I forgot to let everyone know that Scout is doing fine! He's back to his loud, demanding, meowing self. Except he's missing a few things :-) His bad eye seems lazier though...weird. On the sheet from the vet it showed that he weighed in at 6.3 pounds! What a hoss! When we found him he was just at 1 pound.
Anyways, he's up to date on all his shots and happy as can be. I was even able to switch back to the regular litter today. Thank goodness!
What used to be known as The Wonderful World of Shan is now The Wonderful Life of Miss Ali Vi and family.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sand Ceremony
During the ceremony, JM and I are going to use the sand instead of the unity candle. Mainly, because I like the idea of it better. I'm not losing my past, I'm just merging my life with his. (Plus, the colored sands are pretty!) Then, the more I thought about it, I realized that the ceremony is outside. What if there's a breeze or it's windy??? Then the unity candle will blow out and that CANNOT be a good omen for the marriage. I don't usually pay too much attention to signs...but that one would be obvious!
Anyways, I'm trying to decide which 'sand ceremony' kit to get. Here are my options:
On this one, I liked the nesting unity sand vases (because you could use the vases later on), and the 'new oceans away'.
http://www.makingmemoriesandmore.net/sandceremony
This one I don't really like the vases, but they have a wider variety of sand.
http://www.moonglowcandles.net/wedding_sand.htm
This was kind of neat because we could each have our inital on our vase.
http://www.daisy-days.com/decanter-unity-sand-ceremony-set.html
Let me know if you have any grand ideas!
Anyways, I'm trying to decide which 'sand ceremony' kit to get. Here are my options:
On this one, I liked the nesting unity sand vases (because you could use the vases later on), and the 'new oceans away'.
http://www.makingmemoriesandmore.net/sandceremony
This one I don't really like the vases, but they have a wider variety of sand.
http://www.moonglowcandles.net/wedding_sand.htm
This was kind of neat because we could each have our inital on our vase.
http://www.daisy-days.com/decanter-unity-sand-ceremony-set.html
Let me know if you have any grand ideas!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Tuxes, dresses,and cakes, oh my!
Well, we're another step closer to being prepared for the wedding. We emailed all the guys today and let them know the tuxes we picked out. We got them through A Step Above Bridal, which is where my dress is from. The guys will all wear black notch lapel tuxes and french vanilla shirts. The dads will have black ties and vests while JM will have an ivory vest and white and ivory striped tie. The groomsmen will have chocolate brown vests and chocolate brown and black striped ties.
This is the tux and JM's ensemble...
Then this is the swatch for the groomsmen's...
My dress came in last week so Mom, Lynds and I went over on Saturday morning and I put on the whole she-bang. It's still wonderful! And I still need to name the dress!!! For those of you who don't know, the first one who buys one of Antonio Fermin's designs gets to name it! This is a MUCH harder task then I had imagined. So much stress!!! I would love to name it 'The Shannon', or after seeing myself on Saturday, 'Princess Shannon'. But, my mom used Grandma Haines's inheritance money to pay for it, so I feel I should pay tribute to her somehow. 'Elaine's Love' (Connie's idea) or something of the sort. Anyone have any suggestions?!? Maybe I'll make it a contest...whoever comes up with the name I use wins something. Hmmm...I don't really have any prizes!
This is the tux and JM's ensemble...
Then this is the swatch for the groomsmen's...My dress came in last week so Mom, Lynds and I went over on Saturday morning and I put on the whole she-bang. It's still wonderful! And I still need to name the dress!!! For those of you who don't know, the first one who buys one of Antonio Fermin's designs gets to name it! This is a MUCH harder task then I had imagined. So much stress!!! I would love to name it 'The Shannon', or after seeing myself on Saturday, 'Princess Shannon'. But, my mom used Grandma Haines's inheritance money to pay for it, so I feel I should pay tribute to her somehow. 'Elaine's Love' (Connie's idea) or something of the sort. Anyone have any suggestions?!? Maybe I'll make it a contest...whoever comes up with the name I use wins something. Hmmm...I don't really have any prizes!We also decided on a cake. Ritz Charles will be bringing the cake as well as the food. They won out pretty much solely on price. I was amazed at how good of a deal they gave us. Anyways, it will be the 'Ritz Buttercream' frosting, yellow cake and chocolate truffle filling. This is what it will look like (minus the flowery thing). The main color will be more of a lime green and then the borders will still be chocolate brown.
We still have to decide on a cake topper. No clue what to do about that. We may just go with a big 'L'. How creative!
Our engagement photo session is in a couple of weeks and will be done by our photographer, Erin Hession. We had been planning on having it downtown on the canal (with Kodi, of course), but a friend of mine did hers at the Oliver Winery and the pictures turned out amazing!!! I emailed Erin today to see if that was an option. Also, it's my last name, and we're going to a winery for the honeymoon, so how fitting!
I think I need to hit the hay now. I'm not working tomorrow except for a class at 3, but I'm hoping to check out a couple of places and find out about bridesmaids dresses. Less than 10 weeks now...need to get my butt in gear!
I'll blog later about the honeymoon, rings, and hopefully other things that have been accomplished!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Balls & Claws
Scout (the recently rescued kitten) finally reached the weight to get declawed! Yay for my furniture!!! And for my hands and arms which are constantly scratched up!!! We decided while he was sedated, we might as well get him neutered. Although we felt bad...the poor little guy was going to wake up missing a few things he loved dearly!
This was him the night before surgery playing at my mom's house.
Here is one of the claws that I'm NOT going to miss!
and I was attempting to get a picture of the other 'items' he was going to lose. Murray's laughing at us.
JM picked him up this afternoon from the vet. (The vet requires them to spend at least one night there after the surgery for observation). When he went to get Scout out of his carrier, his paws were bleeding. He had to take him back to the vet and they're going to keep him for at least one more night. The vet said it wasn't a big deal, the wounds had just opened. I feel bad though!!!
I don't think Boo and Kodi are missing him too much. Boo slept on the bed...Kodi's not being batted at. Hopefully he'll be back tomorrow to tourment the others!
This was him the night before surgery playing at my mom's house.
Here is one of the claws that I'm NOT going to miss!
and I was attempting to get a picture of the other 'items' he was going to lose. Murray's laughing at us.
JM picked him up this afternoon from the vet. (The vet requires them to spend at least one night there after the surgery for observation). When he went to get Scout out of his carrier, his paws were bleeding. He had to take him back to the vet and they're going to keep him for at least one more night. The vet said it wasn't a big deal, the wounds had just opened. I feel bad though!!!I don't think Boo and Kodi are missing him too much. Boo slept on the bed...Kodi's not being batted at. Hopefully he'll be back tomorrow to tourment the others!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Government Stats Shed Light on Respiratory Hospitalizations
July 9, 2008
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has just released new statistics on hospitalizations, and the data show respiratory conditions continue to top the list.
In 2006, pneumonia was second only to childbirth as the most common reason for hospitalization, accounting for 1.2 million admissions and ringing up a bill of $10 billion. Other conditions making the top 10 list were: hardening of the arteries, congestive heart failure, chest pain, injuries to the mother during birth, other complications of labor and delivery, heart rhythm problems, osteoarthritis, and heart attack.
COPD ranks number 15 on the hospitalization list, and asthma comes in at number 26. Respiratory failure follows at number 27.
Data on pediatric hospitalizations suggest respiratory conditions make up a large percentage of admissions, with pneumonia coming in at number 2, acute bronchitis at number 3, and asthma at number 4.
On the list of procedures, “respiratory intubation, mechanical ventilation” ranks number 5.
You can search for respiratory-specific statistics in the AHRQ database by going to the agency’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project web site. To view tables on the most common reasons for hospitalization nationally or in your state, click on the “Quick National or State Statistics” tab.
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has just released new statistics on hospitalizations, and the data show respiratory conditions continue to top the list.
In 2006, pneumonia was second only to childbirth as the most common reason for hospitalization, accounting for 1.2 million admissions and ringing up a bill of $10 billion. Other conditions making the top 10 list were: hardening of the arteries, congestive heart failure, chest pain, injuries to the mother during birth, other complications of labor and delivery, heart rhythm problems, osteoarthritis, and heart attack.
COPD ranks number 15 on the hospitalization list, and asthma comes in at number 26. Respiratory failure follows at number 27.
Data on pediatric hospitalizations suggest respiratory conditions make up a large percentage of admissions, with pneumonia coming in at number 2, acute bronchitis at number 3, and asthma at number 4.
On the list of procedures, “respiratory intubation, mechanical ventilation” ranks number 5.
You can search for respiratory-specific statistics in the AHRQ database by going to the agency’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project web site. To view tables on the most common reasons for hospitalization nationally or in your state, click on the “Quick National or State Statistics” tab.
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