Almost done...

Contractors are still here, even as I'm posting this up. They have till the end of the week to finish everything up and after that they are gone, if there done or not.
If there done they get paid, if not then no pay, VERY simple!
Let me just say that they are the WORST I have EVER seen and myself owning a building I have seen alot of companies and there just fucking BAD, sloppy, they rush, they lie, and they make me wanna fucking throw them out the window but I don't think the drop is high enough.

I have been keeping my Dr. appointments and everything has been going well, Thank God.
I have been running back and forth everyday for the past 3weeks. I just feel like I can't WAIT for this to be over with.
That way we can start putting the apartment together, get some new shit like a washing machine, maybe 2 recliners, and most defiantly a flat screen!
We didn't want to get anything new until the painting was done.
There putting in a new kitchen sink and cabinets, there going to be putting in new doors, floors, and they will also be re-doing the bathroom completely!
So I mean we are far from the finished product but it is in the works and it is moving along.
Gypsy and I are going nuts. People keep telling us they have heard that if a couple can make it though renovations they can make it though anything, and mind you this is our second. So I think were pretty strong don't you?

My mom is doing good, enjoying her Tennis. She LOVES tennis.
My animals are doing good, and there being really good when the contractors come.

This past Friday NICO'S dad brought him over for a visit and I loved every minute of it. I have not seen him since last X-mas when he was adopted by the man! Here is him and Myla
As soon as he saw me his whole face changed! He remembered me RIGHT away!

Once things have settled we said we would love to take him for a week or maybe a weekend. We LOVE him, we saved his life and he is grateful for it!
Anyhoo, that's about it for now. Hope all is well with you and yours!
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Renovations. Commitments. Bewilderment

HEY PEEPS!!

Just stopping in because I know it's been while. It's been while because I have been having major shit going on in my life.

I know people on here tell me to blog about it and let it about but when you only have 24 hours in a day and 20 of them are spend running around and doing shit it's kind of hard. Shit I barely have time for my Face Book, and AIM,  and if it weren't for my iPhone I wouldn't even be able to keep in touch that way.LOL.

So here's the deal, we FINALLY got the contractors here and there doing EVERYTHING! From scraping, plastering, painting, new floors, new cabinets. Plus we just got an AC. Gypsy has not had an AC in this apartment for years because 1 the landlord wouldn't pay for a separate line, an 2 she didn't have the 700 just to put the line in plus the 400 for the AC. We needed at LEAST a 12,000 BTUS because we have 13 feet high ceilings ad anything lower wouldn't do shit. So I got the money together and got it done!! Now we sleep with blankets!!! LOL!!

Next were working on new dressers, a new stove, a new washing and drying machine. So money wise we are TAPPED the fuck out. PLUS our baby boy Bandit needs to go to the vet because he developed some kind of skin rash. It has to me something with his skin because neither of the other dogs got it THANK GOD! Plus I have to go to the doctor and the lab and make sure everything is good on my end because I NEVER want anything like what happened to me to EVER happen again.

A VERY good friend of mine lost her only son who was only 20 years old. He was at the beach an had a heart attack. When they did a autopsy they said he had marks showing he have had 3 previous without him even knowing and this one was just too much for him to take. His name was Bryan and and he was a REALLY GOOD KID. He didn't do drugs ( maybe a little pot), he loved his family and friends, he went to school, graduated, he even graduated from culinary school. I'm trying to be there for his mom, and her mom, Bryan's Grandmother. I just don't understand this shit you know. I see people walking around who WASTE their life and there walking around like nothing and then God come and takes THIS kid away?!!? I DON'T FUCKING GET IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER WILL!!

So with all that being said and all this going on Gypsy and I made our 6 year anniversary! I bought her a pair of sunglasses she wanted, perfume, and I treated her to go get her hair done. Plus I surprised her with flowers and a card at her job not only on the day of but 2 days later! Then the weekend of our anniversary we went out to this  place in the village where we always go and it's kind of like "our place" and ate, had some drinks and just had a good time.

Anyways This is what I'm dealing with and I want to scream and just vent because there is ALOT going on behind the scenes I don't put on here because I just don't like putting EVERYTHING on blast you know? I hope all is well with everyone, I hope everything is going well and I wish everyone NOTHING nut the BEST!!

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When It Rains It Pours!!

Hey my peeps whats going on with you?
Hope all is well!
I can say that I am alive and well today but as far as drama goes I have plenty right now.

Started out with one of my tenants complaining about water in his tub backing up and not going down properly.
So had one plumber come and he said that we needed a certain machine called "water jetter". It is a high pressure hose that is put into the pipe and blows everything out and cleans all the pipes in the house.
Well he came, did it, and everything was working fine. Then 2days later another complaint, same situation and problem.
So got the plumber there once again. He found a leak under the tub and then snaked the tub. Then lets not forget from the 1st time the pipes were backed up there was water in the basement on the floor.
So when he came back and he went down the basement he was able to see things better and low and behold what did he find? Not only one of the MAIN pipes clogged up, but it's cracked and it's under the concrete.
So now here is the deal...I pumped out most of the water in the basement so the plumber can come and do the work.
He is going to come tomorrow, break the ground, replace the pipe, clean it out and any other ones that a clogged as well due to this mess and then re-pave the ground that he is going to break up.
Once he has finished his part then the clean up guys come to get rid of any water or shit that's left.
Then after all that is said and done were going to TOTALLY gut out the basement. Leave nothing down there but the boiler!
So we have alot of work ahead of us. My mom gets worried and becomes a ball of nerves when shit like this goes down so I have been staying there a few extra days out of the week.
Plus my SCUMBAG brother is doing nothing to help, his thing is if he helps he wants to get PAID for whatever it is he does!
FUCK THAT & FUCK HIM! I told him that I am helping handle everything and he can go fuck himself! Of course with a few other choice words for him!
So that is whats going over in this Brooklyn Blogger's life.

The Scissor Sisters

What's up peeps? How was every one's Saint Patty's Day? Did you go to parade? Have a drink? Get drink? Wear green?

Gypsy and myself went out to a concert in the night time. It was in the city. In the Bowery Ballroom. The band we went to see was The Scissor Sisters. This was our 2ND time seeing them in NYC and they ROCKED the show!
We had a blast & loved it.
They played some new songs which will be in the new album and some old favorites!

I don't post as much because I am on my iPOD what seems like all day and all night. I'm sure I can post from there, I mean shit the fucker does everything else.
I watch movies, videos on YouTube, get on the net, listen to my music, play my games and what I love most is reading and learning new things.
You know the saying "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" , right!!

I'm on the job hunt like the lion that I am! I am shooting for having some kind of LEGIT job by the end of this month!

One of my good friends will be getting out of prison after serving a 2 year bid in a NY state prison.
I REALLY hope he keeps doing well and all those letter that TALK that good shit is something he really keeps.
EVERYONE talks that good shit when they are locked down. I always say the REAL test is when they hit the streets!

Other then that if you have been reading my blog then you know of my friends 2 younger children to whom I have taking a liking to.
Well the other day he comes in the fast food joint where I was having lunch with a friend and he was all alone.
I asked him why he wasn't in school and where was his mom.
He said it was a half a day and she told him to get on the train and meet her at the program all by himself.
He didn't see her where she said to meet her, so he came to the place where I like to have lunch and ran into me and wouldn't leave y side.
I didn't mind I like the kid but THIS is what bothered me most.
Joesph says "I made a new friend". I said "oh cool were in school, or by your house, where"?
He says no on the train.
Make a long story short the fucking PERVERT talked to Joesph about his skateboard, and if he had any games, and he had games at his home and if Joesph wanted to play the games all he had to do was come with him.
Joesph said no I'm meeting my mom, so the guy followed him, then gave him 5 bucks and told him that the next time he sees him if he comes with him he will give him more money and he can come over to his house and play skateboard games with him!

I explained to him about strangers and he is NOT your friend and if you see this man again you SCREAM for help.
I explained that he was going to take him and he would NEVER be seen again.
I explained that all he wanted to do was HURT Joesph and he is NOT A FRIEND!
I THINK and HOPE and PRAY Joesph got it and doesn't let something like that happen again!



I WAS FUCKING FURIOUS! It's not the kid fault it is the mother fault for
#1 letting him get on the NYC subway by himself at age 8
#2 Not being where she was supposed to be when he got there
#3 YELLING at him for not staying where she said to meet him (mind you he would have been there waiting ALONE for over 30min).
#4
When I explained everything he told me it was like she didn't even give a fuck and she was there when she said and he was late and blah fucking blah!
UGGGGHHHHH Makes me SOO MAD! She didn't even have money to feed him, I bought him something to eat! She should be ashamed of herself for REAL!

Some people should just NOT have any children I swear!!

Good news for my mom! She no longer has to inject insulin! There giving her a test run on pills only! This is a BIG STEP and I know were both hoping it works. So if your saying a prayer to your higher power keep my mother in mind, it would mean alot to me seeing she means the world to me.
I don't even think my other "family" knows about it. Whenever something happens she tells me, or comes to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm her only child and that's REALLY fucked up because my brother and sister treat her like shit and there going to be sorry...
I don't even want to think about that day but I KNOW there going to be sorry.
You only get one mom you know...I'm FAR from perfect and did my dirt and gave her plenty of gray hairs.lol. however I think I have made up for that and much more over.
I love her and would do ANYTHING for her!

Anyways that is about it for last week and I'm trying people, trying to keep my end up over here.
Today is Monday and start of a new week!

Trips, & Flix, & Pix!

First off let me say sorry for not posting like I usually do and more often. I'm sorry and I'm going to TRY my best to keep up with this as much as I can.
I sometimes just drift off into my own world and forget about my KICK ASS Blogger friends and don't post.

I am doing good and REALLY trying my ass off to do the right thing.
We got NICO a forever home with a good rescue friend in North Carolina and Gypsy left today to go down there for a few days and have a mini vacation.
We both could not go because we couldn't find a dog sitter for Bandit. He is a handful and doesn't trust people too much and it's REALLY hard for anyone but Gypsy or myself to handle him.

So she should be almost there as of right now. The dude has a house right ON THE BEACH! Plus she is going to see Nico, aka Nicky, meet his other dogs, and just have a good time.
I miss her already, I missed her as soon as she left. The house feels empty without her here. I mean I know I have the babies and they are here for me but just not the same. Plus we have never been this far apart since being with each other.

Other then her trip not much has been going on. Like I said I have been staying out of trouble. Trying to stay away from negative people and people doing negative things!
I seem to have a few good friends of mine that are locked down and I have been busy writing them and sending cards. I try to keep up with that because I know when someone is locked down getting mail means SO MUCH! Shows that there is someone out there who cares, and they they are thinking of you, and also your not "forgotten"!
However after spending 2 years in prison a good friend of mine is coming home the end of this month so that's cool, and I'm looking forward to that.

We got Harley a really nice grooming and he came out soooo dam cute!!!
HERE is a good picture of him.

Myla took some pictures and is going to be in a book. It's going to be about dogs that had it bad and were dumped or abused, etc. and then taken in & have new lives thanks to the people that adopted them.
I took her to the photo shoot and her pictures were TOO CUTE!
The woman is going to choose the best ones and let us know whats up.
We also went to protest in the Bronx for people that were on trial for running a dog fighting ring. I brought Myla there and everyone was all over her & she loved it!
She is a mush and that's why she was perfect to be at the protest. To show people that not all Pit Bulls are killers and fighters.
I was even interviewed by local news, and its going to be in the Daily News!
When interviewed on camera I let it be known that dog fighting is wrong, and we need harder and stiffer penalties for it. Also not all Pit Bulls are killers, and fighters, and to treat ANY animal with respect because it is a LIFE.
Also to spay or neuter your pet to help with the over population of dogs & cats in the world, and that it also helps them health wise to get it done for them.
I felt proud to be part of that group that went and to represent for the breed and all!

Since I went into the hospital I have been talking to my dad. Meeting him for dinner and I have to give it to him he is really trying to keep whatever relationship we have now going.
This week I went to his apartment in Queens and met his dog and of course loved him. his name is Brownie and is so cute!
Other then that I'm going to be alone for the weekend and just going to chill out and watch season 1 & 2 of THE WIRE. I used to watch it when it was on HBO but fell behind like after season 3 so now I'm just starting over so I know everything that's going on.
We finally broke down and signed up for netflix and we LOVE IT!
We have the deal where we can have 3 DVD's out at once, and also stream as many movies as we want! All for only like 20 bucks a month I think!
Its GREAT, we love it.
Last night we got to watch Precious and it was GREAT! The book "PUSH" I hear is better but isn't always?

So I think thats about it for now. Hope everyone is doing well and everything is going good!
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HAPPY 2010 PEEPS!

Just wanted to make a quick post on the holidays.

This Xmas was VERY special to me because I was ALIVE. Alive when I SHOULD have been dead!

Update on NICO:

Nico now named NICKY has a new home in NC and is living the LIFE!!
Here A Few Pix of him and how he is living.

The man who adopted him, Patrick flew up to NYC (where he used to live) and then drove down to North Carolina with Nicky.

He has 3 other dogs, 2 black labs, one is very old and his time is coming up.
The others Nicky plays with ALL DAY LONG!
He has a a Jack Russell named Grape, and the other Black Lab is named Luther, and they ALL get along great!
this was a VERY hard decision for us to make because all of our fosters who get adopted are in close area of us, so NC was kinda hard for us to imagine.
However once we saw the pix and how he was living we KNEW in our hearts we made the right choice!

Our holidays were quite, and I got Maria EVERYTHING she wanted.
Gold hoop earrings. (kinda like these)
Many kinda of perfumes such as Dolce One & Princes by Vera Wang
Frye motorcycle boots.
Skull Candy Head phones They didn't have the EXACT ones she wanted so she HAD to settle on ear buds..
Certain socks she likes.
Burt's Bees kit with EVERYTHING you can think of in it.
I got her this necklace form Macy's, and something like this, only it's round and it says "LOVE LIFE BE BRAVE"

Oh and SOO much more.
Candles, Magnets, Make up, Shirts, a scraf and so much other stuff. I schocked the shit out of her!

She shocked me too.
She got me a North face Coat I wanted in back ( of course )
The ACG's I have been wanting.
Also Skull Candy Headphones but these are the ones I wanted and she was able to get them.

So all and all it was a great X-mas and a great way to bring in the new year.
I hope everyone had a great time, got what they wanted or asked for, or s just like me grateful to be alive!!
HAPPY 2010 my peeps!
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Blog Problems?

All the blogs I was following somehow are not listed anymore. Did this happen to anyone else?

I have never had any kind of problems like this before, never either real problems with blogger itself.
I find this really strange because I was on the computer till about 7AM and it was fine then.
I come home now @ 6PM and now this?
WTF?!?

Anyways now I have to go around and add people all over again? What a pain in the ass!
So if I don't post on your blog for a few I might have forgotten about your blog so please don't take it personal.

Ready For Holidays?

Just wondering if everyone is getting ready for the holidays.

Have you shopped? Finished shopping? Mailed cards? Made lists?

I myself don't have many people to shop for, however I have alot of people I need to send cards to.

I need to get on the ball and get shit done.

I want this Christmas to be REALLY nice for Gypsy & myself. I am lucky to be alive and for us to be together so I want to go all out for her.
I have been buying her gifts one at a time and stocking stuffers as well. So I am trying to get her everything that she has been telling me she wants.
The only thing I know for sure I won't be able to get her is the 17 inch MAC PRO BOOK she wants. That shit costs like $ 2500.00! So not this year that is for sure! Maybe another laptop but just not that one...

Anywhoo hope your making a list and checking it twice!
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RIP BUSTER

Sorry for not posting as much as I should be just ALOT going on and so little time.

Here's the breakdown on what has been going down.

On December 7Th I have been out of the hospital a month and doing very well. I am keeping up with my diet and lost 24 lbs (since being in hospital till now).
I have been going to my Doctor and then the Lab to have blood drawn to make sure my PT/INR levels are correct because I am on a powerful blood thinner Coumadin.
So far so good.

Then on the 29Th my good friend Lisa is back in the hospital. She is in ICU and practically died. She had tested positive for swine flu, gotten a fever of 103 and had to be intubated because she couldn't even breathe!
She had a hard time fighting off the fever and the flu, however she is getting better.
As of now she is still in ICU but waiting to be put on another floor to rest and re-coop

Last night I got some REALLY bad news. Lisa's sister called to tell me that Buster, Lisa's cat had been found dead in her apartment.
I went on Wednesday and he was fine. I left him food and water. I cleaned the litter for him and kept the windows open a bit to get some fresh air. Her friend went on Saturday and said he didn't really eat much and that's not like him. When she went back on Sunday she found him passed away in the apartment.
Seeing Lisa tested positive for Swine Flu and that is what were thinking might have happened to him.
Also Buster had Tumors so one might have ruptured we don't know and we will never know.
When her Sister called me to tell me and I was crying of course and she said that she couldn't go in there and take him out, couldn't touch him like that you know.
I said i would do it.
I felt like we saved Buster and I'm going to go get him and bring him to the vet and MAKE SURE he gets the proper care.
I went and got him and we brought him to the the vet to be cremated.

I feel horrible and I want to know when were going to catch a break, it just seems like blow after blow after blow.

Other then all this and that shit going on I am proud to say that I have been clean since October 15TH!
I know it is barely a month but I am very proud that I have this clean time under my belt and want to keep it up. I have been keeping busy and just taking it day by day. I go to my program do my thing and break out.
I don't hang out, and the people I do talk to are not many at all. It's crazy because it is like ALL of them are ALWAYS looking for a favor, or a handout or begging for shit and I am SO over it and so tired of the BULLSHIT stories and how fucking FAKE they are!
Well that is the deal and again alot has been going on and I am trying to do my thing by staying clean and doing the right thing.
I am thinking of going back to school for computer programing and engineering because I have taught myself alot of things on my own.
when our computer breaks down I always fix it myself. So after the new year I am going to look into it.
Hope everyone is getting ready for the Holidays...
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It Was Not My Time To Go..

Well it has been a few since I posted last and there is a very BIG reason as to why.

About 2months ago I had this pain in my left leg, it was a pinching kind of pain and it stayed with me for only about 2days and then it went away. I thought being it went away that I might have pulled something and it was no biggie and it was gone.
Well about 2-3 weeks after the pain in my leg I started having trouble breathing. I thought because I'm a smoker, and didn't eat right that was the reason as to why this was happening.
Well 2days after this started happening to me on October 15Th I was having a VERY hard time breathing and I mean VERY!
I was at my mothers house and told her to call a cab for me that I was going to go to my program first and then after that to the hospital to see what was going on with me.
When I got to the program in the cab I opened the door and I fell out because I couldn't even hold myself up!
A good friend of mine David ran inside and told them what was going on and they rushed out with a wheelchair and then rushed me inside.
I told them I couldn't breath and I needed an ambulance.
The ambulance came in about 3min. I was so weak I couldn't even make the step up into the ambulance.
Also I was loosing oxygen at a very fast rate! I passed out while in the ambulance and then woke up again in the emergence room with tons of Doctors and nurses all around me.
They started undressing me and poking me with needles. Finally they undressed me and took off all my jewelry and one of the last things I remember was one of the doctors saying "fuck this, her face is turning gray and her feet are purple".
Now what happened after that I am only told from Gypsy and the Doctors because it was REALLY bad.
Here it is in a nut shell.

What caused all this was, that pain in my leg was a blood clot and it took 3 weeks to move from my leg to my lungs.
Most people die from having ONE blood clot I had THREE!
Blood clots go where there is air, your lungs, heart or brain. I was lucky because it went to my lungs, anywhere else I would have died more then 90% sure on that the doctors said.

I went into cardiac arrest for 7-8 min and they brought me back.
When they brought me back I was in a drug induced coma for 6days.
The doctor told Gypsy we are taking this minute by minute right now because it is really bad.

When I was in a coma I could still hear Gypsy, my mother, my brother and even my father came to stay by my side, I'm telling you it was looking REALLY BAD.
Gypsy said she said to me "Baby you got to fight for us" and then I shook my head as hard as I could.
Then she said "Show me those beautiful brown eyes", she said I opened one eye and a tear came out!
The doctors were telling her that because I flat lined for so long brain damage might have happened and to be prepared for anything IF or when I come out..
So after 6 days in a coma I just woke up! I woke up and asked for a cigarette first. LOL. Then I asked for Gypsy.

I was in ICU and when I came out I had all these tubes sticking out of everywhere on me.
My kidneys took a REALLY bad blow.
I had 90% kidney failure.
So after I woke up I had to do Dialysis for 4 hrs at a time.
They put a shunt in me that they use for Dialysis and people that are going to be on it for a long time.
It is right above my right breast.
So here is the rundown on what I had done to me

3 blood clots in my lungs
7-8min flat lined
6 days in a coma
Five 4hr Dialysis treatments
3 Blood transfusions
Many Many IV's
I had a PICC LINE (Mine had 3 outlets)

After coming out of ICU my body started to heal at a rapid pace on it OWN!
I had all the doctors scratching their heads on how I was healing after what I been threw!

Let me tell you it has been a long and hard journey for myself as well as Gypsy and my family.
I am very grateful to even be alive.
To be told so many times by so many doctors that I should be dead is a BIG trip!

I look at life VERY differently right now.
The whole time in the hospital I did not smoke however I came out this Saturday and I have had only 2 so I'm doing pretty good! It's not going to be easy but I'm going to quit them all together!!

I want to thank everyone who sent me flowers, a card, said a prayer, kept me in your thoughts or just sent out positive vibes!
It means the world to me also to know people were there for Gypsy when I couldn't be 100%!

So that is about it in a nutshell.
Oh and if anyone is wondering if I saw anything while being dead the answer is yes.
I saw a rainbow and dogs and cats. Some who I knew, some who I saved, some who I tried to save!
I believe I was headed to The Rainbow Bridge!
So if that is where I was headed I am more then happy with that!

Once again God is good..& I'm alive and taking it day by day right now!!
Five 4hr Dialysis treatments