WHATS HAPPENING TUESDAY

Today was a busy one for sure. Cleaned out two flower beds and then cleaned out the two ponds up front and put clean water in them.

Then we went to town to get some of Joes meds. And my B-12 injectable. We also went to the feed store and bought some stuff that is suppose to keep the ponds a lot clearer and also suppose to keep the mosquitos from breeding in it.

It is nice to finally have them all working like they are suppose to be working. Was just a matter of fixing one little hose.

Tonight My granddaughter and I went to a womens Bible study at a church in Forsyth. Was a great study. We talked about facing your Giants. Whatever they are in your life that you can face any giant with Jesus , no matter what it is that is your problem or fear.

BRENDA: lol yeah I have plenty of castor beans, and you can have as many of them as you want. They make a good plant to make a statement with that is for sure. Mine this year haven’t gotten as big as they normally do but last year they were about 12 ft tall. And the stalks had to be sawed down with a saw at the end of summer.

Also you can have plenty of cone flower seeds.

If you all come up this month do you all want to stay out at my house like you planed last month? Im afraid the gardens wont be as pretty as they have been earlier but you can get all the seeds you want of what ever I have . lol

I don’t believe that you are wearing size 14s you look too thin to be that size.Of course you are a lot taller than me , who isnt?

I certainly hope that your family is healed one day that things will be calm and good.

JANET: You know sometimes the stretching of muscles not used all the time is a good thing. Maybe you need to go out every night and do a cannonball of the diving board. Lol

That is cute what Jon said , they can be so cute sometimes. I was wondering you all have had so much rain this year , did any of his flowers make it thru it?

You dumped on brisket? Was it because you at too fast or what? I just cant chew up beef enough , it just keeps getting bigger and bigger to me. I always loved beef before but just cant do it now.

Lol I still don’t see that I am tiny. I know that size 8 is small but I don’t see small when I look at me. I look at the size 8 jeans and they look small but I don’t see small when I see me. I think a lot of it is that in my mind I see me with the wrinkled skin that no one else sees with the clothes on but I still in my minds eye see it. Do you know what I mean?

Maybe one day I will be able to see it but don’t care I feel good anyway.

LOL like I said I know when the storm was raging and the tent flopping and you all trying to hold it down in that storm. Yeah sounds like Jon may have been the smartest one of all , I think I would have been right behind Jon on that porch. But sounds like it all turned out ok anyway. I hope the tent wasn’t rented from someone.

Have you found out how Melissa is ? I hope her leg is ok. Poor girl she is just beat up isnt she on everything. I requested prayer for you and her tonight at the Ladies Bible study. I don’t know why but about half way thru the study you two girls popped into my mind and I couldn’t quit thinking about you both. I hope everything is ok.

I don’t know about a deposit on the cabin for the reunion. They didn’t ask for a deposit. I called was going to give them my credit card number for the cabin and she said that was ok that I could just send her a check. Sometime before that weekend. I hope I have a cottage lol.

BEV: Saw where you got your walk in today. That is great. The hard part is doing it every day. I know it is for me anyway

Your puppies sound so cute and pretty.

You will have loads of wow moments as soon as you get started on your wls journey. It will happen before long. November and/or Dec. wont be far off. Shoot we are already into August. Can you imagine?

I sure hope your neice will and can come and let your puppies out of the house so you can come to the reunion, it should be lots of fun.

JULIA: I hope you are feeling well today or at least better.

Hey im sure that Dr. H will give you a prescription for more b-12 vit. After all it is water soluiable and so you cant overdose on it. He told me to  take it about every 2 weeks this summer

Oh Julia how long has it been since you took the vits you are suppose to be on?

Oh wow I hope you don’t get sick.

DEBBIE  M: that sounds like quite an accomplishment to fix those two things to gether

Im glad that you got to have your grandson this summer some . Take easy amd think of all of this as the other doctors said. Most of the time the tamalies aren’t cancer anyway. So face those demons down and God will be with you ,

I love the story about the tampons. Have heard it before but it is really good.

So when are they suppose to be doing this for you?

JANET OF K.C.  I think that job would be something that would just come along. I would think that they would look for any R.N. that had a few years under her belt and could answer a lot of questions.

The reunion is on Sept 7^th at a resort in west Branson. Keep watch Janet will post all the details again. Or maybe you can do a private message to her and she will give you all the detains.

Sure hope you can come since no one has met you would really be fun.

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Morning All.... Well, I pray that everyone is doing good! Who's getting rain and who's getting sun? We had a b-e-a- u-t-i-f-u-l   s-u-n-s-e-t here !!!! God is soooo awesome to give his children such a wonderful gift.  ENJOY!! JAN...I go to consult today (7-31) at 2:00pm. I go for my mammo tomorrow (8-01). Then we will go from there. Well, Timothy went home today....that's always a sad thing!  His Mom, my daughter asked me today and I quote: You'll still be able to watch the kids next week (a 14 months old and a 8 yr old??)....right?? (ME...thinking): Still?? I didn't know that I ever agreed to watch them, in the first place!  (Her): You did say something about helping me..didn't you? (Me...thinking): ummm, did I?....been a little busy thinking about other things here lately!   (Her): I don't have a babysitter!...you should know after your Dr appt tomorrow...right?  (Me): I doubt that, tomorrow is just the consult, the mammo is on Weds. I don't know when they will do the biopsy. (Her): Well, call me as soon as you find out something. I need to know ASAP so I can TRY to find another babysitter.  This chick is tripping!! I bet that she misses next week at work for some reason and will get herself fired and it will be my fault because I was getting a biopsy....wanna bet?.....lol She acts like I'm just going to a hair appt. or something. I'm not mad at her or anything like that....I'm just amazed, confused.....not really sure how to feel about her.  Heck, yesterday was her first day on her new job and she was late and was acting like it wasn't her fault! She has been through many jobs because of her tardiness or no shows. She's gonna be 29 this year....geez girl, grow up! Anyway, JAN....do you still have extra flower seeds? If so, I will take more!   :-) Deb M

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, its another gloomy day here again. Looks like rain-and yes, we are due more rain. It did rain some yesterday-but nothing major....Our grass is still green-but then we had so much rain it flooded everywhere around here. I dont mind the rain-in fact, I love rain when there is no lightning along with it-LOL....I dont do well in storms, thats for sure!!

Ok-well, the pain from the cannonballs and belly flops set in at 1 am-I woke up in the most pain I have ever had. Felt like my tummy area-from my boobs to my who-ha was ripping apart and I got up and took some Prilosec and then my pain meds-and then when none of that worked, took a flexirl-and went to sleep. Woke up to Jonathan dragging the kitty across the calf of my leg this morning-felt like my leg was being shredded!!! OUCH! Good morning to me!~ Not sure WHY it took 2 days to hit me-but wowsa-I could do without it-Mike and I are still dragging our behinds from this last week of chaios!!!  I have bruises from the tops of my knees to my upper back-front and back-its quite colorful-who wouldve thought it? Oh well, I will know for next time, thats for sure.

Today I am hoping to get my pain meds filled and then go to Mels and see her great neice and sister who are up visiting. I havent met the baby yet-and I love Rosey and havent seen her since Mel had surgery and she got in her car accident. So-I have to get done with this post and get my hair and makeup done and get over there-dont want to scare that poor little gal-so I better do something with myself-I look like I have been rode hard and put away wet-LOL~

Didnt do much yesterday-in fact, didnt feel too good most of the day-so I didnt get to the store to get the milk-Mike stopped on his way home from work and picked it up-thank goodness-I think Jon would have freaked out IF he opened the fridge and didnt see his beloved milk looking back at him-LOL LOL....He sure loves his milk, thats for sure.

**Jan-thanks for the prayers-isnt that amazing how we just know sometimes when someone needs prayer? No-I wasnt doing very good yesterday-kept feeling like I was coming down with something and had no energy whatsoever.  Mel is having a battery of tests done today-they found something in the x-rays yesterday!! I just cant believe how much she is having to go through! She is going to see her PCP tomorrow and then she goes back to the Ortho on the 6th so they can go over her battery of tests they are doing on her today. Please say some prayers for her. She is so exhausted, mentally and physically, Im just not sure how much more she can handle. I know the saying that we wont be given more than we can handle-but she isnt looking or sounding too strong anymore.  I wish I could do more for her-just isnt much I can do.  Her ankle is still swollen and sore-but not broken, thank goodness. I will keep you all posted as I have info. Please just keep her in your prayers-thanks.

Yes, the brisket made me dump-and no, I didnt eat too fast or any of that.....I cant do roast either-so I just think its the kind of beef it is-stringy, you know? I can do burger and steak-but not roast or brisket and I also cant do pork chops. Oh well, its a very small price to pay. The day of the reception I only took one bite-so, I just dont know-its the first time I have tried brisket-and the roast I hv tried a couple of times with no luck-but Im ok with it. I also have a hard time with Chinese....that was my fav before surgery-ALL 3 times I tried it, I got very ill, so I am hesitant to even try it again. It was the worst dumping I have ever experienced and felt like a heart attack and I was in the middle of the busiest intersection in Joplin and opened my car door and threw up in front of everyone-YUCK...Decided after that, I wasnt going to even TRY it for another year or so.

No-Jons flowers didnt make it-except for some sunflowers and the red flower you gave him-thats it. Some that are planted and hanging from the Shepherds Hooks come and go-but they dont look good anymore-they look really dried up~ You responded to someone about the reunion, but if they dont come early-the day of the reunion is SEPTEMBER 8th-not the 7th-a lot of people are coming in on the 7th, but the actual get together day for everyone is the 8th...... For the deposit-we were told that our check had to be in within either 7 or 10 days, cant remember which-so you might call her and check on that-to make sure you still have yours reserved. We already got our confirmation back by mail.....If she says that you dont have to send it in now-that would be great-just dont want you to lose your spot. Yeah, I guess our minds never get used to our physical changes. I do know what you mean-and I guess it doesnt matter what sz you are when you start out-its hard to get used to the smaller clothes and knowing you wear them. I STILL hold clothes up and cant believe I can wear them. Its really weird. And, yes, I do know what you mean about the wrinkles and whatever-but I dont let it get to me as a general rule. I feel so much better that the stuff I can cover up-its better to be covered-LOL LOL....Once in awhile I get really down about all the hanging skin and how gross it looks-and thought I would be much happier with my appearance as I lost weight-but thats not the case. I guess I just didnt realize it would be like this, you know? The thought of more surgeries just makes me shiver. I need the spine surgery, BOTH knees replaced, a hysterectomy, and then top it off with the tummy tuck and possible boob job- WOW....I cant even stand the thought of all of that coming at me in the next couple of years. Yuck. **Deb M-I will be thinking of you and praying for you today and tomorrow. Please keep us posted. Did you get my email? I sent you one the other day-I think it was Sunday-but cant remember now.  Love ya-and praying for you. Take care! **Brenda-Im so glad you got pics in the mail of the grandbabies. Im sorry that they couldnt take a minute to write, but at least you got the pics. Im sorry you have such issues with your grand daughter. I wish I had the answers.....My 16 1/2 yr old drives me nuts, and you are right-its all about HER and what SHE wants-and doesnt care what WE have to sacrifice or how inconvienent it is for us-as long as she gets what she wants. It makes me so angry-because I didnt raise her that way-and her sister and her 2 brothers arent like that-so I just dont understand. She informed me the other day that she expects me to pay or give her $600 for her school clothes-DREAM ON, GIRL!!! There is no way thats gonna happen-so in a couple of days when she gets home, Im sure that there will be no peace and harmony around here. I talked to her dad last night and pretty much just told him that HE WILL hurry and get something done so that she can get up there and live with him-he doesnt have a choice-I never have a choice to be a parent-WHY should he? He likes to pass the buck and Im sick of it-at least she will be almost 17 when she moves in with him and he will only have one year of it-and since its what she wants-maybe her attitude will be much different than it is here. She seems to hate us all for some reason, and I have really tried to figure it out-but I cant. I dont know whats going on. She is very hurtful to me though with the things that she says to me and does to me-and then she is mean to the boys when she is around and Jon is always upset when Steph is home because she is so hateful. She told my parents that when we were in counseling, that I lied to the counselor about her behavior and that everything was about ME and how "I" feel and whatever-I cant believe she did that-I just told him the truth about how it is in this house when she is home-thats all. I didnt lie or anything else-but she didnt want to hear it-so she is going to turn the tables and make it out to be what she wants. I also have a hard time because I think she is bi-polar like her dad and her dads mom-but no one will listen to me. I just want to get her help-and its like I am asking for a million dollars or something. I dont get it. I hate the fact that people look at me like I dont have patience and with her-I have been through more than I have all other 3 kids put together and had patience not to knock her on her butt-and thats a big one-because she would push for that-so she could say she was abused and move. She actually wanted that-because her boyfriend said IF you can get your mom to hit you and you report her-you can go to a foster home and they wont care what you do-then she could see him whenever she wanted. HAHA-I didnt do it-but it sure took everything I had not to-thats for sure. Part of me often wonders IF I dont do well with her because she reminds me of all the bad things her dad did to me while we were married and his attitude-he would be fine one minute and the next he was throwing the VCR on the ground or ripping the phone out of the wall or whatever-and she is like her dad-she is fine one second and the very next second-its like an alien invaded her body and she is really angry and hateful-MAN!!! I just dont know what to do with her-and I am hoping this new counselor can see through her attitude of "everything is fine, I dont know WHY my mom is saying this or that"  because her story is never the same when she tells it-it is dependent on WHO she is talking to- Wish me luck. I will keep you in my prayers. I know its hard-and you sure have ALL my support and prayers. Love ya.

Well, I am going to get off here and get some stuff done and be on my way. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I will post more about the reunion in the next day or so. Love and prayers to everyone, Janet

Hi all,

I got a call today from Lincare. I now have to wear oxygen at night. They brought my concentrator and other supplies today and an extra portable cannister if the power goes out. I hope it makes me sleep better and helps with the leg pains. They will do another overnite saturation level in a few weeks and if that is OK the O2 is all I need. If not then I have to go back on c-pap.So will see how it goes. Not much of anything else going on here. I will keep everyone in my prayers for health and happiness.