WHATS HAPPENING FOR FRIDAY

Well we survived another hot day,there doesn’t seem to be any end in site for this. I know quite a few were only a few months ago worried that all the snow and ice wouldn’t quit then the rain , it rained and rained, well all of that was bad but I will take any of it before this horrible heat. It is killing everything. You cant keep it all watered enough. I came home today and my hybiscusus were all wilted so were my elephant ears. I don’t know if they will survive or not . I have the sprinkler on them now. But it is a touchy situation if they will survive or not. When plants wilt like this it isnt good. And it isnt because they don’t have the water in the ground because I water deep and for a long time but rather the temp of the air is just too hot. Just another problem with being a gardner I guess. We survive a lot , we will survive this too.

 

I had an envelope in the mail today from the lic. Board and thought it would be my nursing lic. But no I didn’t answer one of their silly questions on it so I have to do that and then get it notarized again and mail it to them again. They still have my money and it is marked on the form that they have the fees there. So hopefully I will get my lic soon, I am going to get it notarized tomorrow on the way in to Branson and think I will send it overnight or special delivery or something so it will get there quick. Hopefully since it has been there once already they will do it quicker than not but I have my doubts. Lol Oh well all in a days work I guess.

 

Next Wednesday is Brendens 2^nd birthday, that is my great grandson that lives in the guest house. We are planning on giving him a party. But mainly I guess will be adults since Kim doesn’t know anyone here with kids. But I told her we will be kids with him that day. He loves the water so we are going to have water guns, water balloons, and his little pool filled up and have a good water fight with him. He will have a blast. Lol At least we can do that in this heat and will feel good too. Lol

 

JANET: I know what you mean about this web site. I have satellite and sometimes this site will take several minutes to load . it is like they have way too much on it . Too many graphics. And it isnt my computer , mine is new and has lots of RAM and memory too. So I know it is there site. It doesn’t do it on other sites at all.

 

Wow sounds like your days are filled with stress and aggravation. Sweetie you cant go on like that at all. You are right to cut some of it out of your life. It is hard to do that with family but when they are doing all they can to make your life a living h-ll then it is time to cut them lose, You  do have id on your phone don’t you? Don’t answer them when they call just hit the silent button when they ring so you don’t have to keep listening to it.

I hope you got things across to the boy that moved to Joplin to be near your daughter.

How did the  counseling go? You have way too much on your plate. I would have cracked long time ago. Lol

 

Yes I was talking about Becs girls. They are such shining examples of what we as mother all wish we could accomplish. But I really think , the older I get, that kids are made one way or the other. Like I had 3 kids and I raised them all the same, did the same things with each of them , everything, the two older ones were good kids and no problems but the third one wasn’t the charm for sure. So I really think genes play more of a role in a childs personality than anything else. Im sure that there are things that happen to them as they grow up that can play a part on their mental health but I think the genes make them understand and handle things a certain way. Oh well I keep getting in deeper and deeper here lol better stop while I might have a little bit of reasoning left. Being a mother can be the best thing in the world and the worst thing in the world.

 

 

SUSAN: HEY that is great about Rory and his test. He is studying to be a truck driver I take it? Im sorry you probably said at one time but my brain wont keep up with everything any more lol . Tell him congradulations on getting the first part over with. That is great.

 

So when will you know about the results of the gall bladder test? Hopefully if you have to have the gall bladder out they will do it soon. Im amazed at my sister, Sugar, she has recovered so fast from this that you wouldn’t ever know she had it. Tuesday after the surgery on Monday she walked about 2 miles she said and had a pocket of gas up under her shoulder blade but the walking made it feel better and go away. So hope you do as well. The gall bladder is one of the things that mess up after wls. It seems.

Becky is suppose to have surgery on the 13^th to remove hers.

 

 

BEV: Im glad that you had some rain wi**** would have come down here. Would be so nice. But afraid it would make the humidity so much worse too.

Love the crock pot recipes I printed them off. I love crock pot cooking.

That picture frame sound really cool. Would be neet to have a huge one hanging on your wall and could have a lot of really neat pictures on there to fit in with your décor. Lol wouldn’t that be neat.

 

Yeah the heat and humidity cause my body to swell and that causes pain in the joints.

 

That is great that your boss sounds encouraging about your surgery. Hope he keeps that attitude.

 

 

DEBBIE  M: Sorry to hear about the new grandbaby to be and his problems. WE will keep them in prayer. Seems such a shame that some babies have to have problems doesn’t it. Im glad your son and fiancée came to you for comfort. 

 

Lol I don’t work outside too long at a time. 30 minutes and im back in the house to cool down. Hey let us know what you trap in your trap. I want to find a rabbit trap and capture those little boogers. There are probably 200 of them running around eating everything in site. I want to catch them and take them somewhere else and turn them lose. Think I will take them to Lana. Lol She could sit up a feeding station in her back yard. She would love it I know. Don’t know about John but Lana would love it.

 

 

LANA: how do you like my idea for the rabbits population here? Lol Im kidding but I would like to capture them and turn them lose quite a way from here. There are just too many of them , and they are really destroying too much stuff.

So I assume you got your little mini cooper since you are giving your daughter your old car. That is really good of you to do.

How do you like the mini? I bet you look so cute in it. It just sounds like it will be your type of car. I think they are so cute. I don’t think it would work too good for me .lol I can see me trying to haul flowers or dirt or gardening supplies in there. That’s the reason I love my truck. Don’t think I could do without it.

 

Im like you there is plenty of action for me in our laid back southern Ozark area. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else .

 

Let me know about the rabbits .

 

 

CHELLE: You know im a year out or will be on the 14^th and I still wish I didn’t have to eat. Im perfectly content to drink my protein shake and eat my protein bars and take my vits. Eating is just a big hassle to me. And not worth the time and energy trying to figure out how much protein how much this and that. Every thing that I think sounds so good and I want ,when I eat a bite of it doesn’t seem to be nearly as good as I remember it. Don’t know why that is , I love the protein shakes I love the protein bars and to me they are like the best stuff around.

I still cook all sorts of things for Joe and it doesn’t tempt me at all. He has a real sweet tooth so I bake him things all the time. His and my favorite was coconut cream pie and I make him one often but even that doesn’t tempt me. I just think being thin feels so good and feels a lot better than coconut cream pie taste. Lol

You do have to watch it and get in enough protein daily or you wont lose anything, and you have to get in enough water. Today I got in 112 grams of protein and 120 oz of water.  I carry water with me all the time and am able to do more than just sip on it now. I can take 2 good swallows and it doesn’t hurt so it is easier to get that amount in. You will do fine tho just keep pushing yourself to get in the protein and water.

And exercise of some kind daily.

 

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

 

 

 

 

 

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Its Friday....YAY....Im glad-that means no appointments today! After yesterday-I think its going to take me a week to even want to leave my cool house-LOL...It sure felt good to get home and in the air! Unfortunately, due to some errors on my part yesterday, I didnt have the time to get some shopping in-and so I HAVE to do that this morning! I had to be back at the house at 5 pm so that Mike could take the truck to work at the track last night. I walked in the door at literally 4:55-and the boys and I were so freaking hot!! I should have sweated off 10# yesterday, but no such luck this morning when I weighed (the same as yesterday morning)-but, at least I didnt gain-so thats a plus. Well-we dropped the boys off with Megan yesterday morning and headed off to our counseling session-got there and started giving them my paperwork-and I FORGOT the ONLY peice of paper that would prevent them from seeing her-and it was the paperwork showing I have sole custody of her-and without it, they couldnt see her-its the law....Oh man! I had it out-its just that before we left-I put everything on the bar-the birth certificates and such-and I went and left the custody paperwork on the computer desk. Thank God they had an opening at 1 pm or we would have had to wait a whole week. I took it.  Megan had to go to her new job and fill out all her paperwork and so her best friend watched the boys for an hour-and so I came home, got the paperwork-went and looked at the furniture, then Steph and I went to lunch where her b-friend works, shared some nachos and while we were there we did a lot of talking. I also got to meet the b-friend. Then we went to the counseling (WOW was that insightful-) after counseling we went to the mall to do some school shopping where I not only kept up with Stephanie-I tried things on with her. We had so much fun yesterday-I cannot believe it. I dont think she believed it either. Ot started to get late-so I had to get the boys picked up and get home for Mike to have the truck-so we had to stop shopping. We are going to finish, I hope-sometime tomorrow. Counseling was insightful, like I said-I really learned a lot in that little amount of time. We have appts to go together for the next 2 Weds and then by the 29th, they will advise if they believe she needs medication and what action to take from there (individual or family counseling OR both). After the counseling session-they gave her testing for bi-polar, anxiety issues, manic depressive and obsessive compulsive disorder. When we walked out, Steph asked me if we were going back-and I looked at her confused-and she said, well, I wasnt sure if you liked her or not (the counselor IS VERY DIRECT and to the point and no mixing words-LOL) and I laughed and said-Steph, she is doing her job and even if it is something I need to work on, this is what I want. She informed me that I cant tell Steph to suck it up and move on anymore-because when you tell a teen that-they arent "dealing" with it and she wants me to say to her-DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE ON...so-thats what I will do from now on. Steph told her that she was angry with me because I am always "controlling" like when I would stand over her shoulder when she was on her myspace page-and then made her delete her page several months ago-and the counselor (Sharon) said-I have something to say to mom-are you listening, Steph? She said-GOOD FOR YOU, MOM!!! If more parents were like YOU-the myspace wouldnt be the way it is AND there wouldnt be so many kids getting hurt by sexual predators-and then she told Steph about this conference she just went to about that subject AND told Steph that IF I let her have unlimited time and do what SHE wants on myspace-would be equivalent to me taking her to the bad part of Kansas City and just dropping her off and coming home!!! SA-NAP!!!! When we got into the issues of her biological dad and his history of moving and never having an interest in her life and yadi yadi-she told Steph that she had abondanment issues and anger towards her dad that she is suffocating inside for-because of his AIDS-she WONT tell him HOW she feels- Sharon told us that for a kid her age-she has had a LOT to deal with because of Eric and the fact that Eric has NEVER been what she wants OR needs him to be-she is really hurting because of that _______! When we went over all the time he has moved out of state and how often she has been able to spend time with him OR be a part of his life and how he made the comment about "the ONLY thing HERE for me is you and your sister" The counselor asked Steph HOW that made her feel-and she said oh, Im okay with it-he cant make any real money here-and she said-No, your NOT okay with it-and IF he wanted to make it work, he COULD-WHY are you making excuses for your dad? He went 3 whole years without seeing you-doesnt that hurt you at all? She didnt say anything-she said we will work on that later. Thats gonna require its very own month of sessions.... Then she said that Steph has other issues with her sister and so on-so I think and feel like we are on the right track...She said that due to her biological dads bi-polarism, and his mom-and then my mom and her mental issues-that Steph could just be one to get the bad genes from both sides-poor kid, but at least now-we will get somewhere-and even if Steph gets individual counseling-I will be brought in for the first 5-10 minutes to go over last weeks progress and then can advise IF there is something new that needs to be addressed this week. Steph was okay with it and I want to THANK YOU all for your prayers-I really appreciate it! While Steph and I were out and about-my mom kept calling her cell phone and then her best friend-she got about 8 calls-4 from my mom and 4 from her friend just in those couple of hours. My mom kept telling her how much she missed her and kept saying she didnt know what she was gonna do without Steph there.... Steph told me that she worries because my mom wont even get dressed or leave the tv or house UNLESS Steph would MAKE her. So, now she is worried about what will happen to grandma-and I told her as politely as I could yesterday that it wasnt a 16 yr olds job to make sure that a 60 yr old woman takes care of herself. She also told Steph that she HAS to eat Snickers and things like that during the day BECAUSE of her diabetes-and so I showed Steph that grandma is full of crap-thats only when your body crashes-and that is NOT an every day occurance. Last night, when my mom knew Mike was up at the track working, she was calling my cell-but I never answered and she didnt leave a message-so-I didnt have to deal with that. Just cant and dont want to right now. **Jan-Im so sorry about the plants. I know, as a gardner and your passion for it, that it just breaks your heart. I HOPE that you will get some much needed rain!!! We can all do the rain dance for ya!! Im sorry about the license too~would figure, huh? They couldnt call you to ask that question? Golly, you would think, huh? We will pray for a speedy process this time since most of it is done already!! The b-day party sounds like so much fun!! Jon would love a party like that since he LOVES the water so much!! If we lived closer, I would bring him to help your little man celebrate!! **Deb M-I am praying for your grandbaby and his parents and the whole family. By the way, I think David IS right-he did need his mama too-even if they needed prayer at church-moms are too special in these times-Keep your chin up-we will pray this away....We love you. **Susan-well, tell Mr. Rory CONGRATS-Im so happy that it is going well. That will be so wonderful for him and for you. Im sorry I missed your calls last night-I was talking to Steph and when I heard your message-you sounded so tired, and that you wouldnt be up too late-so I will talk to you sometime today. I wish I could be there for you on Tues when you have your scope. Love you-Miss you and pray for you every day..I want you to get better so you will have fun in a month at the reunion! **Mel-Hope everything is going ok with the family and the arrangements in Iowa for the funeral. I am praying for everyone. I love you and hopefully, soon, everything will get back to "normal" in our lives so we can hang out/talk again like we used to. Love ya. Well, I am gonna get off here-we are taking the trash down to the road, going to make a couple of calls and then get to town for some groceries before its smeltering again. I have to stop and get the dogs some food at the feed store and then I will most likely get in the pool with the boys for a bit. Tonite Mike is having company over to talk "business" so I have to get some cleaning done too. I hope everyone has a good day. Love and prayers to all, Janet

Holy moly Missourians do I feel better today! Dont know anything yet about the results of the gallbladder thingy but my

doctor is supposed to get the results today.  I guess if it is bad they

will let me know.  I still have those muther hummer ulser pains in my

tummy but as long as I dont drink much it isnt too too bad.  I hate the

mornings when I have to take all those pills, it is really killing me

then.  I have tried everything, taking them with food in tummy, coffee,

shakes, water, etc.  Burns so bad and so sick to tummy. Yuck!  Oh well not

complaining too much my side isnt hurting so yeaaaaaaaaaa!

I was wondering about something if anyone knows.  There isnt anything they

can do about ulser is there?  I dont think so, so why does Doctor Scott

want to look at them.  Or look at my tummy.  Thanks any info would help.

I wish that more people would talk about coming to the reunion!  Even if

you dont talk please come.  There will be people that have not had the

surgery or have not made the decision to forsure have it yet or they are

trying to get approved and need support, or whatever. Please come.  Even

if it is only for a day.  I bet we can get some car pools together to

split the gas money.  I feel like so many of you have gone thru this

weight thing and lots of people only understand who is going thru being

overweight or is still overweight what kind of troubles we have and how

some others may treat us and not understand.  Okay I am getting off my

soapbox, but it is just that I myself have made some really good friends

and I have made at least 2 or 3 of the best people I have met in my whole

life!!  You never know you could be missing meeting your best friend!!

Wouldnt that be a bummer to miss that.  Also as most of you know my

exhusband and my husband live with me. (please get your mind out of the

gutter, its not like that!  I wish I was all that)!  We divorced while

still being bestfriends and we wanted Randi to not come from a broken

home!  Anyways, I am looking for a nice girl, (okay any girl, just

kidding)  to introduce my ex to!  Alright, I am kidding but I want to meet

as many as you as I can!  This place is changing my life and I have

everyone here to thank, even the lurkers!  I know you are there by how

many times each posts gets viewed!!  61 views is alot of lurkers!  We dont

bite, and I dont think anyone can have too many friends, right?  Love ya

and take care!! I hope everyone has a great day and a great weekend, (Please keep cool)!!

JAN I have a lady in my neighborhood that has the biggest elephant ears in the

front of her house.  They only really get the afternoon sun so I bet they

dont do good in direct sunlight huh?  I really like them and I am looking

for something to plant right across the front of my house.  My house is

done in synthetic stucco half way up and stones half way down.  Kinda

looks southwestern.  I am the worst gardner, (I have mentions this before)

so I really could use some suggestions.  I have had Yucka plants, I love

them but the guys hate them so they pulled them out once when I was gone! 

I will try to get a picture of my house on my profile this weekend because

I want to change my avitar, (Randi says it looks like I am oscar the

grouch)! Wow, I am glad to hear things went so great this time with Sugar's

surgery. It is about time she catches a break with getting well easier on

her!  Thank you for telling me about the walking!  Duh, it stands to

reason if it helped walk alot after surgery it should make you feel better

on the gas part now.  I hope your joints start to feel better soon.  I

agree with you on the hot days, you can always get warm by dressing in

layers but you can only take off so much and then you get arested! Hey

great idea, I need to do some bonds and make some money everyone get naked

and arested!! 

I know we all live in different areas, but St. Louis weather said it is

going to be 100-103 for the next 5-6 days!  I feel so sorry for the people

who have no air conditioning!!  Its so sad that a 87yr old man died in his

apartment this week.  They said when the police got there it was 120 in

his apartment! 

TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS SOMEONE OR IS SOMEONE WHO HASNT GOT AIR CONDITIONING

Remember to get out of the house in the shade every so offen if you havent

got air and check on friends and relatives that dont have it. 

JULIA I hear ya on the driving permit.  I dont know if my niece has some secrets

or what but it seems I am the only one who will let her drive on her

permit while in the same car, lol.  I think if everyone wants to have fun

I will bring my suit, lol!  Cant wait too see ya!

BEV I have to confess about the white elephant thingy, I have never done it so

I am hoping someone explains it to this old girl again, looks like I dont

have a memory like an elephant, kinda more like an ant, lol!

BARB Thanks for the info on the name of the place, there goes that ant brain of

mine again, lol!

MEL My girlfriend, loved seeing you post and sooooo happy you are going to be

able to come!  I swore I was coming even if by ambulance,lol.  I hope you

are doing better and I look forward to you being your crazy self at the

reunion!  Miss seeing you on here so much!  Love ya!!!

TAMMY AMMY I am glad to see that you are gonna beable to come too!  Yeaaaaa!  By the

way Neiman Marcus brownies, yum yum I think I just gain 5 lbs back

thinking about those,lol!  (Just kidding) I know Janet has had alot going

on so I know she will remind us soon.  I am offering my help too if she

needs any!

JANET Tried to call ya a couple of times last night left a silly mess if ya get

a chance to listen to it.  Try to call me tonight if ya can.  I got

tickets to the baseball game tonight but I gave them to Randi and Steve

when I found out it was going to be 93 when the game started.  Too hot for

me!!  How did the meeting go yesterday with Steph.  I hope good.  I took

Randi out of counciling (sp) 2 months ago when her therapist told me that

her screaming at me was just a teenage phase and it will pass!!  I was

like aah I dont think so!  So we are looking for another one.  Sometimes

it takes time to find the right one that the therapist and you are on the

same page. Now I ask them, "Are you a christian and do you have kids that

have been teenagers and you survived!! 

We had some people post about the reunion.  I know you have alot going on

but Tammy ammy and I are willing to do what we can to help if you need

any. (and I know you do).  Maybe we can plan a week night or weekend at a

certain time to have everyone try to meet in the chatroom and talk about

stuff that has to do with the reunion.  What do you think??

Let me know, for that matter anyone let me know what you think about a

chatroom meeting about the reunion!

DEBBIE M Your family and your grandbaby are in my prayers.  We have alot of prayer

warriors here, I thought that was a neat story about the baby having his

arms up praising the Lord!

CHELLE I think that you are doing great!  You had your surgery exactly a month

after mine and I have only lost like 9 lbs more than you.  I am eating but

have really slowed down losing.  But thats okay I am looking at it like

maybe if I lose slow I wont have to have so much nips and tucks.  Well

that makes me feel better anyway, lol!  I wish I wasnt hungry all the

time! Take care.

Is anyone else hungry all the time?  I really dont understand it.  I dont

think it is head hunger because my stomach just doesnt seem to stay full

for more than an hour.  I thought that I would try eating every few hours.

If it is only a little bit of some protein or something.  What do you all

think.  I just dont want to get into bad habits of grazing but I feel

hungry alot. Thanks, Love Susan WOW THINK THIS IS THE LONGEST POST II HAVE EVER MADE!

 

Howdy Yall.... Well I'm with Janet...Thank God it's Friday!!! This week has been long,hot and crappy!!! Got to get out in the heat yet again today and go get groceries! I don't mind getten the groceries, it's the loading them, unloading them and putting them away lol lol.... But Joe gave me my B-12 yesterday so hopefully it will kick in and give me a boost so I can get some yard work done this weekend and get my nasty carpet cleaned in the living room!!  Wow....With more posting about the reunion I am really getting excited!!! I can not wait to meet everyone!! I hope sooo much that the biggest part of the board can make it..But if not then hopefully it will all go well and we will get to do it again next year and those who don't get to make it will get to next year... Jan...What a great way to enjoy a birthday party!!! I hope you all have a blast!!!  Sounds like you are getting excited about getting your license back?! I can not wait to get to the point I can go back to work again...I have been so busy the past 6 years or more with sick family and being slowed down because of my weight that I feel like it has been forever since I have had much of a life outside the house and family!! I love em all but I miss having something for myself!! So I am in hopes looseing plenty by next spring...getting my hernia took care of and getting my tummy tuck and then start looking for work again!! Janet...Wow..I am sooo glad things went sooo well for yall yesterday with counsoling and with the shopping and all!!! I hope all goes well and you and her can mend your relationship and your family can get back to being a whole family again!  I'm really sorry things have gotten so out of hand with your mother....I can't even imagine my mother acting that way towards me or me acting that way towards one of my children...I will be praying for all of you!  Mel...I guess I missed anything being posted about your loss...I am soo sorry you have yet another issue to deal with!! I will be praying for yall to have a safe trip and that things go as well as they can for the family! May God Bless and keep you all! Susan...Good to see you posting more...I missed seeing you on! Hope all is going good your way and that you have better luck getting in the protein soon....As I said in another post I will be 9 weeks out come monday and I am still having issues...I can't tollerate it as well as I did before surgery and just can't seem to make myself fit it in as well as I use too... And I know that I need to so I can increase my weight loss....I do find it easier doing with fruit and doing it more like a slushy so I guess I will try to do more of that....And I have found a few flavors of protein bars that I like pretty good...They have 20grams of protein so I am trying to have them now and then to throw in more protein...And I now that I can eat pretty well what I want I have been trying to lean more towards foods with decent amounts of protein to help make up for what I'm not getting in the drinks.... I just wish I could find " my groove" as Janet calls it lol lol.... Brenda...Hows things going your way?? Wow only one more week from Monday before we get to take our long awaited trip!!!! I will get in touch with you by next weekend so we can make sure we know what time we are leaving and where we are going to stay and all.... Cindy...Thanks for the compliment!!! Drop a line any time! As for the pics...Give me a yell when ever your ready to do it...If I haven't given you my number already just drop me a line and I will send it to ya.... Gosh there are so many on the board now I can't keep up with everyone.... But love to see all the newbies and love seeing the board grow... Would like to address the lurkers....Now that the board has changed it is easy to see there are a lot more people lurking than there are posting....Guys we would love to hear from you...Drop in and say howdy, tell us how things are your way..drop in and vent a little if there's things going on with ya...Anything!! It would just be great to hear from ya!!!! Well got to close for now so I can get around to get out in the darn heat again!! lol lol  I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!!! God Bless you all... Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy

Hello Missouri, HOT, HOT, HOT!!!  In fact, I haven't had my jacket on yet today - and I always wear a jacket here in my COLD office.  My boss is off today and it is finally slowing way down.  Monday I'm actually taking the afternoon off!!!  WOO HOO!!! My little tummy has been grouchy today.  Just hasn't liked much I've put into it.  My co-worker brought in some Crystal Light White Tea Cranberry Apple singles and gave me one and it has been great.  I want to get some for myself.  I still favor the Tropicana SF Orangeade in a can but this is good. Tomorrow I have to get up early and wash my car, do some light gardening and then go to the gym.  It is so hot but I can't put this stuff off any longer.  I keep waiting for a cool day but there aren't supposed to be any next week either. I want to say again how important you all are to me.  I just love you to pieces.  You keep me smiling and laughing and crying and I appreciate you all more than you can know.  You are all my heros for many different reasons - each of you offers a part of the whole body. Jan, you can send the bunnys to me.  John will be so excited!!!   I don't usually have any in the yard because of the Jack Russell Terrier.  He can't catch them but they don't seem to know it.  After the cat killed the baby bunny they all have steered clear of our place.  She has only killed two birds this season that we know about.  And they were fledglings so I think they just sort of fell out of the nest or weren't good enough at flying to get away from her.  She's a wonder kitty. I'm so excited to see DD and DGS this Sunday.  We are going to have a great week - no matter how hot it is.  They will go to the community pool while I'm at work - it probably is about 90 degrees in the pool but that's cooler than the air!! I think all the planning Janet has done for the reunion sounds fantastic.  We are going to have so much fun.  I don't have any family left - except you guys - so this will be my family reunion!! Hugs to you all. Lana