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i know i sound as dumb as a bag of bricks, but i did not realize that there were comments for me to read!  OKAY, stop laughing!  i just didn't realize!  i thought nobody read this shit but me! i'm sooooo sorry i haven't acknowledged them before!  thanks guys!  i'll do better in the future, i swear i will! LOL

so anyway, i actually posted something on my birthday.  i  don't usually post stuff, cause i don't really think i have anything worthwhile to say, but i said something to the effect of what the year was like for me ... kind of musing to myself about the pros and cons of the past year (believe me...there were more cons than pros) but at the same time, i wanted to send good vibes out to the universe and so i flipped the script and said basically the same things that i was thankful for for the year.  I couldn't believe the number of responses i got!  it was amazing!  people i know from playing games, but have never met in person, folks i haven't talked to in YEARS..okay i'll say it.. DECADES contacted me!  it was wonderful!  thanks to everyone who posted on my wall!

i am all wrapped up in trying to get my mom's permanent resident visa completed.  when we brought her over they said at the tunnel it would take about 6 months... it's been 4 years and we're still going through the process.
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so, i know i haven't been on in a while, but i have had these two new hips to get used to...not to mention the other crap that has happened...i am SOOOOOO glad 2011 is over.  worst year EVER!  besides my hips being replaced, my mon had her right hip replaced and it almost killed her.  as it is she will be on oral antibiotics or the rest of her life.  she has been in the hospital at least three times and on an IV pick line antibiotic twice for 8 weeks each time.  each infection knocked her down to the point of not being able to sit up, eat or anything else.  she was basically living off of Ensure and activia for months at a time!  on top of that, Jr., the hubby's job collapsed and in moving to a new job the annual income went down $37,000.  we are hanging on to the house by our fingernails.  but the kids are doing great, and on top of that, my brother dale, whom we haven't seen in 23 years came to detroit to see my mom.  problem?  he didn't bring enough money to eat or stay for the month he designated for the visit.  there is REALLY bad blood between the brothers... what was he thinking?  at the tender age of 61, who would take a trip across country ( he lives in LA) with no return ticket and no money to live on while you're here?  WHO DOES THAT?  anyway, he's on his way back to la now and finally got to eat. ...anyway, my hips are getting better, even though i get the "weebil wobble" when they are tired and i can feel myself walking like frankenstein.  i don't have a lot of stamina yet, cause i went for around 12 years no being able to work my core muscles at all, and the last thing the dr said was to give it time cause you didn't get his way over night, so don't think you can start doing sit ups and get back to the way you were over night.
getting better all the time though... i can go up and down the basement stairs, and do not kick the dog in the head if he is in my way anymore! LOL  the problem is... now that i can step over him, the "slug in a suit" now lifts his head when i'm going by so now i'm "high stepping" to get over him.  i guess it's all good though, he's physio therapy in a furry suit!  
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