yeah!!!

Just found out the results...xray and ultra sound all came out normal!!!!!!!!!!!!! So doc thinks maybe I just pulled a muscle in my stomach or something. Don't know why red blood count was high but since I have a bad history with cancer in my family he wanted the tests done to be sure it was all ok..Praise the Lord. I am gonna be around a long time!!! Thank you everyone for your love and prayers!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!

AND NOW TO SOMETHING A LOT MORE FUN...SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT THE LIE..


Ok, so my friend John tags me in his note which tells me that he wants to know 30 random things/facts about me just to get to know me a little better and shared the same with me about himself (hisself?). He added in the 1 lie, so you guys will have to figure out which one is the lie. Here are the ground rules: 1. When you read this, you have to create your own and tag at least 30 people and don't forget to tag the person who sent it to you (in this case, me). 2. Make it interesting. Tell us just some random things about yourself, or just some strange facts we may not know about you. 3. Have fun with it!

Kudos to Chris "Dimples" Perez, who knows which is his best side to be photographed from!



30 Randoms/1 Lie:



1. I like to eat plain M & M's mixed with salted peanuts but I will not eat the red ones.



2. When I was a little girl I wanted to join the circus and be a missionary and teach the clowns about God.

3. I am deathly afraid of spiders.

4. I will go up to strangers and start up a conversation.



5.At the grocery store I like to take things out of peoples carts and put them into mine, especially if there is a kid in the seat, I will take cookies or something I know they will notice......I give it back if the kid crys.



6 I have some pictures I have taken of ghostly images.

7. I smile at everyone I meet even if they look at me ugly.



8.I have over 10 pairs of shoes, but only wear about 2 pairs.



9.I love to spend the afternoon making up new recipes and cooking them.

10. I was suspected of being an illegal alien by the border patrol.



11.When I was little my mom made me wear my hair short and I had cat glasses..



12. My Aunt traced our family and I am related to Abraham Lincoln.

13.My Dad used to buy my Mom a present every 22nd day of the month for all the 50 years they were married.



14. I can play 5 different instruments.

15. One of my favorite things to do is put together jigsaw puzzles.

16.I own over 100 karaoke cds

17. I have saved three children from death. Two from drowning and one from choking.



18. I am known to dress up on Halloween and have only missed one year doing so in my entire life.



19.I have not drank a Diet Pepsi in three months now..



20.My house is paid off and I owe no rent or mortgage.

21.I have been to 5 different states on vacation.



22.When I go fishing I always try to take along a book to read in case the fish aren't biting.

23.I wear 8 rings on my fingers

24.I sometimes wish I was a dragonfly and could just fly through the air..



25.When I was little I thought I had a twin sister and that she live on the other side of the mirror.

26. In Kindergarten I had my class convinced that I was a real princess.

27.I also told my teacher I was allergic to milk...but I'm not.



28. I once stole a bag of Cheetos and a big red, I took it back the next day and told the store clerk that I took it.

29. I lived in an apartment in downtown San Antonio when I was 18.

30. My Dad wrote two books and I edited one of them.



31. I do not own an ipod..


AND ONE MORE FOR YOU...A HAPPY NEW YEAR QUESTIONAIREHAPPY NEW YEAR QUESTIONAIRE
.by Barbara Cullum Masters on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 10:09pm.1. What did you do in 2010 that you never done before?

LEARNED TO PLAY UKULELE



2. Did you keep all of last years resolutions?

HECK NO...I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HALF OF THEM



3. Have any resolutions for next year?

NO....NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH THAT THIS YEAR



4. What countries did you visit?

COUNTRIES? SERIOUSLY? I BARELY HAD TIME TO VISIT THE MAILBOX



5. What would you like to have a 2011 that you didn't have in 2010?

LESS DRAMA AND MORE FUN TIME



6. What date in 2010 will be etched in your memory?

THE DAY I SAID GOODBYE TO PAM



7. What was your biggest achievement this year?

STAYING STRONG



8. What was your biggest failure?

EVERY MISTAKE IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE...SO I GUESS NONE



9.Did you suffer any illness or injury?

SORE TUMMY



10. What was the best thing you bought?

UKULELE

11. Who's behavior made you appalled and depressed?

CAN'T SAY....BUT HE KNOWS WHO HE IS....



12. What did you get really really excited about?

TEACHING MYSELF TO PLAY THE UKULELE....SEEM TO HAVE A THEME GOING HERE LOL



13.Where did most of your money go?

BILLS



14. What songs will always remind you of 2010?

TOO MANY TO NAME



15. What do you wish you would have done more of?

SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY



16. What do you wish you done less of?

EATING SWEETS



17. How will you be spending Christmas?

I SPENT IT WITH MY TWO FAVORITE GUYS RICK AND ERIC



18. Did you fall in love in 2010?

NO I FELL A LONG TIME AGO



19. How many one night stands?

I MOSTLY SIT AT NIGHT



20. What was your fav tv show?

BIG BROTHER, SURVIVOR, TEEN MOM, HELL'S KITCHEN, CELEBRITY REHAB, INTERVENTION,



21. Do you hate anyone that you didn't hate this time of year?

HATE IS TOO MUCH OF A WASTE OF TIME



22. What was/were the best books you read?

TOO MANY TO NAME



23. What was your greatest musical discovery?

UMMMMMM UKULELE :)



24. What did you want and get?

UKULELE ....TEE HEE



25. What did you want and not get?

WALLS.....AND A DOOR





26. What was your fav film this year?

AVATAR



27.What kept you sane?

GOD AND MY HEAVENLY GUARDIAN ANGELS DAD, MOM, CHRISTI AND PAM



28. What celebrity did you fancy the most?

MATTHEW MCCONAGHY



29. Tell us a life lesson you learned this year.

LIFE IS SHORT...ENJOY EVERY SECOND



30. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

"WELL YOU DONE DONE DONE ME AND YOU BET I FELT IT

I TRIED TO BE CHILL BUT YOUR SO HOT THAT I MELTED

I FELL RIGHT THROUGH THE CRACKS...NOW I'M TRYIN TO GET BACK



AND

I JUST WANT TO BE OK BE OK BE OK

I JUST WANT TO BE OK TODAY



31. Where were you when 2010 began?

HOME



32. Who were you with?

RICK AND SADIE



33. Where will you be when 2010 ends?

HOME



34. Who will you be with when 2010 ends?

ERIC...RICK WENT HUNTING



35. Did someone treat you badly in 2010?

YES SO I'M NOT HER FRIEND NO MORE



36. Did you treat someone badly in 2010?

NO I DIDN'



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LOVE YOU ALL BARB

Ultrasound of RUQ

Had to fast this morning.....not fun....but when I read that Missie had to fast for 3 days, I thought...suck it up Barb....anyway I am having an ultrasound today at 12:30. I have to go into San Antonio to get it done because the small town I live in doesn't have that here. Or a Walmart either ...jus sayin...and so Rick will be going with me and he said he was going to take me out to eat after.
I will be going by my parents house to pick up the mail from their neighbor...she is an angel...she has been picking up my parents mail for 2 years now because as you know they are in Heaven now. She picks up the mail so it will look like someone lives there and it doesn't build up. They also park their truck over there. I don't worry about the house because if anything happens there I get a phone call. She watches that house like a hawk.
I am thinking of getting her something special for Christmas...but I don't know what.
Eric will be coming home late today when he gets off of work. He gets to stay with us until Sunday!!!!!
Sadie got kennel cough from her daughter Shelby, but they are both on medicine now and getting better.
Sadie and I have matching nails...red and green...I will try to take pictures later.
BTW for new readers Sadie is my puppy dog.
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!
I will be back to let you know how the ultrasound went.
Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!
Love ya! xoixBarb

I'm scared

I have been having stomach pain in the top part of my right side under my rib cage. I went to the doctor on Monday and he did blood tests. I called today and the nurse said my red blood count is high. They will be sceduleing an ultra sound soon. I don't know what this means. I am worried. I want to live to be 100. I hope it is something simple that can be fixed with medicine and that it is not life threatening. Please keep me in your prayers.
I would also like to take this time to tell each and everyone of you how much you all mean to me. You keep a smile on my face. I read alot of blogs here and don't always respond, but I do love you all very much.
I will keep you posted on the results of the tests. All of the other lab work came out good, so that is a great sign.
If anyone knows what causes high red blood count I would appreciate the advice.
I am going to try and put this aside so that we can have a good Christmas. I am ready. All the shopping is done and now we are just waiting on Santa Claus.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
xoxBarb

Hi there!

Greeting cards have all been sent. The shopping and wrapping too. Now just counting the days until we can rip them all open and play with our new toys!

My Poem for Pam

Since I last wrote in here a tragedy has occured. My sister Pam was hit and killed by a train....my poem for her.







The poem I wrote for my sister today....

I Never Said Goodbye by Barbara Masters for my sister Pam

Pam, I never said goodbye to you.
...It was always see you later.
It never made any sense to me to do.
Since I knew I would see you again soon.
I only say goodby to those I'll never see again
So to say those words to you....
Never occured to me.

One day I will see you again.
But I still have work to do.
So even though you're far way
I still feel near to you.

One day we will talk and laugh together again
In my heart I do believe
That death is not the end of life
It's but a short retreat.

I never said goodbye to you.
Instead I say I love you
As you wait in Heaven for me I hope I make you Proud.
I will live my life doing good
and helping others when they are down.

Your leaving made me cry.
I find it hard to breathe
But in the end I know
that I will see you again with me.
So I will never say goodbye....

I'll just say "See you later ♥

HEY!!!

Look...it's me! Alot has been happening lately.
Where to start....
Ok I will start with my sister Pam. She was in a mental hospital and I was going to see her about once a week. She would get better and then she would get worse. I would bring her her favorite things. Gummy Bears, Churchs Fried Chicken and a roll of quarters and makeup and clothes. She worked in the salon there as a patient. It came to a point to where they said she was well enough to move out of the hospital, but she didn't want to leave. They sent her to a group home about 30 minutes away from where I live.
Recently I was able to pick her up and spend the day with her. I took her to the bank so she could open up a checking account, but she did not have updated information so we will have to wait on that.
When I picked her up she had orange hair. I took her to a salon and they fixed the color for her. We came home and she got on the computer and was trying to look up stuff about her husband. I did not think this was very healthy for her to do.
We ended up after a day of makeup and hair taking her home and I was suppose to pick her up again yesterday to celebrate her birthday. I called and she said she just wanted to stay home and sleep.
Just talked to her today and she again just wants to sleep. Part of me wants to just go and make her go out with me, but the other part is saying to give her time to adjust.
Rick and I are still not working and living off of our savings. I am still trying to get stuff organized and out of my parents house so that I can put it on the market to sell. Right now we are painting and refinishing the wood floor.
I feel overwhelmed at times trying to get everything done and looking back to see that even though I have done alot....so much more needs to be finished.
Eric is doing good in Austin.
Recently he was in a car crash and the person who hit him took off leaving his elderly mom in the truck. The police are after him, but since Eric did not get a good look at him he probably wouldn't be able to pick him out of a line up if they ever catch him.
Our insurance paid to have the car fixed and will be going after the other drivers insurance to get the money back including the 500.00 deductable I had to pay to get the car repaired.
Rick recently had hernia surgury which cost us close to 4000.00. The savings at this rate is almost gone.
I try not to worry about the money...but none is coming in and it is all going out.
I will not let this all get me down. Life is too short to worry. I know God will take care of me.

It's Been Awhile...

Hey everybody! How are you all doing? I know...I know...about time!
Alot has been happening to me and ..nothing at all at the same time. I had a cancer scare. I thought I felt a lump in my breast. I did this after I found out that two of my closest and dearest friends had cancer.
My BFF Donna found a lump and went to have a mammogram. They discovered cancer. She is now undergoing chemo. I feel so bad for her as she got really sick..They told her that she would lose her hair. That would be one of the hardest things for me as I have long hair and quite attached to it. My other friend Vickie found out recently she has cancer too. They both underwent mastectomy's. Donna will be OK after 3 more chemo treatments and then she starts on the pills.
Vickie has cancer spread all throughout her body. Brain, breast, bone...she starts chemo next week.
I went in and had a mammogram. They had me come back for an ultrasound. I got a letter in the mail today that said the tests came back normal and negative for cancer. That was a big relief. I will be there for my two friends.
My husband Rick goes in to have a hernia operation next week. I have to drive him home.
I just read what I wrote...I sound like an old woman...you know the ones who talk about all these health problems.
Things aren't all bad, we did get to go for one last fishing trip before Ricks surgery last weekend. We stayed in a new place. It was really nice. It had satellite tv and everything...not really roughing it were we?
Still working on my parents estate. Hopefully we will be done this year. There is just still so much stuff. We have already had 3 yard sales and it doesn't look like we have even started yet.
Eric is doing good in Austin. He is working part time at Fion and full time for Jasons Deli. Shelby his pup...dog is doing good too.
Our Sadie is still keeping us in laughter each day.
I am going to try to write more.
I am still on a diet, but at a platoe....or however you spell it...sound it out...plat toe...??? plautau?
I continue to enjoy singing each day.
Hope all is well with each of you. Hugs, Barb