WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

I hope everyone had a great Fathers Day , and got to spend time with your Dad if he is still with you. I certainly wish mine was still here. I was the first born of 6 kids and he was my special hero. We did a lot together. When we had a farm I was the one that helped him cut , mow and bale hay and hawl it from the fields to the barn. My brother next to me would rather stay in the house and help Mama but not me I wanted to be outside doing things. Just like now. I was the one that liked to watch the Dallas Cowboys play and became a fan of them then along with him. We knew one of the players on the team, but cant remember which one now , been too long ago.

Parents I guess they sometimes give you lots of grief but when they are gone it is very hard still, even now and as old as I am I still wish I had both of them with me. There are so many things I would like to ask and didn’t. Lots of things I would like to tell them and didn’t. So if your parents are still with you go give them an extra hug for me and tell them how much they mean to you.

My neck feels better today than yesterday. Still taking extra flexaril and keeping ice on it every 30 minutes or so.

Thanks for the prayers.

We are leaving around noon today to go to Sedalia for my appointment with Dr. H. on Tuesday. Ive went thru my clothes twice trying to pick out the outfit that looks the best on me lol . I really appreciate how much this surgery did for me and want him to know that . He said before surgery that for it to be successful I would get to about 170 in a year. Well it wont be a year until August  so I still have 2 months to go and I am at 178 Hopefully I can make 170 by august. I feel like it was a success anyway right now.

CHELLE: love the picture , very good . Love it when someone does do their picture it makes it so much nicer than talking to a shadow.

Yeah I hope all of us get to feeling better too. We aren’t a great advertisement for wls if you are going to wind up hurting all the time. Lol  it is sort of a faze I think , when all the weight gets off it throws you out of balance because you are use to carrying all of the extra fat. Don’t know if that is why but sounds good anyway.

You ask in a separate post about your boy friend drinking at the reunion. I don’t drink but I don’t mind someone that can control themselves with it and not get all sloppy and silly . you know what I mean?  I have an uncle that use to come to the family things and he for one day would bring at least a case and he was the only one drinking by the afternoon he was wasted and no one could talk to him or anything. He always wanted to fight someone too and could barely stand up lol. One time several of us kids got some rope after he got so drunk and just wrapped it around him and a tree away from everyone lol We did get in trouble for that tho. He wasn’t hurt and it kept him out of eveeryones hair  we thought it was funny and we kept checking on him to see that he was ok. But the adults didn’t think it was right for us to do even tho we saw several of them grinning behind their hands.

Proud of you for contoling your urge for a cig. That took strength. The moooooooolate was a heck of a lot better than the cig. So pat yourself on the back a couple of times. Way to go.

SHERR: That is the truth about if everyone was really truthfull about something they ate that they knew they were nt suppose to isnt it.

Glad to see you post even tho it was short and sweet. I love that hat picture. You look like a little kid in it.

RACHAEL: Oh my goodness I feel so sorry for you and your sick baby. Hopefully she is better now some? The iv antibiotic should have kicked that off some. I don’t know how you are staying up all night and then going to work all day. I will continue to keep Jaiden and you also in my prayers.

JANET: well no one else offered to do the Whats Happening post on Tuesday morning so You are IT….I will pick it up again on Wednesday morning so it will just be one day and you do it how ever you want to.  It is just a place for otheres to come and post what they did yesterday or are going to do today. A connection place.

Sorry your back is still hurting you so badly. I am keeping you in my prayers all the time

On the car the consenses from several is the throttle  gizamo but we are going to drive it into Forsyth tomorrow morning and put it on a dignosit thingy to see if that is what it is for sure. Then we will replace it and hopefully they will have the car while we are gone to Sedalia. Joe cleaned the spark plugs they were dirty , then found some hoses that were split , the air filter hoses. Anyway we will know more tomorrow morning .

I sure hope that Debbie M would start coming back on board. I don’t know what happened to her but sure wish she were back. I really miss them when they stay away like that. There have been several that after they had surgery just stop coming on the board. I guess they get so busy that it makes it hard for them to find the time. I decided when I started doing the Whats Happening post that it was a long time thing. One day I am thinking I may do it like on some other boards , farm it out for a week at a time to others.

Good way to get to know each other .

Well that ought to be a fun garage sale to have you two together. Lol . I can just imagine it.

Let me know when it is and I will come over to see you maybe if I can get away to be there. Maybe Sugar and I could come and aggivate you some. Lol

Good luck to  Susan , Erin and Toni on this your re-birth day. You will never forget this day  June 18^th. Happy Birthday.

DEANNA: So good to see you posting. I certainly hope this with meeting your friend works out well and that you can stay a woman in love. Sweetie you deserve it and yes it sounds like you have all the bases covered on being careful. We have all met on internet and really care about each other im sure it can be so with other situations. Be sure and let us know all about it when you get back home ok? Promise we will be waiting to hear all about Lloyd and his life. And how you can fit into it.

THIS IS A PIE I MADE YESTERDAY

1 box sugar free jello (four serving size) any flavor
1/4 cup boiling water
2 8 oz containers of sugar free yogurt (make sure flavor corresponds to jello flavor)
8 oz cool whip
graham cracker pie shell

Dissolve jello in boiling water, stir well and let cool a few minutes ( I stir mine in front of the a/c window unit.)  Add in yogurt and mix well.  Fold in cool whip, continue folding till combined well.  Pour in  pie crust and let cool for 3 or more hours.  This sets up like a cheesecake consistency.  I have tried the following:

Lime jello, lime yogurt
Strawberry jello and yogurt
Peach jello and yogurt.
I have bought some mixed berry jello and will use blueberry yogurt with it.  

If the pie crust has too much sugar for you (it does me) use Sugar Free shortbread cookies and crush them like you would if making a graham cracker crust at home.  

You can also put fresh fruit on them, I made the peach one, and put fresh peach slices in the bottom and on the top. Toooooo delish!!  My next adventure will be Strawberry/Banana jello and yogurt w/strawberry and banana slices on top!!

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Yesterday was a really nice Fathers Day-not just for Mike, but for his adopted dad, Erik and my dad too-I was so thankful that we had these 2 men to hug and give our love and thanks too-and a little bittersweet, because I miss my moms dad sooo much! I thought of him a lot yesterday and the special things he did and how much he is surely missed-I am so glad he knew how much we all loved him!! I actually remembered him yesterday with a lot of smiles-and didnt cry...so maybe time really will help! My mom didnt make it-and neither did Mel and Terry. They were really missed. Mom and Mel arent doing so good-physically having issues and in a lot of pain. I wish I could make them all better. My mom goes to the surgeon today-and Mel goes for testing tomorrow with hers-so I am praying they both get some relief FINALLY and some answers. Its been a long road and I know they are both fed up with the things they are living with. Please say some prayers for them. Thanks. We had our BBQ and I spent the late afternoon/early evening helping Megan with her wedding invites and reception info. We had a lot of fun. Steph was only home for an hour or so and she went back with my dad. Think they are keeping her for a few days since we just arent jiving right now. They offered, thank goodness-I would have never asked-but I think she also is keeping my mom occupied too-and my dad makes sure that my rules about the phone right now are followed-she cant even use my moms cell. She wasnt too nice to me again while she was home-but after she got to my parents place-called to tell me that she was sorry and didnt hate me after all. Then got upset when I didnt answer a question she had the way she thought I should-and there we went again....I think I need to just sit back and take a break the next couple of days and see what happens. The invitations are in bottles with those drink umbrellas and some other stuff and winding ribbon in the bottom (on the inside)-I know it sounds weird-but they are cute-and then we made the labels, and its got their names on it and the date on the side-and then on the inside is a rolled up scroll type thing, with the beach theme-with all the info on it-and then an open umbrella for the top-they are so neat. Jon was trying to help us the whole time, making the lists and rolling them up-cause he said he wanted milk, strawberries and bug juice (little kid drink) at the party too!~It was so cute. We finally got them done and my fingers hurt from winding all the ribbon with the scissors. We were just getting ready to get in the pool when it started to rain-so that was a bummer and Jon was disappointed-because "he" picked a Shrek 3 intertube (infattable) for Mike for Fathers Day-and Im sure Mike will have to share with Jon....so we didnt get any pool time with the family..when it stopped, I was busy with Megan and my mom, so couldnt do it then either.

Jon won a train set on Saturday at the Grand Re-opening of Hobby World in Joplin-it was valued at $64...we all entered, and of course, we all put our names in the RC car worth $500., but Jon wanted that train soooo bad-he kept taking it off the table and asking Mike to buy it for him...The owner, Paul was laughing because Jon was begging and then said-he would wait and put it on the list for Santa this year-he said he was so glad that he pulled Jons name out of the box-so Jon had a great day and played with it off and on ALL day yesterday...its set up in the middle of my counter/bar area-where it could be flat and Jon has a chair to sit in and play...he loves that thing. Thank God he won it, I wouldve had a really hard time spending that kind of money for that little train set. Jan-Im so glad your neck feels better!! AMEN....I started laughing about your outfit for the doctor-I did the same thing. I so wanted to look good and wear something that she could see the weight loss the best and impress her. Im sure you will look good in whatever you choose-you always look good when we see you!! I think your a success already-and I am sure you will hit that goal-you have 2 more months....your so close-and if you are happy with the results and have gotten your life back-your already successful-in our eyes anyway!! Congrats! Ok-I will do the Whats Happening post for you tomorrow. I would be more than happy too-just dont want you to be disappointed-LOL....I look forward to seeing it each morning and I know I speak for a lot of us when I say we would be lost on here without you and this thread. I think its a good idea to do it on your other boards-as long as you stay with us every day!! LOL-you cant spoil us and stop. I hope its an easy fix for the car. I hate those diagnostic machines, they are usually so freaking expensive, so I hope your mechanic doesnt charge what they do up here-its crazy the amount of money they get to put a car on a machine-to tell you whats wrong and it doesnt even pay for the repairs. However, some will take a portion of the diagnostic testing and put it towards the repair bill-it sounds like Joe fixed some other problems as well-maybe they will get better gas mileage with the spark plugs clean and hoses fixed....I thought maybe they had a vaccum leak or something too-but never got an email from you-so didnt know what to speculate. Mike said IF we lived closer-he would have come over and helped Joe out.  Terry brought out his scooter the other day and Mike adjusted it for him-and I was nervous cause Mike hadnt worked on one of them before.... I sure hope it stays dry for your picnic and I know you will all have a ton of fun seeing one another. Wish we could come too-I know we arent Dr. H's patients-but I love his patients-so it would be great to have a lot of you in one place-LOL....Have a good day and I will pray that the weather will cooperate for all of you!! I do need to get into my emails today and get some responses in. I have never experienced this with my back-but then again...I probably hurt it being in the car so much in a short amount of time, and with the severity of my back problems-it probably wasnt the smartest thing I have done-but then, what are you gonna do when you have to get to your surgeon appt for your 6 month check up and then a parent had to be at the registration for college? My options were limited-didnt have the money to fly in a private chopper or anything-or trust me-I would have. I have decided that I am going with Dr. Choma in Columbia for my back surgery. I will see him the first week in October-with an updated MRI that I will have down here in Sept-and by the time I get scheduled for surgery-I will be almost at my year out. Dr. Fearing seems to believe I will hit my goal by then-however, I am not as enthusiastic as her-that I will ever hit one-lander. I truly dont remember ever having a one in the front of my weight. I think it was prob around 14! I cant comprehend it!! I got on the scale today and it moved again!! I was so happy-so I only have 82# to go to hit below my goal-but where Fearing thinks I will be. Got off track there-anyhow-I am going to respond to Deb today and then about 10 other people I owe emails to, IF I can. Thank goodness I type 70 wpm so I can get up, take a break, and fini****LOL...so-thats my goal for today, at least. It looks like the sky is gonna open up any minute now-so I bet we dont get much outdoor time here today. I will let you know when and where the sale will be-and you and Sug are more than welcome to come-and depending on what time you get here etc-maybe you could even take a dip in the pool with us??? Ok-So Im pretty excited about today-have 2 angelettes having surgery today-and then signed on to be Nuttis angel and she has surgery on June 27th. I cant wait to meet her. She has a lot of the same back issues I do (had surgery 8 yrs ago for it and said it was the best thing she ever did) and she is pretty much home bound right now-and I was that way before surgery too-so I am looking forward to meeting her-and she lives in Carthage by Mel, so thats gonna be easy to get to-she may get sick of us-LOL..She is coming to the meeting with us next Monday-I am excited for that. I love having new people and showing them what a wonderful group I belong to!! I about laughed my butt of Jan, that you guys tied your uncle to a tree-HOW FUNNY....thats one of those things where you know behind your back-ALL the family members wished they would have been able to do that!! I hope you didnt get in trouble too bad-LOL...Note to self-never get drunk around Jan and IF I do-make sure there is nothing near by that her and her friends can tie me up to-LOL LOL.... **Chelle, I agree with Jan, if the boyfriend doesnt get sloppy and cuss and start fights or do a strip tease etc-it would be ok for him to have a couple of beers. Mike likes to relax and have a couple-but doesnt get drunk....he saves that for our 4th of July party when him and his friends jump off the diving board and compete to see who can land in the middle of an intertube-its quite entertaining for the rest of us-LOL... Im very proud of you for not smoking. I have been praying for you-and I DID find your email-it was in my bulk folder because you werent in my address book-so....I didnt look in there until last night-I will send off an email to you today-as soon as I get time. Love you, thinking of you AND praying for you. I cant wait to see you in person and give you a hug. **Sherr-Im glad you were truthful about what you ate. I just havent gotten on and done it yet-to be honest-had been doing mainly shakes again trying to get some more weight off, until Dr. Fearing told me that I should be TRYING to get all my protein by foods this far out. I just made a list the other day of things to help me do that-but I really dont care to eat anymore IF I dont have to-and it seems hard to make something just for me-Im working on it. I guess I am going to have to change that and just get in the habit. **Rachael-honey, how is Jaiden doing? I have been praying for our little gal and I hope she is finally feeling better. How are you? Did you get any rest this weekend? Did you have a good Fathers Day? Your both in my thoughts and prayers. Love ya. **Deanna-I am praying for you to have safe travels and happy for you to get this opportunity. Please know our thoughts and prayers will be with you-and have a good time- I cant wait to try this pie recipe Jan, I actually think I will make one tonite or tomorrow-I have everything here already!! It sounds so yummy. The only thing I am missing is the fresh strawberries, I have everything else-I cant wait! **Tammy-you should have a book (or a stapled bunch of papers) that you got from that class with the NUT, the excercise therapist, the psych (Dr. Halstensen) and so on...across the front it says Nutrition Guidelines Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery and it has all the stages in it-up to 12 weeks out-it outlines when to add new foods and how they are made. IF you dont have it-email me-and I will send out your next stage for you-ok? Then when you go for your one month check, you can get another from Jennifer. Just let me know-cause you will hit that next stage at 5 weeks out, is what my book says-and Im not sure when you go back-seems like it will be a little later than one month-which mine are 2 weeks late due to the Christmas holidays etc-so IF you can start this next stage before you go see them, I am more than happy to email the list to you. You are on stage 4 right now-and this stage is for 2 weeks with the mashed potatos, soups etc. Im so happy that you are doing so well-and the weight is melting away-I loved that part of it-the first 4 months when there was such a difference each week in the weight. Dont forget to do those measurements too-ok? Also-thanks for the pictures-I will email you my copies as soon as I get over to Mels so she can show me how-LOL LOL ~~I talked to Susan last night and she wanted me to post from her and let her know that she was sorry she didnt have time to get on here the couple of days before her surgery-it was a crazy time for her-she had to get her daughter ready to go to camp for 2 weeks, prep for the surgery and all of that. She said to tell everyone she loves them, she is thinking of you all and praying for everyone. She was going through those jitters last night, so we talked for a bit-and Im sure we will talk again today before she has surgery. Told her to talk to Erin beforehand since they will share the same waiting room-LOL....Please keep Susan and Erin in your prayers-as well as Toni and Leslie. Im not sure I know who Toni is-but Leslie is from another state and Charlotte is her angel-so we have 4 having surgery today and we need to remember them in prayer. Thanks.  I will post as soon as I hear about Susan and Erin. **Mel-I hope that you are better today-it was so hard to talk to you and know you werent doing good!! I wished I couldve made you better!! I prayed every time I thought of you yesterday-which was off and on all day!! We sure missed you guys yesterday...You know we love you and hope your better soon.

Well, I am going to get off here and start my daily routine with my shake and vitamins and so on. I hope everyone has a good day, stays dry and those going to the picnic-I hope you have fun. Will be thinking of you all.  All my love and prayers-Janet