Sunday Stealing

Today we are honored to have our very first guest host! Harriet, from the world famous Harriet and Friends blog picked today’s victim. Harriet is also the host of Monday Mayhem a very clever meme. Harriet picked a meme from a blogger named Roger Owen Green from Ramblin’ with Roger. He states he saw it at both SamuraiFrog and Jaquandor. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft’s thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all of us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: Harriet’s Choice: The Disney Meme

1. Which non-Disney Princess Disney Film is your favorite?

Finding Nemo

2. Which Disney film makes you cry the most?

Lion King

3. Which Disney film makes you the happiest?

Snow White

4. Which Disney film has the best music?

Little Mermaid

5. Which Disney film has the best love story?

Snow White

6. Who is your favorite Disney Princess?

Snow White

7. Who is your favorite Disney Prince?

The Prince from Snow White

8. Who is your favorite Disney animal sidekick?

All the little forest animals in Snow White

9. Who is your favorite Disney main character animal?

Simba

10. Who is your favorite villain?

Evil Queen from Snow White

11. What is your favorite Disney song?

Bare Necessities

12. What is your favorite Disney villian song?

Cannot think of one

13. What is your favorite Disney animal song?

Bare Necessities

14. What is your favorite Disney Princess song?

Whistle While you work

15. What is your favorite Disney Prince song?

“One Song” from Snow White

16. What is your favorite Disney Prince/Princess duet song?

Colors of the Wind – Pochohantis

17. What is your favorite Disney love song?

Kiss the Girl – Little Mermaid
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Saturday 9: Should I Stay or Should I Go

1. Have you ever been on a date and you had to tell the person to just go away?

Yes

2. Do you wish you were someplace else right now? If yes, where?

No. I am at my grandmother’s house and I am all warm and cozy here.

3. Do you have any pet peeves?

Many! The one currently bugging me the most is my personal space issues.

4. Tell us about a guilty pleasure of yours.

I do not feel guilty about those types of things

5. If you could change places and become a celebrity, who would you’d like to be?

I would not want to be a celebrity.

6. What do you consider your biggest talent?

My brain power

7. Do you have a favorite actor/actress that is not a big star, yet they are your favorite?

Edward Norton

8. Name your five favorite rock bands of all time.

I am no good with music stuff

9. If you were to start a new relationship (for whatever reason), how much of your sexual history would you share? Would you resort to lying?

I believe in a full disclosure policy when it comes to a person’s sexual history. It is much safer that way.

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Goosey Loosey

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1. Who is the craziest person in your family?

The obvious answer would be my brother, but I am beginning to think my mother is, or maybe me. I do have official papers that say I am.

2. If you could make turtle shells any color you wanted, what color would turtles be?

warm fall colors, burnt orange, that pretty purple for the fall, dark browns.

3. How fast do hotcakes sell?

really fast if it is cold outside

4. Can cannibals be arrested for being under the influence of alcohol if they have eaten someone who was drunk?

No, by the time they cook the drunk person to the proper tenderness, all the alcohol will have cooked off.

5. If I had my legs amputated, would I have to change my height and weight on my driver’s license?

Duh! Of course you would!

6. Where do people in Hell tell other people to go?

The corner

7. Do you make stupid little baby noises when talking to your pets?

No comment.

8. Is the light on in the room?

yes

9. Did the voice tell you that the light is on in the room?

no comment

10. If you were to name an alcoholic drink, what would it be called?

Goosey Loosey

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The Simple Woman's Day Book- February 23rd, 2010

FOR TODAY February 23, 2010

Outside my window… An old hospital garden that looks like it needs some love.

I am thinking… about how much better I feel, than when I did when I was admitted last week.

I am thankful for… the fact that I am well enough to go home sometime today.

From the kitchen… I cannot even smell the kitchen from my hospital room, but I think for my breakfast today, they are giving me Special K, strawberry, yogurt, a banana, a piece of toast, and hopefully they will remember my coffee today.

I am wearing… I am wearing a rather eclectic mix for my going home clothes. I have on a green shirt with a purple, light weight, cashmere scarf (I use scarves to cover my mouth and nose to protect myself from allergies), a pair of blue jeans, and light, blue, grey, and dark blue striped socks.

I am creating… ideas in my mind

I am going… home today, I am going home today

I am reading… catching up on my blogs

I am hoping… that this will be my last hospital stay for a long long time.

I am hearing… the nurses in the hall, making their rounds

Around the house hospital… there are a couple of cute shops. My mother took me on a walk yesterday afternoon and I bought a pink watch that has “bling”

One of my favorite things… has been having my family come visit me

A few plans for the rest of the week: to finish getting better

Here is picture for thought I am sharing…

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new watch                            going home clothes

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Saturday Nine

 

Saturday 9: Don’t Stand So Close to Me

1. Who would you like not to stand so close to you?

Anyone with feet that look like this.
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2. Which of the following aspects of your life would you think rates the highest: mind, body or spirit?

mind

3. What is your favorite movie line?

From “Fried Green Tomatoess”

[Evelyn is cut off in a parking lot]
Evelyn Couch: Hey! I was waiting for that spot!
Girl #1: Face it, lady, we’re younger and faster!
[Evelyn rear-ends the other car six times]
Girl #1: What are you *doing*?
Girl #2: Are you *crazy*?
Evelyn Couch: Face it, girls, I’m older and I have more insurance.

4. What is your favorite movie title?

Fried Green Tomatoes

5. What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?

I survived my suicide attempt last year.

6. What do you try to stay away from?

Please see the answer to number one.


7. What is it too late for?

It is too late for me not spend my 40th birthday in the hospital

8. Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

My mother, she drove hours up from her home to take me to the doctor Thursday, brought me to the hospital, and has been at the hospital every day since I was admitted.


9. Would you rather be famous now & forgotten after you die or forgotten now & famous after you die, forever? And why?

Neither.  It is nice to be thought highly of, but fame has no appeal to me.

Thursday Thunks

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This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Berleen’s demon spawns (teenagers), the color of snowflakes, and the number 7200.

They are 15 and 13… that is your warning.

And thanks to Bud for reminding us that it was time.

1. Why are computer mouses called mouses?

Because it has a tail?

2. If a guy has no money and he goes into a bar does he get kicked out?

Yes, or if he drank his drinks first then he would be arrested.

3. Why does Taryn hate rat terrier puppies?

Because they bark too much, and nibble at your ankles.

4. Why do polar bears not moo?

Because they have not been body snatched by cows

5. Why do people let doves fly at their weddings?

No idea, but I would be afraid one would poo in my eye as I looked at the in the sky.

6. Why are no two snowflakes alike?

To make them more interesting?

7. Why do people want things that don’t work? (ads in newspapers – like junk batteries wanted)

In the case of batteries, you can sell used ones that do not work for about $10 a piece to places that dispose of them properly.

8. Why do we have to wear shoes at school?

Because people have germs on their feet and you can catch all sorts of gross, painful, itchy, and oozing funguses and illnesses from other people’s foot germs.

9. Why do people wear socks with sandals?

They are usually old, like your mother, and have no fashion sense.

10. Why do we always want bear hugs?


They feel good.

11. Why do dogs lick people’s toes? And why do they like to lick lotion?

 
They are licking your toes to remove the toe jam and to remove the foot germs, and they must lick the lotion to get the taste of foot out of their mouth.

12. Why do people get this little thing pierced – as she points to the little thing on her ear.  

No idea!

13. Why do dogs like to eat out of litterboxes?

My brother is a vet and he explained this to me.  Cat food is high in protein and so is their poop, dog really really like high protein foods.  So it makes cat poo appealing to them.

14. Have you ever eaten a sandwhich that had really weird things in it?

yes, have you

15. Why isn’t snow purple?

 
Because that would be annoying

16. When the earth was made why was the sky made blue?

The sky is blue because of how the sun light is refracted through out atmostphere

17. Why do cats like laser lights?

Let’s face it….cats are not really all that intelligent

18. When someone invented Santa Clause, why did they make him fat?

Fat people are supposed to be jolly, I seemed to missed out on my fair share of jolly.  Maybe Santa Clause took mine.

19. What do you think Santa does when he’s not making toys?

Seeing who is naughty and  nice.

20. Why is it that suddenly I don’t care anymore?
 

Because you have reached the time in your life when you are hormonal, THINK you know everything and are the bane of your parents existence.

21. Why are the healthiest things for you most expensive?

It is a conspiracy by the drug companies, if we really got healthy, we would need less prescriptions, then they drug companies would lose money.

I did warn you….

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The Simple Woman's Day Book

FOR TODAY February 15, 2010

Outside my window…another light dusting of snow

I am thinking…that I wish I was not sick

I am thankful for…my husband, he took good care of me yesterday

From the kitchen…nothing, I feel to bad to even make coffee

I am wearing…pajamas

I am creating… new blog entries

I am going…no where, just staying under the covers

I am reading…blogs

I am hoping…I feel better soon
 
I am hearing…my own coughing

Around the house…it is dark and quiet

One of my favorite things…quiet

A few plans for the rest of the week:  I just do not know, I think it will depend on how I feel

I Was Afraid Of The Crack Monster

Today we ripped this meme off blogger named Boppo from the blog Boppo the Clown’s Journal. He states that he grabbed it at Drgncrystlwkr. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft’s thieves might take some time. It is a long meme, so we will do it in parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all of us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: The Clown’s Meme 1

1. How old will you be in five years?


44 years old



2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?


My husband


3. How tall are you?


five feet and five inches tall


4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?


A year of being in depression recovery


5. What’s the last movie you saw?

Whiteout


6. Who was the last person you called?


My son


7. Who was the last person to call you?


My daughter in law


8. What was the last text message you received?


My daughter in law, giving me an update on how my son is doing.


9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?


A bill collector


10. Do you prefer to call or text?

Call, I am a very slow texter


11. What were you doing at 12am last night?

coughing my head off


12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?

married


13. When is the last time you saw your mom?

a couple of weeks ago


14. What color are your eyes?

hazel


15. What time did you wake up today?


never really, I have been sleeping most of the day because I feel bad


16. What are you wearing right now?

old sweat pants and an old shirt and my house shoes


17. What is your favorite christmas song?


The First Noel


18. Where is your favorite place to be?

My house


19. Where is your least favorite place to be?

the hospital


20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?


I feel to sick to go anywhere


21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?

I have not idea


22. Do you tan or burn?

burn


23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?

The crackt monster he would come out of the closet if the door were left open even a crack


24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?


My daughter


25. How many TVs do you have in your house?

three


26. How big is your bed?


Huge!


27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?

both


29. What color are your sheets?

burgendy


30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

However many I can steal from my husband


31. What is your favorite season?

fall


32. What do you like about Autumn?

The smells, the leaves, the coolness


33. What do you like about winter?

the coldness

Sticking A Piece Of Candy Up Your Nose Is Not Really Odd

Join Us for Monday Mayhem

Valentines Day Edition Have You Would You…………..
Sunday, February 14, 2010 Leave a Comment

Welcome to Monday Mayhem,
the home of Meyhem on a Monday.
Every week is something different.
Have fun!

Today’s meme- Have You Would You?

For each of the prompts, you may answer with an image, a sentence or however you want to.
Simply copy and paste this into a post on your site and answer the prompts.
Be sure to list your a direct link to your post and visit the other participants.

HAVE YOU or WOULD YOU…

Kissed a Cow? Have you ever touched one?

I have touched a cow, and fed a cow, and stepped in cow poo.

HAVE YOU or WOULD YOU…

Give your pet a Valentine?

I have not, but I might now that you gave me the idea.

Have you or would you
Do something odd with candy?

Sticking a piece of candy up your nose is not really odd

Have you or would you
gone out with someone based solely on looks?

Yes, many times.

Have you would you
go out with someone just for the meal?

Yes, it saved me money

Have you or would you
fall in love with 2 different people at the same time?

No and no

Have you or would you place anything
before love?

no

HAVE YOU or WOULD YOU…
believe in true love?

I do beleive in true love

How would you define true love?

True love is a love that endures all things and grows stronger through time.

HAVE YOU or WOULD YOU…

send another blogger a Valentine?

I have not but I will in the future

Have you or would you do something
really stupid in the name of love?

I have done things really stupid for love, but I cannot say them here

HAVE YOU or WOULD YOU…
Write a really cool Monday Mayhem ?

Yes I have and would love to do so again.

Scariest Time Of My Life – Part II

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This is a reposting of a series of posts I wrote several months ago.  It is about my stay at a state run psychiatric hospital.  Several people had asked me what it had been like there, so I decided that it would be easier to repost what I had already written.  Please keep in mind that this was written several months ago, when I was in a different frame of mind. 

This is the next section of how I ended up in a state run psychiatric hospital and my experiences there.

After the crisis team and I arrived at the hospital, and the psychologist left me at the front desk, he went back and spoke to someone about me.  Very quickly, I was taken back to triage and then taken to a room in the emergency department.  At that time, no one seemed to be making a big deal about anything so, I started thinking again that a mistake had been made and it would be straightened out.  A doctor came in, asked me a few questions and then everyone’s attitude towards me changed. 

A nurse came in and told me I had been 10-13nd.  Where I live that means a doctor or a judge has declared you a danger to yourself or others and has committed you against your will to a psychiatric hospital.  Shock began to set in again.  My guess, is that the decision to commit me to a psychiatric hospital had been made before I even saw the doctor.  It had probably been made when the psychologist from the crisis team went back and talked to someone in the emergency department and had left me out front.

I was so mentally unprepared for the things that happened next.  That same nurse who told me I had been 10-13nd, handed me a hospital gown and told me I had to take EVERYTHING off and put their gown on.  I asked if this included underwear and she said it did.  I let her know immediately that I was leaving my underwear on and that was that.  She said that she would have to check with the charge nurse.  She also told me they expected me to be leaving for the psychiatric hospital within a few hours, once they found one that had room for me.  I was told that I would have to go in the hospital gown and not my regular clothes.

The nurse left my room, leaving the door open and within seconds a security guard showed up with a chair, which he stuck in the open doorway.   By this time some of the shock was wearing off and I was getting pissed off.  I really felt like I had been handed a bad deal.  In my mind, I was thinking that all I had done was realized I was in trouble, and called my counselor and some how that attempt at getting help before I took any more pills ended up with me being stuck and guarded, waiting to go to a psychiatric hospital.  In fact, that thought is all I focused on for several days.

The charge nurse came into my room.  The guard left the room and shut the door.  The thought I had was that she had come in to take my underwear away.  That is what I was prepared for.  What ended up happening was much much worse, at least as far as I was concerned.  She told me she was going to have to strip search me.  A thorough strip search.  I remember staring at her for a few seconds because my mind could not fully comprehend what she had said for a few seconds.  I then let her know I am not a drug user, nor do I carry weapons, and that I was in here because I had called for help and I felt that things had gone awry.  I also let her know that she was NOT going to strip search me.  Her response was to let me know that all the security guards in the hospital were also sheriff deputies and she would have the guard outside my door arrest me and take me to jail if I did not let her search me the way she needed to.  I promptly burst into tears.  I sobbed.  I relented and let her do what she needed to do.  It was the most humiliating thing I have ever experienced.  My only consolation was she let me keep my underwear. 

After the charge nurse left my room and the guard was back in his place, the doctor let me know they were going to have to hook me up to some heart monitors since I had taken extra of my beta blocker.  Everything looked fine with my heart, but they did leave everything hooked up so they could keep monitoring me.  At that point, I found out that my husband had been out in the waiting room for quite some time and they had not let him come back to see me.  I asked the guard if he would let my husband come back and he said that he would.  My husband came into my room, I explained to him what had happened, and how I felt that if I had not called for help I would not be in there. I did some more crying.  He was great and stayed calm and calmed me down, and then the guard told him he had to go.  

During all of this time the emergency department had been working on getting me into one of the two psychiatric hospitals in our area.  The hospital that agreed to take me, said they wanted the medical hospital to monitor me for 24 hours, because of the beta blocker, before I could go there.  I was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where they decided to start an IV and flush out my system to help get the extra beta blocker out of my system. 

I was getting angrier and angrier because I still felt that all of this was happening because I had called for help, and that things had gone awry.  I really was not pleasant to be around.  I knew I was only going to spend one night in ICU and part of the next day, and after that I was not really sure what was going to happen and when I would be going to the psychiatric hospital.  That also had me very worried. 

I have something called restless leg syndrome (RLS).  Basically, it means that my legs are very uncomfortable, especially at night, and with out my medication sleep is very difficult.  When it came time for me to take my night dose of my RLS medication, I was not given the correct dose.  I was given a much smaller dose.  I mentioned to the nurse that they should have a bag of all of my medication bottles somewhere and they could read it and see what my normal dosages are.  The doctor on call was contacted and he told them to give me the proper dose and I assumed that things had all been taken care of.

After the night medications were sorted out, I settled down for what I knew would be a sleepless night. 

To be continued…

Scariest Time In My Life – Part III