Prescription

Everything I have seen in hospitals and this is my first viewing, or knowledge, of prescription butt cream...

Sexy

Before this visit I was less worried about the horribly uncomfortable furniture because I read how Rooms to Go had donated all new furniture to the Devonshire. Whoo Hoo!! The furniture is definitely a big upgrade, the rest not so much. They even donated sexy artwork! Although I did add my own personal touch..

Devonshire

There are no Ronald McDonald houses near Miami Children's Hospital so they have these crappy little apartments down the street they rent cheap to family members of patients. I don't mind that they are crappy, cheap apartments because who cares, you have a fridge and a bed and air conditioning. What I DO mind are that they are rodent, worm, bug, roach infested. Whether or not it bothers me on a personal level is a moot point, but the fact that IT IS DISGUSTING and brings gross, buggy, disgusting germs to the hospital seems to me an issue! The place bathed in sanitizer and freezing temperatures to keep germs at bay. Why wouldn't you make sure to spend a fraction of your budget on pest control!! Maybe infested is too harsh a word but here is what we walked into (I do have to say it does seem better than 4 years ago), dead HUGE roaches in the lights, and in the windows, rodent poop in the shower where I had to bathe Faith with her surgical scrub the night before her surgery, worms in the lights and on the floor, etc. I have to say it is better than last time as most of the roaches I have seen are dead or dying (I knew that little can of Lysol would come in handy!) but still. All those disgusting germs to take into the surgical wards? Really? I think it is wrong...

Pelosi

So while hearing about all this hoopla re: Nancy Pelosi and her knowledge of the torture techniques being implemented, one of the journalists was wondering why Pelosi didn't speak up and just say, hey it was right after the 9/11 attacks/safety of our country/mood at the time, etc. and I thought why is it okay if that was "our" mood at the time? Torture, interment camps, WAR, all fine as long as we are feeling that way on a particular day... Oh, we're very sorry but America has PMS today.

Mi Miami

Today we came to Miami. Poor Faith was so sweet and cute and it almost killed me to think of the ways in which she was about to be tortured. I know children are strong, will get over it, blah. But I felt (feel) so GUILTY!!!! sigh. Bad mommy. Of course her FATHER was in a HURRY to get to beautiful Miami as his mom was already at her hotel so on the drive down I had nothing to eat or drink because I thought he might flog me if I had to stop at a rest area. Did I mention that everything is always MY FAULT?!?! So I didn't want to cause trouble by having to do something terrible like PEE.

Engulfed in Flames

Remember this post? This book, not so much..

Corn + cake

My grandma used to make these for us, corncakes. I have no idea exactly what she put in them, but I am betting canned milk was involved, as she also used it for creamed corn (hers was the best I have ever had!), and EVERYTHING. When she passed away all I asked for were her crochet hooks, because she taught me how to crochet with them, and her recipes. These were the things that were important to her and remind me of her. Of course, none of her everyday recipes were in there, only in her head.