~Whats Happening Saturday (for Jan)~

Hello Missouri Family, This is my 3rd attempt to get this posted-as soon as I think I am done almost-the screen goes blank and I lose all I have typed. I am afraid if this happens again, we may be pulling this computer out of the bottom of the pool-and I dont care!!! As you can tell, I am trying to fill it for Jan, not that it is going too well-so I am going to make this shorter than even last time. I had responded to several of you yesterday in my reply to Jans post then.  SO-I thought I would switch it up a bit and ask a question to each group on here-you will either fall into the pre-op or post-op group.  So, I am going to list those 2 questions anf get off here before it throws me off and I lose it all for the 4th time. That will be when my humor runs out! Lets not forget to keep Sheila in our prayers for a very speedy and uneventful surgery and for Traci and her infusion today. Your both in my prayers and keep us posted! ~~Pre-oppers question: BESIDES your health-because we all go into this wanting better health-what are some things you are looking forward to after the surgery and the weight starts to come off? ~~Post-oppers question: I know that we all have WOW moments, and to me, there are NO small WOW moments, but I am wondering if any one specific WOW moment sticks out in your mind with more significance over the others and why? Ok-well, for fear of losing the body of my post for the 4th time I am going to end this post now, before it gets lost again. I hope that everyone is doing well-that you are healthy and happy and know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Janet

Hellooooo Mo board! busy busy busy as you know we set up and run a spookhouse in our back yard.....this is our 8th or 9th yr and next yr is our last!  well we are in the final stages of done....putting the roof up on sunday so lots must be done before that happens! we do a blacl plastic maze with scenes and actors and my hubby has enginered some wonderful props like our 7ft tall robot guy....yes he moves! its so kewl! we have 3 Dean made animatronic props. and several store bought we have expanded every year starting in the front yard for the first  7 or 8 yrs. we have have made most of our props and we have an exstensive mask collection! you should see our costume box! today it was strips....lots and lots of strips. I make strip curtains for all the doorways and  some hallways....it can be disorienting even when I planned it! Janet I do so hope you still plan on bringing Jon and ALL the rest of your gang!  you will not be disapointed! they will have a great time! Mel you and Terry should come bring the babies if its not to cold....our motto is we offer a no scare because we care and a real scare if you dare! just look on our T-shirts! yes Ive been busy tie-dying my shirts I have made over the yrs all to matching orange and yellow designs.did this tonight. all our babies are going through this yr.of course I will make sure for a no scare! crazy thing happened to me today.....I thinkin I needed new pants real bad and I was at wal mart and Im like well if they dont fit they will soon! so I bought me some 4x athletic pants?  the jacket was a little tight around my arms but Im getting it anyway next week.  well my pants FIT!!!  and I have to go get another pair because I had them on five minutes went out to the haunt and snagged them but Catie said the funnyest thing when I was looking at the pants......"mom!....your shopping at Wal-Marts!" one of my goals and she knows it! so we both teared up a bit!  it was so great! my only issue is not enough excersize but I am making more of an effort but my belly hurts  I have a hernia he didnt fix and its bothering me some....so when I go on the 9th Im going to ask about it.... I am reading all of the post but truely am so busy from now till after Halloween thanks so much Lana I look forward to getting my tubes from Janet! tytytyty so much better way to send my delicate flowers to my e-bayers! Sheila! congrats!  anyone close to carthage and need directions for some clean wholesome no chainsaw old fashioned haunt ....just give me a holler!! nutti

 

Morning everyone A WOW post-op moment:  mmmmm, I can't think of just one that was more memorable than any other really.  I did have a couple where people who I hadn't seen in a long time didn't recognize me.  I plan to spend the day catching up with Mount Laundry.  I really want to run of to Washington, MO and shop at Target and Kohls, but I'll be good and tackle that laundry.  Have a great day everyone. 

Lets see, there are so many things where do I begin. I want to walk into a place and not be self conscience because I am the biggest person there. I want to sit in regular seats and not look for the biggest chair I can find, without arms.  Shop for regular clothes in regular size stores, instead of ordering from catalogs because I can't stand up long enough to go looking for clothes and when I do find something it looks terrible on me. To be able to clean my house without sitting down a hundred times to rest. Be able to take a shower and not be out  of breath. To have energy. To be able to go to my grandkids ballgames. There are hundreds of things I want to do but most of all I want to be able to go to my granddaughters graduation from military school. She graduates in May. I want to be able to walk and not be pushed. And to not embarrass her by being so huge. (just my thought not hers) but I embarrass myself....And I want to go to my grandsons graduation from basic training, he will graduate in march in NC and there is no way I could make that trip the way I am now. How did I ever let myself get in this shape?  Hope everyone has a good day..I am going back to bed, I caught something from my grandson, sore thoat, cough and generally feeling like yuk!!!!!!!

OK here is what i want to be able to do most of all...I want to run about 5 miles without stopping. Really, If i can just start running again and it has been a long time i know i will feel so good about myself. So surgery i welcome it on tuesday. I want to stop drinking this slim-fast. it is starting to get on my nerve. lol

Sister Janet (& Momma Jan)  THE SUN IS OUT!!! THE SUN IS OUT!!!  I didn't think it would ever come back!  And we are already at 64 degrees (12:53 p.m.)  I have been miserable...freezing and achy, the weather was killing me! Momma J, yes, the guy that I started seeing in Sept is still around....but, I wake up every day thinking he is the "one" and by night time, I am ready to run away LOL...good thing we are just dating right? LOL and he lives in Jonesboro, AR...so he's not always right by me.  He works for Frito Lay as a driver (of the semi sized truck) ironically, those people are the demons that create DORITOS!!!! LOL My poor mom....apparently scar tissue immediately formed over the replacement joint, making it so stiff she could not bend it properly.  He had physical therapy for a while at a facility, I did it with her for 3 months, three times a day and she also had this machine that "moved her leg" for 6 hours a day the first month... But her Ortho said this happens to some patients, of course he never told us this BEFORE her surgery.  The surgery coming up in probably Nov, will be called "manipulation surgery" it sounds sickening....they put her to sleep and the actually force (break) the scar tissue into, by bending her leg...they say it is SOOOOO painful, they HAVE to put her under or she wouldn't survive the pain. :O Tonight is my teenager (Dylan -17) and his girlfriend's homecoming dance.  We spent the morning trying to make the pathetic excuse for a $22 wrist corsage look decent...I spent another $6 at Wal-mart just now buying more flowers and ribbon.  I can not believe HOW much EVERYTHING has skyrocketed in price, yet the lack of quality is appaling. Okay, I have totally missed some major news.....Did Mel Mel adopt some children???????  I see posts that are not making any sense...HOW NEAT IS THAT??? I spent the late part of summer painting the inside of my house, which I have had the paint for over a year, and just now feel well enough to due it (not due to WLS, but other prior medical issues) I was appaled to learn this month that I will not be eligible for Medicare until March 2008, though I need a hysterectomy badly.... I know my post sounds like I am a pure, total crab, but life is great right now.  I am doing well, puppies and kiddo are well, and parents are well except for my poor mom's knee....But it doesn't stop her from wanting to get up at 6:00 and hobble into wal-mart this morning! LOL I should be having T-giving here this year, and I am quite excited about that.  Me and the house have come quite far in the last year!  I saw my niece last weekend (my sister and family met Mike) and my niece said she didn't know it was me.... LOL - I think that is a WOW moment, when your own family doesn't recognize ya, don't you :) Love, Sherr a.k.a. Blondie