I think I have lupus

Trish again I thank you for bringing this info to my attention. I have done a bit of reading and image surfing and I have also taken an online screen test. I am certain that is what it is..the online screen test says 76% and advises me to seek medical attention. HAH! I have been doing that for the last 8 years. I even had the police called on me at my last doctor visit over this issue..I shall search for another doctor that is taking patients and of course will take the insurance, and insist on a lupus test..
The bottom image is a photo from the lupus website of what the discoid lupus rash looks like, there seems to be 3 kinds, and mine would fall under the discoid lupus..
the top photo is my own arm, the upper left arm and only a small portion, just to give you an idea. I will post an update to this once I see a doctor, hopefully I wont have long to wait as I think this is really it!!
Lets see it took them 20 years to find my hepatitis C, I complained often of female problems and even though paps always came out clean I was found to have some wierd female problem with my uterus that wouldnt show up on a papsmear, so once they removed that I was feeling better, but it took them years to believe me, then I once was having side pain to the point that I couldnt walk and they kept telling my I had cyst on my ovaries (before the hysterectomy) and come to find out my intestines were adhered to the wall of my stomach, easily fixed, but took them years to find it and fix it.
So maybe if I BRING the diagnosis to them they will figure it out.
I have also just read that hep c and lupus may be connected, now why wouldn't a doctor look for that considering I have already been treated for hep c, honestly, I just dont get it. It is also one of the top 10 misdiagnosed diseases, and takes up to 7-10 yrs for the doctors to figure it out..you would think they would have like a yellow sticky note ya know ' the top 10 misdiagnosed diseases " or something on their desk. so they can look there first.sheeeeeesh!

Kays' Cover Ups

These were created for a private adult trade, I thought I would have a little extra fun and put them behind doors..a little something different than I normally do.
we have both guy and doll in the shower, I used some clear vinyl from my paint brush pkg, and created the shower curtains..I thought a rise in the levis was a great idea, and of course a roll in the hay had to be tried too. It is fun to be naughty once in a while..You should give it a go!

Healthcare humor

American Medical Association has weighed in on the new Obama health care
proposals.

The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to
make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about
it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.

The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.
Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted. Pathologists yelled,
"Over my dead body!" while the Pediatricians said, "Oh, Grow up!"

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists
could see right through it. Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the
whole thing. The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the
Plastic Surgeons said, "This puts a whole new face on the matter...."

The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were
pissed off at the whole idea. The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea
was a gas, and the Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.

In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the
assholes in Washington

just for fun

I love animals so much..

My Favorite Commercial

This is my absolute favorite t.v. commercial, the boys are too cute and so remind me of our own boys. I love all of these credit report commercials but this one is my fav.

Fishing

For the weekly challenge on Drawspace hosted by Sonia. So many poles, I wonder if there were as many fish?? Thanks Sonia for the ref pic.

Jaydee

A good friend of mine had to put his long time pet down last week. This dog meant the world to him and you never see Ray without Jaydee. She was found to have cancerous tumors through out her organs. She was 13 and lived a very loved and fun life with Ray..Thing is, Ray is a bachelor, and NEVER took any really good photos of her, surely if she had a 'mom' around, there would be lots of them. At any rate, Ray goes in on the 28th of this month for major spinal surgery..so scary, and I wanted to present him with a well done drawing of his dog when he got home. A friend at drawspace was kind enough to try and clear up the photo for me so later this p.m. I will try again, I know I can do better than this
I dont have a soft/dark enough pencil to work in pencil, this is the darkest I can get and I like working in charcoal, especially a black dog, as it is much much quicker.Forget watercolors with it, I tried that and it isnt even postable. So I think I will try another in the charcoal and see what happens

Throw another Czar in the mix..

Here is a list of Obama’s current and prospective Czar positions:




1. Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra. [17].

2. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske [9].

3. Copyright Czar: Not appointed yet. [15].

4. Energy Czar: Carol M. Browner [12].

5. Car Czar: Ed Montgomery. [17]
6. Terrorism/WMD Czar: Gary Samore. [17].
7. Health Care Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle. [7].

8. Education Czar: Not appointed yet. [16].

9. Economic Czar: Paul Volcker. [17].

10. Mortgage Czar: Not appointed yet. [1].

11. Urban Affairs/Housing Czar: Adolfo Carrion. [10].

12. Guantanomo closure Czar: Danny Fried. [17].

13. Great lakes Czar: Cameron Davis. [11].

14. Stimulus accountability Czar: Earl Devaney. [17].

15. Cyberspace Czar: Not appointed yet. [16].

16. Border Czar: Alan Bersin (Former US attorney). [6].

17. Intelligence Czar: Admiral Dennis Blair. [8].

18. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein. [2].

19. Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg [3].

20. Iran Czar: Not appointed yet. [16].

21. Tarp Czar: Herb Allison. [17].

22. Middle-East peace Czar: George Mitchell. [17].

23. Science Czar: John Holdren. [17].

24. Green jobs Czar: Van Jones. [17].

25. Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke. [17].

26. Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration. [17].

27. Mideast policy Czar: Dennis Ross. [17].

28. Information Czar: Vivek Kundra. [17].

29. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley. [17].

30. Faith-based Czar: Joshua Dubois. [17].

31. Climate Czar: Todd Stern. [17].

Conclusion

Where do we go from here?
The problem with this picture is that more Czars mean more layers of bureaucracy, more corruption, more control and abuse, as well as more inefficiency and ineptness. The federal government has grown to an unprecedented level during the Bush Administration, and continues to grow larger in the current one.
Maybe, the whole purpose of Obama’s Czars “R” US is simple propaganda that lulls the public into a false sense of safety and control, while he continues the agenda of his money masters that consists of profligate spending, new wars and false flag operations, indefinite detention of prisoners, disembowelment of the constitution, covert overthrowing of foreign governments, bogus terrorists watch list, erosion of personal and national sovereignty, bankrupting the republic, microchipping the populace, and dismantling the American Bourgeoisie (middle class), in order to facilitate and complete the process of globalization.
by Rev. Richard Skaff

Tax The Rich

OK.. I have been watching our rockstar president, (god i cant stand that guy) talk about 'taxing the rich' WHAT THE??
I am not rich, I am far from it, However, I do not hate the 'rich' man/woman.
This country is suppose to be all about going from rags to riches. Now the government wants to 'punish' those that have 'made it'..WRONG, WRONG WRONG!! that is so not right and really pisses me off. If a person has played the game by all the rules and comes out a winner, YOU DONT PUNISH THEM FOR IT!!
YOU WILL NEVER GET A JOB FROM A POOR MAN/WOMAN!! God what is so damn hard to understand about that? NO, not everyone is entitled to a home, NO THEY ARE NOT! If you work hard, you purchase a home, If you dont work hard, or have no education, dont blame someone who did..that lays at your own doorstep, not that of the rich man/woman. I can tell you right now, if I was Bill Gates, or Donald Trump, I would take my Piles of money (and all the charities and jobs i created and donated hundreds of thousands to) and leave this damn country. I would not sit back and watch the government try and pull this bullshit off. These wealthy ppl provide many many jobs, yes there are bad apples here and there, but still you dont punish them all for it. These people donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities around the world, they share their prosperity in ways we dont even know about.
I just cant stand to see that smooth talking dumbass up there ruining our country.

Abe Lincoln

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character & courage by taking away people's initiative & independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could & should do for themselves.

...Abraham Lincoln

picture within a picture

I took this pic today of this lil guy sitting on my door sill on my porch, he is a gorgeous, furry fat bodied lil guy, but what I found even more interesting about him is the profile of an indian chief in his very makeup.If you combine both wings for the feathered headdress, and the black spot is the profile of the face, the ring is the ornaments on the head dress..I found that really cool

The little goldfish

I gave a try to goldfish today,ref pic was provided by elena at drawspace..I think its pretty good, despite the fact my scanner is opposed to white or light colors.
Also a very nice photo from holland was turned into the lil mess before you,compliments of cees. thank you both for the refs.

free watercolor tutorial

I love the way the video is done, i shall have to give it a try myself.

I am still at it

another perspective challenge, not too terribly awful..oh I am so tickled, this one is correct, YAAY!

Just for fun

What is it, that thing in the sky?

OMG! Its the sun!! MY EYES, MY EYES!.
yeah..some frigging sunshine, god I need my vitamin D, without it I can become quite nasty. Cooped up in the friggin house all winter then all of June minus a day here or there, enough to drive anyone stir crazy. Probably roast thru August..all or nothing around here.Today I post an updated pic of me and my lil jinx, we are both quite happy about the sunshine. It has both of our motors running. oh and me and my jazzy, giving me the usual kisses

and more perspective drawings

today, i shall wrest some more with the subject of perspective..this drawing is the same as the last I posted, hopefully with a much better grasp of the whole perspective issue, I am so close, I can see it right there, but not quite yet..Dave has helped me immensely to grow in my artwork

Perspective attempts

Ok, I think I may be on to something, here are a couple that I have completed in pencil and then went over in ink for the purpose of viewing. Apparently Drawspace has been down all day as I have not been able to get on. Hope it comes back soon, I am eager to show dave that he is making some progress with me..I think
*SIGH* Nope not one of em right..Oh well, try, try again

Let's Legalize

I am not sure I agree with the safer than alcohol part, as everything has the 'you play you pay rule as far as health is concerned..but I have never heard of killing someone behind the wheel either from smoking. I find the timing hilarious though, as I have mentioned before. If a man down on his luck tries to make a few bucks during hard times by selling weed, they send him to prison. Yet California, instead of cutting back their lavish ways, now want to make some fast cash and start selling.
Its too funny, You go Arnold!! oh yes and this ad was rejected by area stations, what happened to free speech and debate?
I am all for the legalization by the way.

Marooned Moose

BRUNSWICK — Dozens of wildlife watchers flocked to the Frank J. Wood bridge this morning after a young moose landed on the rocky island below the dam between Brunswick and Topsham.“He’s beautiful,” said Brunswick resident Sue Hamilton. “If he came over the falls, it’s miraculous he didn’t break anything.”“It’s crazy to see a moose out on a little island like that,” said Hamilton’s brother Jim Merritt. “I just hope they leave him alone.”That’s exactly what officials plan to do.

Game wardens suspect the moose did come over the dam, and also think it’s the same moose sighted around Topsham during the past three months.The marooned moose was first spotted early this morning, prompting about 15 calls to Sagadahoc County dispatch and about 40 to the Brunswick Police Department. Communications Officer Mike Carter called Maine State Police, which dispatched Maine game warden Doug Kulis of Georgetown.Kulis said today that wardens have decided the moose is fine on the island, with plenty of vegetation to eat, and any attempt to rescue him could make the situation worse. Today, the water level was 2 feet over the dam, he said.“There’s such a huge volume of water coming through right now, especially on one side of the island,” he said of the dam. “If we went on the island and tried to save it, and he went away from us, with the hydraulics there, he would drown. On the other side (rescue is) possible, but if a large volume of water came through, he’d end up in Brunswick and we’d have a very tired moose.”Wardens can’t use a tranquilizer gun because the moose could wander into the water before it fell; nor can a helicopter help, because of nearby power lines.Operators of the nearby dam and others farther up the Androscoggin River expect the water level to drop by 25 percent overnight, Kulis said, and then significantly more in the next four to seven days, even if we have a little rain.“If that happens, the moose will be able to walk right over to Topsham,” he said. “It’s not sick and it’s not injured. We’ve seen him walking and eating. It’s just one of those moose that’s a year-and-a-half old, and trying to learn to be a moose. He hasn’t really figured it out yet. We don’t want to try to rescue him and have something go bad.”Sue Hamilton and her brother heard about the marooned moose from friends. Like so many other moose oglers, they headed down to the bridge to watch the male moose scramble over his new rocky domain surrounded by the swollen, swirling waters of the Androscoggin River.

Perspective

the past couple of days I have really been trying this perspective, without much luck, I have had many good teachers and have watched and rewatched dvd's, I have read so many books, I always think I am onto something, then NAH..nothing..I feel so damn thick, this page is one I have been studying, pretty straightforward, looks easy, but I just can't put it on the paper.
Once I get this obstacle out of my way, I should be all set. I can't even properly find the eye level, it is so frustrating.

http://homepages.moeller.org/gstanforth/perspective_3.htm

Oklahoma City Arrives at Portsmouth Navy Shipyard

USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723) and her crew of 18 officers and 126 enlisted personnel arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on September 5. While at the Shipyard, the ship will undergo an Engineered Overhaul (EOH) to include systems maintenance and equipment upgrades. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding Company and General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, the nuclear powered attack submarine OKLAHOMA CITY was commissioned on July 9, 1988, at Norfolk Naval Base.
The first OKLAHOMA CITY was a 14,000 ton light cruiser commissioned December 22, 1944. During World War II, OKLAHOMA CITY was awarded two Battle Stars for heroic service in the Okinawa campaign and for action against the Japanese homeland. Decommissioned in 1947, she was re-commissioned in 1960 as a Guided Missile Light Cruiser, and became the first Pacific Fleet Combatant to fire the Talos anti air missile. OKLAHOMA CITY was awarded 13 Battle Stars, three Meritorious Unit Citations, and one Navy Unit Citation for gallant performance of duty during the Vietnam War. She completed her distinguished career as the Seventh Fleet Flagship and was decommissioned on December 15, 1979.
OKLAHOMA CITY’s Commanding Officer is Commander Ed Mayer IV. Commander Mayer, a native of New Jersey, received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1987. He was a Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate and received his commission at Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. After completing Nuclear and Submarine Training, he was assigned as a division officer on the commissioning crew of USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736) in 1989. He reported to S1C Prototype in Windsor, Connecticut, as a shift engineer in 1992. He returned to sea again as Navigator and Operations Officer on USS BOSTON (SSN 703), deploying to the Mediterranean Sea and twice to the North Atlantic.
After serving on the Staff of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs, Commander Mayer was assigned as Executive Officer on USS JEFFERSON CITY (SSN 759) in 1999. During his tour, the ship deployed to the Western Pacific and earned the 2000 Submarine Squadron Eleven Battle Efficiency “E” Award. He then served as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. Commander Mayer assumed command of OKLAHOMA CITY on June 2, 2005.

Portsmouth Navy Shipyard

I thought today I would show where my hubby works..He works here at the portsmouth navy shipyard as a general foreman ..Needless to say we don't discuss his work outside of 'how was your day'.
If you are interested just click the title and it will take you to the shipyard site.
It is about an hours drive for him to work from home. He enjoys his job very much.
He was a policeman up north, very community oriented, jaws of life and fire department as well.
I am very proud of my hubby, I caught me a good one. We met when I was around 23 or so, and all these years later we are still quite happy. Especially now the kids are grown, we really can enjoy each others company. He makes me laugh and laugh..

Rodeo

horses have always been a challenge for me to draw..so I have practiced on a few here and there, this one didnt come out too terrible, I had to try the rodeo

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy.

He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

Its so nice to be Kneaded

My kittens are so cute, this one is jinx, the female. She loves the dogs and can be found draped across one or laying beside one. I can't tell if she is confused or loving, perhaps both..the yorkie, he doesn't care for the claw work but the poodle loves it and will roll over and let her do his belly.
At the same time he is getting a mini vibrating massage from her motor. I don't know who ever said cats and dogs can't get along.

For the birds

Here is a sneak peak at my progress for the ATC trade.I have like 7 or 8 more to do yet, no hurry, but where the weather is soo pouring rain and black sky, I will probably finish em up today, nothing else on the agenda at the moment

Thru my window

This morning, my husband looks out the window and calls for me to come and see. This little fawn was standing right in my driveway, No sign of mother, he wandered around for a bit then of course the barking of the dogs scared him away. I have come back to edit this post to add mother, she was down the drive, I didn't think she was too far off.

Just a thought

Ya know as I sit and watch the t.v. the reporter is telling me that they are yet again raising taxes on cigarettes. I was watching the other night and Californias' gov. was thinking about legalizing marijuana, it has occurred to me today, that the marijuana will soon be legalized and the cigarettes will be smuggled. If a man runs against hard times and turns to dealing drugs for awhile just ya know to get caught up on a few things he is risking going to prison, but California runs into hard times and what does the gov. start talking? selling drugs..LMAO..that is hilarious.
Only in the U.S.A. !!