How is everyone this week?

Glad to hear from you I get your emails to join the friend network thingys but never have figured it out, so it is nice to see you on here! Glad to hear life is good and going well! Having a job has got to feel great. I guess all your girls all older now and can fend for themselves pretty much.....nice to get some time to do something for you Do you still keep in touch with Roseanne? I hope to see you around more...Take Care jesi

hello Well, I have another job interview with the Palmer group in Des Moines on Wednesday. I can't wait. I'm getting tired of sitting around doing nothing. No plans at all. for the 4th. Well, I'll talk to you all later I got a boyfriend, and we're going to go take a night stroll. So I'll talk to you later. Take Care Lisa Young

I love taking night-time strolls as long as the skeeters aren't attacking It was nice the other night Jason left something at his office so we all hoped in the car and took a ride out to his work (kinda outta town, just enough in the country) anyways it was so cool driving along and seeing all the lightning bugs in the ditches, I love summer evenings! I hope you hear good news on the job front! Take Care and have a great holiday weekend jesi

Hi everyone, I havent posted much lately or for a long time either! Things are still pretty good here. Still working, still typing. Been there just over a year now. so that is good. Have been living down here with my hubby to be for over a year too. Still no plans for a wedding. Unfortunately we both came into this with debt, so we are working our way out of it together. Got 2 puppies now, well, they are almost a year now. 2 beagles. and I think the female is prggo now. will have to wait and see. BUt she had her first heat and they got stuck together a few times, no matter how hard we tried to keep them apart! They are my babies, since my hubby to be had cancer 2 years ago and it would take a lot of medical work for us to have children (and aTON of $!) testicular cancer at age 26! I am in the appeals process for my thighs.. still hoping to get those done. I have put some weight back on though, as I have so much excess tissue I cant hardly exercise without hurting myself physically. I am working thru Grinnell on that again. they did my belt lipectomy and gastric bypass. Dr Coster has been great. I had Eibes for the first 2 things though this week my son is in Florida with my parents having the TIME of his life!! Getting to go to disney, daytona beach, all kinds of cool stuff. My moms' family reunion was down there, and most of my cousins are closer to my son's age, so I said he could go too. Plus, I know I wouldnt be able to afford all that stuff@! SO its a chance of a lifetime for him. I am getting ready for a garage sale here too. all the stuff that fit me last year I am too big for again, (plus, taking a sitting job after being more active incollege and all that, really takes a toll on the BUM!) We measured my thighs at Grinnell the other day. Each thigh tissue is 38 inches AROUND!!! my waist is like 42~!!! So I think insurance will cover the surgeries. Anyhow, Hope everyone is doing well. We got a lot of rain down here too, and its great! growing tomatoes, and going to make salsa this summer again!! Judi

Sounds like your son will have a great trip.....that is nice of your folks to take him And even tho you miss him, it is probably nice for you too huh??? Good luck with all the plastics stuff. My husband says the same thing.....he thinks taking a desk job has made his butt much bigger too Now about those beagles...are you going to breed them to sell or keep? I couldn't imagine having beagle pups.....your gonna have your hands full lady!!! Glad to hear all is well.....I think it is wise to get the debt taken care of before the marriage......being married is hard enough, might as well take one less stressor away. And you don't have to have a huge fancy, spendy wedding........ours was very low-key and inexpensive and I wouldn't change a thing. I have friends who are still paying off their weddings (ouch) we payed for ours in cash up front. The kids are what got us into debt Again glad to hear all is well. Take Care and hope to see you around the boards more jesi

Happy almost 4th of July weekend Jesi!!! I'm so glad my son is 11 + now and self sufficient alot of the time. We're heading to IL on Friday to see my sweetie and not coming back till Wed am. Unfortunately I have to work on Wed afternoon. His mom's b-day is also the 4th so we'll be having a double celebration. I got to meet all his family a couple weeks ago so I'm really looking forward to seeing them all again. In the meantime he'll be working at the ballpark in Bloomington, IL all weekend (umpiring) so I'll be working on my tan again!!! I got a couple of good reads from the library (Life is Easy, Food is Hard & How Much Does Your Soul Weigh). I'm hoping to help myself into getting back on track and getting my bounce back weight back off for good. It sound like we're all struggling a little. If only I could learn to hate chocolate!!! Anyway everybody have a happy 4th. Dixie I'm sorry to hear about your sis I thought things had turned for the better when I talked withyou. I'll talk to you soon. Janie