Tale of a Shooting Star…

Another good one from Lelia. 🙂

SMART A** ANSWER #6
It was mealtime during a flight on Hooters Airline.
“Would you like dinner?” the flight attendant asked John, seated in front.
“What are my choices?” John asked.
“Yes or no,” she replied.

SMART A* ANSWER #5
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat, she said, “Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub.”

SMART A** ANSWER #4
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn’t find one big enough for her family.
She asked a stock boy, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?”
The stock boy replied, “No ma’am, they’re dead.”

SMART A** ANSWER #3
The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window.
“I’ve been waiting for you all day,” the cop said.
The kid replied, “Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could.”
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

SMART A** ANSWER #2
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, “Low Bridge Ahead.” Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge.
Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, “Got stuck, huh?”
The truck driver says, “No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.”

SMART A** ANSWER OF THE YEAR 2006
A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow’s final exam. “Now class, I won’t tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that’s it, no other excuses whatsoever!”
A smart-ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, “What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?”
The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles knowingly at the student, shakes her head and sweetly says, “Well, I guess you’d have to write the exam with your other hand.”

For those of you who have been following my friend Mary’s health problems (and more) via my blog, here is an update with the official diagnosis from her oncologist as of Friday, November 3rd.

The cancer is metastatic and is actually a recurrence of the breast cancer. It is present in both of her lungs and in her liver. It is NOT in her brain, thankfully.

She will be starting chemotherapy on Friday because she has been having a lot of difficulty breathing lately and needs some relief as soon as possible. She will be taking a drug called Herceptin, which binds the cancerous cells and inhibits their growth. She will be able to take this for the rest of her life, to help prevent any future problems, as well. She will also receive an intravenous drug called Navelbine once a week for 3 weeks and then she will have one week on and repeat this for several months. This drug has a 60% change of shrinking her tumors by 50% and will not cause her to lose her hair. This is the one that she starts on Friday, even before her port is surgically inserted. If, for some reason, this doesn’t have the desired effect, then there are still lots of alternative treatments.

The doctor predicts that she has many years left ahead of her, which is exactly what her friends and family wanted to hear! 😀

Mary was in very good spirits and feeling very optimistic and at peace with this news when I talked to her on Friday, but she is now very worried and anxious. She thanks all of your for your thoughts and your prayers and is certain that we have kept her going through the uncertainty of the past few weeks. Please continue them, if you can, while she prepares for and goes through this round of treatment, which will last from 3 to 6 months. Especially right now, as she struggles to breathe and is unable to get much rest.

And thank you so much for all of your loving words and thoughts for me. I greatly appreciate your strength during troubled times. *hugs*

Darn it, I was really trying to stay off of this particular bandwagon because I tend to get myself so overloaded with commitments. However, when I saw that Melanie was going to be creating some hand-dyed goodies as her artwork, I just couldn’t resist any longer…

The first five people to respond to this post (via the comments section) will get some form of “art” made by me. An original hand crafted item, utilizing one of my favorite mediums – stitching, stamping, beading, etc. I hope to tailor this to you and your likes, so after you comment, please email me your snail mail address (jenna at magees dot net) along with your blog address (if you have one) and some information about your likes and dislikes across the board (not just stitching) as well as anything else that might help spark my creativity. Think of it as something to look forward to getting in the mail, although I refuse to put a deadline on this, so it may be a total surprise when it arrives. 😉

There is a catch, of course, the way this works is that if you sign up, you have to blog this as well and continue sharing.

I promise that I won’t take forever with this, but if you sign up, please don’t expect anything before 2007, out of respect for my Christmas stitching and other current obligations. Thanks and have fun!

Isabelle asked for updated photos of Phoebe last week and I just happened to have snapped some pics with my new camera while I was home sick the day after my birthday. Hmm… that sounds suspicious, doesn’t it? 😆 Hah, I wish! Anyway, here’s my baby:

Don’t Look at Me	What, Mommy?	Sweetie Pie

Momma’s Little Baby Girl	Who’s Cute?