Andrizzle Gizzle

yikes - Mary Carmen

:) I am trying to find some humor in the awkward situation lolzzzzzz like when she starts the massage she's like, wow the muscles are pretty tight today huh?? I was thinking, I have no idea how to respond to that. Thank you? - Andrizzle Gizzle

Oh, Andrea. How I love you. - Derrick

I have no idea how to respond to this post, but I truly hope the PT is helping Andrea. - WorldofHiglet

They really think it will, I am giving it a month to see if there is some improvement. I hope that posting about it doesn't really make people super uncomfortable but I do want to kind of capture how weird/awkward/painful/hilarious the whole thing is before I forget. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Oh and the best part was when she asked if I would consider bringing my husband in to learn the massage technique so he could do it at home. (bug eyed) - Andrizzle Gizzle

Andrea - I completely admire your honesty and if people have a problem with it then it is THEIR problem. I hope posting it does help - and I'm trying to ignore that last comment about your husband....o_O I don't know how she expected you to answer and now I'm trying not to think about how that might work - WorldofHiglet

lol..it sounds like she was trying to normalize the situation. but, you know, somethings you just can't. i admire your sense of humor. - Mary Carmen

There is also allbookstores.com for comparison of prices from different places. - Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF

Most of my classes are technical so they are like the Adobe branded books not real textbooks. I also decided not to buy the "recommended" books like I did last semester. - Andrizzle Gizzle

This isn't something I hear everyday. Now I'm wondering how I can work "my vagina needs a break" into conversation on a regular basis. It's like..."It's been raining for 3 days now. My vagina needs a break." And I'm not making light of your situation. I can't imagine how frustrating and painful this is for you. - Sarah June

lol no it's ok it's just like, you know. Who wants to get a weekly pelvic?? Probably by the end of it I will just be flashing vag at everyone like WHO CARES HERE IS MY VAGINA zzz - Andrizzle Gizzle

LOL - Sarah June

I totally know how you feel. I am so over doctors and being prodded and pelvic exams and internal sonograms and 7 inch biopsy needles. I would like to not see my gyno for a year. - Mary Carmen

thank god I don't have to deal with needles. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Yeah with my lady problems by the end of it I was like DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO LOOK INSIDE MY VADGE???? I felt like a sideshow sometimes. Buhhh. - Sumotuwe

You havent lived till you've had a biopsy needle coming towards your kittybits....oh wait, yeah, its hell on earth. - Mary Carmen

So Phil had to go to the dr for a physical the other day and I was like IS HE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR JUNK and he was like, uh no he's not going to look at my junk why would he do that? I don't know, every doctor I have seen this year has wanted to climb inside my vagina. I've had like 10 pelvics and I'm not including the massage I had earlier this week. - Andrizzle Gizzle

OMG this sounds like such a pain in the, well, not the ass. But it makes pregnancy and childbirth a relative walk in the park! Esp with epidurals. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

I really hope you like your gyno. - Mary Carmen

I've gone to 4 different doctors this year and they've all done pelvics. I was not expecting it from the urologist I guess (who also gave me a surprise! rectal exam). But somedays you know I just want to keep my pants on! :) - Andrizzle Gizzle

ohh - I like this a LOT! I want to her be holding a posy, but the posy to be made of something dark like bones or dead flowers or something..! - WorldofHiglet

..but whatever you decide, she is a powerful image. - WorldofHiglet

Yes, and it's been pretty well-documented. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Ok cool then I think I have figured out my defense - Andrizzle Gizzle

Saw an hbo special where this toddler did all the time; it was creepy - RAPatton from iPhone

You going to sick a masturbating three year old on someone if they don't follow what you say? Thats kind of sick. - CW™

boys play with their bits and pieces when toddlers, but it's not for the same reason we occupy the bathroom for hours when we are 15. it's just curiosity. - Morgan Haley

This is mostly because they will melt if you just add them to the batter, freezing them keeps them pretty solid - Andrizzle Gizzle

I never thought about that, makes total sense. I will have to go stop at the store on the way home. - Mary Carmen

I always keep a bag in my freezer for impromptu cookie making. Also for when I am really desperate for chocolate. - Andrizzle Gizzle

I try not to keep that stuff in the house because I have very bad self-control sometimes. - Mary Carmen

Good tip about storing them in the freezer, I've got a bag that's all melted together now because I kept it on a shelf above my oven - Davis Freeberg

Eat them with your hands. :) Keeping them in the freezer was something my mom always did that I never really understood until I pulled chips from the pantry to mix in and turned my batter brown. - Andrizzle Gizzle

I don't use the recipe on the bag, but I always freeze the chips. Like AG said, it keeps them solid! - Katy S

my secret for that recipe: double the vanilla.use real vanilla (from Mexico if you have the means). use 1/2 shortening and 1/2 butter or margarine (makes the cookies less salty and not as heavy). 1.5X the choco chips. crushed walnuts. I make cookie bars by spreading them on a thin cookie sheet and baking until done. THEY FRIGGIN' ROCK! - Morgan Haley

oh, and use LARGE eggs. Not medium. Not extra large. - Morgan Haley

oh I actually like the salt in them and use both salted butter and an extra half tsp of salt. Also you have to pull them from the oven before the tops are brown, if they are brown, they are already over done. - Andrizzle Gizzle

I too like my cookies slightly salty, but actually, shortening creates a taller cookie as it melts at a different temperature than butter (higher). However, I do not like the mouth-feel of shortening, so I tend to compensate for that by adding granulated leicithin (an emulsifier) to my cookies, it emulsifies the fat and keeps the cookies tender and moist, without going flat and getting too crispy. I <3 leicithin for baked goods. - Sumotuwe

Guess who's the asshole who went to baking college for a semester. What a dick. ^^^^^^^ - Sumotuwe

YOU DICK - Andrizzle Gizzle

i am gonna try the salty cookie technique. sounds pretty tasty. and pulling before brown is a good idea that i'll try when making cookies instead of cookie bars. We need to do a cookie cookoff and mail samples to all the FFers for tasting! - Morgan Haley

Yeah, as Andrea said, pulling them slightly before done will get the right "doneness," as all baked goods continue to cook from radiant heat after being pulled from the oven. I forgot my #1 all-time favorite-go-to item for cookies: Parchment. Nothing works as well as parchment for baking. Not even Sil-Pats. Parchment is the bomb. - Sumotuwe

That's when I take them out, too. I like soft, chewy cookies for my chocolate chip cookies. So many people over-bake cookies - it makes me sad. - Katy S

I don't know I can't even tell if this is nice or ugly. - Andrizzle Gizzle

it's pretty for sure. but a 'catcher' might send the wrong idea. but what the heck do i know really? not much. i like it now. see? look how easy i really am! - Morgan Haley

I think I might not know what you mean by "catcher", is it something DIRTY?? - Andrizzle Gizzle

I'm gonna go with NO with this one. - pea

this sort of reminds me of my dream to get a tattoo of my tumor on my left breast. doc said no, as it was an invitation for it to return. this sort of dream catch seems like it's just asking for trouble. - Kendra K

oh catcher because it is breast cancer. I didn't even notice that it was I just liked it because it was pink. It's a weird interpretation of a dream catcher anyway and I think it looks kind of cheap but it might be cute for a kids room (minus the breast cancer thing) - Andrizzle Gizzle

I wasn't going to say it until the rest of you piped up, but I think it's super tacky. - Rochelle

it's one of those things I was looking at like, is this cute? is it cheap? It looks like it's just made out of cheap crystals and things. I was trying to imagine who would hang this. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Andrea, grandmothers who shop at QVC. - Rochelle

Realistically I will never meet any of his children. I haven't seen this particular cousin since he was about 10 years old though my mom still keeps in touch with him (he asked her to be at the hospital for the birth). In general I would be extremely bitter of ANY pregnant person. - Andrizzle Gizzle

You and me are a lot alike, happy toaster. - Derrick

I think I'm there and then something will happen that will have me crying all night long so work to be done still. At least I can look at a baby and not feel like I was punched in the gut from wanting so bad. There's that. :) - pea

yeah, I know what you mean. I do think there will be some set backs and we haven't ruled out fertility treatments or adoption in the future. Part of it has really been focusing on the kind of life we could have without children. There is still some tugging that there might not be things that we will get to do (like taking kids to disney or something dumb). I think also going on birth control has helped a lot to balance out some of the crazy. - Andrizzle Gizzle

I don't really know that we could "give" anything to our nephew in the sense that he is already a world traveler and has a huge supporting family and we don't see him very often. I think that when my brother has children we will get to do more things with them maybe though. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Well, maybe you'll *give* that nephew something unique to your relationship to him. - Christopher Harley from iPhone

ehhhhhh - Andrizzle Gizzle

As I stumble ever closer to cronehood, making the likelihood of having a child ever less likely, I'm coming to terms with my feelings of envy (and anger) that I never found someone to have/raise kids with. At least now I don't have to worry about accidentally walking into the baby/children's section at the department store. For a long time, just seeing that stuff, or seeing a pregnant woman, would do me in. - vicster

I know I was hoping for herbs or something lol - Andrizzle Gizzle

Considering Adderall and Ritalin are basically speed, there's always the option of starting a crystal meth habit... - Sumotuwe

I think you just need to tweet it, or something. - Derrick

There should be a Social Media Circus that young folks can run away and join. - Christopher Harley

Design one, and sell it on CafePress. And use social media to promote it. - Kevin Shaum

Who do I make the check out to? - The Letter M

I'd like to book for you for a few hundred convention appearances. And maybe a television spot. Do you have an agent? - Sarah June

I think I am mostly going to go around and argue with people who tweet bad things about the companies I represent and call them cusses - Andrizzle Gizzle

Oh, and you need your own blog where you put down people and make them feel stupid. - Sarah June

Unfortunately, I am one of these to someone. I tried to like them and used to but now they only call me when they want something. I've extricated myself a lot but not before like 5 billion people told me that I should be a social worker or therapist. So I agree with this post and it made me laugh. - joey

send them my way. i have no pride or shame. i need more friends. *sigh* - Morgan Haley

lol joey. I was just thinking about someone I know who people don't like but for some reason always hang out with even though they complain about it for hours afterwards! I barely hang out with people I DO like. - Andrizzle Gizzle