It's my favorite day........Saturday!
Bill and I are going out for dinner for my bff's daughters graduation dinner. She just graduated with honors from Indiana University and will be starting graduate school this fall. I am so proud of her. She has come a long way from when she was 5 years old and asked if you had to go to college to be a check out girl at Costas. Costas was a grocery store here in town. She had set her sights on that career and now here she is through college and still working full time while she did it. She honored me with asking if I would write a letter of recommendation to help her get into graduate school. I told her that I would the best that I could but had never done it before. Low and behold she got in....and I told her the other 2 letters had nothing to do with getting her in.....it was definitely my letter that got her in. Yeah right!
I am sticking around home for most of the day today. I am really hurting and I think it is mostly from the swelling. I feel like my skin is going to bust right open. I know that my navel is hurting too but the swelling is the most problem. I will get through it since I am a survivor (just as long as I don't have to go on the television show to prove it!) and can get through anything. I told Bill just a bit ago that that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.....and I firmly believe that saying to be true.
I guess I must have took to long of a nap this afternoon since now I am having a problem with sleeping. I must be going back to my babyhood and getting my days and nights confused. I might be able to show Kayden just how to do it. He should be getting to that soon. Just another thing that he can learn from Grandma! Oh dear, I am not sure that I should teach him some things that I know.....Mom and Dad might not approve! But then again Grandma wouldn't approve either! ha ha
I better get going. I hope that everyone has a wonderful day and smiles at someone today. It will bring happiness to someones life and just think....it would be your smile that brings it. How much better can you get? I am sending love and hugs to all along with prayers being said.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
I think you will hurt less if you do,and it will help with the swelling.
I have been up since 6:35 AM,when my grand came in for his sneakers.
I am gonna lay down soon,it is 2 here,and I have warned them not to wake me.
Enjoy your day!
Hugs.
WHAT WE FEAR,WE CREATE.
its 5:30 in New Jersey and I am up, but i think its cause i went to bed early
last night. i tried to eat leftovers from dinner out the night before, and lets say
i just NEVER learn. so i spent the evening feeling sick but it finally passed.
linda im sorry you are feeling so stuffed from food, that was a much bigger
menu for you from yesterday. can you drink a protein drink? would that give
you some calories but not leave you feeling so stuffed??
and miss brenda, me thinks maybe you are doing too much. dont like to
hear how tired you are feeling. i think you should rest up a bit today before
that dinner out. napping is a good thing to do. especially since you are not
that far out from your recent surgery. would ice help your swelling, just thinking
out loud here.
anyway, i worked a bit more this past week, its just tiring walking around the
office, but im challenging myself to add a couple of hours a week till i get back
to a semblance of a real paycheck. the good news is that i did drop 2.5 pounds
and this time i hope to really keep them off. i told hubby to stop buying the
pretzels, they call me, jackiiiiiii come eat me. ive really cut the carbs this week
and saw a big difference. (and thats funny cause i dont eat all that many to
start with)
ok enough rambling for me, hope you all enjoy the weekend. im keeping it
light on plans cause im tired
hugs, be safe and well, JACKI
Brenda, sounds like you need to rest more, I agree with Jacki. Your body has been through a lot and it might be rebelling. Since we all can't be there to take care of you, you have to do it yourself! Hugs to ya
Jacki, so happy to hear you're increasing your work schedule and getting back to the gym. Nothing like the old routine to make you feel like your life is returning to normal.
Had a bit of a scare this morning. You guys are gonna laugh. I always make myself a latte when I get up, so the first thing I do is turn the machine on to warm up while I feed and water the dogs. Then, I heat my milk and by then the espresso machine is ready to go. Well.....no go. Dang thing appeared to be broken, wouldn't heat up, no light, no espresso, no happiness. So, I made a French press and started looking on e-bay for a new machine. Gary got up and started to make his regular pot of coffee and I'm telling him that we need a new espresso machine. Well, his coffee pot wouldn't come on either, turns out the breaker had flipped!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeeee ! My knight in shinning armor
Ok...time to hit the shower and get ready for a long day at work. Hope you all have a wonderful one!
Susan
it looks like it is going to be a beautiful day and i intend to work in the yard...i bought a few flats of flowers last nite and a euonymous plant; also another speedwell and something else pretty -i forget the name--that and the hostas and my son's mini rose bush should keep me busy for hours! don't want to spend lots of money if we are to sell but want pretty! i'm trying to gradually put in perennials and fill in with the annuals....
plans may be changing about our birdsitter- i am not sure where this is going but we have some concerns so we are visiting someone tomorrow.....and this morning i am booking a room for the night befor eour flight--a few times when i have flown out at buttcrack of dawn, there have been traffic or weather issues driving up to detroit so i am just going to get us up there thurs nite so we only have to drive a few mile sto park and fly!it'll be worth the peace of mind ....
tanned yesterday-still not seeing it in my face and etc but i'm working on it....i think tuesday i'll up the time a teensy bit....
i have to do some digging in the garage this weekend for some things that i have to take to my mother next weekend-should be a disastrous thing-digging in the garage! i'm sure tempers will flare as well!
have a great day!i'm off to get coffee....haven't had any yet.....
hugs and prayers
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
Tom will be here any minute. We will head to another softball game. I have had two weeks of watching the grand's play their games and have loved every second of it.
Tomorrow we are going back home. It has been lovely spending time here but I am more than ready to get back to my routine and the furbrats.
Kisses to all
Annette
Annette 
You sound like you're overdoing it, Brenda. Take it easy. Try
some ice on your navel area to take down the swelling. Ice
is always nice ... always helps me. In fact, I just bought a
couple of new ice packs from Meijer the other day ... I like
theirs better than Walgreens (and they were on sale too ... I
like that).
I slept really late, til noon, actually after noon. Got up about 9
and decided I was still tired so went back to sleep. Next thing I
knew I was having this crazy dream, then it was 12:06. I think
I'm a little depressed. Same ol', same ol' ...worried about my
finances. Saturday is not my favorite day anymore. I really
dread working this day. Don't like sports (the department, not sports in general). I wouldn't mind it if
they would give me something to do. I really feel like an outsider
there. I think when Andy (my boss) gets back, I'm going to talk
to him about changing back to my old schedule, if I can. Quite
frankly, I don't see that they really need me in sports. Or at least
they don't act like it.
Well, the Sox are playing ... they'd better start playing better.
Right now, they stink. They've lost 9 of their last 12. Phew!
Have a good day.
hi brenda and OFF...
brenda you better get some rest so you finish healing up!!!! you seem to be doing way to much already!!! rest ya hear??!!!
well today we went to the farm market here and i bought a few veggies and a melon. wanted to get a hanging basket but wow!!! sooo expensive!! thought it would be cheaper there but i was wrong...oh well. after that we went to the horse fest and had a good time!!! i forgot my camera!! i was upset over that but atleast i got to see some horses!! and with rick by my side!!! my ex would never go with me to see horses!!! heck he hardly ever went with me no matter what i wanted to do!!! after that we came home and then went to the dollar tree for a few things...came back home again and here i am...LOL
watching the horse race right now...they expect the filly to win this one....first filly to win in 88 years!!!! wooohoooo she did it!!!!!!!!!!!!! derby winner came in 2nd...so no triple crown winner again this year. awesome win for this horse!!!! rachel alexandra is her name...
talked to mom this morning also and she sounds sooo much better!!!! can't wait to see her in 3 weeks!!!! she is excited also and can't wait to see me again. she is mad at my sister now for telling me we had to go to a motel...i told her no big deal because we weren't going to stay there anyhow....would gag on the smell of her house!!! yes it is that bad!!!
ok cr**** and now i forget who else i wanted to address grrrrrrr i hate when that happens!!!!
OH!!! i found out last night that "sybil" (my pouch) still rules the food intake!!! we had cashew chicken and an egg roll...well the egg roll got stuck or i ate to much and man was i ever sick!!! finally got it to come up and i was fine...no more of that for me for a long long time!!!! but atleast i know its still working for me!!!! ;)
ok need to go fix dinner....woohooo sun just came out!!!! first time today!!! had some rain off and on all day...no storms though...called for them but no go...sighs...
SMILE..... : )
it's almost 10 pm west coast time, so you are probably fast asleep in Indiana. Hope your day brought you some relief from the pain. Are you doing too much right after that big surgery? What a crack up if we had a survivor for WLS post-op. Maybe post-op olympics? Post-op sipping contest, now its getting plain ridiculous. Anyway, hugs to you, have a good Sunday, Mary
Walking with you on this journey, Mary
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
