WHATS HAPPENING SATURDAY.

Well another day another dollar made. I just got home from working at Hanes, and have to work tomorrow night too, which will be my last night there. I think anyway.lol. Unless I let them talk me into working some more. But I think the weather is going to start getting cooler and I have so much to do in the garden before I start to work in the Nursing home. I have gotten so far behind with all of this heat . My lord I have so many weeds to pull and so much tending to do. The garden is such a mess , seems to me like anyway.

 

Not a lot to report or to talk about , Janet has been so busy arranging the Reunion, WE really do appreciate it Janet , all you are doing I hope no one takes it for granted. I know I don’t. That is lots of work….THANK YOU.

 

NUTTI: So are you going to come to the COF meeting on Monday night?

Wow you were busy yesterday weren’t you? Doesn’t losing weight make you feel so much better and more energetic? It is amazing all we can get done when we aren’t carrying around so much weight. And it gets better and better the more you lose.

 

I have been staying out of the heat but hopefully the worst is over with.

 

 

JANET: Oh boy I hope Mike gets his knees taken care of soon. They sound like they are really bad. I am going to have to go see my Ortho guy soon too. Why were they going to wait for 6 months to do the surgery , just so Mike can get the time arranged off or what? I hope he can last that long.

 

Cant say that I blame Jon for not wanting to walk into those tall weeds and grass .lol That is sort of spooky when it is like that ,

 

Yes the grandson in law is still working 40 hours a week and going to school 3 nights a week. So he is a pretty busy guy. I told him that Joe and I would help Kim on some of the nights when he isnt home if need be.

 

 

Well I sure do hope you and Melissa and Nutti all wind up at the meeting Monday night. Since I haven’t seen you two in a while and haven’t ever met Nutti.

How are you riding with Melissa and Terry when I thought they said they would stop at the meeting on their way home from Arkansas ? Guess that was changed lol

 

 

 

MELISSA: So good to see you online, And you are going to see your folks in Ark , this weekend. That is great. Hopefully you are feeling so much better but I know you still have issues

Is your father in law doing better now? I sure do hope so.

You have a good time in Ark. And we will see  you at the meeting , Cant wait to see you.

 

 

SUSAN: So no gall bladder problems? Just the Ulcers? That is better at least no operation needed. Just meds to get rid of the Ulcer and the pain. Yippee.

 

No I don’t think you have to be a nurse to give yourself the shot. Just know how to do it. Is that what your doctor said? That you had to be a nurse? I know several that give themselves the shot and they aren’t nurses for sure.

And Yes it helps a lot to get one 2xs a month. Because a shot will usually only last me about 2 weeks and then I start getting tired again.

 

By the time winter gets here and you have lost more weight you will probably be getting cold too. Lol  Doubt if you will want to go to Co. lol But who knows. Maybe so.

 

Yes very proud of the grandkids. I told them that I would do everything I could do to help them in what ever way I could but they had to do their part….They really are motivated to do better with their lives. I told them now is the time to be doing what you need to do to get ahead because the babies don’t know about stuff right now, all they care about is loving and food. All the other stuff is just not there for them yet.

 

 

 

JULIA: hey good to see you on again.

Wow you have been running back and forth to the fair huh. Last year when I had surgery the state fair was there of course and we like to never found a motel to stay in the night before my surgery and then Joe stayed in while I was in the hospital. Brenda had the same trouble .

Sounds like you all had a really good fishing trip the other night. I love fresh fi**** doesn’t taste anything like it does frozen in the stores does it?

 

Cant wait to see you again at the reunion.

 

CHELLE: Glad you are having so much fun with the grandbaby, Take care and have fun.

How are you doing on your weight loss?  Now that school has started will you have more time to get on the puter or not? Talk to you later.

 

RIANNE: wow on your weight loss anxious to see you at the COF meeting , Monday.

 

Debbie M : have you heard any more about baby Adam. We are all still praying for him.

And his mommie and daddy. As well as you and David.

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Hellooo Missouri! nice to see some lower temps...even if its not that much lower its still nice. today I caught up on some computer stuff. I belong to several forum and I am very active on a couple. when Miss thang got out of school we headed for the store...oh but not before i had to go home and change because I spilt most of my koolaid down my front. its a tie dye shirt but its not that color!  the weekly shopping went slowly as I looked for things...the new remodle here at Carthage wal-mart makes no sense and I am always looking for stuff. but I got the bars you recomended Jan and some chocolate whey to mix with s/f pudding. for protien pudding.    the kid got most of the things her teachers require this yr. she is very excited about school this yr. Jr in High school...my baby is all growed up.   her birthday is comming right up...sweet 16. with all this surgery/gran funeral new vehicle(to us) we are sooo tight it hurts to fart. so Im not sure how we will celebrate.  she is getting our old white minivan to drive. she cant run away from home but she can get a job! I feel bad its not nothing cute but it runs. so there you go. she seems fine with it.  Ill pay 3 months worth of ins till she has paycheck and can pay for it her self.   wants to drive/must pay ins. later I need to go to Hobby Lobby to get some light for the castle tower I am building. thought I had some but I do not.     I hope everyone has a great day! Jan...as no one has called me yet I have no idea about the COF meeting. Id like to go but we will just have to see how it works out. I do hope to meet all of you someday soon. no worries about that! nutti

 

 

Dang, I'm starting to panic that I only get three more days off work.  I had high hopes of doing some things hobby wise while I was home recuping but so far haven't gotten much of anything done in that area.  I did manage to dig out a shoe box of photos and two old pictures albums out of a trunk and started sorting them so they are sem-ready to plow through and decide what gets scanned or kept for scrapbooking.  Always fun to see old grade school photos - including the ones where you really weren't as fat as everyone tried to make you feel.  Gawd wouldn't I love to go back there and have a better head on my shoulders about my weight so that perhaps I could have prevented alot of this weight to begin with.   On a lighter note is good to see how thin my legs will be (again) in a few months!  Yea!!  I showed one picture to my hubby of when I was about the weight I want to be and asked him if he could live with that - the answer was an immediate yes.  Then I told him to remember that some things will be different from the picture - after all that was 30 years ago.  Hehehe.  A bit saggier that is for sure. Jan - I share in the weed problem.  I've been very remiss at putting down weed and feed and they are getting ahead of me.  I should get my butt out of bed tomorrow morning when its still cool and pull a few of them.  But what is really driving me nuts is the neighbors Maple tree - it is sending seedlings over and they are getting into every one of my flower beds.   Gotta go, and try to force myself to bed.  Happy weekend everyone.

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, I HAD this big ol to-do list yesterday and I only got about 1/2 of it done. I hurt my back doing the laundry-just felt like I pulled a muscle, but I wanted to get it done and not have to wait for the kids to get out of school before starting it. I did 3 loads earlier in the day-but I had to sit with the Cyro Cuff on my knee most of the day. Which was probably good because I ended up getting a very disturbing call from my dad yesterday.

I havent talked to him in probably 3 weeks or more-and he called yesterday and I figured he was going to gripe at me for not letting Stephanie come over for the weekend. Before all the crap hit with my parents and her new b-friend, I had told her that she would still be able to go to Joplin for the weekends IF she wasnt working. Well-on the contrary-my dad was calling to let me know about a conversation he had with her bfriend, Cory the day before and it made my dad uncomfortable, so he wanted to let me know. Seems like my dad was giving him a ride home (to the homeless shelter) and out of the blue-he asked my dad what he would do if he ever hurt Stephanie! My dad didnt even take his eyes off the road, and told him "I WILL F'N KILL YOU" Well, then he informs my dad that he is going to beat the crap out of one of Stephanies best friends, Trevor (they have been best buds for like 3 years-Trevor even brought his girlfriend to Stephanies 16th bday party) and then he told my dad that he is going to have to have ANOTHER talk with Stephanie because HE told Stephanie to STOP talking to Trevor and she obviously isnt getting the picture. Then my dad let him have it and told him that HE ISNT beating anyone and that HE BETTER STOP being so possesive over Stephanie because thats NOT in his best interest. He told Mr. Cory that he needed to just stay away for a bit. He ended up going back over there again last night-because he THOUGHT Ms. Stephanie would be over there with her grandparents-but she wasnt-and again my dad told him that he couldnt be hanging out over there. WE are going to be having some problems with this kid-I can feel it deep in my bones!! I have been trying to find his mom and dad so that I can call them and see what the REAL scoop is and what a psycho this kid is. Stephanie made a comment about IF she quits talking to him-that he threatens to kill himself or cut himself-Nice way to get what you want from someone-make it their fault IF you hurt yourself-Little ***** So-we have talked-and even though a restraining order WONT keep this little dink from coming out here and starting crap-it will allow us to have him arrested the first time he steps foot on this property OR her school. He doesnt live anywhere around here-actually nothing is around us-LOL-so IF he ends up here OR at the school-he will NOT be able to say he was going to the store or whatever-Im just afraid of what he is going to TRY to do here to get back at us-since he THINKS he controls Steph and doesnt like that WE ARE HER BOSS, NOT him! He better prepare himself for the fight of his life-IF he THINKS he is going to get his way with MY daughter and hurt her-he is going to have a line of people to go through first-and quite frankly-I dont think he is prepared for ALL of us! I ended up having to talk to my mom too-asked her to get Corys parents phone number off her phone bill, IF she could find it yet-it may not be there until next months bill since he has only been here a little over 2 weeks AND the phone bill JUST got here on Thurs. HER bill was 180.00 and I dont know how she THINKS she is going to pay it since she quit Pizza Inn and her job cleaning rooms ended when school started due to school coming first. I AM NOT paying it-she will HAVE to give her phone back~Seems like since I grounded her from the internet-she was accessing it FROM HER PHONE-getting ONLINE on her phone!!!! I cant believe it. Like we werent going to find out?  I only WISHED I was as stupid as these kids THINK we are-because IF I were-I dont think much would bother me-I would be too dumb to know it-LOL Well, I told Mike when he got home that I HAD to have chinese. I have been craving it for 2 weeks. I wanted Lo-Mein and thought maybe the noodles would go down AND stay down. I ate some beef lo-mein and it stayed down-oh and it tasted sooooo good!!!! We watched Are we done yet-which I thought was pretty lame-o! Waste of 2.99-I can tell you that! Today when I woke up it was thundering, but so far no rain. Would figure-the pool is FINALLY clear now-and its gonna rain, LOL-no-actually, I welcome the rain. It rained for a minute on my way to town last night-and I was like-go to my house-but it never did. So-I welcome the rain, all weekend if necessary-so the grass and plants might live. We went and picked corn last night-and it was already wilted and crisp. No good. Darn it. I was looking forward to some sweet corn grown here.......I have to go to town in a bit and get some prescriptions filled and go to the store. Megan went to a sale yesterday and got Jon a camo lunchbox and camo clothes-so she wants us to stop by so she can give it to Jon.  I am in the middle of making breakfast now since everyone is finally awake. Mikes been up since 3 am, and the boys got up abt 1/2 hr ago and as soon as Steph smelled the sausage-she got up-LOL.....I really hope we can have a peaceful day-but I think once she finds out she isnt seeing Cory today either, she is going to throw a fit-and so is he. YAY.... Mel told me yesterday that they are going to be making an insicion above her belly button to get some kind of infection drained-YEP-another one! Can you believe it? She has to come home early monday morning because she has a dr appt in Carthage Monday-and so thats how we are riding together and then Nutti can ride with us or follow us-but we want to stay over and go out with everyone afterwards. Not sure that we will be eating-but we can at least visit with everyone a bit more. I wanted to also post here-because I know so many people read this-that the REUNION IS IN WEST BRANSON-NOT REED SPRINGS as it was posted in another post. IF you go to Reeds Springs-you WILL NOT be close to us!!!! I will be sending out another post about it soon. I also posted that IF everything goes well with the reunion, that I think we can make it a regular place. I dont mean any offense about this-I just feel like IF they accomodate us and we have everything we wanted/needed there-why go somewhere else? Im not against new things-thats for sure, but unless someone else is willing to make all the calls, emails and planning-Im not going to be looking at anything different next year-UNLESS there is an issue with the resort after we get there and since some of us have stayed there in the past and NEVER had ANY issues-Im expecting it to be wonderful, like it always is.....I know some have said it will be a 4 hr drive for some-but EVEN in Lake of the Ozarks-it would have been a 4 hr drive for a lot. So-Im sorry. I didnt do that to offend anyone-I searched and searched for several weeks to no avail. I didnt think it fair to ask people to put up non refundable deposits OR to put up several hundred dollars-when I know a lot of us couldnt have gone then-so it is what it is-and hopefully we will have a successful time and the resort will be awesome like always, and if anyone wants to take it on and find something we can ALL afford and can accomodate daily visitors as well etc-then you are more than welcome to plan next years reunion. Well, Im gonna go finish breakfast and some chores and relax a bit. Love and prayers to all-Janet

The address I put was a cut and paste from google maps, when I originally tried to put it in as West Branson Google maps instead said it was Reeds Spring since that zip code is assigned to that town also.  Just an FYI for anyone using Google maps for driving directions to the event.  

Good afternoon OH family!  I was so busy yesterday that I didn't get a chance to post.  I went to see my dietician yesterday and I didn't lose or gain I stayed the exact same so maybe that's good I don't know not to me anyway.  She wants to see me in 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks she thinks I need more accountablity in order for me to stay on track and I agree with that but other wise she thinks I am doing good. I have to keep food records of everything I eat and test my sugar 2x day for her.  After my dietician appt. I went to the YMCA.  I almost talked myself out of going but I kept saying that I just had to do this and I did I went to the water aerobics class and did that for an hour.  Everyone in class was very nice and talked to me so I felt more at ease about being in a bathing suit.  I plan on going back on Mon. I went to see my PCP Thurs. and she is running a bunch of test to check my thyroid, sugar, liver and something else?  I got a work up done guess I won't know the results of those test until next week sometime? I hope everyone is having a good day and staying cool?  Sorry to cut this short today but I have to get going have some errands to run.  Take care.

Hello everyone!    Jan, I would love to see your gardens, do you have pics posted somewhere?  We just bought our "retirement" home and I really need to get some flowers in.  I've thought about it but it's been so hot I haven't even  started digging.  Good luck on going back to your nursing. Well my saga continues.  Remember my surgeon said surgery would be too much, well their nurse called me on Friday.  It seems the #1 doc read my records and boy did her partner get it wrong.  Anyway, the doctor asked me to come back in and talk with her as she believes she can do the surgery.  So I go back on the 29th and schedule my surgery.    I was really bumming before that phone call.  I need to call the insurance company nurse on Monday, she will be overjoyed as United Healthcare has been so supportive.  Probably figure my medical bills will go down Everyone have a great Sunday.  I'll post more later. Blessings to all, Trudy