Happy Easter to all!
I figured I would post my "Happy Easter" post tonight, since I won't have time tomorrow. We are leaving for Illinois early in the morning, so spend Easter with our family back there. We haven't been home since May of last year to visit, and this is going to be just a very quick trip as it is, so we are going to get in as much time visiting as we can! Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter, and a safe week. We will be home late Tuesday night, so I will be expecting lots of goodies to read when I get home! Take care all, and have a wonderful time. Don't overdo it on the ham and turkey, and whatever else anyone eats! Enjoy the time with your families and friends, and anyone else that may cross your paths. See you on Tuesday night, or Wednesday.
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You only have one life to live, but if lived right, it's the only one you need!
Happy Easter everyone! I do hope that all those who are traveling, travels safely. We're spending a quiet day at home. Tiffany came by last night & picked up the Easter baskets & eggs. With it being so cold today, they were planning on having the egg hunt in the house. 4 little ones, 77 eggs, 1 house. Yep, I'm glad to ge staying home for the most part! LOL! Besides, I woke up at 5..stayed up till about 5:15 and went back to 
. Now, I've been up 10 minutes and I think I'm gonna head right back there! I am SOOO tired today!
Well..Jay got most of his cleaning done yesterday. Since his part was pretty much just cleaning everything high or pulling out appliances and cleaning behind them, it's kinda hard to look around and get that 'yep, it's clean' satisfaction. He drove me nuts though. He would finish one thing and then want to know what was next. Finally..after about 5 hours, I said something to him about it. I told him that when I tell Tiffany 'vacuuming & sweeping & mopping', I don't have to go to each room and point at the floor and tell her which one gets which..vacuum or sweep/mop. I told him that when I say 'get rid of the cob webs, clean the fans & vents, and dust off anything high..I mean ALL of them..that I should not have to point out each and every cob web!'. Make sense to you guys? I know he got mad for a little while..but I paid him good to do this ($80) and I felt like I did not have the day to do anything I wanted to do because of constantly having to show him what next to do. Oh..and he is 25 yrs old..so not like he's a 12 yr old kid. When he does come back, he still has the washer & dryer to pull out & clean behind...because I didn't name them off specifically when I said 'pull out the big appliances, clean them & clean under/behind them'. We were in the kitchen so he did get that I wanted the stove, fridge, and dishwasher AFTER I added 'like the stove, fridge and dishwasher'.
It always amazes me of the differences between my two kids. Tiffany will be 27 in June. Tell a 'blonde' joke to my 2 kids, Jay gets it, Tiffany doesn't. Give them each a math problem, Tiffany will spend 30 minutes on it and still get it wrong. Jay will spend 2 minutes, get it right, and have no idea why he got that answer. On the other hand, give Tiffany a stack of papers to type up and she'll have them typed, saved, printed and correlated in no time flat. Give those same papers to Jay? He'll spend an hour per paragraph and it look NOTHING like the paper you gave him. Jay is all into 'me' and what is in it for himself. Tiffany is loving, caring, and giving to the point that I worry about her being taken advantage of (ESPECIALLY by Jay!!). Tell Jay to do something, he understands it completely but has NO iniative to get up and do it unless you use the words 'NOW' or 'IF YOU WANT PAID'. Tell Tiffany? She's starting to do the task as you are talking and before she even has a clue as to what/if you are willing to pay her for doing it. If there's any clarifying that is needed, she asks about all of them then. As babies...Jay was my good baby. So loving...so sweet & cuddly. Tiffany had an attitude of leave me the heck alone. Once they got in school though, it was like they had a personality swap. With all the BS Jay has put me through (yes Linda, without even having a clue as to what all Mikey has put you through, I can definately relate to the stress, concern..and even guilt), I have often felt that God made Tiffany the way she is as a reassurance to myself that I DID do something right as they were growing up. Jay will be back on Monday to finish his tasks (he ran out of time yesterday...mainly because he'd keep stopping to ask me 'what's next'!). This time, I have a list to hand him with it written down of what exactly & in which rooms! Tiffany will also be here to start on her stuff. It is so good to know that she already knows what I want/need her to do: vacuum, sweep/mop, clean the bathrooms....and to know that I won't have to keep stopping what I am doing to show her each thing! I know, I know. I should be grateful that my kids are willing to come over & clean for me. Afterall, they DO have lives of their own..but...remember, I'm also paying them to do the job. Tiffany..NEVER asks me for a dime for any of the work she does for me...and trust me, with all my surgeries & not being able to drive & stuff, between working, her family, and us, we keep that poor girl BUSY! Jay? It would be nice if he called sometime just to say 'Mom, how are you feeling?'. When he calls though? I know that 'Can I have $??' is going to be included in the conversation before we hang up the phone. I know that others of you that have grown kids that can relate to what I am saying. You always think that once they are 18 & out of your house that your relationship will change a little bit to adult to adult. That is the case most of the time...with Tiffany.
I'm sorry. I guess after spending all day with Jay yesterday, that is REALLY on my mind today. I hope it makes some of my fellow parents of grown kids out there feel better to know that they aren't alone though when it comes to them & their 'kids'. Oh..to change the subject...Tiffany is going to bake a ham for their Easter dinner today. She plans on bringing me & Bill some. YUMMMM! I love ham. Every since I had the hernia surgery on the 3rd, my appetite has been decreasing more & more. I'm hoping I'll be able to get more of the ham in me than I have other foods. I've been drinking 3 protein drinks a day just so I can be sure I'm getting in enough protein(at 20 g each). I found out that BariatricEating is out of them...again...and they don't know when they'll be able to get more in...so I have to start being a little more careful at how quick I go through the rest that I have (9 cases). Besides, it can get $$ at ~$3.50/bottle (when you include the s&h charges)..so $10.50 a day, that can get pricey too! Since October, I have been making sure I drink at least 2 a day though so the protein can help me battle getting ok. See? Even at 3.5 yrs out, you constantly have to be mindful of being sure you get enough protein in!! So..here's hoping I'll be able to eat more than 2-3 bites before my tummy says 'that's enough'. That's about all I'm averaging right now each time I try to eat. It took me 6 hours the other day to get down 1/2 of the meat from a gyro's! The heck of the thing is that I know my body releases pounds alot better if I eat better. Yep...I definately go into 'starvation mode'. I'd be happy if I stayed right where I am right now since I am in 'normal' BMI range for my height..but...I certainly wouldn't complain if I lost a few more to give me a little cushion. I guess that's the 'fat Sherri' thinking! LOL!
I had read on a little while back that they aren't doing the Century Club stuff right now. It was something to do with the software changes. So...for those who have just reached it or are getting close to it, they might not be able to set you up with that right now. If they do though, let me know, ok? I'm now into the double century.
Jan....when we traded our 'C' class Jayco in for our 'A' class Dutch Star, we traded away about 10 years, increased size by alot (went form 27' to 34'..and the 34' has a slide out for more room), but the gas mileage stayed about the same. You might want to test drive an 'A' just to see what you think. I was SO intimidated by them...which is why we got the Jayco to start with. Once I was willing to test drive an 'A' though, it made me wonder what the heck I had been afraid of. They are just so much easier to handle! The really big difference in driving it was hills. With the Jayco, it really made me hope that we were going to blow the motor. You could hear it working to go up hills. Bill had mentioned going to Dollyworld..and I flat out said 'nope. Not in the Jayco!'. I really didn't think it'd do too well for anything resembling a mountain! The Dutch Star though? Smooth driving all the way! I wouldn't be afraid of going up any hill or mountain in it. The Dutch Star does have alot bigger gas tank (think it's 75 gallons..and I think the Jayco's was 30 gallons) but we went through it at about the same rate per gallon...so we can fill up less frequent too.
Well..although I don't have nothing planned for today, I'm sure you all do have plans other than reading the ramblings of mine. So...on that note, have a really good Easter you guys. Thank you for letting me share my thoughts/concerns/frustrations with you each day. That means so much to me. You all are just the absolute best support...and therapy...one could ever hope for!!!!
love ya's!
Sherri
. Now, I've been up 10 minutes and I think I'm gonna head right back there! I am SOOO tired today!
Well..Jay got most of his cleaning done yesterday. Since his part was pretty much just cleaning everything high or pulling out appliances and cleaning behind them, it's kinda hard to look around and get that 'yep, it's clean' satisfaction. He drove me nuts though. He would finish one thing and then want to know what was next. Finally..after about 5 hours, I said something to him about it. I told him that when I tell Tiffany 'vacuuming & sweeping & mopping', I don't have to go to each room and point at the floor and tell her which one gets which..vacuum or sweep/mop. I told him that when I say 'get rid of the cob webs, clean the fans & vents, and dust off anything high..I mean ALL of them..that I should not have to point out each and every cob web!'. Make sense to you guys? I know he got mad for a little while..but I paid him good to do this ($80) and I felt like I did not have the day to do anything I wanted to do because of constantly having to show him what next to do. Oh..and he is 25 yrs old..so not like he's a 12 yr old kid. When he does come back, he still has the washer & dryer to pull out & clean behind...because I didn't name them off specifically when I said 'pull out the big appliances, clean them & clean under/behind them'. We were in the kitchen so he did get that I wanted the stove, fridge, and dishwasher AFTER I added 'like the stove, fridge and dishwasher'.
It always amazes me of the differences between my two kids. Tiffany will be 27 in June. Tell a 'blonde' joke to my 2 kids, Jay gets it, Tiffany doesn't. Give them each a math problem, Tiffany will spend 30 minutes on it and still get it wrong. Jay will spend 2 minutes, get it right, and have no idea why he got that answer. On the other hand, give Tiffany a stack of papers to type up and she'll have them typed, saved, printed and correlated in no time flat. Give those same papers to Jay? He'll spend an hour per paragraph and it look NOTHING like the paper you gave him. Jay is all into 'me' and what is in it for himself. Tiffany is loving, caring, and giving to the point that I worry about her being taken advantage of (ESPECIALLY by Jay!!). Tell Jay to do something, he understands it completely but has NO iniative to get up and do it unless you use the words 'NOW' or 'IF YOU WANT PAID'. Tell Tiffany? She's starting to do the task as you are talking and before she even has a clue as to what/if you are willing to pay her for doing it. If there's any clarifying that is needed, she asks about all of them then. As babies...Jay was my good baby. So loving...so sweet & cuddly. Tiffany had an attitude of leave me the heck alone. Once they got in school though, it was like they had a personality swap. With all the BS Jay has put me through (yes Linda, without even having a clue as to what all Mikey has put you through, I can definately relate to the stress, concern..and even guilt), I have often felt that God made Tiffany the way she is as a reassurance to myself that I DID do something right as they were growing up. Jay will be back on Monday to finish his tasks (he ran out of time yesterday...mainly because he'd keep stopping to ask me 'what's next'!). This time, I have a list to hand him with it written down of what exactly & in which rooms! Tiffany will also be here to start on her stuff. It is so good to know that she already knows what I want/need her to do: vacuum, sweep/mop, clean the bathrooms....and to know that I won't have to keep stopping what I am doing to show her each thing! I know, I know. I should be grateful that my kids are willing to come over & clean for me. Afterall, they DO have lives of their own..but...remember, I'm also paying them to do the job. Tiffany..NEVER asks me for a dime for any of the work she does for me...and trust me, with all my surgeries & not being able to drive & stuff, between working, her family, and us, we keep that poor girl BUSY! Jay? It would be nice if he called sometime just to say 'Mom, how are you feeling?'. When he calls though? I know that 'Can I have $??' is going to be included in the conversation before we hang up the phone. I know that others of you that have grown kids that can relate to what I am saying. You always think that once they are 18 & out of your house that your relationship will change a little bit to adult to adult. That is the case most of the time...with Tiffany.
I'm sorry. I guess after spending all day with Jay yesterday, that is REALLY on my mind today. I hope it makes some of my fellow parents of grown kids out there feel better to know that they aren't alone though when it comes to them & their 'kids'. Oh..to change the subject...Tiffany is going to bake a ham for their Easter dinner today. She plans on bringing me & Bill some. YUMMMM! I love ham. Every since I had the hernia surgery on the 3rd, my appetite has been decreasing more & more. I'm hoping I'll be able to get more of the ham in me than I have other foods. I've been drinking 3 protein drinks a day just so I can be sure I'm getting in enough protein(at 20 g each). I found out that BariatricEating is out of them...again...and they don't know when they'll be able to get more in...so I have to start being a little more careful at how quick I go through the rest that I have (9 cases). Besides, it can get $$ at ~$3.50/bottle (when you include the s&h charges)..so $10.50 a day, that can get pricey too! Since October, I have been making sure I drink at least 2 a day though so the protein can help me battle getting ok. See? Even at 3.5 yrs out, you constantly have to be mindful of being sure you get enough protein in!! So..here's hoping I'll be able to eat more than 2-3 bites before my tummy says 'that's enough'. That's about all I'm averaging right now each time I try to eat. It took me 6 hours the other day to get down 1/2 of the meat from a gyro's! The heck of the thing is that I know my body releases pounds alot better if I eat better. Yep...I definately go into 'starvation mode'. I'd be happy if I stayed right where I am right now since I am in 'normal' BMI range for my height..but...I certainly wouldn't complain if I lost a few more to give me a little cushion. I guess that's the 'fat Sherri' thinking! LOL!
I had read on a little while back that they aren't doing the Century Club stuff right now. It was something to do with the software changes. So...for those who have just reached it or are getting close to it, they might not be able to set you up with that right now. If they do though, let me know, ok? I'm now into the double century.
Jan....when we traded our 'C' class Jayco in for our 'A' class Dutch Star, we traded away about 10 years, increased size by alot (went form 27' to 34'..and the 34' has a slide out for more room), but the gas mileage stayed about the same. You might want to test drive an 'A' just to see what you think. I was SO intimidated by them...which is why we got the Jayco to start with. Once I was willing to test drive an 'A' though, it made me wonder what the heck I had been afraid of. They are just so much easier to handle! The really big difference in driving it was hills. With the Jayco, it really made me hope that we were going to blow the motor. You could hear it working to go up hills. Bill had mentioned going to Dollyworld..and I flat out said 'nope. Not in the Jayco!'. I really didn't think it'd do too well for anything resembling a mountain! The Dutch Star though? Smooth driving all the way! I wouldn't be afraid of going up any hill or mountain in it. The Dutch Star does have alot bigger gas tank (think it's 75 gallons..and I think the Jayco's was 30 gallons) but we went through it at about the same rate per gallon...so we can fill up less frequent too.
Well..although I don't have nothing planned for today, I'm sure you all do have plans other than reading the ramblings of mine. So...on that note, have a really good Easter you guys. Thank you for letting me share my thoughts/concerns/frustrations with you each day. That means so much to me. You all are just the absolute best support...and therapy...one could ever hope for!!!!
love ya's!
Sherri AT GOAL!!
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Hang in there Sherri ...with th kids...my Mom always says.."This too shall pass" :o) It seems it is always something and the older they get the larger the worry! Don't be too alarmed over your decrease in appetite from your TT. I too had that and forced myself to eat and still only managed about 500 calories per day for a couple of weeks. I dropped 17 pounds but once I got back into routine and back at work I went up to where my "normal" range is. Just take care and rest...rest...rest...I am so glad you did well this time and are on the road to recovery! Hope to see you at the exchange!
Hugs!
Marianne
"Bloom Where you are Planted! " RNY 2/3/06 ~ TT/BA/BL saline implants 7/17/07
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