CCCCCOOOOOOOONNNNNNNIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

We are lost without you.....

We are lost even with you, Connie, but it is much more fun WITH you than WITHOUT you!

I'm with me and I'm still lost. lol Life is a bowl full of madness these days, but I'll take it. Remember the old pre-surgery days when we were online all the time because we had nothing else to do? Or more likely, nothing else we could do. I can tell you now that much of my life since February has been taken up with legal proceedings involving my jackass of a brother-in-law. You can read about the idiot here http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/673412,WA29_LEMPA_WEB_1129.article My sister thought something fishy was going on with her husband and asked me t do some research. I spent a little time searching the net and found the idiot was in some sort of relationship with one of his students. My sister took the information to the police and it was a fiasco from there. My sister did file for divorce. She has 4 small boys and can only work part time because of babysitters. The house is in foreclosure, I'm paying the utilities, my father is paying for her divorce attorney. Believe it or not, Mr. Registered Sex Offender with a child *****graphy felony under his belt is fighting for full costody of the kids. His parents are millionaires who have thrown all sorts of money at his criminal and divorce attorneys as well as hiring a private detective to work on the divorce case. At no point in all of this has the felon or his parents contributed to food, utilities or medical care for these kids. My sister has asked for permission to move to Arizona with the boys so we can help, but the felon's lawyer has filed injunctions preventing her from leaving Illinois with the kids. Whenever I'm feeling sorry for myself, I just have to think about my sister trying to raise 4 small boys by herself in Chicago and I realize I have no cause at all to whine about anything. Yesterday, I spent hours running up and down a ladder putting up Christmas lights. Did you know that they make ladders for different weights? The heavier you are, the more expensive your ladder is. As I was running up and down the ladder, I remembered the day I bought it. I was at the Home Depot and looking at the weight limits on the ladders. I had to but the most expensive extension ladder they had to hold my weight. I thought about trying to get away with a less sturdy ladder and had visions of firemen trying to hoist me off the ground and commenting about me trying to haul my 286 pound ass up a ladder made for a 200 pounder. I forked out the extra 50 bucks for the big girl ladder. I'm alive and well. On new meds for the back that seem to be working and they don't cause me to drool in my soup. This is a good thing. I think of all of you all the time. Not a day goes by that I don't wonder how you all are doing. Hugs, Connie

Good to hear from you & so sorry your sister is having to go through so much crap these days. I hope you can get her to AZ soon. It does make us look at stuff a whole lot clearer when we see what other stuff could be out there. Take care & hope your Holidays are somewhat calmer than they have been. Ladybug Marilyn

I'm glad that you are doing somewhat better. Even the thoughts of climbing ladders sound better than where you have been over the last few weeks. Now your family situation is a different matter. What a loser! I hope that the court system in Illinois has the integrity to do the right thing by your sister and her kids. Thanks for checking in. I was worried about you! Joy