WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Easter Sunday was certainly beautiful , looking out the windows , once you walked outside it told you really quit that it was pretty cold out there. I have a lot of young trees that I don't know if they will come back or not from all of this freezing. I have a 8 foot tall golden chain tree and it was just starting to get all the leaves on it. But they are all dead now. I sure hope it comes back. All my crepe myrtles leaves are all black. Seems the lilacs did allright. My roses look ok as well as the clematis. Lot of my lilies look pretty droopy. I hope all of this comes back if not I will have a lot to replace and it will be expensive. Darn. I called Andrew today and he said he would try to post more that he has just been so busy with his school work,. He and Susan are fine. So sorry to hear about Julia , Hope she is feeling better now. We need to keep her in our prayers. WE have a lot of new people on the board now and if any of them need an angel just let me know I am available. As I know there are several others that are post ops that are willing to be angels too. All you have to do is ask. Well doesn't look like Benny is going to have his surgery today again. He isn't listed. I was so hoping he would have it done this time. I called him and got his mother and he hasn't returned my call so don't know what is wrong now. Susan: so good to see you posting on here. LOL I bet your hubby thought you were a little weird worring about someone that you hadn't met. But on here it seems like we do know each other. And I really do appreciate you worrying about my flowers. I have been praying that they wouldn't be affected by this too much and so far most of them seem to have weathered(no pun intended) the weather fairly well , thanks to the prayers of you and others like you. Thanks Vesta:wow congradulations on the 50 pound weight loss. Cant wait to see you at the meeting on the 23rd. Will your daughter come with you again, can your daughter that is going to have surgery come too? What kind of flowers did you lose? I hope you hadn't planted too much yet. Janet: Hey is Jon my grandson that I don't know about till now? Well they say certain traits are inherited so maybe his flower power is too. Lol Glad to hear your daughter already has some money for her college. I take it you don't want her to get married right now? Debbie M: Hey what your mean sprouts? What did you plant ? in the house ? I had so many sprouts of 4 oclocks and balsum coming up in the flower beds till this cold weather and now they are gone. I think there will be more come up there . Sorry you are sick. Hope you get well soon , we will all pray for you dear. Well I guess since it was Easter there were too many people doing many things today. Not many posted , there hasn't been many here lately . Love all of you and hope all is well with all of you. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Jan, I am sure sorry about your plants and tree. I know what you mean about expensive. We live our 92 yr old Daddy and are trying to get his back yard perfectly flowered and colorful for him. Think the clematis got hit hard. Tulips won't even look at me anymore. They just stare at the ground. Of course the annuals I uh oh planted are shot. Would love to see your yellow chain tree. I have thought about getting one but have never seen one in person. Vesta, Vesta, Vesta!!! Let me drink (slimfast) to your success. You must be quite excited. Has it started dropping quickly the last few weeks? Keep doing what you are doing Sweetheart! Hoorayyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Charlotte kid4ever

Well good Morning ya'll, Yeah it's been awhile since I posted, Im really sorry. This school work has had me going bonkers at times and when Im done with my assignments I am so google eyed I either fall asleep or cant see right lol. Jan sorry I didnt post after you called me yesterday, I got to working on my rough draft of an essay and forgot, ugh. I finally got the hard part of my classes done, it doesnt seem like I been in them 7 weeks now, 2 more weeks and this session is done then we move onto the next, aaaaaaahhhh lol. Well as for me and Susan (my wife) we are doing really good, she is still loving her new job and all. Lately I've had some wow moments, little ones but they really make me feel good. Last week we went shopping to try and find me at least one pair of pants for church cuz the ones I been wearing just at to big on me. I was wearing a 58/60 waist size. We found a couple pair I liked that were 56 and they were too big, found another in size 54, nope that was to big, Im like OMG lol I finally got into a size 52, wooohoooo, I could prolly get into a size 48 if it wasnt for all the lose skin on my belly, ai yi yi. Sitting there in the dressing room trying things on I had to look at myself, ugh I hope I can get this skin removed when im all done, I look so hideous but anyway I was so proud of that, since i started all this at a size 68. I've started losing again, I lost 12lbs in the last 10 days, yay!!! Another sort of wow moment was when we were eating Easter Lunch yesterday I noticed i was able to hold my fork the proper way, usually I had to hold it like a shovel cuz my hands were that big it was uncomfy to hold it the right way, thats kind of small but sure made me feel good. I went to the community sunrise service yesterday and saw someone I had not seen in a year, I went over and said "hi", they looked at me like, oh hi, like they didnt know me. After the service they ran over to me and was like OMG ANDY we did not recognize you lol it was too funny but made me feel so goood. I gotta get some new pics on here, I'll work on that this week since my classes are slowing down now for a couple week, phew. Other than all that we've been working some out in the yard, I bought some rose bushes but have yet to plant them until it warms up, hopfully in a day or so. Isnt this cold just yucky? Ai yi yi wish that warm weather would show up again, sheesh. Well i see there is a ton of newbies on the board, woohoo thats great, I'll try to keep posting more so i can catch up on all the happenings. Jan thanks so much for calling, it sure was good to chat at ya for a few min. I cant wait to see you and joe soon and go to the support meeting there, woohoo. Oh please keep a church member of ours in your prayers. A younger couple in church has a 6 yr old boy that is having some health issues, 6 weeks ago he was complaining cuz his arm hurt at night, he could not sleep for the pain, they took him for x-rays but the doctor found nothing and made no follow up appt. Well last week the pain just kept getting worse so they made him an appt at a specialist in st. louis and they took the x-ray with em, that specialist immediatly saw a pea size tumor on his arm just below the elbow on the bone, they could not believe the first doctor missed it so they sent him for another x-ray since it had been almost 30 days. Well the new x-ray showed that the tumor had grown from pea size to golf ball size in just that short of time so today they are gonna run tests and stuff to determine if its melignant and so forth, so please keep them in your prayers. Well I gotta go for now, gotta check in with school then run a few errands. Hope everyone had a great easter weekend. Miss ya'll. Much Love and Prayers Andrew

Jan, I love reading your posts. You are such an inspiration. I am trying to grow a rose hedge with lots of single bushes planted near one another. I figured it would take many years till the hedge was a reality but it seems only half the bushes I plant survive the year. Doesn't matter who I purchase them from. I planted 6 new ones last year from Michigan bulb and only 3 have come back this year. I wanted they to be all different colors so it would be a roit of color for me to look at out of my window. I work from home. So far they look as if they have survived the freeze. Anyone know how to make a rose bush, bush out? Some of mine don't have many branches and are tall and skinny. I love them because they remind me of my Mother who loved to but could never quite get them to grow well. When I work on them it reminds me of her and brings me closer to her. She has passed on. I am waiting for a revised letter from my PCP. I hope to have it today or tomorrow. Then the paper work is in the mail. Got an invitation to go to one of DePaul's seminars so I'm going to that. Then it's up to the insurance company. They said they will cover it 100 percent after I pay out of pocket 2000 for the year and I have already paid 1500 but who know if I will have to do a 6 month diet for them. Waiting to hear. Having a hard time with my husband he is afraid I will die or have such bad complications I will be sorry I did the surgery. Anything is better then the way my life is now. I don't have any major medical issues due to my weight now but I'm standing at the foothills of a lot of weight related issues and am not looking forward to those. Good luck to all the new people and those who are on their journey, Bel

Hi Jan and OH Peeps~ Yesterday was so beautiful-but oh, so cold....the sun sure was deceiving!! LOL...I sure hope its true that its gonna warm up this week-but even today its still as cold as yesterday-and overcast-no sun out at all. Easter is always such a hard time for me, as it was ALWAYS a time I spent with my grandparents that are gone....We always went to church together in Bentonville, AR where my grandpa was a deacon and helped build the church-its always been a special place for us. My grandma always had us go around the table and talk about what you were thankful for-even the little ones. I guess thats why yesterday it just hit me that I had so much to be thankful for-even if Easter day at my house was nothing like at hers. I hope that my kids and eventual grandkids will always want to come be with us as much as I did with them!? Was a little bit emotional here....When does it get easier? They have been gone over 3 years now-and it really has eased in the day to day-but overall-no. My mom said that same thing when she came over. She brought over my grams favorite candy....we kind of felt like she was with us! LOL. Jan-I really dont want Megan to marry right now-not him. He does not hold down a job. He doesnt have goals-he just is there. He is lazy and just seems to have dragged her down. Everyone can see it but her. I am still nice to him-and he is nice to us-but I dont want them to get married. Our family doesnt like that Megan can go to school full time and have up to 3 jobs-and he cant keep one. She is always behind in her bills because he wants to eat out every single day, and not from the dollar menu at McDs. I know-we have to let go and let her make her own mistakes-but....I just wish she would wait awhile longer and the next 2 years of school will be the hardest....and they will be too far away for anyone to know really whats going on-so...thats been my unspoken prayer. Actually, my prayer was that Megans eyes would be opened-and he got in some pretty serious trouble-stealing $$ at work-and they are going to press charges-and you know what? She is defending him-even though we all know he did it. I had actually said I thought he was doing that a couple of weeks before it came to light-and yet, she is being stupid to the whole thing. He said on 3 different occasions that he FOUND $100 bills at work (WHATEVER...) and then another time-he FOUND 6 packs of cigarettes out by the dumpster-ok...I am no genious-but all of this in a couple of weeks. He had been accused of stealing money from them before-which Megan didnt mention to any of us-but this last time when they suspended him pending investigation-she had to-because my husband knows the manager and would have asked eventually where Aaron was-thats the only reason she told us, Im sure. I feel like one of the Lone Rangers posting now-are my posts so long no one else wants to come in anymore? *Andrew-so good to see you in here!! Glad everyone is doing well-and school is good. I know its tough, but I bet you feel good and accomplished, dont you? Congrats on the WOW moments. I know I have some pants (that Mel gave me for Aaron and they were too small for him) and I will get them and plan on bringing them to the meeting for you-if you dont mind? They are mens and there are different kinds, jeans, khakis etc....whatever you dont want or whatever-you can just give them or sell them-whatever you want. I called Mel yesterday-she was having problems with her DSL not working AGAIN....also was sick. Between being sick and being up on and off from Terrys pain and dad-she was exhausted. I didnt call her until later in the evening cause I didnt want to wake her up-and so guess what? Woke her up anyway-dang it!! I hope and pray she feels better. I offered to go over and get the staples they needed and she said no. Things are pretty boring here today. Feel drained. Think I am going to take it easy today and not go outside unless I HAVE to. Too cold out there. I got all my laundry done and caught up yesterday, the house is still clean....so I think my biggest chore today will be dividing up some food to send with my mom when she comes over today. We started watching Pursuit of Happyness last night, but it got too late, so we have to finish watching it tonite. I was going to finish watching it-as I couldnt fall asleep...I kept worrying about the fire going out or whatever. I finally fell asleep when Mike got up at 5-LOL. Well, I am gonna go to post on prayer request and get off here. Finished my shake and vitamins....and then I hv a couple of calls to make...need to call the trash company and chew on someone-they didnt pick it up Friday-figured it was due to good Friday, but then they didnt get it Sat either-and our driveway is way too long to drag it back and forth. I am telling them they need to come up the driveway now to get it. (cant leave it down there or the dogs get into it) Love and prayers to all-Hope all our MIA's return to us-miss seeing everyone here. Will talk to you all later. Love, Jan

Good Morning Everyone: Yes, yesterday sure was a beatiful day and not just weather wise either. I didnt get to make it to church. Between DH & Dad being up and down all night long. Then I woke up Sunday morning took my vitimins and approx 20 min later I was ing all over the place. Couldnt for the life of me keep anything down yesterday. Not even liquid, my stoamch was cramping and I just over all felt miserable.. So we all just vegitated at home. And I couldnt get online cause my DSL went out again. Stupid AT&T!!! Anyway woke up this morning to my phone rining. It was the repair guy from AT&T he came by and checked out my lines. We will see if he did his job this time. I feel alot better today my tummy is just sore from the ing yesterday. I am getting ready to start our laundry. Then run to the store were out of just about everything. So while dad is still asleep I am going to try and get to the store and back. I have a roast I am going to put on for supper. Doesnt sound good to me but nothing does right at this moment!!! It is so great to see so many new people on line the last few weeks. While Terry was up at Cox South. I gave the website and my doctors information to one of his nurses for her husband. So hopefully he will check out the board. He sounded like where I was a little over a year ago. Thanks for everyones prayers for Terry during his surgery. Got all tore up about 2 hours into it. I dont know what happen I just know I just broke out into tears and couldnt stop. All I could do was bawl and kept singing in my head the song. Surley the presents of the Lord is in this place. After about 20 to 30 minutes I got calm again. Thank you Lord. He is doing good in alot of pain but that was to be expected. Hopefully each day will bring him more relief. Going to run this isnt going to ge tmy stuff done. But it sure feels good to be back online with my extended family after being gone for so long!!! I pray everyone had a Blessed Easter & that you will have a wonderful week. God Bless Mel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ True Friendship (With none of that Sissy Crap!!!!) Are you tired of those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card- just the stone cold truth of our friendship. 1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry a**hole who made you that way. 2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you. 3. When you smile -- I will know you finally got some. 4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get. 5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining. 6. When you are confused -- I will use little words. 7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don't want to catch whatever you have. 8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy a**. 9. This is my oath..... I pledge it to the end. "Why?" you may ask? "Because you are my friend". Friendship is like peeing your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good afternoon Missouri.... Had a very busy weekend....colored 3 dozen eggs with my son and his little friend around the corner on Saturday and did an Easter egg hunt with them....also had a soccer game early Saturday morning for Dalton...Yesterday did some cleaning and spent some quality time with kiddos and hubby...made a wonderful pot roast with all the trimmings and also made hubby a birthday cake since today is only his 30th birthday....oh how I wish I was 30 again....lol It was such a great pleasure to meet Melissa and Terry....we picked up conversation like we had know each other for years.....Melissa, you and Terry are a true blessing....Hopefully I will get to meet more of you soon....I am working on getting my mom to come to the meeting this month...I figured if I bother her enough she will give in..... Still having an occasional problem with my grouchy pouch....some days I can eat and some days I can't....last night took my bedtime medicine and it made me sick, so of course, I had to get up and ......not the thing I want to do before I go to bed....my hubby has been teasing me saying I was pregnant....but if I am, I am suing some doctor.....lol I am too old to have another baby...... Hope everyone had a wonderfully blessed Easter and was able to enjoy family time....I was truly blessed...my children were great for most of the day....my Jaiden is really becoming very independent in her ways....Look out for the teenage years...I will have to be on major meds to deal with her....hahaha Was able to talk to my mother in law on Friday and she told me that her mom is just gradually getting worse....I am really looking that I may have to go to Nebraska this week....she is just really giving up and is in complete denial....I told my M-I-L that is what alot of dying people go through....it has really been a struggle for my mother in law....so if you all would just please continue to lift my grandma in law up in your prayers.... On a lighter note....this Friday is my cousins benefit dinner....I can't wait to go.....my sister called me this weekend and we are thinking about getting a motel so that all of us can stay there in Washington instead of driving to my aunts that is almost 1 hour away....I am taking both my children and the little boy that lives around the corner....and of course if anyone wants to follow me there can meet me in St Robert and follow....it will be lots of fun....I have a crazy fun loving family....all are welcome... Well I better sign off for now....I am trying to eat some leftovers here at work....Hope everyone has a blessed day and everyone is in my prayers as always.... God bless Rachael PS Janet Corbett, did Melissa show you my mug shot?

Hi guys...I'm sorry I haven't been on much and this post won't be long either. I finally got to my Doc today, I have bronchitis. I'm in pretty bad shape but I stopped in to update and to let you all know I haven't been ignoring anyone. I told David I felt like my limps were gonna start falling off....lol My pastor called yesterday and I couldn't even talk with him. I haven't had bronchitis in over a decade (since I stopped smoking) but I don't ever remember it making me feel this bad. Thank you for the prayers, I will catch up with everyone when I'm able to sit here longer....Love you all...Deb M