WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY

Hi Auntie Jan & OH Peeps~

Good morning, day or evening. Whatever time it happens to be while reading this....LOL...there was only Jans post so far-so if I am the firs one so far, I will take a blow pop in either watermelon OR grape flavor. K?

I am already falling asleep while posting...so I am going to get this posted (and wait for my sucker or lollipop) I will finish this after I have had a couple of hours of sleep. All of my love and prayers. Janet

Hi Auntie Jan and OH Peeps~

TGIF...TGIF....Not sure its gonna matter that its Friday, except that I have a million and one things to do today! I kept forgetting to post it, but Mikes sister and family are flying in tomorrow. They live in CA, but had been visiting their biological dad in AZ-he is in a nursing home now-and they havent given him much time. Anyway-they will be coming into Tulsa tomorrow. I havent seen her since before Mike and I got married!! Not sure how long they are staying. Thought I heard 10 days (good grief-thats like moving in-LOL) I did tell them though that they would have to rent a car if they wanted to go to Branson and such-cause we cant afford to do stuff like that in the Suburban, not to mention the fact that IF we run the air, we cut our mileage in half-and when its between 8-11 mpg-you dont want to cut even one mile off that!!

Last night I got all 4 strings of my party lights hung up on the porch. It looks so nice out there!!! Its starting to look like a comfy/homey place-and I am LOVIN IT!!! I havent had the energy to do this or work outside either because of my fat killing me-or the heat-it used to be satan to me, I would sweat BEFORE I ever walked out the door-now, I am the last one to break a sweat and I love it!!! My plants are so pretty, the flowers are just beautiful......the garden looks good-and then one of my favorite things-we have the back 10 acres or so planted for all the wildlife here-and there is a field of 5-6 foot tall sunflowers-bright yellow and vibrant-and when they were coming up-the deer would go back there and eat the tops-and frolic through the field-it was beautiful....dont see them much now that its so thick and tall-but-its a beautiful sight, something out of a magazine, thats for sure. Thought I would take some pics and post them in my profile, if I learn how to do that!!

Today I am moving the puter desk and we are re-arranging the livingroom and den furniture. Yes, I have help coming-cant do that on my own. We are shampooing the carpets in both those rooms tonite (again, with help).

Feeling frustrated today. The pain I have been having is again like it was before-which means that the one med we changed-was really helping me. Its so expensive though-it is $100 WITH my rx plan!!! Mike says that he doesnt care-to call the doc and get back on that one, because the difference was day and night. I guess I will have to suck it up, because I cant keep living like this. I am miserable-and with people the way they have been with me lately, its just going to be a matter of time before I hit that "last straw" and not care if I get hauled off to jail for just smacking the crap out of someone! Enough is enough already. I mean, IF I want to smack them before when I wasnt but a 2 pain wise-imagine what a 25 pain level does....Its been by the Grace of God-truly, that I have been able to walk away from quite a few situations and people who only want to play mind games and be difficult. I actually, feel sorry for people who have to be like that-because they are miserable in their day to day lives OR they wouldnt be acting like that!!! Id rather walk away and be happy with MYSELF and MY LIFE-then be a miserable, spiteful, hateful person-whom is miserable and people dont want to be around! I love it when people throw around attitude now-Im telling you, Im not exaggerating here-the OLD Janet-would have popped at least 3 people in the past 2 months or so-and the NEW Janet-I really dont care to even argue or fight. MY life is GOOD~I am HAPPY and I dont even like to take time for people who are negative or TRY to suck the life out of me or my family. I think its Sherr (Blondie) who had the town listed in her profile as Mean People Suck-yes they do-sherr, yes they do!!!

There are a couple of situations that very few people know about, that I have been going through lately. I really could use prayer, I need some intervention on a health matter and then a couple of personal matters. Im not trying to be mysterious-I just dont want to go into all of it right now. I will at a later date. I appreciate the prayers though.

Ok-phone just got a message-from my ex. He wants me to go give Steph some money until HE gets paid. NO WAY! I text him back-not ONLY did I give her $70 last Thurs, I took her to the store and bought her some groceries AND I paid her phone bill this week-her last phone bill-of $90. Im done-ALL the money from the insurance check she had when she left, is gone. All the child support money IS gone. I have paid for her class she dropped, I have paid 2 months of her phone bill, and I have given her $200 since she moved out. I dont have any more to give AND I am NOT shorting myself and my family. She spent her money going to AR with her bozo boyfriend-she should have gotten shoes. I am bringing her all the shoes she left in her room, but I am not giving her any more money this week. WHY do I let this make me feel guilty???? WHY? I dont want to let it have this kind of control over me. I know he wont "pay me back" when he gets paid-he doesnt pay in the first place-much less pay me back-he just doesnt want HIS family to see that he doesnt take care of his kid-guess what? Now they will see-I bet he will come up with money now-so they wont have to go through what I do!! I do have a Kohls gift card that she wouldnt take from me last month. I am going to give that to her aunt-and she can take steph to get some shoes with it.

**Jan-Im so sorry about the septic tank....We just had ours worked on a couple of months ago-and my whole yard was dug up, ALL the way across my driveway and I lost about an acre of trees and brush right across from my house because they had to dig there too-and couldnt get to it-ARGH! Well, at least now-ALL the pipes from the house to the tank are brand new. WOOO HOOOO....

Did I already tell you that my adopted daughter, Amanda is the one who is due on the 30th of Jan? I cant remember.....We will get to see the sex of the baby in a little over 2 months-IF its not too shy!!! I CANT WAIT...Aaron and I have money riding on the bet...I cant wait to collect my money!!!~

We stopped on Monday at that house up the road. They were painting the window sills. (house is stone for the most part) and it was the owners there-when the people moved out-their daughter asked if she could move there. Darn it!! I told them where I lived and said IF anything comes up with the daughter to PLEASE stop up there and leave me a note if Im not home to let me know and we would be interested in it. They said they would. She actually said that if the daughter doesnt last (not sure that she will like it way out in the country-she is a little city gal and younger) that we can rent it for sure. She also thanked me for keeping an eye on the place and gave me her phone number in case we ever see anything again. said that she was glad we are observant-but I would have just talked to their friends, Charlie and his wife, Pam.....

Poor, Poor Joe. I am gonna buy that guy a big ol' beer!! If he doesnt drink regular beer-I will buy him a Root Beer-cuz he sure deserves it... Jan-I just have some ?'s for you. Does Joe have any hair left? Is there just ONE STRAND on the top of his head thats curly? Are his eyes blood shot and his hands stuck in the shape of fists? Does he act like he has terrats? Is his head violently shaking and twitching? You better watch him, cause it sounds like he is going to be taking a LONG ride, in a short vehicle, with a nice, new, crisp, white jacket on!!! I had this vision of Joe climbing out from under that house-covered in God only knows what-and the only thing you can see of Joe is the white of his BLOODSHOT eyes-and no one wants to be close to him, because lets face it-he smells like something inside that tank!!! As funny as it seems (smiling, arent you?) it makes me want to give that nice, nice man a hug!! Im gonna hug him at the meeting...and then, Im gonna offer him an underground place to hide-just until that house is done-LOL LOL!!!! He is going to end up starting a new support group for abused husbands if your not careful.....Oh my-if we ever got him and Mike together-watch out. Mike likes to joke when we are out in public-say eating at a restaurant or something-he will start being really serious and when someone can hear him-he will talk about his "group" and how they said that "I" need to get anger management help because I cant keep hitting him and yadi yadi...The more shocked I look OR the more people who start listening-he just thrives off that, and then he will get descriptive!!! Funny huh? He will say things like-The doctor said I was lucky this time-could have been a fractured skull if you would have hit me two inches to the left with that steel pipe-and he keeps a straight face!!! He will talk about how embaressing it is to him to go to a spousal abuse group being a man and all......He is quite the character, my husband.

Which reminds me-I took a magazine yesterday and I took out ALL of the pages of models/actresses etc-where you can see their collar bones and shoulder blades etc....and then I said-LOOK at these women-are you going to tell me that you dont think they are beautiful? They are MUCH thinner than I am-and I can see their bones....Nope, he says-they dont have AS much bone showing-and they are probably alot shorter than you...Geez, I just cant win...I really am sick of people acting like I dont even weigh 100#. One of my dear angels from New York, Dawn...we have been best buds for a couple of years now-and I sent her a pic yesterday and she shot me back a text that said-THATS YOU? I said yes-and she said OMG, girl-YOU HAVE TO STOP LOSING WEIGHT...My heart sank-not her too!! Before I could respond to her, she shoots me a text saying she is at 175 and hasnt been as faithful, like me about losing etc etc...I shot her back a text that said-UM, EXCUSE ME-I WEIGH MORE THAN YOU DO!! And your Telling ME to stop losing? She said-Im 5'3 hon, how tall are you again? Your like the jolly green giant...No maam, Im not....Im tall. I read everyones responses about it yesterday-but then when she said that-It was like starting over again....Now I feel like everyone is watching me, like I dont eat-OR watching to see how many times I get sick-stuff like that. It makes me really uncomfortable. I do NOT have an eating disorder. Yes, I STILL get sick sometimes, usually when I dont eat slow enough or something just doesnt agree with my pouch. I STILL have those days. GB or not-I STILL get sick-and when I have those days NOTHING stays down!

I cant wait to see you. I am actually going to get with Renee today or tomorrow and see if she can or wants to go to Springfield a couple of hours early and IF she can-maybe we can meet some before the meeting. Would love to sit and have coffee and talk before.....plus-I love the 2nd hand shops there. Will see. Maybe, if Sheila can make it to Monett or somewhere on my way to Springfield-I can pick her up too....Will see. Until then, take care-love ya....oh-and I wanted to say-I wouldnt worry too much about how the email sounds-it will be taken however that person feels anyway...all you can do is just say, as politely as you can-that you have to pay PER text, and IF its NOT an emergency-then please do not send me forwards-IF you want to send me a forward, do it through my email where I dont have to pay for it individually. THEN...IF it continues, then just flat out be a B....LOL...Shouldnt have to be too explanitory...even if you didnt have to pay PER text and didnt like getting the forwards, its your life-and it doesnt matter WHY-unless your asking someone NOT to breath air that you share!!!! LOL LOL

**Renee-I will be texting you to see what your up to the 21st and if maybe you could leave a bit earlier. Maybe we can meet with some of our peeps for coffee or whatever... Will talk to Jan, Glenna, Lana, Sheila, Sug and whomever else-LOL....Love our peeps-and you will too!!! Cant wait to give you a hug since we already know each other through our emails and texts. Love ya girl.

**Sheila-I WISH that I could do something about that roaring! I dont know HOW you do it....Have you ever tried clove oil for a toothache? I swear by that stuff. You can get it at a health food store. It WILL numb it. When they are BAD-nothing gets rid of pain totally, but the clove oil is the closest thing Ive ever found....Use a q-tip to apply it. I will text you in just a bit and see how your doing. Thinking IF your close enough to the way I travel to the meetings-maybe we can swing by and pick you up too? Will see.

What kinds of cars do you have? Remind me when we text....I will see if I can find someone to help you out fixing one of them for you. Are you going to be selling one? Let me know.

Oh-and IF that guy DOESNT call you back-then screw em!! Your beautiful! We should all be so lucky as to look as cute as you do!~ I say cute, because your absolutely adorable~!!!! I am hoping YOU find someone worthy of you-who will be good to you and take care of you and treat you like a princess. He is out there....sure gotta kiss a lot of ugly ass toads first (not just looks-it could be personality too), tho, huh? LOL....

**Shannon-I sure can see how you would lose it and get upset with people and their comments. Hasnt anyone just heard of keeping it to themselves if they cant be nice? The problem is....they dont know HOW bad we felt BEFORE the surgery, and to me, now-when someone makes a comment about my looks-It takes me right back to when I was huge-only now it seems so much worse, because before I KNEW WHY they would say things and I was already self conscience about it-NOW....I feel good and so I feel like I am being slammed when they are saying things!! Just take care-your doing so good and you look FANTASTIC...Dont let people get you down (I know, easier said than done!)

My green beans have been best when they arent real thick. We had a batch last night that got huge-and they were tough and I cooked them an extra long time too. Ok flavor, but way too hard...I cant eat items like that. Its not worth the chewing time-LOL...so, the smaller have the better flavor and much easier to chew. Are you going to do a winter garden too? Do you do broccoli in the winter too? I am. I dont have any broccoli, cabbage or brussel sprouts right now. I did get a small amount of asparagus-LOVE IT, but only got enough for one meal...Its all I ate that night for dinner. De-Lish~~

**Christine-Sweety, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers! Im so sorry for your loss. Please let us know if there is anything we can do besides pray....

Congrats on getting so close to your next goal...I can read the joy in your posts when your doing something you couldnt before. Congrats. Take care.

**Cassie-So glad your home. We have been praying for you NON STOP! I am praying your complications are over and your gonna soar to a FULL recovery!! We love ya and wish you the best.....

**Vanessa-Heres hoping and praying your surgery goes well today. We will be waiting to hear from you. Very sorry to hear about your mom too-dont overdo it though just getting home from the hospital and all. Let us know if you need anything. Can you get to Springfield on the 21st to the group? we would LOVE To see you there and meet you! We have a couple of bandsters there......

**Kerri-I thought about you with all those girls last night and the musical, high school what? LOL... let us know how it went LOL LOL... DO you still have hair on your head?

I would LOVE to be your angel, should you accept me. Someone offered to be your angel in that post I did-and I emailed her to get you guys matched up and I never heard from her-so I assumed she emailed you to get it straightened up....I will do it. When is your surgery and etc? Email me directly at [email protected] I cant wait to hear from you.

**Sug-it sounds like you and I are doing a lot of stuff yard wise that we didnt get to do before, huh?

When will you know if Rick is coming with you to the reunion? IF he doesnt, are you going to share a cabin with Jan and them? Let me know. IF I ever get time to catch up on my personal emails, we will get it all worked out. j/k-I will find time SOON...Just have a couple of bigger projects Im trying to get out of the way first!

Have fun at the garage sales. I love going now-cause I can usually find something that will fit me-Not like before. I used to only look at kid stuff, or hubby stuff-but now, there is stuff for me....yay yay~~

**Bec-Hi there....I know-I am STILL sitting on your package. I AM getting it in the mail today come H or high water-LOL...I havent been able to get to the post office to have it weighed to get the correct postage on it. They have been closed the 3 times I got done....Argh...Forgive me. I am thinking of you AND praying for you. I CANT wait to hear about your approval~!!!! Its coming~ WE are ALL praying for the approval. Let us know as soon as you get it.

Mikes friend that NEEDS the surgery, his name is Wally. I dont bring it up anymore, Bec. I tried to help him. He asked me to, but now it almost seems like he will totally avoid that subject at all cost. The WORST part of it IS that I feel like we will be going to his funeral, before he ever takes care of this. It makes my heart hurt because I love Wally like a brother. Him and I are closer than I have ever been to another man that wasnt my husband, you know???? He KNOWS of the changes in my life-and it excites him and he gets pumped to do it-and then gets home and I think between his fear of going to the doctor and finding out what his exact weight is and his wife-that he just doesnt get around to it. All we can do is to keep praying for him. I know, for a fact that he is at LEAST 600-650#. He cant walk more than a couple of steps and he is totally out of breath. He sweats non stop....anyway-lets just keep him in our prayers and PRAY TO GOD THAT HE HAS THE SURGERY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!

**Nutti-Im so sorry Ms. Pixie is moving. It broke my heart. Like I could already feel your pain, and MY Ms. Pixie isnt even in the world yet!!! I cant imagine having this feeling and then getting so close to her and them moving. Man, that would BREAK my heart~!!!! I just cannot wait to see you again! I bet we wont recognize each other!

**Deb-good to see you! I hope all is well. I was just wondering HOW you were doing!! Love ya.

**Tammy-Ammy....Where are you? How are you feeling? Havent text you in 2 days and miss ya!!! Love ya.

**Brenda-Your more than welcome for the cards-I HOPE they made you feel loved...AND special. Cuz your special to me. I miss you so much and I wish that I lived closer to help you out! Take care and I am praying for your recovery....

Please keep Bev, Jackie, Cassie, Brenda and Vanessa in your prayers for speedy and uneventful recovery. Then-for our pre ops for strength and peace of mind....and for anyone else with needs....as always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Have a good day everyone and tell your loved ones you love em....Love you guys. Janet