Tuesday Roll Call

Good Morning Everyone... It went really well with Serenity! The place is SO beautiful! 700 acres... 3 lakes, a ton of horses! nature everywhere! The girls get to swim, go fishing, horseback riding, hiking, camping... We saw so many deer and baby deer too... Words can not even give justice to the beauty of this place! Serenity was amazed at how beautiful it was... 2 girls came and gave us a tour of the campus and Serenity hit it off great with the girls! I was so comforted by that! Her dorm is really neat... Saying goodbye was a bit hard but she did a good job... I was very proud of her! Thank you again for all your prayers... God is Amazing and has shown our family so much during this time. I have my 9 month check up tomorrow... I am getting a box ready to send Serenity today she can have more things than were on the list... Have a Blessed Monday(TUESDAY) LOL all... Love Jenn

Oh Jenn, I am SO happy that things went well. I think this will be so good for Serenity and she will come home a new person!  You are all in my prayers.

Is this a girls only place she's at? 

Hi everyone, it's been so nice, I wish the whole summer can be like this. Have my week follow-up today, then my NUT class, then tonight my group class, back and forth to the hospital today.  Then tomorrow I have to take my brother to surgery on his knee there....I guess I'll know short cuts by then...LOL Hope everyone has a nice day. Lynne

Good morning Michelle and my Illinois friends! Had my 3 month bloodwork done this morning and now I need to run errands for my son. I have my fingers crossed that he will close on the 3rd.  I hope everyone has a great day!

Good Morning my Il family

I am very annoyed/frustrated today.  I am so tired of Mike saying we are short on money but I know that we aren't that bad off.  I am tired of not getting anything for my birthdays and anniversarys (and it was like that in my first marriage as well).  I really think that I tend to pick guys who are somewhat controlling and with my new found confidence I'm starting to notice it a lot more.  I have a 7 yr anniversary and my 38th birthday this month and I will be upset if I get nothing again.  I went through a lot earlier this year as you all know and I think I deserve something.  maybe I am just being selfish, I don't know. 

Anyway, I am going to see Katie at Dr R's today for my 3 month checkup and to go over my bloodwork.  I am debating on heading over to Northwest Comm hospital and sit with my dad while my mom is in surgery or not.  I know they will both be mad at me if I do, but it's my mom, ya know?  and I am right there!  we'll see.

Then I have to return my old van battery to Sears for the credit and pick up a new stadium chair for Tyler's playoff baseball games and foot ball season.  (freshman don't get to play on the regular field in high school..lol)

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!  Love to you all

OF COURSE you deserve something to mark those occasions!  Gifts don't have to cost a lot of money,  EVERYONE knows that!   We don't really celebrate things like Valentine's Day, Sweetest Day (what IS that anyway?), and even at Christmas, sometimes Todd does not get me an actual gift.  Actually, this was the first year that I can really remember Todd doing something for me for Mother's Day (he planned a barbeque with the neighbors where us Moms did not have to cook).  BUT my birthday at least deserves a card and dinner, and our anniversary is sometimes made a big deal and sometimes just a little deal, but these things NEVER get ignored.  You ARE worth it and you DESERVE it.  You are not being selfish. When is your birthday, by the way?   Good luck at the doctor's office and I am thinking of your Mom.

Thank you Dawn, you ladies and gents here really make me feel worthwhile, which I don't always feel here at home and to me, that's sad.

My birthday is July 21st

Monica, I had terrible birthdays when I was married and so I started planning my birthdays myself. If I wanted a party, I had one. If I wanted to go out to dinner I made reservations! Every birthday I've had since my mid thirties has been just what I wanted. Now, in my relationship with Kay we plan big birthdays together since we are the same age. For our 50th we had a "slightly used shower for the AIDS care network in Rockford" and filled a van with kitchen and bath stuff for their clients. For our 60th we produced a concert of one of our favorite singers. (Fun, but too much work!) Next year is 65 and we are going to have a house concert at our home with another favorite entertainer and our close friends. This one we won't have to advertise and get extra chairs for. It will be easier and much more fun. Now we get to look forward to it and think about it all year! Now figure out what you want and go get it! You deserve it! (By the way the Rockford support group in on the 21st and if we know you are coming we'll make you a safe dessert!

Connie 

Thanks Connie.  Sometimes I wonder if I am just too sensitive about things like that.   Unfortunately Rockford is too far for me to go for a support group with gas prices the way they are!  I really truely appreciate the offer though.

You DO deserve gifts and acknowledgements for holidays!  I don't care how broke the family is.  Dawn is correct about gifts not having to cost very much.  The purpose of a gift is to make you feel special.  There are lots of ways to show someone their special.  Tell that man of yours to get his act together and start paying for the priviledge of having you in his life.  If he doesn't have the money, he'd better get mighty creative because you are special and you ain't free!  Life is too short and to fragile to take for granted.  If he doesn't get it, some one else will!  The heart knows no budget!  We should never waste moments in life for they never come again.  Money is just money.  We can always make more and there's never gonna' be enough.  But love is a precious commodity and it must be handled gently and with all of our efforts.