Hi Ruth! Yum, soup sounds sooooo good! I'm all bummed out today because I had my consultation with the plastic surgeon yesterday and found out my insurance won't cover my breast reduction because I don't have enough tissue left, it's all just skin. The ironic thing is that they would have paid for it before I lost weight! So I got a quote for just over $7000 for the breast reduction and if I had a tummy tuck at the same time, it would be a total of $14,000. Guess I need to buy some lottery tickets or something! My husband made a comment about refinancing our house to pay for it but I would feel guilty asking him to do that. I don't know ... we'll just play it by ear and hopefully some day I'll be able to have it done. For now I just have to live with the skin. Tonight is my TOPS meeting so that always helps motivate me. And I need to grocery shop and I'm determined to get all healthy stuff to keep stocked in the cupboards. I'm trying to increase my water intake too and see how that goes. I just feel like I'm in the bathroom all the time! Deanna

Thanks Ruth, Just waiting to see how his visits with the heart Dr. and kidney Dr. goes! I sent in some paers for some kind of assistance through welfare like they told me to do....will have to wait and see how it goes! She finally called last night to see how the kids were,a week later! Huibbys going today to get their birth records,since she doesn't seem to know where they are!! iT WILL change my life for sure! Theres moments I ask myself,why am I doing this???? Then other times when Abby cries cause she doesn't want to go home,wherever that may be!! She wants to stay with us forever and forever she says!! Just have to keep working with my pateince part and set up some time away from them to spend some time to myself!!

Good luck on the filing, not a day I want to trade with you! How is the shop going - are you busy? Are you on the internet yet so we can all have a browse (and maybe purchase?)

other then men can be idiots, I would march in and ask whats wrong... because your job is important to you and you want to get what ever is bothering him out in the open and get past it. I have found that my weight loss has effected my friendships.... I'm not the fat friend anymore... they treat me like I'm some competition...one friend barely talks to me anymore... then others who treated me badly (because I was heavy) are now being nice to me)... (I don't want anything to do with them)... its a strange thing and would make a great book... anyway I hope you guys work out the problem so you can do your job in peace...

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I look at my pics over the year and don't recognize myself... LOL