WTF is a Pescetarian?

Well, that would be me!

For the last 16 years I have been a vegetarian. I did not eat any meat, Chicken, Fish, seafood, fowl, NOTHING. I did eat dairy products but no meat.

I still don't eat meat but in the last year or so I have started eating Fish and once you add Fish to your diet you aren't really a vegetarian anymore. You are a Pescetarian. And if you call yourself a vegetarian in front of a real vegetarian and tell them you eat Fish, they will usually let you know real quick that vegetarians do not eat Fish.

So I stopped calling myself a vegetarian for the most part unless I am in a situation where I just need a quick explanation to someone why I don't eat meat and do not want to explain what a Pescetarian is, I will just say I am vegetarian.

But a lot of ppl have asked me what Pescetarian is because I have it on my Twitter profile. I just wanted to clarify what it is.

It is a vegetarian who eats Seafood.

Luiz Antonio: Why He Doesn't Want to Eat Octopus - Translated into English

Have you seen The Hangover Part 3?

I have read 3 different movie reviews in 3 different magazines (People, Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone) that all 3 said the movie sucks.

A lot of times I do not agree with the movie reviews in the magazines. It's like the movies I like they give bad reviews to and the movies they give good reviews to I think sucked. But with so many in agreement I am reluctant to go see it.

Jeremy wants to go see it tonight. We have plans to go see it tonight.

I have asked ppl on Twitter and Facebook if they have seen it and liked it and every single person who answered me all said it was not good, not funny and that they didn't even party in this movie. No drinking or drugs to give them a hangover.

I told Jeremy that everybody said it was bad but he still wants to go see it.

I just don't have patience to sit through bad movies. It drives me nuts. If I am at home watching a movie and it isn't good within the first 15 minutes I will turn it off.

But if I go to the movies with the husband I can't just get up and walk out. lol.

I usually like to see things for myself and form my own opinion but with EVERY SINGLE PERSON saying this movie sucked... I think there is a good possibility that it really does suck.

I think this is going to be 2 hours of my life that I will never get back.

I would rather go see Now You See Me. It came out last night. That's the movie about the magicians who rob a bank during a magic show. That one looks good.

Well, I am off to the movies in a few minutes so I will see you on the flip side. If I remember I will update just how bad the movies sucks.

UPDATE: I think we are going to go see NOW YOU SEE ME.


UPDATE: DH had told me we could go see something else if I wanted to since I had so many ppl tell me the movie sucked so I was going to go see Now You See Me. But after Dh got out of the shower he told me he really would rather go see Hangover instead. He was a big fan of the Hangover movies and he thought it was going to be good based on the previews. So we went and saw it. IT WASN'T BAD AT ALL! Not to us anyway. I was sitting there waiting for it to suck. I was waiting so I could tell DH "see they all said it would be bad" But it never got bad. The audience in the theater laughed about 20 times at least during the first hour of the movie. It takes a lot to make me laugh but I even laughed a few times myself. So if you were thinking about possibly going to see it yourself I would say give it a chance. If you liked the first 2 you will probably like this one. But I respect everybody's opinions who told me it was bad. Not everybody likes the same movies. I usually give movies a chance and don't form an opinion based on other's opinion of it but this one had me nervous, for no reason. So I just wanted to update you and let you know we saw it and liked it. DO NOT LEAVE when the credits start rolling. Almost everybody left the theater while the credits were rolling and they missed a very funny part they showed after the credits.

New Chick Fil-A in town. Gay marriage anybody?

I have never been to a Chick Fil-A in my life. I was born and raised until I was 30 in Texas and they had them there I just had never gone to one.

They recently constructed one in our town and the school gave out coupons for the grand opening that entitled the kids to a free Chicken sandwich. Both kids came home with a coupon.

I decided today I would take them up there and let them use their coupon and see if they like Chick Fil-A.

We pulled up and I thought man there is nobody here that's weird. But we got out of the car and went up to the door and it was locked. I looked on the store hours posted on the door and it said CLOSED SUNDAY.

I was like WTF why would a fast food place be closed on Sunday.

Then it started coming back to me. I remember hearing something about the corp owners being very religious and not letting the stores open on Sundays. Then I remembered hearing something about them donating to anti-gay organizations and opposing gay marriage and protests and such.

Once it all started coming back to me I told the kids what I remembered and why they weren't open on Sunday.

My daughter told me MOM we shouldn't come back here then. She decided she doesn't want to use her free coupon anymore. So there you go. We won't be eating at the new Chick Fil-A in our town. Ppl have been telling me how great the food is. I don't eat Chicken so I don't really care.

I don't normally boycott businesses for any reason. I don't care what their beliefs or politics are. But my daughter feels differently about it.

UPDATE: The kids curiosity about whether or not the food was any good out-weighed their desire to boycott the business and we ended up going there. They love the food and have asked to go back since then but I haven't taken them. Like I said... I never boycott businesses for any reason. I just don't care enough to inconvenience myself like that, but I was going to go along with it for my kids sake. They just changed their mind. I do not like the anti-gay ideas of the Chick Fil-A owners because I have a gay family member but you can't control or change ppl. A business is a business.

Breast Cancer genes

As you may have seen in the news in the last 2 days, Angelina Jolie has come out publicly to disclose that she has recently gone through elective preventative double Mastectomy. She done it in part to the fact that her own mother suffered and died from cancer and because she chose to have the BRAC1 and BRAC2 cancer screening tests done. They are tests to screen for mutated genes that makes you 90% more likely to get breast and ovarian cancer if you are positive for those genes.

She was positive for those genes and she decided to be proactive and eliminate (for the most part) her risk of breast cancer. Her risk went from 87% chance of cancer down to 5% chance of cancer after the surgery. From what I understand she also is in the planning for having her ovaries removed also.

I applaud her bravery to do something that would forever change her perfect appearance. Although with her money and access to the best surgeons in the world I am quite sure they have made her look as flawless as possible considering who she is and how famous she is. Money definitely does buy you better medical care. That's a fact.

Earlier this year I underwent a breast MRI due to a strong family history of females in my family who have had or died from breast cancer. My insurance company approved me to have MRIs instead of Mammograms because the MRI is more accurate and catches the cancer earlier than a mammo can. Now I can go have the MRI done every year if I want to. I have to just pay $800 for the $5200 test. A small price to pay if it saves your life.

However, with such a strong family history of breast cancer (2 aunts on mom's side and one aunt on dad's side) I feel more inclined to be a little proactive myself.

I had a routine physical appointment today with my family doctor and while I was there I asked them to draw blood for me to have the BRAC 1 and BRAC2 tests done to determine if I have the mutated genes.

I may not. If you get a negative test for BRAC that doesn't mean you won't get cancer, it just means that you are not at risk of getting the type of cancer caused by those mutated genes. But if the test is positive it is likely you definitely will end up with cancer. Women who test positive for BRAC, 70% of them get cancer as opposed to just 12% of the general population. 5 times more likely to get cancer.

I am not sure how the genetic testing works or how they determine what your percentage of risk is. They said Angelina Jolie's risk was 87% chance of getting cancer. That is a sure thing. I think she did the right thing. She has a husband and 6 children to live for.

The National Cancer Institute has a survey tool called the breast cancer risk assessment test you can take on their website that asks you a number of questions, then based on those answers they give you a risk of your getting breast cancer. I answered the questions and they gave me a 45% chance of getting breast cancer in my lifetime. That is not nearly as high as Angelina's risk. But I also do not know if I am BRAC positive or not. If I am that risk % will greatly increase.

I don't know what I will do if they tell me I am positive for the mutated genes. Deciding to have a double Mastectomy BEFORE you get cancer is a huge decision. I know it is the smart thing to do because if you get cancer it can be very aggressive and spread before you ever get a chance to treat it. So having the Mastectomy you decrease your risk to almost nothing.

I guess I will wait and see what my results are and then go from there. I do know this...if I am POSITIVE for BRAC then I probably WILL have my Ovaries removed. I have had a partial Hysterectomy 12 years ago so I don't have a Uterus or Cervix but being positive for BRAC greatly increases your risk for Ovarian cancer as well, so those would have to go.

The bad thing about that is, if you have your Ovaries removed 90% of ppl will need Hormone replacement therapy to reduce the symptoms of no longer getting any Estrogen. But Hormone replacement therapy increases your risk of breast cancer. Slippery slope. I am sure someone can live a normal life without Hormone replacement therapy, right? It's just some mood swings and hot flashes right? I would definitely try to do without Hormones if possible.

I also had some standard blood and Urine tests done today since it has been several years since I had any blood work done. Just a CBC, Lipids, liver function, glucose, etc. Those results will be back in a lot quicker than the BRAC test results.

Since I don't have a genetic counselor I am curious how my family doctor will handle giving me my results if I am positive for BRAC.

Well, if I remember, and I probably will, I will come back and update what happened with my results.

If you are 40 or over, go get a Mammogram. If you have a family history of breast cancer get your doctor to order a breast MRI instead. It's painless and quick.

UPDATE: My insurance has denied the pre-authorization for the genetic testing and are refusing to pay for it unless my doctor jumps through hoops, calls in and does a peer to peer conference and all that mess, which my doctor will probably end up doing for me because he is so nice. But I think they will still find a way to deny it. They paid for a $5000 MRI but they don't want to pay for a $3000 genetics test. I guess I am costing them too much money.

Hopefully I will find a way to get the insurance to pay for the tests but I will come back and update later as I get more information.

Anybody been to St Thomas

Jeremy and I decided to take a break from going to Disney for awhile. I think our next vacation is going to be in 2014 and we are going to go spend a week in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

I have done a lot of research on ST Thomas and have found some condo rentals through VRBO of condos on the East End near Red Hook. It's the Crystal Cove condos on Sapphire Beach.

We will have to fly from Jackson to Atlanta and Atlanta to ST Thomas and back. But on 3 of the 4 legs we will be able to fly first class so the flights won't seem so miserable and long.

I want to go SNUBA diving. Not Scuba but Snuba. You don't have to be scuba certified to go Snuba diving. I also want to go to Coral World and do the Sea Lion swim/interaction where you get in the water with Sea Lions.

St Thomas is known for its' snorkeling because it has so many Coral reefs around the island. There is a coral reef right in front of the condos we will be staying at.

But we will probably take a day trip over to St Johns and go snorkeling at Trunk Bay.

I have been reading tons of reviews on different excursions on the island and on the different resorts. I have spent the last 2 days in front of my computer reading reviews on Trip Advisor.

Have any of you ever been to St Thomas?

How hot is hot?

Jeremy told me during our Disney trip 2 weeks ago when I was miserably hot and sweating every day that it wasn't even really that hot. This was our weather while we were there April 14-19. I would say 2 88 degree days and one 90 degree day constitutes hot in my book. How about you?

14th- 88 degrees

15th- 88 degrees

15th- 85 degrees

16th- 84 degrees

17th- 87 degrees

18th- 86 degrees

19th- 90 degrees