The Bucket is Getting Fuller

Tim and I just arrived home from Niagara Falls and wow, did we have a fantastic time! We left after he was done work on Friday, getting in just in time for a late dinner and a spring snow storm.  We stayed at the Red Coach Inn on the New York side of Niagara and I can't recommend it highly enough. It was built in 1923 and is incredibly Victorian in decor, (Tim said he felt like he was staying at his Grandma's house) but it was also so quaint and unique and has such a rich history that we quite fell in love with it. The hotel was very conveniently located about a 5 minute walk to the Falls and we could actually see the rapids from our room.  Breakfast was complimentary and the strawberry and cream cheese french toast was INCREDIBLE!

Our entrance

Our room - The Canterbury

The other room on our floor - the Cambridge boy liked that one.

I have never seen so many different wallpapers in one hotel room...

Or antique nic-nacs...

Tim searching his restaurant app for a lively restaurant...

We went for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe and had a great time listening to music and people-watching.

We shared a Creme Brulee which is our favorite dessert...

This morning was a little on the nippy side, but because I'm a Prairie girl I wasn't allowed to complain. I have always wanted to see the falls and I was so happy to be able to cross it off my bucket list - and experiencing it with Tim just made it that much better. 

I was surprised how "pungent" the falls were - ugh...what is THAT SMELL anyway?

After seeing the falls, we decided to head over to the outlet mall with no intention of spending much money. Wrong.  I found myself a beautiful Michael Kors silver and rose gold watch for an absolute steal! (Sorry Marly) There were several other purchases made and let's just say it's a good thing the border guard didn't decide to search the car. Had they gotten suspicious, I was totally prepared to pull the "C" card, turn on the tears, show my port and explain that I was simply there as a canser patient trying to experience something I've never experienced before. What's a girl to do? We were only there 24 hours and had a $50 limit...evil grin.


Marlys texted me today to say that she had been at Myra's house and saw Bailey - she said my baby was visibly disappointed when she realized Mar wasn't me.  I can't even tell you how much I miss her - I picture her looking morose and sad without me, kind of like she does in this picture, even though she LOVES Myra and probably hasn't given me a second thought.

For those of you who texted us over the past two days to ask if we were planning on eloping, sorry to disappoint you but no, we did not.  It was a great idea Jody and Linda, but I just couldn't get married in jeans - just wouldn't be right. 

My final morning at Casa Bender included one of my favorite treats - mimosas with breakfast! Thanks to the Red Coach Inn, where we were left with a lovely little bottle of champagne. We saved it for our last morning together and man, were they good!

 
Unfortunately, drinking champagne in the morning put me right back to sleep and I missed a good portion of my last day in Cambridge. Oh well, lesson learned!

Double Duty at BP

We had a lovely dinner last night at Boston Pizza with Tim's parents, and his niece and nephew.  I wasn't on-the-ball enough to pull out the camera and get a few shots though, which is too bad.  It is so cute watching the kids interact with Papa and Gramma and their cousins and it gave me the chance to get to know Tim's mom, Barb a little better. (Funny that she too is a Barb and has a dog named Bailey.) She herself is a cancer survivor and has been a great source of support through all this, commiserating about the side effects of chemo and how to deal with it emotionally. I am so lucky that Tim's parents are who they are, the have made me feel so welcome as a part of the family even though we have only met a few times.

Oddly enough we ended up at Boston Pizza again today for lunch too.  We were so happy to have had a visit from our good friends Andy and Lesley. Again, I forgot to pull the camera out of my purse, so I don't have any current pics of them but below are some oldies from my Janssen days.  It was so sweet of them to come all this way just to have a quick lunch with us, and SO GREAT to catch up on everything new in their lives.

Andy is one of Tim's best friends and because we worked together I have known him longer than I've know Tim. He is getting married the first weekend in May to his beautiful lady Pearl. She called while we were having lunch and although she didn't make it today, I got the chance to chat with her for awhile. I have only met her once before, but we hit it off right away and I can't wait to see them get married - they make a beautiful couple.  Anyone who knows Andy well, knows that he is an incredibly sweet man, and he has shown this side of himself many times throughout my journey - always checking in through email and text.  As you may or may not know, Tim and I got engaged the night before my surgery, amidst the chaos of my diagnosis and some really hard times.  I received dozens of Get Well cards, but Andy and Pearl chose to focus on the positive, and theirs was one of the few Congratulations on Your Engagement cards we received. And it was so good for my soul.

National Meeting circa 2006 - A rose between two thorns - HA!

Lesley and I have known each other since the very beginning at Janssen, (almost 11 years, yikes!) as we were in the same training group and have lots of shared memories - from getting the giggles during our video role plays at training to her taking care of me in a back alley in San Francisco while I was suffering from food poisoning.  She really is one of the most genuine people I know and one of the things I love most about her is her heart.  She is a self-professed weeper, but is very quick to laugh and has always been an amazing sounding board - both in business and personally. She never ceases to amaze me with her depth of character and and her caring nature.  She is one of the good ones and I am so glad to know her.

Our last national meeting together - we had a blast at Universal studios!

We had the kids tonight for a quiet evening at home. It was bath night and after having a nice supper courtesy of Tim and his culinary excellence, we cuddled on the couch to eat popcorn and watch Rio. Very cute movie that the kids LOVE to shake their tail feathers to, so it was entertaining on a couple of levels. 


Almost bedtime, I am beat and want a good night's sleep as tomorrow we head to Niagara. The weather is looking a little dodgey but luckily I am a Prairie girl who always comes prepared with an extra pair of long underwear! Good night everyone!

Spring Daffodils

Sitting in a Starbucks drinking a soy steamer while Tim tries to convince me that it tastes just as good as his Peppermint Mocha.  Jerk-Store.

It's been a very busy few days - Tim has said that his social calendar is busier this week than it's been the last 6 months and all because of me. What can I say? I'm a popular girl.

We went to watch the kids at gymnastics yesterday after school. It's incredible to me that they can get little kids to pay attention that long, especially after a full day of school.  I found it very entertaining to watch all the little kids on the various gymnastics equipment - and was once again reminded why I was never a gymnast.  This is a girl who was never able to perfect a simple cartwheel, so the balance beam and tumbling routines would have been totally out of the question.

We are lucky enough that our friends Andrew and Mel just happen to be in Ontario this week as well - they are in visiting from Halifax with their newborn baby.  We went for dinner with them last night at the Keg (Tim's favorite). Also joining us was another couple that Tim has known since university, Darren and Christine. I have heard so much about them that it was nice to finally put faces to the names and stories. Once again, great food and lots of laughs were had by all.  I truly believe that there are few things on this planet tastier than a Keg Caesar. I'll let YOU decide whether I mean the drink or the salad. It was lucky that they have little kids at home and were ready to call it a night at 9:30pm, b/c it turns out I'm pooped most nights by then.  This is rather pathetic when one realizes that it is really 7:30pm my time. 


For anyone who is interested, the cinnamon hair is lightening quite quickly and I am looking more and more like myself.  Or maybe I am just getting used to it. 

I had a hoot playing with Avers and Riley this morning before school, they are so sweet and so smart. I have to say that I am way past smitten at this point and completely a goner when it comes to those two.  We have them tonight and have plans to go out for dinner with Tim's folks and niece and nephew. 

A couple of final notes - you have all heard me speak about Chantelle and how incredible she has been through this whole thing. Well yesterday, she and her colleagues spent the day delivering daffodils for the cancer society in honour of me.  When she first told me a couple of weeks ago that one of her teammates, Brenda had made the suggestion to do this and the entire team ran with it, it gave me tears.  Hugs to my friends at GSK - Chant, Brenda, Dave and Banker.  You guys are awesome. 

I also received such a nice Facebook message from a friend of a friend today (thank you Jean) whom I have never met personally but who took time out of her day to send me an incredibly genuine note, complimenting me on the blog and sending along great words of encouragement. Once again, if there is anything this whole process has taught me, it is that there seems to be an unlimited supply of goodness and generosity all around me. Have a fabulous day everyone!

A Taste of the Prairies

Sitting in William's Coffee Pub once again, Tim is doing some quick preliminary admin to start his day and I am enjoying a coffee in the sunshine. I have to apologize to my girls out west, forgot the cell phone at home this morning, so if you don't hear from me today, that's why. Tim would let me use his phone, but to be honest, I don't know how to use it and it just pisses me off.  Although, Nance, if you're there and want to chat before your trip, call his phone, I'm sure I can figure out how to answer it.


We went out for a very nice dinner last night at Borealis, a restaurant in Kitchener that specializes in local, organic food with a special gluten-free menu.  The seasonal menu incorporated "A Taste of the Prairies", so I felt right at home. We met our very good friend Erin and her long-time beau Chris, whom up until recently, we have referred to as "Snuffleupagus."  We knew he existed but had never actually seen him with our own eyes.

What a cute couple...

It has been almost a year since I've seen Erin, it was last Spring that we got together with a group of Janssen-alum ladies (Lesley, Betty and Linda) to see the Blue Jays get absolutely spanked by the Tigers.  It was so good to see her again, and see her so happy.  We did a good job of avoiding any tears, and laughed until my cheeks hurt. Amazing how a few well-timed fart stories can reduce an entire table of 30-somethings to a giggling mass of sophomoric children.  All I can say is there was some wildly inappropriate conversation and I feel for the folks sitting around us.  I also feel for poor Chris, who is currently working on his CGA and was forced to sit through an entire evening of three pharma reps, catching up on all the people we know in common, old stories from meetings going back almost ten years and the mode of action of Erin's new anti-constipation drug.  Hey! I HAD to know, I do have bowel canser people! Anyway, he was an absolute trooper and it was a great night all around. 

Hello From Cambridge!

Man, is it COLD here! Wow! It was 17 degrees yesterday but today is brisk to say the least. Being a Prairie Girl means I am NOT used to this damp cold (-4 and windy). Tim rolls his eyes every time I say that!

The flight was uneventful - I had to be up at 3:30am Saturday morning to be at the airport at 5am for a 6am flight and slept the majority of the way. I wore a mask while on the flight and drank plenty of water to avoid picking up any bugs on the plane. The girl sitting next to me covered her face with her hood the entire way - not sure if she was worried that I was infectious because of the mask or she was just worried about getting sick too.  Funny, I always thought people who wore masks on airplanes were a little nuts, not anymore. Chantelle bought me the masks when I first started chemo and just to be clear, they are pink and quite fashionable as far as surgical masks go....leave it to her to buy the pretty ones.

I am having a great time with Tim and the kids...check out the welcome I got at the airport!

Riley and Avery

We had the kids all weekend, watched some movies...and cuddled.

 Made a trip to Costco for new bike helmets....

Painted Avers' toes...

And had lunch at "King Burger"....Tim has been doing a good job of filling me with a combination of health food and burgers - hey, I'm in vacation-mode and it had been 6 months since I had a Mac. And longer since I had a Whopper.  Broke that streak and quite handily, I might add.

That is the satisfied look of a girl who just ate her first burger in months...

 

I have been feeling surprisingly good since getting here, a little tired here and there, but nothing I can't handle. We played outside in shirt-sleeves yesterday - blowing bubbles and playing tag.  Pretty impressive for a girl on Day #5 after chemo.

We have a busy week ahead, looking forward to seeing Tim's family, lots of friends and spending the weekend at Niagara...can you believe I have never seen the Falls? Every time I've been there in the past with work, we have been too busy at the wineries (oh the good old days with Linda and Mary and Mick and Bob and Lesley) to see the sights. I can't wait! 

Have a great week everybody...

Meet me Halfway...

Wednesday was Chemo #6, which means that I have officially completed half of my treatments in Stage 1 of my treatment plan. Man, time flies by when a girl is having fun!
This time I got the big corner suite with a bed and plenty of room for my sister and Chantelle who made up this session's entourage. My white blood cell count was right where it needs to be and hemoglobin was 116, so holding relatively steady. I decided to fore go taking an anti-anxiety pill before heading to the clinic in order to avoid being too tired, but it didn't really work. And due to the Sandoz shortages, they are now giving me my anti-nausea meds (dexamethasone and ondansatron) in pill form which don't seem to work as well as the IV form.  For the first time ever, I got a little nauseated halfway through, but it didn't last long.


First of all, get a load of these:

New Coach shoes that I received from Tim's sister Jody and his sister-in-law Paula for my birthday! They feel like bedroom slippers!  Hawt! Thank you Ladies!

 

Prepping the port for use:

The wing is still a bit bruised and the incision hasn't fully healed yet, but the port itself seems to work like a hot-damn. Didn't feel a thing!

Initial poke of the IV needle into the port - this stays in my arm until Friday. It's a bit bulky and restricts what I can wear, but starting Friday afternoon I am back to showering! Wahoo!

Flushing the port before running the nukes.

 

The team:

Pam came in from P.A. just to come with me to chemo, add support and get a better understanding of what the process is like. It was so great to have her here.

As usual, Chantelle was there to take us to the clinic and wait on me hand and foot. I'm a very lucky girl to have her.

 

 

It's still a little shocking to see myself with dark hair, I wish I could say that I feel smarter but that is simply not the case. (I kind of like disproving that little stero-type.) About halfway through the Leucovorin/Oxaliplatin infusion (which is the first set of actual chemo meds), I could already feel the effects of "chemo brain" kicking in HARD. When I mentioned it to my nurse and asked "Isn't that weird?", she said not at all.

So, we got home and Pam and I almost immediately laid down for afternoon naps. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon chit-chatting and giggling on the couch until she headed for home around 6:30. Daddio called in that time to say that he has picked up a case of the flu and will be unable to come tomorrow. He sounds AWFUL! So it's just me and Bailey for the next few days, but that's okay because I have a bunch of stuff to do around the house.


Jackie popped in about 7:30 with supper from Earl's and we proceeded to talk for the next 5 hours!  We just have this innate ability to totally pick up where we left off 5 weeks ago, although, oddly enough she has to remind me of a few details every now and then.

That's the story from yesterday. It was a long day but once again, I felt very loved and supported by my girls, all the emails I received and the time spent texting with my brother. Thanks everyone for a great day. Over and out.
 

Come to the Darkside Luke...

Hello everyone! Wow, what a busy day! I am still floating around on Cloud 9 after yesterday's news. The day started out with Chantelle taking me to see my family doc to pick up some forms she filled out for me and to get the stitches out of my port.  By now, I feel like a bit of a pro when it comes to uncomfortable medical procedures. (I've come a long way since I was 4 and jumped back and forth from the front seat to the back seat of the car so my parents couldn't catch me to take me in for an immunization. And then they had to bribe me with a Barbie doll to get me to go in. And then I *MIGHT* have kicked the health nurse right in the old crotchal area. Sometimes I think my mother was a saint.) But I digress, my doctor was surprised to find that the last nurse who bandaged my port put the adhesive DIRECTLY onto the stitches themselves. She also questioned why the radiologist wouldn't just use dissolving stitches, but really - why make things easy? It was a bit of a trick to get the bandage off without ripping them right out. Keep in mind it was a "running stitch" which basically means that it was one suture threaded under the skin in place of 4 or 5 regular stitches. Turns out it didn't feel awesome to have that whole piece pulled out at once. In fact, I might have muttered an expletive that had something to do with fornicating with a mallard.

Then between the three of us, we figured out how to apply the numbing cream to the skin over my port and bandage it so that it would be numb for my blood work, which was the next stop.  But not before Telly got in a few product plugs with my doctor. We headed over to RUH where she had a few appointments and I went to the canser clinic to get blood taken.  I ran into a friend of mine from P.A. who is also a nurse at one of my clinics - she was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and is waging her own canser battle. It was SO good to see her and compare stories and treatments. I was lucky enough to get my favorite phlebotomy nurse Carol (she is so sweet and takes great care of me) and the new port worked like a charm! I didn't feel a thing when she stuck that HUGE needle in my skin. (Little curtsy.) I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to being able to shower whenever I want and not having to wrap my arm in layer upon layer of press & seal! I am also looking forward to having a range of motion that will allow my to get out golfing soon!

My afternoon was spent at the gym working out with Kendra, meeting my good friend Sarah who was in town from Winnipeg for a drink and then heading to the salon to get a trim. When I got there, I said to Dwayne that had I known I would still have my hair at this point, I would have had him dye it a darker color to avoid the root issue. And he said, well, we can do THAT, we just can't do blond highlights because it would be too harsh and damaging. SO...guess what????

I've gone to the dark side!!!! (Thank you Dwayne!)

Dwayne calls it "cinnamon". All I know is the roots and grays are gone and it looks healthy and shiny again. He says we will have to stay on the dark side while I am on chemo, which is kind of funny to me. I have always been so conservative with my hair and afraid to try new things (resistant to change one might say) - but these days I just roll along with change and am quite happy to do it. Funny story - I went to pick up a prescription and my pharmacist, who knows me very well, did a double take when she saw me. I honestly don't think she recognized me at first.

My sister Pam drove in from P.A. tonight so she can go along to chemo with me tomorrow. We went out for a nice dinner, we made fools of ourselves giggling and snorting in front of the waiter over some childish and lewd story I told, ran some errands and then spent the rest of the evening cuddled up with Bailey watching comedy. Overall, it was a fantastic day. 

Tomorrow marks Chemo #6. When this is over, I will officially be at the halfway point of my first stage of treatment.  Oddly enough, now that I KNOW the chemo is working, I am excited for tomorrow and another chance to nuke the little bastards.

We Have Shrinkage!

GREAT NEWS Everyone! I had my update with Dr. Sami today so he could explain the results of my latest CT scan and he said things look good! As you may or may not know, according to my last scan and what the surgeon saw on the operating table, the primary tumor had metastasized to my liver. There were "numerous" mets on the liver, my lymph nodes were enlarged and there was some cancer found in the abdominal tissue surrounding the nodes.  My new scan shows that two of the largest mets on my liver have reduced in size, the first WAS 1.7cm by 1.6 cm and has reduced to .9cm by .9cm.  That means it is almost half the size!  The other one is marginally smaller, but I don't remember the dimensions. The rest of the smaller mets have shrunk or remained stable, which is a good thing.  He also said the affected lymph nodes are smaller and there is no sign of any other canser in any of my other major organs or the tissue surrounding them. Bottom line = I am WINNING! The ONLY thing that was the least bit negative was the fact that there is a "shadow" on the L3 portion of my spine, but he doesn't seem overly worried about it. He didn't order a bone scan and I don't have any pain there, so I am choosing to believe it IS just a shadow.  Chemo #6 proceeds on Wednesday as before - he thinks we are doing all the right things to fight it and wants to continue on with the original plan. He also said that due to the extent and rarity of my canser that I should plan to be on some type of reduced chemo plan for a very long time, that we will treat it as a chronic condition - but after the original 6 months of treatment they will space them out further apart and reduce the number of medications I am on so that I can live a more normal life.  This may sound like a bit of a bummer to many of you, but I really don't give a damn what I have to do to survive. It is the only option.  BRING IT ON!  (Dr. Sami also gave me the green light to take a little holiday and fly out to see Tim and the kids this weekend. I can't tell you how excited I am.)

Chantelle and Marly took me to the appointment this morning and as always were incredibly positive and supportive. We left the meeting with great big huge stupid grins on our faces, I almost felt guilty being so obviously happy in front of all the other canser patients.  The girls took me for an all-day breakfast (my favorite) for lunch to celebrate.

I spent the entire afternoon texting, emailing and on the phone spreading the news.  It was so great to hear from so many of you, I really am so very blessed to have such a large and widespread team.

Tonight, I went out for dinner to celebrate with Kristie, Shardelle and Chantelle. We had a fantastic dinner at Rock Creek and so many laughs that my cheeks and tummy are sore. Unfortunately nothing we talked about was fit for the blog - all topics discussed were wildly inappropriate and vulgar by most standards. God I love those girls.

Brown and Chant

Kristie and Me in my new necklace, given to me as a birthday present from Tim's mom and Dad (Barb and Arnie). She made it, isn't it pretty?

Beautiful Birthday Weekend

I just got home from dropping Tim at the airport and I have to say this was one of the best birthday weekends I can ever remember having. It's one thing to have a birthday on St. Patrick's Day and another thing entirely to have a birthday on St. Patrick's day that ALSO falls on Saturday! Throw in a little canser and BAM! A girl gets a tonne of attention!  Not that I typically like being the centre of attention, but it sure makes you feel good on your birthday to get so many wishes. I was incredibly moved by the gifts, cards, calls and thoughts that came from my family, Tim's family and so many friends all across the country.  Thank you all.

It meant the world to me that Tim was able to fly in for the weekend to spend my birthday with me.  That would have been more than enough to keep me happy this weekend, but he absolutely spoiled me - both with gifts and actions.  While I napped this afternoon, he made me Morrocan Lentil soup (thanks to Mar and her recipe) so that I have lunches this week and don't have to cook. What a guy. 

First of all, a little Bailey update...
She started the day looking like this:

And ended up looking like this:

How cute is her Spring look???

She's like a different dog. And the Spring Shed just got a whole lot easier!

Thanks to Kristie for orchestrating a fun night out at Earl's - we had a blast! The ONLY things missing were Kristie and Scott - turned out after putting the night together she was unable to get off work. You were dearly missed my friends.

We managed to get some good shots of all the couples and a few of the group. Also, at the end of the evening, a pipe band and Irish dancers came in and performed three songs. It was all very festive and felt like a big party for me. In fact, Tim *MIGHT* have intimated that he was responsible for the entertainment, saying that he planned it especially for me.  Not sure HOW gullible he thinks I am, but whatever. We had a lot of laughs and I filled my belly with all kinds of food and beverages NOT on my diet. It was fantastic.

 

Chantelle, Tim, Kelly, Me, Marlys and Lance

The Cory's

The Morrison's

The soon-to-be Bender's

Lanny's BLATANT attempt to get on the blog!

Pipe and Drum band

While dropping Tim at the airport I ran into an old buddy who works for a medical device company. After catching him up on my health situation, he asked me to call him next week when he gets back from his business trip b/c he believes that his company has a new technology that could help me. He didn't say anything beyond that but, you can bet I will call him as soon as he is home to hear what he has to say. It was great timing to run into someone who is willing to talk about options with me, especially on the eve of my CT results. I truly believe some things really happen for a reason, and people enter your life for a purpose and this is just an example of that exact thing.  It may very well be that nothing comes of it, but at this point I am willing to listen to anyone's ideas.

That's it for tonight, I need a decent sleep so I can be on my game tomorrow. I will definitely update you tomorrow after getting my results.

Take good care.

Great Love and Miracles

If this is the case, I can't lose.

For a girl who was hanging out on the dark side for awhile this morning, I ended up having a great day. First of all, less than 24 hours until Tim gets here. YAY! 
I felt so good physically that I took Bailey for an hour long walk, did a tonne of housework and ran a bunch of errands.  I feel like I got more accomplished today than I have in any day since this whole thing started.  As I was driving by St. Jo's, I saw this sign and had to circle the block to take a pic because it struck me so.  Call it divine intervention or coincidence or dumb luck - but it was exactly the kick in the pants I needed. I guess I didn't realize it was going to be this tough waiting for the results of my scan, but the good thing is I have a fun weekend to look forward to keep my mind busy.  The sign reminded me of a coffee mug that Diane (Kristie's mom) gave me when I was first diagnosed that says "Do Not Believe in Miracles, Rely On Them."  I use it almost every day but had forgotten about the message. 
Congrats to Jason, Tonya, Carson and Cooper on their new baby boy Aiden!!! So, so happy for you and can't wait to meet him!


 Random Thoughts:

• Bulk Barn is BRILLIANT! Great place to get affordable gluten-free food and super fun to window-drool, I mean window-shop for Easter candy that I can't eat. Sigh.
• The fact that Daughtry was at one time voted off of American Idol is the reason I stopped watching. In hindsight, it was very likely the best thing for his career and my appreciation of his music.  I only watch it now because Steven Tyler is so damn amusing. P.s. I covet his manicure.
• I want bad food.
• I was WILDLY pissed off at the MOA (medical office assistant) from my clinic who gave me the WRONG results from last week's blood tests. How do I know? Because I got a snail-mail copy today and it was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from what she told me. It was only a test to measure my Vit D level, but she told me it was so high (232) that it was approaching toxic levels, when in fact it is very much on the low side (127) and I could definitely use a top-up. I mean seriously? It's not like it was 232 and 132 or 227 and 127 - it wasn't even CLOSE!!!! Vit D levels are VERY important for keeping infection at bay and fighting canser and SOMEONE is going to get a very strict talking-to next week at my appointment.  (For those of you who know me well, this is laughable. It rarely matters how pissed off I am or how much someone screws up - I hate confrontation and avoid it at all costs.)
• Pam Nistor made me howl (snorts and all) today by her extreme over-use of the word CREEP.  Oddly enough, coming from her it sounds like a term of endearment. Kind of like when I call Tim "Jackass" or "Jerk-Store."
• Marlys made me howl because after having dental surgery today she is unable to talk so she texted me to tell me how happy that makes her husband. (Jerk-Store) And how she has every plan to utilize her BBM to get her point across anyway. Ha!