Category: Random

  • photos


    Wire Photo Project, originally uploaded by mind on fire.

  • true blue


    Bleu, originally uploaded by mind on fire.

    Love this pic of CatGirl that John snapped today!

  • Pieces of Me mosaic meme


    My creation, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Have had this in the works for awhile and it seemed an easy thing to post while I’m in recovery.

    Here’s the meme:
    If you want to play too, type your answer to each of the questions below into a Flickr search. Using only the first page, choose your favorite image, then copy and paste each of the URL’s into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows). Leave a comment if you play, so I can have a peek.

    The questions:

    1. What is your first name? (Jana)
    2. What is your favorite food? (fruit)
    3. What high school did you attend? (Bakersfield)
    4. What is your favorite color? (red)
    5. Who is your celebrity crush? (Ewan McGregor)
    6. Favorite drink? (tea)
    7. Dream vacation? (train)
    8. Favorite dessert? (blancmange)
    9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (historian)
    10. What do you love most in life? (family–and it’s a bonus that this pic is of a cat family)
    11. One word to describe you. (passionate)
    12. Your Flickr name. (PilgrimGirl)

  • my new best friend

    This post will not be about my new best friend vicodin. Rather it will be about my other new best friend–the one that I’ve fondly named “Happy Belly” (or HB for short).

    You see, when one has been taking superman-strength antibiotics for several weeks at a time, one does encounter a certain amount of gastric discomfort. And add to that the slowdown of pain meds and days on end spent in bed, and…

    So I had the thought the other day to get out the heating pad from the linen cupboard (actually, I think I sent GameBoy searching for it given that I don’t really leave the bed, but whatever….). The pad, set on med or low heat felt so good to my ouchie belly. After “wearing” it for a few hours I realized that it just felt good to have something warm to snuggle up with–like the coziness of a kitty but without their predilection for putting their butt in your face when you curl up with them in bed. I especially find it comforting during my dressing changes. Three times a day John has to pull the gauze “packing” out of the hole in my leg and stuff new gauze back in. This means that I roll up in a semi-fetal position and moan, cry, and squeal until he’s done. It all goes so much smoother with HB to comfort me. HB is like my own personal Care Bear.

    When I am up to it, I am so going to crochet a charming little cover for HB. As of right now it’s bedecked in a tatty pillowcase. Not the best-looking duds for my new best friend–sort of like Dobby the house-elf’s dishrag dress.

    If you’re reading this and thinking that I’ve probably had a bit too much of my other best friend (the vicodin one) before posting it, you are probably right. But you really should try HB one of these days. It’s amazing how much comfort a little warmth can bring.

  • going well

    Things are going so well, I will probably be going home soon! :)

    The other day when things were looking bleak, this song came on Pandora. It made me feel so strong.

  • lover


    Staged, but sincere, originally uploaded by mind on fire.

    John, arriving in time to give me a goodnite kiss.

  • love


    Worried. (365:014), originally uploaded by mind on fire.

    John rushing to get home after I called him to say i was “going in.”

  • You are…


    IMG_5935, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
    ~Christopher Robin, “Pooh’s Grand Adventure”

    Just in case you didn’t know that already :)

  • snuggly


    I have Elly’s Attention, originally uploaded by mind on fire.

    Last night Elly was particularly snuggly and lovey. During the summer when it’s hot she typically lounges around on the end of the bed by the A/C (where it’s cooler), but last night she kept walking around the head of the bed and purring.

    It took me a few sleepy-eyed moments to realize that she wasn’t settled in and sleeping near the head of the bed. Rather, she was positioning herself so she could drink the water out of my cup on the nightstand table. Euw. Shortly thereafter I got out of bed and got a different cup for water (a tall skinny glass, actually).

  • as if…


    centered, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    “Live with intention.
    Walk to the edge.
    Listen hard.
    Practice wellness.
    Play with abandon.
    Laugh.
    Choose with no regret.
    Appreciate your friends.
    Continue to learn.
    Do what you love.
    Live as if this is all there is.”
    ~Mary Ann Radmacher

    I’m busy reading, experiencing, working, listening, learning, growing. I’m really enjoying all of your blogs right now, and not feeling the usual urgency to post my own thoughts and images.

    If you have a blog that I might not know about, please leave your URL in the Comments.

    Happy Friday everyone!

    :)

  • meditate, no. 2


    Meditating Jana., originally uploaded by mind on fire.

    Letting the weight of the world drop off of my shoulders.

  • oh so cool


    closeup, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Ellycat keeps cool by hanging out in the sink. :)