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We had rain here yesterday, off and on here in paradise. But the bulldozer did get in and got out the tree stumps we wanted out. He said that after we got them burned that he would come back and level it all out for us and would dig me the hole I want for my pond and water fall up front. We will have to shape it the way we want with a shovel but will have most of it done anyway. So tomorrow I guess we will be busy dragging all these roots over to a burn pile and getting them started burning. I can barely wait to do more with it. I have been designing and re-designing what I want to do on each side of the driveway. Have finally hit on it I think. Want something that wont require a lot of care. So going to make beds and put ornamental grasses in both of them and mulch with cedar chips about 5 inches thick so no weeds and will hold the water. Joe says that we don't even get one thing done and I am thinking of the next project. Lol told him well we don't want to get it all done and sit and watch tv day and night. I would rather be dead that would be like being dead to me. Besides even if I don't get all the stuff I want done it is fun just figuring it all out . Sort of like a hobby to me. Hey everyone remember that you spring your clocks ahead one hour tonight. Or you will be late for Church in the morning. I bought me a pair of shorts today , they really aren't too short but above the knee so they are shorts, the first pair I have had in a long long time. Will probably only wear them working in the yard this summer but that is ok. I have a pair now lol. I sure hope I get the rest of this weight off by the end of summer. I guess I am about where Dr. Hornbostel said I would get too but I cant imagine that this is all the weight I am going to lose at only 6 months out. Brenda: hey good to see you girl. Your life couldn't be any more mundane than the rest of us , I just think everyone else is interested in what I do too. Lol. No I really don't think that but when you put it down in writing your life seems better some how. Or it does to me. And it lets others in to where you are. Please start posting again you are my last August buddy , everyone else has quit posting seems like or moved off. Have you heard anything from Linda? Also wanted to tell you that you really can tell the difference in you from your pictures. Are you still losing or are you in a stall? Janet: No my body really isn't that sore today. But really got a good workout with the arm and back muscles. I am actually getting muscle back into my legs Hope it will make a diffeence but they are still wrinkled lol. Grab the iron someone those legs are like crinkled crepe!!!! Yeah we need to sew up a place for the reunion as soon as possible so that people can start making reservations. Well I sure hope the cod liver oil really does help the arthritis pain. Let me know I would have to take the pills for sure couldn't do the liquid at all. Hey that might be what I need for my constant battle of constipation. Lol loved the fishing story. That is a good one too. So what kind of pain meds did they put you on? I have been on Ultram for a long time but I am having to take it 3 times a day now. And two of them at a time. Not a good thing. This is for my back and knees and anywhere else . Yes the newbies do ask the same questions we ask but as post ops it is our duty and desire to pay it forward. That is what this board is all about helping others. Melissa: oh you freaky people that like storms and such. Lol I know we need rain but I always hate to see it coming down as I cant get out and crawl around in the dirt. I guess I could and I would be nothing but muddy. The fake nails are so pretty but I cant wear them but about 2 weeks tops. I wore some for 2 months and my nails were gone. That was over a year ago and when I had them removed I said well I don't think I will do this again. Isnt it funny how we never thought about shoes when we were losing weight? Our feet shrink too. Makes sense if you think about it but no one seems to . Oh when do you put your pool up? And about how long does it take to get warm? Lana: well no wonder I love you so, you are a little weird .lol anyone who like storms, well would weird describing them? Oh wow I will remember if I go to Ruby Tuesdays and order the appetizer of the Thai shrimp it sound really,really good. Well what in the world is your cat doing with her collars? Probably selling them to other cats for some catnip tea? Or a look at the new male cat calendar? Lol Wow on being called Skinny that must have felt awesome. Yeah it is hard to get your head around the fact that you don't look like you did before. Like they say you have surgery on your tummy not your head. Rachael: hey good to finally hear from you again. How are the kids doing now. What is your moms name again. Hey Rachael's mom!!!!come out come out where ever you are. Yes your cousin Paula who is suffering from Cushings will be prayed for and will be on going till she is healed. Julia: oh I wish I lived in Sedalia so I could come and be there for you. Anyone living in Sedalia up the challenge. And be there to be able there to call me so I can post that she is ok? Julia I will love to post and who ever you get to go to the hospital with you be sure and share my phone number with them. Hey were is your new picture too. Want one , want it ,,,,need it....want it ,need it. Ginger:: lol gave me a good laugh on myself. Janet will be posting where and when and all on the board. If you plan on coming you need to let Janet know so she can add it to our list. Lol I think the conclusion to the question you ask was both. Lol Oh thanks for the compliment .................. I posted a birthday list if you want to be on that please post under it and give me you name and the date you can also email it too me if you would rather. That is ok too. Anyway at all. This way everyone knows when your birthday. Is and can at least wish you happy birthday. Well it is way to early to post this so will save it and maybe post it later tonight or in the morning. Or sometime during the night when I have to get up I can post it then. Hope your week end is exciting and if not at least you can enjoy the time you have here on earth that God has given you. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Hi Jan, I went to bed and now I am up! Tired of tossing and turning. I need a king size bed, but I have a ant size budget I got my approval letter for the apt. today. So DBF and I went in to get address and see where it was. It is the location we want but when I walked around it I realized it was a one bedroom not 2. I called and they said "oh we have you down as one""do you have a medical condition or something that you need a 2" Then the steam started coming out of my ears. I told them Listen My Mucular Dystrophy Dr. already sent the papers to you. We had to work a long time just to get them. So now I have to contact them on Monday. I don't want to turn down an apt. cause I don't know how long we will get to stay here. But I want to know if I take the one bedroom that I will still be on the 2 bedroom list. The apt isn't even close to the size I have now so it is real tiny. I would have to put a lot of things in storage. Which that in itself is crazy cause I really don't have anything of value and storage is extra to pay out I can't afford.But if I turn it down who knows when a 2 bedroom will be available. I guess I may have to contact my MDA social worker and have her give them hell again. I sure don't want any more rain here!! I am tired of walking in water, even the sidewalks are covered. I think all I need to do is cast a line and fish out my front door. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoy our first moments of spring.I would love to be out doing things like you are Jan. Maybe next year this time I will be able to. I like working more outside than in.Guess it's the TomBoy in me. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Julia

Good morning Missouri..... I am up and moving barely....my sweet little girl decided she needed up so she could be changed and needed a bottle.....Got a lot to do today.....so I guess she knew I needed to get my rear in gear.... Jan Cook, my mom's name is Tami.....I keep telling her not to only read to post also....I will keep working on her from this end..... Well my sister got in to town yesterday and she looks absolutely great....Got to see my little niece that I haven't seen since she moved in January....today they are going to have a little cake for my niece for her first birthday....I am so glad that she decided to come home so we could celebrate with her....I have a few things for her little girl that my daughter has outgrown so she will be happy.... Well I hope that everyone has a blessed day and I will be looking on here off and on today.... Janet Corbett, I will send you the flyer about my cousin....I just got it in my email this morning....Yes we are doing a raffle for her...they are also going to be doing a bake sale.... God bless to everyone.... Rachael

Good morning board. Jan I guess I am one of the crazy ones too, I love thunder storms and rain..NOT TORNADOS.... I have to take pain med too for my arthiritis, and it sure has been giving me fits this week, I dont like to keep taking the pain med. but what do you do? I am gonna try the cod liver oil... Jan you look great I cant see where you need to lose anymore. Julia I hope you get the apartment thing straightened out, I know that would be very stressful...love ya all...vesta

Hi Jan and OH Peeps~ My heart just about sank this morning when I didnt see the WHATS HAPPENING post-dont remember the last time I didnt see that...what are you trying to do to us Jan? LOL... Believe it or not-I DO like to read about all of you each day-what you have done and what your doing...call me weird-maybe I just assume that everyone is interested in my life too-I dont know!!! I just get to typing and all the sudden there is a novel. If I post too much-let me know-I dont want to be thought of as that weird long winded person everyone wants to stay away from...LOL-I am smaller now-I will chase you down to bore you to death-just kidding!! Jan-I WISH I had your zest for the gardening...I can kill things that no one can! I am bound and determined not to kill the beautiful plants I got from Mel and the tomato plants I got from you...I am treating them like my babies!!! I have so much land here, that I wish I could get something going-but so much of it is rocky and the supplies too expensive to make it just what I would like. Flowers and hanging plants make all the difference in the world though-and so I am looking forward to warmer weather to get that done...We have a lot of bunnies, deer, armadillos, ground hogs and possums, and they constantly get into the flower beds and gardens. ARGH!! The doc had me on tylenol 3 w/codeine-but I was taking 2 to 2 1/2 at a time with no relief whatsoever-and this time he called in hydrocodone 5/500 and they are working really well. I know its not long term, but I am going to go back to my ortho and ask for something that I can take as needed. I dont want to be on the narcotics he had me on for maintenance before-it was too hard to come off of...but I would like something to take WHEN I need it-because I cant get this fixed for awhile now. Jan, I think that as our bodies build up a resistance to what we are taking for the pain, we gradually do have to up our doses to control the pain...I WISH they would find something that would work for arthritis-I dont care what kind it is-IT HURTS and with ALL the technology they have today-I dont think ANYONE should walk around in pain and be miserable!!! I am excited to try the cod liver oil and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it helps-yes, diarrhea CAN be a side effect until your body gets used to it, but some dont get it and if you are suffering from constipation-it may not even cause the diarrhea-just may make you regular...wouldnt that be great if it could take care of 2 issues with one pill? LOL!! I have some other fishing stories-and you would have to know me to realize that IF something CAN happen-IT WILL happen to me-its a given and believe thats why God gave me a sense of humor-to laugh at myself....cause everyone else always is!! One of our last overnite fishing trips in the boat (abt 4-5 yrs ago) we took my friend Sally with us-it was abt 3 am and I had to go to the bathroom and we were an hour away from the dock where the bathrooms were-there was no way I could hold it that long, so my hubby tells me I will have to use the pail-10 gallon I believe-and no one else is around but us 3, so I pull down my sweats and undies-go to crouch over the pail, and the boat rocks, I miss the pail completely-and wet myself-all down my pants, bottom of the boat-OHHHHHH...I WAS SO MAD.....of course, those 2 are laughing while my fat butt is stuck in the puddle of my own pee-cant get up on my own, boat is rocking, I am soaked and grossed out-and NO EXTRA CLOTHES with me!! Now, its like July or Aug and even though its hot during the day-in the middle of the night on the water, its cold-and when your clothes are wet on top of it-and then....the SMELL of fish and urine...I gagged all the way to the shore...while my husband FISHED along the way-we didnt make it to land until 7 AM, cause they wanted to fish more-and I was so mad...so imagine this-I cannot stand my stench anymore-I get to shore-we load the boat and etc-and I took off my sweats and undies-threw them in the back of the truck and I drove home naked from the waist down PRAYING to GOD the WHOLE WAY...about 90 miles worth-that I didnt get pulled over OR in an accident!! I take extra clothes now-pee right before I go out and DONT DRINK COFFEE!!! and whats even worse, is I didnt catch anything worth bragging about, except a rash from chaffing and wet stinky clothes and the sniffles. LOL I hope no one thougt I was complaining about the newbies asking questions-I sure didnt mean it that way...I meant-that I still remember those times of asking that myself, and that I hoped I never lost those memories cause I like to help them out just like you all helped me out-some people once they have the surgery and get active stop posting and stop getting on line-and I want to help others. thats what I meant by that statement. There is no question too small for us to help with!! Reunion stuff-I am going to post on that today or tomorrow. Have like 3 more places to get on and research and then I will be a posting maniac so you can ALL go in and review and then we will go with majority....ok? I am not just gonna PICK the place and go, here it is-this IS where we are going and how much your gonna spend. So, will be posting info in the next day or so-and we will go from there-ok? Didnt go anywhere yesterday like I was going to-was too worried about how the pain pills would affect my speeding-oh, I mean driving abilities (LOL)....so...I did some stuff around the house since my back didnt really hurt too much-just kept taking my pain meds when I was suppose to-got yelled at when hubby got home for not just sitting around and taking it easy-HELLO....CANT..CANT..CANT...for that to happen, will have to be strapped down to a hospital bed with drugs to induce coma. Today only have a few things lined out. Only have one load of laundry to do today vs all of it since I did most of it yesterday...and then I have to go to store, drop my son off at my moms-he is spending the night with her along with the 16 yr old-but she has to work, so my oldest will drop her off at moms after work and then the step son is visiting his womb until Weds. Mike and I might have a little peace and quiet around here....YIPPEE..however-when this house is always noisy, sometimes the peace is disturbing to us....I also told Mel I would trim the top of her hair today. Am going to color mine-is overdue and then get some stuff packed and ready for our 2 day trip to Columbia. Not sure what else-but thats ok...dont like it when its crazee busy here, so maybe we can relax a bit. that would be soooo great! I am going to get the flyer info about Rachaels cousin and bring it to the COF meeting in case anyone wants to go. I am going to contact the organizer and see what I can donate or help with....hate situations like that...wish I were rich so I could replace all income and help pay medical bills for someone in that situation, it just breaks my heart. For everyone needing prayers...you got it-to all our newbies to the bench-WELCOME.. Deb M, Sherr-where are you? HOW are you? Hope all is well, missed your posts. Love you all and talk to you soon, have a great weekend...Janet

Janet that is the same pain med. I take and they do help...vesta

Good Morning Guys & Gals.... I was shocked as well when I got on and did not see" WHAT'S HAPPENING SAT" !!! I thougt maybe Jan was sick or had to go out of town. Then I happen to see her name and decided to click on the post. Good thing I found you or I might have formed a search party lol lol lol...... Janet...It is so sweet of you to work so hard on getting all the info on where the yearly get together can be held. Hopefully everyone will be ok with what is chosen so we can keep going with it for the next year and not have to have anyone search so hard to find a place. I'm looking so forward to it. It will be so great to meet new people and make new friends! I hope you are going to plan a time where everyone can gather to introduce them self & etc. I plan on bringing my camera and cam corder. I'm sure with that many of us together there will have to be some moments to remember. And then next year it would be so cool to look back on how much all the WLS people have changed. And girl......I gotta be around when you fish !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could get rich if you published a book about funniest fishing moments !!!!! hahahahahahahaha I hope your new meds help you out for awhile. I hate that you have so much pain with your back....Please let me know what they say when you get to go back to the doctor. I will be praying for you. All this talk about planting flowers and stuff....Lord I miss doing that ! I might not get to do as much of it this summer but by next summer I will have had time to have my surgery and lost at least half of me and then I'm going to have a ton of flowers in my yard! Rachael, What will they be raffeling? I live to far away to help with the bake sale but maybe I can buy a ticket for the raffel. Well I might have to start a new friendship club for crazy people that like thunderstorms lol lol lol.....I LOVE A GOOD THUNDERSTORM....FOR ME IT IS SO PEACEFULLLLLLLLL! Now I don't like all the lightening and I sure don't like tornadoes but I love the sound of thunder. I like to say Hello and Welcome to all the newbies..........It will be great to have even more people posting, thoughts, info, suggestions, and questions. I have a hard time keeping up with prayer requests but I always keep the board in mind when I pray. Maybe we should have a prayer post so everyone can post the requests on it and then we can hit that post and pray for everyone on it while we are on the post. Guess I have ranted on enough ....Hope each of you have a great weekend! Congrats to all the loosers and good luck to the soon to be loosers......Tammy H

Good Afternoon Everyone: Jan are you keeping us on our toes with the switch??? lol Man it is so beatiful outside today. DH & I got up went garage saleing. Didnt really see much and I was interested in. Went to the flea market and found a brand new pair of jeans (3.00) and a shirt (.50). Love when I can find good bargins and not have to pay an arm and a leg for clothes just becuase they are the largest size in the store. Was walking the flea market and got several pains in my stomach that doubled me over. Went to the bathroom there and Auntie Flow decided to come visit me 2 WEEKS EARLY!!!! Not the way I planned my weekend to go but what can you do??? Came home started a load of laundry. DH is cleaning out the car. Got my meat defrosting for supper. Thought while I had a few minutes I would check out the post for the day. DH & I are leaveing at the butt crack of dawn to go down to Arkansas for the day. My sister & her husband & oldest Brother are all in from the road (truck drivers) so we are going to celebrate my mothers and neices birthday early. Since they dont know when they will be both in together. Were sneaking down Mom doesnt know were coming. While were there I get to see my neices new house. Her and her husband just got there first house. Plus I get to smooch on the babys!!!! We will be coming home Sunday night since I have an appointment on Monday. And tuesday Janet & I will be headed to Columbia for 2 days!!! Cant wait for the reunion to happen. I am excited I dont care where it is. As long as we can get together and is it priced right for everyone!!! Where ever it will be I know we will have a hoot and I am sure every year it will grow!!! Well I am going to sign off. Need to wash my hair before Janet comes to cut it off. Just the top it is too long to do what I want with it. I like it now shorter then before I had surgery. Amazing the changes that take place in your life when you have WLS!!!! Well have a blessed day!!!!!!!! God Bless Mel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CROCHETED DOLLS A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe-box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe-box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll." The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him. Two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness. "Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?" "Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from selling the dolls." A Prayer Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; love to forgive him; and patience for his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for strength, I'll beat him to death. And I don't know how to crochet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello Jan & MO Board: OK I will start trying to post. My day today was busy. I drove my granddaughter to the vet so she could take her puppy in for shots. He's the cutest thing he has one brown eye and one ice blue eye. Then we went to Wal-Mart, she wanted to buy some jeans and other necessities. Then I took her home and now I have got to type up some notes for my husband's sermon for tomorrow. And then I need to study some for my Sunday School class, I teach the adult class at church. I drove about 115 miles just to go to pick up my granddaughter and then to the vet and then took her back home and then I drove home. I told you we live in the boonies. It's 25 miles to go do anything!!! I put up a new picture, but I think my little poodle looked better Jan have you heard anything from Tressia or Sky???? I haven't heard anything from Linda. I am at a stand still on my weight, I haven't lost anything for a few weeks now. But I seem to be able to hold a little more in my pouch, maybe I'm eating to much? Well I gotta go and get busy on the notes. Later. Love Brenda