WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Hey everyone, we really had an awesome meeting last night , But as always it was over way too quick., Our guest said that it sure was over awfully fast to have driven so far. And that instead of goingout to eat later would have been nice to be able to continue the meeting for another hour or so. Lol. I agree or at least have them twice a month. I get so lonesome to see everyone face to face, I know we have the board but it isnt the same as getting to be in the same room and to get a hug from each and everyone.

 

It was so much fun and so nice to have Brenda and Tammy come home with me. We were up until 2am yacking…My husband, Joe, gave up on us and went to bed not long after we got home. Lol Guess he couldn’t take much of us hens cackling. Boy someone in my living room sure could snore, now im not naming names but it wasn’t Brenda. Lol

 

Showed The girls around my flower beds as sparse as they are now. I do have some color left but not a lot. , Nothing like it was earlier in the year.

Jon I showed both of them the stepping stone you made me. Janet that was something I was going to bring you too , was yourmolds.  Bought some and was going to bring yours back to you. Hopefully will remember it at the  reunion.

 

DEBBIE  M: Thank God about your test results. I read your latest post. That is wonderful that there isnt any ca.cells there. Amazing , yes I believe in miracles.

 

It isnt abnormal for a pregnant girl to have a uti during pregnancy. It will be uncomfortable and they can usually treat it pretty good. It would have to be a really really serious one for her to be leaking that way . So don’t know if that would be what would be the leakage or not.

We have seen one miracle now we need to trust God for the healing of little Adam. So trust and believe for theres no other way than to be happy in Jesus than to trust and believe.

 

 

MELISSA: Yeah we know what one of those really good pictures was don’t we? Lol don’t know if you had a wide enough angle to get all of that butt in the picture or not.lol

Was so great to see you and Terry. Thanks for bringing Nutti too. Was really good to get to meet her. She is such a pretty girl and is doing so well since weight loss surgery. I cant believe howmuch weight you have lost. You are really looking good. I know you still have some problems and that you aren’t out of the woods yet but you really looked good. We were just all so glad to see you I know it took a lot of effort to get there but we really appreciate it.

 

BEV: I wish someone lived close to me but there isnt much of anyone that lives close to me lol. That is why that next summer I intend to have a nice big above ground pool so I can exercise in it. I had one of the ones you get from wal mart and it wasn’t worth putting up really. They are great for a childs pool so if someone wants one , let me know I have one I will give you a good deal on it. I thought it was deeper than it was, but the depth that they say isnt the depth of where the water comes that is about 10 to 12inches less .

 

Oh wow im really sorry about your test results. Those don’t sound too good. And the liver results I don’t know what that will mean in the scheme of things as far as your wls goes. Probably if you have the surgery allof those results from allof it will go down. but, don’t know if it will make a difference in the surgeons decision to do surgery. I hope not .

If you can get any weight off at all it might make the levels be better,I don’t know.

 

Hey I have an idea about your puppies. Come down to reunion on Friday night and put your puppies in a doggie motel there in Branson for Friday night and Saturday. That way if you are needed for them you will be right there close.

Go on line and find one that is available for those days and then you wont have to worry about them and like I said you will be  close by.

But I guess that wouldn’t solvet theproblem of your best friends puppies would it. How many does she have???.

We sure hope you can make it . and if you do im sure we can find a bed for you somewhere.

 

 

JANET: It was so great to see you and sweetie, get Janet to put that pole picture of you on as your avatar. My hubbie and I were talking about what a beautiful girl you are. You are going to be a knockout for sure. You have always been beautiful on the inside but now the outside is matching up with the inside . Darlin you look marvelous……

 

I know you and Melissa were both in pain but it was so great to see you again. I have been thinking all day about what I can send you as something that no one would guess it was me and I cant really think , I will get you something soon tho.

 

Hey yes I loved the shirts and yes they fit. Yeah I like the black one too. But I also like the plaid shirt. It is a little loose but not too much at all. The rest fit me just fine.

Thanks for the shirts , lol I said not many people find and give me things anymore lol although last meeting I got several denim skirts in size 10 that fit me, and I love.

Thank you also for the compliment on my hair. It has since the hair loss quit and I regained my original thickness, it has come back thicker and curlier than it was. So allit was last night was washed and a little tiny bit of gel put on my hands and run thru to stop thefrizzies, all the rest isjust what it wanted to do. Glad you like it,

Don’t change your hair too much It is reallypretty …

So are you having your garage sale this week end? I guess you have to if you are wanting to get there the week after aren’t you. This is the only weekend left.

 

You asked about Sheila, She was there , at the meeting she sat right over there by you all. lol Silly girl. Yes she was going to stay in the cabin with Joe and I but they will be at the reunion but only for the day they think.I sure hope they come….

 

The girl that asked about entertainment was Jean., Email Claudett for her email address.. ok?

Yes Sugar and Rick are coming down but only for the day I think.

Forgot to bring you your flower seeds too. Will bring them to you at the Reunion .

 

CHELLE  : yes we had an awesome meeting.Sure wish you could come to one of our meetings too.

Oh im so sad that you wont get to come to the Reunion . Bring your homework we will allhelp you do it that weekend lol.

Hey what size clothes do you need , maybe someone out there has some that they could send you. We had a bunch of size  18s last night at the meeting that Claudette brought.

Don’t know what size you are inbut I bet some one has some somewhere. And everyone is really good about donating clothes to each other. 

Yes the devil has been beat back one more time with all the prayers and the calling out of Jesus’ name But we cant let up as he will be after us all again.

 

BRENDA & TAMMY: was so good to have you all vist us at the COF meeting and also to visit us and stay in our home with us  Hey by the way I enjoyed staying up and talking till 2am. It gets pretty lonesome around here sometimes when Joe goes to bed most nights around 8;30. He just isnt a night owl like me. So I loved having you all here.

 

 

CLAUDETTE: thanks for posting all the recipes and for all the good info. Never hurts to read all of that one more time, this is the  first time I have seen crackers on that bad list anyway, maybe I was turning a blind eye since I didn’t want to see that. I eat probably 4 to 6 crackers a day. Wow maybe that is one of the things that is causing meno weight loss? Will look and see if I can find some whole wheat crackers or multi grain ones to eat. I do love saltines. Well no more.

 

 

 

 

 

*hugs*  Well, I missed your wednesday post......I JUST sent in my reply....oh well!  Better luck next time.....I'll respond to this one tomorrow!

Howdy Yall.... Boy was it great to see all of you at the COF meeting last night!!!! If it weren't so far Brenda and I would come every month.....It is great to get with others that are in the same shoes as you and understands all the things that go on with WLS....We would love to have a meeting closer to us but there is just not enough people in this area to bothering doing one..... Brenda....Girl I loved our time together...It was so good to have time to chat like we did!!! And I loved you talking to me about your son...I know you said you don't talk about it much, so I felt privialiged that you talk to me!!! Maybe we can work on another trip to Springfield for Oct or Nov and hit another one before the weather starts getting hairy! Jan...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DID FOR US! We had a great time at your house...Loved the tour of the flowers and the shake toooooo!!! Im getting me some of that soy milk when I go to the store again!!! Sorry about all the snoring LMBO!!!! Guess I was more pooped than I knew I was...Sorry I slept so long, I was looking forward to morning coffee and more talking...But thanks for letting me snooze...I really needed it... I still don't know much about my step-daughter...I went there when as soon as I got back in town but she had took off with the girl that lives there. So I am going back tomorrow after school.....Her mother is coming in this weekend and hopefully we will get something done with her and her attitude and get her ass back home...Actually if she knows whats good for her she better come home with me tomorrow!!!!! Will update you when I know more.... Janet....Sis you are looking like really HOT!!! Keep up the good work!!! I can't belive how much you have changed just since I saw you in June....Don't forget to send me copies of the pics when Mel gets them on for you...Next time I guess I need to make sure I have new batteries... I wanted to thank you so much for making it to the COF meeting!!! I know you were in major pain and I am so tickled I got to see you and get a hug!!!! I hope things go well with your appts Wednesday!!! Please let me know! And thank you so much for the clothes...I tried them on o a bit ago and some are kinda small for me but a few fit fine....I loved the capri jeans and the newer looking jeans I can't wait to be able to wear....They come all the way past my butt but the dang apron gets in the way too much for me to get the fastened! When I go back to see Dr.Scott in September I am going to tell him to whoop out his dang chain saw and do some carving for me LMBO!..... Mel....WOW...Girl you are looking so darn good too!!!! I loved your top you had on...Don't forget me when you skinny out of it!!!!!!! It was wonderful to get to see you and hug you too...I would love to be able to see you and Janet more often....I hope you get things took care of health wise really soon and can enjoy all that weight loss alot more...I was shocked at the results you have had...I hope I can do as well as you have done...I know 111 isn't bad but wow you have kicked but with your weight loss!! You and Janet ever decide to get away for a day or two give me a yell...Id love for yall to come for a visit!!! Maybe we can get Susie Q to make it too.... Nuttie.....It was great to meet you...You are really pretty and you should work on getting your pic on here so everyone can see you!!! I mentioned a website that you can go to and shrink you pic to put on ..here is the web site.... www.shrink-pics.com-create-avatar-resize-php ..You can shrink it here and save it to your documents and then go to the pic section on your OH profile....click to search for the pic and click on it then click to finish and it will put it will be on there for you!     Susan....It would have been great to have had you there for the meeting last night!!! We had a really good time for no more time than we had! Would love for us to get together sometime and have a get together for all the girlies!!  Wanted to tell you thanks again for all the info you gave us...My sister has gotten her son a lawyer and we go in the morning to pay him so he can get started and intervien in some of this crap....He told her alot of stuff but it's way too much to type so I will go over it with you when we talk on the phone again...... (vcg,fcg g..xzx....z.z.z..z.z.2i''/hgsdji)  This was a message from the Princess lol lol...I got up for a second and when I got back she had typed and threw a fit that it was her page..So I left it on here lol lol....  To all the others that were at the COF meeting last night. It was great meeting you all and I wish we had had more time to get to know each other and chat more....Hope you all try hard to make it to the reunion so we can do that..... Hope you all have a great Wednesday... God Bless each of you... Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy

Hi all, Well its sounds like you all had a ball last night. I think you all should put up new pics. I can't believe how much everyone has changed. Lana you look so different I almost didn't recognize you. And you too Jan. I think you all are looking great. Can't wait until it is my turn.  I am so excited about my 1st visit. I know that it is just a start but at least it is finally starting. Thank you Janet and Chelle for answering me. Sorry about getting the docs name wrong. Don't know where I got Schondelmeyer.  Yes my back is still feeling alot better. I would say 50 to 60 percent better. I still can't stand a long time but I don't have the real bad pain I was having when I tried to stand and walk. Now if my knees would quit hurting I would have it made. My back was hurting some the other day but more like an aching pain, my whole body hurts when the weather get rainy. We have had some rain but not nearly enough.  I hope your husband and Janet both get to have it done and that it helps a whole lot.  Deb that is just wonderful news you had. I am so glad that it was nothing serious.  Well guess I had better get off here and get to bed. Hope everyone has a great day.

Good Morning Everyone:                  Thought I would pop on here and drop a few lines. Before I headed off to my doc appt.  I am seeing my PCP today he is the one that put me on the Keeflex for the infection. Yes, I still have the drainage it hasnt stopped yet. When I went to the ER last week. Cause I was having this pain close to the top of my incesion (it felt like I was being stabbed) The ER doc told me that isnt right that I had surgery so long ago and I am still leaking (for beter word) infection. He recommend to ask my PCP to do a (Fistulogram). Thats where the make a small incesion and thread a camera into it to see where this is all coming from. NO I am not looking foward to this either. BUT I sure dont want to get nother abese and then have to have another major surgery all over again. I will post about what he say when I get back.      Terry & I have been talking. And I think I am going to reapply for the T.T. anyways. The way I am trying to look at it is this. Eventually I am going to have to have surgery for this hernia that I have right now. So why not go get my T.T. get my hernia fixed. And Dr. Scott was going to put in mesh to help strengthen my stomach muscles. So hopefully I wont have anymore problems with hernia's ever again!!! Plus I wont have that heavey Apron pulling on my stomach and back. Who knows maybe I am just grasping at any straw cause I wanna feel better at any cost.     Anyways so was so good to see everyone at the meeting. Makes me even more excited about the reunion. We are going to have such a blast. Well it is time to wake the bear (Terry) lol And get moving for my appt. Jan: You looked so good with your hair style!!! And no I didnt have to use a wide angle for that pic!!! Tammy: You sure can see the weight you have lost in your face. I cant believe the differents a few months make!! Keep up the great work. Looking foward to spending time with you at the reunion!!! Brenda: It was such a pleasure to finally get the chance to meet you. I wouldnt of missed it for the WORLD!!! Lana: Sweetie your such a tiny lady now. STOP loseing weight. Or were gonna have to try you down to a table at the Reunion or you will blow away. And that you really break my heart!!!! Your BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Nutti: So glad that you was able to make it to the meeting. Hopefully we can do it again real soon. Keep up the great job your looking good sweetie!!! Janet: I pray that your appt goes good today. And that you can make some head way with Steph. I'm sorry that your hurting so much!!!! You know I ment what I said last night on the phone about (IF). I love you so much and cant wait to get to spend more time with you!!! CALL ME afterwards!!!   Well I heard the bear moving around. So I better get off of here and act like I am getting ready he he he Have a great day!!!! God Bless Mel

Good Morning Everyone,

I told Tammy I would try to post a short note each day.

I'm not much of a phone talker nor a computer talker, I like to be face to face talking.

It's like when I get on here my mind goes blank. Please read my we made it home post, I unloaded on there...LOL Just wanted to tell everyone I am thinking of you and praying for you. I'm really pooped from our trip but I did enjoy going! I think I'm going to take a pill and go back to bed to give my fibromyalgia a chance to maybe let up a little. I love you all

Brenda

Hello Gang!

I sure haven’t been here much huh! I feel so bad about it, but as everyone always says you are always on my mind and in my prayers daily, sometimes hourly!!

I am so proud of Rory, he got his license yesterday. He had to leave at 2am yesterday morning because I guess there are so many schools with drivers who have to take tests that the people who have to take the tests go in groups of three or fours to all over Missouri CDL testing sites. Rory got picked the day after he graduated to go to Scott City, Mo to take his with three other guys and the instructor. Its down past Cape on HWY 55 and each guy had a four hour test. So the others just sat around in the parking lot waiting to take their turns. Rory was the only one to pass. I am so happy for him.

There hasn’t been much more going on besides that except for these stupid ulcers! How long do they usually take to go away. I know everyone is different but does anyone have any idea? For some stupid reason the things that are the hardest on my is water, liquids and any proteins!! Go figure, of course it is the stuff I need in my the most! Well better go and address a few, I am already late getting started with work and haven’t even finished this yet, lol !

JAN

I wish I could have been at the meeting with all of you on Monday, I am so jealous of all of you getting to see each other once a month, I couldn’t imagine how I would feel if you all got to do it every 2wks!! Just kidding I bet that would be so nice to get to see everyone that often!!

MEL

Its getting closer and closer to the reunion. I miss you girl and cant wait to give you a big ole hug. I hope things are going much better for you. Glad to see that you and Terry got to make it to the meeting! Giving you an Email hug until I can see ya again!!  Well was getting ready to post here and read what you are going thru.  Sorry sweetie, will be praying for all the right answers to come to you.  Love ya!

TAMMY~AMMY

Glad I was able to give you some help when your family needed it. You don’t have to thank me that’s what friends are for! Since I had such a great response on the post about having a Chatroom post and I know that you cant get on, I guess that you, me and Wings can three way on the phone one night this week if you want to. Just let me know what day. Maybe tomorrow since this weekend is really busy for me. Let me know, I am going to post to Wings to see what is good for her too.

WINGS

I swear I am going to get an email out to you today.  I wish you would get a break from all the pain that you are having.  Wouldnt it be great if we could all take a turn once a month and have everybodies pain rolled in to one day!!  You, Mel, Jan, Bev, me, everyone else who is going thru pain here.  Then everyone would have 29 days with none!  Sign me up for that plan!  We could spend one day a month in the hospital knocked out wake up and have 29 good days!!  I was trying to wait on the secret thing about Rory, Steve and me until they could tell me something interesting. That may take some fibbing! Just kidding. Rory has been so busy with school I haven’t got a chance to say anything, but I will have something for you by tomorrow!  Are we still doing our own shirt thing to wear on Saturday? I remember you saying something about making our own shirts but forgot what the heck it was, lol! DUH!!!!!  Read Tammy’s post and let me know when a good evening and time is for you. Love ya.

To everyone else here, I cant wait to see everyone at the reunion. I think we are really going to have a great time! It should be so much fun so I hope that everyone will try and make it. Take care and have a blessed day!

Love

Susan

Good morning everyone!  I'm not having a very good day so far.  I started feeling sick last night with a sore throat and today it's worse I think I have a cold or something?  I know a few people who are sick with this so I must have caught it from them?   Today is my short day at work I get off at 2pm and I can't wait I do not want to be here today espcially since I don't feel good.  I want to go home and rest but I know once I get home I won't rest because there is so much stuff that needs to be done.   From what I have read on the post it sounds like you guys had a really good meeting Mon. night.  I can't wait to go to my meeting this coming Mon. night.  I agree with Jan I think we should have meetings 2x a month it would give more people the oppurtunity to come cause if they can't make one maybe they can make it to the second one?  We need all the support we can get on this journey.   I made cookies yesterday after work but I didn't keep them around I gave them away.  I put them in bags and went and delivered them to family members so not to have them in my house.   Well, this is a short post I have to go take some advil for my head and throat maybe that will help?  I only have 2 more hours and I can go home.  Take care everyone and have a good day!

Hello Missouri....this smiley actually depicts how things are going for me right now...I have one minute to post a short message to my Missouri family....Here I thought summer surge was almost over for me and we are getting 1500 soldiers this week...also Dalton will begin football tomorrow so that means for the next three evenings after that I will be at the football field with him....and Jaiden she is trying to get over pink eye that she contracted yet once again at the daycare on Friday...had to actually change eyedrops so she stayed home two days with her dad while I worked. 

I hope that everyone is doing fine...I miss all ya'll...gotta run I have to give shots here in about 6 minutes and I still need to prepare them... Much love and God bless, Rachael You all are always in my prayers....

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, we are done with our counseling, and your NOT going to believe this, but the psychiatrist that we were suppose to see at 9:30 today-well, one of the new girls messed up the scheduling and we didnt get to see the medicating psych AND they dont have any openings until the middle of October! My face hit the floor-I AM DESPERATE! I told them that IF ANYONE CANCELS-to put us in that place and I WILL make sure we get there-but to make sure and call me and let me know. All I need is one hour notice-thats it. I will go in my jammies and hair curlers if I have to!! Well, yesterday was horsecrap here! Found out that someone helped themselves to roughly 15-20 of my pain pills-I cant prove who did it-but lets just say that I told Mel when Stephs b-friend was over here a week ago, that I thought he took some from our bathroom! So-now I will be short a whole week on my pain meds and I am MAD! The ones that were missing yesterday-I just had filled on Saturday afternoon and know for a fact that I didnt take 40 of them in 3 days!!!  I went through the parts of her room I could get to without killing myself and couldnt find them-but I did go in and talk to her counselor this morning before her visit and told her everything thats been going on this week.I have already called juvenile hall today-am waiting for them to call me back and see where we go from here (about the b-friend) AND legal rights. Im sure that SHE isnt the one actually "swallowing" them-but I know that she took them-I keep them in my purse with me at all times-but the ones in the bathroom-the BIG dogs-I dont carry the actual pill bottle with me. I usually keep them in my bedroom, but I had filled my little pill thingy in my purse and just turned around and put them on the shelf without thinking about it-until it was too late. I should have known better! The ones that are going to hurt me by a whole week-they are the ones I HAVE to take to function and like I said-I keep them with me in my purse at all times-and in their prescription bottle. Dang it! We had yet ANOTHER episode last night with her-when Mike left to go work up at the track-of course. When I finally went to call him to talk to her-he was already coming up the driveway. I dont know how much longer I can do this-really. Im just overwhelmed. Praying for God to be my strength-Im bewildered and one part of me wants to just say-GO-see what its like, knowing it wont take long before reality knocks her on her butt and then the other part of me knows that when she finds herself on drugs or pregnant and in trouble with the law because she is hooked up with that psycho doofus-I will be the one who picks up the pcs-and thats just the good stuff that would happen with him-Im mostly afraid of what he will do to her emotionally AND physically. I have never been so scared in all my life.  I just got off the phone with Mel-she had gone to her PCP and he had to change her antibiotics AGAIN-AND they are sending her BACK to the surgeon at 2:30 today and that fisteogram test-it IS an actual surgical procedure! So-now she is looking at that. PLUS-he said that he thought the problem in her back was from her sciatic nerve and she sees the ortho doc tomorrow. WTH? Have you ever just wanted to throw your hands up in the air? **Jan-thanks for the compliment. I, like you, dont see it tho. I wish I could. I wish I did-but I dont. I guess when you have gone all your life with people telling you that you would look good only if........you know the rest of that sentence-if you lost some weight, cause you have such a pretty smile..I wish I felt pretty-I wished I liked what I saw in the mirror, but I dont really. I dont think I am butt ass ugly-but I sure dont think of myself as pretty or beautiful-but I do appreciate the compliments very much-if I get anything out of group-I would have to say that you guys do make me feel so much better about myself-and for that I am thankful!!! I do like the pole picture-because it reminded me of "fun" and there sure hasnt been a lot of that in my life this year so far! So, that is one of my favorites-and you can really see the weight loss in that picture too! I may ask her to do that for me, have to see. Im gonna see if she can post those after dinner pics on my profile of all of us together. I have had my pic taken with Tammy in Jan, June and now this month-and so you can see in all of those pictures all the ways we changed. I have gotten some really good responses so far on the Guess who-but I need more...right now there isnt enough to do the worksheet-but you guys will NOT even believe some of the facts! Im really glad the shirts fit-and you liked them. I will keep looking for you. Megans got some friends your sz and so they have told me that they will give me clothes here and there-Im sure I can always find someone to take them-if not you-than Lana or some of the others. Not sure about my hair yet-but I WANT a drastic change-I really want it jazzed up a bit-not plain jane anymore. Something that compliments me and doesnt look like it weighs more than my whole head-LOL...will see what I get. Not sure yet. I wish my hair would be so curly that I just had to gel it and run my fingers through it and be done! That would be awesome. I love to have it in a french braid-but Megan is the only one I know who can do it-and I dont know how. I like to wear it that way though, so I may have to put that off for a bit-if I go much shorter, which I want to. Not as short as Mels-thats too short for me, I have never been a really short haired person-and every time I have gotten it cut real short-I have regretted it immediately and ALWAYS end up hating it! So-old enough to know better now-LOL I cannot believe Sheila was sitting right there by us-what a dork I am!!!! Im sorry Sheila! When we went out on break then, she was standing by us out there too-I feel so darn dumb! Im so glad you had fun with Brenda and Tammy. I have to tell you though, I wi**** would have been my house they stayed at. I wished so much that things were normal, like they used to be. I feel so awful that all of this is happening and that it seems like my friendships and myself are suffering so much. I hate to get on here and just always have so much crap going on-I just hate it. I am praying that it slows down and that something gives. Mike and I and the boys have really been through the ringer and I dont think its fair to us as a family. Just bring the molds to next months support meeting. I will email you closer to the time to remind you. Ok?  I know I wont think about it before the reunion-there is too much else to get organized and going-so thats the least of my worries right now. I think we may do the sale either the Fri and Sat of Labor Day weekend OR the weekend after the reunion-will see. Money is such a big issue right now and I want to make sure that I have enough for the reunion and some things to do while we are there. I have several more posts to get sent out about that too. Have you or anyone else heard from Tami B? She wasnt at the group, but I wanted to see if she was gonna make it-she was talking about them coming and maybe bringing their boat. I also never got answered about her hair and if she kept it blonde-so I was looking forward to seeing her there. I will bring some clothes to the reunion for your friend, Renee. Im sorry-I just wasnt thinking when we came to the group-in fact, I wasnt sure I was coming at all, right up until it was time to go.....I kept changing my mind because I was hurting so bad. Please forgive me-but I will get some stuff together and bring it down for you. **Tammy-Ammy-A snorer are we? How funny!! I wouldve messed with you if you had been here-so maybe its a good thing you stayed at Jans-I wouldnt have been able to resist-LOL....Your welcome for the clothes-just pay it forward-ok? Jan did it for me, then Sug-and thats what they said-to pay it forward- I am glad some fit you now-dont worry-you will be in those jeans by Christmas-I only got to wear them MAYBE 3 times-thats it-thats how fast my body changed!!! So enjoy. The capris-well, I STILL was wearing them when I packed them away because Mel threatened me-she said she was sick of seeing me wear those baggy old things because I looked like I was wearing a diaper that was fully loaded in back-but boy, are they comfy-your gonna love them! Thanks for the compliments too-I sure dont feel HOT! Wish I did-and I wish you would have pole danced with me!!! Maybe in a couple months? LOL....I hope you guys do get to come every 3 months or so-but I HOPE AND PRAY we see you at the reunion-do you know yet or not? PLEASE SAY YES....Im glad your getting the attny too-sounds like a bum rap and I will pray for your sister and nephew-as well as all of you. Love you. **Brenda-Glad you guys made it home okay. I will be praying for you to get some pain relief. Love you. **Lana-thanks for the kind words-you know how I feel about you. I just wished that we could get together more often. Maybe one weekend day, Mel and I can drive to Springfield and do some lunch or shopping with you? Let us know! Love you. Looking forward to the reunion. **Frack-well, I forgot to post yesterday to you personally. I love you, girl. I miss you. I wish we had more time to talk on the phone or hang out. Its been WAY too long! it sure felt good to cut loose and get the giggles when Terry hit the window with the bag thinking it was open-can you believe something so small made us laugh so much and so long? My face hurt yesterday too-from laughing so hard! Thanks for the ride-thanks for dinner and thanks for all you do for us. Thanks for the help with Stephanie. I am praying to God that since she looks up to you so much, that YOUR story WILL make a huge difference in her life~IF one of us wins the lottery-watch out world! I really cant wait for the reunion and all the time we FINALLY get together. Its just plain out been TOO LONG! I love you with ALL of my heart! **Bev-glad that the back pain isnt the normal pain that sent you to the pain clinic. I know it stinks. Im glad your going to be going to your first appt. I just cant wait to hear what happens-you are officially starting the journey-YAY......I WILL get some new pics put up for my avatar AND my profile-I guess I didnt realize how much I had changed since May until all of my group homies told me so! Take care and your in my thoughts and prayers. **Sheila-IM SO SORRY!! I didnt even recognize you-I am pleading the 5th-but let me just say, in my defense-that I had taken extra pain meds to make the trip AND I was in extreme pain-so I am sticking to that story!! My prayers are with you. I hope that you AND Mona get to have the surgery. If she cant do it WITH you-I think I would go ahead and do it-because than you can tell her from experience about things and help her out that way-I mean, yes, there is still our group and this site-but I think I would go for it while you can, in case something changes, so you dont lose the opportunity WHILE you have it-you know? We will keep you both in our prayers.  **Chelle-I wish there was a way for you to come for the day. We are gonna miss you so much! IF something changes-PLEASE consider it. WE love you. I hope the g-daughter is doing much better. Love ya. **Rianne-YAY, you got the internet fixed-we have sure missed your smiling face! You looked so good! Im glad that you arent going to try and drink ALL that juice and I think you and Nutti are right to do what you know your body can handle and concentrate more on the protein and such. Good luck with school. Hope to see you at the reunion. **Nutti-how did you survive the car ride with us? Didnt see a post from you yesterday. I hope we didnt scar you too bad! Please tell your mom we say hi. Let us know how you are! If you need anything, let us know. Love ya~!

Well, I am gonna get off here and read some more posts and get on with my day and wait for some calls back. Take care everyone and as always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Janet