So, here is some background on this YouTube video. My friend Edie, the famous traveling vet from the Keys, has won a chance (top ten online texas hold'em player) to invite two friends to make a video and possibly get to fly (expense free) and compete for some "real" BIG money!!! Why I got in on it??? Hey, I was invited and I can play pretty good!! Mia is a pro for sure and plays online a lot, as does Edie. I guess I best get started at some point, I'm good at in person play for sure, but should practice online I guess if she will need any advice from me.
They came after work to me meet me and we had a cocktail (can you tell?) and made this from a camera phone of Edie's... Pretty good, first take... LOL...
Watch the video, comment on us, and wish Edie GOOD LUCK!!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Вивальди "времена года" Лето-3часть
WOW. He's playing an excerpt from Vivaldi's Summer from the Four Seasons. Excellent.
The instrument is a Russian 'Bayan' Chromatic Accordion called a Jupiter Lux. It costs about $17,000 US fully-loaded.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Happy birthday, PopPop!
Even though PopPop will never see this, it's still fun to say Happy Birthday here. The D's and P's came over in time for most of the Patriot's game. Damcat made an excellent lasagna and we all pigged out bigtime! Queenee picked up a small cake and we sang Happy Birthday. Everyone was tired, so we called it a night early.
I had a great time in AR, C&S are fun people! I'll post about it (with photos) later in the week. For now, I'm hitting the hay!
I had a great time in AR, C&S are fun people! I'll post about it (with photos) later in the week. For now, I'm hitting the hay!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Sistah!!
I'll probably be on a plane when you read this, but I wanted to wish you a very happy Birthday! I hope you get a chance to relax and enjoy the day — at least it's not a work work day, though I know you have your hands full at home. Have a glass of wine and catch your breath!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
WABBIT
Have a wonderful visit this week, we hope for good traveling, safe journey. We know you'll be in good company from what you've told us, relax, sketch, chat, enjoy! We look forward to hearing all about your Southern escape! Hopefully business will take a back seat and this will be an early Bday present to yourself.
Miss P will have her day!
When is the final question.
Dr Thomas Sangiovanni, MD Orthopedic Foot / Ankle Surgeon Miami, FL, has submitted to Miss P's insurance a request for an overdue surgery that is needed. Her appointment with him was wonderful by all accounts. She has absolutely no cartilage in her ankle (which has practically fused itself these past years). The good news is that she was thought to only walk for a "few" years after her last surgery and she has lasted longer than that, although not pain free. She is a trooper in that department and the long awaited approval for the FDA approved ankle replacement has come just over 2 years ago and has proven remarkable in its results. This doctor not only has performed about 40 of them, he teaches the technique as well to other surgeons.
Miss P went to the office knowing she had all the factors against her; age the most significant. He informed her that no matter what factors were involved, she needed it now. We have found out that her insurance will cover 80 percent of the hospital costs. That is significant! She will need to be off her feet in a cast for approximately 6 weeks (weekly visits for check ups and recasts). Then another 6 weeks in a boot (more than half of those off her feet as well). Then after about 3 to 4 months in physical therapy for unknown time. All this resulting in her being able to walk normally (depending on degree of movement he can provide in the ankle) and without pain. A limp without pain is wonderful I'm sure, no dancing etc. and results may last up to 10 years depending on how it goes. Good news is that it can be "re-done". Bad news is that this will be the 3rd surgery on the ankle and that her heel is in bad shape and cannot be fixed, but the ankle is what is most needed. AND HE CAN FIX IT!!!!! Being the great/talented doctor that he is, he asked her to most certainly consult other ankle replacement surgeons and find the person who she feels most secure with and whom she feels would best fit her needs. She told him that she is MOST comfortable with him and his talents (he is the best around from what everyone has said) Baptist is a wonderful hospital and best rated. He would do the surgery at Doctors Hospital. So.................
The other patient is Mr. B.. He is recovering perfectly from what the doctors are telling him. He goes for follow -up again beginning of November. Vision is not improved and there is still some scarring preventing perfect clarity, but until the cornea fully heals they say that is normal. We wait. He is miserable. We wait.
Mr. L passed on the opportunity to travel as an ambassador with people to people in Australia to the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, the Outback with the Aborigine peoples. Flying isn't his thing, and money isn't ours! So it all worked out, but definitely a missed opportunity!
Mr. R.... hmmmmmmmm Mr. R.
Me, my knee is killing me, my eyes are hurting, my brain has melted, my wrinkles a bit deeper, and my true hair color a mystery.
Sorry for the long wait on this info...... I'm tired.... so tired.
We are scrambling.
Dr Thomas Sangiovanni, MD Orthopedic Foot / Ankle Surgeon Miami, FL, has submitted to Miss P's insurance a request for an overdue surgery that is needed. Her appointment with him was wonderful by all accounts. She has absolutely no cartilage in her ankle (which has practically fused itself these past years). The good news is that she was thought to only walk for a "few" years after her last surgery and she has lasted longer than that, although not pain free. She is a trooper in that department and the long awaited approval for the FDA approved ankle replacement has come just over 2 years ago and has proven remarkable in its results. This doctor not only has performed about 40 of them, he teaches the technique as well to other surgeons.
Miss P went to the office knowing she had all the factors against her; age the most significant. He informed her that no matter what factors were involved, she needed it now. We have found out that her insurance will cover 80 percent of the hospital costs. That is significant! She will need to be off her feet in a cast for approximately 6 weeks (weekly visits for check ups and recasts). Then another 6 weeks in a boot (more than half of those off her feet as well). Then after about 3 to 4 months in physical therapy for unknown time. All this resulting in her being able to walk normally (depending on degree of movement he can provide in the ankle) and without pain. A limp without pain is wonderful I'm sure, no dancing etc. and results may last up to 10 years depending on how it goes. Good news is that it can be "re-done". Bad news is that this will be the 3rd surgery on the ankle and that her heel is in bad shape and cannot be fixed, but the ankle is what is most needed. AND HE CAN FIX IT!!!!! Being the great/talented doctor that he is, he asked her to most certainly consult other ankle replacement surgeons and find the person who she feels most secure with and whom she feels would best fit her needs. She told him that she is MOST comfortable with him and his talents (he is the best around from what everyone has said) Baptist is a wonderful hospital and best rated. He would do the surgery at Doctors Hospital. So.................
The other patient is Mr. B.. He is recovering perfectly from what the doctors are telling him. He goes for follow -up again beginning of November. Vision is not improved and there is still some scarring preventing perfect clarity, but until the cornea fully heals they say that is normal. We wait. He is miserable. We wait.
Mr. L passed on the opportunity to travel as an ambassador with people to people in Australia to the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, the Outback with the Aborigine peoples. Flying isn't his thing, and money isn't ours! So it all worked out, but definitely a missed opportunity!
Mr. R.... hmmmmmmmm Mr. R.
Me, my knee is killing me, my eyes are hurting, my brain has melted, my wrinkles a bit deeper, and my true hair color a mystery.
Sorry for the long wait on this info...... I'm tired.... so tired.
We are scrambling.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
FOUR!!
There are FOUR foxes!! This is the first time I've seen four together, but it's possible there have been four all summer. In the beginning, I only ever saw one fox at a time, though at two times in an evening, which made me think there might be two. Eventually, I saw two together — hence, I began calling them the 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock foxes. Later in the summer, I saw three at the same time and was thrilled to think the pair had successfully raised a kit. Now, it seems, what I was actually seeing may have been one adult with two kits, because tonight I saw four foxes. One is fairly large, which should be the female. One is a bit smaller, and the final two are smaller still. It looks like we have a family of four!
They come earlier in the evening these days, as the daylight leaves earlier. For now, I can get food out by 6:30pm and be safe, but I'm having to move my time table up. Soon I'll be leaving them leftovers from the previous night at 4:30pm, instead of fresh leftovers like I'm giving them now.
I'm trying to get them used to eating under the deck. They are less than pleased about this now, but come winter it will be a useful habit. Meanwhile, they *do* eat what I put out (they much prefer their dog food mixed with something tasty and wet), and they race around the yard like crazy beasts having a wonderful time.
If I'm right about this being a pair with two youngsters, they'll stay together through the winter. In the spring, the kits will move out and be on their own, but hopefully the adult pair, having established themselves, will stay.
And as I'm writing this, I can hear a Great Horned Owl hooting from somewhere down toward the pond.
They come earlier in the evening these days, as the daylight leaves earlier. For now, I can get food out by 6:30pm and be safe, but I'm having to move my time table up. Soon I'll be leaving them leftovers from the previous night at 4:30pm, instead of fresh leftovers like I'm giving them now.
I'm trying to get them used to eating under the deck. They are less than pleased about this now, but come winter it will be a useful habit. Meanwhile, they *do* eat what I put out (they much prefer their dog food mixed with something tasty and wet), and they race around the yard like crazy beasts having a wonderful time.
If I'm right about this being a pair with two youngsters, they'll stay together through the winter. In the spring, the kits will move out and be on their own, but hopefully the adult pair, having established themselves, will stay.
And as I'm writing this, I can hear a Great Horned Owl hooting from somewhere down toward the pond.
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