My life...uncensored

Girlfriends

pammyn — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:12:17 +0000

I have to say, I believe friendship is something that constantly needs work. It involves looking back in the mirror and realizing who you truly are and who you want to surround yourself with. I’ve had many people in my life that I thought were “friends” but I have realized the hard way, as many people probably have, who your true friends are. I believe people come in and out of your life at different times, for different reasons, but those that you want to remain close with, always will. I love my friends and would do anything I could for them.. not all of them are in this picture, but these are some of the best women I know…and a few of my favorite quotes about friendship…

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend”

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. “

“A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyways”

Goin’ to the chapel…and we’re…gonnnaaaa get marrrrieeddd!!

pammyn — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:45:56 +0000

Let’s start with the most important thing that has recently happened in my life! On September 4th Rich finally gave in! LOL, kidding, but on that day, the rest of my life just got some more exiciting. Rich and I had plans to head to Geneva on the Lake to go to the wineries and picnic..little did I know the suprise he had up his sleeve. He was off the day before, so he was in charge of packing the picnic. While at the lake, Rich got down on one knee and proposed, clearly I said YES!! We celebrated with champagne and strawberries, as he was so clever to pack!

We are getting married on June 2, 2012. I CAN”T wait to celebrate the day with our friends and family. As of now, I have all the major things done, minus the florist, and my dress! Pretty stress free so far, minus the blurp when we first were deciding to go away to the beach or have the party here…

WOW!

pammyn — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:36:09 +0000

I can’t believe it has been since October 2009 since I have posted! So much has happened since then.. I am going to do my best to get back to this, but I make no promises. I don’t have as much fun stuff to post as my sis in law with their cute kidos! But I will see what I can do…

Spinal Muscular Atrophy & Valproic Acid

pammyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:10:33 +0000

So I thought I should update everyone on a research study I am currently enrolled in. My cousin Jeff participated in the study last year, and found it beneficial, so I decided to give it a try. For those of you who don’t know, or who have never really understood, I have a disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, to be technical Kugelburg-Welander. The disease affects my muscles from my hips to my knees, and my shoulders to my elbows. I have enrolled in a study with OSU Medical Center and the World’s leading researchers for SMA. It is a one year study, where I am involved in a double blind study. The drug they believe may be benefical is called Valproic Acid. This is a seizure medication they give to epilepsy patients. The belief is that the medication produces more proteins in the body, which in turn would benefit current muscle strength and growth. So far, I have been taking either the sugar pill or the drug for approx 2 months. There are days when I feel a little stronger, but I don’t know if it is really the drug, or just my mind playing tricks on me!! I go to OSU every 6 weeks for blood tests, physical therapy/exams, lung evaluations and body scans. Needless to say, I may never see and benefit from the drug, but I keep my fingers crossed that down the road…no one will have to deal with this horrible disease. I’m also hoping that being involved in this study may prompt my family to get more involved with Families of SMA and realize the meaning it would have to me if they did. (hint, hint)…. If you want to read more about the disease, and how you can help…go to www.curesma.org

Visitors welcome!!

pammyn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:52:33 +0000

This week Rich and I have had a little, well not so little, visitor staying with us. My bro, Kathy and the kids were off to camp like true hillbillies in West Virginia for the week and needed a home for Abraham… Needless to say, we have had the minature horse running through the apartment since Saturday. We have been outside chasing chipmunks/squirrels, playing fetch with the neighbors, walking through other peoples flowers and getting a lot of attention. Abe is such a good dog…. I was a little nervous for how he might react to being home alone all day while we are at work, but it appears he doesn’t mind. I’m thinking that he may just have to stay for good!!! Even though CHristopher disagrees… I’m sure they wouldn’t miss him much…

Back to work…back to work…

pammyn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:38:55 +0000

It’s time I get this dang blog updated!! As for my life.. nothing much has changed. Except for the fact that I am back to work. For those of you who don’t know… back in March I got laid off. No notice, just surprise, today, we are laying you off. Work had me come back for two weeks to help out when they started to pick up, however, it just became a waste of time for me to even go in… so there I was… one year to the day not working again. After two months of time being bored.. I got a new job FINALLY. I’m working for Edgepark Medical in Twinsburg. And for the first time in my life, I can say, I actually ENJOY my job!!! Believe it or not!! I am a Customer Account Rep. It’s my job to talk to nurses, health aides and patients to help them order their supplies. I have learned more then I ever needed to know about Diabetic, Ostomy, Urology and Wound supplies. I have also learned how STUPID some nurses are…. ***sorry sissy, no offense, not you… just some out there are IGNORANT*** Right now I am working first shift, but once I am done training I will be working 1130am-8pm. I’m not so exicited about that, but it has its bonus. There is a supervisor position open on that shift, and the hope from the manager, is that I will get trained and get moved into that position. I won’t complain!! So… if you’re interested in learning more about Edgepark, go to www.edgepark.com and enlighten yourself with tons of useless medical knowledge!! HAHA.

Women of Faith weekend

pammyn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:21:32 +0000

This past weekend was one of the most amazing I have ever experienced. Months ago my mom asked me if I would be interested in attending the Women of Faith conference in Columbus with her and Jane (good friend of the family). I said yes, because I was thinking it was something I “might” be interested in. I will be the first person to admit that I don’t attend church on a regular basis. It’s not because I’m not a believer, but more so that I am yet to find a church that really “speaks” to me. I’m not one for the “Ernest Angley I’ve been healed” kind of thing either. Well, off I went on my WOmen of Faith journey. Friday afternoon I picked Jane up and my mom came over after work and off to Columbus we went. Friday nights conference was from 7-9pm and Saturday was from 9am-4pm. After my first year attending this event, all I have to say is AMAZING….

Friday night we heard the Rejoice group of four women sing, one speaker and Steven Curtis Chapman performed for about an hour. Saturday was filled with various speakers, singers and more insipiration. I was expecting “bible thumpers” to get up and speak about the Lord, Praise Jesus this…Praise Jesus that…but I was WRONG!! The speakers shared their own personal stories, many of which we could relate to, and of course related their story to God and how he works in our lives. THere was a great performance by Mandisa (who was on AMerican Idol, and I suggest you listen to because she is also AMAZING). I was amazed at the fact that there were 15,000 other women there listening, crying and laughing. Some stories made you laugh, others made you cry, others made you just sit back and say “WOW”. As I sit hear now and think about the conference, I can’t even put all my thoughts into words. I am already planning on going back next year, and thinking of other women I want to invite.

I can’t say enough to how thankful I am I went. I REALLY needed the inspiration in my life with everything that is going on. THe weekend really put things into perspective for me, and I hope I can continue feeling as good as I do. So….to all you women… plan on April 30-May 1st of 2010, going to Columbus for an amazing, inspirational weekend!! Not to mention some shopping at Easton maybe?? Haha. Special THANK YOU to my mom, for asking me to go… I love you!

Design on a dime…

pammyn — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:27:13 +0000

So I have completely been slacking in the posting of new blogs… so here is a quick one. I have much to catch up on. I recently completed my own “Design on A Dime” project in the front hallway of my apartment… I wanted to make a new frame arrangement, so I decided to go black and white and found these frames in the clearance bin at Pat Catan’s! I was very impressed at how it turned out, not to mention my artistic detail in the placement… haha…

Luke & Uncle Richie

pammyn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:51:58 +0000

This weekend Rich and I had Luke over to spend Saturday and the night with us. We picked Luke up from Papa Steve and Grandma Gail’s. Rich had promised Luke when it snowed that he would take him sled riding, so we decided this weekend would be a good idea. After about 25 minutes of getting Luke ready, him and Uncle Rich and were off to sled ride. They borrowed the neighbors sled and off to the big hill they went. Uncle Rich took Luke to the BIG hill to go down. They went down about 4 or 5 times and then they headed to the small hill where Luke could go on his own. Needless to say, about 5 mins after being outside, Luke was “cold and ready to go home”. He was a trooper and stuck it out for about 45 minutes. Luke knocked on the door when he came home and him and Uncle Richie made snow angels for me out front. Too cute!!

The rest of the night was spent with us going to Target to get a few toys since Aunt Pammy doesn’t have any toys like Grandma Jill… Luke made sure he told me that numerous times. His exact words were, “how come you dont have lots of toys like Grandma Jill?” Kids sure are honest sometimes… After some quick shopping for a Cars puzzle and Monster truck at Target we headed to dinner at Damons. Luke brought his man out of the monster truck and his little Monster I brought him home from work with us. He made sure they had a spot at teh table and even gave them a napkin. After we came home we played in the bath tub for a while before settling in with a snack and a little time watching ET. Uncle Rich didn’t know what ET was about, but Luke sure did! He let him know right away what the movie was about.

In the morning we woke up and headed to church to meet Grandma Jill and Papa Andy- Luke said he didn’t want to go home, he wanted to stay with us for the day. But…. we had to give him back to his mommy and daddy! We had so much fun over the weekend. I love being home and being able to spend time with my niece and nephew. They can make all the cares in the world disappear….

Ready for sled riding!!

Ugly Christmas Sweaters

pammyn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:36:21 +0000

This winter we hosted our 1st Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. I must say, I am getting into themes for parties. First the Halloween Costume party, then the Ugly Sweater Party. We have talked about a “Halfway to Halloween” party too just because it was so much fun at Halloween to see everyone dressed up! Anyways, we told everyone to come wearing the UGLIEST sweater they could find. Believe it or not, it was hard to find one. We searched Goodwill, Gabriel Brothers, TJ Maxx, and the Salvation Army. Rich found my sweater, and I of course bedazzled it with some sequins, glued on bows and bells. Not to mention my red turtleneck had some fabulous shoulder pads!! Rich sported a sexy women’s sweater and killer turtleneck. We laughed so hard when everyone showed up in their sweaters. We were going to head out to the bar and place bets on who could win the award of Ugliest Sweater for the evening, but that never happend. Instead we kept it low key at home playing some cards and having drinks. A few of you missed out on it this year, but you BETTER be in attendance next year… so start shopping for that ugly sweater!!