Well.....it's finally happening.....

They are selling off my gowns.

It's all over the news stations today. Michelle's Sweetpeas inventory is being sold off for the benefit of Hinds Hospice. Click on the link above, and see some of the beautiful gowns that will be available for no more than $150.

Valentino, Escada, Badgley Mischka, Prada....runway gowns that still have their tags on.....valued up to $6,000 per gown.....for $150. Makes me want to cry thinking bout how much it cost for me to put them in my store, once upon a time.....

So, the question is, to attend, or not to attend?

I am torn.

My work for daddy...

I spent the day with my daddy today, and took a couple of pictures for those of you who are following his journey. Last night when I told him that a medical team would need to fly with him, due to his frailness, he became VERY apprehensive and pulled back from the whole process. I told him to thin about it and pray about it overnight. When I went to visit with him today, he was telling friends who were calling, that it "looks like (his) family will be shipping him off to Minnesota". Anyone who heard, was pleased by the news. I think it's starting to settle in comfortably enough that he's accepting it.

I just got an email from Hinds Hospice. I Vigil Volunteer for them, and they were the recipients of the over 600 couture gowns that I had in my inventory when I closed my doors in 2007. They had tried selling a few of the gowns in the past, and had not been very successful. Well, I guess they have a large guild here in town who will be holding several charity auctions fr the hospice, using my gowns. They were on the morning news (I wish I would have known), and the reporter bought a gown on the SPOT! They will be doing another plug tomorrow on TV, and talking about me and the gowns, and how they came into the hospices' hands. I can't WAIT for them to SELL, SELL, SELL!!! I am so excited that they may have found a TRUE group that can raise some healthy funds for the hospice! I am sure that which ever TV station it is on, they will have an Internet link. If I can find it, I will post it here s that everyone can see and enjoy!

I am off to have a battle/meeting with Dayna's cheer leading coaches. *sigh* Never a dull moment around here!

ANSWERED PRAYER!!

Well.....in less than 36 hours of posting a site for my dad on Facebook, we have all we need to get into the Mayo Clinic in Roschester, Minnesota. Now, it's "prep" time for my dad, who was actually dumbfounded that this came together so quickly. He's a little worried about transporting, but it sounds like he will have several family members, and most likely a medical transport team assisting him through the flight(s).

Please pray that we sweep him off his feet and just get him to the Clinic with as little static from his insurance companies as possible. Sounds like besides his hesitancy/fear, the insurance stands to be a major obsticle we get to overcome. I am sure that all will come together!

Again....I simply cannot thank you all enough!!

URGENT PLEA FOR MY DAD

I have been busily creating a Facebook page for my father,who is dying of an unknown cause....rapidly. I just want to cut and paste the description of the group here. I am reaching out to my blog community that might not be set up with me on FB, and to any others who might stumble upon this blog, in search of hope.

Thank you, for any and all help and prayers that you reading this, may give him.


Ok...I'm in the process of getting some info and pictures together in regards to my father, and his terribly failing health. He is 6'1", and as of today (3/16/09) weighs in at a whopping 110 pounds. He has been run through the test gammut LOCALLY, and needs some MAJOR intervention OUTSIDE of our local community. I need some connections who are willing/wanting to get him to the right place/people, and in short order. He is losing about a pound a week, and there's no way he will be lasting very long at that rate.I am making a DESPERATE plea to try and spread the word through friends and family, who have connections in MANY different arenas: medical, media....ANYTHING that can help get his case some MAJOR attention. He eats well, and regulalry, and is losing weight (and almost all of his muscle now) rapidly.I will NOT be asking for any money. All I am asking is that you read through the updates, sign up, and pass this along to your friends and family. I KNOW that God will provide assistance....but, I am having to hit the pavement HARD to find help.Let me thank you, in advance, from the very bottom of my heart. He's only 59, and has 5 grand-daughters that are depending on having him around for awhile longer....I love and appreciate you ALL for helping me out.Feel free to ask questions, and like I said earlier, I will post pictures of "before" and "present".

~M~

Getting older...

Well, that will be me tomorrow. The hospital calls me today to give me the time. I gotta admit, after seeing this picture, I got a little sick. I've been doing fine....not anxious or anything. But, this pic ain't very becoming, if you know what I mean. At least I have one of the finest orthopaedic surgeons in the country, if not the world. I feel very fortunate.

So, if you don't already know what's going on....my left shoulder has "issues". The doc will be doing three (3) things: repairing/sewing a torn tendon at the tip of the shoulder.....filing down a bone spur somewhere in the same location....and draining an engorged bursa that is not responding to cortisone shots. The only things I am worrying about are getting the IV (which is ALWAYS an issue for me) and the fact that they have to put me in a Vancomyacin drip during surgery, due to my MRSA susceptibility. I've had it once a year now, for two years. I have a low tolerance for Vanco, so I am REALLY putting myself in the trust of someones hands, to a drug I know I am allergic to.... Kinda scary.

Send up a little prayer for me, if you would. I could use it.

I'll possibly find out tomorrow when I start physical therapy. They might not give me a date until we discover how intense the surgery was.

Well.....I'm off to lay in bed and toss and turn.

Cuttin' it up!!

Remember my previous posts about ice massages, e-stem, and cortisone shots on my shoulder?

Welllll.....here's the skinny:

Since September, my left shoulder has been hurting. I went in October to my doc, and was told it was time for my yearly cortizone shot, as appearantly my bursitis was flaring up again. I passed on the offer, as the last time he had to give me three shots in one visit. Told him I would come back when I just couldn't move my arm. He laughed and said, "I'll see you in two weeks". I didn't go back in "two weeks".

Well, it kept getting worse. I went back, mid-January. He gave me one shot in the bursa, and it worked for 2 1/2 days, then started aching again. My physical therapist told me that I should go back and ask him for an MRI. He took an x-ray and it came back negative, so he set up an appointment for a MRI. I called for the results today, and the nurse was just printing out the results: I have a torn rotator cuff and need surgery. She said the doctor will be reviewing the report and refering me to an orthopaedic surgeon.

I was just getting ready to plan a trip to Disneyland because my youngest daughter qualified for Cheerleading Nationals there at the end of March. Also, I have a Mexico mission trip coming up on April 3rd. So....I shall wait to see when I get my O.S. appointment, and when he decides to schedule surgery.

I'm bummed....yet glad that they know what the cause of the pain is. Just wasn't prepared for "surgery" to be what came out of all of this....

Ahhhh, memories....

I've gone from THIS.....



....to THIS.....

I've spent the last two days digging through old photos (and some newer ones), in order to scan them and upload them to my Facebook account. I've had some fun at my own expense....and at the expense of some of my childhood and high school friends....lol All in all, it's been a fabulous trip down Memory Lane....and, I'm just getting started. This is kinda of my own way of "scrapbooking" or journaling my life. And, I'm having a blast doing it!

In the middle of doing all of this, I am trying to finish up month end paperwork for Dean, run the household, write and negotiate FOR my writing, and plan our 25th high school reunion (which looks like it will be a BLAST!!).

I hope that YOU will take the time to go down YOUR Memory Lane. You never know what trinkets you may find. I found a poem that was written on lined paper (looked like a rough draft that I never received). It was from my beloved grandma, who passed away 2 days after Dayna was born. She wrote it to me, about me, and for my 21st birthday. If I get some time, I just might rewrite it here for one of my blogs.

Right now, though.....I gotta run and play taxi not only for my girls, but for my mom and sister.

Hope to catch you all later!!

~M~