WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY

 

Had towork my last day at Hanes , I went online this morning and they say I have my nursing lic now so I should have them in hand in a day or two. Maybe by tues.  I think I will go by there on Monday and see if they will take the thing off of the internet or if they have to have the actual lic in hand first. , Doesn’t matter to me but I have to tell them right off the bat that I cant work the week end of the reunion lol Im just going to tell them It is a planned vacation that I have to be at, cant get my money back and all. lol which is the truth  and the Thursday before that Joe has an appointment at the pain clinic to see about the nerve ablation. I want to see if the Doctor over there thinks he is a good candidate for it.

 

It was miserably slow again at work tonight , I hate it when it I like that. You know how , if you have a garage sale when it is really hot and humid and the people aren’t coming by how you get so tired and wonder why in the world you ever had the thing, that is sort of what It is like.lol   When it is real busy it is sort of like a party. Love it but hate it when it is slow, there is only so many ways to straighten bras and panties lol

 

OH I forgot to say Happy Birthday to Leta Albright, today. Hope you had a great day and So sorry  I meant to post that before I went to work but just forgot.

 

 

NUTTI: Sure hope you come to the COF meeting Monday night. Has Janet still not called you? I am axious to meet you. And I know you will have a good time .

 

Im glad your daughter is happy about school this year. That makes it a lot easier than if she hated it doensnt it?

How do you like the protein bars? I really like them. And use them a lot really.

 

 

TAMMY C;  isnt it the truth, that you see pictures of you back when you thought you were fat and there is no way you were. I thought I was so ugly when I was growing up and I see pictures of me then and I was a young beautiful girl. Yes you are right wish I had the confidence then that I have now. My word no telling what I could have done and maybe would have never had the weight problems.  So silly that most girls have no self confidence.

 

Lol yeah the same weight maybe but it will be in different areas. Some will sag here and sag there. But it will feel the same so don’t worry about it.

 

Well I did get quite a few weed pulled this morning early before it ever got hot.

Cleaned out two flower beds so not too far behind now.

 

 

JANET: that is reall scary about the boy and his conversation with your dad. I think I would be calling and talking with the police about him.

Well if she has to give up the phone that is just one more way her cant get in touch with her. Of course that might make him that much worse. I don’t know but I sure would be worrying about now. Have you got in touch with the police about him? I hope there is something that can be done about him.

 

Hey im glad that you finall got to have your Chinese food. I love that stuff too.

 

When  I got off tonight it was lightening but don’t think anything is going to come of it.

We sure are dry tho.

 

Can you try to call Nutti or email her or something today about coming to the meeting?

Sure would love to meet her.

 

 

BEV:  HEY  im glad that you talked yourself into going to the water aerobics. Weren’t most of them older people in there? Now you just have to make yourself go there daily. Or how ever often  they have the aerobics.

 

Im glad your doctor is running some test on you , maybe they will come up with an idea or two.

 

 

TRUDY: how very wonderful , I was wondering why . I am so glad that you will probably get your surgery after all now. GREAT  YIPPIIEEEEEEE.   OH MY PICTURES,,,THERE IS A WEB ADDRESS AT THE BOTTOM OF MY SIGNATURE   CLICK ON THAT FOR PICTURES OF MY GARDEN.

 

Well boys and girls im cutting this very short tonight. I hope it rains where you are in the mmornnig

 

 

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Yesterday it thundered on and off here-but NO rain-can you believe it? We did have a breeze on and off-but nothing that cooled us down any.

Mike and I were in such pain yesterday-me with my back and him with his knees~and I figure maybe it was the change of weather. IF yesterday was any indication of how this back is going to be when fall hits-I will be sitting up at the pain clinic waiting until they can get those nerves burned. I STILL HAVENT gotten anything from social security about my medicare and Sept 22 is 2 years. I did call them on Tues and talked to a Lucinda who was going to call me back when she had some time to investigate it. I guess I will be calling back AGAIN....PLEASE PRAY for me that its not 2 years from April when my benefits actually started. They were approved to start in March, but then they hold that first month (??) which I dont understand, since you have already had to wait 6 months, you know? Anyhow-so I guess that would make it March..... Steph tried AGAIN to ask about going to my parents-and we said no. She wanted the reason-Mike said-you didnt do anything wrong, but your grandparents said they would be busy-and so we are saying NO....Then she asked if she could stay with a friend I have never met in Diamond. Just started hearing about her before school started-and so I told her no again-BUT-said she could spend the night over here-as long as she wasnt like Siera, who came in and stole cigarettes on two occasions from Mike and I-and then stole several things from Stephanie-she isnt a very good influence and she is not welcome in my home now. So, I went to Diamond and picked up Sharon (or Bob as her friends call her-LOL) and I really like her. She is polite-and she has a really good sense of humor. She even thanked me after dinner-and thats something you dont see very often nowadays! I told Mike to go get the crash cart! LOL....Anyway-her mom had WLS 8 yrs ago...got down to 140#, but gained back 60#....I hope that doesnt happen in my case! I had the scariest experience at Walmart yesterday! I know my heart stopped. I had all the kids and we had gone through the store-and were about 2 isles from being done when I rounded the corner-Jon was hanging on the end of the cart, I turned to say something to Steph and looked back and he was gone-and he didnt walk by me-and he wasnt down the isle-I was right on the beginning of the coffee isle-well, I looked down under the cart-no Jon-I looked at Darrel and Steph and they walked around the isles to see if he went down another one, although I didnt know how he could have-he would have had to walk by us-I lost it...I was crying his name and hysterical, getting ready to scream for help-the kids had tears too-we were calling and calling and he never answered-and Steph ran to get help-and a lady bent down to get a can of coffee (Folgers-thank God-and it was on the bottom shelf) and she yells to me-HE IS DOWN HERE-he had gotten on the bottom shelf-and was hiding behind the cans of coffee! As soon as he saw my face-he knew I wouldnt think it was funny-he got up and hugged me and said-Momma, I wouldnt run away-I was just playing to see if you would buy me! Then I picked him up (didnt even think of my bac****il 2 seconds later) and just hugged and hugged him. Oh man! All I have to say-is that with the other 3 kids-I dont remember them ever scaring me like that. Megan hid in a clothes rack at Kmart one time, but since we were right there-I had the sense to look in the coat rack-never, in a million years-did I think of any of my kids hiding in a food shelf! Darrel had been playing with him on the toilet paper isle-cause Jon sat down in an empty spot there and Darrel had said-Mom, do you want to buy THAT toilet paper? and Jon thought that was the funniest thing!! But the coffee shelf was really little and he had moved the cans back in front of him, so you couldnt see him...GEEZ... Then we had a lot of problems with Cory AGAIN, with calling Steph and giving her a hard time on and off ALL DAY long. He kept telling her to do this or do that to get us to let her go to Joplin-and I finally told her to put the phone on speaker-and I flat out told him that IF he called her again and TRIED to talk her into asking us this or that-the phone will be taken away and HE wouldnt even be talking to her for a week!  Period, end of discussion-enough is enough. I am desperately waiting for Weds when we can talk to the doctor about her new medication and maybe, JUST maybe, that will help her get that head screwed on straight-cause nothing else is working. I also found out that Myspace didnt take her page off-when we had tried to delete it-they said that they had to "review" the request to delete the page-and so it is still up-and she was logging in, as late as the end of July-so when her friend leaves for home tomorrow-"I" am getting in touch with whomever at myspace is in charge of that-and I am telling them IF they do NOT delete the page like we have requested 6 months ago-that "I" will be reporting them to the authorities-maybe dateline would be interested in that story since they get all those predators from myspace etc-and how when a parent is TRYING to get it taken care of-they arent allowing us to. Thats bullcrap. Mike was pulling up a lot of old pics on the computer from when Jon was 3-6 months old, and there is a picture of me on there-that made me cry the instant I saw it. I was even bigger then, then my before pictures. I could not comprehend HOW big I really was. My legs and cankles were gigantic and my stomach-OMG....That is so overwhelming to me. I wonder, truly-how much I weighed in THAT picture. I told Mike I wanted him to print out that picture to bring Monday, in case I finally get to come! If my back hurts the way it did today, I wont be coming again....I guess I will be waiting to see. Mike stopped at the race place to get some paint and one of his friends he used to race with has always come out to the vehicle I sit in (if I dont go in with mike, that is) and always scares me. Well, last night I stayed in the truck, cause we had the 4 kids with us-and so he comes jetting up to my window and goes to say RAAAA-and I look over and he backs up and says-Im really sorry-your not who I thought you were-which sent me into giggles and I said-Oh yeah, WHO did you THINK I was? And he backed up again and went OMG-JANET? I was like yep-Ive seen him along the journey, but not since the end of Feb, beginning of March. He looked like he was going to faint! That felt good. I ended up going in anyway-Jon drank all my water, and as it would be-I got thirsty-dont know IF I was REALLY Thirsty OR if it was the fact that I knew all my water was gone-LOL-but I got cottonmouth real fast-LOL...I wouldnt be a good person to be stuck in the desert with, thats for sure. **Jan-I PROMISE you-that Nutti WILL either be able to ride with us OR follow us or them to the group. I had talked to Mel about going out with you guys afterwards so we would have more time to visit with Tammy and Brenda and everyone else, of course, SO-she WILL be able to come-she can just meet Mel at Mels place-which is within a mile of her house-and then they will head this way to get me. I would meet her too-but then that would leave Mike with no car, and that wouldnt be good-because before-the Suburban was also the extra vehicle that when we were gone-it could be driven if we needed it-so now there is no extra...LOL...Grandma is usually home, but just in case. Anyhow-so it will be up to her if she drives and follows us or if she rides with us-but since we are staying after, we probably wont get home until midnite or later. Oh, I wanted to ask if it would be okay to use those 2 adult things you have as raffle items? When I went back in to post, Lana had posted about getting all 10 prizes for adults. Im sure we can use them as prizes for some other games or raffles. Let me know. Thanks.

**Nutti-YES YOU ARE GOING TO THE MEETING-LOL.....Not sure whether you will want to ride with us or not-when the group ends at 8, we were going to join the ones who go out to dinner afterwards-dont know that we will be eating anything, but we wanted a chance to visit with everyone, ecspically Brenda and Tammy. Mel has a dr appt at Dr. E's in Carthage Monday afternoon-so I cant give you a timeline on meeting with her just yet. IF you dont want to go out after the group-your still more than welcome to follow us or them. Im not 100 positive that I get to go as of yet, depends on the back. Everything else will just have to wait to fall apart until after group is over. Mike can hold the fort down for a couple of hours-so Im okay with all of that-just may not be okay physically. IF you ride with us-we will try hard not to smoke you out-LOL.... Tammy-Where are you? Is everything alright? Did your sis make it in? I hope she had an uneventful trip. I hope everything is ok. Love you-are you guys still coming Monday? You did get my email about staying with Jan, didnt you? I hope so.

**Susan-I hope your feeling better. Im sorry your tummy is hurting you. I wi**** would get better so you wouldnt feel so puney. I love you. We will talk today. **Mel-doubt youll see this in West Plains-I hope all of you get a chance to all be together today. Wish I was there too. Please give your parents and Rosemary and baby Izzy a kiss and hug from me and tell everyone I love and miss em and that I WILL come down with you one of the next times, ok? Be safe. **Trudy-YAY YAY YAY YAY...I wonder WHY they changed their minds. Maybe they saw a post? LOL...Since none of us was too happy with them and what they put you through. I hope that they apologize to you for all the crud they put you through unnecessarily! I will be praying for you-AND I will keep happy thoughts-please keep us posted-ok?

**Bev-do you have someone who will excercise with you or are you the lone ranger? I wish you did-because its so much easier to get the inspiration you need/want when someone is right there with you on it. Do you think it would help to have the accountability that Rianne was doing before she lost internet with her move? I would be willing to start it up again if you think its something you would be interested in-if it will help you out. Let me know-I KNOW its sooo hard-just remember, you have us. OK? Good luck-and I give you a lot of credit for doing this alone.

I will see how today goes, but prob need to get some more posting done on the reunion. Guess we have more newbies than I realized even. I usually only get time to get on here in the morning and I apologize, but family comes first. I get on and then by the time everyone is awake etc-the day gets crazy and there has been some really big stuff going on here lately. Believe me, I would rather have all the time in the world and be able to stop and smell the roses-maybe I can do that in Branson. I hope. Sometimes this is the ONLY time I get to relate to anyone during the day. Between all the kids, Mikes health, my health and then ALL the situations and appointments, I just havent had the time-I dont even get to talk to Mel but maybe 2 times a week-and NO WHERE as long as we used to-nor as often. WE used to talk everyday...there just is NO TIME right now. My good friends can tell you that I dont and I wont call people when its bad around here. I dont like talking to anyone when I feel puney or when things arent going good-thats just not me. So-I hope no one is offended, but I wont apologize for putting my family first.  I know you will understand. Well, its now 5:30-Its peaceful. I have been up since 3 am, and figured I would get on here and get this done. I have a lot to do today. As always, your in my thoughts and prayers and I will talk to you all later-have a great Sunday. Mike is awake now-so now he gets to remove a tick from my rear end-LOL....Take care-Janet

Could I have the reunion details as I will be going to Springfield that weekend then i could meet you all.. Shannon

Good afternoon, I have been so busy this weekend I wish I could lie down and take a nap but I still have things to do.  I got up this morning and went to the grocery store and forgot a few things so now I have to go back.  I made something fattening for my roommies No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars.  I'm going to make some cookies too guess I'm in a baking mood?  I'm going to also make grape salad to go with dinner.   Janet;  I'm not sure what your talking about that you did with Rianne?  I guess maybe I didn't know what was going on with that?  Tell me more about it.  I am exercising alone I don't have anyone to go to water aerobics with me that's one reason I had to talk myself into going it would have been easier for me if I did have a buddy but I'm glad I went and I plan on going again tomorrow afternoon.   Well, I hope everyone is having a good day I better go for now have to go back to the store and then bake some cookies.  Take care everyone.

Howdy Yall.... Finally I managed time to get on and post!!! Things started out busy Wednesday night and have not slowed down till this morning.... Started out Wednesday my sister called and woke me up at 1am to inform me that she was going to get stuck in a town with in a few hours of her house, for over 12 hours...So I got on the computer and checked things out and helped her reroute her trip so that she could take a different bus that left earlier than the one she was waiting on... But to keep us both from missing the visit with her son on Saturday, we eneded up fixing it to where she would take the bus to Birmingham AL...Was a 5 1/2 hour drive for me but that was the only way to get her closer here and get her back in time to see her son....We ended not making it home till 6 am Saturday morning. We got to sleep about 5 hours before we got up to get around to go see Jimmy.  But turned out that it was good we done all that we done for her to get here on time...The lady at the jail knew the situation with my sister coming in and that because she lived in N.C. she had not seen him in almost 2 months.. So she let us have an hour with him instead of 20 min...and let us both talk to him at the same time....My sister and nephew were tickled to death! Then we we fianlly made it home I went to help my friend Paula finish up moving, then came home to watch our lil Princess so her momma could get out with a friend. What a night it turned out to be too lol lol....She fell asleep about 9:30pm but then turned around and woke up about 1am and decided she had took a nap and wanted to watch cartoons instead of going back to sleep.. So I didn't get to go to sleep till 6 am this morning lol lol.. Well actuall it wasn't funny I was pooped lol lol... So I get to doze off a little after 6am....then of course the phone starts ringing off the wall by 9am!!! Dought I get to take a nap today either cause there is too much running in and out today and I got laundry to do and need to pack my bad for my trip for the COF meeting tomorrow.... And let me tell ya....I'M READY FOR THAT TRIP!!! I LOVE ALL MY BUNCH BUT IT WILL BE SOOO GREAT TO GET A BREAK!!.....And I talk to Brenda this morning and she is feeling the same way so I don't feel so bad now lol lol.... Jan...I want to applogize again for not being able to get back with you till today!!!! Thanks for still extending the invitation!!! Janet....I just know you squeezed the hockey out of the boy hugging him so tight lol lol!!!!! I am soooo glad it was a joke and not anything else...That has been one of my worst fears that I have had since I first had Ada!!!! I would absolutely go insane if one of my kids got kidnapped or hurt in anyway!! I looked back thru my emails and I didn't get an email from you. The last one I got from you was on the 15th I believe it was.... Yes Brenda and I are still coming to the COF meeting...I had sooo much going on that I didn't get to get with her on everything till this morning but we are still coming and both are excited to be getting away and getting to see everyone!!!! I hope yall get to make it!! We are both really in hopes of getting to see you, Mel & Nuttie!! Hope you get to go with us afterwards too!! We are going to leave early so we can take our time... Then when we get to Springfield we are going to just mess around doing what ever comes to mind till about 6. Jan told me that some of them show up early so we are going to just go on the library.... Thanks for missing me for the few days I was off the board....Check the beginning of the post to see why.... Sorry to hear there is more issues with your daughter...I hope things get better in that area soon!!! Susan....I luv ya girl...Thanks soooo very much for all the info you gave me!!!! I sure wish you were coming to the meeting too....I would love to give you a big ole hug!  Well I was going to comment to more of you but it's rearing up to strom big time out side so I need to get off here!!! But we sure need it so Im not going to gripe!!!     God Bless each of you...Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy