This has not been a good week! My husband and I were fussing like cat’s and dog’s! I hate fussing more than anything in the world, I guess b/c I grew up in a household were all my mother did was yell!

For the first 15 years of our relationship my husband never fussed about anything, now he fusses about everything! I asked the Negro to help me move the bed to the other side of the room, and he helped, but then I didn’t like it so I asked him to help me move it again! He yelled, “I better make up my mind”! No Negro, you better make up your mind because I have you because I want you not need you! You better recognize! If you don’t want to help move a bed then don’t, it may take me a little longer, but it can be moved without you! You just remember this conversation when you want this same bed to move tonight!

And ya’ll know that is exactly what I told him. You better believe he got himself together and moved the bed! (And of course I gave in later that night wasn’t no need punishing myself!) Now he's treating me like I am a Goddess or something! Sometimes that can get on your nerve too when they treat you too nice! He is so scared that I am going to walk out, like I am stupid enough to start all over with another man, doesn't he realize that I have 23 years invested! I lost weight not my mind! I am too old to start over! I talk a good game, but I'm not going anywhere!

Here’s a picture of me my husband took yesterday playing with the camera on his new phone, now that I got him straight it’s all good! (Sometimes we have to “whip” them back in shape, this picture was taken right afterwards so I am a little winded and a little sweaty!)

Happy New Year! 
I hope everyone is healthy and happy! My year is starting out just fine! I am down to 201, just can’t get to the one sees. We are on the Daniels fast at church were you only eat fruit and vegetables, so I know I will see the one sees soon! Everyone is so excited for me. I do look really different. The amazing thing is people walk right by you and don’t recognize you! 

My daughter, her BFF Ashley (I’m trying to learn text codes!) and I were at IHOP on New Years’ day (for my daughters birthday, she’s a New Years baby) and this lady who usually talks a lot when she comes to school to get her son, just walked past and waved, so I waved back. Well we happen to sit at a table across from each other and she kept looking at me and turning her head before I got the chance to say anything. So I just figured that she was hating! My daughter said, do you see her keep looking at you like that? I said yeah, just don’t pay her any attention. 

Well as the lady was leaving she stopped by our table and said, I’m sorry to stare but you look just like this lady from my son’s old school. Do you know Teena Dale? You guys have got to be related! 

My daughter says this is Teena Dale, and she says no, I’m talking about the Teena Dale who’s in the special ed department at the middle school, she’s tall like you, she’s a pretty lady, but really heavy set, you know big boned! 

I just laughed and said sweetie it’s me, and you are Aaron’s mother correct, how is he coming along at the high school?

She was so embarrassed! She said, Miss Teena, this is really you! What did you do! Oh my God, this is amazing! Do yawl see her? Oh my God, you are beautiful, well you always were pretty, but now you are gorgeous!

Well by now everyone is looking at us and I am embarrassed! So I wrote down my phone number and told her to call me and we would talk.

I didn’t eat another bite at IHOP cause I was on this emotional high! As we were riding home, I was thinking, my God did everyone look at me as the heavy set and big boned girl?

Okay for my progress! It has been 1 year 7 months since surgery. God is good. I am wearing a size 12 now! I still wear a large shirt! I am still 5’11 ½ ” so I look smaller than I really am! This tool is the bomb! I love it!

Oh yeah, I have a friend at church who is getting this surgery next week. Her husband had the nerve to leave her b/c he said she was disgusting, the nerve of him. I don't want her to go threw this alone, we all know the emotional rollercoaster ride it is, so I am taking off to be with her! Please keep her in prayer, her name is Tish. (pray for her ugly husband too!)
Be blessed I love you! Teena