WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY
It has been another long long day. This morning we took all the metal stuff down to Harrison to sell to the Salavage company,did pretty good if I do say so myself.
After leaving there we called Brenda and had her to meet us in Wal mart parking lot and we went to lunch, Thanks Brenda for a great lunch ,I pack half of mine home and had it for supper. Good leftovers. Then we went into a flea market and looked and looked. Found the perfect bedroom suite, but don’t have any where to put it. White ,worn lovely. Shabby Chic. If we had our Master suite built like we want to do I would have bought that for a guest bedroom . beautiful.
Brenda thank you for showing us your beautiful home and your puppy ,Bonnie is so cute.
Don’t think I have the energy for her either. Lol
After leaving Brenda we came back to Hollister and stopped at my favorite store. After spending over a thousand dollars we left lol Bought cabinets and countertops and a new sink. Tomorrow I have to go to the hardware store in Forsyth and get the paint we need. Will have to prime it first so that one coat of the paint we hope will be enough.
Anyway we are going to get to priming it tomorrow I hope. Will start in the kitchen so after that is painted we can install the cabinets and put that room together.
Next will be the bath room and get that all prettied up after the kitchen. Those two rooms are the most important and the hardest .
ANDREW:::::trouble sleeping???? I have been having trouble staying awake past 8pm lately. I am so tired most evenings that I don’t know which if up or down.
That really is great that the Forsyth nursing home accept your fil.
I love yard work too. And yes you can plant all the flowers you want to in the yard. It isnt a real big front yard but it really needs to be trimmed and taken care of.
The two peach trees are loaded even with half of them on the ground. I hope they ripen well.
CAROL:::: yes we had our first annual reunion last year at a resort in
We stayed all week end at the resort and had lots of fun .
Hopefully Janet will be in charge of this again this year but I know she can use the help of any and all that want to help.
TAMMY-AMMY:::::: better star****ching the weather girl , don’t know wheather to take the boots or cut off jeans with you .
Don’t think it was worth eating that much to make mama not worry, don’t do that again. lol
That is so sad about your sons , friend that died , so sad, how old was he about 20???
Know what you mean about being the backbone and support for family and friends.
Is a blessing and also can be a
COF group is such a great bunch of guys and girls. And we are hoping to find lots more of them
WE wish you could come to our meeting up here every month but also know what Gas is costing and know that is impossible…
But when you can please come up to see us.
AMY::::: did you find out the name of the big spider you caught yesterday?
Sounds like you and mama sunbathing in the pool was a good thing lol
I really hope you had a great day….
CHRISTINE::::::::Sorry to hear about your husbands grandma diying . But we do know that as Christians we have the joy of knowing that we will see her again
Im sure that you will soon be back in school taking care of things.
And wont have time for us at all. just fit us in at least once a week anyway.
We miss you when you are gone, as we do with everyone else that doesn’t post anymore.
Congratulations on the reduced size that is great.
Anyone heard from Sheila???
GOD BLESS
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GOD BLESS YOU TODAY
JAN COOK
| Repost, I was a little late getting this in last night and missed you! Well, it's me again...late at night and can't sleep. I'm hoping that if I sit here long enough I will get tired again and get to go back to bed. The other night I did this and around midnight someone pulled up in a car, got out, looked in our mailbox, then went back to their car and left...lol I'd say, looking for checks that could of been left in the mailbox...not here but there were two hand guns waiting just inside our door to greet them had they gotten any closer! We live out in the country and you just never know anymore! Well, I'm 23lbs. away from Onderland now...woohoo!! I weighed in at 223lbs yesterday morning! I cant figure out how to delete one of my webpages. Somehow I got two and need to get rid of one...fun, fun! Anyone know where I would read to find the instructions on how to do it? I feel so much better now with the weight loss, not near as much pain as I use to have and have a lot more energy, even with being sick, I'm still stronger! Thank you Lord! Ladies, get this...I went to my GYN the other day for issues that some of us older ladies may or may not have. This doc is good but you have to figure that this doc is an OB/GYN and is mainly seen by women who are expecting, including my daughter and he was seeing my daughter in law until they moved back to Springfield. Well, ever since my visit with the good doc I have been recieving all kinds of samples and coupons for formula, diapers, baby foods, magazines and so on. My hubby and I had to laugh...I might be getting close to the age where I might need diapers but I can promise you that these aren't gonna fit...lol They are cute though, they make them where they have a cut outs in them so they don't rub their tender little belly buttons anymore. Speaking of babies, Jas and Wen came up for a visit, all three are doing good. She is still pg and is due July 2nd. They asked me when I thought it would happen, I said June 28th...they said everyone else was saying earlier dates...we will see! Has anyone been watching "So You Think You Can Dance"? There are A LOT of good dancers this year I wouldn't want to be one of the judges! Well, I'm outta here for the night...talk later, Deb M |
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I go this morning for iron infusion #4 of 5. I am feeling much better.
I had a rough and busy week; aside from web design work, the children now home full-time since school is out (and we will be returning to homeschooling this fall) they are home for good and I'm trying to adjust my daily schedule.......
I fell Wednesday evening. There was something slick on the laminate floor in the living room, I didn't notice, slipped and landed mostly on my right hip. I did partially catch myself on the ottoman, so it could have been worse. I have osteoporosis, and so it could have been a lot worse than the soreness and bruises I now have. Nothing is broken. 
Other than that, I'm good. Gotta run and get ready to "pump iron" this morning. I'm gonna be so buff after this! 
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Good Morning All,
What a nice day yesterday, was pretty warm tho but still nice not to have rain and storms. Susan was off work yesterday so we worked on the house all day, pretty much got the livingroom and most the kitchen packed up, the big room is gonna be the office, thats the room we've stored alot of the "junk" we've collected over the last few years lol I'll start on that room this weekend. Gosh I can't wait to get moved, Jan I hope your prepared for us longterm cuz I sure dont plan on moving anymore lol.
Jan sure sounds like you made out ok with the metal, hope it was well worth the work for ya. Sounds like ya got a job of putting the puzzle back together, glad you were able to get the cabniets and stuff, thats prolly the hardest part of the whole job, we'll be ready to work when we get up there next week. As soon as we get the fil settled in forsyth we'll head to your house, he seems to be excited about moving with us which is really good. He keeps asking Susan when she see's him can he pack his things lol Susan will pack him up and load his stuff in the car on Weds. so all we have to do is pick him up and go.
Deb M. Congrats on getting almost to the onelander, you'll be there before ya know it, thats just so awesome.
Well I gotta get up from here, we're having a concert at church tonight and I need to go setup for it. Dunno if anyone has heard of Angelina McKeithen but she's an amazing singer. Hope everyone has a blessed day.
Andrew
I Corinthians 15:57 - But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~
I missed yesterday-not for a lack of trying, thats for sure. I got in, posted-probably the longest post I have done this year-and right when I was getting ready to sign off-we lost power-and I lost probably 45 minutes of posting. So, once the shock wore off-I restarted the post-and got about 2 paragraphs done and it happened again. Well, I have slow dial up-so there was 2 hours of my life-gone in cyber space somewhere. Needless to say, it just kept happening, and went all through the night as well. Myself and all my country neighbors have ALL called the electric company this morning. It wasnt from bad weather yesterday morning, however, it was windy. They used to do this several times a week-but they told us last year that they replaced ALL of our lines and it wouldnt be happening anymore-think something came loose-hope that doesnt happen again! I think I will freak out if it does.
Weds was one of the busiest days I have had in my post op life-I cannot believe how much we ran and ran and ran-and not only could I do it, but when I came home I wasnt done!~Maybe thats why so many of us dont really complain when we are crazy busy-because we are appreciative and amazed at what we can do now. Yesterday, my oldest, Megan-and the boys and my mom went shopping. Needed to try and find some shorts. I do not have but one pair that fit and anyway-they were ALL waiting for me in the truck and I was no where near done!!! Wussys!! I got in the truck and asked if they were ready to go to another store-and they were like, your kidding me-no, do I look like Im kidding? So-we went to the book and game store-and then I stopped and bought them all lunch before droppping my mom and Megan off. I know that everyone is trying to keep me from thinking about Steph and every night this week-Mike has dragged me with him after he gets home, and I am starting to get a little tired-altho....For 6 nights, I got 10 hours of sleep total. Last night, I fell asleep at 4 am, and I woke up at 8-so I got the most sleep last night than I have had in a week. Im worn slick-the lack of sleep and situation with Steph is kicking my butt-big time!!!
Wednesday, one of my dads housekeepers was sick and he asked me if I was up to doing laundry duty, yep, I can sit on my rear and fold laundry. You bet. So, Darrel has been helping do the construction/remodeling of some of the rooms with painting and such. Its a good thing as I spent several hours on the phone with several different situations. 1. Stephanie cannot be emancipated. I have to give up custody or gaurdianship if I dont want to be responsible for her financially until she is 18. 2. My adopted grandpa, Kenny-the one who asked me to take POA, but I declined, his heart doc has him taking Phaslo, 16 tablets PER DAY-and it cost $78 every 3 days. He is paying cash for everything. He has gone through almost 6 grand in 2 months between dialysis and such. I am MAD....So-he has called and given his doctors and nurses permission to speak to me-I told them that I know for a fact that there is a generic for Phaslo and that they needed to give him a different script because he cannot afford to stay on it-and what is going to happen when ALL of his money is gone and he cannot pay it? He still has to wait almost a year to get his medicare. I am getting him into MY PCP, who WILL put him on a script he can afford AND I am turning the heart doctor into the AMA for misuse of RX and misleading patients. Enough is enough! Thats what I DONT miss about working at the hospital-the docs and their kick backs from the pharmacuetical companies. 3. Getting with Stephs school-they are holding ME financially responsible for her breaking her summer school contract and I must pay back the $120 PER class for each one she dropped! I explained that WHEN I signed the contract the first week in May, that she was living with me-IF she were STILL living WITH me, I would assure you, she would be IN the classes that she failed 2 yrs in a row-and I wouldnt have to pay back a dime. This is B.S!!!! 4. I had gone to Freeman Hospital on Monday to pick up my records for my bone density test to take to my doc in KC on Thurs. Well, lo and behold-she hands me my manilla envelope, I get out to the truck, open it-and its a Jody D's medical records....HMMMMM....I promptly went ALL the way back in (got my excercise for the day) and I showed them, but wouldnt let them leave MY hands-and asked them to look under HER date of service and see if MY records were there. Nope. Ok, now we have a problem. I called my PCPs office right then and there and looked at the girls in medical records and said, girls, I think we have a problem. Violation of HIPPA, thats for sure, since they have now given me someone elses records-and where the hell were mine? Well, Tues, after hours, my nurse from the PCPS office calls and says they never got faxed or sent the results. I called the pain management doc in KC and they hadnt gotten them either-well, it doesnt make sense to go all the way up there when I dont have what she needed. I am having it done the middle of the month and going up the end of the month. CRAP...If its not one thing, its 10 others.
Mikes friend, who was up camping when we were and we fished all night-they called us and asked if we wanted to join them next weekend camping. Mike says yes....his parents are letting us borrow all their camping stuff-we used to have a great set up-4 big bins with lids-with all our stuff in it-and when our house was robbed 5 years ago-they got all that stuff too.....We have a tent for the boys and a camp stove...thats it. I cant wait to go though-I hope we get to do that throughout the summer, when we can afford the gas.
Before we left the motel Weds (we were there 8 hrs!) One of my dads clerks came in the laundry room and said that her dog just chased a mama and deer into the woods by the motel and there is a baby deer in the woods and she thought the baby was hurt..... The baby-who couldnt even stand up yet-had a huge scratch down its back-and flies were all over it. It was so tiny-I thought I was going to cry-it was so beautiful. We called the conservation and they came out and said the baby was prob just over a week old and that the mama will come back to it in the evening and if it didnt look better in a day or two to call them back-mama was with it yesterday early morning. Thank God it will be okay, its beautiful-but I cant believe its in the middle of town like that, less than 100 feet from Main St. Which is very busy!!! Jon and Darrel kept begging me to let them hold it and take it home.....I wanted so bad to give in-but didnt want mama to come back and not have her baby. If she wouldnt have-I may have brought it out here and tried to nurse it healthy and let it go in our woods. Looked just like Bambi.
My little guy isnt doing very good. He is having a hard time getting good sleep-and has been waking up and acting out....but-IF he cant see someone, he immediately starts yelling and screaming! He is so afraid that someone else is leaving or that he may have to. Not only did his sis move out-but his best friend (clair-) the little girl that Mel and Terry had-she got sent back to her biological mom-and so he is down one sister and his best friend, in one week-and he sure doesnt understand. He keeps asking Mike and I IF we are HIS MOM AND DAD-or he will say-is my other dad coming to get me? He just doesnt get it. We are trying to keep it simple for him, but there is no simple way to tell him he cant see these people he loves so much. Crap, its hard enough for us adults-but make us 5 and who knows? Darrel says that when I stop crying and get used to her being gone, that I will realize its a better place here.....dont know about better-just more peaceful and restored harmony is how I would describe it. I have made the decision to give her biological dad full and complete custody of her until she is 18. Ive done it for 17 1/2 yrs, he can do it for 6 months, right?
Im about sick of this severe weather. Seems like at least a couple of times a week we have to button down the hatch and here it comes-and no matter how windy it gets in town-you can bet it gets 10x more windy out here in the country, trust me! We are constantly out there trying to get out stuff picked up and put back....even when we weigh it down-we will come home and it will be in the woods or down the road....???? We have about 1/2 hour left of pressure washing and getting the gunk out of the deep end (we have 3/4ths of it done) and then we can start filling it-and then give it 2 days in the heat and sun and we can swim...I am SO ready! No, we didnt get it painted again this year-the only time we have had enough time-was when we were on vaca and werent here-LOL.. go figures, huh? We decided that we will paint it this fall, and just have it ready for next summer. That will work. I just want to start doing my water aerobics and laps for toning. I bought the boys some new pool toys and now they are asking for bumper boats with those squirt guns attached. Holy crap-is my name Rockefeller? Cant afford that, thats for sure. We did get some under water strobe type lights-to light up the pool at night-they look so cool and Mikes mom bought these solar powered fish that swim in the water etc-and they put off different colored lights at night too-although the pool is up here next to our house-we always have Mikes adopted parents and their grandkids and grandma coming up whenever they want to-we are getting a new lock for the pool area-because of Jon being old enough to figure out how to work the latch and lock now. No key required-so we are buying one that takes a key....Jon knows that he will get in BIG trouble if he should try to get in the pool area, I dont want to take any chances and we never let him outside alone, even though we are out in the middle of nowhere and there is no way he could get kidnapped out here...LOL...
Weds evening-We didnt back home until 8 pm...I put pizza rolls in the oven for the boys and Mike and I ate a chicken salad-with lettuce from our garden-it was SO GOOD!!! We had the leftover chicken from the applewood smoked rotissere chicken I bought at Walmart Tues night-that was the most moist and tender chicken I have had post op-it was DE-LISH! For $5, I WILL buy it again, it fed us Tues night and Mike and I weds night. The salad was awesome~Cant wait to get some more. The lettuce is doing really well out there.
Well, I better wrap this up and get some stuff done so I can get into town.
**Jan-I am so glad that you and Joe had a good time with Bec and Paul. How could you not? I wished I could have gone to the picnic. Maybe next year? Thanks for posting pics.
I couldnt afford to go to cosmetology school, even when all my surgeries are over- it cost $10 grand!!! I am not paying that much. I will just keep cutting my friends and families hair and doing the dye jobs-and pay for my perms myself. LOL...Just cant afford that.
I am checking into my next surgery now. It will probably be a month or so. I am trying to see if I can have my tummy tuck at the same time, altho I believe that they will say no-it sure is worth a try. I wonder what size I will be when my apron is gone-cause its the biggest part of my body now and I can get into a 12 in some pants. Maybe a 10? I dont know, but there sure is a lot of skin there. I guess thats what happens when you lose over 250#, huh? Its got to hang somewhere. I just feel like a shar pei dog most of the time. Hate it. Feel so much better physically-and have to look at that in the mirror disgusts me.
I think you are going to be an AWESOME leader. We are easy to please- not to difficult of a group, huh? I think the idea of a ? to answer when we do our introduction is a fabulous idea.....~!!!! Cant wait to see what you come up with!
**Angy-I am so happy that things are going so smoothly and I will get a chance soon to send you an email. I miss talking to you. Love ya girl and dont give up on me, ok?
**Tammy-Ammy-sorry about Martine. I was praying the minute that you sent me the text. Hate to hear those babies are without a father figure. Know that I am praying for all of them. And for you and your son. You are such an honor to know-and I thank God for you-to be putting together fund raisers and such to help them with funeral costs and such-you remind me of someone else I know-LOL....
Thanks for the compliment about being your angel. I have 2 angelettes right now-Bev B and Angy....I love both of them, but I do feel bad-I dont have near the time I used to have. I still make the time to email and such but I just dont have time to be on the puter like I did before. I know what you mean-but I think they know how much we love them-right? Thats all we can do. Love you and take care of youreself in all this mess, k?
Your going to be a FANTASTIC leader of a group. I have wanted to start this one here since I was pre-op. I will get to it hopefully one of these days-there sure is a calling for it. I will have to start checking into it again. Good luck and keep us posted. Maybe one time I can get down there for a couple of days and go to your group with you and Brenda?
**Andrew-I had been praying that some nursing home close would take the FIL, I remember trying to get my grandpa moved closer-it was so hard to get down to him once or twice a week-thank goodness that was 5 yrs ago because if it were now-I wouldnt have been able to see him but once a month due to the price of fuel! Anyway-I am happy for you.
**Carol-I will be posting in the near future about the reunion. West Branson and after Labor Day when they have off peak rates. Hope you can make it. We had a great time and a lot of people stayed for the whole weekend.
**Amy-I have seen the same spiders out here. We live in the middle of nowhere on 40 acres and I have seen spiders bigger than my hand or foot (scared to step on them!!) Anyway-cave spiders and wolf spiders get HUGE and spooky looking-hairy and you can see their eyes they are so gigantic...Make sure that mason jar doesnt break! Let us know what kind they say it is......
Congrats on the anniversary-have a good time!!!
**Bec...Have fun with your sister. I know you will. I am so excited that the wait for the 6 months diet is almost done!! I am so happy for you! I know this is it!! YAY YAY YAY!! We are so ready for you to be sitting by us on the bench. Love you!!
**Sugar-I cannot wait to go to Celebration City or any amusement park with my kids. I cant!!! You have changed so much since I first met you-although, I didnt think you were all that big the first time I met you, I thought you must be post-op-LOL....Im so happy that your problems are all gone and your a poster child for the surgery now!!
**Deb M-I am so excited for you that you are feeling better (power of prayer-which you have been in ours!!) Close to onelander... I remember the date I hit onelander like it was a holiday for me!~ LOL....I cant wait for Jas and Wendy to have that baby!! They are in my prayers as well. Love you and take care of you!!!
*****DOES ANYONE HAVE SHEILAS PHONE NUMBER??????
****Lana, Vesta, Julia D, Sherr, Tara, Tami, Rachael, Susan T, Bev B, Colette, Barbara S, Monique.....ALL OTHER MIA'S......PLEASE, IF YOUR LURKING, PLEASE POST AND LET US KNOW HOW YOUR DOING!!!????
Ok, I am signing off. As always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Have a good day and a great weekend and tell your loved ones you love them!~ Love, Janet
