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BEA'S BOOK NOOK "I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." C. S. Lewis “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Showing posts with label personal. Show all posts

Showing posts with label personal. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Asthma Awareness Month: My Life with Severe Chronic Asthma

This is a long post, so get comfy. :) Every year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America or AAFA declares May to be " Natio...

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Q is for Questions and Q is for Quiz - Learn About Bea!

I saw this at View From My Books Blog. I've done similar memes on my personal Facebook page and thought it might be fun to do on ...

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

A Month of Giving Thanks: Day Five

Berl at Fantasy Is More Fun and Michelle at Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life are hosting a month long blog event for givin...

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Broken Kindle = Crazy Bea

Amazon Kindle (Photo credits: Best Buy ) My Kindle Touch has not been working properly recently - sluggish, freezing, and now, i...

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Lung Update

It's been a while since I posted anything about my lungs and the surgery, bronchial thermoplasty , I had. The last procedure was in earl...

Friday, November 30, 2012

Happy Birthday C.S. Lewis!

Actually, his birthday was yesterday, November 29th, but I was neck-deep in edits; today I'm only hip-deep. :D Today, Lewis is be...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Crispy Fried Lungs, Round Two

Heh, that's kind of an icky image but a friend of mine referred to my surgery that way and it appealed to my, admittedly odd, sense o...

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Been Absent, Sorry

Life has been kicking my butt lately. The new school year has started and as always, I'm tired. I'm even more tired this fall as...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Frustrated: Lung Update

Flickr Image by Rafael Edwards So yesterday I was ranting and raving on twitter and facebook. I got a call from the research nurse whose ...

Monday, July 30, 2012

T Minus 14.5 Hours And Counting

So far, so good. The surgery is still on track for tomorrow morning. I leave for the hospital in less than 12 hours, have pre-op baseline te...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Surgery Postponed

Yep, you read that right. The hospital screwed up; they were supposed to start me on a pre-op drug last week, and although I called them and...

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

It's really happening! Lung Surgery in 2 Weeks!!!!!!!!!

I saw the doctor today, had more testing and filled out more paperback. Best of all, we scheduled the procedures. I just about bounced my w...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

It's almost burning time!

On Monday, I talked to the research nurse in charge of the study that I'm participating in. I was approved and accepted into the researc...

Monday, April 9, 2012

IT'S OFFICIAL! I'M GETTING MY LUNGS BURNED.

I know, I know, most people don't get excited about being burned. Hey, you already know I'm weird. :P But THIS burning is good fo...

Friday, March 30, 2012

I'm Dreaming of...

author Krista D Ball. Yep, you read that right. She is, it seems, my dream girl and I'm not even gay (nor is she). The other night I ha...

Monday, February 27, 2012

Lung Update

So today I went back to the asthma specialist who might do the lung surgery. I was supposed to see her last week but she had to cancel. I di...

Friday, January 27, 2012

Burning My Lungs

So, as many of you know, I have severe chronic asthma. It pretty much runs my life, and in November it put me in the hospital (not for the f...

Monday, November 21, 2011

On the Mend

I returned to work today, after being out for almost 2 weeks. I was sooooo happy to be back and the kids in both of my classes were happy t...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

I NEED This Book!!!

Ok, I don't need it but I want it, for the curiousity factor alone. What book am I talking about? This one. Now, I'm not particu...

Friday, September 2, 2011

I Have A New Job! Squeeeeee!!!!

No, I'm not giving up teaching. Or blogging, though really that's volunteer work. No, I have a new part-time job. For almost 18 year...

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