Pamonyms

Here's a new one. For some reason the other people in my building call me "Miss Pam".

1. Pam

2. Pamala (my spelling)

3. Pamela (most common)

4. Pamelea (only met one of those)

5. Pammy (my most common nickname)

6. Pamalama (my favorite nickname ever!)

7. Pambella (from one special friend)

8. damnpamn (I've heard that one so many times in my life. It covers everything good,bad,unbelievable,right, wrong - get the idea!)

9. Wham Bam Thank You Pam (I won't get into that one!)

10. Spam (most popular insult as a child)

11. Pam Cooking Spray (most popular insult from children today)

12. Pamala Peehole (most hated nickname from my aunt's and uncle's)

13. SuperPam (my image of myself)

14. Pamburger (refers to the mangled mess that's my brain)

15. Pammalicious (another one that I won't get into)

16. Pamalah (emphasis on the "lah")

17. Pamblahh (how I used to refer to my blog) aka. Pamblahg

18. Paam-pers (another childhood taunt!)

19. Pambelina (another name from another friend)

20. Little Pam (as opposed to Big Pam-which is who I would be now. There were 2 of us Pam's working in one place and so they called us Big Pam and Little Pam-I was Little Pam because I was 20 and Big Pam was in her 40's)

My actual real name is Pamala Dee Brennan Jeffrey!

Easy as A,B,C (stolen from Verbal...)

A: Age - 48

B: Bed size - recliner

C: Chinese food dish - chicken lo mein

D: Dentist name - Dr. Beaver

E: Early bird or night owl - I'm so much of a night owl, I know who else in the building is one and who just likes to say they are one (most people who say they are)

F: Favorite color - pink

G: Gold or silver - Gold

H: Height - 5' and 5.5"

I: Ink - afraid of needles

J: Jellybean - skittles

K: Kitchen meal or restaurant - kitchen meal (they both have their good points)

L: Living arrangements - gov't hirise (surprised by how much I like it here)

M: Month of birth - July

N: Nicknames - damnpamn, pammie, pamalama, pambelina, pamala peehole, anything that rhymes with Pam

O: On time or late - evening

P: Pet peeve - people who put the pen back when it runs out of ink instead of throwing it away, people who let the adding machine tape wind back into the machine.

Q: Quote from a movie - "lips and asshole, that's what hotdogs are made of, puckered at both ends" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

R: Right or left-handed - Right

S: Siblings - ONE EACH

T: Time you wake up - 1 am, 3 am, 10 am, 2 pm

U: Urgent thing on your to-do list: dishes (always)

V: Vegetable you dislike: onion

W: Wishing for - to win the lottery

X: X-rays you've had - heart, head, ankles (more times than I can count)

Y: Yummy food you make - Mexican Chicken, Beef Stroganoff, Spaghetti

Z: Zoo favorite - any baby

shlepping back to the dr. today

had another a fib attack last night

they have been getting more frequent

getting things checked out today

Have you ever asked a cashier for money?

I NEVER have.

I can't tell you how many times a day people will be short a few cents (9 times out of 10 it is for cigarettes) and they will ask me if I have some change to loan them. If I gave everybody money that asked me for it I would be LOSING money at the end of the day.

For those of you who don't already know it, a cashier makes less money than almost anybody in the food chain.

PAY FOR YOUR OWN SHIT! IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THEN PUT SOMETHING BACK - THAT'S WHAT I DO.

CORRECTION: Eddie caught a HELLBENDER

Hellbenders!

Meet the King of the Streams! July 7, 2010 Reporter: Patrick McMurtry Videographer: Brad Rice

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EYEWITNESS ONLINE WEBCAST VIDEO C L I C K T O P L A Y

They're the biggest salamander in North America and probably the biggest animal in this stream. You've probably never seen one. Hellbenders.

Jennifer Wykle, a biologist with The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, explains how they got they're name. "They're so ugly a lot of people just said they're from the depths of Hell, these Hellbenders. You can see it's got really small eyes. They vary in color, some are brown, some orange, some are like an olive color. Some will change color throughout the year."

This Hellbender is around 22 inches long. That means he's been crawling around this stream a long time. These amazing salamanders really thrive in West Virginia streams.

"They can live up past 25 years. I think in captivity the longest a Hellbender lived is 40 years. But they are a long lived species." says Wykle.

Long lived, but not really too adventurous. Or for that matter, curious. These Hellbenders love to stay close to home. They spend their entire life, 25 years, going no further than the end of this pole, and almost certainly no further than that tree.

"That looks like a good rock, nice and curved on the bottom." says Wykle.

Hellbenders don't venture out too far from their rocks because they don't have to.

"They don't move very far. If they like it where they are, and there's lots of crayfish to eat, then they're perfectly happy." says Wykle.

The Hellbender can be found in several states in the eastern part of the country. They are native to West Virginia and are most likely to be found in clean, fast moving streams.

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Mary K Herself is on the Scene!

Welcome to my aunt, Mary, who recently signed up on Multiply. She was probably my favorite aunt when I was growing up. Hope she brings some of her unique sense of humor around.

Should be fun!

You have to take the bad with the good, I guess

I received some good news about my heart in January and I have been trying to exercise more but it hasn't been going too well. Seems the problem is my lungs. They have raised my O2 settings from 2 to 5. (which is substantial) He also raised the settings on my Bipap machine.

I have been telling him for 2 years that it wasn't strong enough. He finally listened when I turned in my machine and told them there was no since paying rent on it if I couldn't breathe while wearing it.

I am feeling better and people are telling me that I look better as well. I am not taking as many naps either.

Here's to hoping for progress!!!