<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com</title><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>My Birthday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/my_birthday_4.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/my_birthday_4.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Fbirthday%5F4</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my birthday and Sunday, Mother&#39;s Day. I had an awesome weekend with the kids and hubby showering me with love and gifts.&nbsp;Mom took me shopping Saturday and hubby took me out Saturday night. I spent Sunday morning having breakfas]]></description><category>daughter</category><category>birthday</category><category>mothers</category><category>day</category><category>dad</category><category>mom</category><category>husband</category><category>graphics</category><category>photoshop</category></item><item><title>Embrace the Madness</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/embrace_the_madness.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/embrace_the_madness.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=embrace%5Fthe%5Fmadness</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This week has/is a whirlwind. Monday, I worked late to publish a report on our Web page. I came in late Tuesday to make up the OT from Monday and left a little early to pick up my rental car and pack up to drive to Atlanta. I made a few stops before]]></description></item><item><title>Monster frogs &amp; ex-pigs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/monster_frogs__expigs.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/monster_frogs__expigs.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=monster%5Ffrogs%5F%5Fexpigs</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woke up this morning from a dream that was pretty crazy. We have a koi pond in front of the house and the pump quit, so lately it&#39;s gotten very murky looking. It&#39;s also occupied by millions of tiny tadpoles and four Koi. In the dream, the tad]]></description><category>dream</category><category>frogs</category><category>expig</category><category>husband</category><category>chaos</category><category>consciousness</category></item><item><title>Sleep deprived &amp; sick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/sleep_deprived__sick.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/sleep_deprived__sick.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sleep%5Fdeprived%5F%5Fsick</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I don&#39;t know what&#39;s going around (cold/flu, etc.) but I&#39;ve had it. I&#39;ve been to my family doc three times, ER once, and a Gastroenterologist once. I don&#39;t want to go through all the symptoms I&#39;ve had, but let me just say that]]></description><category>sleep</category><category>cold</category><category>flu</category><category>temper</category><category>tantrums</category><category>governmetn</category><category>stimulus</category><category>gas</category></item><item><title>Fits of Gloom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/fits_of_gloom.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/fits_of_gloom.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fits%5Fof%5Fgloom</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today - a gloomy day. Storms are brewing and so is my mood. I don&#39;t think I slept well last night and certainly didn&#39;t want to wake up.&nbsp;This week has been a trying week for hubby and me. Our 9 year old son has pushed his limits with us.]]></description><category>temper</category><category>tantrums</category><category>deaths</category><category>funerals</category><category>gloom</category><category>gloomy</category><category>day</category><category>work</category><category>brother</category></item><item><title>Autism Awareness Month</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/autism_awareness_month.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/autism_awareness_month.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=autism%5Fawareness%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[http://www.wellnessproposals.com/pdfs/wellness_newsletters/weekly_wellness_newsletters/autism_awareness_month.pdf]]></description><category>autism</category><category>aspergers</category><category>awareness</category></item><item><title>Keeping the peace</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/keeping_the_peace.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/keeping_the_peace.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=keeping%5Fthe%5Fpeace</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I have a small headache, which is no surprise. The Spring is always tough on me with all the pollen triggering sinus headaches and eventually migraines. I made a trip to the doctor Monday for a good ole steroid shot and some decongestants, but]]></description><category>coworker</category><category>web</category><category>admin</category><category>conflicts</category><category>work</category><category>headaches</category></item><item><title>The Arms of Sorrow</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_arms_of_sorrow.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_arms_of_sorrow.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Farms%5Fof%5Fsorrow</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Imprisoned inside this mindHiding behind the empty smilesSo simple (the anguish)As it haunts meCrawling back into the darkRunning, always running, into the distanceStop me before I bleed, againThe echoes of my voiceFollow me downThe shadows I castFol]]></description><category>husband</category><category>memories</category><category>sorrow</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>The Paths We Choose</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_paths_we_choose.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_paths_we_choose.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpaths%5Fwe%5Fchoose</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I lay stretched out on the bed this morning - thinking random things, my eyes fell upon this book on our bookshelf by Sully Erna: &quot;The Paths We Choose&quot;.&nbsp; I thought about the things that have weighed me down over the last couple week]]></description><category>ego</category><category>brother</category><category>husband</category><category>children</category><category>the</category><category>paths</category><category>we</category><category>choose</category><category>peacefulness</category></item><item><title>Pins are out of Wrist!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pins_are_out_of_wrist.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pins_are_out_of_wrist.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pins%5Fare%5Fout%5Fof%5Fwrist</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Friday was the surgery to remove the hardware from my wrist. I suppose I was a bit more nervous than I wanted to admit because my blood pressure was 151/100 - which is highly unusual for me. After I was situated and waiting to go to the ER, the nurse]]></description><category>broken</category><category>surgery</category><category>versed</category><category>hand</category><category>net</category><category>wrist</category><category>pins</category><category>in</category><category>sql</category></item><item><title>The List</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_list.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/the_list.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flist</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My friend and I have a list...not quite the &quot;bucket list&quot; but similiar in that it&#39;s a list of things we want to do someday. I wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s things to do and see before dying, but more like a list of crazy fun things to do th]]></description><category>eckhart</category><category>tolle</category><category>new</category><category>earth</category><category>list</category><category>surrender</category></item><item><title>Pita Chips, Margaritas, &amp; the PoPo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pita_chips_margaritas__the_popo.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pita_chips_margaritas__the_popo.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pita%5Fchips%5Fmargaritas%5F%5Fthe%5Fpopo</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve found a new favorite snack...Pita chips! My friend, K, gave me a few snack size bags when she quit work and cleaned out her desk. Ever since then, it&#39;s been my mission to find and hoard every bag I can. I&#39;m munching on a bag of cinna]]></description><category>pita</category><category>chips</category><category>margaritas</category><category>date</category><category>police</category></item><item><title>Nothing new</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/nothing_new.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/nothing_new.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nothing%5Fnew</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s hard typing one-handed and I&#39;m used to typing about 70 wpm, so this has frustrated me to no end. Which is why I haven&#39;t blogged and avoid lengthy emails. I have to look at the keys and then re-read what I&#39;ve typed. I really don&#]]></description><category>wrist</category><category>cast</category><category>orthopedics</category><category>company</category><category>class</category></item><item><title>Pins in broken wrist</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pins_in_broken_wrist.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/pins_in_broken_wrist.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pins%5Fin%5Fbroken%5Fwrist</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Went to orthopedic doctor yesterday to get a post-op check up. They x-rayed my wrist again and said it was healing good. I will have the pins removed in 4 weeks and another temp cast put on for an additional week or so. 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During the time that]]></description><category>obituary</category><category>father</category><category>surgery</category><category>death</category></item><item><title>Colles fracture--NO fun</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/colles_fractureno_fun.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/colles_fractureno_fun.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=colles%5Ffractureno%5Ffun</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dad got to go home today from the hospital. He finally woke up and began talking and eating. He&#39;s been working with physical therapists to regain his strength to walk again, and will have to have them work with him from home for awhile. He was in]]></description><category>colles</category><category>fracture</category><category>wrist</category><category>dad</category><category>hospital</category><category>friend</category></item><item><title>Surgery &amp; Day 15</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/surgery__day_15.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/surgery__day_15.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=surgery%5F%5Fday%5F15</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had wrist surgery yesterday. Had to have 2 pins put in to hold the two bones in my arm/wrist together. Naturally, I woke up with a migraine and was ready to puke by the time I got to the surgery center. Fortunately, I didn&#39;t have to wait long b]]></description><category>surgery</category><category>hospital</category><category>snow</category><category>alabama</category></item><item><title>Day 10</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/day_10.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/day_10.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=day%5F10</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dad has been the hospital for ten days now. Saturday around noon, Dad quit breathing in the hospital and they intubated him and moved him to ICU. He&#39;s been in ICU under heavy sedation since then. He hasn&#39;t woke up since in there, though the d]]></description></item><item><title>Mom, Dad, &amp; the dog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/mom_dad__the_dog.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/mom_dad__the_dog.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mom%5Fdad%5F%5Fthe%5Fdog</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday wasn&#39;t one of the best days this week. I got to work and began being really nauseated. Ended up making a run for the restroom...barely making it in time. I thought I&#39;d feel better after that, but didn&#39;t. By 11:00 a.m. I left wor]]></description><category>liver</category><category>hospital</category><category>alcohol</category><category>german</category><category>shepherd</category><category>nausea</category></item><item><title>Unfamiliar Gravity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/unfamiliar_gravity.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/unfamiliar_gravity.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=unfamiliar%5Fgravity</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I lay restless, trying to sleep tonight and all I could think about was the past. Memories seem so real...the emotions that come with remembering. But is it Truth? Memories can&#39;t be trusted as the whole Truth. It&#39;s not really even the reality]]></description><category>gilgamesh</category><category>love</category><category>soul</category><category>memories</category><category>surrender</category></item><item><title>Holiday headaches</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/holiday_headaches.htm</guid><link>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/holiday_headaches.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://letthemonkeyjump.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holiday%5Fheadaches</comments><dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The holidays are coming to an end and I&#39;m relieved. Not because of why you might think. I&#39;m just happy to get through them and hopefully be over migraines for awhile now. 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