quiz answers

Ok, someone asked me for the answers to my quiz... so here ya go!


Question #1 What color has my hair never been?
Blonde
Black
Purple
Fire Engine Red

the correct answer was purple... that and pink are the only colors I haven't tried!!

Question #2 What show do I NOT watch obsessively
Greys Anatomy
House
Weeds
Dexter

the correct answer is Greys Anatomy... go ahead and throw things at me...I'm sure I'll like it once I see it... but I'm neurotic and will only watch shows like that in order... so get me the first season and I'll try it ;)

Question #3 What color are my favorite shoes?
black
brown
red
blue

the correct answer is Red, my favorite shows are my red steel tip grinders :) I wear them every day from Sept-June... unless I'm too lazy to lace them up

Question #4 What did I want to be when I grew up?
a doctor
a vet
artist
marine corps sniper

the correct is... Marine Corps Sniper... yes, i know that may sound odd to people who have just met me recently... but, I spent my childhood playing in the woods pretending to be Carlos Hathcock... my marine corps career lasted 1 year, and by that point I had outgrown my desire to be a sniper, and I worked in Public Affairs and took pictures ;)

Question #5 What can I be described as?
an overachiever
a lazy procrastinator
over confident
healthy


yes I am a lazy procrastinator! Deal with it ;)

Question #6 If Griffin was a girl, what would his name be?
Rose
Rhiannon
Emma
Skylar

to my mothers delight, I was unable to name my child Rhiannon... she thought it would be too hard to spell...

Question #7 how big is my big dog?
250 lbs
100 lbs
150 lbs
200 lbs

Zane, the Neopolitan Mastiff is 200lbs at his fattest he was 208 :)

Question #8 What do I have next to my bed?
a statue of johnnie depp
a vase of roses
cleaning supplies
a diary

Being the huge dork that I am, I have a statue of Captain Jack Sparrow on my night table... I hang my necklaces on his arms :)

Question #9 what is my boyfriends name?
Usman
Rob
Jon Correct!
Matt


Question #10 Why did I write this quiz?
to make you feel dumb
because Ericas quiz was so cool Correct!
because I like to talk about myself
no reason at all

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my quote for the day

“No one teaches us how to be daughters, just as no body teaches us how to be mothers. No, we all just make it up as we go along...and we’re only human… Everybody tends to be sloppy about the most important relationships. I don’t know why… I guess we just figure they’ll understand... that they will forgive.”
I zzy Huffstodt

the calm before the storm...

life is only just now getting back to non-holiday normal... which means of course I have a sinus infection and and upper respiratory infection...
but that's normal for me after Christmas... every year i get sick between Christmas and new years.
luckily i have doctors on staff here at Scrappygiraffe (haha), so all my meds were called into the pharmacy, and delivered and administered from my couch...along with an exam of my throat and chest...don't worry ladies, I behaved myself and so did he ;)I don't think I could like him like that, despite his cuteness... but I do think I have a major crush on doctor rob though... and he's a better doctor ;)
(heehee wink)

i think i am secretly trying to get the entire world to revolve around my couch! hee-hee... but hey if I have to live being chronically sick then the world SHOULD revolve around my couch... it's only fair!!! (i need to figure out how to have smilies in my blog- so pretend there's one here!!)
unfortunately the whole world cant make it to my couch... so I am going to have to get off of it and take to the road this weekend.

My GOAL is to go to NJ on Saturday and crop with Molly and some other awesome ladies... and then head to Maryland for Sunday and Monday to play with Lainey!!
Cross your fingers that I actually get to do these things! I've become the queen of cancelling plans lately (unless they're couch plans!)

todays good news is I am very very close to finishing up the December kits... FINALLY!!!! This has been the never-ending kit for me...I am so grateful that everyone has been so understanding! and as beautiful as this kit is, i will be very happy not to look at it anymore!! I have gotten extra help for next month so things should run much smoother... and hopefully i will be feeling better!!!

it has to get better for the new year, right??

*sigh*

love ya!!
kat

Tagged by Erica

Tagged!

A - Available/Single? That debatable at the moment
B- Best Friend? Lainey, Matt
C- Cake or Pie? Pie
D - Drink Of Choice? White Chocolate Mocha
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? uh... my bed?
F - Favorite Color? Red, Brown and black
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? worms!!
H - Home or Homesick? Home, I am always home!!
I - Indulgence? lately nothing
J - January Or February? February..closer to warm weather
K - Kids & Their Names? Griffin, 3 in April
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? My family, my friends
M - Marriage date? um... Nov 1 2003... ended 10 months later
N - Number Of Siblings? 1 sister, 25
O - Oranges Or Apples? Oranges, although i can't eat them anymore, damn ulcers!
P - Phobias/Fears? this is an ever changing list... motorcycles and rollercoasters are constant though
Q - Favorite Quote: "be kinder than necessary, for everyone is going through a battle"
R-Real Hair Color? brown
S - Season? spring and fall
T - Tag 3 or 4 people? Lainey, stephanie, and Jess
U - Unknown Fact About Me? im an open book, so not much is unknown... but did you know that i have an obsession with q-tips and clean my ears 4-5 times a day!
V - Vegetable you don’t like? lima beans, quash, brussel sprouts
W - Worst Habit? smoking
X - X-rays You’ve Had? every inch of my has been xrayed... i have bad bones
Y - Your Favorite Food? prime rib and mashed potatoes :)
Z - Zodiac Sign? 100% Aires

today according to the stars

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
You may mean well, but living up to your promises may be a source of unending stress for the next few weeks. You are sincere about performing your duties, but they can stand between you and your personal expression. It's not that you are lazy, but you think life could be so much better if you didn't have to work. Choose what's most important, for your responsibilities will prevent you from doing everything you want.

yikes?!

i guess i should have checked in after that last post!! no more hives... they went away after 7 days of heavy steroids. steroids make me very very hyper... so i spent 5 days awake, talking for hours and hours on end, until my throat got swollen and my tongue was sore...and almost spontaneously combusting...
but those meds are over.
downfall is that i had to stop all my antibiotics and stomach meds, so I'm back on square one with my stomach. i have a bunch of appointments lined up with specialists for January... so hopefully i'll get some answers soon.

as for the doctor? hmmm... i can't handle the stress of even imagining Jon leaving just yet...
but i did pick up my bloodwork script over coffee today ;)
i still have to find a new doctor, but i need to wait for a few more tests to finish up first... dumping all this on a new guy would be confusing!!
'doctor rob' recommended someone who i will schedule an exam with in January... i'm making him come with me too... i think i might have some paperwork drawn up giving 'doctor rob' access to all my test results and everything, and overall say in my medical care if i should become hospitalized... because i never know what anything means, and some of the words i've heard come out of doctors mouths have been quite scary... hearing it from someone i love might make it easier.

life is still so crazy... i decided it would be smart to adopt someone else's child for 60 hours a week! my house has never been so loud. shes a three year old girl, and i never realized the difference between boys and girls until a week listening to this child's voice... girls are such a different sound level.
i have a headache from the shrillness...
but she's sweet and keeps my kid busy, although he seems to be picking up a bully type role with her... but i almost think that's the way it needs to be between these two.
the two of them staged a coup at 7am, while i was still asleep... they went upstairs to my aunts and stole 8 candy canes off the tree.
they were so proud of themselves, that they brought them (and the stickiness they create) into my bed to wake me up... i think i still have some in my hair!

my sister just moved back from Florida today after 3 years... we're going to take the kids to breakfast with Santa tomorrow and a holiday light show... should be interesting...
I'm still not a huge fan of bringing my hyperactive spawn into public places... he knows how to push all my buttons out in public, and i hate being the one with the child pitching a fit... i can't stand that... and griffin has a short attention span... and i know that we will encounter some sort of line... i hate waiting on line... my son equally shares my hatred...
we don't usually last long on a line, i loose my shit, ans we abandon ship and go home. not the best reaction i know... but i hate being THAT mom in public... you know the one who can't control her kid... i have no problem never bringing him out until he's old enough to understand how to behave. He goes out 24 hours a day with his dad... so its not going to hurt him socially, and it may ensure his safety through toddlerhood ;)

ok, enough rambling for the night!
love ya
kat

Itchy!!!

ok, so now out of the blue, I have developed a horrible skin allergy...
last night my entire body blew up... I made a call to my doctors... Rob and Usman. (Usman is the doc who's hot... and Rob is one of my best friends and he's a pediatrician)
So between the two of them, they brought over injections, tons of steroids and antihistamine... nothing seemed to do the trick until about 5 am when the itching finally stopped.
Most of the day my skin looked good... and I am on a monster dose of steroids, so I thought I was out of the clear...

but... no!

Agh!!!



If I keep having nights like this, the doctor probably won't have a crush on my anymore!!! he'll be so grossed out...




so i've called in the cavalry... Griffins dad is coming for him... and I'm going to the hospital.

ive never asked for prayers before... but please pray for itch relief!!!!!! this is torture~!

post rant

needed to follow up that last post with hot guys ;)

This is Alex... he's on one of my new favorite shows... Sleeper Cell.... I think I Love him :)

And as my doctor tribute here's Goran!

So much to say...

Ok... So I have now had almost every part of my body scanned, prodded and analyzed...
The bacteria in my stomach has run rampant and I am doomed to another 2-3 months of antibiotics. After a few days of getting IV, I was switched to liquid. That still makes me fairly nauseous but it has all been staying down... I'll deal with nausea if it means that this will finally go away.
I've been considering myself anorexic for the last 2 years... I really don't eat much at all... but I was told that for my stomach to have sustained this level of damage, that I've had the bacteria for a few years now, and it would have a huge impact on my appetite. So, at least I don't have an eating disorder!! I thought I was a little too old to be developing something like that!!!

I also found out that I have carotid artery disease and that is making me a stroke risk... Yeah!! unfortunately there is no miracle pill to fix that, the only think that's going to help is quitting smoking, eating right and exercise... ugh!... I'm going to quit smoking for the new year, and I really am going to need extra love and support from my friends... Cigarettes have been my vice for 18 years, this is a HUGE habit to break. ( i can tell you right now, that I will be cranky as hell for a few weeks!!! )

A few other things popped up also, but they are all minor compared to some of the other diseases out there!! Kidney Stones and Osteopenia sound much better to me that Lupus!!

I am going to a scan of my thyroid tomorrow, it's a strong possibility that I have a problem with my parathyroid. Which is good, because its fairly quick fix involving very minor surgery... Oddly enough I'm crossing my fingers that this is the problem!!!

But I had a few medication changes last week, and that has made a world of difference!!! the meds were making me much sicker that the issues themselves... This is what I have been telling the doctor for months now... that I was too drugged up to function! but of course I was dismissed and they increased the meds anyway... *sigh* maybe now they'll start listening to me!!!

I need to vent a little, so bare with me... I haven't had many people to talk to recently!

I'm not sure whats going on with Jon these days... I am really loosing faith in this relationship. He has been lying lately, not about anything big at all... but everyday it seems to be something (like paying his car insurance, or mailing out a package) He has also been very paranoid and irritable... he told me that now that I'm feeling better he feels like he doesn't serve a purpose... how do I respond to that? "I'm sorry that you don't have to wait on me hand and foot anymore, honey... but now we can actually enjoy life again"... that didn't work, he's sill moping around. I wonder if this has been going on for a while and I just didn't notice because I was over-medicated. I'm trying to be patient with him because it must be crazy at work these days (He's a retail mngr. for Toys R Us)
If he doesn't even out by the end of the year, I am going to have to deal with this. I've talked to his mother a lot lately, and he seems to follow these patterns his entire life... I really really believe that he is bipolar. I don't know if I have the ability to deal with that! I have had a rough year, and the LAST thing I need is to have to be concerned with my boyfriends mental health! AGH!

Oh yeah... here's an amusing story... My doctor that I have been seeing for the past year (the one who was over-drugging me!) has started making house calls. I had told him that the doctors office causes a lot of anxiety for me, so he wanted to see me in a different setting... my doctor is VERY cute, so I agreed. (hee hee) He came by twice, because I am covered from head to toe in hives, and no one knows why... so he's been bringing over steroids and other allergy meds to try to get rid of it... and here's the grand finale of this little story.
I was asked today to start looking for a new doctor... when I asked why... I was told "because I'm falling in love with you and don't feel comfortable treating you, IN THE OFFICE"
yikes... what do you say when a DOCTOR, who looks just like the sexy Croatian doctor from ER, tells you he loves you!!!

I might just have to grab his number just in case things with Jon fall apart even more.

so now I have to begin a doctor search...

OK, I've talked your ear off long enough. Thank you everyone for being so supportive while i deal with my health problems... I know I have much to catch up on, but I feel 100% better, so I'll be back to normal very soon!!!

I Love you all, you are the best imaginary friends a girl could ever have!!!