The muse is upon me . I'm making this up as I go, so it might suck but then again who knows.
Upon the clouds that drift up high
Soaring with upon the eagle's sigh
When the sun shines upon the earth
You will find me on the hearth
If you wonder what the future holds
Then you could miss beauty untold
For the present is full of love
And the future may be spent above
Why do you pull away and weep
When there's so much love to keep
If you will open your eyes and look
Following the advice of a friend on this site I went searching the web for TBI support sites. For those who don't know TBI stands for Traumatic Brain Injury, which I suffored 25 years ago.
I found a few and scanned their message boards and decided that it would be redundant to join them. The only differences between those sites and this one is that TBI is used in place of stroke, and I'd be classified as a survivor instead of a caregiver.
So instead of reading and posting the same th
This is going to be a real shocker for those who haven't heard of mine and Kathy's history. I'm not going to tell all, but highlight.
2 summers ago me and Kathy seperated for about 3 months. I just couldn't stand being around her anymore. She has some major personality flaws that kept me in a perpetual state of being *beep* off. I know no is perfect, but like I said I'm highlighting not going into depth.
We got back together with the agreement that we'd try to work on the flaws we
A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a Sheriff's Deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the Deputy because he is sure that he has a better education. He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the deputy's expense...Deputy says, "License and registration, please." Lawyer says, "What for?" Deputy says, "You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign .." Lawyer says, "I slowed down, and no one was coming." Deputy says, "You still didn't come to a complete stop. L
In accordance to the current blog theme on love, and because I have some twisted friends that send me hysterical emails here is the latest for the humor section of my blog.
Love Lines?
I thought that I could love no other.
Until, that is, I met your brother.
Roses are red, violets are blue,
sugar is sweet and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,
the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
Of loving beauty you float with grace.
If only you cou
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman ha
Here I am eating cold Chef Boyardee Sphegetti and Meatballs straight from the can, sipping on a tall glass of Hawaian Punch Light, wondering if this sinus headache will go away soon, and bored enough that I decided to blog about it.
Have a great 4th
Michael
This is an extension of my previous post.
The lightbulb moment for me happened a couple of weeks ago. I've been reading the board and saying to myself "Yeah, that sucks.... I have that.... I remember when I was going through that...." Ok, so did I have a stroke and not know about it?!? I sat for a while and thought back to when my problems had started. In fact they have shown some signs of getting worse over the past couple of years, but they really started right after the accident.
I've mentioned this to a few people, but decided to blog it to let everyone know.
When I was 3 years old I had a bad accident. I fell between the railing of our basement steps and hit my head on our stereo stand. the result was a fractured skull and brain damage from trauma.
The results were speach therapy sessions until I was 15. I had to learn to slow down and think out my words. I still sometimes have problems with combining words, stumbling over words, or leaving words out alt
Yesterday was a turbulent time, and it hasn't fully rested yet . I decided to post a little history trivia as a retrospect.
I came close to leaving this site once because of a very insinsitive (sp?) remark that was made to me. I will not give a name or details out on this subject to protect the guilty.
When you have an organization this large there will be stress and sometimes turmoil. It's unavoidable, but in the same respect there's something worse that has brought us together
I know there's a unofficial challenge to keep our blogs off the dreaded second page. I have to wonder if I'm the only one that takes the competition to another level. Here are the top 5 blog leaders for those who haven't or thought of looking.
Number of entries:
1) Janice w/ 101
2) Jean w/ 100
3) Michael aka ME! w/ 96
4) Asha w/ 81
5) Ronda w/ 79
Number of views:
1) Jean w/ 3148
2) Pam w/ 1158
3) Kim w/ 1149
4) Michael aka ME! w/ 1078
5) Janice w/ 1036
Number
I really don't have anything to blog about today, but I can't sleep and decided to post something, so here is a progression of my avatars since joining.
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And the only one I've designed for someone else so far was for Kim.
After reading Jean's blog tonight I got to thinking about songs and how they changed post-stroke.
I wish I could credit the artists, but I know songs and not artist names.
The song that makes me cry now everytime I hear it is Another Day in Paradise. I used to like listening to that song, now everytime I hear it I have to stop what I'm doing until the waterworks finally stop.
Other songs that used to almost make me cry, and now do make me cry are;
Christmas Shoes and Don't Take
I'm waiting on a client to call and decided to take a quick stroll down memory lane. I found my newbie introduction, and can't believe that was really me typing that. http://www.strokeboard.net/index.php?showtopic=2456&hl=
I can remember facts about the first few weeks of Kathy's stroke, but most of the emotions are muddled. It's like during that time my body went into survival mode and decided to cut out segments of what was taking place.
I know that during the early stages of bei
In keeping with the current theme...
Hope I can pick out just 50.
1) Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope
2) Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
3) Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi
(episode I and II would have made the list if it wasn't for Jar Jar Binks)
4) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5) Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
6) Monty Python and the Life of Brian
7) Blazing Sadles
8) Young Frankenstein
9) Space Balls
10) Robin Hood, Men in Tights
11)
It's Thursday, and all aint well.
I got all but 13 locks finished on the master key job. And now I have to help dad start a 35 lock masterkey job as soon as I'm done, since I'm homebound next week until Kathy starts Active Day Care.
Got home and found a not taped to my door. Today is going to be my landlord's first inspection. I'm still living out of boxes, and now I have to make sure the place is presentable?!?!?!? Not to mention that I still have to find time to do all the grocer
I want to say thanks to everyone who already has sent me input on the database I'm working on. I just posted the latest version to the web.
In addition to blood glucose monitoring, the database now can print out customizable meal charts based on general calorie and personal dietary needs.
It basically tells you for your needs you should consume X servings of X type of foods, and also includes a chart of what constitutes a serving in each group.
Next update, I'm going to try to inclu
After a bought of wondering if I should post this on the board or just my blog, I decided on just my blog until it is finished.
I've been looking over all the charts and records I have to start keeping for Kathy and decided to brush off my programming skills. I've designed several Corporate level databases in the past, but come to realize programming is a skill that if you don't use it, you'll defently loose it, so I'm starting from scratch relearning how to program.
Anyways, the reas
I just wanted to post a note to all the friends I've made on Strokenet, both known and unknown. The new apartment I'm moving too is cleaned and ready for me. So over the next week starting tomorrow when I'm not working I'm going to be packing and moving. Also, who knows how long it will take the phone company to get me a new number set up. I'm on a county extension right now, and I'm going to be moving into the city.
If you don't see me for a bit, I'm fine and Kathy is fine. I'm just p
A joke a friend sent me long ago. Once again with old friends that author is unknown
I hereby tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a l
Anyone reading my previous blog entry knows that I've had a long day. Currently I'm mentally and physically exhausted, but too tired to sleep. So I'm going to just start writing for my therapy. You're welcome of course to come along for the ride.
In Native American legend there is the legend of the eagle. Eagles when reaching the end of their lives would fly up to the sun. When they got to close their feathers would burst into flames. An eagle would then dive into a river to douse th
WOW! It's amazing what you find when you start packing to move. I have a bad habit of being a pack rat, and I've decided to start a throwing away party this move.
I found an old journal I kept when I was 15-17 years of age. Most of it is "what the heck was I thinking?". This one caught my eye though. It's a song that I wrote the lyrics for and a friend of mine put to guitar. I wish I could remember his name now, but it escapes me.
I am Me (You are You)
Lyrics by: Michael T.
After all the looking and calling I've finally found a new apartment
This whole fiasco started 3 months ago when the road commision stopped by to inform us that the state was expanding our road to make it a bypass. Of course, I had to live on the side they were expanding. I had a few places in the works when Kathy had her stroke. Well I had to let them go, because I didn't care about following up at that time. Then I had to add the worry of finding something accessable just in case Ka
I've had it with whole Chio ordeal! I'm posting this in my blog instead of on the thread, because on my bolg I can vent to my heart's content.
This whole thing has gone on long enough and raised enough media attention, it is time to stop it! I'm tired of watching the news and seeing Chio day ## without a feeding tube....and a 1000something are dead and a few more 1000something homeless after an earthquake hit somewhere...
Because of one families ordeal the rest of the world has to ta
