WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY

Got my knees shot this morning. Lol Didn't feel too bad really. Just hope it works this time as well as last time. Have one more shot to go next Wednesday. While in Springfield this morning we stopped back by Nixa Hardware and bought puppy shots and food and collar and leash and bowl and etc, etc,. Also bought a wire hog panel to make an arch over one of my pathways. I planted Jasmine on it and hope that it grows well. It is close to the back porch so that we can hopefully when it blooms will be able to smell it there. May not bloom yet this year but next I hope. I may have a job soon. My neighbor works at the Red Roof Mall in Branson at the Hanes store. She has been bugging me to come to work with her. She is one of the asst managers. Well she brought me an application home and I filled it out . Still have to take a drug test and she said they would probably put me to work as soon as they get that back. Anyway I told her that I didn't think it would pay to work that far from the house with gas as high as it is. She said she would arrange it so I worked the same hours as her and I could ride with her to work so I said ok but I don't want to work full time , maybe 3 days a week no more. Maybe this winter I would work full time but I have to have time to garden too in the summer. We will see I don't know if I can take it or not. Lol. But know it has to be easier than being a nurse. DEBBIE M; I still don't know if we will make it right or not with the puppy. She seemed to be better today. But still whining a lot. I guess she still misses her mommie and siblings. . http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/wb/xp-32659 I hope this link explains how to make the Elephant Ear bird baths. I made and you could make them into steping stones too my making them real flat. Would be sort of neat with all the lines and all in them. I haven't ever tried it but it sounds sort of simple. May try that this summer. But as big as my Elephant ears get would be way too big for most anything. Really the housemates aren't housemates they are living over in the trailer we were fixing up for a guest house. Hopefully they will get theirselves ahead soon and can be out on their own. But so far things are working out ok. They are paying most of their own way as they can. No rent but are paying for the elect bill in the trailer. We are trying to get the rest of the things in there finished which isnt easy to do with someone in there. Hey that is great that your next appointment is on the 19th of June. My appointment for that day is at 1:30 Several have appointments for that day. Brenda, Craig, Me. You and there seems like there was another one. But others will be at our picnic too. Will you be there.? It is in Liberty park need the rose garden. Julia is suppose to come too. I hope. MELISSA: I guess you have gone on your way to your Moms house but will respond to you anyway. I hope your trip was good and that Terry got some good news at the doctors office in Springfield. Yeah if you figure out how to bottle energy let us know. There are some that have done so but it is sort of illegal. Lol (meth) Sugar was out running around today. I hope she is back on the mend . Did my heart good to call her and for her to say that she was running over to see this lady in the nursing home. VESTA; I am jealous about the camping. But I think I would be spoiled anymore about camping. I would want an RV. We use to camp all the time in a tent with sleeping bags on the ground. NO WAY anymore. JANET: Hey I mailed master Jon a letter this morning with some seeds in it. Small amount but will send more to him later. Will give you several packacts at the meeting Monday. Lol , rofl , OMG I liked to died laughing about the puppy story you told. Lol We tried the bed one night I don't like it so I don't thing the story will apply to me. Sorry Tammy I got dates and all mixed up. Senior moments. Lol you know those words get me out of a lot of problems lol. That really does sound like an ulcer , you need to go to your pcp about it and let them take it from there. It isnt anything to fool around with. Can get to bleeding and then you really will be in trouble. Megan , you never did say whether she was going to go to the college that she had the scholarship to or not. And will she have to live on campus Hey what about the dress you got from Sugar, wont that fit to wear to the graduation? LANA: Well I still didn't see Amandas post . was she posting to someone elses post already? Doesn't matter just wondered. Susan, well sorry that things are way to hectic in your life right now to even enjoy the . Surgery date. Know that we are praying or your daughter that is in a Hospital. HOPE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Jan-I hope that the shots work as well for you this time too~Congrats on the job. I hope that you like it-and how nice that you wont have to drive~We may have to come in one day when your working and raise cane-LOL LOL-just kidding!!! Are you going to post pics of your elephant ears? Those are some of my favorite-and I thought about stealing some from Mel....Its starting to look so nice out here with our flowers and all-but Jon and I are gonna have to start over with our morning glories and other seeds we planted-the hard rain we got those 4 days-took them right out of the starter things we had them in-so I bet they will bloom all around the sidewalk-walking out to the pool-LOL....Thats okay-but I really want the morning glories and cardinal climbers for around the pool-so I think we will do that this weekend and start over-but I may just put them in the cans and start them in there-instead of those starter canister deals we got!! Jan-if you see Julia, please give her hugs from all of us and tell her how much we miss seeing her here-ok? She has been in my thoughts and prayers a lot-and I am really glad she is doing okay-those blood clots can be some nasty stuff! OH-so good to hear about Sugar-I just love her to peices-with or without her giving us clothes-she is so sweet and so loving-I just HATE that she is suffering and not feeling herself-ecspically with summer fun time just around the corner-I really hope that her body just needed time to adjust and that she is A-OK...I pray for her every time I think about her-which is several times a day!! Yeah-I figured that the puppy story would make you laugh!! I just wanted to send that out to you-LOL....I hope things get easier with your baby soon. We got lucky with Dozer-he only whined 2 nights and that was it-but then again-ALL Of his brothers and sisters drowned when they were brand new-thats why we got a pure bred blockhead lab for free-Mikes good friend just gave him to us when he was 4 weeks old-because he was so HUGE then-that he looked like he was 2-3 months old-LOL...all he did was lay around and eat-and he had several nipples to latch onto-since he was the only pup! Just last night-I was petting the "boys" while Mike and I went to check on the new outline for the track etc-and I noticed that my tubby dogs collar was too tight-well, its the biggest collar you can get for a dog-so I dont know what we are gonna do-we may have to buy a horse lead or whatever you call it-LOL....or special order one-I dont know-but Mike said we should just buy a mans belt-like size 42 or something-LOL LOL-GEEZ-I thought the ox was done growing by now!! Jon will LOVE getting a letter with seeds in it~he LOVES to open mail-anyones-and asks everyday if he has mail and if not, then asks if he can open someone elses mail-LOL....its sorta funny-when your 4 yrs old-how much mail you expect to get? LOL...Thank you so much for doing that for him-he is gonna be "so happy"...(thats one of his favorite sayings-and its caught on with the adults- I am so excited that I have 2 angelettes having surgery in June-and then I have one who is still in the beginning phase of getting started (again) Trudy, but I dont see her on much anymore-I hope she is okay. Anyhow-I have Tammy on June 4th and then Susan on June 18th-both in Columbia and both have Dr. Scott~ I got to talk to Krissy for about an hour yesterday-she is bummed out because she hasnt lost much weight. Explained to her that with her being so sick and on medicine and all-adding to the fact that her body is trying to adjust-that sometimes it will take a bit-I know its very discouraging-I just pray that her and Chante will get my packages or have already gotten them-to give them a little encouragement and pick me up! She sounds like she is doing much better. Thank God-I know its so hard to be sick when your recovering from surgery! My daughter graduates in the morning-WOO HOO....I cant wait! Yes, Jan-she is still going to Columbia this fall. Although since her sperm donor is quitting his job next week to move back to Las Vegas, not sure if any of that funding will come through or not. I got a bill from Stephens College last week with the food options etc-and the basic package-which was the cheapest-was 3,500 for the year-OMG!!! I asked her if food was really a necessity (LOL)-I know I cant afford to pay that myself-and I cant rely on the sperm donor for help-although I did call and lay the guilt on him-but thats never worked before, dont think it will now-but did explain that it would be nice IF he did something for his girls FIRST and before he dies-so that ALL their memories arent bad. Will see. Guess I will have to find some way to help her out, this means a lot to me and I know she is willing to work and help too-but I really want to maybe open an account and give her the card and put money on it every 2 weeks or so, so she can purchase food or other necessities and not have to work as much as she does now! Her fiance was going to keep HER car down here-and I threw a fit and stuck my nose in their business-and flat out told them NO....its HER car, SHE got it financed-AND he doesnt pay bills unless he HAS to-so SHE is taking it up there....she said they have buses up there-I know they do-told her that IF she doesnt take it-I am bringing it out here and putting it in the metal building for when she comes home! End of it. Period. He will just tear it up and not make any payments-which is how he did with the truck that he had that got repocessed-his tires were so bald they were like racing slicks and he never got his oil changed etc-so no way is he keeping her car or her phone. Well, I just talked to Mel on the phone-she is at her moms and getting ready to head home-she said it was okay to tell everyone she is scheduled for her surgery on May 25th in the morning. She goes Monday to meet with the anesthesiologist-and get a clearance from them-and then she is all cleared for the surgery. Please keep her in your prayers-that the doctor has Gods guidance as he works on Mel and that she will bounce through this and land on her feet-WITH GOOD NEWS....Of course, I will be there with Terry and maybe my mom or Megan as well-depending on who is watching Jon...... Well, I am going to get off here and do my shake and vitamins and take some more pain meds. My back has never hurt this bad-since Feb and none of the other spinals had this affect on me. I am hoping and praying that it gets better-because IF this continues-I will not be coming to the meeting on Monday! I took a pain pill as soon as I woke up this morning-and its already wearing off and the pain is just bringing tears to my eyes-plus I cannot even bend over this time without feeling like my spine is going to snap-its swelled AND bruised this time-on the opposite side of where I got the spinal and anesthesia injections? Im not sure what that is all about-but I cannot handle this pain! I am so thankful that my ortho knows me so well-because they know I have a very high pain tolerance and so he knew when I wasnt getting relief from the other courses of action that an MRI had to be done-which, thank goodness, proved that it wasnt just the weight loss-but real problems that werent going to go away with time (like the tail bone pain etc)....which I know that pain is very real too, trust me-but this is a pain I have never imagined being in or that people live in this kind of pain on a daily basis-holy crap!! PLEASE pray for me. I have so much going on right now-and I have to be brutually honest right now-and say that I am starting to feel very down and discouraged-and have a hard time mentally dealing with the fact that I am worse off than I was before (I KNOW in reality I am not-but I FEEL LIKE IT) because I was never in this kind of pain before laying on the couch doing nothing because my knees always hurt-now....I just see and feel like life is passing me by-and I cant comprehend staying on the couch or in bed-not when there is so much to do and see and so much life to live-I have lost 146# and I guess mentally I feel so much better, physically-I expected to be in a better place-I keep telling myself this back thing would have happened anyway-wls or not, because my ortho told me I would be in a wheelchair within a year (Sept 2005) IF I didnt get the weight off......but somehow-I think sometimes the mental aspect is as bad as the pain-IF not worse! I hate feeling sorry for myself-and I am trying so hard not to be a whiner-but I am so angry-cause it wasnt suppose to be like this-I DID everything I was suppose to do-I busted my A$$ to get weight off before surgery, I made life long changes and commitments-I do my shakes, my vitamins and I walk and do pilates-and I feel so much worse than I did when I was super fat!! It doesnt seem fair to me, that I got a taste of how sweet my life can be-just to end up like that again. I cant comprehend it, thats for sure! Thanks for listening.....I hope all have a wonderful Friday and be safe-have a good weekend too-all my love and prayers-Janet

Jan, I sent you a message with the website I read about Dr. H. and lap bands. Lana

Howdy Everyone, WOW....If I don't have surgery soon I am going to have to move to Columbia!!!! LOL LOL.....I was gone 21 hours yesterday!!!! We left at 3am to get up there for my 9am apt for my pre-op class....Then had to see Dr.Scott at 1pm. I had an appt at the hosptial for 3:30pm but went on over there after I got done with Dr.Scott. They said I couldn't get in any earlier but they did let me get my test done that had been ordered. I did not get done at the hostpital till almost 5pm....A few hours out of Columbia I decided I had to have a break. So we stoped and had coffee and ate supper. Made our trip a bit longer but mercy I was sooooo tired!! Didn't loose any weight since I was there last week but good news is I didn't gain any either. Soooo I was ok with that. All my test were in and all were good. EXCEPT FOR ONE.......NEWBIES IF YOU SMOKE YOU BETTER READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! The one test they done on me last week showed I had not quit smoking yet!!!! I HAD LIED AND TOLD THEM I HAD ALREADY QUIT BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED IT WOULD MESS THINGS UP!!!!! I PLANNED ON STOPING THE DAY I STARTED MY 2 WEEK DIET. Natalie was super nice about it but out right told me she knew better. She said my levels were too high to have just been around second hand smoke! She never raised her voice or got smart or anything but it was still so crappy to have been caught in such a big lie!!! I FELT AS ABOUT AS TALL AS **** ANT!!!!!!! Now I might have risked my chance to have surgery the 4th! She said I would have to have the test done again the morning of surgery to see if the levels were down or not. If they are still TOO high they will send me home... So I am going to contact my PCP to see about having the test repeated the 31st or 1st at out local hosptial and see if the levels are ok or not. Then I will know if the long drive to Columbia is neccisary or not. Dang I am soooo mad at myself right now I could cry!!!!! So to any of you newbies that do smoke....YOU NEED TO START NOW!!!! DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINIT....IT'S CHALLANGE AND IF YOU FAIL AND NEED TO START OVER THERE MAY NOT BE TIME! YOU MAY PUT YOUR SELF AT RISK OF MESSING UP THINGS AS WELL!!!! PLEASE PRAY THINGS WILL GO OK...I HAVE WORKED MY BUTT OFF ON THIS DANG DIET AND GETTING ALL THE TESTING & PAPER WORK DONE TO GET A DATE!!!! Thinking of you all and will post more later....Hugs..Tammy P.S...THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME GRIPE!!!