WHATS HAPPENING FOR TUESDAY.

Too hot , that is about all I know. Lol that and the fact that I think I got dehydrated somehow. I guess the heat the vomiting and the diahhrea? I got up this morning weak and dizzy and felt like I was drugged. I started drinking water thinking that was what it was , by noon I had gotten down 64 oz and still hadn’t  went to the bathroom. By then I needed a nap was so tired. Lay down and slept 2 ½ hours, now I normally have a hard time sleeping that much at night time let alone a nap. I got up was still dizzy and feeling disoriented. Continued drinking water and by the time I got 2-32 oz bottles of water down was starting to feel better. And finally started using the bathroom. Lol  I still have sort of a foggy feeling in my head and am still drinking water. Hopefully all of this will be gone in the morning when I get up. I cant wait for this heat to leave.

 

So I don’t have a lot to write about tonight since about all I have done is sleep. Lol

And Im really sleepy again.

 

Has anyone else been having trouble getting the OH board to load?  I have satellite and it still hasn’t wanted to load today. It has taken at least 5 minutes to load a page and sometimes just refuses to load at all. Im not having any problems with any other web site. So it much be something they are putting on theirs. I think a lot of it is all the flashing and scrolling signs and stuff. Any computer  people out there know of any reason that it should be loading that slow?

 

If anyone didn’t see it on the board, Becky had her gall bladder surgery this morning and her daughter Crystal called me telling me that she did just fine. And was staying in the hospital overnight for observation. Her blood pressure has been high as well as her blood sugar.

 

 

NUTTI:  so what other support group are you going to?  Good deal on the outfits from Catherines. Wont be long one day soon that that store will be too big for you.

 

Yes I have a hard time thinking of myself as smaller than I was. When I go to the store to buy some piece of clothing I go directly to the plus size first. Then I realize that I cant wear those any more , then I get flustered because the clothes in the size I can wear all seem to be too young and little. I am always surprised when I try something on that fits and it is a size 10 . when I got into the size 8 levis here awhile back I was so amazed.

I cant wear them yet but I can get them on. Lol.

The elephant ears you talked about. Most of mine get some shade part of the day. And I don’t dig them up any more. Just in the winter I cover them with straw or mulch  and they do fine.

Had to laugh at you about the singing with the songs. I do that too sometimes. Put you back in time doesn’t it? Lol

 

 

JANET: the Corbett star how cool is that?. There was a really neat metor shower the other night , it even had sound with it. Cool night viewing.  Did anyone else see it?

Just happen to think that might be what is wrong with my satellite and my computer.

Did you hear anything about the room air conditioners? Let me know what the price is first ok? I might not have what ever it is they cost. Do you still have my phone number? If not email me at  [email protected] and I will give it to you ok?

 

Yes I would welcome rain a good gulley soaking rain. My grass isnt brown because I have been keeping my flowers watered a lot of water gets onto the grass too. But sure could use a good rain. And cool down.

 

Well if it was dumping I sure don’t want to do it again. The throwing up was the mildest part. It is all of this left over stuff that is going on that I don’t like. At least I didn’t have the elephant sitting on my chest. Or if I did I was too out of it to know about it. Lol

I hate it when I don’t feel good either. Thanks for caring about me .

 

 

VESTA: what kind of seeds would you like, I tell you what I will bring a bunch to the COF meeting on the 20^th and you and everyone can get what you want ok? I have a lot of some things and not much of some things .

 

 

BEVERLY  B.: so glad that your back is feeling better. Is it suppose to get better and better each and every day. I was talking to my husband about it for him and he is really interested in how it is working for you. So keep reporting to us ok?

 

You ask how the ones that had  wls got exercise with bad knees. Well it sure wasn’t by walking. I have a exercise ball and do that, now I have a ab lounger ad I use that. , I also get in the lake and do exercises about two times a week. If you have somewhere around there that has a water aerobics class that will be the easiest and best thing to do that wont hurt your knees. But way out here it is a long way to go to do that and especially with gas so high.

 

Im glad that your daughter had the guts to stick up for her daughter. So many don’t have that .

 

 

SHANNON   C:  where do you live Shannon ? All it says on your profile is Mo. Lol

Was wondering where the storm was, next time send it on down our way . even tho we don’t like storms either would love the rain.  

I know you will miss seeing your grandbabies since you are going back to work. Maybe sometime you can make it to one of the COF meetings. Would love to meet you.

 

 

TAMMY: the idea of the ice in a bucket in front of a fan is a take on the swamp coolers that we had in the dessert of texas. Anyone know what those are?

 

The elephant ears you have . I wouldn’t move them now till this coming spring and they come up. Then you can transplant them somewhere. I wouldn’t be trying to move any sort of flower or bush right now. Would be too stressful on it.

 

The moss you are talking about , I do have some but just a small amount as I just bought 3 packs of it this spring. In a few years I should have enough to share with someone.

It really is called creeping phlox. Or at least that is what I think you are talking about.

You see it in the spring cascading over rock walls or just mounds of it in yards.

 

 

 

CONNIE:  Hey I know how you feel about school starting again. I use to feel that same way daily when my kids were young.

 

So glad your sil is getting better and may get to come home. That is great.

 

Hope you get all the papers you have been waiting on so that packet can be mailed in and get your show on the road.

 

Will see you on the 20^th. At the COF meeting.

 

 

CHELLE: so so sorry to hear about your baby grand daughters trauma from last night. That really must feel like abuse to a baby that age and I agree they should have given her something to help ease her tension and pain. Like you said they would have an adult.

Doctors are afraid of their own shadow anymore about giving out pain meds.

Glad she is feeling some better. Poor little thing.

 

Hope you are feeling more rested now after you grueling night of terror.

 

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

What a long Monday... for me it started at about 12:45 a.m. when the big storm came through the St. Louis area with wind, lightning and a bit of rain.  Cooled us off a bit which was good since we lost power until 4  that afternoon.  We had closed up the house as tight as possible to make sure none of the cold dry air inside the house escaped and kept the refrigerator door closed.  I napped as much as I could but would wake up in sweats so my hubby and I got in the car and went down to a local restaurant-pub that has free trivia games and sat around for a couple hours killing time until Ameren called to say the power was back on.  The waitress kept trying to feed me, I was content with some broth and diluted lemonade.  My husband had a nice lunch at least while we were there so he didn't need to cook anything once we did get home. Had a weird revelation today when I was going through the mail and was actually going through some of the coupon booklets and realized I didn't need to be looking at the restaurant coupons.  I did cut out a few for my husband, but my old haunts are going to see a dip in their revenue.

As for being 5 days post op I'm feeling really good, not much pain or discomfort.  I'm getting all the vitamins, antacid inhibitors and so forth in as required.  I'm drinking my water, taking in my liquid protein fairly easily and moving around quite a bit.  I don't want to jinx it, but this seems a bit to easy so far.  About the only annoyance is the drain but it only hurts when I try to lay on my left side.  I ended up with a JP drain instead of a pin rose, did anyone else have this kind?  It has a soft squeeze bulb at the end that causes a bit of suction and allows you to drain better. Perhaps that is why I'm feeling like I do, and not as bloated as I expected. Hmmm. The only issue I had tonight was sitting in front of the tv I was thinking about how I'd typically be keeping my self busy snacking on something and the commercials were getting to me a bit.  I'm not hungry, it was more just the activity I missed.  Nothing I didnt' expect, but compounded with the fact I'm still on clear liquids. I hope everyone stays cool Wednesday, here in St. Charles we are expecting 103 degrees and boy am I glad there are no storms to cause more electrical problems.  

JAN you are gonna have to stay in out of the heat..the heat and working so much is just to much for you..you may be like me I cant tell if I am grtting to hot until it is to late..so you take care of your self, you are suppose to enjoy yourself now not work yourself to death...dont mean to sound harsh with you but I love ya... Everyone stay cool as possible....vesta

Howdy Yall.... Not alot going to be going on here today...We are going in a bit for my daughter Ada to have her scope procedure done.....They are in hopes of being able to clean up the scar tissue with out having to take her other ovarie...I hope so much that they can manage doing it that way...She just turned 22 in June and I hate the thought of her having to deal with all the harmone issues at such an early age!!! Pray for her if you will..... My sister is coming home by bus either Wed night or Thrus night.....Things aren't looking real good for my nephew so she is coming in to see if there's anything we can do to get things straightened out for him...She is a basket case at the moment!  I know the law is there to help, but it seems they get so many people tied into things they didn't do....There was a show on not long ago about a man that spent years in prision for something he didn't do....And after he had been in ther for years and years they found out he really didn't do it....And they think an appology was all he deserved!!!! Years gets taken away from people this happens too and a Thank you does not get those years back for them or make up for all the time and lost memories they could have been having with their family!  Jan...Girl...be carefull with this heat!!! That was alot of water you had to drink before getting around to having to pee!!!!!! Well I have to get off here and get around so we can get to the hospital....Will be back later today to check up on how things are going on here.... I hope you all have a great day... God Bless you all.. Luv & Hugs..Tammy~ammy

Good morning OH family!  It sure has been hot over the past several days too hot to do anything but stay in under the a/c.  I hated coming into work this morning because I have a long walk from the car to the building and it takes everything I have to walk that especially in this heat! I haven't posted in several days I have been busy and not on the computer, I also haven't been feeling well.  I eat then about and hour or two afterwards I feel bad.  I have pre-diebetes so I took my blood sugar yesterday about 2 hrs. after I ate when I was feeling bad and it was 225 I know that's a little high.  I go to the dr. on Thurs. so I will mention that to her.  I hate to eat anymore because I know whats going to happen after I do eat.   I fixed another low-carb brisket Sunday and it was so good.  I posted the recipe last week so I do recommend this it was very good and my roommates even liked it and couldn't believe that I even made the BBQ sauce.  I bought a 3 ring binder recipe keeper book yesterday to keep all these good recipes that I have been collecting recently.   I watched Big Medicine last night and earlier I had bought some oreo cookies and I wanted some with a glass of milk well after watching that show I decided that I didn't need them.  They weren't good for me especially since my blood sugar has been high a lot so I went to bed without eating them I was so proud of myself.     I want to start doing water aerobics at the YMCA but I hate getting into a bathing suit at my weight.  I am so self concious about how I look I know I shouldn't care what others think but I do.  I need to lose some weight before I see my surgeon on Oct. 17th and I have knee problems so land exercises are really hard for me.  Any suggestions? Jan; I am sorry you haven't been feeling well recently don't let yourself get dehydrated that's not good maybe you need to go see your dr. if it doesn't clear up here soon? Guess I better go do a little work, take care everyone and keep cool....

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, this is late for me to post-but I had to get some errands run this morning and wanted to get home before we all suffered heat exhaustion. Steph is not feeling good-she started running a temp last night and her throat hurts. She had been in the pool for almost 7 hrs on Saturday and hasnt felt well since. I think, like Mel said-she may have sun poisoning. Jon had gotten sick after 3-4 hrs in the pool the end of July-even though it was towards evening.  The bad thing is because of the extreme heat-we are having a really hard time getting the chemical levels right and I over did it with the algaeside on Sunday-I thought I was suppose to put in 1/4 cup and it was 4 capfuls-I ran out before I thought I was at the correct amt-now the pool has a green tint to it-I hope it levels out soon so when we WANT to get in it, we can! Please remember Becky in your prayers today that she gets to go home and that she has a speedy and uneventful recovery. I hope someone lets us know if she gets to go home today. There is quite a list in the prayer request-so just know we are praying for everyone and their needs. I had a MAJOR wow moment today when I went to Walmart with Stephanie to shop. She was trying on jeans-and I went in and tried on HER jeans-and guess what? THEY FIT ME!!! So-she got 3 pairs-and 2 of them I can wear-one is still too small-but hey, I got them up, just couldnt zip them all the way up. I do NOT even remember EVER being in the teens for my clothes. I cried and cried-and when I walked out the dressing room lady was standing there-and Steph and her both said they looked really good on me-and I said-I feel like they may be too tight and she said - actually, they look just right - and I cried again-and she apologized-and I said-these are HAPPY TEARS (for once) and Steph was like-go ahead mom, I know you want to-and I looked at the lady and said-I have lost 179# in 11 months and so this is a dream for me-and I dont remember the last time I could wear this size-but I was younger than my 16 yr old. I was on a cloud-I cant believe it!!!!!  YAY YAY YAY-and you know me-I AM doing that baby circle dance!!!  Dont even care if I brake a hip-LOL.... Well, I just got my speg mixed up and I am going to get my beef stew put together and ready for the crock pot in the morning. We have to get up early. Steph and I have counseling at 8:45 so I have to leave here about the time the kids normally get up-LOL-and then the next day-school finally starts again. We have had a pretty good summer with the boys-but I can tell that poor Darrel is getting bored and every time we tried to see if his friends could spend the night and swim-they always had trips or such and so it hasnt worked out any of the times we had time.

I need to get some time to post about the reunion or get a chatroom set up. Have been waiting for Susan to let us know-but they got that bad storm and lost power-school was suppose to start today-but they said on the news that they postponed school starting today. Susan has her endoscopy done today-she is probably actually still there. I hope its something simple-and that they can fix it right there on the table-like if its a stricture of some sort-some they can fix while they are in there doing the endoscopy. Just dialate them. I am waiting, ever so nervously, for her to call me back. Please say some prayers for her too. Thanks.

Please also pray for Steph to feel better, and for Mike and his knees and leg problems. They changed his appt to this Thurs in the morning and said that they will be doing x-rays-he may have to have a doppler and MRI-who knows yet-and I went ahead and had them set him up for a series of syn visk shots while he is in there. He isnt doing very good. I also need to get that sale done next weekend. Figured its too hot this weekend-we may get some rain on Fri and Sat-but the chances were small. Maybe the extra week will allow me time to get some of the stuff done and gone through to have a successful sale and get the funds to go to the reunion-thats all I want. **Jan-Geez-I hope you feel better soon. Maybe Vesta is right, maybe IT IS from the heat-just maybe? Please take care of yourself-I will be mad if I FINALLY make it to the meeting and I dont get to see you.

I am still waiting for my ex SIL to call me back about the window air units-No, I would never just take it without clearing it with you beforehand-dont worry. I dont have money to spend, and to ecspically spend and not get it back-LOL...so-no worries about that-I have your email-I will mail you as soon as I hear something, ok? Have you heard if Becky got to leave the hospital today? I sure hope so. I hope her blood sugar is okay and I have been praying for her. She is so sweet. I hope she feels like coming to the meeting on Monday-I WOULD LOVE to give her a big ol hug!!!  You TAKE CARE of yourself AND I MEAN IT.....NO OVERDOING IT....Dont make me come out there. Is the b-day party today or tomorrow? I hope it goes off okay. Will be thinking about you guys.

**Connie-we are praying for your SIL. I added her to the prayer post. Please keep us posted. She is so young-I hope and pray that this is the end of her heart issues.  I know what you mean about the kids getting bored. Mine start on Thurs and not a moment too soon-LOL.... **Tammy C-congrats-it sure sounds like its going good for you and I love to hear that. I wish everyone had that smooth sailing. What a blessing. Its good to see you on here posting and IF you ever need us-please post and let us know. Good luck and keep up the wonderful outlook! **Susan, Susan, Susan-WHERE R U? I know you lost power and all of that-but thats no excuse not to call-LOL...You BETTER call me or Mel to let us know about the scope-or your butt belongs to us-and trust me, I think we can take you!! LOL-no, I just want to make sure my buddy is ok...am worried. I know you dont like to call either of us if its not all wine and roses, but we WANT to know how you are-We love you. PLease call. Love ya sis. **Mel-you sure sound good. Im glad the old Mel is coming back. cant wait to go to the reunion, I am getting more and more excited every day. We are gonna have sooooo much fun, arent we? I will call you again later today.

**Bev B-Im so happy to hear about your back....Now I am getting excited about it myself. Did they give you any indication on how long the relief may last?  On your knees-as soon as you have your wls-they will start feeling better as the weight comes off. I didnt do much walking right away, but when I started, it was a mile a day-sometimes more-until my back got so bad. Now I do pool aerobics or such and excercise my knees and back. It will all even out. I know its hard though, just keep your chin up. I am so happy you have a little relief from the nerve burning tho. Have you ever gotten the pain shots in your knees? Maybe that would help. I know the first two series I got in each knee helped-but by the 3rd series (a series of 3) didnt work at all, so I dont do them anymore. Hope this helps and I will continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I know what pain will do to you mentally. Please take care of yourself.  **Chelle-I cried when I read the post about your baby girl (gdaughter) going through that. I am so sorry. I know how awful that was. I think I would have been tempted to punch someone-or perhaps stick one of those big Q-TIPS up his Winky dinky-and see how he screamed like a little girl-and see IF he wanted some pain meds and then tell him NO WAY....JERK...Thats a BUNCH OF CRAP-they CAN give little ones something for pain control. I know this for a fact-sounds like you need to call that hospital back and ask for their quality management department and file a complaint-so that he has to answer to WHY he let your little princess suffer AND the hospital HAS to keep it on record-if nothing else-it will keep HER and any other little ones from ever having to go through that with Mr. Wonderful again. Jerk.  If I get up that way, You bring the q-tips, and I will bring the rope-LOL I know its not funny, but if we could just get away with it-LOL....Love you and hope and pray baby girl and you and her mommy are doing better today. Take care!~! **Tammy Ammy-Im so sorry about your nephew-I am also sorry about what Ada is going through. Please keep us posted and we will continue to pray for everyone. When is the sentencing? When will you know whats going to happen with your nephew? I love you-you are all in my thoughts and prayers and I will talk to you soon. I sent you an email-maybe you havent gotten to it yet-but did you ever get Java downloaded so that you could get into the chat room?  Love ya. **Nutti-I will certainly call you as soon as I know what we are doing. Im not sure if Becky and Tammy will end up this way or not. I have so much going on right now with Steph and her bfriend that I didnt want to say anything until I know for sure how its going. Figured after counseling I should know something. Take care. **Lana, Rianne, Sherr, Brenda M, and our other MIAs-Hope your all doing good and we MISS YA... Well, I am gonna get off here and get some chores done. Please stay cool and dont overdo it. As always-you all in my thoughts and prayers. Janet

Happy Tuesday everyone, What an August so far. I can't wait until the weatherman says the high will be in the 70's..and no humidity haha...I love warm weather but this is a little extreme.  My dogs don't even want to go outside.  Deb I am so sorry to hear about your grandbaby.  That would be such devastating news. Your  family will be in my prayers.  Janet yes my back is feeling alot better. Yesterday I gave my dog a bath outside as he weighs about  80 lbs. He loves his bath though so that wasn't to hard. He is pure white so now he is nice and pretty. I keep him inside as I am by myself alot and wanted a dog that looked mean but wasn't. I adopted him from the pound and I just love him. He wouldn't hurt a fly but he has a ferousious (sp)bark. I figure that might deter someone from coming in. And who knows he may not like it if a stranger tried to get in the house at night.  I have 2 little chihuahuas that would bite but they are not big enough to do any damage. haha one is 4.5 lbs and the other is around 10 lbs.  Anyway I got off track, I gave my dog a bath, fixed some supper that I didn't microwave, swept my bedroom floor and just generally felt really good for once. That doesn't seem like alot but for someone that can hardly do anything or it takes all day to do one thing that was a big accomplishment.  So I am very glad I got it done. The doc said it could last anywhere from 4 months to 2 yrs. That is a wide time span. I don't know if it supposed to get better every day but he did say it would take about a week to really start working and it will be a week tomorrow. Jan stay in out of the heat. It is getting to be deadly. I can't even stay outside very long. Can't seem to breath good. So I just stay in. I figure it will be cool soon. I hope anyway.  Well hope everyone is doing good and try and stay cool....