CPAP-Sleep Apnea Machine

Well, I have been using it for 2 nights and I have to say, I don't notice a difference like everyone said I would. I still wake up tired. An even more so, I wake up ticked off and feeling trapped and claustrophobic. Oh an did I mention the big red sore spot on the bridge of my nose, when the strap has to be pulled so tight and the bridge thingy has to be turned so tight to keep the air from leaking. Or what about waking up to water sputtering in my face last night from inside the mask at 3:30am. Then when I woke up again at 6:30 to take the machine off it was filled with water and I got soaked. Something has to give. I set the dial for the humidifier down to 2, so we will see what happens tonight. If not, I am calling them tomorrow about this machine. I need sleep! So, now to hook myself up and try to get some.

My words this week on Twitter

http://www.wordle.net/

Tony Hawk's Worldwide Easter "Egg" Hunt

So, Tony Hawk decided to do a Easter Egg Hunt and hide skate decks instead of eggs around the world. Places like Ireland, Australia, and of course the USA. New York, California, Texas, Arizona, Tenn, and so many others. Kentucky was also picked and Louisville with its Extreme Park was a great city to hide 2 "eggs" in. On Saturday night the first clue came out on his twitter page

It seems someone started early in KY, so this one is for the skaters in Louisville: Next to the southernmost hubba at the Cinema Hubbas10:35 PM Apr 11th from web

I got on the web and saw it was up just as I was ready to crawl into bed after being at the ballpark all day. But, what a great easter basket item to find the next morning. I couldn't do it. So off I went in search of the "cinema hubbas" Now, I am a mom, not up to my skateboard lingo, so I started searching the web, for what a hubba was, and where to go. I went to Stoneybrook and The theaters on Preston and searched everywhere I could. Let me tell you, those are big theater with large lots, lots of bushes and places to skate. The police I spoke to to let them know I wasn't crazy..thought I was crazy. But, hey my IPOD touch showed Tony's clue and they weren't going to stop me.

My ex-husband was on the phone, googling away from wherever he was trying to help me come up with ideas. We found nothing. At 4am I came home, no skateboard, and very tired. I googled some more and found a video on myspace about the "cinema hubbas". Problem was there were so many "hubba" which one was the "cinema hubbas" Hmm, that place looks familiar and so did a lot of the rest of them in the video. I am almost 39, lived here all my life, I know I have seen it them but where? Forget it, it was probably at the Extreme Park I thought, and some random kid, who has no twitter clue found it and it just isn't going to be posted as being found. I am going to bed, there is always the hope of another "egg" tomorrow.
I woke up the next morning at 9:33 and checked Twitter, there were no updates so off I went to the bathroom. Came back and there it was
KY#2 (heehee) - Louisville, KY: Under the stairs behind Home Skateshop9:38 AM Apr 12th from web

I flew in to get wake Jake up, he was laying in bed eyes open. I just yelled" Get your clothes on, grab my keys, get in the car! Tony Hawk has a skateboard hidden an I know where it is." I ran back in my room, grabbed dirty (yes dirty) clothes from yesterday, off the floor, put them on and down the stairs I went, out the door to the car. We drove as fast as we could to Home Skate Shop. Taking the back roads, avoiding Bardstown Road as long as we could. It took 11 minutes to get dressed and drive the 7 miles to there. Stopping at 2 red lights, that took forever. Jake ran from my car to be stopped by a woman shutting her car door, holding up some sort of paper, shaking her head. I knew as his head dropped. They had beat us by a stop light and found it. He walked the distance back to the car, head hung. I was waiting for the tears to flow. Even at 13, to be that close to finding one of his biggest hero's autographed decks was a little to emotional for this teen to handle. He got in the car and said, can you please see if they will sell it to us. I had to tell him know. I didn't see any kids in their car and I couldn't even imagine the price someone would put on it.

I let Jake know, the chances of him finding one that day were probably less than 1%, at that moment, he had raised his chance to 50%. He got beat by a stop light. He held his head up and said,"Next time, just run the stupid thing!" with a smile on his face. I knew Jake was still upset but it was ok. I started thinking, wait, there is still 1 left unless someone found it and just never posted. But, heck we are up lets look around Louisville.

We called one of Jake's oldest friends Matt and asked him if he knew what the "Cinema hubbas" were. Matt was with some other skateboard friends and they suggested looking at old closed down movie theaters since I had looked at the open ones. Showcase Cinemas instantly came to mind. Right up Bardstown Road, a couple of miles away from us. Made sense to me. So off we went. Jake searched every bit of concrete around there he could. We found nothing but a piece of wax on the concrete ledge in the front behind the old sign. A little discouraged we decided to go get my nephew and check in on twitter for any updates.

Nothing reported on twitter. Off to get Chance (my nephew) and to decide, go to the Extreme Park look around an see if Chris at Adrenaline Zone is in an ask him if he knows what the "Cinema hubbas" are or drive to Tinseltown, the last movie theater to check in Louisville for us. Jake decided to head to the Extreme Park but to drive by Showcase and look again. So off we went. Nothing at the Showcase this time either. Jake check some of the bushes around there but didn't see anything.
Not ready to give up, we headed downtown, stopping in Adrenaline Zone (go in there for all your skating and biking needs) We talked to them afor a bit and one of the guys (sorry forgot your name) was nice enough to get out the Mac and google Showcase Cinemas, telling us a couple of to places look at. Third times a charm? Off we went again.
Jake and Chance began there search looking in every nook and cranny they could. Chance searched mostly the concrete area and Jake decided he was going to crawl in the bushes and check. I drove up to the front and they were almost done looking for the 3rd time. The only part left to search was the area we found the wax at earlier in the morning. I parked by the old sign and began reading Tony Hawk's twitter updates. There it was
RT (via @nighthawk182) pic of KY #1! http://twitpic.com/37ww81:57 PM Apr 12th from web

Oh no! It has been found. I have to tell Jake I thought. I looked at the picture and thought

"MOM!!!MOM!! OH MY OH MY! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!" Came the yelling in the car.


Turns out that picture was from the people we saw earlier in the morning at home skate shop. Sure enough, Jake had found it. After almost 13 hours of looking we had trully found it.

We took some pictures, made some phone calls to family to let them now and drove home to upoad the pix and post to Tony Hawk

RT (via @Shannon112470) Thanks so much @tonyhawk you have made our Easter http://twitpic.com/381dp what you have done goes beyond.2:50 PM Apr 12th from web



perseverance! RT (via @Shannon112470) FOUND KY#2 after 14 hours of looking and tank of gas http://twitpic.com/381dp http://twitpic.com/381ij2:52 PM Apr 12th from web



Thanks Tony Hawk for making it a great Easter "Egg" Hunt. One of the best we have ever been on. ~S&J

Where I'm From

I am from warm beds, from Crisco Shortening and ball parks.

I am from the back of Shallow Creek, surrounded by the woods, where the creek got dammed every summer.

I am from the persimmon tree and the weeping willow that could be used for a switch.

I am from Sunday fried chicken dinner and premature gray hair, from Grandma, Dad, Uncle Bob and Aunt Donna too.

I am from my "Because I said so" and "Yes, dear that's right."

From no you can't and yes you can.

I am from Mass with class during the week, youth group on Sunday nights and always at 5:30 on Saturday or Sunday morning with family.

I'm from Louisville, Kentucky with a lot of German in me, a bit of Irish, a bit of American Indian an other bits as well.

Derby pies and au gratin potatoes were Mom's specialty but don't ask for much else. But from Dad, whatever you want.

From Christmas Eve when Santa comes to fill the floor with so many presents you can hardly walk in the room. From Christmas Day filled with family, love, roast beef, Aunt Audrey and Dad and a shot or 2 in the kitchen. Pop singing Santa Claus is coming to Town while you sit on his lap. An if you are so very lucky, a soft snow will have fallen and a walk around the block after dinner will take place, with the "men" and children while Christmas carols are sung.

I am from Dad's top drawer, filled with old cards from Father's Day to Birthdays, homemade, then store bought, but never thrown away. From Mom's hatbox overflowing with old pictures, cards, Polaroids, and report cards.

I am surrounded by family found in books and boxes on walls and in frames in many homes.

The Science of Love

Shannon..., you are a

You tend to be traditional. Home, family, job and community are all central to you. You like being firmly embedded in your social and business groups and you feel deeply responsible for just about everyone around you. You can be fiercely protective of those you love.

You are skilled at managing people. You are sympathetic and cooperative; you are also hard working and display a good deal of caution and common sense. And you can be very patient. So you can complete detailed, painstaking jobs more easily than most people.

You enjoy building social relationships. You have excellent verbal and people skills. You are talented at achieving solutions to complex problems so that all involved feel fulfilled. You have a hard headed too. You tend to respect rules, schedules and routines.

You also see the big picture, have a fine imagination and can be remarkably intuitive. You like to play with ideas and examine the meaning of life. And because you have a genuine sense of community, you seek projects that enable you to contribute to a more stable world.

• Traditional
• Social
• Loyal
• Dependable
• Patient
• Community oriented
• Orderly

• Sees the big picture
• Imaginative
• Intuitive
• Verbal skills
• Empathetic
• Trusting
• Introspective

You are relaxed and easy to be with, so you attract a range of friends and admirers. But you are picky. You are attracted to those who share your values; moral fiber in a partner is important to you. You also admire those who respect rules, schedules, and traditions. And you particularly admire those who have a sense of social responsibility--who spend their time and money on events that are charitable or strengthen family, business or the community ties. You see the big picture and see way down the road; so you like to prepare for the future. And although you enjoy people who play with ideas, your "true love" must complement you. You admire those who are direct, analytical, authentic and assertive and can enjoy your orderly and compassionate nature.

You are somewhat stoical. You believe that difficulties are inevitable. With this practical attitude, coupled with your dependable, cooperative and "can-do" spirit, you often become a central and effective player in your social and business networks. You are generally calm and entertaining, too, and always dedicated and reliable. And with your imagination and people skills, just about everybody likes you.

• You can be so modest and self effacing that some are likely to regard you as a door mat. Speak up and defend yourself.
• You can be overly critical of others.
• Your caution can jeopardize your curiosity.

You tend to naturally gravitate to the BUILDER/directors.

trustworthy

caring

respect

honesty

trust

Family

values

loving

loyal

moral/morals

empathetic/empathy

read/reader

learning/learn

passion/passionate

sensitive

kind/kindness

sweet

random

heart

real

Sprinng Break is Over

That's right, spring break is over. The weather was nice and warm this past weekend and I am glad Jake got to enjoy the outside weather. Today is going to just get colder as the day goes by. It is Monday. No school for me! So, I am going back to bed. Did I mention I hate mornings?

My words of the week

And Jake is still my biggest word, meaning he is the most important in my life!


http://www.wordle.net/

So I have it

Sleep Apnea that is. I got my test results back today in the mail from my study. Evidently my oxygen levels go down to 75% while I sleep and my RDI(Respiratory Disturbance Index, the average times per hour my breathing is interrupted causing me to wake to a light level of sleep or wake completely) is 38.5. The norm for these is, oxygen above 90% and RDI of 5 or less. I am going back for another test in 10 days to be fitted for a CPAP(Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine. Now when I go to sleep I get to have a nice mask on my face to look like an alien from another planet, but hey...at least I won't sound like one anymore.....Hopefully