Godspeed Mr. Frank...

http://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=26203&locid=14

xoxo,
Anna

Once upon a time ...

I was given the most amazing "mixed" CDs entitled "Oh Anna, Volume 1, 2, 3, 4,  ..."
Stumbled across one today.  Out of all the fabulous songs, this one was my favorite on one particular CD.
And, as the sweet lyrics say, "it's so easy to forget."
I wonder why it is so easy to "forget" for some people.  
Don't get me wrong ... I have a MAJOR short-term memory issue, thanks to chemo-brain.  It's the bane of my existence.  
I forget the "good ol' days".  I forget why I said what I said, did what I did, loved who I loved, ate what I ate, shat where I shat ...
It's been a long couple of years for me, my family, my friends.
I love a good kick in the ass to remind me how far we've all come ... and, how much farther we'll go!
So ... I mosey on, and on, and on, and on.
On the "Up Side", I'm having a good time moseying!




Pleasurehead - "Seafood"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-3wcNnzwwE




Remove the tie and you will find
that the details are now complete
and hope is a word that we both hope for
the changing seasons we both need

and You're so beautiful when you shine for me
and You're so beautiful when you shine, oh

There's not much left, it's been so long
and this reflection has not been kind
So we place our hands in these foreign skys
it's so easy to forget

You're so beautiful when you shine for me
You're so beautiful when you shine for me
You're so beautiful when you shine for me
You're so beautiful when you shine, oh

e so beautiful when you shine, oh 

xoxo, 
Anna

New Years Eve aftermath ...

Whelp ...
  I had a SPLENDID time on New Years Eve.  Hung out with a loverly friend and got to take in some amazing live music that happened to include one of my pals/clients playing drums.
  After the stroke of midnight, my buddy introduced me to his "two little friends":  the bottle rockets.
  At the time, it seemed like a good idea to shoot them out of his apartment window...
  After the fact ... not so much.
  A little "backfire" action occurred whilst setting mine off ... taking out my chest and FAVORITE dress, which I, promptly, had to remove because it caught on fire.  I'm not modest.  So.......
  After several days of trying to mend this damned wound, I had to make it in to "urgent care" today, as my entire chest is like a weepy hamburger patty.  So, now my left side is no longer envious of my right side and all its radiated glory.
  Mucho meds, lots of laughs with the docs and nurses, and a heapin' helpin' of them peeling the burnt skin off of my chest to "promote" healing ... don't try that at home ... I'm on the mend.
  Fingers crossed.
  But, what an amazing New Years Eve to remember.  Loverly time!
xoxo
Anna

My new favorite band...

Of Monsters and Men ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj5JO9j5jiI

Maybe I’m a crook for stealing your heart away
And maybe I’m a crook for not caring for it
And maybe I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad person
Well baby, I know

And these fingertips, they’ll never run through your skin
Those bright blue eyes can only meet mine across a room
Filled with people that are less important than you

Because you love, love, love when you know I can’t love
You love, love, love when you know I can’t love
You love, love, love when you know I can’t love, you…
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com 

So I think it’s best we both forget before we dwell on it
The way you held me so tight all through the night
It was near morning

Because you love, love, love when you know I can’t love
You love, love, love when you know I can’t love
You love, love, love when you know I can’t love, you...



Lovely, lovely song.
xoxo
Anna
p.s. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Blessed Christmas gifts ...

Silas and I have damned fabulous day!  PJs all day.  Then, we cleaned ourselves up, dressed up, and headed to Anthony's in Edmonds.  We had a table right by the window and watched the sunset.  Silas, as per usual, ordered his clams.  The kid cannot get enough!
We came home and opened gifts and cookies and milk ready for Santa.
Today was good.  We needed that calm and mellow, as we had a bit of an "event" on Thursday night.
We met up with Don at Costco to get house stuffs.  I loaded the "stuffs" into my car and Silas and I headed home.  Don was supposed to follow us.
After a bit, I began to wonder if Don had missed a transfer from his chair to his car, as he wasn't home after we had made it there and unloaded all the groceries.  NO sooner than I thought that, my phone rang.
When I showed up to the scene, an entire city block was cordoned off.  Police, fire trucks, ambulances.
After running towards the ambulance, I saw his car.  A total loss.  The fire was out, but the smoke was filling up the sky.  The car was in completely molten.
The only reason he made it out is that an amazing couple with their baby and one of their mother's (of the couple) was passing by.  They dragged him out to safety and stayed until we left ... Don in an ambulance and Silas and myself following it to the hospital.
They stayed the entire time at the end of the block ...
There are angels amongst us.
Forever grateful for those amazing people.
Don (who is not the smallest person in the world) said that the man must have had some MAJOR endorphins, as he had Don thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
A holiday miracle.
xoxo
Anna

Karma, Baby ...

... Wasn't too, terribly, sure that I believed in it, considering all the wonderful people that I know who have suffered so badly.
But, I have a feeling that the theory might just hold a grain of truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUtMgSxokXU

"Karma Police"

Karma police, arrest this man
He talks in myths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio

Karma police, arrest this girl
Her Hitler hairdo is
Making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party

This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us

Karma police
I've given all I can
It's not enough
I've given all I can
But we're still on the payroll

This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us

And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

Kick-Azz day with the "Outlaws" ...

What an amazing day!
Grammie and Grandaddy made the trek from Yakima to Seattle to deliver some pretty, darned amazing gifts to Mosey and myself today.  Not only that, we had an out of body experience at a restaurant in Alderwood Mall.
First thing's first:  We circled the wagons at my house around 11:30.
Next thing's next:  We had to go to a mall ... my most hated place EVER!
I guess Hell would come in at a close 2nd.  But, I still vote ANY mall a firm first.
In any case, Santa's line had an hour and a half wait.  That was, immediately, a no-go for us.
So, we headed to lunch.
Wow ... lunch.  We went to a new restaurant in the mall where you do all the ordering yourself through a computer ... UMMMMMMMM ... Grandaddy and I finally figured out how to do it.  But, the system wanted us to triple-order pickles, or some nonsense.
Once we settled into our booth, we got our food.  It was great, great, great!  Now we know how to circumvent the system.
Back home, we opened our Christmas gifts, and gifts, and gifts, and MORE gifts ...
It was such a lovely, lovely day.
Thank you so very much Grammie and Grandaddy for all the love and support you have ALWAYS shared with us!
We love you to the moon and back.
xoxo
Anna & Silas