Saturday Morning

Good morning dear friends.  After the past few “warm" mornings today was a bit on the chilly side.  Working today.  Would love to have slept in.  In fact this is the one morning I can remember not even hearing the alarm until it kicked in to the shrill beeping.  I hit the snooze a couple of times too.  If I could have slept in I would have been wide awake, figures!

 

Talked to Marsha (my sister) last night, and praise God, the new cancer surgeon she went to see doesn’t think the cancer has progressed but is ordering an MRI with contrast to make sure.  She (surgeon) said that she did her residency under Villar (1^st surgeon) and fought along with others to get him banned from performing mastectomies.  He is no longer allowed to do them.  Doesn’t help Marsha now, except for knowing he will never do to another woman what he did to her.  He left about 60 percent of the breast tissue which she will remove and put her on a drug regimen and follow up which Villar didn’t do either.  The reconstructive surgery will be done at the same time so she won’t have to face another surgery again.  Marsha just loves this new surgeon.  Said she is so caring, informative and compassionate.  I am so happy for her.  It’s about time she had some good news.

 

Sherri, I hope the docs get you taken care of PDQ!  It’s not right for you to have to suffer like you have been for so long.  We just have to stand together in prayer that God gives them all wisdom to find the answers you need.

 

Best get to work.  Want to get out of here at a decent time.  Hopefully by 2:00.  I hope everyone has a terrific day.  Stay warm, stay safe.

 

Julie

Good morning crew!

Hope you are all making plans for a good weekend.  I am going to Tyler's game this afternoon.  I don't really have anything exciting planned.  The kids will be all coming home for family game night.  That's the most exciting thing.  I love that the grown girls are still wanting to come and play games with us each Saturday night like we did when they were growing up.  Chaz loves it so much too!  Brandon just calls it "family time"  and tells all his buddies that he wont be availabe for pool games and poker until after we are done playing games here.  I think that's pretty special that my SILs both enjoy it so much.

I will be going thru my clothes over the weekend to see what needs hemmed and what outfits go together well.  I am not a fashion guru.  My Mom did all that for me up until I was 32 and she passed.  So I just try the best I can.  Ashley is one that has the talent for that.  I might just ask her to help me out.  I got some neat things at the exchange and need to show them to her anyway.

I hope all of you have a great day and stay safe and warm.

Huge Hugs,
Tracy

PS:  Julie, it is great to hear Marsha is hooked up with a good surgeon now.  Keep us informed!

Good Saturday Morning everyone!  I am off work on a Saturday, unheard of in the restaruant business lol.  I requested last Sat off of course so I could attend  the clothing exchange.  I will spend the day today getting everythign put up from the clothing exchange and cleaning out my closet.  I moved my closet from our bedroom to my sewing room because the closet up there is much bigger so guess what?  Yep, I filled it up with more ..ugh. 

My mom and grandma came over yesterday while I was at work and cleaned my house for me.  When I walked in everything was sparkling clean, how sweet was that?  They said they wanted me to be able to enjoy my Saturday and not spend it cleaning.  I am so greatful!  That was a wonderful suprise gift. 

Hubby is off work today also, so I am thinking maybe we can have a date night like I heard about at the clothing exchange lol.

Jeannie

Jeannie,

What restaurant do you work at? Does it have sugar-free desserts? If so, where does it get them from?

Bill is trying to think of options on how to invest the $ he'll get from his mom's will. He has been tossing around the idea of a sugar-free dessert bakery for a year or two. Since he now knows he'd have the $, he's starting to investigate it a little more seriously..and is trying to get an idea if restaurants would be willing to buy from him.

Sherri

Sherri I work for McDonalds.  We do have a couple small family owned restaurants down here and an American Legion those would probably be a better for a beginning bakery.  That sounds like a great idea though. 

Jeannie

Good morning all....like Julie..I could have slept in, but had been laying wide awake in bed since 4. I finally gave up at 6.

We'll be leaving in a few hours to go pick up Shellie. Yep! Today is her coming home day! She got her stitches out yesterday...which I'm sure made her head feel better. The kids are excited but Tiffany has been trying to keep them calm by reminding them that Mommy/Aunt Shellie has a boo-boo so they have to be very careful. Fortunately, they all understand that all too well from Mamaw's boo-boo belly.

Julie..thank you. That really scared me yesterday morning when I hurt so bad getting out of bed. If the vicodin hadn't taken care of it, it would had been an ambulance ride to good ole St. V's. I know I couldn't have driven myself. I took it VERY slowly this morning so the pain wasn't as bad and didn't last as long. I did send Dr. Wittles & Dr. Gupta's nurses an email (& had put my pcp on it too) so they'd all be aware of these new pains I'm feeling. When I talked with Shannon (Dr. Wittles nurse) Wednesday, she thanked me for being so patient. I honestly don't feel like I am anymore. I am to the point of 'it's been 16 months! Enough already!!'. I really do think that it is going to take God's guidance for them to figure out what all is going on and how to fix it. That's why I put my note on Tracy's prayer thread yesterday. I know that some people feel like it's selfish to ask for prayers for yourself....I don't.  After having seen 3 GI's, including the whole GI team at IU, I feel that God is the only one who does know what is going on in there and what needs to happen for it to be fixed. I also know that it has to be in God's timing...and I guess that is the problem I'm having. My timing would have been 16 months ago! But for whatever reason, God has decided for it to be longer than that. I appreciate your continueing to keep me in your prayers. As well as God's guidance for the specialists, also pray for my patience too please. As much as I WANT the healing, I NEED the patience more.

I'm glad Marsha found the right doctor to fix her up. I do hope she & the other women consider a class action suit against Villar. It sounds like they have a valid case. I hope all of testing comes back to where they can remove all of the cancer. Cancer is such a scary word, isn't it? After my sister & dad dying from cancer, when Jay (my son) was diagnosed with testicular cancer in '07, it scared all of us. And then with this recent scare with Shellie's brain cyst (that they thought was a tumor), cancer was again in the forefront of our minds. But Jay & Shellie's cases are two which show that God is much stronger than that horrible disease! Bill's mom had breast cancer in the 70's. She had to have a complete masectomy on one side, but she survived and live another ~40 years after that. And that was when they didn't have the technology and wisdom that they have now. I pray that Marsha lives to be a very old woman.

Well..I need to hop in the shower. You all have a good day today. Other than getting Shellie, I think the only thing we have planned so far is running to PetSmart (Lotus needs some new toys) and AT&T (my cell won't send out emails and I'm paying $40/month for that service!). We may meet some old friends of Bill's for dinner.

Tracy..have fun going through your wardrobe. Keep a bag handy for the stuff you're too small for! I think Bill is looking forward to my stomach being fixed so I can get rid of 2/3rds of my clothes. lol.

Kim...how are you doing? I think of you daily and pray for God's healing. You are such a sweet, sweet woman and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to meet you at the clothing exchange & be able to talk (and laugh!) with you on the phone. If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Ellen...call me if you get a free moment. I miss our girl talk! lol!

Brenda, Floyd, Gail..enjoy the weekend guys!

Lisa...I hope things are going well and that Tonya is healing up good. I know she's dealing with alot right now with her mom. Maybe while you're in Indy one of these times, we can meet you, Neil & Tonya for dinner so Tonya can meet some local people.

This message would be 10 pages long if I tried to name everyone so let me say it this way...I hope all of you have a good day today and whatever stresses that are in your life (we all have them), God will keep your hand over you and ease the load.

huggs...
Sherri

Hello All! I hope you're all doing alright and keeping warm. I took the dog potty this morning, and brr, was it chilly!

Mikey had two boys sleep over last night, so that was interesting. They were pretty well behaved actually. Still 3 pre-teen boys. Hehe.

I have to work tonight, despite my cold still being here. Wah. I hate being sick. I wish I could wave a wand and make it all better!

Hope everyone has a great day today. Mine started off at 8:24 a.m. with a call from Card Services wanting to get $150 right off the bat. I told the man I didn't want to her his BS. I know that I should not have gone off like that but they called so early and had this recording that thanked me for my patience. Well I have very little patience for them to begin with and then they call you with a recording. That is so unpersonal. I am getting ready to type them up a letter like Lee Ann suggested and ask them not to call. We will see if it works. I am sure it won't with them. I also have a letter typed and ready to send to my M I L telling her how horrible I think she is not wanting to help her son out when she professes to be a Christian. I think she is a horrible mother and I am going to tell her that too. Then it is on to other more unpleasant things.
 So since I am starting out have a really bad morning I want everyone else to have a good day and enjoy the sunshine. I know it is cold but at least it is sunny. Hopefully by the end of the day I will have a sunny disposition! Please think that I will and maybe it will happen! HAVE A GOOD ONE!! Michelle

Good morning everyone
I went nuts yesterday i had no home (i could live with that)but i had no Internet til 8 this morning.
I cleaned my room and clipped coupons ,but was having major withdrawls from not being on the computer i missed you guys.lol
Taken Andy to get his permit today,and im thinking about getting my haircut short today................
Sherry i pray everyday that they find a way to help you i admire you so much for the way you handle everything,Bills idea sounds awesome and the way people try to eat healthy now days i think it would go over so well.Tonya says she is feeling better her mom has taken a turn for the worse and you know how it is when you are the oldest child.
Jeannie do you think your mom would adopt me.lolTracy i miss you,enjoy your family today
Jules great news about your sister
Well they are waiting for me so gotta run.
Everyone have a great day and stay safe

Just popping in to say hello.   Nothing really planned for me today, gonna go grocery shopping here in a few, I really hate going and doing that mostly if I decide to do it at wal mart. Saturdays at wal mart here in this town always seem to bring out the strange ones lol.  Well hope everybody has a wonderful day and enjoy the sunshine, I love seeing the sun!!