Good Tuesday Morning Cali

Thanks Janine & Cali Crew!! It was another great year. I'm looking forward to making 2009 another year of being healthy and having some fun.


Happy New Year!!!

Good morning Cali and thanks for the great shout out this morning, my Angel. I must have missed the post about the Hello Kitty ornament. I am glad you like it, and you're welcome. =)

 I am amazed at my weightloss this year. 90 pounds gone. That is a HUGE wow moment for me. I don't think I would have made it through all the obstacles this year without my OH family. Thank you all for your love, tough love & support. May 2009 be a better year for us all. Sending hugs and love. xoxoxo

Good Morning Janine!  I am working today and part of the day tomorrow.  I still need to find out when we close tomorrow.  **Sigh**  Sometimes my boss gets sidetracked and does not get back to us. 

This time of year always makes me reflect on my life.   I need to dedicate myself to clearer living and eating and exercising.  I was sitting in my Cardio doc's office yesterday (waiting for him) and thinking about my choices.  For some reason his office always does this to me.  I sit and start bargaining with myself and God.  I really feel that I have blown some of my WLS chances for a healthier living.  I messed around and lost my 'window'.  But then again, I feel that it can still be regained.  Just look at all you have done this past year with your tool.  You have been a champion and inspired so many to re-dedicate themselves.  I Thank You for that.  Have a wonderful New Year.  I will work on posting on a regular basis.

Janine I just FREAKING LOVE your posts!!  I don't always post on them but dang nabbit I read umm and everyone's responses to them.  The fact that you take your morning to do them just touches my heart!! 

You are an amazing woman and artist and teacher and mother and grandmother and WLS matriark!  Thank you for all you do and for sharing your life and family with us.  May 2009 continue to be blessed.

Ms Shell

Good morning or rather Good afternoon!
Thanks for the shout out Janine.  You made me feel quite welcome in the CA board.  I really can't believe 2008 is almost over.  It has been a pretty good year for me, but 2009 will be even better. 

I hope all of you wonderful Californians are enjoying the last two days of 2008.  It may have been a hard or great year for you, but no matter what the future will hold great things.  It might take a lot of work and hard times to get there, but in the end all will be well.  I'm prepared for 2009 to be rocky and hard at times and also full of moments of sheer bliss.  It will all be worth it though.

Happy almost New Year everyone!!!

Well, I totally missed morning, so I will say good afternoon Cali!  Sheesh...almost good evening!
Anyways, Janine, thank you for always being so supportive!  Love reading your posts and look forward to them and the responses from everyone.

Jodi, will be sending you prayers for the 12th and for a better year.  Hang in there!  Jeni, you have not blown it.  Everyone stumbles from time to time.  Don't let it get you down.  Just dust yourself off, and get back to basics.  You can do it!

I wish everyone a Happy New Year!  (just in case I don't get to post tomorrow night) 

Gus, I hope that whatever plan the docs resort to will work out for you.  I have intermittent pain (not as bad as yours) and have been told it could be an internal hernia, but so far has occurred only a couple of times.  Sending you best wishes!

~Naomi

Janine...You missed me but I cana't even amagine remembering as many as you do on a almost daily bases. You are so good at the morning shout outs and you get most of us going. I say most cause I am just now getting on here at 7:30 in the evening! Better late than never I always say!! Janine from the first time I came to the Cali Forum you were there for me and as were so many others and I love you all for it.

There is only one support group up here were I live and it is at the end of the month at 7:00pm and I don't like driving the 40 miles round trip up there. I have gotten to the point were night driving just isn't my cup of tea if there is ather traffic + deer. So this forum has been my support group as well as some of the wonderful people I have met here. So, I would like to say THANK YOU CALI CREW!!! You are all such great support and growing into such good cyber friends and some land friends too!!!
Oh and I have been promising picture of my bike, well the guy I bought it from wanted a picture before I took it way so this is the one he took...
I was a few pounds heavier in this one so I will be posting more soon.






Jodi and Jeni...Both of you must stop beating yourselves up, Please. There are a million things you can do to turn things around.
Jodi, I and sending you a PM I know you have trouble typing but just read what I have to offer.




HUGS
JOY

Better late than never right! 
Good evening Janine and Cali,
Janine your post brought tears to my eyes.  You are such an amazing person and great mentor to me and many.  Thank you for the shoot out and the continued cyber support.  I am so thankful to have you here.  As I always say, you are the glue that holds things together for so many of us.  Your are my inspiration and I hope when I am 6 years out that I am rocking my tool like you.  Thank ou for being such a great example to all of us.
The snow was wonderful yesterday and I was so thankful to be able to go.  We went tubing the entire day and lil man had such a blast.  So did I!  When we were leaving, I thought to myself, there is no way I would have done this 5 months ago.  Just another reason I am thankful for WLS.  It allows me to do things with lil man I wouldn't have been able to do 95 pounds ago.
Well, gotta run.
Lola