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[Aug. 10th, 2009|07:01 pm] |
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| | I Feel Good - Kqql Anoka, Mpls, St. Paul | ] |
Eliot convinced me to sign on here. Been way too long. I blame facebook.
How's everyone doing?
Much love!
Em |
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[Nov. 27th, 2008|01:13 pm] |
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I managed to ruin Thanksgiving, even after not being invited to any family gathering.
I wish I could dissapear. |
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| Consider yourself our mate |
[Jul. 9th, 2008|11:08 am] |
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| | Star Wars Lego game | ] |
And there's a preview that's FREE! tomorrow night at 7.
I play the Widow Corney, and hopefully will bring some comic relief to the show. ;)
Sorry I've been so out of touch loves. Life's been crazy. I hope you're all doing great. I miss you!
*hugs* |
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| My baby is growing up! |
[May. 22nd, 2008|07:58 pm] |
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Andrew is now four years old. :)
He had a wonderful birthday. Woke up early and got his presents from Grandpa and me, and spent the morning playing his new educational Vsmile game system. Thomas, Shrek and an alphabet one. His favorite part is the karaoke option, and he has a beautiful voice. He's going to be incredible when he gets older. He has a very musical ear. You should hear him play the harmonica.
We drove down to Minneapolis and stopped by Jen's work, and that was awesome, then we went to the coolest ice cream shop in Dinkytown and got ice cream and an ice cream cake.. taht unfortunately melted in Shuwns fridge. Whoops. The lady who made it did tell me to put it in the fridge, and we left it there after giving Shuwn his gifts. ( His birthday was yesterday too! - And so is my sisters husband. Popular day for birthdays!)
Then we went to Chuck. E. Cheese. Had a great time there, Drew got a little scared when he was in the huge climbing thing, but then a little girl who was older then him encouraged him and he informed me that his new girlfriend helped him. And that now he has two girlfriends. lol.
We stayed there until 9, waaaay past Drew's bedtime, then brought Shuwn home and came home ourselves.
I had the most incredible moment with Drew, when we were playing, and I just brought him over for a huge hug and told him how proud I am of him and how much I love him. To think that four years ago today he was having his surgery for his meningocele and spina bifida and we weren't even sure if he was going to make it, and now he's doing so well, and he's just so wonderful. I have the best kid in the world. -- And yes, I know all the Mama's on my list will disagree with me on that one, because they think theres is the best. lol. I understand that and fully support it.
I'm just so grateful to have my little man. I can't believe he's 4 years old all ready.
He'll be having a party sometime in June. I will be posting details as they come. :) |
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| Hey! :) |
[May. 12th, 2008|01:46 pm] |
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Hey guys! Long time no update! :)
Things have been going really well. My health is still not perfect, but everything else is pretty awesome.
I've been cast as Widow Corney in Oliver! It'll be performing in July at Masquers the Forest Lake theatre company and I'm having an incredible time acting again. It's been way, way too long.
Two weekends ago, Drew, Dad, me and Shuwn went up to Rochester for Jaye's wedding reception and it was awesome. Absolutely awesome. There was a water park in our hotel, and we swam like 3 times, in addition to having a fantastic time at the reception. Congrats to Jaye and Rocky, I'm so excited for you both!! :)
And this last weekend was fantastic too. Saturday night, Meredith picked me up, and we picked up Jess and Shuwn and we went out to eat at the Blue Nile, whcih was delciious and then we went to see the Four Humours production of Romeo and Juliet at the Bedlam Theatre and it was truly incredible. I highly recommend it to everyone that's local. It was beautiful and funny and tragic, and everything you can want from any Shakespeare performance.
Mothers Day was great, too. :) Drew and I have a new tradition where every Mothers day he's going to buy a toy that he wants to play with me, and we'll play with it together, and it'll be a special toy for the two of us. He picked an awesome bubble thingie, and we spent hours yesterday afternoon playing with bubbles on the porch and then we "acted" because he wanted to be on stage. He's so wonderful. :)
We also went to the cemetary and brought my mom some roses, which was great. Drew sang to her, and it was peaceful. I miss her.
I'm so grateful for my wonderful family and friends. Love to you all! |
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| Long time no see! |
[Feb. 29th, 2008|12:40 pm] |
Been awhile since I've checked in. Sorry about that. Let's see.. I'm waiting to be approved on health insurance. I had a wonderful birthday, thank you so much to everyone that came. You guys rock. :) Drew continues to be adorable, and too smart for his own good. I've got a picture of him dressed up as a cowboy from the costume box his Auntie and cousins gave him for Christmas, that I'm going to see if Robin will make into an icon for me so I can share it with everyone. Things on the relationship front are good. My Dad and I were in a pretty nasty fight earlier this week, but things appear to have calmed down. Tomorrow is Jaye's bridal shower! WOOHOO! =) I'm excited to see you, sweetheart. Umm.. yeah. Not much else. Just realized it had been awhile since I posted.
And who's watching LOST? Because I think I have it all figured out!!! Eee! |
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| Saturday the 16th |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|11:21 am] |
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| | Drew having a bit of a tantrum. | ] |
Okay, so birthday plan!
http://www.frenchmeadow.com/cafe
at 7:00 PM. Lots of options for the vegetarians and vegans among you, along with the omnivores. ;) Ooh, and half price bottles of wine. :) We have a reservation for 6, but I can update them to make it more if more people want to come, so let me know? :)
And then from 9sh onward, we'll be going to:
http://www.parktavern.net/
In St. Louis Park. Been there before and it's a blast!! Karaoke starts at 9:30, oh, and they have "cosmic bowling" so I figure we could totally play a game of that for anyone that's interested. Unlimited bowling per person for $15, including shoes. Good times.
So yeah. :) Hope to see you, at one or both, sorry about the late notice, and regardless I hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day! |
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| Hi there. :) |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|01:10 pm] |
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Sorry long time no post.
I have a question... Anyone know of anything awesome happening on Sunday the 17th (This Sunday) ? I'm trying to decide what to do on my birthday, and so far, it looks like the best option would be to go out on Saturday, so it turns my birthday at midnight, and then partying the night away, or something like that. lol. Only problem with that is it's my neice's birthday on the 16th, and my sister wants to come with.. so I need to check with her and see if she can still come, if it's Saturday night.
Tentative plan is either doing karaoke, or going bowling at Bryant lake Bowl, or maybe going to a comedy club would be fun.. I don't know.
All the same, you're all invited. Just give me a call, or drop me an email. :) Emrelove@aol.com
And chime in, let me know when you'd be availble, and what sounds like a blast to you. :)
Oh, and I quit smoking. :) |
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| Soo... |
[Jan. 25th, 2008|07:34 pm] |
Looks like we may have a genuine reason behind all of the pain, and a Doctor found it today. More coming as test results come in. :) |
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[Dec. 30th, 2007|04:09 pm] |
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My baby's sick!!
I came in to cuddle with him last night at around 2:00 AM ( I had just finished watching the most recent season of 24 with my Dad) and I kissed his forehead and couldn't BELIEVE how hot his forehead was. I got the thermometer and sure enough, he was at 102.4 . I gave him tylenol right away and called the nurse advice line. The guy there was like "Well has he ever had surgery" and I mentioned that yes he had for spina bifida when he was born and all of that, and he said that "With your sons pre-existing conditions you should bring him in now." I thought that sounded a little ridiulous, because Drew doesn't have hydrocephalus or any of that, so I just stayed up the next two hours to monitor Drew's temp and make sure that the tylenol was keeping it under control. He went to sleep and so did I.
I woke up a little late this morning, because I had a really busy weekend and was up all night with Drew more or less so Dad let me sleep in. When I got up at around 10:30 though, Drew was dozing in and out watching cartoons with my Dad on the couch, so i came to feel his forehead and realized we had a problem. I grabbed one thermometer that sad 103.1, and then thought that couldn't be right. Gave him a full dose of tylenol. Grabbed our other two thermometers, and double checked. The next one said 102.7, and then I waited ten minutes, got a cool rag, and tried the last thermometer. 103.3. I had been talking to my sister and she said that it was definitely time to go in. I should mention too that these were under the armpit temps so you are supposed to add a full degree on top of the temp read on the thermometer, and these were the temps ON the thermometer before adding the degree. We were freaking out.
We got to the hospital and I filled out the thing for the triage nurse to evaluate him immediately. It was over a half an hour before she even saw him to determine emergency or urgent care. She used one of those forehead thermoeter thingies even though I told her that he had just had a cool compress on his forehead. That read 97.3. I told her that wasn't possibly right and she rolled her eyes at me and said that he could be seen in urgent care.
So we waited. Drew was shaking and acting really strange, so I was getting reeeally freaked out because of the fever leading to brain damage and all that stuff and it was reeeeeally getting me scared. Jen's an angel and checked up on Web MD for me, and I learned that it has to be like 107 for a kid to have brain damage from a fever and has to be going on for more then just a day,s o that calmed me significantly.
After an hour of waiting in the lobby they took us in to the urgent care room and I told the nurse that I felt the temp from the triage nurse was incorrect and why, and she agreed that he felt warmer then that, and took the temp under his arm, and it was down to 99.8 so at least the tylenol and cool compresses and ice water had brought it down significantly, but still a low grade fever. The pediatrician on call came in right away and examined him, and thought maybe he might have pneumonia. He had a chest x-ray to rule that out, and she came back and told me that she felt it was a viral upper respitory infection. :(
So no antibiotic at this point, just keeping his fever under control when it climbs again, but she said that a fever is a good way for the body to fight an infection, which I didn't realize, so if it's at like 101 to just keep an eye on him, and let the fever run it's course, but if it gets higher to go the tylenol/motrin route.
He had a candy cane ( his favorite thing on earth right now) and got a mickeymouse and a goofy stickers from the nice ladies who did his x-ray, and he's sleeping upstairs now.
So for all of you that chatted with me in texts to keep me calm, I reeeally appreciate it. You're the best. Love you so much!! |
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| The holly and the ivy |
[Dec. 24th, 2007|09:40 pm] |
I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday!
Love ya,
Em |
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| Ian Mckellen at the Guthrie |
[Oct. 8th, 2007|01:47 pm] |
You’ve seen him as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and as Mangeto in X-Men. Now see Sir Ian McKellen live in Minneapolis at the Guthrie, TONIGHT, 7 PM. Tickets to a simulcast of McKellen’s discussion with Guthrie Director Joe Dowling are just $10. The simulcast will be shown in the Guthrie’s McGuire Proscenium Stage, where patrons can also participate in the Q&A portion of the discussion. Call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224 and quote price code “A1” to receive your discount.
Esteemed stage and screen actor Ian McKellen is this year’s Global Voices speaker. Winner of the Tony, Olivier, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards, McKellen is now appearing at the Guthrie with the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of King Lear and The Seagull, now through October 14. The Guthrie is proud to be one of only three U.S. cities on the Royal Shakespeare Company's tour.
Global Voices, the Guthrie's distinguished annual forum, brings world-renowned artists to our theater for dialogue, insight and inspiration. Past Global Voices speakers include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, Anna Deveare Smith and Tom Stoppard.
My Aunt's taking me. I missed work today because of Dad's blood sugar just being out of control, but he's feeling a bit better now, so I have to give notice or I get fired because I'm over my allowed absences. Shit. But there's jobs in Forest Lake so everything'll be okay eventually.
Ten bucks to see Ian Mckellen though, you should all do it! Ten bucks!
Sorry I haven't replied to comments, I will, just super busy. Sorry!!! |
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| Best hospital in the country? |
[Oct. 5th, 2007|09:17 am] |
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So, I got a call from the Mayo this morning.
I had transferred all of my medical records over there.. everything once I got the referral saying I should be seen there.
As most of you know I've been having complications and pain with my kidney area ever since I was pregnant with Drew and had to have a nephrostomy tube placed in my right kidney, in addition to stynt surgery, etc.
Local Doctors have been able to find nothing, besides infection after infection. They never find the cause. And occasionally they'll treat the pain.. but nothing to get to the root of what the hell is causing it. They've done tests, and can't find anything, but they know there's a problem. There's always an infection there.
I got a call this morning from the Mayo, that after reviewing my records that "There is nothing we can do for you. We recommend you continue care with your local physician."
Mayo was basically my only hope to get this taken care of.
They're refusing to see me. My Doctors here say that they can't do anything, I need to go there. Mayo says that they can't do anything... I need to go back to my Doctors.
Best hospital in the country, huh?
Now what the hell do I do? |
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| LJ rocks! |
[Sep. 30th, 2007|05:32 pm] |
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http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/242903.html#cutid1
Have you guys seen this!?
How awesome! LJ's giving away $30 gift certificates for this website donorschoose.org where teachers put the things that they need for their students.
I'm still waiting for mine, but how awesome is that? $30 and you don't pay anything. It goes to help kids get what they need. I love it. I haven't seen too much for Minnesota but I'm sure there is. I just started looking at the website.
They only do this until tomorrow for the free certificates apparently so act quick! :) |
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| To sleep, perchance to dream really weird stuff? |
[Sep. 26th, 2007|08:50 am] |
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Wow.
I just had the weirdest dream/nightmare of my life.
I blame the shot of rocefin I got for my kidney infection at the Dr's office. Or maybe the levaquin? I've never had either before and that's all changed. ( And Holy God allmighty. Levaquin was a $50 copay for me because it was Nonformulary!!! I better never have a problem with my kidney again after that pill. lol. )
Anyway.. woke up going Whaaaaaa!?!
And you were there, and you were there...
Anyway, included me taking one of my buddies, who I will protect for his innocence. Not his fault he showed up in my dream to a whore house. Also not the fault of the actress who played River's teacher in Firefly, or Gary Oldman, etc who played supporting characters.
It included, but was not limited to: A drug bust in where I was falsely accused of using CRACK COCAINE. WHAT!?!, A whore house, FBI agents taking my child, said male friend above that is not at all confrontational from the years I've knowed him, tazering an FBI agent and running like hell and leaving me in the whore house with the police and not going after Drew, a good cop, a bad cop.. umm... Just weird as hell. LOL And I woke up in tears! Which in retrospect... ridiculous, but in the world of my dream it was not a good time at all.
And weirder yet... I just paid off a creditor who called me.. and his name was Leon. And we talked about Star Wars.
Must all my fandoms unite?
And I may need to post this on stolen internets. I'm getting a full single under my Dad's network... buuut... it won't connect to the web. What an odd day. Maybe I'm really still asleep.
I wish I felt better. |
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| Alive. Sorta |
[Sep. 11th, 2007|12:28 pm] |
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Hey!
Fest folk.
I am sooo lame. I've not been feeling real well so I've missed a lot of fest. I'm intending on coming out this weekend out of costume on Sunday, just to see how I'm doing walking around, make sure I can still do the grounds with all my crappy kidney stuff going on, and then I can gauge my ability to perform. And then I can pick up my pass too. lol.
God willing I'll be able to be there after this the following Sundays of the run.
I'm so sorry for being such a bad fellow entertainer and not being there, I've been missing lots of work and everything. I'm not just neglecting you guys. Promise.
I'm really looking forward to coming back. I miss fest something fierce. I feel all disjointed not being there.
I'll bring the munchkin on Sunday if I can get there. :) |
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| Grr. |
[Aug. 13th, 2007|02:40 pm] |
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I'm so crabby.
I've got a kidney stone to go with my kidney infection. So that's a blast.
I've missed like almost two weeks of work, and I'm probably going to get fired, because the insurance hasn't sent me the information to have my Dr fill out for FMLA.
I still don't have my volunteer contract for fest, not that I'll probably be healthy enough to do it anyway.
I've got amazing friends though, so thank you so much for all of you great people who keep me smiling even when life sucks.
Drew's amazing. I can't believe how big he's getting, and how smart he is. He just blows me away every day.
I'm an emotional basketcase right now though. I blame being sick. lol.
Anyway, thought I'd update a little, since I've been a bit out of touch. I hope you're all well.
I wish I could make sure I'd still have a job, and my insurance would carry through so I can go to the mayo and get this stupid kidney taken care of. I'm too young for this crap.
.. haha.. andrew's going "Cha cha cha" after everything my Dad says downstairs. "Andrew Paul!" "Cha Cha Cha!" "Grandpa Paul!" "Cha Cha Cha!" Okay. So that's really cute. I might try and brave the stairs and go and get some cuddles from the munchkin. |
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| Cocksucker. |
[Aug. 2nd, 2007|09:58 am] |
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| | Bush's f'ng news conference | ] |
Bush needs to seriously suffer extreme amounts of pain. I mean like crucio X 1000.
How DARE he make this into a political news conference, bitching about the Democrats and their spending!?!
Oh m God. I want to punch him in his metaphorical-so-you-can't-arrest-me-for-it-fbi-guy face.
I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him.
I don't know you worthless piece of trash. Maybe you should have spent a little less money on Iraq and a little more on NATIONAL necessities.
I am shaking.
If anyone can find a log, please link me to it so those that missed his "news conference" can read this travesty.
Cocksucker. |
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| *hugs* |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|07:24 pm] |
All right Minnesota'rs
I hope you're all okay.
I love you.
*HUGS* |
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