Thanks everyone for your thoughts, prayers, and crossed fingers! Every bit of it helped.
Don’t know about the biopsy yet. Hope to know the results on Wednesday. That was wild. They rolled me up into a fat little ball, and ran me back and forth thru a donut insisting that I hold my breath. When they got tired of that, out came this long needle…. It was not a pretty picture. But they gave me lots of DRUGS. I kept asking for Mohitos… but they ran out of those.
While I was resting after all that, they decided I had too many heart beats, could be having a heart attack. Sooooo, we did that the rest of the day, into the night. I decided against the heart attack. Just didn’t have time for that. So they found some meds to get rid of the extra heart beats (for Valentines Day) and threw me out this morning. Just when I was making all those new friends.
Everyone at St. Marks Hospital in LaGrange, Texas are the best. Everyone was so kind, and professional. I felt very well taken care of. They deserve gold stars! Gotta make those people some cookies.
Thanks again for your good thoughts and prayers. A big hug to all of ya’ll. I’ll be back Wednesday if I find out about the biopsy. xoxoxo PJ
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Oh, my… where to begin. Well, I’m not doing any art. The ASTHMA MONSTER is still with me. Alive and well. All I think about is doing art, but I’m staying at my Hero friend’s house. That means no studio, no art supplies. But he has the prettiest cats I’ve ever seen. They are gorgeous. No, the cat hair doesn’t bother me.
And Herbert is loving the cats. Except, they don’t love him. Then there’s Ms Daisy. A CHug? Let’s just say she has lots of skin, and snorts. Herbert’s in love, she’s not. But they’re kinda dating. She snaps at him every so often. It’s getting funny.
Friday I’m going to have a biopsy done on a spot on my lung. Got my fingers crossed that it’s scar tissue from this nasty Asthma Monster. Can’t be from dancing on tables, cause I gave that up years ago. :D So I’ve prayed to just about everybody I can think of, and thrown enough Kosher salt over my shoulder….
So how was your week? It’s rainy here, cold. I don’t care. My friend has the most comfortable snuggly home. Just kinda wraps itself around you. Thank God for friends. xo PJ
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Yes, I am bored. But Herbert agreed to help me out. I’m looking for a second job. He suggested massage therapist. Only working on dogs. He’s picky like that. See what you think. We didn’t edit much. What you see is what ya get. Maybe it’ll give ya a giggle…. xoxo
PJ and Herbert on YouTube
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Being an artist never ends and you can never really remember when it began. At least I can’t. I doodled on everything around me. Loved to draw on the phone book when I was a kid. Then started school. I drew instead of doing the work. I didn’t mind they gave me horrible grades. But my Mother did. Oh, well.
I’d carve branches with a plastic knife, then when it broke Mother dear would LOAN me a butter knife. The dog & I did a lot of damage with that butter knife. He’d watch very intently, just knowing that I was going to make something worthwhile. Usually a very short spear. I was obsessed to say the least.
Loved to draw in the dirt. Add China Berries & leaves for detail. Add some water, and you could make a pie. Then feed it to the boy down the street. He may have been taller, but I was tougher.
If I don’t get back into the studio very very soon…. I’m going to draw on my bedroom walls. I love to work, cook, and work some more. OK, I’ll stop whining and watch more TV. Yuck! Roll me over I am done! Wish I could put this asthma in the closet and close the door. I’m working on it…. xxxxxx
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Some things from my collection of folk art. The only piece that’s mine is the moon on the fridge. The bottle cap mirror frame is a favorite. It hangs out in the bathroom with some pigs. Shane Campbell’s crows look really nice with my moon. He does fun things. later…
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Did you ever watch Sinbad movies when you were a kid? Or the really old Tarzan movies? Those had to be my favorites. Especially Sinbad. I loved the monsters/creatures he had to fight. The storms they sailed thru. The exotic islands where they always found danger. I watched an old Sinbad a few months ago. Got lucky one Sunday afternoon. The lead woman was Bing Crosby’s wife. Can’t remember her name right this minute. She was originally from Houston, I think. Anyway, some evil somebody shrank her, so Sinbad had to carry her around in a very elaborate tiny box. It was all very romantic. Of course she was beautiful, with a long pony tail.
At the beginning of the movie, when they were showing the credits, etc. they had this old folky map as a back ground. It showed the sea, Sinbad’s ship, monsters Sinbad had to battle. It was so cool. Of course I wanted to paint it. Do my version. Which so far hasn’t happened. Wish they showed more of those old movies.
Tarzan was my second love. No, I didn’t want to be Jane. All she did was put her hand to her mouth, turn ever so slightly, and scream her head off. I was gonna be a female Tarzan. I wanted to wrestle those alligators, swing from the trees. And of course I was going to need a really cool monkey. I was going to call those elephants all day long. The natives were going to be my new best friends…. except for the head hunters. I’d have to straighten out those guys. I wonder if I can still call the elephants loud enough for the neighbors to hear…..
Update: Just got lucky and watched Jason and the Argonauts! He had to battle a 7 headed serpent to get to the golden fleece. Fell in love with Merdena, who was shot with an arrow, but brought back to life with the golden fleece. (it has healing powers) That was some powerful old goat. The ship was almost sank in a narrow strait, but the Water God, (can’t remember his name) saved them. I think he was a Merman… he had a fish tale and scales. They had to leave Hercules on an island, he was looking for his friend. He wasn’t as tall as I thought he would be. Did I tell you the mast head on the ship was a blonde Goddess that would open her eyes and give Jason advise. Of coarse each time he had to figure out what she was talking about. That may be where all those blonde jokes started. Close to the end Jason had to fight 7 skeletons with swords. He finally jumped off a cliff and they drowned. It was a close call. What an adventure… can’t wait until next time….
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