Review of 2007 Part 3

July:
I can’t go to swimming and on a travel. I felt trapped staying home due to bathroom emergencies. Those were awful. I felt so sick!
On July 10^th, I heard small plane crushed into 2 Sanford homes on the breaking news. It was trying to land at an airport. 5 people were killed. One of the victims aboard the plane was identified as Dr. Bruce Kennedy, a plastic surgeon and son-in-law of Bill France Jr., the former head of NASCAR.
I got a new bed mattress on July 11^th. It was set up in my bedroom by Joe and Mom on the 13^th.
I heard Lady Bird Johnson is passed away at age 94 on July 11^th news. Lady Bird was a widow of former U.S. President Johnson.
Got first e-mail from Todd since April 2006 on July 15^th.
Children and adults flocked to buy year 7 book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, seriously and excitedly on July 21^st.
I finally went to see my doctor this late July. I was in a shock when I found out how much weight I have when a nurse asked me to do a scale for her in Doctor’s office. That’s why I got sick and I am doing exercises. Got new medications.

August:
Still taking medications. I got better.
Heard on the news about the bridge collapse in Minnesota on Aug 1^st. I learned that bridge was about under construction due to an old one. Vehicles including a school bus were crashed everywhere. That was a big news.
I went to Barnes & Noble on Aug 11^th. I had a fun there. I bought "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Shakespeare" and DVD documentary, "The Secret".
September:
Luciano Pavarotti, opera's biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died on September 6^th. Personally, my father met him in New York City many years ago. I can't remember what year Dad met famous Pavarotti in a person but I guess I was a young girl at that time and didn't have a chance meeting him. Dad was very lucky meeting him in NYC for the first time. Dad has a professional photo of Pavarotti at home.
Got new Ojo phone by SNAP!VRS on the 11^th.
October:
I went to ER at the hospital in late afternoon of October 7^th. I can't stand being illness. I stayed there for 4 hours. A female nurse and a male doctor were nice to me. They discovered how sick I was. I had a fever little bit. What? I didn't know that. That's what the male nurse told me about 20 minutes later after I arrived at the ER with my mother. A doctor disnosed me hypokalemia, which is a condition of a low level of potassium in the blood. I vomitted once while I was in the exam room. And a stomach flu. I drank a special juice that tastes bitter. Yuck! And then the hospital discharged me from there that night.
Prevacid works. Thank God. I was about getting better.
I went to see a new, different doctor, at his office in Deland with my parents. He's a gastroenterologist on October 12^th. We were discussed my belly problems. At the end of our discussion, the doctor suggests I will be sent to the hospital for a test next month, right before Thanksgiving.
I was sent to meet an ultrasound specialist and ordered to get a blood test at a hospital in my hometown by my gas doctor on October 17^th.
I joined Multiply site on October 28^th.
November:
I went to the hospital for a test in Deland 2 days before Thanksgiving. After surgery, I was in a shock when I just found out I have 2 polyps inside. A gas doctor took them out successfully. I can’t believe it. I didn’t know those 2 polyps were stuck inside me. I wonder how long they stay inside. I couldn't understand. How they got in there? They made me having heartburns for years.how long they stayed. Before I found out about them, I felt weird something inside me but I didn’t know what they are. I guess I felt they probably are at top of my stomach. Anyways, a week later, I found out my stomach has an infection called H.pylori. A benign. A positive. It’s very serious. I might die from this. I was told by my mom. A gas doctor took a biopsy out of my stomach for a test with his medical team. Mother thinks I may have a food poison from Wal-Mart.
Katrina, my niece, and her family flew in to visit us from Texas for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Joe stayed at my place during Thanksgiving week, for 4 days.
December:
GDBAD Christmas Party was held at Piggotte Community Center (<----click this link, please, for an info) in South Daytona Beach for a Christmas party and playing a game in Port Orange.
Took off medications on Dec 10^th.
Got new walker with 3 rollers and a basket as an early Christmas present on Dec 15^th. Mom had a surprise for me. It looks cool! Wow! I started walking again since I got it. Very comfortable to move around.
Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister of Pakistan, was assassed on Dec 27^th. Whoa, I can’t believe it. Without Bhutto, I believe an election will be in a big trouble and a ruin.

This is the end. Goodbye 2007.

Welcome 2008. We will find out what will happen in the new 2008 in this world.

Review of 2007 Part 1

Like I promised u this blog recently, the subject of this blog is a review of 2007. I will never forget that year I had been through. Whoa! The most journal is that I had an unexpected illness for 8 months. It was terrible. Here is a review of 2007:
January:

On Kitty’s Birthday: It was okay. I stayed home. That morning, I got a beautiful sweater with sequins on it and a little book called, "Different Roads" by Kathy Troccoli from my parents. And a Wal-Mart gift card from Uncle Frank and Aunt Honey who lives in Pennsylvania. I felt boring at home all day but out of blue that afternoon, Dad took me to Blockbuster for renting 2 DVD movies, "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Superman Returns". Dad paid them for me . That's his treat . And then I went home. When Dad dropped me off at my place, I asked him if he wants a slice of pie. He replied yes. Dad LOVES Key Lime pie very much when he ate it! Very delicious! I bought it at Wal-Mart last Friday. Key Lime is Florida's favorite pie. And then Dad went home.

That Birthday night, Mom and Joe returned home safely from a trip to Chicago. The next night Mother came over to see me. She bought a new pair of white jeans as birthday present for me. Wow, that jeans look so cool! I will try them on later. Then Mom announced unexpectedly she and Joe are going to Wyoming soon. They'll be staying there for 5 days . I can't believe what I am hearing that!

Mom and Joe flew to Texas for visiting Katrina on Jan. 5^th and then to Wyoming. Katrina was pregnant with her first baby girl at that time. Mom and Joe would be returning next week.

I bought a new gift wrapper storage bag on Jan. 5^th.

I got a new digital camera as birthday present from my youngest brother.

I got sick on the 11^th of January.
Found out my Mom was in Missouri on January 14th. I spoke with Dad thru a relay service in my computer about Mom. I also learned she and Joe went separating their way. Joe is in Illinois. Mom is driving on the way back to home. I can't believe they went separating! I don't know what happened. I thought Mom and Joe are coming home together. Last week my Dad asked me to look for an email from an airline company for a confirmation of their scheduled trip but I don't see it yet. Dad was supposed to tell me whose is from. I was confused. Maybe Mom and Joe screwed up my e-mail address but I don't know. Too late. I know Missouri is having a bad weather since the weekend. I heard there's an ice storm going on in midwest on TV news. I hope Mom is driving safely and gets out of the line of cold front. Florida is still warming up, 82 degrees again! Sunny and partly cloudy today. 2 of windows in the living room of my apt are opening. I also heard Florida will be getting cold again on this weekend when the cold front moves back in again. I'll probably wear one of my favorite sweaters when I go out on this Saturday. I don't wear a sweater much cuz Florida gets warmer sometimes during Winter . This is so weird winter. All of my sweaters are in the storage box but others are top of it in my bedroom closet. While grew up in Pennsylvania, I wore alot of sweaters everyday.
Mom and Joe came home from their trip on January 16^th.
On the 17^th of that month, Dad brought a Christmas gift bag of some brochures Mom got in Wyoming, 2 postcards from Wyoming where Mom and Joe spent in, a plastic bag of candies , a local newspaper article, and an artwork that Katrina, my niece, made for me. Katrina is living in Texas where Mom and Joe visited her before going to Wyoming. About the artwork my niece made for me, it looks painted wood of cat, a shape of heart, a box, and the message says, "Forget- Me- Not". It's so beautiful, huh? Wow! I was surprised to see it.
I got a fax message from Mom that day. It said, "We are still recovering from our long dive, honey. It was pretty serious work driving thru blizzards and ice for over 2,300 miles, then we even went thru bad smoke (couldn't see in front of us) from a fire when we drove thru some woods in Florida. Joe got 'bushed'. He did most of the driving. He's good at it." Wow, a what trip! I already heard about ice storm in midwest last week when the front kept pushing eastward on the TV news. I can't believe it. I told Mom in the fax message that California oranges are in trouble due to a freezing weather and they are already dead. And avocados, too. She had no idea of what's going on in CA cuz Mom and Joe were too busy with their drive, etc when she faxed me back. Anyways, I heard CA Governor Schwarzenegger declared a federal disaster aids on the TV news this morning. Citrus crop has been destoryed 75% in there. This sounds bad . I can't believe it.
That night, I heard on the news that humpback whale was trapped on the beach in my hometown. That whale was dead.
The next day, I finally saw Mom that late afternoon. We hugged and talked each other.
Went to GDBAD at the hotel on the beach on the 20^th of that month for play The Price is Right.
On the 29^th, Lou Pearlman, Backstreet Boys’ boss, got in trouble with law cuz he didn’t paying bills on time. Lou used to live in Orlando.

February:
On Groundhog Day, a tornado touchdowned in Deland and New Smyrna Beach. Homes and trailers were destroyed. Scene there looked terrible. Tree toppled everywhere. Some hundreds of residents lost a power. Some schools and a college were closed due to damaged trees. Governor Charlie Crist has declared a state of emergency in the areas hit by the storms.
On the 8^th of that month, I can't believe it when I heard about Anna Nicole Smith this late afternoon on a 5 o'clock local TV news. Have u heard about Anna? So sad! She left her new baby girl behind. I know about Anna's trouble pasts on Media. She's crazy but sweet. What's wrong with Anna? She faced too many problems! Anna needs to slow down but it's too late.
I kept hearing about spacewoman, Lisa Nowak, on a local TV news since February 5th. Did u know about Lisa Nowak? On the afternoon of 8^th, I learned Dan Billow, our local TV news space reporter, is going to have an interview with Lisa in Houston soon.
I got a surprised news from my PA cousin, Tiffany, in an e-mail on Feb. 12^th. Tiffany informed us that Kate, my 1st cousin's wife, gave birth to a new baby boy named Finnigan Will. Finnigan Will? I never heard the name like that before. It sounds cool! Finnigan was born last Sat, February 10th. Maribeth, my 1st cousin's wife, is pregnant again with a 2nd child. She's in her 1st trimester right now and back in PA with her family. Her hubby and my 1st cousin, Jared, is going to Iraq in Sept. I was surprised to learn that when I found out Jared is going to Iraq. I can't believe it ! I am hoping God will keep Jared alive when Jared is being sent there by a military service. I know his Dad went to a Vietnam War but his Dad came home alive before he married Jared's mother. Jared is one of 7 children of Uncle John and Aunt Nancy. He's a number 6 of 7.
Heard about the recall of peanut butter on the news on the morning of Feb. 15^th.
Britany Spears’ hair went bald! It was on the news on the 19^th of February. I was startled to find out about Britany. She’s out of control.
The Academy Awards show aired on the night of February 25^th. An award went to “The Departed” for Best Picture. Lead Actor went to Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" and Lead Actress went to Helen Mirren of "The Queen". March:
I went to Gainesville with Amy for attending University of Florida Signing Gators’ Silent Banquet on March 5^th.
Started doing exercises.
I first became very sick during lunch hour and ran to the bathroom few times. My belly was in terrible pains that were started developing in the middle of March. Pains continued worst everyday since then.
5 days before St. Patrick’s Day, I heard Regis Philbin of "Live With Regis and Kelly" that Monday morning announcing he’s going to have a heart surgery that week. I said, "What?" when I heard about it. I didn't understand it at first but I immediately figured out what Regis said. Oh, I get it. Wish him a good luck. See Yahoo News here.
On March 22^nd, Dad went to the hospital for having plagues in his arteries to be cleaned out that Thursday morning a week later after Regis Philbin of “Live With Regis and Kelly” announced he’s going to have a heart surgery. Dad’s arteries has been repaired successfully.
UPDATE on Dad: I've got more details about him. I learned that Dad had a blockage in main artery of his heart, but doctors put a stent in the main artery to open it up on Thursday March 22^nd.
To be continued.... Will BBL.

Review of 2007 Part 2

April:
Don Imus, an American radio talk show host and writer, made a bad statement on Rutgers women's basketball team that month.
Mother returned to her childhood homestate, Pennsylvania for visiting her sisters and brothers that she hadn't seen in a long time. She missed them very much. Mom flew back there on April 12^th. I missed her very much.
Pains in my stomach reducing. I felt tired and weak.
On April 14^th while my mother was in PA, Dad lost a power at his house. The power at his house went out at 5 pm. I didn't know that. Dad came over to check on me that night before 10 pm. I think he surprised to see the power in my apt is still on and was glad. Dad is alright and watched TV. He ate my ice cream for making him a cool down before he left. LOL! Thank goodness, the power at his house returned at 10 0'clock in the morning.
32 souls at Virginia Tech on April 16^th were killed by crazy gunman. Very shocking. Life is too soon.
Regis Philbin returned to his syndicated daytime talk show, “Live with Regis and Kelly”, on April 26^th but still not 100 percent, he says, six weeks after his triple heart bypass surgery. He looks great.
May:
Mother was still in PA.
A wildfire started in north, in another county of my homestate, Florida, on May 1^st.
There was a subtropical storm named Andrea. It was so early 3 weeks before the beginning of hurricane season. But good news, it looked not bad. I can see a windy and sometimes rain one day in that May. That storm was about 35 mph and a weak. Andrea stayed southward in Atlantic Ocean.
Went to Dad’s VFW party on May 12^th. My Dad invited me there.
A wildfire had been spotted again in the south of our county. The lightning did it on May 13^th.
I went to a picnic at a state park in Ocala, Florida that was hosting by a different deaf club, Big Sun Association of the Deaf (BSAD) on May 27^th. That club is from Ocala. The state park is called Silver River State Park, south of Silver Springs where tourists visiting and it has a water park. Also, Silver River State Park is where many deafies spent and were having a picnic there. I had a wonderful time.
Universal Studio announced on May 31^st to make a major addition. It's THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER! The addition is scheduled for completion in 2009.
Mom returned home from a trip to PA where she was staying for 1 ½ months on May 31^st. She flew back in. I was so glad to see her again. I hugged her again for the first time when she came over to my apt for cleaning up on June 2^nd.

June:
Uncle Bill and his family drove the green van down here for visiting us from Pennsylvania. They were about starting a vacation on June 2nd. I was glad to see him again. He brought 2 sons, 2 grandsons, a daughter-in-law, Jodi, and my niece, Heidi, along. When they arrived, all of us went to Steak n Shake restaurant for dinner.
Discovered the size of my outfit changing dramatically that month. It went from size 12 to almost size 8! I was startled! I can’t believe it! I didn’t know that.
I heard about Paris Hilton on the news on the evening of June 8^th. Poor Paris. She went back to jail again and cried. Paris yelled at the judge it's not right when he ordered her to go back there. Police officers concern she will be suffering.
I got new hearing aid for my left ear on June 14^th.
I made special breakfast for Dad on Father’s Day.
I ate food slowly. I can’t swallowing it easily. It was hard on me. I pushed the food away from me when I didn’t feel I want to. Halfway sometimes. I guess there was something wrong with me.
My parents got new car, 2004 Chevrolet Maliba, on June 21^st.

To be continued...