WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY

Oh it has been so nice out today. The highest the temp got was 83 here. That is such a change from 105 that it makes you get weak in the knees lol.

We got 2 inches of rain from Friday night into Saturday morning , It stopped about 10am. Rained hard at times but it all soaked into the ground , my plants look like they are praising God again, their little leaves and flowers are perked back up and looking toward heaven. I know I was praising Him for all his bounty.

 

My little great grandson who is 2 has been sick last night and today , running a low grade fever. Don’t know what is wrong with him, he isn’t acting like anything hurts, They give him a spoon full of children’s Tylenol and the fever goes down and then about 3 hours it starts coming back up. He has a little bit of a runny nose but no cough, no wheezing. Don’t know what is wrong.

 

I did a lot of revamping to my bog garden today and making it bigger and adding more stuff to it. Added 4 wheelbarrows full of broken down mulch and leaves and grass clippings. Then wet it all down. Dug up some of the water iris , Anyone have a bog garden or an area that stays wet all the time even in dry times? I have several extra of them…These are yellow. The old time yellow water Flags as some call them.

They grow well along a river bank or around a pond or in a wet section somewhere.

 

LOL I guess I was getting excited for sure about the Reunion . Yeah yeah I know, It is two weeks not one. Hope I didn’t make a bunch of people have a heart attack lol

At least I found out something ,,,,,sometimes I wonder if anyone even reads all of this mess , what I say, lol I guess they do. Got my answer didn’t I?

 

 

BRENDA: Say what sort of surgery to your foot are  you going to have to have>? Hope it isnt anything too serious…Of course if it is surgery I guess it is serious isnt it?

 

Yeah Brenda I can sleep on any air mattress so much better than a regular mattress. When I wake up from sleeping on a reg mattress I am usually sore and stiff. You might try it for awhile and see what happens. You know give it like a months try and every morning put an x on your calendar if you slept good and an O if you didn’t and see if it is really worth it. Then you might check into getting a select Comfort mattress and you can get that on a trial run too for like 3 months I think it is.  Go to www.selectcomfort.com

You find out all about it.

 

 

SHEILA; YEP A BLOND MOMENT, guess it was really a red moment huh. Just thought I was blond huh?

 

 

TAMMY: I hope you got some rain today , did you? It has really made a difference in our temps today. Feels almost normal out there.

 

Can you sew Tammy? That would save a lot of money if you can make your husband some of his own scrubs tops. And they really are an easy pattern. I need to find a lab coat too before long because I know I will be getting cold in a few months when I have to sit and chart at least..

 

Im sorry that you are having to deal with a step daughter acting like that. And I know what you mean about her being gone and how much quieter it is now at the house.

It is hard to have much of a home life with a disruptive teenager in the home isnt it.

Just know that I am praying for you and your home.

Is your daughter and granddaughter comeing to the Reunion with you?

 

Do you think her mother will be able to talk to her? I would tell her mother that she needs to take her back home with her I think. But I guess if she stays gone she will have to get a job to be able to support herself wont she? Wonder how she will like that?

 

Take it easy and enjoy the week end. Or what you have left of it ok?

 

 

BOBBY JO: Hey hello , so great to have another newbie join us on here. Im glad that you posted and I have already put your surgery date and your birthdate down on my calendar. Do you have an angel yet? There are some great girls on here so im sure if you don’t you will find someone easily .Yes we all understand where you are at right now and will understand how you feel before surgery and after too. All that junk doesn’t just disappear when you have stomach surgery, the head isnt operated on and it takes a lot to reprogram your brain. We are here for you and all the little side trips you go on waiting ….

 

 

JANET; I don’t know if it is your computer or not but mine trying to get onto OH is like pulling teeth sometimes., and I have the satalite for mine. It is OH I think…..They have so much junk on the pages with all the adverstiments and flashing and blinking that it takes for ever for that stuff to load and if you have dial up it is almost impossible ….Sometimes it takes as high as 10 minutes for mine to really get on. Now that is stupid. I can load any other web site in nano seconds. Why not OH. Like I said they have toooooooo much on each page.

I look so forward to your posting each day I would be lost if you weren’t here.

 

Im so so sorry that your medicare wont become effective till March that is horrible. I am praying that you can maybe go ahead and get the nerve ablation done and file medical need with the hospital or clinic. You working where you did for a long time isnt there something that you can do like that? I know Skaggs hospital has that program.

 

You aren’t going to have to pay for that course again are you. Yeah I believe I would go there and do it so there wouldn’t be any way they could say they didn’t get it this time.

That is such a pain to do stuff and for it not to go thru on a computer.

Did it not give you a confirmation receipt?

 

 TAMMY B: so sorry for the loss of your grandmother. that is a sad time i know. I have lost all four of mine. Really miss my mothers dad and mom, never knew my dads side too well. will keep you in prayer....   LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Hey Jan!!!!  It is not Sunday yet.lol  Hope you are doing well.  You looked really good at COF the other night.  I am so proud of you.  I hope you continue your sucess!!!! Britt

Jan,    Just a thought but your grandson may be cutting his two year molars.  Hope this finds you all fine.  Gearing up for another support group meeting tomorrow nite.  It is always so great and lots of fun to be together.  Colette

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ I woke up this morning and boy-my tummy is really bothering me this morning. Not sure if its something I ate yesterday or the ulcers making sure I know they are still there. I took my ulcer meds x2 this morning (can do that when they get bad) and I am praying for relief soon. Mike said he was vomitting this morning, and  thought it was what he ate for dinner OR the new meds his doctor put him on. We didnt eat the same thing for dinner-so its not that we ate the same thing and it was bad-LOL.... I had 2 severe spasms in my back yesterday. They were so bad-they took me to my knees both times-and the tears were instant. Aaron and Megan stopped over-and I had thought maybe a couple of ribs popped out of place because after the 1st spasm, I couldnt catch my breath-was kind of like before-when I had those 3 ribs out of place. Well, I had seen Aaron pop Megans back before and I begged him to try and pop mine in case my ribs were out again-he didnt want to-but he did and when he did it-he said he could feel it in his stomach-initially it hurt like crap, but my ribs did go back- I didnt have any troubles catching my breath afterwards. During all of this-Stephanie kept asking about me taking her to town to get cocoa so she could make her choc fudge cake for today. I was like-cant you see that I am in no condition to drive anywhere or go anywhere? I wanted to pull my hair out. I am taking Debs advice. Mike and I thought really hard about this cory deal and I do think part of the attraction is that she knows its like putting salt on an open wound. We told her that he could have a 2nd chance-but it was ALL supervised, no alone time and IF he even STARTS to act like he did last time-there are no more chances AND he will go home immediately. No questions-I am not looking forward to that. She wanted us to go pick him up this morning at 7 and have him stay until 5 tonite and I said NO. We will get him in the afternoon-after lunch and he can stay till 4 pm. I am not feeding him or anything else. So-say some prayers for me around 1-2 today, cause the good Lord knows I am going to need them! I know a couple of you have said that I should take her phone away to cut off phone contact-but right now, with that being what is keeping them both from making our lives worse-its ok. At least I know that they wont be plotting to  run away or whatever-I really do know that the no phone contact would drive her over the edge. Now-she may not even be able to pay her phone bill this month-in which case, she will lose her phone, because I have already informed her that I am NOT paying it-and I told her POS sperm donor he better NOT pay it either. The really good thing is-that I KNOW, with everyones prayers-that MAYBE, JUST MAYBE-she IS starting to see this stuff with Cory on her own-due to her and my mom being so tight-and the fact that my mom and dad had to file a trespassing complaint on him-and the fact that he went to the office and pulled a workers hair when the worker went and turned off the MTV music channel that Cory walked in and changed in the first place-and of course, without asking-cause he thinks the whole world revolves around him. If he so much as gives us an ounce of that attitude here today-that little dink might find himself in my green pool-LOL.....cant see to the bottom right now-LOL... Mel had given me a really good idea-Im not sure if I posted to you that my ex actually asked me to sign off on the lien I have on his house/property in Kansas so that the attorney and the real estate agent wont have as many problems? Well, I told him to F off about the whole thing, well-Mel told me to put on the paperwork that IF they wanted to give me the money-cash-not a check-I will sign off on it-that way his mommy can get her money back when the property sells. Im glad someone else is thinking straight, cause its not me-LOL...anyway-his mom IS the type that she wouldnt want anyone looking "down" on HER son for not paying his child support-she wouldnt WANT anyone to know that dirty secret-so SHE wants the lien released, but I have refused until I have cash in hand-or I wont ever get it. I called CSE and he owes almost 8 grand now! Hell-at this point, I would knock off 2 grand for early pay off-just to be done with it. Please pray about that to-just may be the answer to some very hard times right now and would be welcome!!! We were going to try and take the kids to the hot air balloon festival at MSSU for the boys and girls club this morning, but we would have had to be there at 7 am-which means leaving the house at 6:30 and since school started, Jon has been off his schedule-and this adjusting time, is making him cranky. So-we were hoping that he would catch up on his sleep-which he did, he didnt get up until 8:30....he needed that. Since Darrel started back to school, Jon has been getting up with him and gets VERY crabby around lunchtime.....naps are a struggle at this age, but I do make him take "quiet time", in hopes he will take a nap-and I have learned the hard way that I have to turn the ringers off on the phones or whatever so they dont wake him about the time he starts to fall asleep. I hope the computer keeps acting okay this morning, I need to get a couple of posts out about the reunion and then next week-after labor day-I am just sending out ONE last reminder....I am in hopes of some of these wonderful newbies maybe coming-I would love to meet them face to face-and people like Bobbie Jo that made me cry when I read her post yesterday, because I remember feeling that exact same way when I found you guys AND I felt that way about people putting things in their profile-it was such a significant time in my life-going from that sheer hell of a depression thinking and feeling like NO ONE TOTALLY understood how I felt-or how bad it was-to finding you guys and thinking that I wasnt alone anymore-WOW!! She worded it perfectly-and I would love our newbies to be able to hang out with us for the day and see how their lives are going to change, see how we have fun, we can still eat-and I am telling you what-that first time I met Mel-and saw the changes in her life at just 5 months out-I am telling you-I walked away feeling like a kid that had just gone to Disneyland-I was on a high for several months just KNOWING what changes were going to happen for me, as well!!!~It was such an inspiration, and I know that any pre-ops that do attend-will feel like that too! **Jan, Im sorry something is going on with your g-gson. I will say some prayers for the little guy that he isnt getting sick. Maybe its just the weather change? Maybe!!!???? No-on that course I took, I didnt get a confirmation. Maybe thats where it went wrong? I dunno. Im so frustrated right now, quite frankly, that I would love to cram the puter AND paperwork somewhere the sun doesnt shine! Mel said she would let me use her computer to do it on-so will see. She is going to at least take Jon when we either do it on line or go in. I have to call CCCS in Joplin Monday and see what times they have available before work or after for Mike, he has to attend with me-and if they dont have anything available SOON-than I will HAVE to do it online again-but Mel said she would show me HOW to save it etc-and that I can even print off the pages so I will have a back up hard copy...... She has been in much pain the past few days as well-more so than normal since they have been pushing and pulling and messing with her belly area and that infection. I believe that the abscess is starting to form again-and that is what all the pain in that area is from. I think they should just order another cat scan to show it again instead of keeping her on different types of antibiotics-I am NOT a dr, but spent enough time in the hospital field (14 yrs) to know that when you are on the strongest antibiotics they make-for a long period of time, you cant go down to the littliest antibiotic and expect it to work. When its not specific to one area-you know? Thats why I am frustrated, they are putting her on ones that arent working, for 10 days at a time, and then changing them-WTH? Thanks for the compliment that you would miss me. I really dont think that many people even read all my post but you. So-if I cant get onto OH, I will at least email you-ok? LOL.... I know that the hospitals here do have charity care programs (thats what its called at the hospital I used to work at) but you have to be so poor that there is no way to even feed yourself before they allow you to get help in that program-and since Mike has a decent job-we wouldnt qualify. Thats what the problem is-I qualify for medicaid to people with disabilities-but the spend down is double MY income or 1/2 of Mikes-leaving me with a spend down each month of more than $1,600.00 and with just going through bankruptcy, I cant go back into debt right now. They dont cover ANY of my medications-never have. I have to pay cash for everything I take. My ulcer meds, pain meds-anything. There are several prescriptions I DONT take, because I just cant afford to pay for them. So-I guess IF push comes to shove, I will reapply for the medicaid and just make sure that the MRI and nerve burning are all done in ONE month-and just have ONE spend-down month to worry about. I dont know at this point. This is why I am so frustrated. We are trying to work on getting an economical AND reliable car-but cant do both right now. Just dont have the money and since the certificates got messed up-we had to make pmts on things this month (Fri) that we didnt think we were going to have to-but.....there went $200. So-our relief will hopefully be next month for sure. No-we dont have to pay for the program (class) again. They show a credit, so its paid for. Thats one good thing. They actually asked my attorney if they should send us back the money-NO...PLEASE DONT-he told them no-that we would either be redoing it online or going in for the class-then its taken care of already. **Tammi B-I am so sorry about your grandmother. I know its not easy, even as adults. Mine passed 4 yrs ago the 18th of this month, and its still hard. I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers. **Bobbie Jo-WELCOME to our board-glad to meet you!! I read your post yesterday and it brought tears to my eyes-that is EXACTLY how I felt. It was like I wrote that post a yr ago myself! I do hope you will consider coming to our reunion-its for preop people as well-you WILL be inspired-I PROMISE....We welcome you with open arms and would love the opportunity to meet you-and this place-these people-they are more than a computer screen-they are family. I have met MANY of them-and love them ALL-and then there are just as many I have never met yet-but still consider my family-AND I WILL meet them one day! So-anyway-welcome. If we can help you with anything, please let us know and we are glad you found us too!!! I can tell you that I have met some of the best friends I have ever have here, and all of us understand what your going through. Nice to meet you again and we will keep you in our prayers!! Take care. **Brenda-Have you ever tried Polar Ice?? You get it at Dollar General (I have never seen it anywhere else) and it is just $1.50 for the jar....believe it or not-I mean it doesnt take ALL pain away-but it works far better than anything else I have used-even the $8 or more stuff. Susan told me about it when she stayed with me-and I went and got some and it works better than anything else I have tried-and its cheap. If you can get Dennis to message it into your joints-thats when it works the best. I will keep you all in my prayers. **Mel, Susan, Tammy-Ammy, Lana, Deb M, Bev(s), Nutti, and everyone else-I love you guys. My mind is drawing a blank right now and I need to get off here and get the rest of breakfast made and then get some posts out about the reunion. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. As always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Janet