One more day and it will be our 47th anniversary. I still remember the first time I ever saw Sharon. It was at a Xavier vs University of Cincinnati basketball game. Believe it or not she had a cast on her arm. She looked so helpless and cute. I just had to help her out. Actually I had met her on the phone when she called the dorm for another guy and I just started talking to her. The first thing I did was to set her up with a friend of mine, because I already had a date for the dance that we were going too so I fixed her up with my friend from Lima. Thank God it was close to Spring Bread and he met his wife down in Fort Lauderdale and she became free for me to pursue. I then called her a couple of time before school was over, but either she had a date that night or I had a date on the nights she was free. It wasn't until the last day of school that we could finally find time to have an actual date. We went to Cony Island and I actually paid a friend of mine to take her on a rollacoaster(sp) that I was not about to ride. I was an old wooden one and it was in no way safe. The damn cars came off the F++++++ track when it went around the corners and down the first hill. I did pay to take her dancing at the Moon Light ball room and that is where we fell in love.
I then ask her to a party in Lima that we are having and she said she could get a ride over. When she called me to find out how to get to the party etc. she tells me she is coming over with a guy she dates from Fort Wayne. I about shit. Here I think I have a date for the party and now she is coming, but with another guy. I quickly start calling some of my girl friends, to explain the situation, and that I want to make her as jealous as I can. I know she liked me, and had no idea why she was coming with some other guy.
The date that I finally got was with a hot blooded Italian and she was perfect for what I wanted to do. I couldn't believe she wasn't in love with me. She was all over me like white on rice. She was crazy anyway, and that night, she won a academy award, for sure. At the end of the night Sharon and her date Jim, were getting ready to go back to Fort Wayne so we were saying good buy and I invited them to a party at my house the following weekend. That's when Jim said he was going on vacation for a couple of weeks, but maybe when he came back they could come over. RIGHT !!!
That was the last date he ever had with her. She was at my house every weekend for the rest of the summer. And for that matter, just about every weekend until we got married in Feb. on the 22nd. Don't tell anyone, but she was pregnant when we got married. They said it would never last. We also had to get married before Lent, because in those days you didn't get married during Lent. I think Ash Wednesday was the next week.
Thank God I married Sharon when I did, or I would never have passed English. Someone told me they like the way I write this blog, but no one likes the way I spell and the way I murder the Kings English. Sharon will not even read the blog because of how poorly I use the Kings English. As I tell her, it ain't funny if it isn't a little off color, and poor english. I love you anyway Sharon and am so glad to have had you all these years. I hope to God we make it to 50 years.
As for my health, F+++ it, I'm not all that healthy, but my blood pressure was 125/64 my blood sugar 122, the oxygen level 97, heart rate after 30 minutes on the UN-Bike 105. I actually feel pretty good today and got a good nights sleep. I see Dr. Adami tomorrow at 8am and we will see when I can get the Chemo started again. Lets all pray it's soon. I've got to get back killing those F++++++ Sarcoma's so no little ones appear.
Until tomorrow. Tom
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Sat.2-20-10
Just a couple thoughts on my mind today. First, I had a bad night last night. I went to bed at about 11pm and was up again at 1:30am. I know I was awake until at least 2:30am and up again about 4:30. At about 5:30 Sharon go up so I turned the TV back on and just listened to a re-broadcast of the Olympics. This morning my blood pressure was 130/76, but my heart rate was high at 100. My blood sugar was 115 and my oxygen was 96. So why am I so tired. I wanted to work out again, but I just don't have the energy today to do it. At least not now, maybe later after a nap.
A good thing last night. I went to the Essen House for dinner and picked up Mary and Louis Lengacher. We also saw my friends Larry and Diana. Diana has breast cancer and I was with her in Chemo and Radiation. We all sat down and had the buffet together. What a great buffet for Lent and Friday night. First was the fish, all you care to eat, shrimp, clams, frog legs, chicken, chicken and dumplings, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, five different soups, salad bar and brownies for desert. It is the best value for $9.95 there is. Oh yea and the best onion rings I've ever had. Since I'm watching my carbs, I just had the fish and some onion rings, but the rest of the table had a bit of everything else. We had a pretty packed house and was told that one of the other restaurants in town was closing their door March 1st. They have another place in Hicksville and thought they could make it in Antwerp also. They found out as we did, that the restaurant business is not near as easy as everyone thinks. It took us two years to turn a profit. They tried to do it in six months.
I also had the opportunity to watch a lot of the Olympics again. Evan, the skater that took the gold, had been challenged by the Russian that if he could not do a quad, then he should not be the gold metal winner. Evan was a calm as he could be and said that he actually respected this guy and had traveled around the world with him. He also then explained how the judging was done, and how the difference between what he did, a triple, and quad, was very little. He also explained how he actually beat him on his performance and the only thing he didn't do was the quad. It's like the Russian can do a quad and the American can't, so I win. Scotty Hamilton did the interview and asked some pretty pointed questions. In the end Scotty agreed that Evan did have the better all around performance.
Scotty was the last American to win gold since like 1968. But what I love about Scotty is that he beat cancer in the late '80's. The information I received about my cancer was provided by an organization headed by Scotty.
I'm starting to loose a little of my facial hair. I noticed today that I really don't need to shave any more. I'm not going to shave off anything, because they say that I might loose some hair, but it should not make me go bald.
It's now 10:30am and I'm going to try and get a nap so I feel better this afternoon when Sharon get home. Night all Tom
A good thing last night. I went to the Essen House for dinner and picked up Mary and Louis Lengacher. We also saw my friends Larry and Diana. Diana has breast cancer and I was with her in Chemo and Radiation. We all sat down and had the buffet together. What a great buffet for Lent and Friday night. First was the fish, all you care to eat, shrimp, clams, frog legs, chicken, chicken and dumplings, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, five different soups, salad bar and brownies for desert. It is the best value for $9.95 there is. Oh yea and the best onion rings I've ever had. Since I'm watching my carbs, I just had the fish and some onion rings, but the rest of the table had a bit of everything else. We had a pretty packed house and was told that one of the other restaurants in town was closing their door March 1st. They have another place in Hicksville and thought they could make it in Antwerp also. They found out as we did, that the restaurant business is not near as easy as everyone thinks. It took us two years to turn a profit. They tried to do it in six months.
I also had the opportunity to watch a lot of the Olympics again. Evan, the skater that took the gold, had been challenged by the Russian that if he could not do a quad, then he should not be the gold metal winner. Evan was a calm as he could be and said that he actually respected this guy and had traveled around the world with him. He also then explained how the judging was done, and how the difference between what he did, a triple, and quad, was very little. He also explained how he actually beat him on his performance and the only thing he didn't do was the quad. It's like the Russian can do a quad and the American can't, so I win. Scotty Hamilton did the interview and asked some pretty pointed questions. In the end Scotty agreed that Evan did have the better all around performance.
Scotty was the last American to win gold since like 1968. But what I love about Scotty is that he beat cancer in the late '80's. The information I received about my cancer was provided by an organization headed by Scotty.
I'm starting to loose a little of my facial hair. I noticed today that I really don't need to shave any more. I'm not going to shave off anything, because they say that I might loose some hair, but it should not make me go bald.
It's now 10:30am and I'm going to try and get a nap so I feel better this afternoon when Sharon get home. Night all Tom
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friday 2-19-10
The Olympics were interesting again last night. The girls half pipe was beautiful and the young lady from Australia was excellent and deserved the win. We had the best looking snowboarder, but she finished 11th. I think. She sure was pretty though. Beauty on a snowboard only gets you so far I guess.
Evan, I can't spell his last name, men's single skater, took the gold and defeated the Russian defending champion. We had that on when we went to bed, but both of us fell asleep before it was over. I actually saw the ending this morning at 4:30am or so on a re-broadcast. I'm not into the skating like Sharon is, but he did skate the best of all the men for sure. This has been the best the US has done in the Winter Olympics for sure. I can remember watching and thinking we will never win a Winter anything. Dick Button has always been around, but hell he won in like '48 and '52. I was still wet behind the ears. The TV coverage wasn't in High Def. either. The color wasn't any good for certain. You couldn't tell the Russians from the Americans by their uniforms. I remember there was plenty of snow all the time though. Much more then than you see now. Hell there were times that's all you could see was snow. Remember that???
About my health. My blood pressure at the hospital was 144/79 and my blood sugar was 166. I didn't ask about anything else, but I think my temp was 97.6. I'm a cold blooded SOB. Or at least that's what I think the nurse said. After leaving the hospital I decided it was time to grab some breakfast and then go to the gym. I actually worked out for 30 minutes on my bikey thing. That's the first time I have felt good enough to last the 30 minutes. My blood pressure was 110/62 when I was finished. My trainer said that was excellent and he was happy to see I lasted 30 minutes. I went home and got there just as Tiger was giving his apology.
I have very mixed feelings about Tiger. I feel he is the best golfer ever, but his attitude has always put me off a bit. He sounded sincere, but he has a hell of a long way to come back. He can't have this attitude that he is superior to everyone anymore. He needs to be more like Phil and sign autographs and talk to common folk. The're the one's paying his sponsors to keep him around. I can't see her staying around for very long. I'm sure he has made some deal with her people to make it look good for a year or so, but I'm sure the love is gone.
Speaking of love, I just want to thank all of you who read this information each day and call me all the time. Cate, I do appreciate hearing from you each day. I know you don't always want to hear my sales advise, but I love hearing about your day and your successes. There is nothing more fun than selling when you are at the top of your game. Once you get it down, it a ball helping people get what they need and want from you. Once you have that figured out, the world is your oyster.
Maura, I love that you are trying to help the artists that do the graffiti. They need someone like you to help them achieve their recognition. If anyone reading this has not yet seen her web site, go see it. Offthewallgraffiti.com. Oh yea, you can donate $10.00 to the cause if you like what she is doing. Even if you don't like it, donate. What the hell, it's tax time, and you can write it off. Next year though.
It's now time for me to fix my lunch and take a nap. I was up way tooooo early today, and have worked sooooo hard, I better rest my little ass for a while. Til tomorrow Tom
Evan, I can't spell his last name, men's single skater, took the gold and defeated the Russian defending champion. We had that on when we went to bed, but both of us fell asleep before it was over. I actually saw the ending this morning at 4:30am or so on a re-broadcast. I'm not into the skating like Sharon is, but he did skate the best of all the men for sure. This has been the best the US has done in the Winter Olympics for sure. I can remember watching and thinking we will never win a Winter anything. Dick Button has always been around, but hell he won in like '48 and '52. I was still wet behind the ears. The TV coverage wasn't in High Def. either. The color wasn't any good for certain. You couldn't tell the Russians from the Americans by their uniforms. I remember there was plenty of snow all the time though. Much more then than you see now. Hell there were times that's all you could see was snow. Remember that???
About my health. My blood pressure at the hospital was 144/79 and my blood sugar was 166. I didn't ask about anything else, but I think my temp was 97.6. I'm a cold blooded SOB. Or at least that's what I think the nurse said. After leaving the hospital I decided it was time to grab some breakfast and then go to the gym. I actually worked out for 30 minutes on my bikey thing. That's the first time I have felt good enough to last the 30 minutes. My blood pressure was 110/62 when I was finished. My trainer said that was excellent and he was happy to see I lasted 30 minutes. I went home and got there just as Tiger was giving his apology.
I have very mixed feelings about Tiger. I feel he is the best golfer ever, but his attitude has always put me off a bit. He sounded sincere, but he has a hell of a long way to come back. He can't have this attitude that he is superior to everyone anymore. He needs to be more like Phil and sign autographs and talk to common folk. The're the one's paying his sponsors to keep him around. I can't see her staying around for very long. I'm sure he has made some deal with her people to make it look good for a year or so, but I'm sure the love is gone.
Speaking of love, I just want to thank all of you who read this information each day and call me all the time. Cate, I do appreciate hearing from you each day. I know you don't always want to hear my sales advise, but I love hearing about your day and your successes. There is nothing more fun than selling when you are at the top of your game. Once you get it down, it a ball helping people get what they need and want from you. Once you have that figured out, the world is your oyster.
Maura, I love that you are trying to help the artists that do the graffiti. They need someone like you to help them achieve their recognition. If anyone reading this has not yet seen her web site, go see it. Offthewallgraffiti.com. Oh yea, you can donate $10.00 to the cause if you like what she is doing. Even if you don't like it, donate. What the hell, it's tax time, and you can write it off. Next year though.
It's now time for me to fix my lunch and take a nap. I was up way tooooo early today, and have worked sooooo hard, I better rest my little ass for a while. Til tomorrow Tom
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday 2-18-10
So I'm already back from being infused and all I can think about is last nigh and the Winter Olympics. What a night, I don't know if it's because I feel I'm fighting hard to beat this cancer, or what, but I have never been so emotional about these athletic's before. When I saw what Lindsey Vonn did on her run for the gold, I could not hold back the tears. Epically when they showed the re-run and how when she landed that last jump she couldn't even put any weight on her right leg. Then when she lost it with her coach and just started balling, it was like everything she did for the past eight years suddenly came to fruition. To think of what she had to overcome to put the pain behind her and just gut it out. She is truly a champion. Julia Mancuso did a great job also, and deserves all the credit in the world. This is the first time I can remember two American woman doing so well in any of the big races.
Shani Davis did a heck of a great job also. He is just such a soft spoken man you would not think he had that killer mentality in him. I thought he was going to be beaten by that Bum guy.
What can you say about Shaun White that hasn't already been said. The cool thing about him is if you live in Carlsbad or Oceanside or any of the beach communities, you can see him just walking around. He usually has a few of his buddies with him, but he will stop and talk to you and sign his autograph no problem. We have seen him many times eating at different restaurants in Carlsbad. I will tell you he seems to like Mexican the best. He's also has been known to stop in to a couple of the hot spots in town in the evening. Since I never go to any of those spots, this is all hear say on my part. But my source's swear it's true.
I found out today that I still have to get these darn infusions until the 23rd. Sharon and I celebrate our 47th wedding anniversary on the 22nd. so I hope I remember to stop in on the 23rd. It's been a wonderful 47 years and I would not change a thing. As a plaque on my wall says " A FISHERMAN LIVES HERE WITH THE BEST CATCH OF HIS LIFE". I couldn't say it better myself. That's why I bought the plaque.
Just so you don't get bored, my blood pressure was 130/72 my blood sugar was 122 and my oxygen level was 98, what ever the hell that means. Why the hell don't I feel better???? I think I'll go take a nap. Night all Tom
Shani Davis did a heck of a great job also. He is just such a soft spoken man you would not think he had that killer mentality in him. I thought he was going to be beaten by that Bum guy.
What can you say about Shaun White that hasn't already been said. The cool thing about him is if you live in Carlsbad or Oceanside or any of the beach communities, you can see him just walking around. He usually has a few of his buddies with him, but he will stop and talk to you and sign his autograph no problem. We have seen him many times eating at different restaurants in Carlsbad. I will tell you he seems to like Mexican the best. He's also has been known to stop in to a couple of the hot spots in town in the evening. Since I never go to any of those spots, this is all hear say on my part. But my source's swear it's true.
I found out today that I still have to get these darn infusions until the 23rd. Sharon and I celebrate our 47th wedding anniversary on the 22nd. so I hope I remember to stop in on the 23rd. It's been a wonderful 47 years and I would not change a thing. As a plaque on my wall says " A FISHERMAN LIVES HERE WITH THE BEST CATCH OF HIS LIFE". I couldn't say it better myself. That's why I bought the plaque.
Just so you don't get bored, my blood pressure was 130/72 my blood sugar was 122 and my oxygen level was 98, what ever the hell that means. Why the hell don't I feel better???? I think I'll go take a nap. Night all Tom
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wed 2-17-10
I've got lots to say today so I will start early and end when I damn well feel like it. To start with, today is a kick ass day to watch the Olympics. For those of you that don't know, my daughter Maura was the person who designed the first logo for the X games in 1995. What most people don't know is that they were held in Rhode Island, not somewhere in Southern California. She wasn't even sure if she was going to be paid for her design, or if they would even give her credit for the work. But being the person that she is, she did it anyway. So this family has been watching some of the craziest things that people have ever done on skateboards and what ever else they could go down a hill on. She also has just started another fantastic project called OFF THE WALL GRAFFITI. You can find out all about it at Offthewallgraffitti.com. It's a project to give the artists a place to show off their artistic ability on places other than public property. Sort of the same idea as the X games did for the skateboarders. I want all of us to give this idea of hers the same respect and acceptance that the X games gave to the skateboard outlaws as they used to be considered. I'm saying this today, because you will be able to see one of the most successful skateboard outlaws perform in the Olympics. Believe me, having been part of the Carlsbad community since 1985, I remember when they had signs on the streets saying it was against the law to skateboard on public property. If it weren't for some farsighted citizens, Shaun White and Tony Hawk, would still be OUTLAWS. As it turned out both of them are fabulous athletes and doing very well.
I also want all of you to go to offthewallgraffiti.com and look at all the pictures that are on the site. I'm going to put a picture that hangs in my home that one of my boy's says, that it is the only thing he wants out of our entire house. How well would you have graded this picture?? Would you hang it in your house. How do you think parents of these graffiti artists feel about how well their kids can draw?
I tried to get the picture to follow the last paragraph, but I don't know how to do that. You would think after 109 posts I could figure this damn thing out right.
Well anyway, I went to the hospital today and got my infusion and thank God they took the needle out for a day. I'll have to have it accessed again tomorrow, but tonight I get to sleep with out it being in. Just one more week and then more Chemo. As much as I hate looking forward to having Chemo, I want it to be able to kill any microscopic little sarcoma roaming around in my lungs.
I'm going to go do some honey dues and then watch the Olympics. Thanks again for reading and those prayers. Tom
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday 2-16-10
You know I figure life is very interesting as you get older. I've fought my weight all my life and I've had high blood pressure since about 1990 and diabetes since '92. Now I've got cancer and this thing they call Chemo brain has my world completely turned up side down.
I got up today and went over to the hospital to get my infusion and the lady took my vitals and told me my temperature was low, 97.6 and I better be watching my blood pressure because it was 101/62 and my heart rate was 67, and I lost two more lbs since yesterday. They brought in a real comfortable lounge chair that I could actually lay back in and a pillow for my head. I was so comfortable that I fell asleep while I was getting my infusion. When the nurse came in she gently shook me and asked if I was OK. At this point I have no F++++++ idea how I'm supposed to feel. If I say great, Sharon has honey dues for me to do, if I say I don't feel too well they've got another F++++++ pill I can take. My answer from now on will be"Why the F+++ are you asking?" I feel well enough to drive myself over here and get the infusion, but not well enough to do something I don't feel like doing. So no more open ended questions, I will only answer closed ended questions, for those of you who have never attended one of my sales courses, a closed ended question is one that can only be answered with a Yes or a No. Are you old Mr. McLaughlin "Yes". Do I give a shit? NO.
After all this I decided that I would go over to the gym and do my best to try to do about 30 minutes on my exercise biker thingy. At about 25 minutes I started to feel light headed so I went over to the trainer to get my vitals done and he then informed me that my blood pressure was 95/60 and that my blood sugar was 74 and that I should probably not do any more exercising today.
I then drove home and watched a little of last nights Olympics. Bode Miller has certainly turned it around and it's too bad he didn't win a gold. .09 is just way to small a margin to get third place. God bless him for coming back for his third Olympics. It was also great to see the snowboard cross guys come in first and fourth. The girl that won the bumps kicked some ass also. You talk about pressure, the last run of the competition. I love watching that stuff. I have to admit, I cry at shit like that.
The thing that I didn't watch much of, was the ice skating. You know that Sharon was Miss Fort Wayne on Ice, when she was about 16, so she does love to watch, but I understand the American kids didn't score high on the judges scoring, but they both skated their highest scores ever. I hear the winners both screwed up their final performance but won anyway. To me it's all about trying your hardest and not giving up.
Well that all there is today from Mr. Philosopher. Tune in tomorrow for the never ending line of BS he has to share.
Oh yea, Sharon fixed me a salad of hot dogs and lettuce and a piece of rye bread for lunch. Now that' eating!!!!!!!
I got up today and went over to the hospital to get my infusion and the lady took my vitals and told me my temperature was low, 97.6 and I better be watching my blood pressure because it was 101/62 and my heart rate was 67, and I lost two more lbs since yesterday. They brought in a real comfortable lounge chair that I could actually lay back in and a pillow for my head. I was so comfortable that I fell asleep while I was getting my infusion. When the nurse came in she gently shook me and asked if I was OK. At this point I have no F++++++ idea how I'm supposed to feel. If I say great, Sharon has honey dues for me to do, if I say I don't feel too well they've got another F++++++ pill I can take. My answer from now on will be"Why the F+++ are you asking?" I feel well enough to drive myself over here and get the infusion, but not well enough to do something I don't feel like doing. So no more open ended questions, I will only answer closed ended questions, for those of you who have never attended one of my sales courses, a closed ended question is one that can only be answered with a Yes or a No. Are you old Mr. McLaughlin "Yes". Do I give a shit? NO.
After all this I decided that I would go over to the gym and do my best to try to do about 30 minutes on my exercise biker thingy. At about 25 minutes I started to feel light headed so I went over to the trainer to get my vitals done and he then informed me that my blood pressure was 95/60 and that my blood sugar was 74 and that I should probably not do any more exercising today.
I then drove home and watched a little of last nights Olympics. Bode Miller has certainly turned it around and it's too bad he didn't win a gold. .09 is just way to small a margin to get third place. God bless him for coming back for his third Olympics. It was also great to see the snowboard cross guys come in first and fourth. The girl that won the bumps kicked some ass also. You talk about pressure, the last run of the competition. I love watching that stuff. I have to admit, I cry at shit like that.
The thing that I didn't watch much of, was the ice skating. You know that Sharon was Miss Fort Wayne on Ice, when she was about 16, so she does love to watch, but I understand the American kids didn't score high on the judges scoring, but they both skated their highest scores ever. I hear the winners both screwed up their final performance but won anyway. To me it's all about trying your hardest and not giving up.
Well that all there is today from Mr. Philosopher. Tune in tomorrow for the never ending line of BS he has to share.
Oh yea, Sharon fixed me a salad of hot dogs and lettuce and a piece of rye bread for lunch. Now that' eating!!!!!!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday 2-15-10
Sharon and I had our first date for quite a while. We went Mexican. I had nothing that was good for me, but it was very delicious. I did not have any desert however. We are watching the Olympics and enjoying every minute. I can't believe it has been eight years since Park City.
I had some trouble last night with the rashes flaring up. At 2 am I starting itching uncontrollably. I had to get up and apply this location so I could get back to bed. I finally had to take two V's to stop the pain. I'm on my way now to see the hospital to see what might have caused it. Hell maybe it was the Mexican. I'll let you know later. I'm going to Sam's again for the E.H. and then pick up the bread for the week. I don't know why I have to work today, the banks sure as hell aren't. Thank you Mr. Presidents.
I had some trouble last night with the rashes flaring up. At 2 am I starting itching uncontrollably. I had to get up and apply this location so I could get back to bed. I finally had to take two V's to stop the pain. I'm on my way now to see the hospital to see what might have caused it. Hell maybe it was the Mexican. I'll let you know later. I'm going to Sam's again for the E.H. and then pick up the bread for the week. I don't know why I have to work today, the banks sure as hell aren't. Thank you Mr. Presidents.
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