Ding, Ding... Round 4

About 4 years ago we lost Mr. M's mom... two weeks after she passed we lost Mr. M's step-dad... in June I lost my mom.... now Mr. M's dad has found out he has cancer.

About a month or two ago his dad discovered a huge "ball" protruding out of his neck. Supposedly there was no sign of this "ball" it just appeared. His brother took dad to the Dr. to get it checked out. They didn't really say cancer but they wanted to schedule an operation to get rid of it.

About a week or two later something was wrong with his knee and he was in so much pain that he needed major medication to make it go away. I forget what they said they thought that was, but they had to reschedule the operation for the neck.

Well today was the operation. They are saying for sure it is cancer. I'm unsure what all the details are so not sure if they got it all - I would hope so. But I do know they took half of his vocal chords which means he won't be able to speak more than a whisper.

As I said I'm unsure of any other details. But it really sucks to think that I was just starting to go through all of this with my mom this time last year (I remember cause I threw a fit that I missed Halloween). And of course the first part of this year was the stress of it all. Just as I figured the rest of our year could get back to half way normal (minus the holidays coming up) we now have to deal with it again.

Mr. M told me the other day that if he could have one wish at all - he would wish that everyone who had cancer would be cured and there was no more cancer.

I second that wish!

~ Wolf Lover Girl

What are the odds?

Okay so I was shocked when the gas went under the $3 mark and I actually saw a $2 on the sign. And again I was shocked when we actually made it under $2.50.

Today I filled up at $2.14. Is it possible that we might actually see the $1 mark? Wow! That would be so nice. Let's keep hoping.

~ Wolf Lover Girl

I did it!

Mr. M thought we should register to vote this year. I really was not that interested but agreed to do so.

Today I voted for the first time in my life!!!

And since I registered AND voted I now have the authority to talk about Politics and the President that comes into office etc. Will I? Probably not. I just really hate talking about that stuff.

Who did I vote for? One of the main guys... ;-) I won't tell.

But it is cool to think that we, the United States of America, are about to make history. Regardless of who you voted for or believe in... we are about to have either our first female in the White House, granted she'll be Vice President OR we'll have our first African American in the White House. Isn't that the coolest?

I was alive to witness it - and yes, I helped with the vote.

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Found!

Last week Mr. M and I were driving around trying to find something to eat. We came up on one corner that had three pizza places - THREE. Pizza Hut, Little Caesar's and Domino's.

Of course Mr. M LOVES pizza but I'm not really a big fan. However I do really like Pizza Inn. I was mentioning to him that I wished we had one near us I'd eat there.

So as we're getting lost trying to find another favorite, Jimmy Johns Subs, and since we couldn't find it we were on our way to a mexican restaraunt. As we're sitting at a traffic light I noticed this little character dancing around by the street. I'm thinking what the hell is that? So I figured I'd look over to see what business he's advertising - to my surprise there is a brand new PIZZA INN!!!!! I was ecstastic!!

We pull around and pull up to go eat there. There are two ladies at the front door asking if we have reservations. Reservations? It was their pre-opening and everyone was in training and only those who had reservations were allowed in. Damn!!! But we did get two passes to come back for free buffet and drinks. :-)

We've already used them this week. Nice buffet.

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Woo Hoo!

As I mentioned here the gas has been steadily going down. Today I saw it under the hopeful prediction of $2.50. {Sorry Lara - hopefully its starting to come down where you are} :-)

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Texas Renaissance Festival

Sis and I took a wonderful weekend trip to the Woodlands, Texas - located just North of Houston. This was our first trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival and we had a blast!!!! We've gone many times to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival located just outside of Dallas but this is the first to the TRF.

For those of you not familiar with these Festivals its a medival times themed ordial. There is the King and Queen of England, jousting and lots of food and beer! And yes, we are one of those that dresses up.

Every weekend at TRF is a different "theme". We chose this weekend because it was "faery" weekend and we wore our new fairy outfits. I tell ya this place is HUGE. We only got half way through the thing. And we realized that next time we go it will be without the wings cause its a little hard to walk in the tight spaces of all the different shops side ways to accommodate the wings. :-)

I highly enjoyed my new camera that Mr. M bought for me just for this weekend. I got to try out all sorts of new things on it - close ups and the firework mode. And boy did it end with a wonderful firwork show! So here are a few of the 250 pictures that I took. Hope you enjoy! {I'll do a separate post for the fireworks - they turned out really cool!}

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Back of Sis and her wings

The Royal Parade

The King and Queen at one of their many events

A Spartan? This one was for Mr. M - SPARTA!!!

Loved her wings!

Flowers in front of the lake

You can get married there too. This Bride was off to the chapel.

Dragon

Great fairy couple - loved her wings too!

Close up of flowers with bee

Mermaid statue

Even Indians there.

Holy Crap!

I never thought I would see this number again at the gas station - $2!!!

I've noticed that the station by my house has been about 20 cents cheaper than anywhere else (and anywhere else means by work and on the side of the highway between house and work). I filled up on Wednesday and it was $3.22 or something like that. It was nice.

Friday night Mr. M and I were out and it had dropped to $2.99!!! I couldn't believe it! The $2 mark.

Saturday morning Mr. M and I were out and it had dropped again - $2.87.... Can you believe it? It had gone down 12 cents over night.

Will it get down to $2.50??? We shall see.

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Differences and a Funny

First - Differences

I think it's interesting in the differences in how companies show "how much they appreciate their employees". For example:

My company encourages us to wear a silly hat one day and then our favorite sports team shirt on another. They came around and gave us kid size candy bars (not the full size) and a piece of gum.

Mr. M's company is taking him out to play Paint Ball!!!

Granted I know the economy is bad and we've had to let a few people go a few weeks ago... but this is what my company has done the past several years... this isn't the first year. Le sigh.

Second - a funny

So my company has a little way for those employees who are in need of money they can get some assistance. And we're offering a silent auction to help raise some of this money. This is all good.

The funny? I noticed they had a used treadmill next to the elevator with a sign announcing it was up for bid.... Let's think about it. If the person is taking the elevator instead of the stairs which is not even 5 feet from it then I highly doubt they are motivated to bid on a treadmill!

~ Wolf Lover Girl

October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Don't forget - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Don't forget to click here daily to help fund a mammogram for someone who might need it.

In Memory of Mom

~ Wolf Lover Girl

Woa!

I was at the Post Office this afternoon and saw the worst comb over I've ever seen. I mean this guy could almost put Donald Trump to shame. It was bad!

Had to share. ;-)

~ Wolf Lover Girl