WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Certainly hope everyone had a great and blessed Sunday. Joe and I had our morning devotionals on the back porch with his cup of coffee and my protein shake then we decided that we needed to go to walmart. Had some prescriptions to pick up plus some other things that needed to be bought,that only walmart carries or so it seems plus it gave me my weekly wal mart fix. Lol

 

Well found out the pharmacy is closed at walmart on Sunday ,huh who would have thunk it….wonder why is there some law stating that you cant sell drugs on Sunday?

Found several things that I just had to have. Like new throw rugs for the kitchen, these are really pretty hope they hold up and don’t get too dirty too quick, they are cream colored with sage green leaves in a border around the edges.

Found me a new pair of black pants, the ones I had are just too big anymore. I tried on the medium and it was pretty baggy , so tried on the small and they are snug but not too tight i don’t guess. I ask the sales clerk if they looked too tight she said no so then I found a pair of size 8 levis that were on sale for 10 dollars. I know they wont fit but they will soon.or at least I hope they will.

 

The neighbors got more chickens yesterday. Some people gave them about 9 more hens they had lost 7 in the last 6 nights. Something has been getting them we think probably a big coon. So now we have to train them to come eat out of our hands too. We feed them handsful of sunflower seeds. Lol

 

Hey guess what those size 8 jeans? They fit ,well sort of  I have to lay down on the bed and do the zipper pull, you remember doing that when you were in school? Well I can get them on easily like that lol. But that really tells me something that if I had a lower body lift they would probably be too big. Wow, now that is a wow moment for sure. Well now that makes me even more motivated to get the rest of the weight off that I can and then get the lower body lift that I want. Oh wow. Cant even imagine what size I would be wearing if and when I get down to 150 and the LBL is done. Wow, wow.

 

Well I guess I better get some bills paid that I have to do today. Such a shame that we have to give away money like that lol

 

 

ERIN : first off I want to apologize for missing you yesterday when I did the Sunday post. I was so sleepy that I didn’t look at Sats post again before I hit send.

Good to see you on here and hope you will be back and please forgive me will you?

 

 

LAYLA: I bet the game was fun, especially with that many people from your town all there together.

Oh wow I bet it was hot in the ball park. So after the rain did it cool down any?

 

 

TAMMY-AMMY: So sorry that the rain missed you. I know if your place is like ours it needs rain badly, never mind what it did before .

Oh well about the chiffarobe  we will find one sometimes and someplace when we are least expecting it really.

 

 

 

TAMMY C: hey that is good to know there isnt much pain with the carpal tunnel surgery. Because I really need to have both hands worked on. Just dread it I have already told them that I cant do it as long as I have flowers blooming lol

 

Hope you are feeling better today and we will all knock on wood too that you don’t get sick before surgery.

 

 

SHEILA: lol about the green thumb , Joe says I have even got green toes. I told him I don’t know about green but my thumbs and my toes are both usually brown, from the dirt. Lol

Hey what kind of flowers do you have ? maybe we can do some other trading? I am always looking for something that I don’t have. I found something new , to me anyway at wal mart today that is a shrub gets to be about 6 to 7 feet tall and wide called Gold Star Esperanza..grows best in the sun, blooms from spring to fall has lots of yellow blooms on it that are a bell shape flower all up and down the stems. Really pretty. Needs to be moist soil but well drained so I guess I will plant it back by the bog garden so that I can keep i****ered well there.. Im thinking im going to have to increase the size of my bog garden or make another one soon. The one I have is getting pretty full of plants. Lol

Hey glad that you like my pictures of some of my flowers. When they all bloom right there are some really pretty ones but all I do is tend them they are Gods flowers.

I will keep your son and his girlfriend in prayer as Im sure others on here will too.

 

 

BEV; Yeah I thought you said that you had your gall bladder removed but the pain you are experiencing sounds like gall bladder. It may be your liver. Maybe you need to call your pcp and get them to run some tests. Yes go to your doctor.

Really glad that you like my pictures. Thanks. Yellow roses are Joes favorite too. So I always try to have some of his favorite flowers in my garden too. He also is the one that loves the tulips so well. I really like them but the tulip beds I have is because of him. They remind him of his Mom I think.

Yes most defiantly go buy yourself some yellow roses. You are worth it you know.

 

I know this may not meet with approval about your animals but what about a kennel for just one night? Would that be something that you could do?

 

 

JANET: Your day sounds like a comedy of errors. I don’t mean to laugh at you but your days are so filled with things happening to you . I can just see all of you trying to hold everything together and the tent blowing away . Bless your hearts but at least it all ended as it should be and you all had fun until poor Melissa got hurt . Darn what a sad thing to happen to her at the end of such a nice night. Do you know if she is ok?

I know that it really hurt you to see her get hurt like that.

 

I had to laugh at you doing a cannon ball , didn’t you think that might not be too good for your back lol ?  I think there would have had to be a big money prize for me to do that lol Sure sounds like everyone had a blast. And if Melissa hadn’t gotten hurt would have been the perfect evening.

 

Plus the compliments had to make you feel really good too. Sort of like me getting my fat butt into size 8 jeans lol  Course I had a bad case of Muffin top above the jeans lol

 

I really don’t know who the guy was that bought the chiffarobe but there were about 3 people there that must have really wanted it because they bid like crazy against each other I hung with them till they went past 150.00 and I backed off lol I was hoping there would be no one here that wanted it , well I was wrong.

 

Hey the 2 bedroom cabins are only 39 dollars a night for using one of the bedrooms and only 49 a night if you use both bedrooms. You must have been talking about the 4 bedroom cabins that were that high in price.

I have tried to get them to take my credit card over the phone but they say to just send in a check for the amount at least a week before that week end. So I need to get that done. Soon.

You know if all the lurkers on here posted I would never get it done.lol but do wish some of them would come on in , we don’t bite, with them lurking they get to know us but we don’t get to know them . That doesn’t seem fair now does it?

 

 

COLETTE: Yeah no telling how much your chiffarobe is worth. Maybe get a antiques dealer to look at it some time. Take a few pictures of it if you can and take it to an antiques dealer and see if they can tell you anything about it and how much it is worth

I don’t think I would refini**** Sometimes that decreases the value of the piece. The black color is usually because of age and shellac turns black when it gets past a certain age. Also the picture frame is probably worth quite a bit too. I have several vases and pictures and frames that are old and have no idea how much they are worth. One set of pictures I have is even dated as a wedding gift to someone and the date is 1878 . I got them at a garage sale and I like the pictures and then I saw the writing on the back and the date and I liked them even better. I bought them for 2.00 for the pair. May not be worth anything but who knows may be too.

 

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS.

JAN

Jan I know what a chiffarobe is, had one in my bedroom when I was a kid.

I’m sorry you did not get that one. Your right a lot of people use them for entertainment centers.

I would like to have some Castor Beans if you have extra, they are so expensive to buy.

And also would like some cone flower seeds if you have enough.

I do hope you enjoy getting back into nursing, don’t let them rope you into working all the time.

I know how they are in nursing. If you will let them they will work you to death!

Thank you for praying for my family, hopefully it will work out.

The pharmacy in the Wal*Mart here that I use is open from 1pm till 6pm on Sunday. You would think they would all be the same.

Way to go with the size 8 jeans!!!!

I’m stuck at 182.5lbs, I know I need to exercise more. It seems I can hold a lot more food than I should? I don’t know what that’s about?

I’m in a size 14 but I know I could go smaller if I could get this flabby skin off my midsection.

Tammy I pray that everything works out well for your daughter and that she can get past all the bad stuff and look forward to tomorrow and what it will bring.

Thank you for praying for my son and the rest of my family hopefully with God’s grace we will get things worked out.

As for as I know right now I will be able to go to the August Support Meeting.

Will we spend the night and come back Tuesday as we had planned?

Janet thank you.

I am so glad that you got to have the reception even though you had some obstacles to overcome. Watch for an e-mail.

Thank you to everyone that is praying for my family.

Thank you for letting me vent on here the other day.

Everybody have a good Monday!

Love you all

Brenda

 

Dear Jan and OH Family, Good gloomy Monday morning everyone (here anyway)....How is everyone today? I hope your all great and that its the start of a wonderful week for you. Yesterday was pretty lazy here. Except for doing some laundry for my daughter and son in law and catching up on a few loads from the party (towels and etc) I didnt do much of anything. Didnt have the energy really. I dozed on and off all day-took turns with Mike-LOL....He was hurting a lot worse than me, but to tell you the truth-I took the least amount of pain meds yesterday than I have in over a month? Whats that all about? Maybe between the 2 margaritas and the cannonballs and belly flops, it stretched some stuff out or popped my back-which I knew Sat, needed to be done-felt like I had some ribs out of place or something....

I had to laugh at Jon-I try to keep 2 gallons of milk in the fridge at all times-and we are down to 1/2 gallon and its 1/2 gone and he was freaking out this morning when I poured his cereal (he gets the milk out of the fridge for me) he was like "Uh oh, mommy, are you gonna get more milk?"  "Look, this is almost gone, what are we gonna do? Will it be okay? Will we be able to get more TODAY?" Jon-buddy, its ok-we will get more today. Dont worry-its alright, I promise!!

The left over brisket in the crock pot with the BBQ sauce turned out really good-but 2 bites and I was done. Actually, I dumped on it last night, and a couple of hrs later just had some yogurt. I havent dumped in a LONG time. I saved the rest and will give it to Mel and Terry with the left over beans. That should make them VERY happy!!! I have no clue what I am making tonite yet, but will have to go get it out of the deep freeze and investigate to see what all is left out there. I try to get my grocery shopping down in the beginning of the month-so towards the end, I always forget whats out there-even if I make a list and put it on the fridge-I always forget something-LOL....so, I think it will be chicken, I have a ton of that out there. **Jan-WOW on the sz 8~!!!!  CONGRATS!! See, we keep tellin ya your tiny, but you just dont believe us~~Maybe you should listen to us~~I dont think I even remember ever being in the single digits. Its not even a goal for me, but if it happens, I wouldnt know what to do with myself!! Im so happy for you!!!! Since I have been really big most of my life-I guess I just cant imagine  being that small-and I am pretty happy in my 22s-which some are getting baggy on me-I will really feel blessed when I am out of the 20s and in the teens again-cause I dont remember ever being in the teens-LOL....so-Im pretty content right now-and it seems my scale moves for one week out of the month and the rest of the 3 weeks or so it stays the same!! Thats been going on since I started those spinal injections! I dont even try to figure it out anymore-because this last month-my scale moved even when I had my monthly visitor and that hasnt happened since I had the surgery????? SO-Im baffled~I know, whats new, right? Megan and I wear the same sz now-but she is about 4-5 in shorter than me-but I make her try on stuff for me-and if it doesnt fit her-I know it wont fit me-LOL...I LOVE IT...Now-I am heading straight for Stephs clothes and she hates it!! Most of her stuff is too "teen" for me, but other stuff I love, but I dont think she will ever let me wear any of it!! Our Walmarts pharmacies used to be closed on Sundays too-years back-but they are now open for a limited time. I think it just depends on where you live. I have to go to one of the bigger towns to get there-no matter where I go-Diamond only has a Dollar General, 2 gas stations and 2 restuarants, a chiropractors ofc and a tanning bed/hair salon-thats it. If it werent for ALL the schools being in Diamond-there would only be through traffic from the freeway to God only knows where!! Oops, almost forgot the hole in the wall post office-my bathroom is bigger than that post office-LOL.... Yes, now that I look back at us trying to save the tents and the BBQ and having 4 adults and 2 kids trying to hold onto everything and poor Darrel-I thought he was going to go flying through the air-as he was holding the end pc of the BIG tent-and it kept jerking him forward-I finally told him to let it go-cause I kept thinking he would be like a kite-up in the air-flayling all over the place-and Jon got scared and ran for the front porch (only smart one of the pack-LOL) We knew we had to save the BBQ tho-or everyone would be disappointed when they got here that there would be nothing to eat!! I wished that wouldnt have happened to Mel either. We never did get a chance to talk yesterday-every time I went to call her-someone either called me or I dozed off-I figure she was doing the same thing as me yesterday-but I WILL call her today-come hell or high water and check on her. Mikes dad called to make sure she was doing ok. Told him she really did get hurt-but didnt want him to freak out-so I told him the truth and he was so bummed out. I do wi**** would have happened to me instead!! Its like I told her-I get all the orthopedic stuff happen to me-so-Im used to that stupid pain!!! If that pc wouldnt have been there from the old gazebo though-it would have knocked her down and who knows how bad she would have been hurt then? Mike had been saying it was coming down-but we ran out of time-so he took it down after the accident (had to unscrew the bolts that were dug into the concrete) but I could see her hanging 1/2 in the pool - of course her upper body parts and her leg still being caught under the wheelchair and it prob would have hurt her hernia/incision-so Im actually glad that pc was still there. Mike said the side of my head that hurt, was more likely from him-catching the pc as it was falling on my head-and his knuckle hitting the side of my head to catch it (yes-it was on my head when he caught it)....

I know-everyone kept asking me NOT to do the cannonballs and belly flops. Everyone kept reminding me of my back and all-but you know what? I have hurt every single day since February and there are days I cant even get out of bed (when I havent done one thing to make it hurt)-and Im sure that the margaritas were doing my talking...LOL-but I had fun-and I won, LOL LOL- I didnt do any of the back flips or front body flips, like everyone else was!! My back hurt minimal yesterday-the back of my legs and bum hurt pretty good-but that was it. I can handle that. My back hurts minimal right now too-so maybe it was stretching and relaxing? Who knows-but Im happy with the outcome! Besides- I havent been able to get on the diving board since we have lived here-cause I was too fat/knees-and it was nice to be able to get up there and jump in without worrying about it breaking when I went to jump and smacking me in the back of the head (LOL)...You all know now-that IS something that IF it were gonna happen, it WOULD happen to me, right? So-I wasnt the person stuck watching everyone have fun-like I used to be for over 20 years. I guess thats part of the reason why I did it. I figured with as much as we had done here the week leading up to the party-that I was gonna hurt like you know what anyway-right? So, I knew that no matter what happened-it was gonna hurt the next day-its just a bonus that it doesnt really hurt more than normal anyway....so I consider it a good day IF I am not crying from the pain.

On the cabins-I was talking about the deposits for it-not the price of the renting the cabin itself. Our deposit was $150-I thought the reservation/deposit fee was 50 or 75 for the 2 br cabins-not sure what I was thinking-but Im not sure if the kids will have that much money to send in to reserve it before the time comes and we dont have spare room for them at our cabin. Will see. I know that IF they dont have anything open, they have a lot of motels up and around the corner, so we arent too concerned with that.  I set the reunion up for the same exact day that Mike has a National Race through the RC association. He couldnt believe I did that-but its like I told him-I had to do what was best for EVERYBODY and not just me-LOL...so-he may not be coming-because by the time the race is over-and travel time-I think everyone will be done with the get together. Its a shame too-cause I wanted everyone to meet my hubby.

**Colette-My mom has that same exact picture where Jesus' eyes follow you wherever your standing-and hers is in a frame that the glass is circled out-it is very very old. She has some other pics where the glass bubbles out like that-and I remember being a kid and looking at those pictures when I was at my great grandmas house-so I know they are old. I LOVE the old furniture and such. I dont think I would refini**** either-thats part of the history and mystique of it all!! I bet it is gorgeous!

**Bev-wont your room-mates watch your fur babies for one day and one night? That would be so nice for you to be able to come!!  Ask them-tell them that your WHOLE MO BOARD wants to know-LOL....I hope that they will-or someone you know and trust anyway. Good luck on that and keep us posted.

I guess I will start posting to get some of the things finished for the reunion-as far as who is bringing what and those who offered to donate prizes and so on and so forth so we can have a plan....too big of a deal NOT to have a plan, right? Tami B said that maybe she could talk Jim into bringing the boat down for the day so we could play-that sounds like fun!! Probably would be a good idea to find out how many will have some kids there too-so we can have some fun games for them too-like a water balloon toss or something-and make sure that there are enough prizes for all the kids too-so everyone will get something and they will feel special-

Well-I am gonna go for now-I hope all of you have a good week and everything and everyone is good!!! (great actually)  I will talk to you all later and as always-your in my thoughts and prayers, Janet

Good moring everyone, it is a bit gloomy here cause it rained last night but it's not too bad maybe it will cool off? I went out yesterday and bought me a new pair of tennis shoes got a really good deal on them too at DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse).  I had two $10 rewards certificates so after they took that off I only ended up spending $26 on them.  Now I have no excuses to get out and walk and exercise I now have a good pair of walking shoes.  After I finish up here I'm going to go put them to use! I too went to wal-mart yesterday and got my fix can't seem to stay away from that store it's addictive.   I gave both my puppies baths yesterday and groomed them that in its self is a major undertaking since they have a lot of hair it takes some time to get them all combed out and then put their hair in a bow.  They are all nice an white now I really didn't want to take them out this morning to potty I didn't want them to get dirty so instead of letting them run loose out back I took them out on a leash so I could keep them out of the mud along the fence.  It worked but they didn't like it not being free to run around maybe if the sun comes out and dries up everything they can go out later? Well, I can now say that I have been to Red Lobster and I don't care to go back it was gross.  My roomies and I went to Red Lobster last night I don't like sea food but I went anyway and got chicken but it wasn't good, I was not impressed. Jan;  Way to go on the size 8 jeans I haven't worn that size since junior high and I can't even imagine getting down to that size again.  I think I would be happy in just about anything other than a 26!  I can't wait until I have some wow moments to speak of.  I hope by this time next year I will have lost a lot of weight.  I'm thinking that my surgery will either be towards the end of Nov. or in Dec.?   No, I wouldn't put my dogs in a kennel not even for a day too much germs and things that they can catch.  I'm going to ask my niece if she would be willing to come over and let them out for me while I'm gone for the day cause I really want to go to the reunion even if it's just for the day.   Janet; that was cute what your son said about the milk that made me smile...kids they say the darnest things!  I'm glad your reception worked out dispite the rain showers and everything else you had to go through.  I'm so sorry that you are always in so much pain with your back.  I have a friend that has had spinal/back surgeries and she too has days when she can't get out of bed or walk very far they want to put a rod in her back but she doesn't want that.   Well, I have to get breakfast and tend to the puppies they need their breakfast too.  Take care everyone and have a good day!

Hi Jan and all, I haven't been up but about an hour. I could not sleep till about 5 am this morning. Leg pains then I started coughing real bad and had to sit in chair. I think it may be because they sprayed my apt. a few days ago which usually messes with my asthma. I sure hope it gets better. I just got over an upper respiratory inf. a few weeks ago.  I have been soooooooo tired lately that I took my B12 inj. early. I am only suppose to take them every other month and I am a few weeks early. I just couldn't stand it. So when I go back to Dr H. I hope he lets me do them every month at least.  I do have a question for everyone. Does anyone know of any vitamins that are gelcap or coated????? I used to be able to get a One A Day like that but can't find them now. All the chewables and all the others bother me so much I haven't been able to get them down. Even the kids chewable are so terrible!!!!I do know I need to start getting something down. Jan WHOOOOO HOOOO on the size 8's!!!!!! that is great. I will be happy to get the 18's I have hanging in my closet on. I can not ever imagine wearing something like an 8. My grandaughters stayed in St. Louis for a couple of weeks with my son and his family and my ex and his wife. I feel so lost!!!!!They may be 16 and 14 here in a couple of months but they will always be my babies.I tell my daughter all the time if she ever moves away she better check on an apt for me in the same area!!!! It is gloomy outside today but not too bad. It just spit a few drops of rain last nite, not enough to hardly even be able to tell except you could see it on the windshields. I want o say hello to all my old friends who are MIA like I have been. You all know who you are so at least say hi!!!! Julia

I just have to tell someone how proud I am of myself.  I went to the gym after feeling so frustrated at home I had to get out of the house too many things staring at me in the face so I left.  I drove around and thought "Hey I should go get my frustrations out by walking at the gym" and so I did and to my amazement I walked 1/2 mile took me like 23 min. but hey that's a lot for me I usually only am able to do about 10 - 12 min. now if I can keep this up daily that would be a good goal for me.  I am not going to say or promise to do this daily because I have a tendency to set myself up to fail at goals so I'm just going to take one day at a time and hope for the best.   Thanks everyone for all your on going support.

Hey all... I'm here, just been busy trying to get my new computer all fixed up. I'm trying to hook both computers to the same monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers and two printers and a webcam. It's a mess...lol I thought I would take a break and let you all know I'm still alive, just wrestling this thing! Timothy is down...he has been with us since Saturday. He will be going home soon though.  Unfortunately, I think he needs too....just a little too much on the plate right now. I do good most of the time then at other times I have to leave the room for awhile. David has been great keeping him busy when I need a little time. I talked with my daughter a little bit about what happened last week. I told her that with her being Timothy's Mom, she needs to step up and be there for him, not me all the time! I told her I don't mine taking responsibility for my actions but she is his Mom and she needs to take responsibility for that and being his soft spot to land when his needs her to! I won't always be around and GOD FORBID if I do have a "HOT" Tamale and the LORD takes me home, she will really need to pull it together because SHE will be the one he will come to for the answers!  I guess David talked with her too...I didn't find out until later. We had gone out to supper (buffet) and while it was just her and David at the table, she started talking about me to David, saying things like "it's hard to believe that her Mom may have cancer!" After a bit, I guess David looked at her and said...."you think it's hard for you"...."have you thought about what it's doing to her?" He said, after he said that he could see by her expression that she hadn't and she was speechless....a first! He also told her that instead of thinking I may, she better start praying, I don't! David had to go to the Dr again today, for his leg and feet pain. I guess they asked where I was, usually David and I go to the Doc as a team. He told them that I was back home with our grandson.  He also mentioned to them about my tamale and they gave him reassurance that there is NO reason to worry until after the biopsy shows something bad because usually they aren't anything! They told him that it could be any number of things! They also said they would have us in their thoughts and prayers!....I said, GOOD! JANET, I'm getting your emails and laughing my butt off! Thanks for the smiles and belly laughs! Thank you all for your prayers!! Love & many prayers coming back your alls way....Deb M ********************************************** Iraq Tampons The original subject line of this e-mail was "Iraq Tampons", but don't let the title throw you....it's not "x"-rated and is a GREAT story and well worth reading - even humorous in parts. This is from the mother of a Marinein Iraq. She writes: My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them were and wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine-X, got a girl care package and everyone was giving him a hard time.  My son said, Marine-X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him. I told my son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine-X another package.  He told me not to worry about Marine-X because every time I send something to him, Marine- X he thinks it's for him too. He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine-X came over to his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, "What'd we get this time?"  My son said they had the most fun with Marine-X's package. He said he wasn't sure who we were sending the pact to, but the panties were size 20 and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties over his head and yelled, "LOOK AT ME, I'M AN AIRBORNE RANGER!!!!"  One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then of course, they had the "tampons." When he brought this up my imagination just went running, but he continued; My son said they had to go on a miss! ion and Marine-X wanted the Chapstick and lotion for the trip.  He grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it he grabbed the tampons too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about not forgetting his feminine hygiene products. He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down, and someone said, "Hey, use Marine-X's tampons!"  My son said they put the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told me, "Mom did you know that tampons expand?" Well, yeah! They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical attention. When they went to check on him later the surgeon told them, "You guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would have bled to death. "  My son said, "Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake saved a Marine's life." At this point I asked him, "Well what did you do with the rest of the tampons?" He said, "Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak jackets and I kept two for our first aid kit." I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marine, and can't believe that something that started out as a mistake, then turned into a joke, ended up saving someone's life. My sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes. She believes God had a plan all along. She believes that female care package was sent to Marine-X to save our Marine.Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines, provided much needed items for our troops AND saved the life of a Marine!! God bless everyone of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our Marines, Navy, Air Force, Army and everyone. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!!! Quietly trust in the Lord -- now and always......Psalm 131:3 ************************************************************************** Whispers The man whispered, "God, speak to me" And a meadowlark sang.   But, the man did not hear. So the man yelled, "God, speak to me" And the thunder rolled across the sky.   But, the man did not listen. The man looked around and said, "God let me see you." And a star shined brightly.   But the man did not see. And, the man shouted, "God show me a miracle." And, a life was born. But, the man did not notice. So, the man cried out in despair, "Touch me God, and let me know you are here." Whereupon, God reached down and touched the man. But, the man brushed the butterfly away .     And walked on. I found this to be a great reminder that God is always around us in the little and simple things that we take for granted ... Even in our electronic age So I would like to add one more:   The man cried, "God, I need your help!" And an e-mail arrived reaching out with good news and encouragement.                                                               But, the man deleted it and continued crying . Don't miss out on a blessing Because it isn't packaged the way that you expect.

Hi there Jan Thanks for the nurse advice. What I'd really love to do is be the ask a nurse that people call for nurse advice, but I haven't  been able to find out the education level to obtain that job. Anyway, I haven't been keeping up with the boards as much as I'd like to since I've been back in school. When and where is the Sept. reunion?  Thanks for the info:) Janet in KC

Hey OH and Jan Well I'm posting my whats happening a litle late but oh well. I am feeling much better but am at a loss as to why this muscle above my pubic bone which goes clear over to my hip bone and up into my belly area just won' get any better. I don't feel it as long as I don't move but I can't live like that forever si I grin and bare it and go on. I am still sleeping on my back because the pain down there is excrutiating. I called Columbia and they say give it a little more time but it doesn't feel at all better. I get to start on eggs and semi softs on thurs. Still looking forward to that.  I have been walking as much as possible but am off the pain pills altogether though sometimes I feel like I need to take one because of the side pain. Instead I just lay down and hold still. I am praying for all of you who need and all of you who are doing okay. I still am nt back totally but had to get on here and get my fix. I love you guys and I miss you so much!!!! Hugs

 good morning every one, sorry i havent been on much but just seems like no time, the kids have been staying with me they usually live in Elkland in my house and i have a trailer in town marshfield, well the fiance Rachael decides she doesnt wanna live out there any more and its rent free!!! now they wanna move into my trailer and buy it..........only thing is im not ready to move back out to the house,i lived there 18 yrs thru my marriage and then 3 more yrs then i upped and left it to the son and Rachael... well i have a B/F who i met in prison as a pen pal and when he gets out he wants to live in elkland too....so i guess i will be moving back out there and let them move here,,,,cos i cant do my exercises or anything and its been hard to stick with diet this last week cos they eat EVERYTHING! i only lost a 1/2 lb this last week and no exercising. i just worry if i move back to boonies i will get depressed but im trying to keep my head up, thats why i asked for LOTS of ur seeds to be 1 things to keep me busy, Jan i will see what survived out at kids but prob nothing cos they never liked to mow till HAD TO. i used to have hibicus, yucki bushes..clemantis but i know they didnt survive the kids....so wanted all i can get so i can start all over with LOTS of em....when my friend comes home he wants to build a fish pond and a flower pond he  has in mind..

Deb,

YES ALL kids think that way..kids now a days only think about themselves!!!!!  but expect us to drop every thing for them....simply why i am gonna move cos then they will be PAYING to live here or their butts will be OUT on the street.......im tired and like i said a month ago i NEED to put my self 1st from now on!!!!! Jan, the gold star espernza sounds so beauitful im gonna check that out and maybe plant it to replace my small dogwood tree i had planted in memory of my mom that kids some how managed to kill....and tks again for saving me lots of seeds and i love ya and a size 8? damn girl u go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love