CTV NEWS!!

I'm also currently on the front page of the website for CTV news. No. Big. Deal.

Hello bloggy-world!!

I WAS JUST ON THE NEWS!!!! It was for CTV news' feature story on the 6 o'clock news!!

Here's the link (I'm going to try to get a hard copy to post so that I'll still have it when they eventually take this link down, so I'll post when I get it)!

My only complaint is that I look stoned in the still that they chose to use for the main photo... heh.

But seriously, just kidding about having any complaints, cause they did SUCH an amazing job of accurately portraying EDS and my fight with it (including my fundraising and upcoming surgery) in the limited time they had! And not only did they say really nice things about me on TV, they (Brent and Tamara) are SO nice in person!! I was really nervous about doing the interview, but they made me feel so comfortable. It was over-all SUCH a great experience. =)

And JUST since it aired tonight, we've already received more than $1500 in additional donations through Indiegogo!! I honestly don't even know what to say other than THANK-YOU to all those people from the bottom of my heart.

Anyways, that's all for now! I'm super tired but I just had to blog about this.

-Sarah

P.S. - A friend from Ontario said that she was watching Ellen on a BC channel and during a commercial break, a commercial for CTV's story on me came on!! =O ...So this means that some people watching Ellen saw an ad for my story?! That practically fulfills #3 on my bucket list!! ...Except not. But it was still pretty awesome!

I'm On a Commercial!!

Hey everyone,

Just a quick update - I was on a commercial for the news tonight!! =D

Why?

I'M GOING TO BE THE FEATURE STORY ON CTV NEWS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6PM!!

I'm a little excited.

It's all about my fight with EDS+ and my upcoming spine surgery!

I taped the commercial with my phone so it's bad quality, but here it is! =)  (You might have to turn up your volume.)

Check back tomorrow on CTV at 6pm to see the full story!!

-Sarah

Throw-Back Thursday: The Recreation of an Old Photo

Ages 8 and 6; ages 19 and 17

Some things never change. But, a lot of things do.

Like our grass. I mean, the fact that we have a lawn now rather than the field of moss from the first picture.

And our heights. I was laughing about the fact that Emma was going to tower over me in the second photo, until we went outside to take the photo and discovered that the EXACT spot I had been standing  in the first photo now had a giant root lump.

Epic win.

Wordy Wednesday: Why I Hate Many Specialists/Explaining What POTS *Really* is

I'm going to lose it one of these days.

I posted a picture for Wordless Wednesday this morning, but then something happened that requires MANY words.

Today's specialist appointment.

In my (fairly vast) experience, specialist appointments are either amazing or horrible.

Today's was HORRIBLE.

Disclaimer: before I start ranting, know that I'm talking about the BAD specialists. Yes, there are amazing specialists - I've seen a few of them myself! So don't think I'm saying that all specialists are bad. I'm just focusing on the bad ones right now. Okay? Okay.

I'm just so completely sick of arrogant specialists.

Wordless Wednesday: Reason #39535802 Why I Keep Him Around

Tremendous Tuesday: Adri Martin: a Tribute Written by a Near-Stranger

Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Adri-Martin/414639905247514?hc

Today's post is tremendously sad.

I'm 2 days late, but I still wanted to write something in honour of Adri Martin, the girl I only had the pleasure of meeting once, though the memory of her and her tragic passing has haunted me for a year and 2 days now.

April 28th, 2012: I went to a birthday party for one of my best friends. Adri was there, and we were introduced. She was the life of the party! I remember thinking that we'd be friends if I lived closer.

Happy 50th birthday, Mum!

Happy Birthday, Mum!

Today, you turn 50. I know you're all like, "waaaah, I'm old, blah blah blah blah," but you're NOT! And a 50th bday is extra special, so I felt like that needed to be specified.

I'm sorry I'm so bad at showing my love and appreciation sometimes, but please know how much I truly do love and appreciate you.

I'm sorry that your birthday often gets a bit overshadowed, even if you don't feel like it does.

I'm sorry that we tend to butt heads a lot.

I'm going to try to stop apologizing in this post though, and focus on thanking you.

Sing-Song Sunday: One Big Unicorn by Gru (from Despicable Me)

Source: http://tinyurl.com/tumblr-DE

I was watching Despicable Me with Peter today, so I thought the book that Gru wrote for the girls would be perfect for today's post! So adorable and funny!

One Big Unicorn by Gru

One big unicorn, strong and free, thought he was happy as he could be

Then three little kittens came around and turned his whole life upside down

They made him laugh, they made him cry

He never should have said goodbye. 

And now he knows he can never part from those three little kittens that changed his heart.

One Month. One Month Until I Gain a Bad-Ass Scar.

Pretty much how I'm feeling right now.

One month.

It's officially one month until June 25th, the day my head and neck gets sliced open and a piece of my hip bone is screwed into my top two vertebrae.

Sorry, I felt like being gory. But hey, it's accurate.

But I'll be honest here... I'm actually really nervous. I know that it's not strange to be nervous about a major operation, but I normally try to play it off and pretend that I'm not. Really, it's for my own benefit as much as it is for the people who I'm talking to who I don't want to freak out/make sad/annoy, etc. If I separate myself from those feelings enough, I can usually function. But when I start to think about it and reality starts hitting me, I have to wimp out and push it out of my mind.

Foodie Friday: Microwaved Meals in a Mug; My Obsession

Today was a "microwave meal in a mug" kind of day.

Actually, to be honest, every day is a good day for making a meal in a mug.

I have my go-to list of 18 Microwave Snacks You Can Cook in a Mug that I've used for quite some time now (so far I've made French Toast, Meatloaf, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake from that list, and I also used to make Brownie/Cake in a Cup a lot when I was younger though I can't remember exactly which recipe I used). But today, I stumbled upon a list of 10 more recipes I can make with a mug, and found one that I knew I had to try this morning. 

Let me take you through my little adventure!

Throw-Back Thursday: Sorry, Emma

Well, sorry Emma.

This picture always makes me laugh. I actually remember it being taken, even though I was probably only about 3 or 4. I was trying to help her stand up properly... by apparently strangling her. Toddler logic.

My favourite part is that my mum took the picture rather than prying me off of her. But I'm sure she did after... right?

Maybe this is why I have neck problems now... what goes around comes around?

I think I'm going to make Throw-Back Thursday a regular blog post category now. I don't really have that much of a background story for this picture other than what I just typed above, but I've got some good stories for other pictures so be prepared!

-Sarah

SO MUCH CHANGE

Hello (likely non-existant now) followers!

The theme of this post is change.

The one thing that apparently hasn't changed though is my lack of Blogging on here. Poo. Blogging is such an amazingly useful outlet so I don't know why I'm so bad at regularly updating. **Insert promise about Blogging more frequently now here**

Anyways, if this isn't your first time reading my blog (again, if anyone is even reading this...) you might have noticed that I've made MAJOR changes. I mean, spending 5 hours fiddling with HTML kind of changes. I still have some work to do, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it looks for now!