Welp I am a wreck this morning. Today is our first official "home school" function. Our Kick Off is being held at the local park/lake and Joshua and I are going to go. We are not "official" anything until next year when he would be 7 for the school year but this is our first year of participating. I tried to join in a few years ago but never really fit in. We are not religious, Joshua was only 4 and he was (is) a single child. This caused a bit of trouble ( not going to get into it here). Then there was the weight thing. I had NO confidence and was anywhere from 390 to 400lbs when I tried to go to the meetings. Needless to say I stood out in the crowd. I had never seen such a room full of skinny people in my life lol. No one spoke to me nor came near me. I went home basically in tears thinking that this was going to be a very lonely road to travel. Anyways fast forward several years and here we are. I am over 200lbs thinner and lets just say I can handle what ever treatment I get this time head on. Something tells me though that lol now I would be "just one of the Mom's" and I think that is really sad but its kind of the way it works I guess. I have to admit that I am really nervous. Usually Dale takes the day off for things like this but well with the Burn The Point on Friday and all the vacation time he took next week for our trip and Joshua's birthday it just wasn't going to happen. Ok and secretly I think he thinks this is good for me lol. He left me a beautiful *tear jerking* note this morning and even a bit of spending cash to make sure we had a good send off and a good time. What can I say my hubby rocks. So with that the plan for the day is to run up to the KickOff, then swing by Gianans for some seed then pick up some lunch. Other then that not sure what else. I hope everyone has just a super day. I will catch up with the board this afternoon. Much love and *huggles* Felicia =0) P.S. I made it into the "teens" yesterday and managed to stay there today to! I am officially out of the 220's and now weigh 219lbs! YIPPIE FOR ME!!!!!!!!!

Good morning all. Good luck with the bike tires and riding Dawn. I love my bike. Holly - keeping you in my thoughts and prayers especially...I hope you find some time to work out that stress in a big way at some point. I'm at work, as always. I'm finishing up a huge project - I want it off my desk...TODAY! The Boy (I guess I should call him The Hubby now)...is going out to a ball game with a friend tonight. I have the evening to myself. I'm planning to head to the local farmers market on the way home from work for our weekly supply of produce and maybe some locally raised chicken as well. I love to walk around good "producers only" farmers markets in the summer. If I have enough time, I may get a haircut as well. My hairdresser doesn't have Wednesday night appointments - so I'll have to go to a walk-in type place..but I just want a trim...I can't imagine they would mess that up...right?

Thanks Dawn. It's hard, but I also know that we will get through it. That's what I told my son last night when he stopped by. He looks bad, but he's really handling things very well. His friend Eric was with him last night and he said he couldn't believe how "calm" Dan is. Thanks for being here! Holly

Thanks Donna. I knew I could come here and vent my frustrations. The police were called again last night. So that makes 3 reports to the police. A neighbor of ours is a police officer and he said the mistake I made when I called last night was that all I said was that I wanted the phone calls to stop. He said the next time I need to tell the officer that I want her arrested. I'm sure there will be a nother call from her. My d-i-l followed my daughter to work this morning. My son and granddaughter are in a safe place. I know that, but I still worry about them. I am going to see them tonight. I've seen my son every day, but he doesn't bring RAven with him and I understand why. Thanks again and I promise to keep you all posted! Holly

Good Morning Octoberites!!! I am working today and now getting ready for the "sometimes annual Back to School Tie Dye Party" at my house on Sunday. I just LOVE to tie dye and share the fun with friends! I will be running to the various second hand stores at lunch for the next couple of days looking for stuff to dye. I am enjoying reading everyone's tidbits of life. Felicia-----WAY TO GO GIRL!!!! It won't be too terribly long before you leave those teens behind also. Everyone say a prayer and keep Holly in your thoughts as she deals with a rough patch in her life. I am sending her lots of cyber love........... I am going to try to get my bike tires filled with air tonight so I can see if I can still ride. I'd better do it soon before the weather won't let me. We are looking forward to a beautiful weekend weather-wise----sunny and low 80's. Can't ask for much better than that! Everyone have a lovely day! Dawn