Kellie,
Good luck tomorrow! I will be sending prayers & pixie dust your wayHopefully you will be able to go home afterwards
Oh my gosh, that nurse is a hoot!!Thank _You
I so plan on coming home. I think since they are not knocking me out they will have a tough time keeping me. I always tell them John takes better care of me than anyone so I need to go home. He is such a good nurse to me
Is the procedure tomorrow? I know you will be so glad to get this over with. Have John let us know how you are doing and you take it easy after.
and I like the comraderie I've found here.
I picked up: 
HI everyone...I have never been to a chat before
hmmmmm...do I get a free giftconfused3 comeon....I like free stuff
Hmmmmm, posting naughty wench pictures and NOW your back goes out
As the famous lyracist Vanilla Ice sang......Ice, Ice, babyWith my back Ice became my BFF. Whenever I have a flare up I start icing immediately and can usually prevent a full blown can't stand up straight back issue. I hope it starts feeling better quickly! There are few pains that totally suck - back & toothache are two that seem to be all consuming and you cannot function when you are going through it.
I will pop a few ativan and have DH drive me. It is. We are leaving the house about early and hopefuly I will be home by noon time. John laughs when I tell him what time I want to be home by. He tells me it is not all about me.
But I am glad they are not knocking me out. At least I can bounce back faster. I am also going to have them keep me out of work for a couple of more weeks. My company is doing a shut down in Aug,so if I go back before I will have to use my vaction time and I want to save it.
OMG Freaps- guess what I got in the mail today???
Remember that Pagan goodie bag from a year ago that caused all kinds of who ha on the freebie board???
I got it finally
There were a few samples from different Pagan companies- I got a little leaf shaped soap sample, a stone/crystal thing, bath salts, a little candle, cone incense, something called Witch Dust (some powdery nice smelling stuff) and a piece of candy!
There were also some coupons for % off or BOGO from other Pagan companies. It was pretty nice!
WOW talk about slow mail
But you may not want to try the candy.
I sniffed it, then put it in my mouth- it was OK- but I hate hard peppermint candies, so I tossed it You asked for something free. 
Lots of freapin to catch up on here. Madd-so sorry your back is out of whack again. Must be those late nights with JD.... Kellie-good luck tomorrow. mtblujeans-sorry your week has been crummy so far but good new on the son that's a male model. How does your DH feel about THAT? 
Oh, I also washed a couple loads of clothes and hung them on the line
and finally folded the three loads that have been lying on the couch for two days.
I need to get off my back side and weed my tiny strawberry patch....and that will be a miracle when it gets done! I asked him if the school let him put those photos in the yearbook and he said he didn't know....but he had seen the pictures and they were....interesting. 
Now someone just needs to get those fizzwizzies and we'll be all set...Oh man, I forgot about the pagan goodie bag. Hope my comes today as well.
Oh man, I forgot about the pagan goodie bag. Hope my comes today as well.
I have been crazy busy today. Got my garden weeded, picked the three million zuchinni and cucumbers that were ready, and cut back my basil. I just threw it in the cuisinart with a little olive oil and made basil ice cubes to use in the winter for pasta sauce, etc. Then I picked about two pounds of blackberries. We're getting closer to our goal of 20 pounds to make wine. I think we have about 15.
) 1600mgs of Motrin and 650 mgs of percocets in my system my pain is finally dulling and Is that what you did for your cubes, you added the stems?? And those suckers are hard as a branch! We just got our driveway blacktopped and I am afraid the darn things are going to tear it up! 
) we can use for all of the mint??I talked to DH last night and he was happy with DS and his "modeling opportunity". I think he feels bad about how terrible he was around here before he left. All 3 of the guys have been moody.....I think they are all 3 trying to get too much done before school starts again. DS told me he felt his dad was having a male "time of the month" and it was scary. I tell you....men really do go through some kind of phase as they get older.
DS and I have been talking about what to do for his senior yearbook picture. Older DS recommended we dress him up as a 1930's pilot and have him pose beside a small plane at the airport to have pics taken. DS actually likes that idea! Now, we need to find some clothes that fit the era.
Older DS said he knew a kid that posed with a snake wrapped around his neck for his senior photos.
I get in some strange moods! I think that may have been yet another past life for me! 
When I make my cubes and the pesto I usually just tear the leaves off the stem. Some of the smaller ones may get thrown in but I try not to use the big ones. If you freeze pesto, I usually freeze it in about 1/2 cup jars and pour a layer of olive oil on top that keeps it from turning brown. For mint you can also make a mint pesto but the only thing I can think of that it is good with is lamb SORRY! Mojitos are yummy and if you like bourbon you can always make mint juleps. I also put mint in my tabouleh. I could live on that stuff in the summer.
Maybe OT - but did you know that you can now buy Absinthe with real wormwood in it in the states? It's expensive, but very cool! Remember when they were drinking that in Dracula?
