Still Here

Taffy and I had a great time on Sunday. Went shopping --- I was looking at buying a bracelet online, but I found the materials in a shop across from Half-Price Books on Whitney Way so that I can make it for half-price and it'll have more meaning! Yay! Now I'm just trying to keep up with all of the reading when my mind's been switched off for summer. Oh well... finals will be here before I know it :( Taffy and I also discussed about themeing our house. Found the perfect shark to go into our fishy bathroom downstairs, but didn't buy due to money. Will probably adopt him in a couple of weeks. Then we found this really cute cow (same store) that would be the perfect footrest, but we can't justify spending $120 bucks for it (and we didn't think we could convince them to go down to $20). We think the kitchen would look really nice as a 50s diner because it has this funky black-and-white tiled floor. For our room we are thinking tropical to beat off those winter blues. We'll probably make curtains this summer in whatever little spare time we have. We still don't know about her application for raising a seeing-eye dog yet, but she's got her final interview this weekend and the interviewer is very excited. Fingers are crossed. We'd raise it for a year, teaching it basic commands and getting it used to all sorts of situations (which in Madison would be really easy with so many opportunities). It has all rights as a regular seeing-eye dog, so it could literally go anywhere. Hoping, wishing, and waiting on the news.

It Finally makes sense! Here's a list of what all those colored bands and ribbons mean. Suppose I should do some homework. Helping you be hip and current, Love Christi and Oscar

BLACK: Gang Prevention, Loss of Family Member, Melanoma, Memorial, Mourning Awareness & Skin Cancer

DARK BLUE: Arthritis, Child Abuse, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Crime Victims Rights, Dystonia, Eating Disorders, Education, Free Speech, Interstitial Cystitis, Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of duty, ME/CFIDS, Reye's Syndrome, Save the Music, Teens Against Smoking, Victim's Rights & Water Quality & Safety

LIGHT BLUE: Graves Disease, Lymphedema, Men's Health, Pro Choice, Prostate Cancer, Scleroderma, Thyroid Disease & Trisomy 18

BROWN: Anti-Tobacco, Colon Cancer & Colorectal Cancer

BURGUNDY: Cesarean Sections, Deafness, Hospice Care, Headaches & Multiple Myeloma

GOLD: Childhood Cancer

GRAY: Aphasia, Asthma, Allergies, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumors, Diabetes & Mental Illness

GREEN: Bone Marrow, Childhood Depression, Depression, Environment, Eye Injury, Glaucoma, Kidney Cancer, Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, Leukemia, Lyme Disease, Mental Retardation, Organ Donor, Safe Driving, Tissue Donor & Worker Safety

LAVENDER: Cancer, Epilepsy, Foster Care, Gynecological Cancer & Rett Syndrome

ORANGE: Cultural Diversity, Hunger, Leukemia, Lupus, Melanoma, Racial Tolerance, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome & Self Injury

ORCHID: Hodgkin's Disease & Testicular Cancer

PEARL: Emphysema, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease & MS Awareness

PERIWINKLE: Eating Disorders, Esophageal Cancer, GERD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Pulmonary Hypertension

PINK: Birth Parents, Breast Cancer & Pro Life

PINK & BLUE: Male Breast Cancer, Pregnancy Loss, Infant Loss & SIDS Awareness

PINSTRIPE: ALS Awareness

PURPLE: 9/11 Survivors, Alzheimer's, Animal Abuse, Crohn's Disease, Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Domestic Violence, Fibromyalgia, Leimyosarcoma, Lupus, Macular Degeneration, Pancreatic Cancer, Sarcoidosis & Spinal Cord Injuries...

PUZZLE: Autism Awareness & PDDNOS

RAINBOW: Gay & Lesbian Pride

RED: AIDS, HIV, DARE, DUI, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Heart Disease, Lymphoma & MADD

RED & WHITE: Head/Neck Cancer

RED & YELLOW: Hepatitis C

RED, WHITE & BLUE: Fireworks Safety, National Support, WTC Heros & WTC Victims

SILVER: Children with Disabilities, Parkinson's Disease, VACTERL & YOPA

TEAL: Cervical Cancer, Colon Cancer, Drunk Driving, Myasthenia Gravis, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Sexual Assault, Substance Abuse & Uterine Cancer

WHITE: Adoptee, Bone Cancer, Child Exploitation, Hope & Support, Peace, Retinoblastoma, Right to Life (pro life), Safe Motherhood & Student Sexual Assualt
Canadian Campaign - End Violence Against Women

YELLOW: Adoptive Parents, Come Home, Amber Alert, Bladder Cancer, Endometriosis, Equality Awareness (racial tolerance), Highway Safety, Hunger Awareness, Liver Disease, Missing Children, Motorcycle Fatalities/Injuries, POW/MIA, Suicide Awareness, Spina Bifida, Teen Suicide, Troop Support & Military Support

http://stores.ebay.com/MaKettles/Awareness-Colors-and-Meanings.html

Long time, not much time

I've been kept pretty busy lately. Lots of work as the "buisness meeting/awards time" comes around. 50+ hours total in the last two weeks alone. And of course there have been tests....soo many tests! I haven't started the countdown until the end of school....it's too depressing. I was hoping to be able to post some pics of Matt whilest he was at home, but mom's sick so I didn't get to see her today and get that picture CD. I'll be heading out with my friend and future roommmate Taffy on the bus to the West Transfer Point for a quick grocery shopping stop. Then I've got to get back here to do homework...reading a book for Spanish, catching up on History reading, taking a Geology test, etc. So really, you didn't miss out on much. And thank Alissa for making me post (although she hasn't updated her page since FEB 28!!!). Lots of love, Christi and crazy Oscar.

P.S. I played a nasty joke on Dan that went rather well ---- I am hesitant to put the pictures created for him online though since I'd hate to give anyone a heart-attack. They look pretty good for a faked photo though :)