Hello All,
Here's my list of My absolute Favorite Blogs to go read everyday or every other day.
1.) www.kellyskornerblog.blogspot.com
2.) http://www.hisdoorkeeper.blogspot.com
3.) http://makeupbytiffanyd.blogspot.com/2011/09/glittery-fall-makeup-tutorial.html
4.) http://dwightandtandy.blogspot.com/
5.) http://www.chris-carrie.com/blog/
6.) http://lseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/smile.html
7.) www.mycharmingkids.net
8.) http://jayschuerman.blogspot.com/
9.) http://samanthaschuerman.blogspot.com/
10.) http://karieamaro.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html?zx=2dcb69be720ee437
11.) http://thesarasfamily.blogspot.com/
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
"Crockpot - a - looza"
"Beef tips & Rice"
I wanted to "Link up" with my Sweet Friend , Mrs. Kelly Stamps's "Crock pot - a - looza" Recipes today. So , here is 1 of my favorite Crockpot Recipes My Mom makes that is TO DIE FOR!!!!
Oh , I wanted to let ya'll know My Mom didn't put how much Beef tips and such just in case you have more people than expected. Thanks Momma for letting me use this recipe! Love you! - Randee
Beef tips ( Stew Meat)
Beef Boullion
Golden Mushroom Soup
Rice
Slow cook meat in Crock Pot til done. ( My Beautiful Momma likes to cook it over night on Low / Medium)
When meat is done drain it - add as many cans of Golden Mushroom Soup as needed. Heat .
Serve over cooked Rice
Season to taste.
ENJOY
I wanted to "Link up" with my Sweet Friend , Mrs. Kelly Stamps's "Crock pot - a - looza" Recipes today. So , here is 1 of my favorite Crockpot Recipes My Mom makes that is TO DIE FOR!!!!
Oh , I wanted to let ya'll know My Mom didn't put how much Beef tips and such just in case you have more people than expected. Thanks Momma for letting me use this recipe! Love you! - Randee
Beef tips ( Stew Meat)
Beef Boullion
Golden Mushroom Soup
Rice
Slow cook meat in Crock Pot til done. ( My Beautiful Momma likes to cook it over night on Low / Medium)
When meat is done drain it - add as many cans of Golden Mushroom Soup as needed. Heat .
Serve over cooked Rice
Season to taste.
ENJOY
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
"Get your Freak on" Tag
Ok , I got this off of YouTube from a Friend
1. What's a nickname only your family calls you? I have a Few , “Red” , “Randoo” , “Doodle Bug”
2. What's a weird habit of yours? I don't have one
3. Do you have any weird phobias? Needles , COSTUMES , (Example) Barney , Sesame Street
4. What's a song you secretly LOVE to blast & belt out when you're alone? The Theme Song to “ Nikki Lund & Richie Sambora’s “White Trash Beautiful” Clothing line on the website
5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves? For someone to leave the Toilet seat up and un - wiped off " after they finish there Job
6. What's one of your nervous habits? Biting Nails / Cuticles
7. What side of the bed do you sleep on ? THE WHOLE THING
8. What was your first stuffed animal & it's name ? A HUGE “ Stuffed St. Bernard Dog ” My Parents named him “ Beauregard ” Some one gave it to me when I was born
9. What's the drink you ALWAYS order at Starbucks ? Those Frozen COLD Mocha Cappuchino
10. What's the beauty rule you preach.. but never ACTUALLY practice? To take off your Make up before laying down for a Nap or Bed time
11. Which way do you face in the shower ? Right
12. Do you have any 'weird' body 'skills' ? NONE
13. What's your favorite 'comfort food'/ food that’s “bad” but you love to eat it anyways? CHEESE
14. What's a phrase or exclamation you always say? “ Oh , SNAPEROO! ”
15. Time to sleep - what are you ACTUALLY wearing ? Usually Just a Keith Urban Concert T – Shirt
I “TAG” EVERYONE on my Blog list !!!!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Living with Spina Bifida
I was born with Spina Bifida, a neurological condition that is usually heredity- based, which means it can run in your family.If you and your brother both have blue eyes, it could be because of your heredity. Heredity is a trait that you have in common with someone else in your family. Spina Bifida occurs when the fetus is just forming, and something causes the cells to stop growing. It occurs during the first few weeks of pregnancy and almost always effects the spinal column. There are a few types or degrees of damage. When the spinal column stops growing top to bottom, the growth of the fetus is also effected from left to right. Often, the area that grows around the tummy to the back stops growing when the spinal column stops growing from top to bottom. Sometimes it just causes a small cyst-like area, but most times it causes an opening or hole to be somewhere on the back. During pregnancy, the fetus is in amneotic fluid and when there is a hole, the fluid can "flush out" nerve endings outside of the body. These nerve endings can tangle and cause alot of nerve damage. So, depending on where the defect (hole) is can determine how much damage is done. The higher the hole (on the spinal column) the higher the damage is located. For example, if the defect is just below the skull, then your arms and lungs and parts of the upper body can be damaged or restricted. If the defect is lower on the back, then your legs and digestive areas can be damaged. My defect was low on my back, so my legs and feet and all of my digestive system was damaged. I have been confined to a wheelchair since I was 5 years old and I have both bladder and bowel incontinence, which means I have to have help to go to the bathroom. This is pretty common for folks with Spina Bifida.
I have alot of physical limitations. I cannot run or walk or even stand alone, but I can do most things from my chair. I can dress myself and feed myself and I enjoy alots of things that other kids my age enjoy. I can go to the movies and restaurants with family or friends, but I often need help getting in the doors or getting up close to tables. Except for not being able to walk, I can do most things that you can do. I have friends over for sleep-overs and we can do other fun things together. I just need help sometimes.
When you are born with Spina Bifida, you have to have surgeries to help stop more damage to the nerve endings. I had my first surgery when I was just a few hours old. The doctors did an operation to close the hole in my back. They also had to put a shunt in my head to keep spinal fluid from gathering in my skull. The shunt is very small and looks like a perfume sprayer/tube. It drains the fluid into a tube that takes it down my body and empties into an area near my stomach. The fluid is absorbed into the body and is released as sweat and things like that. Placing that long, small tube inside my body was another surgery I had as a new born baby. But it doesn't hurt me and it doesn't show. It just helps keep me from getting sick again. I have had over 20 surgeries in my life, but they were done to keep me alive and to help me have a better life. I take a few medicines every day to help me stay well. In most ways, I live my life the same way that you do.
When I was in school, I went to classes just like the rest of my friends. I also went to special classes to help me when I needed more help to understand what the class was teaching me. Lots of kids without Spina Bifida go to those types of classes too. I had special P.E. classes too, because I could not do alot of the exercises or games the other kids did, but the teachers helped me to do things that I was able to do. I couldn't run around a track, but I could wheel myself around the track in my wheelchair. So, we would modify or change parts of an exercise so I could do it while in my wheelchair. I did finish High School and now I live with my parents out in the country. We made changes to our house to make it easier for me to do daily chores. For example, we took out the bathtub in my bathroom. We made a large shower area and I have a special wheelchair to use in the shower. I roll into the shower in my shower wheelchair and I don't have to step into a tub. We made the doorways larger so that I can push myself thru the doors in my wheelchair. We put some drinking glasses in a lower cabinet so that I can reach them by myself and things I use in lower sections in the refigerator. I have a special seat in my car that moves outside of the car and lowers down so that I can transfer, or move myself, over from my wheelchair into the carseat. Then I push a button that makes the carseat move up and back into the car. That keeps my Mom or Dad from having to lift me in or out of the car. I call it my "Princess Ride" .
So all in all, I have a pretty sweet life and I am enjoying life. I just tried to give a simplified description of Spina Bifida, its causes and its effect in my life. As with any other condition, there are many other variations or complications from this form of birth defect. Everyone is different . My relative was born with Spina Bifida about 13-15 years before me and you can't tell she has Spina Bifida. She walks and does things like any other person. She even had 3 children!! None of them have Spina Bifida, but they could be carrying the defective gene that causes Spina Bifida in the first place. So, when they begin their families, they will need to be watched carefully. Medical technology has come so far since I was born that they should have many advantages now and can do alot of things to lessen the damage that can be caused by Spina Bifida. If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me and I will try to answer them.
I have alot of physical limitations. I cannot run or walk or even stand alone, but I can do most things from my chair. I can dress myself and feed myself and I enjoy alots of things that other kids my age enjoy. I can go to the movies and restaurants with family or friends, but I often need help getting in the doors or getting up close to tables. Except for not being able to walk, I can do most things that you can do. I have friends over for sleep-overs and we can do other fun things together. I just need help sometimes.
When you are born with Spina Bifida, you have to have surgeries to help stop more damage to the nerve endings. I had my first surgery when I was just a few hours old. The doctors did an operation to close the hole in my back. They also had to put a shunt in my head to keep spinal fluid from gathering in my skull. The shunt is very small and looks like a perfume sprayer/tube. It drains the fluid into a tube that takes it down my body and empties into an area near my stomach. The fluid is absorbed into the body and is released as sweat and things like that. Placing that long, small tube inside my body was another surgery I had as a new born baby. But it doesn't hurt me and it doesn't show. It just helps keep me from getting sick again. I have had over 20 surgeries in my life, but they were done to keep me alive and to help me have a better life. I take a few medicines every day to help me stay well. In most ways, I live my life the same way that you do.
When I was in school, I went to classes just like the rest of my friends. I also went to special classes to help me when I needed more help to understand what the class was teaching me. Lots of kids without Spina Bifida go to those types of classes too. I had special P.E. classes too, because I could not do alot of the exercises or games the other kids did, but the teachers helped me to do things that I was able to do. I couldn't run around a track, but I could wheel myself around the track in my wheelchair. So, we would modify or change parts of an exercise so I could do it while in my wheelchair. I did finish High School and now I live with my parents out in the country. We made changes to our house to make it easier for me to do daily chores. For example, we took out the bathtub in my bathroom. We made a large shower area and I have a special wheelchair to use in the shower. I roll into the shower in my shower wheelchair and I don't have to step into a tub. We made the doorways larger so that I can push myself thru the doors in my wheelchair. We put some drinking glasses in a lower cabinet so that I can reach them by myself and things I use in lower sections in the refigerator. I have a special seat in my car that moves outside of the car and lowers down so that I can transfer, or move myself, over from my wheelchair into the carseat. Then I push a button that makes the carseat move up and back into the car. That keeps my Mom or Dad from having to lift me in or out of the car. I call it my "Princess Ride" .
So all in all, I have a pretty sweet life and I am enjoying life. I just tried to give a simplified description of Spina Bifida, its causes and its effect in my life. As with any other condition, there are many other variations or complications from this form of birth defect. Everyone is different . My relative was born with Spina Bifida about 13-15 years before me and you can't tell she has Spina Bifida. She walks and does things like any other person. She even had 3 children!! None of them have Spina Bifida, but they could be carrying the defective gene that causes Spina Bifida in the first place. So, when they begin their families, they will need to be watched carefully. Medical technology has come so far since I was born that they should have many advantages now and can do alot of things to lessen the damage that can be caused by Spina Bifida. If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me and I will try to answer them.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Sad / Funny Stuff
Hello Ya'll ,
It's your "Ole Pal , Randee" here. I just thought I'd come and let you guys and gals know that "Apollo" Our Beloved Great Pyreneese Dog & Daphne's Brother, Has now earned his "Doggie Wings". It's been since at least a full month since we've seen him. And "Badger" ( Or as we call him )"Badger Butt" WHY , I have NO CLUE!!! We just do. "Apollo's Adopted Little Brother went to see his "Girlfriends" that are probably ready to have another litter of Puppies down the road from us and has apparently decided to make him a home down there. So, we are now down to 2 cats and 2 Bulls !!
It's your "Ole Pal , Randee" here. I just thought I'd come and let you guys and gals know that "Apollo" Our Beloved Great Pyreneese Dog & Daphne's Brother, Has now earned his "Doggie Wings". It's been since at least a full month since we've seen him. And "Badger" ( Or as we call him )"Badger Butt" WHY , I have NO CLUE!!! We just do. "Apollo's Adopted Little Brother went to see his "Girlfriends" that are probably ready to have another litter of Puppies down the road from us and has apparently decided to make him a home down there. So, we are now down to 2 cats and 2 Bulls !!
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