Oh deer!

After all this photo taking today and yesterday there was a trio of does munching on crab apples in the backyard. What an awesome photo opportunity! I ran and grabbed the camera got it on and ready. Our back door makes a LOT of noise when trying to open it so I tried going out slowly. I was able to go out and my dad was holding the door open so it wouldn't creak loudly shut. But someone thought the open door was a better opportunity! Odie snuck out the open door as we started calling her back the deer started moving away. That's when she noticed them and started chasing after them!! She's a big tough little lap dog! So I got totally distracted from trying to photograph the deer that I should of took a picture of Odie chasing them! The neighbors witnessed the chase and laughed at her.

So, no pictures :(

But I thought it would be more interesting then some dark blurry deer butt photos.

Leia Mais…

Puppies!

I'm just getting over a week long cold.. and the week long of missed school and homework!

This weekend our neighbors went to their cabin and left their awesomely cute dog with us. She's in a bad puppy stage right now and her owners are getting sick of her. She's been ripping up stuff and not getting enough exercise because they both work full time :(. But she's enjoyed spending the weekend with us and I hope she hangs out for a while longer! We took some pictures of her yesterday and today just in case they want to put her up for adoption and the WI humane society can't take her. (the humane society is way full than usual right now!!)


Today my dad took me to go see his co-workers puppy litter! He owns a pack of good lookin' labs. They weren't expecting this litter of puppies and aren't sure who the dad is yet! There are nine yellow lab puppies in all, only one female.

There's one reddish looking pup the mom's licking in the first picture. (And the puppy next to the red one sucking belly up! lol)









Chilled out momma'

Happy eating puppies.

I didn't get too many pictures I didn't want to bother the pups too much. They're about 2 weeks old and don't even have their eyes or ears open yet!

Leia Mais…

State Fair and Humongous trees

There's a Mexican man yelling outside my house..

So they're finally starting working on the second tree in between ours and our neighbors house. This one's harder as it is probably 2-3ft wide REALLY tall and 10 ft on either side away from a house. I'll be really surprised if they don't leave a dent in one of the roofs.

So I'm going downstairs and probably outside just to be safe! Until they take a lunch break at least.

This week is band camp! arghh.. rehearsals from 1-9 all week and I have to work on Friday.

But work hasn't been bad at all. I worked for the first time this summer last Friday and it was a lot easier than I expected. I dogs were all pretty nice and not as crazy as usual.

Elsie doesn't like all the noise the tree people are making outside. But she had a whole lot of fun on Saturday representing Central Bark at the WI State Fair. She got a load of pets and got to lick lots of faces. She was thrilled at all the livestock animal smells! Could you imagine? A Springer tracking dog smell overload! She slept all yesterday and gets to catch up on her missed naps today while I'm out.

Odie wasn't thrilled Elsie got to go to work and to the fair. But I knew as soon as I would get Odie there she would freak out. It was for the better that she didn't go. :(

Leia Mais…

Nah nah nah nah...

I've got some music stuck in my head. So I just went on an unwanted run with Odie. She needed to go outside because she hasn't been out all morning. So I let her out on the leash, she does her business, and runs back onto the deck. I unclip the leash before going in to get her treat and she decides to ROCKET in the opposite direction and goes running rampant through the back yards. She's got a bad case of the Zoomies.

The "Zoomies" are when any kind of dog no matter where they are or what they're supposed to be doing just go nuts and start running. Running where? no where.. Just running and running. Saying the word 'come' nothing.. Yelling 'treats', 'chow', 'squeaker' nothing..

So basically I had to follow her as she ran through the backyards (barefoot by the way). Eventually she got to the end of the houses where there's a hidden house on a private drive and I got her going towards home and chased her so she would run in the right direction. I knew she wouldn't go past the house on the other side because the neighbors were out and she dislikes going by them at all costs. She was really hot by then and jumped into the kiddie pool to get a drink. Then I chased her up the deck and snatched her :)

Now she's protesting in her crate by barking her head off until someone lets her out.. but she's being punished so she's gonna have to deal with it.

Hopefully I don't have to go into work. Apparently I'm on the schedule and I haven't gotten a schedule.. so I kind of wasn't expecting it.. Also I don't have a car.. no car = no ride? So I can't get there.. poo.. I was planning on helping the youth theater this weekend so that would screw things up.


Did I mention it's 85 degrees outside? -dies-

Leia Mais…

Boredd with 2 D's because it's exceptionally boring

Tonight is really boring :/. I haven't talked or seen like any of my close friends in more than a week or even two? I've been off pain meds for a couple days now! So I'm not all loopy and sleeping. So I've just been sitting here eating sunflower seeds and watching last comic standing but for the 20 minutes I've been watching nothing funny has happened yet... this is a boring show :|

UGH Is it humid out! I feel like I'm dripping fluids.

So there was nothing wrong on my laparoscopy :( so still no answers and school starts in a month and a half. I'm getting kind of nervous because if this doesn't get straightened out during the summer I have a feeling school is going to be the same as last year.I had an appointment with the Pain Clinic today and it went pretty well. I'm hoping that I can find some ways to at least cope with pain and be able to continue to do things instead of back out of stuff and go lay around the house.

For some reason my stomach is getting kind of upset.. I think it might be the sushi I had for dinner.

And those pain clinic people say I need to exercise more so the dogs deserve a walk before it's Kathy Griffin happy hour.

Leia Mais…

Oxy-happy

Not using so much of the Oxy pain pills anymore but my stomach is still killing me D= My incisions are all itchy and in the process of healing. I think I over did it a bit with all the dog walking and moving around. Not to mention I haven't gone to the bathroom in 5 days it's almost impossible.. TMI.. sorry..

-going to take a pain pill-

Leia Mais…

Lapa-something..

I had my laparoscopy yesterday and I finally feel not so drowsy that I can make a post! I've been up every 4 hours to take pain meds and it feels like I was stabbed in the belly button. (which they did during surgery to get the instruments in). So they didn't find anything wrong :[ which I guess is good but now I have to rest for like 2 weeks for nothing.. bah.. but they were able to cut these nerves in my back so hopefully I wont have really bad cramps anymore!!! Praise the lord!

I'm gonna go lay down more and maybe make a post later about other hospital things when I'm able to type a sentence and not screw it up!

So yeah, have any questions mail me or something.

peace

Leia Mais…

Blog widget?

Apparently my blog widget isn't updating like it should when some people make new posts? weird oh well.. I'll just have to remember to check those blogs that are usually updated.

Leia Mais…

Ate too much candy..

Aw poo, I got sunburn! But it was fun while getting the sunburn. Not like the greatest day of my life or anything but good to get out of the house with my parents and hang out with some of their old friends who I've been around growing up but not lately. So my dad and family friend Craig, as well as myself were doing registration at the Wind Lake Car Show today, which was at a different park this year. I thought it was a better location. It was mostly a field with a few trees and a playground to keep kids out of the way. Except for the fact there were NO clouds the first 3 out of the 5 hours I probably stood there. All the medical treatment sites for sunburn say to take Naproxen, Ibuprofen, or Aspirin until the burning goes away but starting tomorrow I can't take any! I didn't think it would be a problem because I usually don't need the Naproxen but because I have my Laparoscopy next week I can't take any :( I guess I'll need to find some lotion or something. It's not a bad burn but I look like I'm REALLY embarrassed on my face and my arm is a tint of red.

I bought $11 worth of candy from a vendor and have almost eaten a whole bag.. ugh.. But I had some real good potatoes for lunch..

The dogs aren't mad that we ditched them all day. I guess they still act the same when we aren't home. sleep, sleep, sleep.

Leia Mais…

Sick still.. bah..

Yesterday I finally was able to get in with my general physician yesterday to talk about my thyroid levels. He said they were a little low and he would expect them to be higher at my age. So I was expecting to get some new diet or pills to control it but he wants me to get some more tests to see it it's some Hashimoto's disease which affects digestion, reproduction, and metabolism, all of which are screwed up :|. While living in the so called "goiter belt" the area around the great lakes that the soil is iodine deficient.

It still amazes me how much gluten can screw with one's body. My doctor was saying that Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and goiters are all part of the gluten thing. All of those diseases run in my family some to the EXTREME. So I ask, "Why doesn't everyone go gluten free, then, no one will be sick anymore!" That's not exactly true but you wont have to take medications that may render your body worse and make that one thing better. The public just doesn't know how bad gluten is and the effects it brings. Doctors in the US aren't trained in depth about GI conditions. It's mostly diagnosed as "Oh, you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome you have to live with it the rest of your life," that's not an answer anyone wants to get. Being off of gluten has changed my well being even though there is still something wrong with me.. bah. All of my friends think how horrible it is that I can't have all these great foods. But really I think the same about them. Some people are addicted to these unhealthy fast foods, breads, pastas, pizza, bakery. I think I'm at an advantage that because I don't eat those foods I don't gain weight or over eat or get sick from eating. I eat the things that god intended for me like fruits and vegetables.

Being gluten free is not torture or unhealthy. Being on gluten IS torture. But, apparently people haven't caught on to it yet.. sigh..

So I have an ultrasound scheduled for my thyroid on the 2nd a long with my ROAD TEST :D, then the laparoscopy on the 7th. Hopefully we'll get some answers :/

And here's a statistic people should know about;

Celiac disease is highly undiagnosed. Roughly between 60 and 70 thousand people have been diagnosed in the U.S., but it is projected that 1.5 to 2 million have it.

Leia Mais…

Look up in the sky!

So yesterday being home was NOT FUN! I'm not looking forward to this week either. The fast moving chains of storms we had yesterday, mixed with unusually hot temps, mixed with high fast moving drafts created PERFECT weather for guess what.. TORNADOES. UP around 3pm the storms were starting to come through. The first set wasn't bad but I just hung out in the basement with the dogs anyway. Then there was a break in the storms so I went upstairs to let the dogs spend some time outside. It was bright with blue skies and few clouds that I don't think anyone was expecting what was coming. The dogs had enough in the heat after 15minutes. So we sat on the couch in the living room watching the news when all these warnings started popping up south of us in Racine and Kenosha. I wasn't real worried but was thinking of heading back to the basement because there were still going to be some good storms, and so that Elsie could chill out in the quiet of the basement to wait out the storms.

Then right after I started thinking "hmm.. I should probably go to the basement soon.." Tornado watches were in effect. THEN one was spotted SW of us.. then I started to worry a bit. Because weather usually travels from the W, SW to the E, NE. The EXACT path that the storm was taking right over to our house! Then thinking "oh.. I should go down sooner.." I went and grabbed some snacks and went back to the living room for a bit when that in mistakable sound of sirens started going off. That's when I got the "Oh. Shit." feeling. Then I started panicking and was yelling at the dogs all worried sounding "Okay. Let's go downstairs." and they're all like "why it looks perfectly nice out." So me being the dog expert I am grabbed a handful of dog treats and they followed me right down to the basement.

They predicted that the tornado meso-cyclone stuff would reach us around 3:25pm. So at around 3:22pm I was thinking of how to prepare myself being home alone and all. My mom checked in with me shortly after the sirens were going off. So, she new things were okay then. I had some blankets and dog treats and human treats in the basement, had all the doors deadbolted and locked, had a phone and the TV running on the Fox6 Stormwatch. But, then I was thinking what if the power goes out and then I have no phone or TV for updates. I instantly thought of going to get my cell phone. But it was 2 flights of stairs up and the storm was bound to hit at any minute. In a panic I tried to make the dogs stay downstairs but Odie demanded to go with me and snuck out the door before me but I was sure that she'd follow me.

I sprinted up the 2 stories with Odie zooming behind me, grabbed my cell phone glanced outside and just saw dreary, gray, almost and eerie evil feeling sky with wind raging and rain splattering everywhere. I paused for maybe a millisecond but it felt like an eternity. The storm was going to hit any second now and I raced back downstairs Odie thinking this was all just a game panting and wagging her tail. We met Elsie back in the basement just in time. We waited out the storm and no other tornadoes were sighted and after a while the skies got bright and blue again.

I looked outside and saw just everything covered in a slight layer of rain. I checked all the trees. Nothing seemed to have been disturbed, which really surprised me. Nothing was damaged it looked like nothing even happened. My mom called after and I said everything looked fine. But, I was still really shaken up. I really don't like storms none the less tornadoes. Luckily I live in a place where they rarely hit but still when it happens it's always unpredictable of what will happen.

I can't even image what it would be like if I were still at school. I probably would of had a mental breakdown. Plus being in school after school only teachers and cleaning people would be there.. I would never want to be in a tornado warning at school with teachers and being the only people I could console with.

Leia Mais…

Bah

I thought I'd make myself update the blog for my own sake. I haven't used my scooter in probably over a month. I feel like crap every time I get home after riding it. It's been way to hot for the dogs to pull me on it so no more joyriding until it cools down. This stomach pain is beginning to be too much. The pain pills make me stupid and forgetful so I don't take them if I have stuff to do. Monday I'm going to a specialist at Froedtert (the weirdest spelled hospital ever) to see Dr. Halverson for my pelvic region-ed issues. I think it's just to schedule an operation date. I think they're planning to take one O' them little cameras and stick it in my stomach and look around for the perpetraitor of my pain. I really hope they find something and there's a way to get rid of the damn thing. I'm sick of not being able to do daily things. For instance going to school. I probably only went to school once in the past month. I didn't even make it a half day. After 1st block I went and quick got some tests done and went home because I just couldn't handle it. There's no way I can ease the pain while at school. The only pain meds that do ANYTHING for the pain is the Tramadol/Ultram but it makes me sleep like a bear and be incredibly stupid.

My mom keeps blaming it on the Gluten. But I'm fairly sure it isn't. Unless we're getting into some contaminated food I haven't eaten anything I was unsure about.

So now my summer is all jumbled and I can't plan stuff because I don't know what's going to happen with this stomach stuff whether it's going to get better, worse, or solved. I'd like to be in the marching band again last year. I love all the people in band that sometimes during the school year I could play in both band and orchestra. There's a children's musical group I was in for a few years that I'd like to help out with the directing and stage stuff. Plus during the summer I should have my drivers license and can work more often. So far I have NOTHING on my calender for this summer because I don't want to make plans and have them either jumbled and being gone half the time. Or just not even happening =/.

I hate it but it's a 'wait and see' game.

Leia Mais…

Being bummed is no fun..

First off things have been busy and time consuming. My high school is performing the musical Oliver which sounds like it's going to be pretty fun! A lot less stressful than last years Pippin.. I'm not going to get into that one.

Last week my grandpa was going in for bypass surgery. Everyone was scared it would be the last surgery and that the doctors had nothing left to work with in his body. He has just had bad health since the plane crash he was in many years ago.

The surgery took longer than expected so there was some worrying. Then he was in a coma in the ICU. It was a game of sit and wait. Another update came that he was able to respond to the doctor by the "If you can hear me squeeze my hand". But he was still not able to breathe on his own none the less talk. My dad went to the hospital the next day to at least go see him on the way home from work. The next day he had to go back into surgery to fix some things. Everything was starting to look brighter and that he'd make it through another surgery! The doctors were slowly taking him off all the sedatives and such because they didn't know what kind of pain he would be in if they took him out too fast. He was still having some other issues besides his heart but the 'rollercoaster' felt like it was coming to an end, exhausted and now able to just relax! The ride was over and everything was going to be back to normal! The doctor made the decision to finally sew his chest closed (they left it open so if they needed to go back in they could easily). As they were examining their work. BAM the rollercoaster wasn't over. It was the turn you weren't expecting. Scared and fearful for your life you just hope it would be over just around the corner. My uncle had called the house and told my dad to get to the hospital to which he took off with out more than a few words. My grandfather was having problems in surgery they had found blood clots in his lungs. They tried removing some before closing him up. But they were the only things holding his lungs together. The bleeding was uncontrollable. My grandma (really my step-grandma but known as grandma my whole life) was grateful that my grandpa's sons were there to help make decisions. Even though they were unanimous at making choices it still felt more comforting with other people to back you up. They were able to resuscitate him but they couldn't do anything else for him. When my dad and I saw my grandpa the week before he went into surgery he knew that he expected to never come out alive. He never wanted to live as a vegetable. He would never want to depend on people to do everything for him. He knew that my grandma would be OK and that she would have plenty of help with everything. They made the unanimous choice to un-plug him. With in 20 minutes he was gone.

At 9:02pm yesterday my father called and my mom picked up the phone. My mom said, "okay," and hung up. I was sitting in my room here at the computer doing my daily things online. I never heard my mom walk back to her desk and I heard some squeaking whimpering noises (like my dog would make when she has seizures when she gets too excited). I knew instantly that something wasn't right. I rushed in hot-faced to see my mom sobbing. I never like seeing people cry and I don't know how to react. This would come to be my first real experience with death. My other grandpa didn't really mean much to me and I was only 7-8 years old when he died. The closest I've come was the first day of 6th grade when my gerbil had a stroke and died in my hands. But it wasn't human. It didn't affect the lives of other people.

My dad didn't come home until almost midnight last night. I had just gone to bed and heard his truck pull in. I didn't see him until dinner time today. I just couldn't get myself to go to school. I needed to but I knew I would break down and I wouldn't have the people to talk to. Don't get me wrong I love a lot of people at this school! But, their are groups of people that are just complete asses. Excuse my french but that's the only way I can come to say it. If I could be in classes where I liked all the people and could talk to them about thing like this I would have gone. But being in remedial classes (you're either a genius or stoopid are the options for classes and AP is just too much for me) so being remedial you're stuck with many other remedial people (or less than remedial) if I cried in class they would probably make fun of me and I wouldn't be in school for a week atleast. My classes are so boring and slow that I have way too much time to think about sad things that I would break down. I did myself a favor by not going to school today. I kept myself busy all day by cooking and cleaning and paying attention to the dogs. It felt nice that I didn't feel as bad as last night.

Tomorrow is a BIG rehearsal for Oliver starting at 8am going until 4pm. But these are the people I love in the pit. I'm going to have a fun time and it'll boost my spirits a bit. This death was such bad timing in my life. Oliver opens next weekend and rehearsals are getting more like run-throughs. I need to be at these rehearsals. The visitation is Monday so I'll have to miss rehearsing and Tuesday's the funeral which I have the option of being a pallbearer with the other some 10 grandchildren of my grandfather. I should do it but I'm not very fond of the fact of pushing my dead grandfather to his grave. But I think I'll just have to be brave and do it because I know he would want me too. I have a feeling that my cousin (only blood related cousin) are going to be willing to do it. Some of the other girls might be too emotional and scared like I am. I understand. I don't feel very sad but once you start talking about him and asking things about him I start getting choked up and if other people cry while talking about him I can't help it but I try to hold it back.

I need to get up early and I think I've gotten everything out. I just need to find some clothes for next week.



This week is going to take foreverrr...

Leia Mais…

Whoa, snow!

Snow day today so no school! I went to go take Elsie out with the sled and some weight but ended up coming right back in! I went out in my pajamas, boots, coat, and hat. I went to go step in the backyard snow only to find that the snow was well above my boots! Elsie looked at me sadly as the snow started to bunch into her fur and I took her back inside. I hope the snow stops tomorrow so we can actually enjoy it's presence. This past weekend my mom got me up at 8am to go drive to the camera store to get a brand new camera! I've been wanting to use it outside but it hasn't stopped snowing yet.

So the other night we went to go visit a family members boxer litter :). I think they're about 5-6 weeks old-almost ready to be shipped off to families! Here's some pictures we took with the new camera. nom.. nom.. nom..

Whuzzat?Favorite activity.. ripping up the newspaper..

They were SUPER playful and wanting to chew my camera strap off so LOTS of close ups because they wouldn't leave me alone for a second! For some reason they kept trying to slam their heads into the big lens.. Dumb puppies.

I've been wanting an athletic dog. Elsie's turning 9 this spring(!), and Odie has absolutely NO want or potential to do stuff. Oh well.. I was talking to my dad the other day when I was fitting Elsie for a real recreational harness my dad was telling me how she's getting old but I said, "Yeah, I know mom's not gonna get me a dog so it's the best I can do for now" He totally got my hint of "as soon as I move out I'm gonna get 5 dogs! I don't care what you guys think!"

I might be crazy. But it just runs in the family. So I think I'm starting to come down with a cold, I'm heading out. Hopefully no school tomorrow!

Leia Mais…

Autobiography

While the internet's going fairly slow today I thought I should write a short (somewhat) bio of myself and what I do.

I was a very sickly child. Things didn't start coming together until just about a year ago. We found out that I was gluten intolerant. That meant the end of all breads, cakes, and pastries. Life is much better with out gluten. I've lost the weight I gained during all the depression. It is a very odd disease. Causing very unrelated symptoms, and isn't practiced in US medicine which is why I suffered 2 years in pain and depression and making the whole situation worse by eating off the pain which found out later made things 10 times worse.

I have a knack for learning things quickly. In the past year I've learned how to cook some, play cello, some piano, march in a marching band, and play all sorts of percussion instruments. :)

I love music. Pretty much all music. Not so fond of 90's country and screamo that's pretty much where I draw the line. My main instrument is viola and I love it. I can play violin as I like playing melody sometimes. Cello has grown on to me to the point of it replacing the violin. Our school orchestra is very small but I get by. I used to be in the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra for 2 years. All the health issues and transportation got in the way and I couldn't do it anymore.

I love my job. I work at Central Bark Doggy Day Care it's just about the greatest thing since sliced cheese around here. It's the best I can get before going to college and pursuing the career I want. I have a soft spot for foster dogs and adopting and not breeding. I'm against pet store buying as those animals are bred for profit not for personality or a guaranteed a furever home.

I myself have 2 dogs of my own. Our 8 year old English Springer Spaniel (field type) Elsie the Bovine Canine (because she looks like a cow hah) and our "free" dog Odie Wan Kenobi aka Oderz. We got her from a friend who rescued her from a wheel chair handicapped person with 2 dogs who didn't get a long. and her being a cat person and having a fear of dogs I took Odie for her haha. Odie has the classic signs of a puppy mill dog. She had a severe luxating right patella and we think her left one's getting worse.

Recently I've been wanting to get into dog sports again. When I was younger I used to do Agility and dog training classes with Elsie when I had more time. I would try to persuade my parents to get another dog because Elsie's starting to lose her stuff lately with age :( and Odie doesn't seem to be determined to learn anything without major attention and food motivation. I doubt that's going anywhere.

I also have talents in art. I'm talented at photography, ceramics, sculptures, sketching, and digital work. I have an art website that is rarely updated now =/ but I still wish to pursue art on the side for the future but not as a main thing. My mom and I are supposed to be going to buy a digital SLR camera one of these days to get some more amateur photography done ;D


I can't think of much else to say except for some random thing I like to watch on TV. But anyway I like to watch Becker, House MD, Monk, Psych, Cesar Millan, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Will & Grace, Dharma and Greg, and anything really on Discovery Channel, or Nat Geo. Yes, I am a big TV geek but I can get away from it if need be except for a few shows hah.

Well it be gettin late here time to head out.

Leia Mais…

My new blog

I started with the heat of blogging. I always forgot, never updated, didn't care, never had anything interesting, etc. I'm more or less making a place to record interesting things that have happened over time and if people enjoy reading them it makes it all the more fun =D.

How I decided to call my blog 'Teenager With Big Ideas'. I have big ideas for the future which you will find out soon. I don't usually feel comfortable just talking with a random friend about what's on my mind. But here I'm, pretty sure I will just say anything when I feel the need is right.

I will be tracking a lot of other peoples blogs on here because I like to hear how other people carry on their lives without having to be exploited or hunted down by moronic people.

One thing you should know. I do not like mean people just for the sake of being mean. Don't just go around to someone saying "you're stupid you'll never go anywhere in life," because you never know if you just killed their spirits to actually be something. Or if they just didn't care to listen to you and become something great without caring what you had to say. If you're being mean by trying to support something you believe in that's great! You should never just be put down for fighting for what you believe in.

I believe I've made a good opening statement and am going to start off with another blog post soon :)

Leia Mais…