Wash, Rinse and Repeat, Repeat, Repeat...

For those of you that have followed this blog for awhile, you may remember (back in June 2008) I attempted to ween myself off of EFFEXOR, the anti-anxiety/anti-depressant that many people take in varying doses. My attempt failed on that round (even with my doctor's help)...

Here I am over three years later trying to deal with the withdrawal symptoms once again. All I can say is YUCK! I had forgotten how this medication works. It kinda numbs your senses, not just some of them, but alot of them... I have never teared up (watching movies, videos, and/or reading stories) so much as I have in the past few weeks. Between those events and the "buzzy-headed" feeling, the upset stomach and a multitude of other side effects (see the photo above for some of them) I have felt like crap...

Hopefully I will make it all the way through this time, to never again be tricked into the "possible" benefits from medications like these... On the upside, I am sleeping better, have regained short and long term memories, and...  wait for it... wait for it... I actually had dreams (of a sexual nature last night) and they were awesome...

Wish me luck, and please understand why my posts may be just a little sporadic...

Over and "Out" on the first week of 2012, from Portsmouth, VA USA

Merry Merry Christmas Christmas 2011 2011...

Meet my new twin Grand-babies Haiden and Hailey... Born December 19, 2011 at 11:19pm.

If that's not the best Christmas present ever, I don't know what could be...

Over, "Out" and beaming from ear to ear, from Portsmouth, VA USA

Merry Christmas 2011...

Looking across the Elizabeth River at downtown Norfolk from downtown Portsmouth.

Safe travels to all!

Over and "Out" from Portsmouth, VA USA

That's LIFE...

This is an interesting snippet from the July 7, 1927 issue of "Life" magazine (as digitized by Google)... Does anyone remember when these magazines did not have photos? I kind of scanned the whole issue and found it fascinating... The ads were all drawn, including the Automobile ads:

The interesting thing about this, as I do not remember magazines having only illustrations (rather than photos), is that the winner of the "Alibi" contest for this issue, was my paternal grandfather, who happened to live in Richmond, VA at the time... You can click on any of the images and it will take you to the original issue...

More on this in future posts, but remember, I did not visit Richmond VA until I relocated there in 1999...

Over and "Out", from Portsmouth, VA USA

All Wrapped Up for the Holiday...

This has been a very frugal Holiday for me. I find it hard to get into the spirit of the season when I am more concerned about how I will make ends meet financially.

I like to shop for family and friends, but this year I have decided we just can't afford it... We got Michael's son his gifts (an iPod touch and all the trimmings)... We will figure out something for each other after I get back to work...

We did decorate and that has helped my mood some, as has the above photo as my desktop background...

I hope all my blogging friends have a great Christmas. I am sure to post more beforehand, but if I don't Happy Holidays to all!!

Over, "Out" and a little depressed, from Portsmouth, VA USA

Christmas Lights are UP...

My first upload on YouTube... Am I a genius or not?... NOT

Over and "Out" from Portsmouth, VA USA

Six on the Sixth - December

I can't believe it's been a month since I've done this, where the heck did November go? Here goes this month's list of six things few of my blogging friends don't know about me:

1.  All three of my siblings and I have the same mother, but only 2 of them

     (and I) share the same (natural) father.

2.  My Dad adopted all 3 of us and legally changed our name when he

     was in his early 20's and past away in his mid 40's.

3.  My natural father's family did not come into my life until I was in my 40's.

4.  They all believed he (birth father) had passed away sometime in the '60's.

5.  I have a vast number of "new" cousins, aunts, and uncles now.

6.  My biological father (I call him Pop) reappeared about 5 years ago

    (he has been living in Tasmania since the 1960's).

Interesting stuff huh? My Dad had some big ones to adopt 3 kids and then have another all before his 25th birthday. I do miss him...

Over and "Out" from my little world here in Portsmouth, VA USA