Are you kidding me?

I just heard on the news that there is a government task force that says that women should not start having mammograms until they are 50. They also stated that women should not perform self breast exams. They claim that there is no proof that either of these methods are saving lives. Have they lost their minds? If my mother had not had a mammogram when she did, she could have DIED from her breast cancer. It would not have been found for a couple of years and by then it may have been too late.

They claim that the women getting screened for cancer before age 50 are causing false alarms and too many unneeded biopsies. I say that it's better to be safe than sorry. I mean this is life and death that we are talking about. I am so mad right now. How many stories did we read last month of women younger than 50 that were diagnosed with breast cancer? How many of them would have died had these new "guidelines" been in place?

I hope that every woman out there does not listen to this advice. Continue your self breast exams. Continue getting your mammograms. Continue LIVING!

Do you think women should stop doing self exams and having mammograms before 50?

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I'm a Farmer. He's a runner. You're a winner. There's more.....

For those of you that have been kind enough to friend me on facebook, then you might know what I'm talking about....
Yes, that's it. FARMVILLE.  I farm online because I am as close to being a real farmer as I am to becoming a man. I am totally addicted. I find myself "farming" at all hours of the day and night. I have even set my phone to remind me to harvest my crops. Well, what do you expect? They WILL wilt if I don't harvest them in time. DUH! Most of the people on my friends list are farmers too, and it's great when they "find" some sad animal on their farm that I can adopt. I seriously get excited and rush to adopt hoping that someone else hasn't already given the animal a home. This month, people are finding Turkeys, and I'm hoping that we get reindeer next month. I even have my daughter addicted to the game. The first thing she wants to do when she wakes up is watch mommy farm. Where's the 12 step meetings when I need them?

Now I know that there are certain people out there that despise Farmville. All I can say is, if you can't beat 'em you should join 'em. You never know, you may become addicted too!

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Andrew will be coming home today for the first time since his escapade and I have yet to figure out exactly what I am going to do or say about the situation. He left our house on Thursday night, and ended up at school on Friday. Thankfully his friends were kind enough to message me as soon as they saw that he was at school. I knew that if he came directly home from school on Friday that it would turn into another argument because I was still angry and there was a possibility of him taking off again. I had been in contact with one of his friends father's who Andrew has deep respect for, and when he volunteered to pick Andrew up and let him stay the weekend at his house I immediately said yes. I figured that this would give us all time to cool down and hopefully provide Andrew with an opportunity to talk to an adult that is not a part of the situation. We will see how this one turns out.....

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I have WINNERS!
Here are the 12 winners for the Giveaway Extravaganza.
I was going to announce them by video, but my batteries died halfway into it :(

See, I paused it so I could cut the names up and get Amber, but it was dead by the time I came back. 2 other sets of batteries were tried with no luck so I used www.psychicscience.org to pick 12 random numbers for me.

Eyeglass Chain    14        Carma
Fight Like a Girl    20        Carma
Angel Cell Phone Charm    37        Naddez
Dragonflies & Birds    2        Rebecca Smith
Pink Floral    15        Carma
Owl Gift Bags    25        michellesmall1
Cupcake Tags    35        Kelly
Memories Journaling    10        Tanya
Think Pink Cards    12        Tanya
Heart Cards    23        michellesmall1
Pendant    13        Carma
Checkbook Set    26        michellesmall1

Congratulations everyone! I will be sending out personal emails to all of the winners later today!

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Randomness;

Don't know if you noticed, but I gave my blog a Thanksgiving facelift. I kinda like it.

I have updated my blogroll and also added a section called the players. You can find both of these at the top of my blog. Please check them out :)  I have been horrible about checking blogs lately, but I have cleared my reader and am starting fresh. So, be on the lookout for me in your comments section. I won't mind at all if you comment on my posts either.

I will be cooking my first Christmas dinner for the entire family this year. If you have any tips/suggestions or recipes to share, please send them over!

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Andrew update

He's safe and sound.

Will write more later, lots to do today. And YES, I do realize I have totally slacked on blog posts and on announcing the winners of the last giveaway. Anyone wanna give me a "You suck" award?

I promise to post again later today and will have the winners!

Here I Sit

So I'm sitting here in the garage talking to Keith as if it's a normal night. As if he has just come home from work and we are discussing his day. Instead, we are discussing what we should do when Andrew walks through the front door. We aren't sure whether we should hug him or knock the shit out of him. You see, he ran away this evening. It's been 3 hours and 17 minutes since he said " Fuck you, bitch" and walked out the door. He's doing exactly what I did at 14 and it scares the shit out of me. He has so much going for him and yet he continues to make the same mistakes that I made.

Hey Mom, now I know how I made you feel. I am REALLY sorry!

I've driven around the neighborhood and called everyone I could think of. Now here I sit. Worrying.

Wedding Woo Woos

We went to a wedding last night. Not just any wedding, but my son's father's wedding. I know that some people found it a little strange that we were invited, and even stranger that we were going to attend. But, why shouldn't we? We are like one big discombobulated family now. Tony & Paula have actually been married for 8 years (I think) but were unable to have a real wedding when they got married. The plan was for them to have their wedding a year later, but life has a way of changing things. It was very important to Paula that she be married in church in front of GOD, and this was the reason for their wedding last night. It was a beautiful ceremony that started off at a Catholic church in Tarpon Springs.

All 4 of Tony's sons were "in" the wedding and looked great in their tuxedo's. I literally teared up when I saw Andrew in his tux. He looked so HANDSOME!

After the ceremony we headed to....shit I forgot where the reception was. Anyway, we headed to the reception hall (at some fancy country club) where we proceeded, to eat, drink, and dance the night away. The food was great and the drinks kept coming. I started off by drinking white russians, but shortly into the night Tony's sisters talked me into trying a Woo Woo. Regular woo woos consist of vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice. (ours had sour apple pucker too) and they were so good. If you drink these, beware! They will sneak up on you. I'm not sure how many woo woo's I consumed, but boy was I feeling it by the time we left.

The entire evening was a success! Here's to many more years of happiness for Tony & Paula!