let me begin again

i apologize, i am starting over.

my son married chicky as planned. she s not the wonderful woman i tried to convince myself she was- she showed her true colors right before the wedding and let's just say, when i cried at the wedding, it wasn't tears of happiness.

i have had some trouble obtaining ostomy supplies. i have found you can get them a lot less expensively on ebay. there is a program that did provide me with 3 months of ostomy supplies at a time, but it has been cut back to getting them 3 times out of the year. kinds sucks. but i can get them on ebay for a lot less than anything else i found.

i still recommend starbucks for potty breaks.

gifts from the gods

i was cleaning out the garage, looking for a small cosmetic bag that i know has a few pieces of ostomy products inside. however, i found a box w/about 4 months of supplies in it! score!

the wedding plans are marching forward. on october 9, my little boy becomes a married man. and a stepfather twice over.

the end of an era.

but a new one begins. one with a daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren.

i will be watching them on mondays again this year. i will get $50 per week, and they will pay my cellphone bill, so they can get in touch with me nomatter where i am. i plan on getting my old beater car fixed, so i can run the two kids around. it is a 1993 honda accord, only a 2 door. but hey, i don't have to sit in the backseat! lucky they are small! the gas mileage is about 35 mpg, so i will be sitting pretty.

i will have surgery after christmas, while the children are visiting their father. when they return, i will have recovered enough to care for them again.

i have plans. i hope fate leaves me the fuck alone, and god takes me off his TO-DO list!

peace out, homies!

counting my blessings...

i am waiting on social security to pay out my disability claim, which would meani could receive medicare insurance.my ostomy supply stock is gettinglow. luckily, i use a flange and reuseable bag system, so by always getting the maximum allowed when i had insurance, i have gone 1 year without buying any new supplies. my preferred supplies are getting low, but i have several months of my second choice in my supply. so i think i will have to begin using the less nice ones and save the nicer ones for the fall. my son is getting married in october so i will be ready for that occcasion.

thanks, martin, for the suggestion about the imodium. this will come in handy when i am escorted to my seat in my slinky black dress!

please allow me to introduce myself....

how rude of me, to chatter on, when we haven't been properly introduced.

my name is lee. i am a 44 year-old female who lives in mississippi. i have a husband named bobo, a 25 year-old son named root, a jack russell terrier dog named jack (duh!) and a colostomy. we live in a single family set on 2 acres with a small pond. the pond has been stocked with many delicious fish, so next year i will have to learn to eat fish every night.

i enjoy reading, gardening, internet surfing and watching television. my favorite programs are the office, law and order: svu (special victims unit), my name is earl, jon & kate + 8 ( i am on team jon!), and all manner of cooking and home decorating shows. i also love true murder mysteries, the bloodier and more convoluted the better.

my son, root, is engaged to a wonderful woman i will call chick. she has a 6 year-old girl (itchy) and a 5 year-old boy (scratchy) that i love very much. my son and chick are getting married october 9, in downtown memphis. i am having fun helping them plan their wedding. someday i will give details of my $100 wedding package used when i got married in 1982. it deserves its own post.

so that is me. tell me about YOU! leave me a comment! PLEASE!

ciao for now!

an exquisite bean, with a fine full-bodied roast

if you are ever out and about in america and find yourself in a dire spot, you may need to find a nice bathroom, with lots of room and privacy.

simple solution: head for the nearest starbucks.

the bathrooms are built for single occupancy, so you have your own sink at your disposal. not only are the bathrooms clean and impeccable, the smell of coffee roasting will hide any odors!

i love starbucks, even though i don't drink coffee!

a bag for every occasion...

this is an ostomy blog masquerading as a fashion blog. as such, i may occasionally include descriptions of clothing as well the wacky madcap adventures of me and my colostomy bag. if fashion doesn't interest you, feel free to skim on by. i promise i will never bore you to tears, or cause your eyes to glaze over.

that said, i will often point out the benefits of having a colostomy bag. yes, there are some benefits. for instance, normal beings may fart in social situations when it may not be appropriate. i, on the other hand, have my noxious gasses neatly contained in a secure pouch to be used at my discretion.

just the other day, i had occasion to put this superpower to good use. a jerk passed me too close on the highway. i knew we would be side by side at the traffic light. so 1/2 block before the light, i checked to be sure his windows were down. yeah, mr. redneck has his windows down. so i reach below my waistband and loosen the top ofthe flange a bit. my car fills with gas just as i reach the light. he is in the lane beside me. i roll down my passenger window so the gas is sucked out of my car and flows into his truck. i smile at him and take off at the light. when i look back,he is coughing and still sitting at the light!

i don't really miss my asshole, as i am surrounded by them on a daily/hourly basis.

see ya soon!