WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Sorry that you all didn't get sunshine on Monday. Did you get that beautiful day yesterday ? Here it was So sunny and warm it got to 68 degrees. I couldn't believe it but it did. I went out and planted 4 more trays of flowers in the green house. Lol. Made me think for a while sitting in there that it was spring because in the green house I actually got hot. And had to turn off some of the heaters. Wow. It was 85 in there. Lol. I have more than enough seeds to plant that if I planted them all I would have to plan on selling some of them I think lol. I ordered a new bathing suit the other day and after measuring it said size 10 or rather a tight 10 so I decided to go ahead and order that size cause I want to lose more weight , well it got here yesterday and I took it out and looked at it and told Joe there is no way this is going to fit. He said I bet it does. Well it does. Could have knocked me over with a feather. So this morning away we go to the Health club and water aerobics. Yea!!! I pinned the bottoms of both my old bathing suit and the new ones to the wall and took some pictures. I will post them on my profile Wed afternoon after we get back from swimming. The new one is about half the size of the old one. It is crazy how much this surgery changes people .Wi**** would get your head on straight too tho lol. Julia: so glad that your car is getting repaired. And glad that you got out into the sunshine. Wasn't it wonderful was pretty enough to hold onto for another few weeks of bad stuff now I guess. Altho I am really ready for spring. Debbie: yeah maybe you should film wyno no telling what she will do that could win you some money. Sounds like you have good plans for planting this spring and summer. Maybe for awhile you will just stick to hanging baskets and container plantings but soon you should be out digging and planting . Take it easy for the next few days soon it will be warm and pretty out. Rachael: hope your baby is doing better now. Giving those breathing tx at this age is pretty hard to do isn't it. Relax and rest and take care of baby. Sherr: so how is your baby? How did the surgery turn out? Hope all is well Never heard of the cookies but then I don't think I have ever been in a Dollar Tree store. Hope all is going ok for you , your dad, your puppy and you. Barbara Scott: well thanks I was hoping that I would get over the coldness. At least it is winter and when I want to bundle up like that I do. Everyone else is cold too. I guess we will be know as the old women that are always carrying sweaters with us everywhere. Dannielle: how far is it from your house to Tulsa? That is a lot of trips back and forth. I am sure glad my surgeon didn't require us to do all of those things , of course I didn't have all of the problems that a lot of people have had before surgery. You be careful driving back and forth like you have to do. I know you will be glad when next week is over and done. Just think how long you have been fighting to get this. You hang in there and soon you will be talking about hanging skin and wondering when you can get rid of it lol. Andrew: well did you get any of the sunshine and warm weather yesterday? Sorry didn't mean to hog it all. Oh you didn't know that pork rinds are carb free? Yeah I was on Atkins a lot before surgery and that is the one snack that you could have all you wanted. I did and now it is hard for me to eat them . And I use to really love them. I guess I ate too many and got burnt out. There are acouple of brands that are really good. I have a problem with eating meats too . They almost wind up making me feel sick one way or the other. Either feel like it is stuck or get the foamies from them. Oh God no ! No way would I go back to before just to be able to eat ? Shoot No!!!! Eating just isn't that important. A lot of things that others seem to have trouble with I don't have any at all tho. Like salads. If the lettuce is cut up really little. If I make them myself at home I use my kitchen shears to cut the baby spinach which is what I like the best. I cut if up really fine then add stuff for a chef salad. I usually make way too much and have some of it about 4pm and the rest about 8pm that way I take care of the snack for the night too. Tami: thanks for the info on the Stoma. I hadn't thought of that. Don't know why but I hadn't and it does make a lot of sense too. How are you doing? You have so much good info that is so beneficial to everyone. I especially love it when you come in to answer insurance questions because that is such a befuddled mess most of the time to us that don't know peas from peanut butter about it. Janet: Yeah I thought I had ordered a different size on the bathing suit than I did so it is fine. And cute too. It has boy legs on it so covers up some of the flab. It is two pieces with the top coming down over the bottoms so it isn't like a two piece but looks like a one piece. Lol Yeah I know if I had tried to wear the old one what would have happened with jumping around in the water and stuff. Wouldn't have been much to cover up with. I can just see you trying to get your four year old into the car without you are him falling in that mud. I know it wasn't much fun to do but it might have been a good video. Well sorry that Mels mom canceled her appointment but that gave her more time to play with the babies. I sure hope she and Terry realize their dream one day about having one of their own. She will be an awesome mom, wont she ? Golden Retrievers are a beautiful dog. Especially if they are taken care of well. They are one of my favorite dogs. Well guess I will get this posted as it is almost 2:30. I went to bed last night exactly at 10:00 just as soon as Law and order was over . I could barely keep my eyes open thu it all and then woke back up at 2. Maybe here in a little while I will get sleeply enough to go back to bed and sleep some more. But sort of doubt it. Anxious to go to my firs****er aerobics class this morning and will have to leave the house here by 8am so we can get over there in time. Hey any one that is a fan Survivor starts tomorrow night. I love that show but wi**** was more survivor and not cattyness on there. Anyway it is still a favorite. American Idol ,Survivor and Amazing Race starts again on Sunday. Love all of them. I think my very favorite is (So you think you can dance and Dancing with the stars) I love dance in any form. Well enough rambling. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Goooood Morning Missouri Wowzers what a beautiful day it turned out to be yesturday. We had all the sunshine we could get and it actually got up to 61 here, woot woot!! I couldnt believe it. I actually went and gave our car a bath lol I went to put gas in and there's a carwash next to the station, there was a line a mile long but I got in and gave my car a NEEDED bath. It's black in color so it shows all the dirt, it looked as if I had been 4 wheeliing with it lol. Jan thats great about the bathing suit, woot woot doesnt that feel so good when wow moments happen like that? No I didnt realize the pork rinds were carb free like that, even tho I cant hardly eat them either, they are just to dry for me now, I tried eating a few and sipping on some water but that didnt work, oh well tho I have my pb balls, I love those as a snack. Im like you with eating a salad, its kind of funny cuz I didnt use to like salads very much but now I love them, as long as I cut the lettuce up real good, usually I take our cheese shredder and shred it up then I'll shred up a lil carrot and stuff, makes a nice salad, if I use the spinch leaves i'll chop them pretty small. WooHoo for Survivor, thats one of my fav programs too. I cant wait for it to get started lol Im a reality tv junkie i guess lol Survivor, American Idol, Apprentice, Amazing Race, Biggest Loser and even Big Brother in the summer LoL I been watching Greese your the one that I want, its been sorta like American Idol and pretty good. Tony congrats again on the weightloss, keep up the good work bud, it's just awesome how we can finally lose weight with the help of our new tool Well anyway, Im gonna get an early start to the gym this morning, yesturday I upped my cardio to 40 mins, whew I could sure feel it, but it feels good. Today we are upping our workout. Bbbbrrrr I just let the dogs out, its COLD again ai yi yi one day of warm weather and Im ready for it all the time lol. Everyone stay warm and have a great day. God Bless Ya's Andrew

Good morning Missouri.... I am home yet again today......I told my husband yesterday when he got home from work that I was just going to take leave for the rest of the week and make sure Jaiden gets better......I called the pediatrician in Springfield and let them know she has pneumonia so they made a followup appointment for her on Monday at 945am....She was just a little more active yesterday and that made me feel pretty good but she is still not eating a whole lot....so I am keeping as many fluids in her as possible.....she woke up at 1am this morning and I made her a bottle and put her in the playpen and she went back to sleep....so I crashed on the couch.....Yes Jan, the breathing treatments are a real challenge with her.....she does not want to sit still at all so I am chasing her around holding the treatment in front of her nose....Today I am going to try and give her treatments while she is asleep so she doesn't realize what I am doing..... Kept my son at home yesterday from school and boy I was ready to pull every piece of my hair out....he would not do anything I asked him to do and when the baby was asleep he thought that he could be loud and wake her everytime....when I would see that Jaiden was falling asleep I would get comfortable on the couch and doze off but it would only last about 10 minutes because he would wake her up....Today he is going to school no questions asked..... Well I better sign off for now....I will be on off and on today.....I really am going to try and get some sleep while sissy is sleeping today because my body is totally wearing out...... May God bless each and everyone of you today...... Rachael

Good Morning Everyone: I'm home!!! We got in last night around 10:30pm. Stayed and watch American Idol with the family. Plus DH fixed 2 of their ceiling fans. As you know my mother canceled her procedure on Tuesday. I think it was more a case of nerve's then actually being sick. I told her she didnt need to cancel again she needs to get in there and get it over with. But that my mother for you. lol Yesterday was so beatiful. I was out walking all over my prents property. Sat in the sun and read for awhile. WOW I didnt want the day to end. And now it is colder then the polar ice caps out there. BBBBbbbbbbbbrrrrrr I am going to run a few errands and then come home and straighten up the house. Oh you know those brand new jeans I just bought?? Well while I was gone I took both pair with me. Thought I would wear them nope. I put on a pair to ride down in and went to walk out the door and they were all baggy in the waist and butt area. So needless to say DH still has the recepit and were going to go back and get a smaller size. YEA!!!! Thank you all for the prayers for my Mother. I appricate you all soooooooooooooo much!!!! God Bless Melissa P.S. Yes I totally slobbered all 3 of the kids with kisses. I took some photo's and will down load them this afternoon.

COOL about the baggy pants!!! I remember those days! When I'd lost about 3-4 sizes I felt so good I bought NEW clothes (not Goodwill like I had been doing) and in 3 wks they were too big! I stuck to Goodwill after that for awhile! JCP is having HUGE clearance and lots of jeans for about $10 for anyone who may not know.It's there 75% off sale. I got 4 sweaters for $20. : ) Love a boargain!!! Tami

Hello!! My goodness yesterday was BEAUTIFUL wasn't it? I spent most of it in the car driving and at the hospital (in Tulsa) at my appointments but I still loved it ! Come on Spring !!I'm ready!! Tulsa is a little over 100miles from Joplin. Not a horrible drive just kind of boring-which is fine with me. I got home yesterday after my trip to Tulsa to have lab work done and my appointment with the pulmonologist about 4pm. Shortly there after I got a call from my doctors office saying I needed to be admitted to the hospital. My blood was WAY WAY too thin. My doc said Kool-aid would clot faster than my blood. So I asked which hospital? Here or Tulsa?They forgot I am from Joplin so she said she'd call back. In the meantime I called my cardiologist to talk to them. They had some checking to do and were going to call me back too. Of course they called at the same time-one on the cell the other on my home phone. My cardiologist said I could stay home -(don't take my blood thinners )but to take it really easy-no work today and they would call me today with further instructions.My g-pass doc called and said I could go into the hospital here. I let them know what my cardiologist said and they were ok with it. I don't know yet if this will delay my surgery.If it does then I'm ok with the" better safe than sorry" idea. I'm grateful I had the lab work that day. I'm glad nothing bad happened before they caught it. I'll keep everyone posted when I find out more. I hope I dont have to delay my surgery but if so then it will be GOD's will for me and it will happen on another day. At least I know it will happen-no more hoping or fighting. I have all of my clearances-just need my EGD -Friday,vena cave filter-2/13 and then surgery.Oh yeah and this little blood thing taken care of. Enjoy your day everyone !! Dannielle

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ WoW-LOVED the weather yesterday...where I live it was extremely windy tho-and could hear all those broken branches etc (from the ice storm) breaking the rest of the way and hitting the ground-other than the wind-it was sunny and beautiful. I took Jon outside and decided to do a little cleaning of the yard and porch- MISTAKE....I went towards the garage to pick up some trash and things that had blown that way-and turned around and Jon was BLACK from his feet to his fingers-his pants that were gray were mud/dirt covered!! He said he was digging for a treasure-and got that dirty in like 5 seconds~~ How could I get upset when he gave me 2 rocks and said they were treasures he got just for me? So, we came in and I gave him a shower and all was good again... You are right about Mel and Terry-they are going to be wonderful parents-and I am glad she is my best friend, so I can be a part of that!! I have already been going through the baby sections and deciding what I will have to buy for their baby! I also have a "special" box of stuff of Jons that I havent been able to give up (other than the fav outfits and all that stuff) and now I know who is suppose to have it. A lot of the things can be either sex-so its going to them.... We are also going to have the most fun baby shower-WOO HOO.... I am so happy that your swimsuit fit!! YEAH~let us know how your first class goes-I get panicky if I have to go to a public place to swim...have talked about buying a dome for our inground pool-but with winters like this-it wouldnt matter without a heating system as well...so-I have to be happy with having it in the summer months only-and not having to worry about how big I am...when I get down a few more #s, I may not have the anxiety I do now... I am sitting at 92# lost now-so I guess my goal of hitting the century mark by my 3 month visit will be a reality-for this I am so excited....I think I will actually surpass that since my 3 month check isnt until the middle of March, so about 2 weeks late due to the holidays etc and the one month visit was 2 weeks late as well!! Rachael-I always gave my little guy his treatments when he slept-IF it was possible-but his machine was so loud, that I would shove it under our bed and put a blanket in front of it because it would end up waking him up when I turned it on!!! I wish they would make those hoses a little longer-like the ones you use to put air in your tire-and then you could just put the dang thing in the other room....I am sorry yesterday was hectic..sometimes the other kids get a jelousy deal going when one is getting more attention than the other...I know-I have 4!! I remember, and still have the days where I think I will be bald by the end of the day! You and your daughter are in my prayers..take care and I hope she is back to her old self in NO time!! Andrew, I think when they did my surgery, they must have reset my internal clock or something. I have always gotten up early, even on the weekends, but nothing like this and I could definitely use the rest since I am so much more active than I was before! Thats ok-if I have to get up early and be thinner-I am ok with that. Sleep isnt as important to me as losing weight....so- was glad to hear I wasnt the only one that happened to-and just glad the good Lord gives me another day-huh? Well, I am gonna get my little man some breakfast, do my vitamins and shake and get my day moving. Have a lot of stuff to do today, inside...taxes and etc IF I get the chance and do some researching. My hubby got a job offer in New Jersey on Monday and he turned them down-now I am sure they are going to come back with another offer....really am not fond of a move like that!! Too far away from everything and plus LOVE where I am living and raising the kids. Would be good for him as it is for the Corporate office for Sharp, would be a nice raise and etc-but Jersey scares me!! Talk to you all later, have a great wednesday....Love, Jan

Thanks for your comments Jan. I don't know alot about this surgery and insurance since I'm not in a bariatric office but I have SOME experience with it and also with plastics and insuarance. Hope your water areobics class was enjoyable. I wish I had extra time for that. And that's GREAT about the new little swim suit you thought would never fit! Those moments are going to be more and more frequent. They're so fun and like you said, too bad our heads don't get straightened out as well.....I've gotten to where I don't look at the item so much, just the tag size and if it says my size I buy it, often without trying it on and usually it is a fit. I've had the hardest time with buying from the Junior section and figuring out which size is right there..it's not the same as missy sizing. I didn't work out last night as we had small group, but tonight is my back workout and cardio...goign to PUSH myself hard wiht the cardio. Need to! If I put on any more pounds I'll be having to move up a size and i gave all my bigger stuff away so that would NEVER happen!!! So it's NOT going to happen! : ) Have a great day!!! Tami