WHATS HAPPENING SATURDAY

Hello everyone. I have been so busy this Friday that I met myself coming around the corner of the house. Lol

After all the rain that we have had you would think that we had enough but now that it has stopped it is so dry that we are having to water often. I have so many flowers that it takes me about 3 to 4 days to water everything thru and thru. So that means when I get done with the last bed it is time to start back on the first one I did.  So everything gets a really good drink about every 4 days is what it take too.

 

Got some packages sent off today. If anyone wants some flower seeds for next year, write me and I will see if I have any of what you are wanting. Below is a partial list of things I can get you seeds on.

Morning glory,

Balsum

Black eyed susans

Coneflowers

Four 0 clocks

Cypress vine

Marigold

Assorted zinnias

Cleomes

Castor beans

            

That is some of them so let me know and if you are coming to the reunion I will bring them then, or can bring them to the next Circle of Friends meeting on the 20^th of August.

 

Saturday the house next door to us is being auctioned off along with all the contents. The couple that lived there passed away last year. They were in their 90s and died within about 6 months of each other. There is an old chiffarobe in there that I would like to have. For all you young uns that is sort of like a big cabinet, that a lot of people take and make it into a place to put a t.v.  Originally they were used to hang clothes because years ago houses were made without closets. Lol wow you all got a history lesson today huh;

             

Went out and watched the neighbors putting up some chicken wire around the bottom of their fence that goes around the garden. Rabbits are tearing up their garden. Maybe we need a wabbit hunting party. Those pesky wabbits.

 

 

TAMMY: so glad that you made back from the Carolinas well and all intact. Tell your daughter that no matter how bad things were that she can do it , she can start over and now you and she know that the baby is safe. Did he hurt her? I cant stand bulleys and that is all that kind of person is.

You and Brenda are more than welcome to still use our place as a landing stip so to speak . the meeting in August is on the 20^th this month. It is usually on the 4^th Monday but this month the Circle of Friends meeting is on the 3^rd Monday.

Hey don’t worry about canceling on me that didn’t bother me , I just was disappointed in not getting to see you two again.

The flower gardens will be less in bloom than now but that is ok too. Will have flower seeds to give away then if you would like some.

 

 

JANET FROM KANSAS CITY : yeah yeah I know about the nursing, but at 17 dollars an hour I couldn’t turn it down. And the two days a week I can make as much as I would in almost 5 days at the Hanes store. Lol. Didn’t take much to persuade me. And it is more of a paper work job than nursing really.

 

 

JULIA:   hey glad that you came out of lurkdom. Wow on getting into 22s that is a great wow . im glad that you are tolerating more foods now. I still have a problems with a lot of foods too. But I make sure I get my protein by doing the protein drinks. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have lost what I have I know.

 

 

NUTTI: WOW you had your drain and stitches in a long time didn’t you? But you had open surgery didn’t you? I guess that is about right, don’t know . How are you doing? Are you back home already?

How is your grandmother doing? I don’t know where Rianne is either. Maybe she and her mother went on another vacation.

 

 

DEBBIE  M; so glad that you are feeling all the prayers that are being sent up for you and the tamale lol. You know the lump they found on me here while back that they were so concerned about I think was a fatty tumor. Since I have lost so much weight you can feel them all over my body and so why not in my breast too. Honey just know that we are all here for you  but claim victory in Jesus.

 

Lol I like the idea of our husbands doing the monthly breast exams. Lol all that fumbling should be use for some good anyway .

 

 

JANET: well I hope you have a wonderful day for the reception. I hope all the bad weather stays away and you have nothing but sunshine and good times.

 

Boy couldn’t you just pull your hair out by the roots by the way teenagers  act? They have all this attitude and then when you have went to all this trouble to sit up counseling for  them they say nothing at all and don’t know what you are talking about. Lol

So does she still get the counseling since she didn’t say a word?

 

I am hoping that the antidepressants help with some of everything. I know it doesn’t stop pain but when you can have your brain to be calm some of the time you can at least sleep and rest. I hope they can do the treatment for you of burning the nerves for you. As I understand that , the pain has to come from a certain area so lets hope yours does.

 

Yes I am taking the nursing job. I decided that I really didn’t want the driving job and besides that would be 40 hours a week and take up a lot of time. The nursing job is 2 days a week and make twice as much.

 

 

CHELLE: I bet you are so glad to finally get that stupid drain out aren’t you?

 

Thanks for the compliment sweetie. That is very nice of you …

 

 

BRENDA: so sorry that Dennis is still having trouble. I guess we need to increase our prayers for him. I hope the new doctor can help him some at least.

Will also continue to pray for Michael. , his wife and children. So sad when people don’t remember from where they came.

We all need to vent and say what is bugging us some of the time and that is quite alright. Wish I could offer some good words of wisdom. But all I know to do is just pray that he can and will return to his roots soon. We all love you and hope to see you soon.

And just remember you can post as much as you want too any time.

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

 

 

JAN    

 

 

I think it's wonderful that you are going back into nursing! I haven't been accepted into the nursing program yet. I'm still working on prereqs for adn in case the lpn program is full. I am 38 years old and hope I'm not too old to "start" this new career.  I hope that I can keep up! I'm much more active than I used to be since I've lost weight, but I'm still 269 pounds. I work out and swim alot so I hope this helps me. Any advice for the nursing thing I'm surely open to hearing it. Good or bad! Janet in KC

12 more days and reality is setting in as my bariatric vitamins and protein options arrived on my door step today.  Reality is really setting in at work too and I'm gonna have to put in some extra time this weekend to get caught up before the 8th.  Honestly, i shouldn't be behind but it seems like I can't concentrate lately or go to sleep at night.  I'm having that 12 days before Christmas feeling in the middle of July.   At work it doesn't help that I had another carpal tunnel surgery in May which put me back at work but on restricted duty for a few weeks... I think my mind got used to the slower pace and I can't get it back in the right gear.  Right now I'm trying to figure out if there is benefit to having the left wrist re-operated on while I'm already off recouping from RNY so that I can use the time efficiently.  I guess I'll ask my orthopedic surgeon when I see him for a followup two days prior to my RNY surgery.  Of course, some people would say that since they are covered under different insurance I should not complicate things, or risk the chance if there are any complications that the insurance companies would try to blame the other and it would be hell to straighten it out.  Ok, I guess I just answered my own question... one thing at a time.  Best to wait until later to do the carpal tunnel surgery.   For those that were following this... yes I really did say re-operate.  I had the surgery on both wrists about 2.5 years ago and it wasn't completely successful, so I ended up going to a hand specialist who went back in and seems to have completed the procedure in the right wrist with better success.  So that leaves a 4th and hopefully final wrist surgery still this year. Have a good weekend everyone, enjoy the cooler weather we are experiencing, the heat will get here at some point.

Jan, wow what a week if it wasnt 1 thing it was every thing that went wrong....i will take any seeds and ALL kinds i LOVE flowers ALL OF EM!!!!! Congrats on new job, now maybe u will slow down a tiny wee bit? ya rite wont happen HAHAHA well im off to bed im pooped, kids got me to go to fair with em tonite and get arm bands and ride ALL the rides...whooooooowww g nite my friends love

Howdy Everyone... Well I think the July weather finally hit around here....The past few days it has been so darn hot....I took my daughter to town yesterday to get some stuff done and I was going to take Christa to the car so I could smoke and when I stared the car it said the outside temp was 113!!!!  So we got her toys and went back inside..that was way to hotttttt to set in the darn car!!! Jan...Thanks sooo much for keeping the invite open!!! And I would love to have some of your flower seeds...A few I'm not sure what they are but I love cypress vine, blackeyed susans and four o clocks....If you don't get to many requests then I will take a little of all of them.... This next spring I may have to make me a few flower beds in the back yard...Most of my flowers are in the front but my front yard is about 90% shade!! No...She was not actually really hurt ...Nothing that ended up vissable anyways....And we talked and she is going to go to the doctor and get something for depression and wants to get some counseling....I agreed that might be the right thing to do to get a good start on getting past the things going on in her life....She has had such a stressfull life the past 4 years ...Starting right about when she turned 17 she was in a bad car wreck, had to have part of her cervix removed because of cancer, dealt with indometriosis so badly they thought they were going to have to do a full hystorectomy at age 18, then she accidently did get pregnant before they got that done and had to spend the biggest part of her pregnancy in bed or in the hospital with them trying to hold off the labor...we finally got our lil princess and 2 months later they did have to do the hystorectomy on her..but left the ovaries so she didnt have so much harmone trouble at such a young age, but 4 months later they still had to go back in and take one of the ovaries and tubes....Then on top of all that deal with a marriage that just wouldn't seem to get better no matter what they tried....So I think at the moment she has reached her ropes end and is just tired!! She just truned 22 in June and things just haven't slowed down for her in quite sometime now....But she is a very strong willed person so I know she will do fine and get back on her feet in due time.....Thanks for asking about her!!! Janet...Praying things go GREAT for the reception tomorrow!!! I hope we get to see pics soon!!! I will be praying for you to have a good day pain wise as well...I know this is a big day for you and I pray sooo very much you can enjoy it!!! Sorry things didn't go well with the meeting for the AIDS thing....Seems there is something in the water with all these dang teenagers...We got one that I want to nail to the wall and duct tape her mouth shut lol lol.... Mel....A little bit ago I happen to notice you had called me...So sorry I missed your call...If I had noticed it before it got late I would have called you back tonight. There was no message..But I know you will be busy tomorrow at the reception and all ..but if it was anything important please give me a call back when you can!!! Call me anyways or it will bug me that I missed your call lol lol lol....Hope it is a good day for you too.. pain wise.. Please take it easy and don't over do it!! Brenda... if you missed what Jan said she mentioned in the section she wrote to me in that the meeting is on the 20th...Hope things are clear for you that day and we get to set things up to go again!!! I am sooooo ready for a get away trip lol lol...Love em all but wheewwww would it be nice to take a few days off lol lol.... And Girl I about cried when I read what you wrote about your son!!! That would break my heart!! I agree with you it is very sad when a child forgets where they come from and how could a child become to feel above their own parents??!!!!! I hope he comes to his senses and things work out for you all....And I know how your daughter feels about your husbands health and her brother not seeming to care anymore than he is...I have dealth with that with my sister....I know she loves my mom but she don't want to deal with anything going on with her health. I have spend 15 days and more at the hospital with my mother at one time...with 4 kids at home and other things going on in my life....I even made my family move in with her so I could be there to take care of her easier and all....but my sister only seems to care or get into it all when we have to rush to the hospital!!! I love her and she is my only sister but a few times I wanted to tell her to dry her tears and shut up cause she should care all the time and not just at the moments we might be looseing mom!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just come to the conclusion that I am going to do my part in it because I love her so much for being such a wonderful mother and because I want to be there when she needs me and if my sister don't do it too.. then she will be the one that pays in the end...But when it comes time for us to have to bury mom I don't know if I will be able to hold my cool if she starts in with her tears and starts talking about how much she missed out on or that she wished she had been there more and all...caust it will be way to late then!!! Now is the time she should be there with mom!!! Susan...How ya doing Sis??? Hope things are getting back on track for you now.....Miss ya and when you feel like it I'd love to have a chat with ya so call me when you are feeling up to it!!! RoxyJ & Jennifer...Congrats to you both on your WLS...So glad to hear you both are doing well!!!! Chelle...Bet you are glad to finally get that ole drain out!! I felt 100% better once it was out!!! You should find things improving even more now that it's out!! Beca...I guess I hadn't paid attention to it being called the foamies.....But I know what your talking about....I find myself doing it when I have I haven't chewed good enough or eat too fast....Hope it gets better for ya soon. Tammy C....WooooHoooo not much longer now....Hang in there it will be here before you know it and then you will be a LOOSER!!!!! Will have you in my prayers and I wish you all the best!!!! Robyn T....I wihs you all the best on working on your weight on your own!!! Have you given the liquid protein diet a try???? I had to do it before surgery and I lost about 57lbs in 3mo doing it....Hope you find the support you need here to help you do well with it and accomplish all you want to accomplish!!! I'm sure you will though cause the Mo board has been wonderful to me and everyone is so thoughtful and caring here!!! Well gotta close for now and do my prayer post before it gets any later... I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.... God Bless each of you!!! Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Yesterday was one of my bussiest days yet-but I guess we will see how busy I am before the party tonite. I dont know about any of you-but I ALWAYS feel like my house/yard/pool area, that they arent clean enough-it drives me crazy, with a capital C for things to be "out of place" or for what I consider not perfect-so you know what I did yesterday!! I, like Jan, met myself coming and going until I finally passed out cold about midnite...I took 1 1/2 flexirils-which equals=sleep-and off to la-la land I went-and only woke up once last night-but felt quite drunk and fell back to sleep quickly. Think Mike and I are trading places, as I woke up to HIM having a severe leg/knee cramp!!! Couldnt fall back to sleep-but thats ok-was needing to get up and start working again.....

Megan got here before 9 am and off we went shopping-after 4 stores and no more room in her dinky little car-we headed home to unload our goodies and get everything started. The brisket had been marinating all day long, I started my famous beans in the slow cooker that I dont eat (LOL), and we made the spring cake and got it refridgerated, did up the eggs for deviled eggs, cleaned both bathrooms from ceiling to floor, dusted furniture, moved some things around, cleaned some more-and Mike worked outside with Darrel when I wasnt using him, and then we all got in the pool about 8 pm or so for a bit, came in and the boys ate (yes, I know it was late-I just didnt realize HOW late it was until I looked outside-and they had the option of eating first or swimming and then eating-they wanted to swim first) I heated up some leftover taquitos and burritos for the boys, Mike had his favorite cereal and I had a 1/2 pc of toast and 1/4 banana. Doesnt get any easier than that, does it?

This morning, the kids are picking up the industrial tent, and then we just have a few things left. I cant wait until its finally here and over with and praying for the thunderstorms to stay away UNTIL after the party And IF they come before the party-that it is over with in time for us to swim. The rain would help-we wont be able to do the arial fireworks we have unless it does rain, because it is just too dry here right now. All I can say, is that by 1 pm, on the drive home, I thought we were in the desert it was so freaking hot here!!! You know its hot-if its too hot to get in the pool. I know it feels good getting in, but sun stroke and heat stroke hit even when in the water, and its even worse because you dont feel as hot-you just get really really sick. Jon gets heatstroke/sunstroke really easy and has since he was a baby-so we have been getting in, in the evenings and thats it. Mike was up on and off all night, setting his alarm every 1/2 hr or so to make sure he was able to get out and marinate the brisket. We got one that was 20# or so-and almost no fat-he started that at midnite-and by the time its ready-it will be falling apart-and it does taste good-I have told him he needs to enter contests-and I cant give away his secrets-but you would not believe what he uses during the day to help marinate it-but everyone who has his brisket-they always ask him to make it-and even offer him money to do it for their outings or whatever!! So-of course, thats what the kids asked for, for tonite!! They knew he wouldnt say no to making it for their big party!!! I have to go get all the party platters out, get everything organized, get over to Mel and Terrys and get some wood that I brought over for the sale and bring it home for the table that will hold things in Mikes tented area where the BBQ is, get some laundry done, get the decorations up, and about 100 other things. Megan bought some stuff to put in the pool, different beach balls and ducks and we got out the floaties and teetor-totter that need to be filled, and then I got the signs made for the decorations and the end of the driveway-Megan is putting signs up on the way here with balloons so no one will get lost, and then we have more balloons to fill and get up-so I better go make a list and get Mikes breakfast started.

What made it worse, is that I STILL didnt feel good yesterday. I have been having some pretty bad pain on the lower right side of my abdomin and not sure what it is-but it hurts like you know what!! I started getting a sore throat yesterday and didnt even want to drink-I felt nauseated ALL day long!! I feel much much better today-still have the pain and my tummy still feels a little upset-but that could be the ulcer and I took my ulcer meds first thing this morning, so that should go away in just a bit. I hope.

Your not gonna believe this-all of you that know the kitty story and her being dumped off and then dying-well, someone dumped off a dog last night-I just about cried last night. I knew he was hungry and I knew if I fed him he would never leave, but I just couldnt let him starve. So-now we have another little fellow out here-he is very friendly-he is like a little rat terrier type-with a little bit of a longer body and he is black and white like a holstein cow. He is very freindly-and just follows Mike and I around-know he probably made his way up the driveway cause he could smell all the food scents coming from this house!! This is getting rediculous-and these little critters are so cute-well, I guess it wouldnt matter IF they were cute or ugly-but they are so cute that it just breaks your heart. I wish I could afford some secret camera system or something down by the road for several miles, so we could get the license plate #s of the people who dump these poor animals - and then put them in jail-or better yet-blind fold them, and then drop them where they will have to wonder WHO will help them-where they are going and so on-for instance-in the middle of the desserts in  New Mexico-that would be a good place-

**Jan-you know me-I will take ANY seeds you have to offer. I like morning glories, marigolds and cleomes-and to tell you the truth-I dont know the others you mentioned-so if you have any left of those, I will take em-or anything you think would be good for us to plant-LOL...I wish I would have had extra money yesterday at Walmart-because they had Boston Ferns for $5 and they were big, beautiful and really full-would have looked awesome across my front porch hanging, but didnt have the extra funds for that right now. Maybe next year.

Congrats on the job. Wow-the pay was even higher than you thought, huh? Thats cool-you cant go wrong there, can you? Im happy you wont have so much wear and tear on your knees. Thats great-is it closer too?

I LOVE those chiffarobes. I also love the old pie cabinets-we used to have one-and my dad sold it-and I think it had been in his family for over 100 yrs. I wished I would have been an adult then, I would have bought it for sure-they are so cool.....I hope you get it-and I hope that its not a busy auction so that you get a good price on it!!

On the counseling-I think part of the reason they referred us to the Ozark Center IS because she sat there and acted like there were no issues on HER PART....so-they said that they would pay for 8 sessions IF her insurance isnt in effect by the time we start and even more IF its just the copay they are covering. We arent even sure if her ins will cover counseling-so we will just have to wait and see-but at any rate-the APO is paying and has approved 8 sessions-and so we are going-and the lady psychiatrist we have-is specialized so that she wont be able to just sit there and act like there is no problems. HAHA.... I was going to MAKE her come home today after work-but then decided that since its Megans party out here-it would be better to let her stay for another night-or Im sure that something would be said or done out here to ruin Megans party-so.....Im sure it will hit the fan tomorrow when she has to come and doesnt get her way. She informed me that she wants $600 for school clothes-in which, in turn, I asked her HOW much money she has saved for things she wants-since she has been working 2 jobs all summer-and she had $7 to her name-so I told her that she better start saving-because I AM NOT spending that kind of money on HER for school-well, not on ANY of the kids-but not just on one kid, either. Sorry~am not made of money!! She knows this too-but school starts in 3 weeks, she should of and could of been saving her money....she will get what I got Darrel-and I know its a little more for girls, but it wont be $600 worth, thats for sure!!!! I have been buying notebooks and loose leaf paper whenever I go to walmart and I have even gotten megan a lot of paper and school supplies, but dont have what Steph is insisting on having.

**Deb-laughed about hubby giving breast exams.....it gives a task a new meaning, thats for sure. I know-I do the same thing with Mike-and honey-there is nothing wrong with being open and honest about it-so Im glad you brought it up. There is nothing embaressing about it!! Glad that we have boob men, huh (wink wink)  cause maybe a butt man, wouldnt catch any lumps-

I hope that you are feeling better. Glad you feel the prayers, cause we have been praying-we arent letting you go without a fight and with all of us awesome prayer warriors here-you are gonna be fine!!! I love that you named it too-Hot tamale-for a hot mamma.  You just take it easy and dont let yourself worry, ok? We love you.

**Tammy-Ammy-glad that the girls are doing good-and I know Ada will be fine with her mammas help and guidance. You take care and hopefully we will see ya this month or next. Love ya.

**Chelle-Oh, it was so good to see ya on here. You just got your drain out? Why on earth did it take so long? Isnt that like a month? I only had mine for 6 days and that was more than long enough for me!!!  At any rate-I am glad you are feeling better, had been thinking about you-and where you were.  Do you know whats happened to Rianne? I hope she is okay-if you talk to her please let her know we are thinking of her!! Love ya.

**Rianne, Erin, Susan, Mel. Sherr and all other MIAs-WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? ARE YOU OK? Get on here and post to let us know whats going on!!! Cindy in KC-???? Anyone know whats going on with our MIAs?

**Brenda-I am going to send you an email-so watch for it. I am praying extra prayers for you and for Dennis. They WILL get him straightened out-they will..... I read your post and it made me cry. Im so sorry you and your family have gone through some very difficult times. Im so sorry that your son doesnt seem to be the same person you raised. My mom and my brother were just like you and your son-and he married a girl who came from a lot of money and riches-and guess what? we havent been good enough since either. They have 4 kids-and the only reason I got to meet ANY of them-is because my grandparents died and they came down for the funerals. When I have sent gifts or donations (they had their first baby die) I have never even gotten a thank you card or invitations to anything but the wedding-which I did go to Minnesota for. We dont get ANY pictures or cards or whatever-and it breaks our hearts. Her family can do no wrong, and ours can do no right. Her wedding was over 50 grand and her parents even mortgaged their house to pay for it-and I guess they think that everything should revolve around them, its really really hard. Its the only neices and nephews I have-and I dont get to see them or watch them grow up-so I do know how you feel-and I am sorry. My heart feels for you. I dont know why some forget where they came from-or even dream of acting like that with the parents that raised them-I am telling you right now-a lot of people (kids) would feel blessed to have you and Dennis as their parents-I will pray for you and this situation. Love you Brenda-take care and thanks for sharing!!

Well, I have to get off here and get my big ol busy day started. I hope everyone has a great weekend-Have a good day and as always-your in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Janet

Jan,    Thanks for passing on the info.  I replied to the Lee Summit girls.  Hope they will attend our group.  It is so much fun meeting new people.  I am fine, just really busy right now with the cir****tances at work.  Working too much, but for now I have to help during the crisis time.   Mel is fine, just cant walk much and it is getting worse.  Looking into a scooter for him.  There is nothing they can do for him.  It is insufficiency of the legs and he would be such a riskk for surgery.  He has not had any more falling spells.  Thank God for that.  Take care and God bless!  Colette

Good morning OH Family!  I know it's only morning for about 15 more minutes but after yesterday I ended up sleeping in today.  I usually don't let sickness or pain stand in my way of doing something or going some place but yesterday I was down right sick.  I had really bad stomach craps and my right upper side hurt and I had to go to the bathroom a lot.  I didn't want this (whatever it was) to ruin my day off so I headed to my mom's to visit got 1/2 there and had to turn around and go back home I felt so sick.  I finally felt better towards the evening but still felt weak.  I was afraid of waking up today for a repeat of yesterday but other than a headache I feel much better. It sure is hot out.  I took my puppies out this morning and about got blinded by the sun and the heat pouring down on me.  I didn't let them stay out long, to me it was too hot.  I hope it cools off soon. I am wanting to go to the reunion in Sept. but it would have to be a day trip cause I have no one to watch my puppies.  I wish I could bring them with me but I went to the resorts wedsite and no pets are allowed...what a bummer! I need to do a lot of stuff today like laundry, and clean up the house, give the puppies baths.  My energy is drained though I still feel a little weak from my (whatever I had yesterday?) and my headache.  I thought I would get on here for a minute after taking my medicine and hope that by the time I'm off the computer I will feel better cause I have to get these things done at least some of them. Jan;  I know you love your garden, I have a tendency to kill everything I have tried to grow, I can't even keep a house plant alive...lol  I perfer the fake things at least I can't kill them. Janet;  I admire you for taking in the stray little citters that show up on your door step, I do that too that's why I have so many animals!  Good luck on your party sounds like you will have a blast.  I know it's a lot of work to plan something like that but it sounds like you have things under control? Colette;  When is our next meeting?  I will be there you can count on me I always look forward to our meetings even if we have to do a one on one...lol  Have you heard from Kim and how her appt. went?  I don't see her posting on here.  I am so looking forward to Oct. 17th when I can finally meet with Dr. H and hopefully get a surgery date I just hope that I'm not having surgery during a snow/ice storm!  I might have to take you up on your offer to stay the night with you the night before so I can get to the hospital on time?  My birthday is next Sat. and I am hoping that by this time next year I will have most of my weight off so I can really celebrate my new birth.   Well, guess I better get some breakfast even though it's now lunch time I can tell I'm going to be behind all day cause I slept in.  Take care everyone and have a blessed day.

Helloooo Missouri Board! yesterday was a long day. we drove to LR and I had my drain removed! HOOORAY!  now I can wear my brazeere! no more loosy goosy for me! I also learned I lost another 16 pounds this month.  and 4 inches from my waist and 12 from my hips...so I am a much happier WLS person today than I was on thursday. I got to talk to my odest son on thursday...I dont get to do that often because he is in Africa and they have issues with the phone lines...often. he is goods and had a list for me for the next care package we are sending him. he also expressed worries about not recognising his mom when he comes home....I dont think itll be an issue with him because Im sure he is old enough to remember a much smaller me.   Im happy for Janet that the weather is cooperating for her daughters big day! I know the party will be wonderful.  her description of the food makes my mouth water!  I do hope your back holds out and gives you little or NO issues today! Mel I hope you are well enough to go to this shindig and have a great time!     Jan I hope all goes well with the new job! as for your garden! all I can say is WOW I only hope I will be able to do some gardening next spring and summer and than maybe I can take you up on some seeds!

I hope Everyone has a great day! I am off to take my daughter shopping for school clothes! nutti

 

Hello to all my family and friends!!!  I got to wear my new size 22's last nite and got a lot of attention on how I looked. I saw people I hadn't seen for a long time. Went out with my sister and some friends. Even had people tell me I didn't need to lose anymore and I told them the fun has just started!!! I feel good and get to dance which is what one of my main goals has been. Even got to see an old beau  which made me feel good when he showed interest. But I am with someone so have to be good.   Jan I would still like some 4 o'clock seeds. I will find some where to plant them.  I too feel the same way about going back to nursing.  The pay is good and I need it. If I do I will probally be single for sure because DBF has made comments he will cut back his hours and we  will move if I do and I told him bye!!! I am staying here, paying off my car and other debts and will just get a one-bedroom apt. ( they won't let me keep the 2br with just me) and he can go. Our relationship has always been so-so even though he has acted better lately. I am so looking forward to Sept. Even if I have to stay in my car for a night I will be there!!! I hope to have some size 24 to 26 clothes to bring that I still have. I gave all my others away to a friend *****ally needed them.I am hoping to at least see size 20 by then. It is almost sureal to be this size. It  has been 15 years since I have been where I am now. My daughter and I are almost the same now. Her 22's fit a little looser then mine. But she has lost 65# on her own and I am so proud of her. Even my daughter-in-law has had a trememdous weight loss. So I hope this has been an inspiration for them. I know I feel so much better physically and mentally. So for all the newbies life has just begun, be prepared cause no matter what short term road-blocks you stumble upon the long term effect is tremendous. Julia