Axl, Scars, and a Hangover

FIVE QUESTION FRIDAY 

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1. Do you collect anything?

Yes. I have been collecting I Love Lucy memorabilia since I was in elementary school. I have always kept it packed up thinking that one day I would have a place to display it, especially if I had a girl then I could do her room in light green and pink with a retro vibe. Now I have no idea what I am going to do with it. It's all packed up: trivia games, metal signs, Barbies, etc.

Oh, to live at the corner of Lucy and Ethel...

I also collect random Guns 'N Roses pieces. I have a demo record with some random covers. I was so excited to get it on eBay several years ago. I also have their first album: no, not Appetite for Destruction, but Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide, GNR comic books, post cards, Rolling Stone Magazines, Circus Magazines, even concert promo flyers from the early 80's before they hit it big, random bootleg concerts, and pretty much any and every TV performance. I still always smile when I hear them, and they always have a way of sneaking onto the radio when I need a pick me up. It's sort creepy how it ALWAYS happens.

Seriously, rewind to 1988, '89, '90, '91, '92 ...

I would have been on that GNR tour bus a la Penny Lane...

2. Name 3 celebrities that you find good looking.

{One} 

Bradley Cooper   

I'm pretty sure there wasn't a moment in The Hangover where he didn't look flat drool-worthy.

What can I say...I have a thing for hot, shaggy-haired, Biology teachers... (i.e. my hubby)

I am pretty sure that Mr. Cooper is the first celeb that makes me sweat that others find attractive. - I have somewhat twisted taste that always leaves other girls going, "Huh? Eww." i.e. Mickey Rourke (pre-scary facelift), Keifer Sutherland, Bruce Willis, … 

{Two}

I have loved Robert Downey, Jr. since Only You. Oh gosh, he is so perfect in that movie! 

I couldn't think and asked Zac who I think are hot. His exact reply was, "That guy from The Hangover…umm…old…dirty…guys… I don't know…Marlon Brando…random fat football players…" 

Guilty.

I guess that counts as three.

3. Do you have any scars? If so, what's the story behind it (them)?

Well, before last year, I didn't any. I have always thought scars were really cool because they are like little bookmarks you wear around forever. Now, I have TEN. FOUR of them are from my gallbladder removal in January of 2009 when I was in my second trimester. Yep, you can have surgery when you are pregnant, but only in your second trimester. However I wouldn't recommend it since you have to wake up from surgery and have an OB nurse check the baby before you get any pain meds. Ahh!!! Then, they slowly give it to one mg at a time so that they can keep tabs on the baby. OUCH! I have another FOUR scars from my transplant. Three are on top of my tummy from the stomach tubes, then of course the great big one from having my chest cracked open for about 6 hours. =) It's actually not nearly as bad as I had imagined it would be. It was glued, no staples or stitches.

I love my transplant scar and all that it represents. I am not even going to use any Mederma or scar treatment.

Hubs has a massive scar in his back and sides as well where he had some pretty wicked melanomas removed several years ago. His was extremely touch and go for a while, too. Our scars are such incredible reminders of how blessed we are to be survivors. I also have a scar about the size of pencil eraser from my central line and a cut on top of my hand where I was attacked by a copy machine a couple of years ago. You know, one of those heavy duty ones at work? I reached in to get my copies, and "Ouch!" I have no clue what did it but it hurt!

4. What is a food that you like to eat, but others might think it's gross or weird? 

Growing up always ate everything, so I always grossed everyone at school out by eating bread crusts, chicken liver, and olives. I still eat olives, crawfish, spinach, broccoli, brussel sprouts, etc. I also love to drink plain Perrier and club soda which totally grosses my husband out.

5. Have you ever seen a tornado in real life? 

No tornados, but I've been through many, many hurricanes, including Ivan, and Katrina. They just come with the territory down here.

Even If the Grass Was Greener, I'm Staying on This Side with You.

Alabama Arkansas I do Love my Ma and Pa

But not as much as I do Love you

Holy Moly Me oh My you're the apple of my eye

Girl Boy ain't never loved one like you

Man o Man your my best friend I scream it to the nothingness

that we got everything we need

Hot and Heavy pumpkin pie

Chocolate candy Jesus Christ

Ain't nothin please me more than you

Home, Let me come Home

Home is Whenever Im with you

Home, yes I am Home

Home is wherever I'm with you

Lalalala Take me Home

Mama I'm Coming Home

I follow you into the park, thru the jungle thru the dark

Girl Boy aint never loved one like you

Moats and boats and Waterfalls, Alleyways and payphone calls

I been everywhere with you

Laugh until we think we'll die, barefoot on a summer night

never could be sweeter than with you

like its only you and me jade/ebes your somethin to see

Lalalala take me home

Mama Im Comin Home

Jade, you remember that night you fell outa my window?

ya you came jumpin out after me

well, you were bleedin all over the place and I covered your ass with your dress and we went off to the hospital, you remember that?

ya

well there's somethin I never told you bout that night

what didnt you tell me?

well, while you were sitting in the back seat smokin a cigarrette you thought was gona be your last, I was fallin deep, deep in love with you, and I never told you till just now!

Home, let me come home, home is wherever I'm with you

Home, yes I am Home home is whenever I'm with you!

Alabama Arkansas I do love my Ma and Pa

Yes Home, yes ward! home is whenever I'm with you!

Home is whenever I'm with you


Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home"

To my dear and loving husband, father to our son:

     Thank you for introducing me to this band for I could not have said it better myself. As soon as we found out that our little Finn baby was coming you became an incredible father before he was even here. Well, after you became an amazing husband, quickly naturally. You held our hand though my gallbladder fun and my awesome migraines, then as Finn came bouncing into the world. Those first several days when I could barely raise my head, you took him to the doc twice! Just when we thought that was as rough fun as it would get, I found us some snazzy new digs in a hospital for a few months. (Hey, it was waterfront property.) It was so exciting to see you two stroll in every morning, with the whole nursery in-tow, and those days that Finn got to go home for a break and you resumed night duty with me on the 7th floor of the TSU in that window seat those plush sleeping quarters. (Guess we finally got that long honeymoon after all.)Those days spent in the Levee Run apartments following discharge are some of my fondest memories of me, you, and Finn together. I am so proud that I have my scar to look at everyday and remember, not only that it saved my life, but that it was such a miraculous time that we got to share together as a family. You have done so much since then that I hate myself for not keep a journal of all you are every day. I guess if times ever get rough, we can just look back through THESE and realize that if we made it thought all of those adventures in the first nine months of marriage we, together, can do anything.

Happy 1st Father's Day.

I love you now and forever...

Yotweeps & A Peek Easter Peeps

I do not have much time to post today, but I wanted to throw some love Supah's way and join in on #yotweeps. I am posting a peek at Finn's first Easter.
Also, please continue to keep the Loney family in your hearts, thoughts, and prayers.

Some fun with Picnik:

Finn & Daddy

and with my momma

For the newbies, here's what #yotweeps is all about:

Play along and increase your Twitter twaffic!

1. First, click my custom follow icon & follow moi.

2. Make a blog post and include the #yotweeps directions like am doing here.

3. The #yotweeps icon and put him in your post like I did here's the code: <a href="http://supahmommy.blogspot.com/2010/03/yo-tweeps-twaffic-exchange.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/dperry_2007/yotweeps-1.png" /></a>

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5. On Twitter check out all of the Yotweep-ers. Here's a shortcut: #yotweeps. Then follow who you want!

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This way all of the #yotweep (s) will show up and you get more exposure.

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WordFUL Wednesday: ♥

Babe, ya did good!

My poor hubby goes through the ringer on birthdays, holidays, and special events because I don't like typical girly stuff outside of clothes, shoes, and handbags, which he would never dare pick out. Also, I tend to leave friends and family high and dry when it comes to figuring out what it is that I want for a gift. My previous Valentine's gifts in the past from Zac have been random pieces of jewelry; however, this is my favorite Valentine of all, believe it or not. I am not a jewelry and flowers kind of girl, so when one of his friends asked me for gift advice for his new girlfriend this weekend I promptly warned, "I am not the girl to ask." 

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I will say this, my favorite gift EVER was actually jewelry. On my 25th birthday, I had been in the hospital for two weeks two hours from home with no clue when I would be able to return home or if I even would. My family gave me a great lil party right there in the room. Hubs gave me an silver oval locket with "Love Z" engraved on the back and b&w pics of him and Finn on the inside. I was hysterical. Click the photo above to read my mother-in-law's journal entry from that day, September 24, 2009.

Wordful Wednesday is for those of us that like to showcase a photo(s) but that just can’t seem keep our mouths shut about it (them).

And You Can Quote MEme on That!

       Today’s meme prompt is about your favorite quote and why. Of course, if you know me you know two things that rock my socks off: words and music. Sometimes the combination of both is almost too much for me to handle, so I just picked my most recent discovery. A lifetime of loving the written word and being an English teacher keeps me constantly discovering new favorites.

The clock of life is wound but once 

and no man has the power 

to tell just when the hands will stop 

at late or early hour. 

To lose one's wealth is sad indeed, 

to lose one's health is more. 

To lose one's soul is such a loss that no one can restore.

     I discovered this printed on a little yellow card in the lab Ochsner when I was having blood drawn a few months ago. The nurse told me a patient had given it to her. I felt like it was speaking to me: that quote I had been searching for since my experience.

Upon reading it, I flashed back to those first few seemingly hopeless weeks in September when I was thinking: “This is crazy. I am only 24! I have never smoked, and I only drink on special occasions. There are people who drink everyday and smoke like chimneys for longer than I have been alive that barely have a cough!” I thought, “I just want to walk through my back door, across my back porch, and through my   back door.” Then I remember with almost complete certainty knowing that would never happen, that I would never go home again, never scoop Finn up again (at the time he was only six weeks old), never see the gulf again, never feel the sand again, never sit on the swing with my husband again. I remember thinking: he is going to have to raise this little boy on his own. He is going to have to answer questions about where Finn’s mom is or if Finn’s mom is coming, then worst of all knowing that Finn would never even remember me at all. Would Zac change Finn’s name to Levon? ;) -That’s what he so desperately wanted to name him - after Levon Helm of The Band. 

If I have learned anything through my experience, it is to LIVE. I was already dead. I was doing things I didn’t want to do, and not saying things I wanted to say - my hubs thinks it is the pain meds that makes me “talk like a man,” but really I feel like I have lost that filter. Maybe they took it out with my heart thinking that it would prevent so much stress on my new heart. I could talk on and on about the significance of these words, but the truth is if they are going to speak to you they have already done so.

I do not want to leave this entry without honoring an angel who left us entirely too early, who truly lived life the way it was meant to be lived, who gave her all in everything she did, and loved her family with every fiber of her being and showed it every chance she got: the vivacious woman of faith and character that I strive to be. -In loving memory of a dear family friend lost three years ago.

Photobooth Saturday: Valentine's Edition

A Special Valentine's Day Photobooth Saturday

This is...

...why thinking I could stick to a heart-healthy diet during Mardi Gras may have been stupidly optimistic:

...what you see screaming your name from a glass case in a New Orleans mall:

...why I seriously lucked out with my hubby:

...this doesn't hurt his case either:

...what makes adjusting to being a SAHM such a dream: