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5 Feb
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Mama M is doing 5 Question Friday again and I have decided that I am going to follow along with her this week and I am going to skip letters.  I have had a lot going on the past few days and just don’t wanna really do letter writing this week.  I will back to my regular stuff next week I hope!

My Little Life

Questions for Friday, 2/5/10: (Thanks to Pam, Christine, Liz, Tara, and Renee for their question suggestions! Wanna be linked in a future 5QF? Just c’mon over here, to my community, and offer up your best questions!)

1. What are you most afraid of?
Heights I hate even being on the top level of the mall and going over to the edge and looking down.  I have never liked them and don’t think I ever will like them.
2. Do you use a flat iron or curling iron?
Both at times.  My hair is natural fizzy so I have to use a flat iron an then curl with a curling iron if I am leaving it down which hasn’t happened like 6 months.
3. Hands-free or phone to the ear?
Mostly hands free I had hold my phone to my ear it bugs me and limits what I can do while I am no the phone.
4. Do you have a matching bedroom set?
No I don’t-I don’t want one either.  I love my mismatched stuff.
5. Do you believe in the paranormal?
Yes I do In fact I see spirits a lot anymore.

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Filed Under: Five Question Friday

FYI About Multiple Sclerosis

4 Feb
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First I am going to post some helpful information before I post my story so that you will be able to follow along a little bit better.

  • Multiple Sclerosis is what they call an autoimmune disease.  This means that the person immune system for some reason decided it is going to attack so part of the body that it shouldn’t attack.   In MS the immune system decides it is going to attack the nerves of the CNS (central nervous system).  They are not sure what triggers the immune system to think that part of the body is a invader and needs to be attacked.
  • There are a lot of different symptoms that go along with this disease.  I am going to list some of the most common ones: Fatigue, problems with walking, numbness, tingling, slurred speech, tremors, stiffness, problems with vision, cognition, speech, and elimination.  Every person with MS has different symptoms.
  • Anyone can get MS.  Women are more like to get it than men and so are people with a lighter pigmentation to there skin.  So Montel Williams who has MS is a real rarity.  They think MS has a genetic link but they aren’t sure what it is.  In my case there is no one in my family history of it.  You usually get diagnosed between the ages of 20-50.  I was a rarity and was diagnosed at age 16.  Although younger patients are now getting diagnosed because doctors are starting to look for it at a younger ages.
  • MS symptoms happen when the immune system attacks the myelin around the nerves.  If you think of your nerves like a wire the myelin would be the protective covering around the wire.  If the nerve underneath the myelin gets hurt that is what causes the symptoms and some times permanent disabilities.
  • The body tries to repair the damage that is done but it is never the same the the nerve never really functions the same.
  • MS is rarely fatal.  Most of the time people with MS with get a common cold of the flu and that is what will end up taking their lives.
  • There are several treatments out there that each do things differently.  I am on one called Tysabri and it is the most expensive and most dangerous of the drugs.  All of the current MS treatments are expensive and it makes it hard for people like me who have the disease to get the treatments that they need.  There is always new treatments in the works and exciting things happening in research that hold so much hope for future generations.
  • There is currently no cure for MS.



That is all I can think to tell you.  If you have any questions please feel free to ask them and I will answer them all in another post.  I hope this will help everyone understand my story a little bit better.  I am going to post my story next Thursday.  So if you have any questions please ask so everything will be clear to you when I post my story.

All About Me~Guest Post!

3 Feb
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Hello,………….. first off I would like to introduce myself and who I am. To most of you I think you know me by alias Squirrel. I am sure lots of you are wondering why Margaret calls me that, there is a reason behind it. It is kinda funny but I love to eat. For all of you that know me you already know that, but when I eat at times I tend to store my food for a min and then swallow it, just like a squirrel does so that is why I got the name I did, and I do not mind it. Okay so back to the matter, my name is Misti Burgon and I am 31 years old. I am a office manager for a place called TMS, I have been here for almost 5 years. That is how Margaret and I met. I was looking for a receptionist and she had applied. When I interviewed her I liked her right away. So we hired her. The first day she was here, she had to leave and go home because of a family issue and everyone was saying to me she was a flake who does that on the first day of work. I knew and understood that sometimes things just come up so I fought for her to saved her job. Man am I ever so glad that I did. She has been here for almost 3 years and she has been the very best at that spot. It has not been a revolving door like it use to be. I really do appreciate her and all her hard work that she does for me and for TMS as well. It was not long after she started working here that her and I just clicked and have been close ever since. She is not only my very best friend, but she is more like a sister to me. I feel she is like my family. Her and I go to lunch everday together and we are very lucky to see and talk to one another all day long at work. For all of you that do not know, I call her bunnie, I will leave that up to her if she wants to explain that one. Maybe we both are named after animals cause we once were party animals, jk that is not true just thought it sounded funny was all. well I will not post much more today I just wanted to introduce myself and tell everyone how bunnie and I met. If anyone has any questions for me or want to know something feel free to ask. Have a great day everyone :0)

Filed Under: MISTI

Random Dozen

3 Feb
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1. Do you use the labels various charities send you as “free gifts?”
I have never gotten any my name but if I did I would use them.  My grandma uses them all the time.  I don’t see anything wrong with it.
2. What is your favorite time of day (or night) for skywatching?
Anytime but I do it mostly during the day
3. What is the most adventurous you’ve ever been with trying a new food? (Keep it G-rated please)
I am not adventurous so I have no stories for this question.
4. Have you ever heard a rock sing? (Trust me, there’s a reason for this one!)
No???? But I am wondering where this came from!
5. If you could learn a language you don’t presently speak, what would it be?
Spanish because you need to know it anymore to function in my own country.
6. Al Capone’s tombstone read, “My Jesus, Mercy.” If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
Bite Me!
7. If you were a famous musician who was known by one name, like “Cher,” “Sting,” or “Jewel,” what would it be? It doesn’t have to be your first name, but it can be, if you’d like.
Margaret- Because no one else has ever used it!
8. Have you ever been inordinately “into” a television show?
No not really.  I am not a huge TV fan.  I watch movies the most.
9. When you sneeze, do you go big, or do you do that weird “heenh!” sound that makes people think you’re going to blow your brains out? Any other variation we should know about?
I try and hold it in because I hate people that sneeze really loud.  It is the one thing that bugs me even more than having to listen to people chew.
10. Do you still read an actual newspaper that you hold in your hands, or do you get your news elsewhere?
I do read the paper sometimes and other times I get the news from the internet.  It just depends on what I am doing and where I am at.
11. Are you a good speller?
I try to be-I use spell check a lot and I also ask grandpa when I am home because he is a human dictionary.
12. At what time each day do you start thinking about Lost lunch?
Whenever I get hungry but it is usually about noon or so.

Filed Under: Ran

Please Stop Laughing At Me

3 Feb
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I just finished reading “Please Stop Laughing At Me” by Jodee Blanco.  I have never written a book review but I loved this book and wanted to share some parts of it with you.  More than that though I really think that everyone should read this especially teenagers.  This book is about the bullying that she endured while she went to school.  She had to go through this all through school and now as an adult isn very successful and is trying to spread more awareness of bullying in schools.
I also had to endure bullying from about 5th grade until I graduated.  I got 2 years of relief when I went to a different school but when I came back it started up again.  Now what I endured wasn’t nearly as bad she what she went through but it was bad enough to make my life hell.  I think the bullying is on the rise and parents and kids need to take more of a stand to try and stop it.  I know it won’t ever be totally gone away but maybe if kids read this book they will see what it does to kids and more kids will try and stand up for the kids that are always picked on.

Filed Under: Book Review, Bullying

Tuesdays Note

2 Feb
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Cops

1 Feb
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Well I have been pulled over twice and got in a car accident once.  Lets just say I hate cops and I especially hate female cops!  The first time I got pulled over was by a female cop and she gave me a ticket for speeding.  Now I probably was speeding but I think she just gave me the ticket because I was cuter than she was!  The second time I got pulled over was because I was in the wrong lane.  I was trying to make a left turn and I was in the middle lane waiting to turn.  Well there was a minivan trying to make a left turn the other way but she wasn’t in the right lane.  So I went to turn around her and a car went around her and I had to stop so I was in the on coming lane.  He didn’t give me a ticket because he knew it wasn’t my fault but I was still pissed off about it.
The accident was my fault and that is all I am going to say about that.  I wasn’t paying attention and rear ended another car.  Not my proudest moment but I did have a lot going on.
Now my best friend and I have a lot of what we call car moments.  I am going to share one of them.  We were driving back to work on or lunch and a guy kept staring at us.  This happens all the time and needless to say this day Misti had had enough of it.  She looked at me and said the next time he looks at me I am going to wave at him.  Well he looked over and she waved at him.  Just as she did that traffic started moving and he was in the right turn lane.  He was so shocked that she had waved at him that he just about ran into a cement barrier.  I shouted he almost died and we both burst out laughing.  We have so many of them but that was one of the funniest that I can think of!

What are some of your funny car moments?  
Have a great Monday!

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