Friday nights I’d sit in front of the tv from 7-10, watching Joan of Arcadia, JAG, and Numbers. Well, 2 of those 3 are no longer on the air. JAG ended it’s 10th year with what we all wanted to see…Harm and Mac planning to get married.
Joan, on the other hand, has been cancelled. What?! I was shocked when I heard the news. How can it be cancelled? It was a great show! You don’t find many uplifting spirtitual shows anymore, and Joan was that and more. We are left hanging at the end of the 2nd season…Joan staring off at this “evil” kid, Ryan…who was introduced the last few shows. And now we don’t get to see what happens between them. I am so bummed. Joan was my 2nd fave drama, next to ABC’s Lost. Reading this article: Fans Take Action Over ‘Joan’ Cancellation, it looks like I’m not the only one bummed about the show’s cancellation.

Well, ‘J’ is now sick with what the boys had. I really hope I don’t get it and I really hope the boys (especially ‘K’) don’t get it again. ‘K’ just got over it…though he still has the cough. He was sick for like 5 days! It’s rare when he gets that sick.
Since it was a nice day today (cool, but sunny) I strapped ‘K’ in the stroller and we took a walk to town. We live a couple miles out of town, so it’s not a long walk, but it does make for good excercise. Since ‘J’ is sick and I don’t expect him to go anywhere, and we needed more dishsoap (being completly out), ‘K’ and I went to the store.

First we stopped at Ben Franklin and I looked around at candles and oils…wishing I had the money to buy some (oils at least…I have tons of candles). Then we looked at the children’s craft section, but ‘K’ is still too little for most of that stuff. He started to get antsy, so we left.
Headed on over to the grocery store, but decided to stop off at the book store first. I went straight for the New Age section and found plenty of books I’d love to have…if only I had the money. ‘K’ was exceptionally good in the bookstore, so I promised him a toy when we went to the grocery store.
Went over to Longs instead of the grocery store and let ‘K’ play in the toy section for a little bit. We picked out a magnectic drawing pad. He had one, but we keep leaving it up at his Aunt Crystal’s house. Now he has his own! Found the dishsoap, paid for both, then started the journey back home.

We were both tuckered out when we got back. He took a nap while I relaxed at the computer.

Ok, so you know I’ve been going to the Revelations message board since the start of the show…and still visit there from time to time to see what’s been posted. Well, there’s been a new board started…because we know the Revelations board won’t be around forever, since the series ended more than a week ago. This new board, called Real Debates, includes not only religious topics, but politics, science, tv and movies, books, gaming, and more! It’s quite a board with fun people from all walks of life! If you’re interested in checking it out and possibly joining our small group, you’re more than welcome to! I have also included a link in the sidebar to the board.

It’s been a few days, I know. The boys have been sick. Ugh. ‘G’ got sick early Friday morning and missed school. Then ‘K’ got sick Saturday. They both have all the symptoms of the flu. So all weekend it was grumbling and groaning from the 2 of them.
On Monday, ‘G’s class was supposed to be celebrating his birthday (since it falls in the summer, not during the school year). He was feeling ok Sunday evening, so I went ahead and made the cupcakes he wanted to take into class. Monday morning rolls around…and he’s back to not feeling good. I took his temperature and he was stil running a low grade fever. So I kept him home.
Now today. I got him up this morning, thinking he was going to school…and again he start complaining…about his stomach hurting. So I kept him home. I should have sent him to school. An hour later he was feeling fine - bugging ‘K’ (who is still quite sick), moping from room to room because he’s bored, and he kept asking me if he could go outside.
So the cupcakes have waited 2 days and their still here. Tomorrow is the class field trip to Empire Mine. So they won’t be at school. So no cupcakes tomorrow, either. Well, we figured by Thursday they’d become a bit stale, and even if they weren’t, I didn’t want to send cupcakes to school that are going on 4 days old. So now there for us to snack on…not like I need the added temptation to put on more weight…lol.
‘K’ still sick and when he’s not sleeping, he’s crying/whining/complaining. He’s extemely stubborn and refuses to take Tylenol…and the times I have given it to him, he’s thrown it back up right away. I really hope he gets over this soon.

Today marks 25 years since Mount St. Helens catastrophically blew her top in Washington state. I was only 3 years old then, so of course don’t remeber it. At the end of last year, she showed signs of waking up.
More here: Mount St. Helens stirs 25 years after eruption.

Volcanoes facinate me for some reason. I’m scared of most other natural disasters - tornadoes being the worst - but I love volcanoes. I know most people don’t want a volcanoe to erupt in their lifetime, but I would love one to! Of course I would be well away from it, but I would love to see an eruption. I was on the edge of my seat back in October, reading about Helens coming to life. But no eruption thus far. I’ll be waiting though.

Well, I thought it was going to be a couple days until my doctor got back to me with the results from the ultrasound yesterday. She was quick….and got back to me today.
She called a little while ago and said that the ultrasound images showed that I had a small (3 cm) cyst on my right ovary. I think she mentioned it was a simple cyst, but I don’t remember. I looked it up and reading this article, it seems like that’s what it is. She said as long as I don’t feel any pain, we’re going to take the wait-and-see method, since simple cysts usually go away by themselves.
I have to go back in about 2 months, so she can check and make sure it’s not getting any bigger.

My feelings……well, kind of surprised that something was found, but since it’s something that usually resolves on its own (and I know they’re common), I’m not feeling too bad. I feel like myself.

Got back from the hospital’s ultrasound department earlier today. I had to have both an abdominal and a trans-vaginal ultrsaound done. When I had my annual pap a few weeks ago (which turned out normal), the doctor thought she felt an odd “mass” around my uterus and wanted to have it checked out.

I had to empty my bladder at 10:30 and drink 32 ounces of water by 11:00. My appoinment was at 12:00. When we got there, the waiting room was quite full and I had to use the restroom. But couldn’t, beacuse you have to have a full bladder to have an abdominal ultrasound done. Thankfully they didn’t make me wait long (I got to go ahead of all the people in the waiting room…but I don’t think any of them had to pee as much as I did, either.)
Went into the room and had the abdominal done first. That was uncomfortable, what with the radiologist pushing on my pelvic area…and me having to pee. Ugh! She finished up looking around and taking “pictures”. Now I could use the restroom, as my bladder had to be empty for the trans-vaginal ultrasound…yay! That one wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as I thought it was going to be. I’ve had abdominal ultrasounds before (pregnancies), but never a trans-vaginal. At least the urge to pee was gone.

The whole appointment took about 15 minutes. No results as of yet…it’s going to take a couple of days. Then I should hear back from the doctor on the results. I’m crossing my fingers it’s good news and they don’t find any abnormalities.

I was in the shower this afternoon, thinking about some things that were said to me in reguards to not taking away the comfort of those who only study the bible and adhere to it as all truth. The following thought popped into my head:

“Those who choose not to study outside of their own religion are as sheep, blindly following said religion.”

If anyone ever wants to use this quote, please give credit to Brandy Stafford (aka - ME )

I got this in an email and had to share. Very sad…brought tears to my eyes. I can’t imagine people doing this to their own kids. It sickens me and makes my heart hurt.