. I don’t particularly care for her outfit, although it does show that Diana was a bit more sophisticated then Anne, so I guess it will have to do. Maybe it’s that pink isn’t my favorite color? The black ringlet hair is perfect. The eyes seem a little big, but mostly I’m pretty impressed with this doll, again no smile, maybe her and Anne just got caught being drunk because they drank the wine instead of the Raspberry Cordial??
Matthew was the only one who wanted to keep Anne, when she first arrived. He and his sister, Marilla adopted what they thought would be a little boy to help around the farm. When Matthew went to pick him up he found Anne instead. He fell quickly in love with her spirit and energy. Anne talked the whole ride home, with Matthew hardly saying a word. When Matthew returned home Marilla (there’s that name again), quickly asked what this was all about and where was the boy that they had asked for. Matthew said that they couldn’t send her back, Marilla and Matthew got in a bit of an argument, but Matthew ended up winning and Anne stayed with them.
Unfortunately, Matthew dies of a heart attack very quickly in the book, however it still leaves you time to fall in love with his character and how he bonded with Anne. I love this doll, it’s probably the one doll that I think represents the character the best. He’s carrying a basket of potatoes. I just think he looks perfect. Don’t you? If you don’t, check out the next picture.
See the hump in his back?? OMG I do fell in love with this doll when I opened it, I couldn’t believe how perfectly the creator of this doll had depicted Matthew.
Gilbert Blythe was as mentioned before Anne’s enemy. She broke a chalkboard over his head, they competed in different things and they genuinely did not get a long! However in later years, they managed to admit that they loved one another and they got married and had kids. This doll is a representation of the young Gilbert. I remember reading the books and falling in love with him at the same time Anne was, these books serious are amazing! LOL
I haven’t made a decision on the details of this doll yet. I think I was just happy to finally get him! LOL
So again, who is missing from this crew of characters in a bunch of novels? That would be Marilla. I will do a write up on her, if she ever appears under the Christmas tree! LOL
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas 2006 Everyone!
We were off to a slow start this year for Christmas. I didn’t rise until 8ish, Mom and Dad were both up. Before we opened any presents we called Troy (who couldn’t be with us this Christmas), Mom and Dad opened their gifts from him while he was on the phone. My present from him is still in Fredericton and I’ll open that tomorrow, when I get home.
We started as always opening our stockings, I got some text messages from Jeremy shortly there after, so I went online to talk to him for a few mins, so we were really slow opening presents. Dad as always got tons of Coke stuff…it’s taking over the house!
Here’s Wink wondering what all the excitement is about
Mom and Wink playing with the string.
Dad sporting his new Coke boxers! He was so excited he put them right on over top of his pants!
Here is a collection of the stuff that I got from everyone.
The “Dear Santa” sign is from my Aunt Bev, There is a Sarah’s Angel beside it, that’s from Mom and Dad. The salt and pepper shakers/napkin holder is from my Aunt Heather and Uncle George. The movie and santa hat is from Cheryl and Ben. The Ovations from my granddad. The New Brunswick Sheets from Santa, socks from Santa, Gilbert (from Anne of Green Gables) from Santa (he made a special stop in PEI for me!), and the collection of stuff in the front is my stocking stuffers. The big present this year was my luggage! Pink, I’m not a fan of pink, but Mom made a good point, at least it’ll stand out at the airport and I won’t have to worry about getting it mixed up with someone else!). I got pajamas from my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd, it’s an every year thing! I love it, at least I’m always guaranteed pajamas!
This is a better picture of the stuff down in front!
These are Mom’s presents, minus the red bag, that’s Dad’s from Troy that he didn’t open. Mom’s presents are missing the George Foreman Grill that Aunt Bev and Kayla got for her and Dad.
This is Dad’s presents. See all the Coke stuff?!?! Where’s he gonna put this stuff?!?? Lol.
Everything there is new, except for the transport truck, that was from a previous year.
As you can tell Santa definitely found his way here!
This is just too cute, I couldn’t not take a picture of it by itself! Santa brought that!
Wink had a great time playing with all the paper and ribbon and bows, ohh and let’s not get started on the boxes and bags! Silly kitty!!!
We went for Christmas dinner with my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd and the rest of my Dad’s side of the family. Sorry folks, I didn’t take my camera with me, so I have no pictures. I should have taken it to take pictures of the spread of food! OMG, there was so much!
Later that evening (after a much deserved nap), Mom and I headed down to Blackville to visit my Grandmother and Grandfather. (I took my camera this time!)
The lights on the house, see that little bear there, that’s what my mom got them last year for Christmas, the picture doesn’t do it justice, but it is definitely cute.
Here is Nanny and Grandad’s Tree and spread of gifts. I was more focusing on the Montreal Canadians guy then anything else, but wanted to get everything else as well. Pretty cool eh?!
It looks like Mom is reaching for the snowman, but she is not, she was playing with the fire trucks! LOL Actually, she’s trying to get out of the way of the picture, however she failed! HAHA!
I had to take a close up of the fire trucks because this really doesn’t do them justice. They don’t look like toys at all, not even like models, ok maybe really REALLY good models.
After that Mom and I headed home and Mom introduced me to a new website called Bebo.com, I think it’s going to be a good place to put all my pictures, I can put some in my blogs, and the rest I can put there for people to look through. Also, a lot of the relatives from Scotland are on there, and it will be an easy way to keep in touch with them.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!
We started as always opening our stockings, I got some text messages from Jeremy shortly there after, so I went online to talk to him for a few mins, so we were really slow opening presents. Dad as always got tons of Coke stuff…it’s taking over the house!
Here’s Wink wondering what all the excitement is about
Mom and Wink playing with the string.
Dad sporting his new Coke boxers! He was so excited he put them right on over top of his pants!
Here is a collection of the stuff that I got from everyone.
The “Dear Santa” sign is from my Aunt Bev, There is a Sarah’s Angel beside it, that’s from Mom and Dad. The salt and pepper shakers/napkin holder is from my Aunt Heather and Uncle George. The movie and santa hat is from Cheryl and Ben. The Ovations from my granddad. The New Brunswick Sheets from Santa, socks from Santa, Gilbert (from Anne of Green Gables) from Santa (he made a special stop in PEI for me!), and the collection of stuff in the front is my stocking stuffers. The big present this year was my luggage! Pink, I’m not a fan of pink, but Mom made a good point, at least it’ll stand out at the airport and I won’t have to worry about getting it mixed up with someone else!). I got pajamas from my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd, it’s an every year thing! I love it, at least I’m always guaranteed pajamas!
This is a better picture of the stuff down in front!
These are Mom’s presents, minus the red bag, that’s Dad’s from Troy that he didn’t open. Mom’s presents are missing the George Foreman Grill that Aunt Bev and Kayla got for her and Dad.
This is Dad’s presents. See all the Coke stuff?!?! Where’s he gonna put this stuff?!?? Lol.
Everything there is new, except for the transport truck, that was from a previous year.
As you can tell Santa definitely found his way here!
This is just too cute, I couldn’t not take a picture of it by itself! Santa brought that!
Wink had a great time playing with all the paper and ribbon and bows, ohh and let’s not get started on the boxes and bags! Silly kitty!!!
We went for Christmas dinner with my Aunt Gail and Uncle Lloyd and the rest of my Dad’s side of the family. Sorry folks, I didn’t take my camera with me, so I have no pictures. I should have taken it to take pictures of the spread of food! OMG, there was so much!
Later that evening (after a much deserved nap), Mom and I headed down to Blackville to visit my Grandmother and Grandfather. (I took my camera this time!)
The lights on the house, see that little bear there, that’s what my mom got them last year for Christmas, the picture doesn’t do it justice, but it is definitely cute.
Here is Nanny and Grandad’s Tree and spread of gifts. I was more focusing on the Montreal Canadians guy then anything else, but wanted to get everything else as well. Pretty cool eh?!
It looks like Mom is reaching for the snowman, but she is not, she was playing with the fire trucks! LOL Actually, she’s trying to get out of the way of the picture, however she failed! HAHA!
I had to take a close up of the fire trucks because this really doesn’t do them justice. They don’t look like toys at all, not even like models, ok maybe really REALLY good models.
After that Mom and I headed home and Mom introduced me to a new website called Bebo.com, I think it’s going to be a good place to put all my pictures, I can put some in my blogs, and the rest I can put there for people to look through. Also, a lot of the relatives from Scotland are on there, and it will be an easy way to keep in touch with them.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Driving Home for Christmas
This is what I love about going home for Christmas! Every year on my way home, I always get so excited when I hit the top of the hill and I see this:
I know that home is just at the bottom where the glow from the Christmas Spirit lights up the sky. Ever since I can remember and probably that means forever, Dad and Mom have always gone all out for Christmas. My friend Darren always asks me at Christmas “Has your parents gone all St. Mary’s again this year?” And of course they do. What he is referring to is the many lights my dad puts up. Every year on the Reserve there is always a great display of lights from the people’s houses. I don’t think I’d like my dad’s house there, it would fit in and not stand out like it does now. When I topped the hill this year and seen the lights they were pretty much the only ones on, none of the neighbors had their lights on.
Once I got home, I decided to take a walk to the top of the hill and take pictures looking down, let me tell you this was not an easy task! You might think it would be, but getting a good picture of the dark and the lights was so hard! I really missed my photographer! Jeremy, how dare you go to Winnipeg for Christmas! Haha!
When I walked up the hill I noticed how big the moon was, not that it was a full one or anything. It seem like it was just sitting on top of the hill! So I tried to take a picture of that too, but again I’m not good at this night picture stuff! Give me a day time and I can take any picture you want!
This picture looked about 100 times better on my camera, I swear it! LOL but none the less, it does depict the moon! Can you pick it out?!?!? Haha!
As I walked down the hill I took pictures at various spots along the way.
About halfway down the hill…
Another a bit more of a close up…
This is at the edge of the first drive way you to come to when you go to my parents house.
It’s always important to find the new addition to the decorations! The polar bear was a gift from Santa last year to my dad. Kinda looks like the coke bear eh?!
And once more picture of the front of the house. Please note that this year the “Peace On Earth” sign is missing.
I know that home is just at the bottom where the glow from the Christmas Spirit lights up the sky. Ever since I can remember and probably that means forever, Dad and Mom have always gone all out for Christmas. My friend Darren always asks me at Christmas “Has your parents gone all St. Mary’s again this year?” And of course they do. What he is referring to is the many lights my dad puts up. Every year on the Reserve there is always a great display of lights from the people’s houses. I don’t think I’d like my dad’s house there, it would fit in and not stand out like it does now. When I topped the hill this year and seen the lights they were pretty much the only ones on, none of the neighbors had their lights on.
Once I got home, I decided to take a walk to the top of the hill and take pictures looking down, let me tell you this was not an easy task! You might think it would be, but getting a good picture of the dark and the lights was so hard! I really missed my photographer! Jeremy, how dare you go to Winnipeg for Christmas! Haha!
When I walked up the hill I noticed how big the moon was, not that it was a full one or anything. It seem like it was just sitting on top of the hill! So I tried to take a picture of that too, but again I’m not good at this night picture stuff! Give me a day time and I can take any picture you want!
This picture looked about 100 times better on my camera, I swear it! LOL but none the less, it does depict the moon! Can you pick it out?!?!? Haha!
As I walked down the hill I took pictures at various spots along the way.
About halfway down the hill…
Another a bit more of a close up…
This is at the edge of the first drive way you to come to when you go to my parents house.
It’s always important to find the new addition to the decorations! The polar bear was a gift from Santa last year to my dad. Kinda looks like the coke bear eh?!
And once more picture of the front of the house. Please note that this year the “Peace On Earth” sign is missing.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Dermoid Cyst
This post is for Jennifer! LOL She's gonna love it!
Quite a few years ago (within the last 5..I don't remember the exact year) I had surgery to have a dermoid cyst removed from my ovary on the right side. During the surgery they had to take my ovary. I've been thinking about the surgery a lot lately as mom had surgery not that long ago and it reminded me of the day I went in for surgery.
My dermoid cyst was the size of a kiwi when they first found it. I was told I would be monitored every 6 months to make sure that the cyst didn't grow any. About a year later (after no follow ups) I was going to to Colscopy clinic to have my PAP tests done (for like ever!) when I asked the doctor if the cyst would cause abnormal cells in my PAP he said no, then I explained that I was supposed to be monitored. A little bit after that I got a notice in the mail to go get an ultrasound done. During that ultrasound they discovered that the cyst had grown to the size of a softball (that is quite the increase!) That's when it was determind that they would take the cyst out. At the time of the ultrasound the cyst was not twisted, but by the time I went in for surgery the cyst had twisted and cut off the blood supply to my ovary which in turn caused the ovary to stop working and made it the removal of the ovary neccessary.
The other day at work we were talking about it and Jen asked me what a Dermoid Cyst was so I started to explain it to her and she made me shut up as she thought it was too gross! Then I told her to look it up on the internet so that she could see a picture. LOL She thought I meant I had a picture of my cyst. But I don't have my own picture, as it busted when it was taken out and he said it wouldn't have made a very nice picture! LOL
I thought that I could write a post about it so that everyone will know exactly what a dermoid cyst is. The information has been gathered from several websites.
Dermoid Cyst - A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc.
What is a Dermoid Cyst?
The idea of a dermoid cyst is somewhat startling. For reasons we don't understand, the cells of the ovary can, all by themselves and without the presence of any sperm, start to produce hair, teeth, fluid, and other growing tissues to form an ovarian cyst. This is called a dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts are fairly common, occurring most often before menopause and are almost never cancerous (less than 1/1000). Dermoid cysts have a fairly characteristic appearance on sonogram and often the diagnosis can be made this way. Unfortunately, these cysts do not go away by themselves and surgery is recommended when they are found.
What Causes a Dermoid Cyst?
I looked online for a long time for the answer to this and it ranges from you are born with it to fluid collects for no reason. So I guess what they really want to say here is they have NO idea! LOL
General Dermoid Cyst Information
Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years. The average age is 30. Up to 15% of women with ovarian teratomas have them in both ovaries. Dermoid cysts can range in size from a centimeter (less than a half inch) up to 45 cm (about 17 inches) in diameter. In 25 percent of cases, cysts are found on both ovaries. Hmmm 15 to 25% of women who have a dermoid cyst in one ovary gets a cyst in the other one. This information scares me, I don't want to go through that again.
These cysts can cause the ovary to twist (torsion) and imperil its blood supply. The larger the dermoid cyst, the greater the risk of rupture with spillage of the greasy contents which can create problems with adhesions, pain etc. Although the large majority (about 98%) of these tumors are benign, the remaining fraction (about 2%) becomes cancerous (malignant).
Depending on the position of the cyst within the ovary, it may be necessary to remove a portion of or the entire ovary. In this case, a woman may wonder about her fertility potential. If the remaining ovarian tissue is normal, a woman may still ovulate, menstruate, and conceive a pregnancy. Even if one ovary is completely removed, the other ovary is stimulated and continues to produce eggs, so that conception can occur. (that's incase anyone was wondering about my fertility! LOL)
I was going to include some pictures of the cysts...but my goodness they are GROSS!! and I wouldn't want anyone to have to see them. If you are interested, the best way to find them is to type pictures of an ovarian dermoid cyst in google and it'll bring up some wonderful pictures! I found one that was all labeled and everything, but like I said...they are really gross!
Quite a few years ago (within the last 5..I don't remember the exact year) I had surgery to have a dermoid cyst removed from my ovary on the right side. During the surgery they had to take my ovary. I've been thinking about the surgery a lot lately as mom had surgery not that long ago and it reminded me of the day I went in for surgery.
My dermoid cyst was the size of a kiwi when they first found it. I was told I would be monitored every 6 months to make sure that the cyst didn't grow any. About a year later (after no follow ups) I was going to to Colscopy clinic to have my PAP tests done (for like ever!) when I asked the doctor if the cyst would cause abnormal cells in my PAP he said no, then I explained that I was supposed to be monitored. A little bit after that I got a notice in the mail to go get an ultrasound done. During that ultrasound they discovered that the cyst had grown to the size of a softball (that is quite the increase!) That's when it was determind that they would take the cyst out. At the time of the ultrasound the cyst was not twisted, but by the time I went in for surgery the cyst had twisted and cut off the blood supply to my ovary which in turn caused the ovary to stop working and made it the removal of the ovary neccessary.
The other day at work we were talking about it and Jen asked me what a Dermoid Cyst was so I started to explain it to her and she made me shut up as she thought it was too gross! Then I told her to look it up on the internet so that she could see a picture. LOL She thought I meant I had a picture of my cyst. But I don't have my own picture, as it busted when it was taken out and he said it wouldn't have made a very nice picture! LOL
I thought that I could write a post about it so that everyone will know exactly what a dermoid cyst is. The information has been gathered from several websites.
Dermoid Cyst - A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc.
What is a Dermoid Cyst?
The idea of a dermoid cyst is somewhat startling. For reasons we don't understand, the cells of the ovary can, all by themselves and without the presence of any sperm, start to produce hair, teeth, fluid, and other growing tissues to form an ovarian cyst. This is called a dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts are fairly common, occurring most often before menopause and are almost never cancerous (less than 1/1000). Dermoid cysts have a fairly characteristic appearance on sonogram and often the diagnosis can be made this way. Unfortunately, these cysts do not go away by themselves and surgery is recommended when they are found.
What Causes a Dermoid Cyst?
I looked online for a long time for the answer to this and it ranges from you are born with it to fluid collects for no reason. So I guess what they really want to say here is they have NO idea! LOL
General Dermoid Cyst Information
Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years. The average age is 30. Up to 15% of women with ovarian teratomas have them in both ovaries. Dermoid cysts can range in size from a centimeter (less than a half inch) up to 45 cm (about 17 inches) in diameter. In 25 percent of cases, cysts are found on both ovaries. Hmmm 15 to 25% of women who have a dermoid cyst in one ovary gets a cyst in the other one. This information scares me, I don't want to go through that again.
These cysts can cause the ovary to twist (torsion) and imperil its blood supply. The larger the dermoid cyst, the greater the risk of rupture with spillage of the greasy contents which can create problems with adhesions, pain etc. Although the large majority (about 98%) of these tumors are benign, the remaining fraction (about 2%) becomes cancerous (malignant).
Depending on the position of the cyst within the ovary, it may be necessary to remove a portion of or the entire ovary. In this case, a woman may wonder about her fertility potential. If the remaining ovarian tissue is normal, a woman may still ovulate, menstruate, and conceive a pregnancy. Even if one ovary is completely removed, the other ovary is stimulated and continues to produce eggs, so that conception can occur. (that's incase anyone was wondering about my fertility! LOL)
I was going to include some pictures of the cysts...but my goodness they are GROSS!! and I wouldn't want anyone to have to see them. If you are interested, the best way to find them is to type pictures of an ovarian dermoid cyst in google and it'll bring up some wonderful pictures! I found one that was all labeled and everything, but like I said...they are really gross!
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