WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Good day yesterday, to get ready for the cold weather we are going to have. I have got to go to town today to get a few things. just in case the elect goes out we can still eat. dont know what we would do for heat. Maybe we ought to get one of the propane bottles for the guest cottage filled just in case. at least we could go over there and stay . We spent yesterday pulling the pumps out of the pond and fountains and cleaning them up and putting them away. covering the fountain so it wont fill with water and freeze. cleaned out several areas and covered them with straw. have to buy more bird seed when i go to town in a little while , cant forget my birdies. and more suet cakes for my pilated woodpeckers. Have any of you ever seen those? they are the huge big woodpeckers that look like woody woodpecker. the grown ones can get up to 2 ft long. and we have some of them around here. we feed them suet cakes to keep them around love to look at them . All of my many many goldfinches have all turned brown in color ,I always thougth they left in the winter but they dont they just change to brown. funny huh. Brenda: well maybe that is the secret to get you to post huh, maybe i will start getting this online at midnight and then you can say hi to us before you go to bed lol. Wow our get together in Dec is turning into quite the party isnt it. that is great I am so pleased. I am so thrilled that Linda and Collette are coming. How is Linda doing? I bet she has changed a lot . Is she still working . wish she would post. Claudette: of course i will be your second mama. I think most everyone on here thinks im am theirs too. lol That is ok with me I love having a big family. Can you imagine my delight on Mothers Day? lol Yes i told Joe that the next time he comes with me he can bring one of those folding chairs and will be more comfortable. That is ok that you called him John , for some reason lots of people do the first time they meet him. He is such a sweetheart that he doesnt care. LOL about my face being diffeent , the main difference i see is the wrinkles where i didnt have them before they were filled in with fat. i really am thinking of having a face lift . i hate the wrinkled face. dont mind the flabby skin everywhere else i dont intend to expose it that much lol but my face is out there for all to see. lol and since my hubby is so much younger than i , it does make a difference to me. Andrew : I am really serious about you have a place to stay when and if you ever decide to come to our support meeting. I would love to have you down. We work every day on the guest house some and we are making lots of progress. almost have all the underlayment down now. next we need to get the flooring down and hope to get new windows in soon. but that may be in the spring. by spring time you will be thin and be so spry that maybe you all could stay for a couple of days and go fishing . Joe would love to take you fishing. or we could go down on the sandbar and look for arrow heads, if the lake was low enough. So did you get to weigh in at the nursing home. And how was your father in law? It is suppose to start with freezing rain here tonight i think. snow i love not a big fan of the freezing rain. oh well not a lot we can do about it is there. Barbara S: yeah will be so glad to meet you on the 19th. this is turning into a good Christmas party. Will be neat to meet so many people that we know and love over the internet.Wont it? Vesta: thank you for the compliment. Wont be long for you now I know you are more than ready to get it done and get a little more comfortable in your skin. Has your daughter decided it is ok for the rny now? lol you have to do what you want to do and what is good for you. I just knew that at age 65 i didnt want to take 2 to 3 years to diet and get the weight off. so that is the main reason i opt for the rny. I cant wait till you lose some weight and get your passion back for life. It really changes the way you think and feel about a lot of things. Rachael: hope the headache went away yesterday. Did you see my post about what Melissa told me on the phone. She said she calls me to tell me this stuff because she knows i worry lol bless her heart. She is such a sweetie. If any of you have never met her you are in for a treat when you do get to meet her. I just hope she gets home soon and gets better. Kat : i had to laugh when i read that your stomach knows what you are about to do to it lol....yeah i guess it is probably kicking up a fuss isnt it. Wont be long now sweetie. and as far as some of your family not supporting you , well you have us as family and we all support you . big ole hugs to you. Craig::: wow why in the world would we mind if you came. that would be just awesome if you get to come down. great, wonderful ,fantastic, and i can see my buddy that i havent seen in ages. I know you have changed so very much. and you will have the trach out and be all handsome wow, cant wait to see you . For those of you that dont know Craig was my Angel and he is a good friend. Wish he got to be on here more than he does. How are your plans going about going to nursing school? Lana: I loved your hair last night and forgot to say that to you. I would like to know where you got it at ? i loved that. Yes i thought the meeting was just awesome too. Even Joe thought it was pretty interesting. So what did your arthritis doctor find out or decide or ???? I have got to get my back straightened out soon it has been really killing me ...i think a lot of it has to do with the weight loss because maybe it doesnt know what to do with itself since so much weight is gone from off of it. ?? do you think?? This next month will just fly by for you sweetie. what a Christmas to remember. You are going to be beautiful when you get some of that weight off and bones will feel so much better. I am so excited for you. Sherr: yes we will take lots of pictures when we have the party in Sedalia. Sure wish all of you could come. It started because myself , Brenda and Andrew all are having our checkups on the same day with Dr. Hornbostel lol and has grown from there and it is getting really exciting too, after taking the pictures i will post them on my profile with my other pictures. so everyone can see them. or on my website will make a album of them . Glenna: I couldnt agree with you more about Claudette. She is exactly like i thought she would be . So glad we have her for our leader. It was the greatest meeting i have ever been too and i have attended about 4 different ones in different places. this is the way a support meeting is suppose to be. Loved her discription of what happens when you have the dumping and exactly what happens to your body. Have never heard that before. makes so much more sense to me now. Yes i will get a new picture on when i get my own compute back on line. I will be glad when i get it because using someone elses computer you dont want to put a lot of stuff on there that you are going to have to delete before you take it back to them. Anyway i know that i have gotten smaller, but i really cant see it as much as everyone else does i dont think. I still look fat to me. I know wearing a size 12 isnt fat but it is still hard to see that im not. lol Did you have that trouble ? I am hoping that i can eventually get into at least single digit sizes , you know a 9 or less. Tami : you looked so cute and i wanted to hug you but knew i better not. pain ,pain no no. Anyway i know you are excited to have your young healthy body back to where it should be. Are you feeling better now after getting in another day of work? Rest and heal. Well this has been a long one today. Seems like after a meeting everyone is fired up and raring to go again. I just wish they were so far apart. Would like to have one at least twice a month. but every week would be great too. I wish they were a little closer to me but hey i take what i can get. If we outgrow that place maybe we could at least look at something in Ozark on 65 lol. that would make it a little closer to me anyway. Has anyone heard anything from David Wilson lately? I worry about him when we dont hear from him in awhile . Benny : if you are reading this please post . We are wondering about your surgery on the 11th of Dec. Is it still a go? How is your back? Need to get off her and get this posted. Been to bed slept and woke up .will post and get back to bed so i can get up early and go to town lol. Maybe i got this on early enough for Brenda to post . Brenda you can always post in the evenings. I read the day before post one last time before i post for the next day. ok? So you will always be in time. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Good morning Missouri..... Yes Jan, I did see your post about Melissa but I too talked with her last evening.....Let's all just continue to keep her in our prayers......Hopefully she will be out of there soon.....I talked to my mom last night to see if maybe she wanted to make a trip to Columbia this weekend to see her, so we will see what she says.... Hope everyone has a great day....I am going to be very busy here today...Got a lot going on..... I will try and post a little later.... God bless Rachael

Hey hey ya'll, Boy looks like we're gonna get some bad weather tonight, yikes....I hope it's not to bad, our house is all electric and I havnt had a chance to save some money to buy a karosen heater yet, I hate ice storms, dont mind the snow so much, we're used to the snow being we lived in pennsylvania for a few years. Our last winter up there we had snow from nov. til feb. at one point our one car was buried that all you could see was the antenna. Like Jan I gotta get to town and buy a few things to make sure we have enough supplies if the power goes out and stuff. Jan we made it to the nursing home yesturday but Im really disappointed in the weight im losing, I think I'm retaining water so I might call Dr. H or my PCP and see what can be done. Im 2 weeks out now and have barely lost 15 lbs, I been faithful about walking and havnt been able to eat, Im sticking to what the list says and Im getting in all my water and then some, maybe Im drinking to much water, i dunno. Jan that was funny this morning, you calling me by mistake lol We were up already and when the phone rang I thought, who in the world is calling so early LOL It's always nice to hear your voice you were up EARLY lolol Oh and thanks Jan, we will for sure take ya up on your offer to stay at ya guest house when we get to come to the meetings Well Im gonna go get my day started, gotta run to town plus gotta take the BIL to the doc's this afternoon. He's on disability and a bad diabetic, he's lost part of a foot, it was seeing the trouble he goes through that really set my mind in motion to get this weight off, he's pretty heavy plus a diabetic and has the attitude that he dont care, well anyway enough of that, this weight is coming off me one way or another. Ya'll stay safe if it gets bad in your area, I sure can't wait til Dec. 19, like Jan said this is really turning into a party it's gonna be soooooo awesome meeting all of ya that get to come. Have a Blessed Day Andrew

Andrew i doubt that you are getting in too much water but how about protein? How much are you getting in a day. you know 90 grams of protein is a lot and not easy to get in. i do mine and always have by the shakes then i use food more or less as a snack lol I found some different flavored waters real cheap at food for less like mango , peach and lime and i have been making my shakes with those for a lighter taste than the milk products.i think i like it better with the vanilla ice cream flavor powder. Jan

good morning Mo. Jan I think my daughter is getting more comfortable with the idea, like you said it has to be my decision, I am getting excited. I didnt know the yellow finches change color, we had so many this summer then none, that is so glad to know, now I know they are still there, I know our feeders have birds eating, would love to see some of those big wood peckers, ours over here are the smaller ones. I well be praying for all you that will be joining the losers bench this mo. I am scared just like everyone is. but just look at the people that has had it done and are doing fine. God Bless......Vesta

Jan I do drink alot of the flavored waters, I buy the walmart brand of crystal lite but I been using milk for my shakes, I'll try using the water maybe I can get more of the shakes down. I can get two down but that third in the evening is just hard to do. I use skim milk for the shakes, it adds protein to them also. If using water, wouldnt ya have to drink an extra shake to get the 90 grams of protein? Anyway Imma try that and try to get in some extra walking and put in a call to the doc cuz my legs seem to be puffy again like im starting to retain water, i dont want that for sure. Thanks Jan Andrew

Just checking in, not much to talk about here and the weather, well it's gonna do something, just not sure what. I hibernate during the winter months...that's about all thats left of the Californian in me...lol I can't drive in it, can't walk in it and I freeze all winter long, I can't image how cold I will be once the weight comes off. I had thought about meeting up with you all on the 19th but with the bad weather coming, it's doubtful plus you all are meeting pretty late and I don't like driving at night, especially roads I don't know to well. Besides, I would feel bad eating in front of you guys and in a way, I think that it would be like having a meal with a bunch of skinny people and feeling that feeling that we all get that everyone is watching what you eat. I know in my heart that you guys wouldn't do that, it's just a mental thing. We will just have to see, ya never know who will come walking through that door while you all are gabbin...lol I was hoping to get my surgery done before the bad weather got here but it doesn't look like thats gonna happen and then the hubby tells me yesterday that his insurance at work is gonna change after some big meeting in Dec (thats when it will be officially announced )....why not! By the way things are going, it may be spring before I can get my wls...only God knows! Proud of you all, keep up the great work! Craig, congrats on the trach being removed! I know you have been waiting a long time for that!

Deb like Brenda said our spouses will be there and they will be eating so pleaseeeeeeeeee try to come lol. It sure dont bother me to sit with people eating, it really surprises me but it dont and I know everyone else would so love to meet ya!!!! That'd be really awesome, bring ya hubby too!!! Andrew

OK Jan I'll start posting more. I just figured if I posted past noon it would be to late cause everyone seems to post early. I am looking forward to the Dec 19 meeting I just pray we have good weather so that we wouldn't have to council. What was the scoop at the support meeting about dumping? I have had that problem. Linda S. has lost 75 pounds and is still working. I do hope she will come to our meeting on the 19th. Craig if you don't mind me asking, Why do you have a trach? I do pray that you can come to our get togerther on the 19th! Andrew I had a hard time getting in my protein and so I decided to start putting 2 scoops of the powder in each 8 oz of milk so that way I get it all in. Are you from Pennsylvania originally? What nursing home in Fredericktown is your FIL in? I used to work at Stockhoff. I don't know if you have ever heard of Silva where I'm from but we are only 25 miles from Fredericktown, the church my husband pastors is at Cobalt Village, which is basically Fredericktown. When my DH retires from from his secular job we are wanting to buy a house around Arcadia Valley or Ironton or Annapolis or somewhere in that area. We think it's really pretty there. I am originally from Farmington and my DH is from Desloge, so we want to get back toward that area. Debbie M. I really wish you would come to our meeting the 19th. Don't really worry about eating in front of "skinny people". First off I'm no-where near being skinny! And our spouses will be there and most of them will probably be eating. Please come if you can! To everyone else waiting to have surgery, hang in there God's will be done. Later Brenda