Wednesday and Wows!!!

Good Wednesday morning.  We got back home from vacation late last night, and I am so exhausted! We had so much fun tho, it was great seeing everyone!  Needless to say, I was the topic of conversation with EVERYONE we ran into!  Noone hardly recognized me!  They looked at me, and then walked by, but when they say Jimmy or the girls, they did a double take, and turned around in total astonishment!  Talk about making me feel great! One of my friends started crying when she saw me, because she knew how depressed I used to feel!  She could tell how much happier I am now.  We went swimming in the hotel pool, and I didn't feel self-concious about getting in either.  It was really awesome! I can't wait to go back in July now, and show off the new me to my high school classmates! Have a wonderful day everyone.  It is back to the grind at work today.  Apparently things are really going on here in the past 3 days, so who knows what I will be walking into today!  Wish me luck! LOL

Thats great LaChelle!  It does make a person feel good when people are just like OMG, I cant believe how good you look.  It really boosts your confidence as well. Not much going on with me today. Work, work, work. I am getting excited about the clothing exchange and meeting everyone and getting some clothes that actually fit me.  Im in need of sz 16 pants and some med to lg. shirts. Well everyone have a great day.

Good morning, LaChelle and all. I hope that this finds everyone happy and healthy today. I am sitting here waiting to go to the office. I have several things to do up there this morning. I like it better when I am busy rather than just sitting here.  I am going to put my application in at a couple of places today after Bill is off to work. I am at the office all morning and then he leaves a bit after 1 so I thought that it would be better than not getting home to get him off to work. He takes offense to that because it happens a lot when I am up at the office. I thought that way it will keep him happy and when hubby is happy so am I.  The sun is out this morning and that makes me happy. It is suppose to be colder starting today but with the sun shining it is bearable. I can't wait until spring is really here. I know it has started but it sure doesn't seem like it most of the time. One good thing is that the is that the robins are back and that means that spring is right around the corner.  I want to congratulate Janene on becoming a grandma!!! I am waiting for that day but our son isn't co-operating on that and he needs to. His wife is needing some surgery before that happens and they aren't in any hurry right now. I sure can tell that they aren't old like Bill and I are. I better get moving. I have some things to get done before I leave and that is in a few minutes. I hope that you all have a wonderful and blessed day today. Stay safe and happy and don't forget to stay warm too. I send love and hugs to all.

Good morning everyone!  Whew! The past 24 hours has been a blur. The root canal I had yesterday kinda knocked me on my butt. I have to go back 2 more times before it's over with. The decay was down to the bone and the nerve was disinergrating so the dentist put in a temp medicated filling for a week. I go back next week to have it removed & a post/filling put it. She'll also be doing the impression for the crown for it. Then of course, I'll have another trip there to have the crown put on. I guess it's a good thing I'm not working right now, huh?   I'll be going to see Dr. Bergman this morning. I've had alot of drainage from the 'T' portion of the incision so she wants to be sure it's not trying to get infected. It if weren't for that, I wouldn't have had to go bac****il next Wednesday. It's not draining as bad now as it was Sunday & Monday but it is better to be safe than sorry. Tiffany told me yesterday that she can finally see the effects of my plastics! Woo-hoo! I was able to get into my largest jeans...finally. I don't have the ability to hold my tummy in so the swelling had to go down enough in order to do the button & zipper without 'sucking it in' at all. Like I said, these are my largest pair..so the legs were REAL baggy! The butt was REAL baggy! Only right at the tummy where the swelling still is actually 'fit'. You know how when you are obese, you want your clothes really loose? I did anyway. I guess I thought that correctly fitting clothes made me look fatter or something. Tiffany has a tendency to prefer hers baggy too and I try to encourage her to wear clothes that 'fit'. So she got to tease me a bit yesterday over me wearing 'baggy butt pants'. lol. I was just so glad to be out of elastic! LaChelle...I'm glad you had a good time on vacation. It's pretty cool when people who hadn't seen you for awhile sees you. I'm sure you're going to love it in July too!! I had some idiot tell me when I was 4 months out that 'at least you're losing your weight slowly'. At that point, I had lost 80 lbs! "SLOWLY"??? Some people! So...if you run into any idiots like I did, just ignore them! LOL!  You all have a terrific day! Sherri

WOOOOHOOOOOOO LaChelle...you sexy thang you! Glad you had a great visit and home safe.  Jenny....you are doin' so good!  You will get that century card soon! I can just see ya at those car shows lookin' flirty! Happy Hump Day y'all! Not much happening here today...YESTERDAY was exciting!  We have a new Granddaughter! Victoria Marie...8lbs. 6oz. I put her picture on my profile. We have one more granddaughter goin' to be here on Friday. Her name will be Ryleigh Michelle. I will post her picture as soon as I get it. Y'all have a smiley day! huggggggggs Janene

LaChelle,... That is fantastic! Those wow moments do seem to make this struggle all worth it. I'm glad you had a great vacation.  Today my husband (big) Mike, and I have an appointment with Mikey's psychologist. We are going to keep his appointments that were set up, to try to figure out some different parenting skills to use with Mikey, as maybe he can help direct us in a better route for a child like Mikey. I'm a little nervous about going it. It's hard to admit that what you're doing doesn't work.  I was appalled yesterday, that my scale rose up to 166. But I knew deep down, that the girl scout cookies I'd munched on the day before didn't help. Yesterday was a great day though. I got in lots of low-calories protein, and today was rewarded with a 164. I made a decision that while I'm so stressed out with Mikey, my goal is just going to be to maintain between 160-165. If I stay in that range I will be happy enough.  Otherwise, nothing too much is going on here. I will work tonight at Sears. It's a short shift though, only four hours. I can make it. I'm feeling really worn out though lately. Last night, when I didn't work, I went to sleep about 6:30 and slept until this morning at 6am. I guess I needed the rest. I am also kind of sad, because Firday is March 28th. That's the day in 1999, when My daughter Lucy went to Heaven. It's a hard day for me. I still remember the trauma pretty vividly. Home, the ER, everything about that day was pretty awful. If you don't mind, keep my family in your prayers.

Good Day Everyone!!!

Glad to see a sunny day today. To bad about the only time I get to enjoy days like these are the short walks from the car back indoors and vice versa. Having a bad week starting Tuesday of last week. Excessive diarrhea, nausea extreme and lots and lots of pelvic pain. I've had multiple urinanalysis(sp?) and ultrasounds, tomorrow I'll have an MRI. I've gone from mid/mild pain relief of Norco's up to Oxycotin's. They increased my immodium dosage up to 16 pills a day. I keep telling myself that if is to be my "worse" then I'll be okay and will get through this. I'm also reminding myself that I have the rest of this week and all of next of radiation and then I'll be done. I also have two more Monday's of chemotherapy and then I'll be done. Then a week of rest before I start enternal radiation which I've been assured will be much much easier then what I'm doing right now.
I'm really looking forward to coming to the clothing exchange. I've got lots of spring and summer type stuff in sizes ranging from 12's-8's that I'm sure some of you girls will enjoy. But I'm really looking forward seeing everyone and visiting.
Right now my new meds are kicking in and I'm getting woozzy.

Hope everyone has an awesome sunshinny day!

Jodi

P.S. Thanks Sherri and a few others (names are exscaping me right now sorry, plz don't take it personally) for the cards sent to the house. And Gail thanks for the many e-cards.

Happy Wednesday...the sun is shining and it's a gorgeous early spring day!!  I'm ready for warmer weather too. One more week and y'all need to make room for me on the loser's bench.  I am so excited.  Today I returned 2 one lb bags of M&M's to the store, and she apologized she'd only be able to credit me $1.30 per bag.  It was that or throwing them away, because I do not want that stuff around, and I certainly don't want my kids eating it.  I've been going to the Y almost every day, sometimes twice a day, doing water aerobics and getting in some treadmill time, and it feels so good!   In fact, I've got to get laundry folded and put away and the girls and I are headed back...my iPod came Monday morning and I'm ready to test out my workout mix on the treadmill!

Hey, $2.60 is better than nothing!

That's for sure!! Much better than my little ones filling up on more chocolate, and it helped with the grocery bill today.