WHATS HAPPENING SATURDAY

***God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."*** Got that in an email thing today and I love that so thought I would share it with all of you. Me and the grandkids have run all day today. Im worn out. Good thing that I had left over roast cooked for Joes supper or I wouldn't have had anything for supper at all. The only protein I had all day was a protein bar which is a good thing it is 42 grams of protein or I would have been in bad shape and didn't get in my right amount of water either. Is really hard when you are running around all day. Tomorrow I am taking my granddaughter over to Branson to order some food from the Angel Food Network. And Monday she will get started on the Wic program. She got signed up on food stamps today. Hopefully he will have a job soon but just in case they will have food anyway. Still nothing new on Sugar she said they were going to do some sort ofspecial xray on her abdomen area and old stomach but it was still full of the dye that they had pumped into her on Tuesday night so they have been giving her enemas today to get it out. Said she did have a slight bowel obstruction but it shouldn't be causing the pain she is having. The did a test on her Gall Bladder today but they at 4:30 this afternoon still didn't have the results of it. She is very down and very depressed about all of this as I am too.There just doesn't seem to be any thing being done . Looks to me like 3 days should be long enough to find what is causing the pain she is having. Please keep her in your prayers. Please. MELISSA:I feel so bad for you and the nightly routines that im afraid will become more and more all the time. Alzheimer's patients have what they call (Sundowning) at or around dusk or later they arise and want to be awake all night. It is really hard to be awake 24 hrs a day on you but doesn't seem to affect them at all. I will keep you in my prayers that you and Terry find a way to manage this. I know it is really hard since Terry cant walk on his ankle yet but sweetie you are going to get sick trying to do it all yourself . Wish I lived over there I would come and relieve you some so you could get some sleep. Was going to ask you did you all not notice some of this going on before you all moved? He may have been able to hide a lot of it from you tho. I hate that disease it is horrible. It is the one thing I would dread having more than even cancer I think. It changes everything about the person until they are no longer the person you knew before. Just know that we are here for you and love you dearly . SHERR: Well did you get the other baby? That will be so nice to have him come and live with you. Hope you are feeling better. Was a beautiful day here today, hope it was for you too. Suppose to be really pretty this week end. Take care and come see us more often. TARA: I know you don't post much anymore how come? I know what you mean about the COF meetings. It is really something how we all feel so connected isn't it? Being a grandma is always great isn't it? Hope you enjoyed this week with them. The stepping stones are a wonderful idea for the kid's mama. Janet's sweet little boy made me one and I love it. I think the next time we have some sort of family get together I will get the stuff and have all of them that are here to make me one with their name in it. . Would be cute to add to my garden. Congratulations on the weight loss, you are doing great. Cant wait to see you next month. I have passed on all of your wishes and concerns to Sugar. She wanted everyone to know she appreciates the concern and prayers and please continue . JANET: Oh don't want to curse your progress but how is the back doing? I hope it is working? If it is wont you still need to third shot? That is what they told Joe that if the second worked pretty good then the 3rd one would and could make him pain free in that area for up to a year. Yeah can you see a hospital that would have us on the same floor at the same time lol. The doctor I see in Springfield is a Ortho guy . His name is McClain. He put the shot in my shoulder too. Joe sees a doctor at a pain clinic in Branson Well did you and Jon get your flowers planted today. Have you planted you Lilac and pineapple sage yet? The pineapple sage will get pretty good size and will be covered with the red flowers and those yellow butterflies just love it. It wont winter over or at least it didn't last year but how I got the plants I gave you was I just broke of a few limbs of the old plant in the late fall before frost and stuck them down into some soil an kept it moist all winter, and they rooted in my green house. Wow is it ever thundering and lightening out. If it gets any closer I may have to turn the computer off and finish this early in the morning. DEBBIE M: I loved your stories about your dog Sam. Sounds like she was a wonderful dog. We feel that way about our dog Rebel. He is such a sweet tempered loving dog . He loves babies and treats them really careful. He grew up with our great niece he and she are the exact same age and she and her mother lived with us for about a year. When Sierah started trying to walk and Rebel was just a young pup then too . She would pull up on him and hang on and he would take a step and she would take a step then him and then her. He taught her how to walk I guess you would say. He never would leave her side and when she got to where she could walk and could get away from you quick , you know how kids about 2 are. We could always count on him being right with her. And he would get in front of her and steer her back in the right direction. She would get so mad and he would just stand his ground until she turned around and came back to where she was suppose to be. We people and our dogs or is it those dogs and their people. ' LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Morning Everyone..... Still dark here this morning so I don't know what it looks like out side yet but I can hear the birds chirping so they must be happy this morning......Hopefully it is a pretty day......I hope you all have done ok thru all the storms and rain we have had lately... I went to Columbia yesterday to see Dr.Halstenson.....She was SOOOOOOO sweet and nice......WE had a great visit......She said she feels that I understand pretty well the ups & downs of the surgery and understand the changes it will make for me afterwards and that it will be a life time thing....So she is giving me great reviews and will be sending my paper work in next week first thing......Now I am down to the paper I need filled out to do with the exercise...I go to RUSK in Columbia when I go to see Dr.Scott and I will have that one taken care of then and I will be all done with the reqired visits to all those people!!!!! YIPPPPEEEEEEE......I am getting closer and closer now...................Does anyone know if Dr.Scott requires the scope????????? If he does I should only have that left and the pre-op appt with him and I will be done....I have a stress test and PFT to do before I see him on May 10th...So hopefully I will done with tests unless he wants the scope done and I am in hopes to get an appt really soon for it and my pre-op visit with him so I might have a chance to get a surgery date set for the last part of May..... Janet....you mentioned you daughter was in Columbia friday too.....Are they going to still let her in the school????? I hope so and that things go great for her......It was so nice of her to offer to let you ride so you could meet up with me and see me for a bit....Tell her I think she is a sweetie!!!!! I would have love to see you but I am so glad you chose not to come...I would have felt bad if you did and it caused you back to hurt....But hopefully we can manage something soon to see each other.....I hope you keep having some relief from these last shots you had....I will be praying you do have a pain free summer so you can enjoy your first summer in a long time with all that energy you have started having from looseing weight!!!!! I got a question on weight loss in the beginning.....I have only lost approx 40lbs so far and with having so much to loose I can't see a big difference just yet, but I am beginning to feel mushy!!!! lol lol....My stomach,legs and arms feel more soft and jiggly lol lol...Did any of you notice that in the beginning????? Mel.....Sis I will praying for you big time.....I was a CNA before I hurt my back and had to stop working...I worked alot with patients with Alzheimers in the nursing home, home care and private care....And we have had several family memebers with it......I know what you are and will be going thru.......IT CAN BE HEART BREAKING!!!!! You need to start checking into some help now before things get worse and you get too wore out......There are home cares that will come in and help and others services as well that you can get to help you out and not have to put him in a nursing home.....They can give you ideas on how to manage with him and things to do that will make watching over him a little easier.....They go thru several stages with this and some are very hard on the family.......Go to the Division of Ageing and they will help you get started with a home care program.....It really helps out alot... they can do things like personal care, house chores, shopping, and all kinds of things.....there are programs that will allow you to have hours for someone to set with him so you can be away from home for different amounts of time and all.....There are even some programs that will pay a family memeber or friend to come in and take care of them for so many hours a day......The can send nurses out a few times a week to check on him and help keep track of his health and meds and all..... Just please don't try to keep doing it all on your own....This can go on for years!!!! And it is not only tiring on your body and health but it will get exhausting emotionally too becasue of the changes you will see in him as time goes on...... I took care of a woman that was pentalcostal all her life and was the sweetiest woman you could ever have met.....but after she got this terrible illness she became complete the opposite and would hit and could out curse me and you together.....I watched her daughters stand at the door while we tended to the woman and cry their hearts out because of how she acted and talked....they use to beg us to forgive her because they new if she ever realized how she was acting and talking it would break her heart..........I did home care for a man and his wife then when I went back to working at the nursing home they were there too.....He was a local farmer and knowm by everyone as one of the most sweetest & honest men around....He spent most of his time going up and down the halls displaying actions like he was working itn the cotton fields or his garden and if you stepped on any of his stuff he became very violent!!!! Once I had him in the restroom to change his undergarments because he was easier to handle in smaller areas ....He usually done great when we done this for him... but one day out of the blue he grabbed my by my pony tail and used it to bash my face into the metal door facing!!!! Then set down on the pot and went back into his own lil quiet world......I chose to work the special needs unit because I had the patience to deal with this sort of thing and because something always made me feel like that was my thing I was suppose to do......I done this work in 8-12 hour shifts and was wore out by the end of the shift so I know it will be chanllenging to do it 24-7....I don't mean for this to scare you or upset you and I think you are a wonderful person to be doing this....Your FIL is a lucky man to have such a sweetie looking out for him....But it WILL wear you down....Please don't keep doing it all on your own....I know DH is there to help you more now since he is off work recouperating from his surgery but once he goes back to work he wont have as much time to assist you......I love you girl and I wish you all the best in taking care of him.....I would be glad to talk to you more about it and give you info on where to call and stuff if you want....I might should have emailed you but I got started and my emotions took over!!!!! Sugar.....Jan please tell her I said Hi and I hope things get better really soon.....It seems so unfair that she has had to go thru so much....I know it must be nerve wrentching that it is taking so long for them to find out what is going on.....With all the equipment they have now days you would think it would be much easier to find out what it is....How long does it take to get the gaulbladder test back????? I wish I would have thought to ask where she was so when I came back thru St.Louis yesterday on my way back from Columbia I could have stopped by and seen her..... Krissy B.....Girl where are you.....I know you must be sooooo excited with your date right around the corner!!!!! Drop in and let us know how you are doing...{;ease make sure someone calls and lets Janet know how things are going wednesday so she can give us a report on how things are going!!!! I will be praying for you.... Pam....So glad see you posting.....I am happy things are going well for you....I will be praying for a speedy recovery!!!!! I hope everyone else is doing good and feeling well.....The reunion is on my mind daily!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL.....I can not wait to see some of you again and the others I haven't see to finally meet..............I hope everyone on the board will try really hard to make it !!!! I guess I better go now.....I seem to be in a chatty mood!!!!! Have a GREAT DAY!!! God Bless each of you....Hugs & Love....Tammy H.

Good Morning Everyone!! I was hoping to sleep in this morning but these ol bones ain't lettin that happen! Up before the sun! Well, almost!....lol Roy's dog (Momma dog) barked and carried on all night. Don't know that the problem was...probably critters checking her and the babies out! She doesn't like anyone or thing to get near that pen! It's funny....she not that big! Pups are all still doing great! Pam....I don't know much about Momma dog or the pups, they don't belong to me...long story! Anyway, what I can tell you is Momma is a mutt but was bred by a bird dog...can't remember the name. Their the ones that have a solid dark colored head with speckled colored bodies....that just sounds funny...lol Anyway....there is a solid black one like Momma, a solid brown one (my fav. so far!) it looks like a chocolate lab and the rest are white with either black or brown spots. By the way....good to see you up and getting around! Remember Jan's rule....sip, sip, sip....nibble, nibble, nibble...walk, walk, walk!....lol Janet, Jan, Melissa....you guys are nuts!....lol I read your alls posts about us moving south! I'm glad that you all are happy about it!....lol Janet, thank you for the info and links. I have been reading all that I can get my hands on...especially, the local newpapers in the areas that have plastic companies! A lot of them have "online" newpapers were I can read the classifieds. That come in very handy. Thank you for the newspaper! I do all the research when getting ready to relocate...real estate, jobs, taxes, cost of living, resumes and David does all the physical stuff....well until now! With his heart he won't be able too but we have children and a big Church that will miss us but will be happy to help move us! I thought we we're done moving when we got this place. With the biggest U-haul they had and five pick up loads that we're loaded by professional movers (friends and family that work loading trucks) and some stuff having to be picked up later...riding mower, air compressor, boat. We don't have the boat anymore (I love to fish!) and the kids have all moved out with "their" stuff sooo hopefully it won't be as much this time! Yes, the COF has been on my mind and if that is where God wants us then that is where we'll be! I hadn't said anything but for awhile now but I was having problems with eating too much (I think because of this pneumonia) but was too ashamed to say anything! I hadn't been sticking to my "good" eating habits and had gained a little weight back...one pound is TOO MUCH! I"m am now happy to say that I'm back to eating right and am back down to the weight I was before I got sick!! Thank you Lord!! We are having a grand opening of Sutherlands here in H'ville. I have been buying them out as far as plants go....lol Jan, you would be going NUTS! I bought 2 beautiful bostern ferns last night that would run about $50 to $75 at garden centers for $9.99 a piece! Their bigger then me....lol I had a heck of a time getting them in my car. I'm going back today with the truck...it is my birthday you know!....lol I went up their late last night after the hubby got home. He wasn't up to going, too tired but there was nothing on tv and I have been wanting to go but have been waiting for a time that David and I could go together. I left here around 7:30p thinking they would be open until 10:00p....wrong, they close at 8:00p Let me tell ya, that was some fast shopping! It's hard shopping with only 15 minutes in a store you've never been in before and that place is huge!! I had only been to the garden part, never inside. All I can say is WOW!! I could go there everyday for a year and never have the same fantasy twice...lol The displays, the kitchen showcases, the bathroom of my dreams, the gardens of Eden! Heaven...pure Heaven! Anyway, not getting anything done sitting here! Until Later....Love & Prayers, Deb M

Debbie, A belated happy birthday to you. Sorry I missed it on the day. I hope you had a very Happy day! Colette

Colette....thank you but you didn't miss it sweetie...today is the day! If it was 49 years ago I wouldn't even be here yet because I was born at 3:07pm...pacific time! So see, your ahead of yourself....lol Again, Thank you! Love & Prayers, Deb M.

Dear Deb Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dearest Debbbbbb, Happy Birthday to YYYOOOOO WHOOOOOOO I hope your birthday is as awesome as you!!!! Love ya!! Janet

Deb, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday you sweetie, happy birthday to you Love you, Lana

Good morning Missouri.... Hope this post finds everyone doing well...It has been an extremely busy week for me...My M-I-L got her early Wednesday morning for a visit...she decided that she would seal our basement floor, paint the walls down there and call in a contractor to see how much it would be to put in a ceiling down there....so needless to say the contractor happens to be my best friend from high school's hubby...so I am praying that he cuts us a great deal....work has been crazy too...the only good thing about work is that my head nurse was gone all week and things went really smooth....no heartaches at work..... My mother in law is leaving sometime today....I will miss her because we are very close....but in just a few short months (July) we will be going to Nebraska to meet up with her to go to California for a week....She is going to ask my sister in law when she gets home if my son can come and spend the summer with her so we won't have to enroll him in daycare also...he is excited about that idea....he loves his cousins.... Well I am keeping everyone in my prayers and thoughts as always....I sure hope that they find out what is going on with Sugar....I am suppose to be going to Springfield on Thursday for a follow up appointment for Jaiden but I don't know if I will or not, I may reschedule....I have her on antibiotics again because she has an ear infection once again...actually I don't think she got rid of the first one....but that has not slowed her down a bit....today I am going to buy that long awaited potty chair for her because she is adamant about now keeping a diaper on her butt...and quite frankly I am getting tired of picking up what she throws around, if you know what I mean....lol Well I better sign off for now....I need to go get the kitchen cleaned so I can make my M-I-L and niece a nice breakfast this morning....my M-I-L has work during the nights on the basement while the rest of us slept so she is sleeping in....I want her to be rested when she leaves to drive back to Nebraska.... Hope everyone has a blessed day and a lovely weekend..... God bless Rachael PS Melissa if you get a chance give me a call......I tried to call you back the other day and just got you answering machine....would love to talk with ya....

good morning, Seems like the only time I get to post is on weekends. Been really busy at work lately and I am too tired to sit down at nite. As long as I keep moving, I am ok. (This could not be old age, could it?) LOL Been working in the garden, getting it ready and planted about 50-75 oinion bulbs. The rainy weather has put a stop to that though. Maybe tomorrow I can plant some more. Rest assured, everyone is in my prayers for whatever the need is. Hope Sugar gets along fine also. Our support group is doing great. We had 6 there this past month, had 9 the month before. We will keep posting and hope to have another good turn out on May 21, for another meeting. God bless each and everyone of you. Colette