Shiloh Pepin

The human "Little Mermaid" Shiloh Pepin passed away October 23rd after a bout with phneumonia.

Who exactly is this little girl? She's one of 3 girls that was born with this condition, and the only one of the 3 who's legs were not surgically separated. (The other girl is 21 and the other was born in 2006) Its a condition in which the legs are fused.

I first saw her on a documentry on TLC/Discovery Health and recently just saw an updated special on her. She was just amazing to watch. She didn't let this get in her way of doing things. She indured 2 kidney transplants in her lifetime. In her last documentry she was talking about joining the swim team the following summer and celebrated her 10th birthday. She wasn't expected to live a few days, let alone a few years. She even went away to a summer camp.

She fought for life until the end. If you haven't seen her story or know anything about her, I suggest you go look it up or find out when her specials will air again on TV. RIP little Shiloh!

Charlotte Trip & West Side Story

Ko-Ko all dressed up in his Halloween costume! He's going as Tigger this year. He hates the costume. The poor thing.

So after being sick basically for 2 weeks, I had to pack up and go to Charlotte because my dad needed my room for the guests that were coming. I swear they were idiots not adding an extra room!

So what I thought was going to be a few day stay turned into a week's stay! Oh did I mention it went from summery weather to fall really quickly and I didn't have my coat?! I was glad I packed 2 sweatshirts. ;) hehehe

So to top that all off I got my monthly visitor before I left and I was also on the stupid antibiotics. ARG! Two weeks of that crap! I was so relieved that I didn't get a yeast infection, I can tell you that much.

So Ko-Ko was ecstatic to see me and spent the evenings with me upstairs, unless I needed a break from him. LOL He's a bundle full of energy! I tell you that much. So my uncle went fishing the weekend I was there. Which left me with my aunt and the dog. So Thursday was the only day she worked and we were going to watch Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, she didn't even make it through Grey's! Snored through Private Practice! Ugh it made me so mad!

So that weekend we went to the mall and did whatever we wanted to. Sadly, my uncle's co-worker's dad fell and broke his hip while they were at the beach. But he had a replacement done and is doing well the last time I heard. I was so happy to get home on Friday night. I had Saturday to relax before Sunday's outting with Kate and her mom.

Ok I am getting "musical" since I met Kate. My list of musicals that I have seen has doubled, I think. LOL So Sunday went to see a local production of "West Side Story" at the Raleigh Theatre. Hah! Here's a shock, I had never seen this one! BUT this time I knew what it was about. Incase you don't know, its a modern day Romeo and Juliet story. Except of feuding families, its feuding gangs in New York. I enjoyed the show. The cast was great. I have no clue if its a touring group or what. It sounded more like a local production, but alot of the cast has already been on Broadway and are from North Carolina and such. There were kids in High School that were part of it. So it was good, yes. At the end when Andy is shot, Kate SCREAMED so loud that the whole place probably heard her! LOL I'd say her scream scared me more than the gunshot pop! LOL And she was the one that read the warning sign before we went into the theater...uh Kate!

So thats it. I have been working on this blog for 2 days. LOL :)

Feeling Better....

Guess who I'm going to go visit tomorrow???!!!

Ok, well guess what? I am feeling much-much better from a week ago. What a difference a week makes. After going back to the doctor on Friday and getting the new medicine, I started to feel better on Saturday. The worse part of it was not doing anything still. I did manage to not nap on Saturday and slept ok that night. Friday and Saturday nights I had a coughing fit that woke me up at 6:30 or so. That was the only annoying thing! hahaha

So I had to get my room cleaned up for my dad's friends that are coming in to play golf. So guess what? I am getting to boot and have to stay elsewhere. Well I am going to Charlotte to spend the time there at my aunt and uncle's house through Sunday at the latest. Its fine with me, because I will get to see my brother Ko-Ko and spend time with my grandparents too. =)

So I got the downstairs cleaned up. I will "help" upstairs until I leave, but my dad will be left to clean the rest. LOL Will be interesting how clean the upstairs will be when his friends get here, because I usually do the cleaning when my mom is gone. ;)

So guess what I found under my bed? My Nintendo DS! I thought I threw that sucker out or something. But cleaning under my bed brought me to that. I'm so happy its found. I love playing games on there when I'm not at home. I tested out the new Wii Fit Plus Sunday and today. I like it, the games are so different, but they are fun! I will get into it more when I get home and 100% better.

So thats it! I will post next time from Charlotte. Woohoo for me! Did I mention I hate fall weather???!!!

Day 5 of being sick...

This little fellow was in the yard yesterday. He was literally up on the back porch. I snapped this before he took off. :)

So as I said on Monday I woke up sick with a bad sore throat and my ears hurting. So I went to the doctor and was told it was a sinus infection and given 3 medications to take.

Fast-forward to this morning I still didn't feel right and my ears were hurting again. Granted I was on Amoxicillin, it should've knocked it out by now. 5 days of laying in bed and sleeping at all hours was getting to me. Had no fever, but I was miserable!

So I headed back to the urgent care. Of course there were a few billion people in there waiting and was told it would be an hour. So I sat and waited, basically. I have started reading the Rebecca series from American Girl, but couldn't focus on it. So I get called back, have lost 4 pounds since Monday. (gee what a popsicle diet does to you) My blood pressure, pulse and temperature were fine.

Doctor came in and looked me over and he went and got me free samples for another antibiotic and such. So thankful he didn't charge me for the visit either. The only thing I paid for was the cough syrup (that tastes TERRIBLE) prescription. So now on round 2 of antibiotics, hoping this will knock it out.

So I have begun feeling a little better, not sure if its the old antibiotic kicking in or what. My voice is back, but I can't talk long or I will start coughing. LOL I have missed talking on the phone with all of my friends.

Oh get this, I could've had the flu to go with the sinus infection. He said it explains why I am not feeling well because antibiotics don't work on the flu and he also said they weren't giving them for the Swine Flu either. The people who have died have had another condition. A boy in Raleigh died of it had Leukemia. I swear they are trying to scare people into getting the damn shot, but I am staying away from it.

Anyways....thats it. I am off to climb into bed and watch some TV.

I hate being sick!!!

That little smiley just sums up the past few days. :(

It started on Saturday when Amanda and her boys were here. I was up during the night sick and then felt better after a shower. I had to be ok to play hostess and help chase after those 2 little boys. ;)

Sunday I had a sore throat, but thought it was from the drainage of my allergies. I felt fine, minus that. My mom said she had the samething.

Monday I woke up and my sore throat was 1000 times worse and it hurt to swallow. I didn't think I had a sinus infection, but had the beginning signs of how it typically comes on. Well I had no voice and was just miserable. Off to Urgent Care I went, well heck at 9:00 in the morning you would've thought there wouldn't be that many people there. HAH! Not! I didn't get done in there till after 11:00! Its my sinuses! Ugh!

Went to wal-mart to get the medicine and headed home. I slept most of yesterday and was up literally sick to my stomach. But today I am feeling a bit better, have my voice back some what. Just tired of being sick, and sick of feeling like crap! :(

That's it. Later

Thank God He Stood Up!

I began watching a show called "Surviving Twins & Sextuplets" where a couple has a set of twins and sextuplets. These kids were 8 of the cutest I had ever seen and was thrilled when the 6 turned 3 they were doing a show on TLC.

Well over the past 2 years, this show has gone koo-koo. The regular people you saw were now gone and reading online about how Kate Gosselin did this and that, and I blew it off as probably not being true. I had (have) enjoyed wathing these kids grow up

It started getting out of control if you ask me after the the accusations came out that Jon was cheating. I was sitting there like, how could that be? When they went to Hawaii to renew their vowels, was this just a hoax to get a family vacation?

As the new season came on , they did announce they were splitting. After reading about all of that, you started to see the true victims of it and also how crazy Kate has become. I didn't want to sit here and think that she would be this selfish for a moment, but that was coming out as something different.

To fast-forward a bit, I found out on TLC site that Kate's birthday was the same as mine and also my ex sis in law's has the same birthday. Well I was talking to my mom and I was like "What's the one thing Stephanie and Kate have in common?" My mom goes you all have the same birthday! I was like do NOT put me on the same page as those 2! I maybe an Aries, but nothing at all like them. I never thought there could be another one of my brother's ex, but guess what, there is!

So not too shocking to read in the paper yesterday that Jon has got a court order to have filming stopped. I can sit here and say I am glad he did this, because I am SICK of this show revolving around Kate and nothing but Kate! This show was suppose to be about the couple raising 2 sets of twins and to me its more about her. I heard the twins are in therapy, well no shock there. The sextuplets are already becoming norodic like their mom. Its like they need to sit down and FIX their kids and WORRY about THEIR KIDS and let the show go unless they can agree to the same terms. I think TLC taking Jon off the show will end it. I am NOT watching it come November...unless Jon and Kate can agree on what to do about it.

Thats my vent for the week!

I spent the day with 2 of the cutest kids alive!

This is Apple the horse with Colin and Brennan, my "nephew's" whose mom I'm friends with. Yes Colin is holding a pink purse, which belongs to Sadie.

On a spontaneous moment, I asked my friend Amanda to come over for a visit and of course bring her two beautiful boys with her. She got in the car and came. :) I was so thrilled.

Colin (3) and Brennan (1) are just sooooooo cute. Talking to them on the phone doesn't do them any justice. They are 21 months apart and they look like they could be twins.

So my friend Kate came over and we went out to breakfast all together. The place we ate at was wonderful! We then went to wal-mart and let the boys pick out a toy and Amanda got something for the baby on the way.

We then headed back here and the boys + Kate fell asleep in the car. Hoping they would take a nap (the boys) Amanda laid down with them and I went to relax myself. Well it didn't last that long, Colin got up looking for the dog! LOL

So we eventually went down on the golf cart and went to see Apple. I wanted to pick up an apple at the store and forgot. But she came up close to the fence and was very "social". Kate came over too and Colin went "I want my best friend to come see the best horse!" He and Brennan both bonded with Kate, especially Colin.

So after that we went to Kate's to go see the kitties, who went into hiding! So we sat out on the porch and chatted while of course the boys explored. Then we rushed back home to fix dinner and brownies for desert. I was going to help with getting a boys a bath, but Amanda wanted to get on the road. I felt bad for her having to leave, but the boys were really tired and it was better that they got home and slept in their own beds. ;)

So I'm exhausted!