World's Greatest McDonald's Ad

This is too funny!

Going to CROP

While everyone in Louisiana is all abuzz with Hurricane Gustav and/or LSU football, I am thrilled by neither. I'm sure if the game ends up being televised we will have it on in the background. WD is planning a gathering for guys from his work... I'm surprised they still want to come with the traffic being as horrific around here at it has been (well we shall see just how many still show up). In any event, I'm going to scrapbook tonight. I'm sure we'll talk about the coming hurricane and LSU sports, but I can handle it while scrapbooking ;-)

Here's a fun website a friend shared with me (I've always wanted to live in the 1950's):
Yearbook Yourself

School Starts Again

I'm gearing up for another semester of school. I love school, but I'm actually worn out lately. I think my summer classes nearly killed me (although I proudly earned two A's), so hopefully this semester will be more enjoyable.
I got Erin & Dylan back into school... I can't believe she's in 7th grade and he's in 4th! I have to brag on Erin... she just brought home a note that asked for a parent to be at the school Thursday to stand in with her for a picture for the newspaper. She is some sort of school representative for the PBS program. No, it's not our old Parkview Baptist School acronym, but I believe it stands for Positive Behavior Support. It's a motivational behavior plan that seems to be very effective. The kids earn "bucks" when they are caught doing something good. These bucks are used to buy fun and unusual rewards. I wish I had used this type of behavior management program when I was in the classroom!

Another Great Song

Since WD got my satellite radio set up in my car, I have enjoyed getting the names of songs and artists when I particularly like a song. This one came across the other day... I had not heard of the artist (33 Miles) nor the song (One Life to Love), but it was moving:

Medical Update & a Little Humor, Too

So sorry it's been a while since I've posted... many of my great friends and family have been emailing or calling me for a medical update. Not much has changed, but I'm alive and kicking ;-)

We went to cardiologist's office to spend over 4 hours while they ran various tests. Did the TTT and fainted about 20 minutes into it. My blood pressure plummeted, so they laid me down and got my vitals stable. Then they put me on a treadmill (topless I might add... I know that's a hilarious vision in your mind... my massive "girls" bouncing around the multi-wire leash they had me hooked up to while I briskly walked on the treadmill. Talk about self-conscious!). Anyway, they did an ultrasound on my heart and found nothing wrong with it. Surprise, surprise... the cardiologist doesn't know anything either. He suspects some medicines that the other doctors had me on may be the culprit of my bizarre symptoms. He ordered me off the medications and onto a handful of vitamins and daily exercise. I'm walking everyday around the top 3 floors of my office building, but I don't last too long until I get the lightheadedness/faint feeling. I'm still going to do it.... my philosophy is if simply walking causes my symptoms then I am going to walk until the symptoms are severe enough to incapacitate me. Thanks for all the prayers, calls, & emails. I'll try to post more often... and hopefully about a brighter subject than my health! Here's a funny picture for you... I cracked up laughing (I can hear WD now, "It doesn't take much does it?"):