getting around...

oh, please do not take a negative connotation from that title. this is just a little piece on what and how i can still get around and get things done even with my wheelchair.

first off, the wheelchair needs care so get an available ryan of your own to assist

secondly, you may need an assist out of your home. this ramp is what has been working for me.

oh great, now that you're out of the house where the heck are you going to go? well, fear not. just use your county's paratransit services to take you where you need to go (i.e.: shopping, hospital, work, etc.).

last but not least, handicap people are not all helpless like our general logo makes us out to be; we gotta keep our heads up and think about what we CAN do.

Rum Cake

doesn't that cake look amazingly scrumptious?

ry made his first rum cake last night and i have to say, i want more and it's only 10:36am. this work may be the onset of many more culinary delights when we get our hand mixer. i can't wait!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The Christmas setup to the right was just a prelude to something I haven't experienced in a very, very long time. A peaceful family gathering. Well organized with a Santa passing out presents and everyone opening their gifts one by one giving appreciations for their presents.


I had a rough childhood growing up and this Christmas is one of those things I had hoped and wished for. When I say rough, it's not that we were lacking presents to go around or anything. It was the environment and family interactions. I'm pretty sure I got to see the police a couple times and one of them was for a domestic dispute.


Now knowing that something like this is real is sooo amazing to me. I wish my little sisters could have been there to experience this.

this layout with all the pictures is not the most ideal but i wanted to be sure i've documented these wonderful evenings.

to the geek who has everything

what the heck are you supposed to get for them if they've purchased most of the reasonably priced wants for themselves already? although we are geeks, there are other things that peak our interests... hockey, rodeos, red bull air races, snowboarding, skydiving, beaches, snow, etc... thing is, i can't narrow down to something i know he'll love and will want to keep.

we searched for presents for eachother 'til Christmas eve. then i had to admit defeat because there was nothing i could find that seemed like a suitable present for him. it's not like i don't know him we've been together for almost a decade already. it's just that i like to be practical.

during my last minute present run on Christmas eve I had a nice chat with ry where i checked to see how his search had been going and he admitted to not being able to find a present either. this is when i began discussing how i miss being able to bake and how a hand mixer would be awesome; that prompted him saying how much he'd love to make ice cream again but would need a mixer as well. EUREKA, we found something for the both of us, we'll buy the handmixer that we've both been wanting as a present to eachother, from eachother. :D

the best seats ever...

with a whole lot of hard work, Ry was able to get me in the most awesome seat in the whole arena for the SJ Sharks vs NY Rangers game. no net to get in the way, no one in front of me to block my view, and friendly, knowledgeable fans next to me. what else can a girl ask for? oh yeah, a win. we got that one. Sharks 3 - Rangers 2. :)

good Lord, is that red popcorn?

why, yes it is. it's ketchup seasoning on some microwaveable popcorn. i can be a bit daring sometimes.

the popcorn isn't as bad as you might think it is. pretty tasty but i can't have too much of it and the seasoning is really overwhelming on my senses.

now, who the heck would think about creating that seasoning? Canadians of course. they're also the ones who bring me scrumptious dill pickle potato chips. O Canada... my friend says that they serve the seasoning in the Canadian movie theaters to go with their treats. are we, as americans, missing out on something? we can't have that, can we? haha... competitive American mind at work. :)

i wish i had more time to update this blog with everything that has been happening lately; but, i don't have much time left in my lunch and i'd like to use that time to reply to my hubby's letter.

bye-bye for now.

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