Just a Sample of my Life: January 2009

What's the significance of this picture? It's just a picture of a bracelet made of a few beautiful blue and white beads right?

Well, if you haven't heard about LJ's latest adventure then you're missing the significance of the picture completely. Here's the story.

LJ had his 3 year check-up with the pediatrician yesterday. Dr. Hanna was checking his eyes and ears and then checked his nose. Looked in the left nostril...gave the all clear. Looked in the right nostril and very casually (as if something he sees everyday) says "Did you know he had a bead in his nose?" Then continued to check his nose on the left side again. I had to giggle. Geeez. It's NEVER a dull ped visit for us! So after the check-up was finished Dr. Hanna attempted to retrieve the blue bead from the right nostril. All attempts failed and we were instructed to go downtown to the ENT office to have it removed.
We arrive at the ENT office late because for some reason they thought we could wrap up our ped visit and drive all the way downtown in 15 minutes. Thought they were going to give us a stink about it, but all was good. Forked over $25 copay for bead removal and waited to be called back. Dr. Barfield takes a look at his nose and says he sees nothing but snot. So, he numbs his nose up by taking some med on a piece of cotton and putting it up his nose. Much like you'd stick toilet paper in your nose to stop a nosebleed. It stayed there for a minute and then we pulled it out. After his nose was numb, Dr. B came back in the room and suctioned out the snot. After that he had a strange look on his face and turned off the light and placed his instruments back on the table. I knew something wasn't good. The conversation went something like this:

Dr. B. "Yep, there's a blue bead up there:
Me. "I'm guessing by the fact you just put everything down that you can't remove it?"
Dr. B. "Weeeeeellllll, I can but you have 2 options. We can wrap him in a blanket and hold him down and try to remove it. It'll take some pulling and it's going to hurt. It may cause his nose to bleed afterwards. Or we can bring him to our Evans office on Monday and put him to sleep and remove it in the OR room"
Me. "Oh geez...only my kid!"

The bead is so big that Dr. B said he wasn't sure how LJ even got it up there. It's not visible by just looking in his nose..you have to lay him back and shine a flashlight up his nostril to see it. I can't believe he hasn't complained of it hurting. He's on antibiotics because his nose is infected because his body is trying to fight off the bead. Body vs. blue bead!
So, we're going in Monday for then to put him to sleep and remove the very large blue bead from his nose.

Someone posted this on a board I visit regularly and I had to comment on it.

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If:

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
I STILL DO THIS WITH MY KIDS!

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
I OWNED LOTS OF THESE...LOVED THEM.

3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton dance.
YEP, AND STILL DO AS I WATCH RE-RUNS ON NICK AT NITE.

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
AH..YES..BIKER SHORTS! HEHE

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
I DREAMED ABOUT HAVING MY OWN BABY-SITTERS CLUB.

6. You can still jam to the theme song for Thundercats. Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS, OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!
NOW, THIS ONE I DON'T REMEMBER. GUESS I WASN'T A FAN.

7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
IN 7TH GRADE, MY TEACHER CALLED ME BLOSSOM BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I LOOKED LIKE HER.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants
I STOLE MY SISTER'S HAMMER CASSETTE..BUT NEVER HAD HAMMER PANTS.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
I MISS FRAGGLE ROCK!

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
I HAD SPOKEY-DOKES..AND THEY WERE AWESOME. I HAD A BANANA SEAT ON MY BIKE TOO!

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
USE TO..IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.

12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday.
TOTALLY WORTH GETTING UP EARLY. NOT ANYMORE.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
ALL THE TIME!

14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.
DONATELLA, MICHAELANGELO....HMMM...SHREDDER....THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
I LOVED OREGON TRAIL DAY! THEY WERE THE BEST! FUNNY I WAS JUST THINKING OF OREGON TRAIL THE OTHER DAY WITH JOE WAS WATCHING AN OLD WESTERN MOVIE AND A HORSE DRAWN BUGGY WAS GOING ACROSS A STREAM! HAHA

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
MY MOM STILL HAS THEM!

17. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE! PLAYED ALL THE TIME.

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
JORDACHE WAS GREAT!

19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
THEY WERE MY FAVORITE SHOES. I HAD ONE PAIR WITH COOL SHOELACES.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly Outrageous.)
MY BOYFRIEND IN FIRST GRADE GAVE ME A JEM DOLL FOR MY BIRTHDAY. MY PARTY WAS AT PUTT-PUTT AND HE WAS THE ONLY BOY THERE.

21. You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all The Ramona books.
I LOVE RAMONA..JUST BOUGHT SEVERAL BOOKS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
KARATE KID!

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
NOPE, NOT ME.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)
I CAN PICTURE IN MY HEAD SOME OF THE CRAZY THINGS MY BROTHER AND I WORE THAT WERE FLUORESCENT. I SHUDDER TO THINK HOW WE THOUGHT WE LOOKED SO COOL.

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
LIKE A MAN! LOL

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
YES, WHY? ANYONE KNOW?

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
I REMEMBER MY FAVORITE LUNCH BOX WAS MY PUNKY BREWSTER LUNCH BOX THAT MY AUNT BETH BOUGHT FOR ME. AND I GOT IN TROUBLE FOR BRINGING HOME A GARBAGE PAIL KIDS CARD A FRIEND GAVE ME. MY MOM THOUGHT THEY WERE NASTY.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
NEVER KNEW THEY WERE BANNED...BUT I HAD PLENTY OF THEM.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
ALL THE TIME...THAT OR SIKE!

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
I WAS DEPRIVED..NEVER OWNED ONE, BUT SURELY REMEMBER THEM.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
ABSOLUTELY.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE PERFECT MARRIAGE.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
THAT AND THE BEST FRIEND HEART NECKLACES.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
I LOVED MY JELLY SHOES!

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
YEP, IT WAS A FAVE LINE.

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
I REMEMBER IT WAS OVERUSED. HEHE

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
YEP AND GOING ALL THE TIME.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
STILL HAVE THE SCARS TO PROVE IT! ON BOTH KNEES.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
NOPE, NEVER HAD ONE.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
I CAN'T REMEMBER..BUT I PROBABLY DID.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
OKAY..FESS UP...COMMENT ME..DID YOU NOD THROUGH IT???

42. You remember Popples.
I HAD AN ORANGE ONE! IT WAS SO COOL.

43. Don't worry, be happy
OOO-OOOH-OOOAH-OOAH.....DON'T WORRY!

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
MY MAX WAS TWO (AND MY MOM GOT SO MAD BECAUSE I WAS DIRTYING UP SOCKS SO QUICKLY)..BUT I WAS COOL

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do..getting yelled at by younger hip members of the family)
EVEN SCRUNCHED DOWN, THEY REACHED MY KNEES. GOSH..I SHOULD DIG UP PICTURES!

46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
I REMEMBER MY FIRST BOOMBOX..IT WAS FROM SERVICE MERCHANDISE!

47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
I REMEMBER BEING SCARED OF THE GREMLINS. I'M SUCH A CHICKEN.

48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
LOVE THE CARE BEARS!

49 You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales
THEY WERE GREAT! I GOT THE GREEN DOLL FROM RAINBOW BRITE WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL BUT MY LITTLE SIS MESSED IT UP WHEN SHE WROTE ON THE FACE! GRRR. HAD PLENTY OF MY LITTLE PONY

50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
DOOGIE WAS AWESOME. NOW I CAN WATCH HIM AGAIN ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. CRAZY HE STILL LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME.

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
ALF...ALF WAS SO COOL.

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
JOE WAS MY FAVORITE..AND JORDAN SANG LIKE A GIRL.

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
AH...YES, ZACH WAS SO CUTE!

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
NOPE, DON'T KNOW THE WORDS.

55. You just sang those words to yourself.
NOPE

56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
NOPE ON THIS ONE TOO.

57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
NOT SURE THEY WERE LEVIS..BUT THEY WERE CUT-OFFS!

58. You remember when mullets were cool!
THANK GOODNESS MY PARENTS DIDN'T LIKE THEM..MY BROTHER WOULD'VE LOOKED AWFUL WITH A MULLET!

59. You had a mullet!
READ #58

60. You still sing "We are the World"
WE ARE THE PEOPLE....LA LA LA LA

61. You tight rolled your jeans.
THANKS BIG SIS...SHE TAUGHT ME HOW!

62. You owned a banana clip.
I THINK MY MOM STILL HAS THE BANANA CLIPS TOO!

63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
DON'T REMEMBER THIS ONE

64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What'chu talkin' 'bout Willis?"
YEP, BUT HUBBY SAYS IT MORE OFTEN THAN I DO.

65. You ever had Sweet Secrets jewelry (the little jewel that opened up, then the doll's head and arms and feet would fold out and you'd close the jewel again).
NEVER HAD THIS.

66. You remember Schoolhouse Rock.
I REMEMBER IT!

67. Atari was the best game system EVER!
I HAD ONE BUT IT WAS ON THE BLITZ WHEN WE GOT IT HAND-ME-DOWN. I REMEMBER MY NINTENDO THOUGH! I WAS COOL WHEN I GOT THAT.

68. You know what happens when "water" or "I don't know" are said on a particular Nickelodeon show.
OH YES!

69. You remember Nickelodeon's early days.
WE DIDN'T HAVE CABLE SO I WATCHED AT THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE...IT WAS THE COOLEST THING ON TV.

So..did everyone have a nice flashback to your childhood days? It's so funny how many of these things I'd completely forgotten about. Ahh...good ole' memories!