Good Thursday!

Good morning. I have another 30 minutes until afternoon so I got in here this morning. lol I hope that everyone is doing good today. I am here staying cold as usual. But you would think I would be use to it by now. I must be getting use to it some because it is 5 here with a wind chill below zero ( as the newslady just said well below zero ) and I am not as cold as I would think I would be. Maybe it is because the furnace is up to 80! Nothing much is going on here today. I don't have anything planned. Ella and I was going to go into Merrillville to the candy store to get pink and white candy for her daughters baby shower but it is to cold and we thought that if something happened to the car we would be screwed. I am glad that I worked out yesterday and then I don't feel guilty about not going today. lol  I hope that everyone has a wonderful day today and tries to stay warm. I am going to do the same here. Bye for now and will chat later on. 

Morning Everyone I'm just hanging out with Q this morning. I found some tickle spots on him so... yeah... tickling him till he laughs so hard he start hic-cuping. It's so cute. He's got a slight upset tummy and formula doesn't seem to be agreeing with him right now, so I've given him a half bottle (@2.5 ounces) of some grape pedilite to see if that will settle his tummy down so he can hold food down. Plus it will keep his electrolites up till he can get his tummy settle down. I'm getting rather anxious to get my surgery done and over with. One one hand I'm looking forward to getting this done and over with and being to finally be able to get back to the gym. But more then anything I'm looking forward to being Jodi and not this emotional mess right now. The other hand I'm having personal issues about loosing my "choice" in ever having more kids. But... logically I know I need to be healthy for the two I do have so... it goes on and on in my head. I want this done and over with. Thankfully it's not much longer. Hurry Monday Hurry!! hahaha!!!! Gage has his first wrestling match in Lebanon tonight. I'm so proud of him. He's doing more and more "normal" things the older he's getting. Been getting catalogs after catalogs of wedding stuff.... giving me ideas on things to do for my wedding way more cheaper then whats the price in the catalogs. Next month we'll be making the deposit on the site (wedding and reception are at the same place), cake testing, and trying to find a local caterer that will cook/roast a hog (my aunt is giving us a hog as a wedding gift) and provide the sides (providing wls friendly sides also), picking up the flowers for my center pieces and bouquets, and ordering my wedding dress (I found it online for under $200 including shipping/handling and it's custom fitted). I'll be sending out "Save The Date" magnets next month so some of you watch your mailboxes. Well... I"ll probably be lurking for the rest of the week since I have things I need to get organzied for everyone to take care of while I recoup. I hope to see everyone at dinner on Saturday. Have a great day.

That would be hard, to not have the choice about having more children. I had a tubal after my daughter was born, but that's what I wanted. I am going to guess, that people, not here I don't mean, will say alot of things to you that will make it feel worse, like atleast you've got the children you have. When my daughter Lucy died, people said things like that to me, that atleast I had Mikey and that I could have more children, and a lot of things that weren't helpful. I know it's different than what you're experiencing, but they're both losses. I just want to say that if you need to vent, I'm here, and I'm pretty sure that goes for all the folks on here.

Good afternoon I really slept in today im havin trouble sleeping at nite. Unless im totally exhausted . So i gotta get back on schedule. Jodee i love the sound of a childs laughter it brings out the best in everyone and makes you forget your problems for a few minutes. You and Sherri are always in my thoughts and prayers. Here is a hugg for everyone and enjoy the rest of your day and stay warm...

i actually made it into work today. yeah rah! i missed yesterday because of my back pain. i happened to find my stash of pain pills left over from last time to help me make it through the night. tonight i HAVE to finish painting my bedroom so i can put my bed back together. sleeping on the mattress on the floor is really not helping these stupid discs. i feel like i have a wrecking ball grinding into my back. i just keep telling myself that in about 3 months i will have lost weight after the surgery and the back pain will decrease. i've even got a count down going. 61 days until surgery.

oh, jo m. there's a fantastic catering place just north of lafayette that roasts one hell of a . they did a hog, lamb, and deer for us and also provided a wonderful veggie lasagna and several sides for a convention that we held here on campus.

Parretts Meat Processing Hog Roasting & Catering
603 Railroad St
Flora, IN 46929
574-967-3711

sherri, can you pass around some of your cheeriness? i think i need it. then again, i might just go babysit my "nephews". those two always seem to do the trick.