WHATS HAPPENING TUESDAY

Monday was a pretty productive day until my lower back started screaming. It seems like when my knees start really hurting then my back does too. Makes sense because you walk different and limp and all so it would affect your back too. Expecially when you have scoliosis plus arthritis all in the spine too. Took some ultram and Tylenol and have been sitting most of the afternoon now. Hopefully we got the area cleaned up well for the pool area. We both gave out before we could get the pool itself sit up. We work in spurts both of us put together wouldn't really make one good person. Lol Praise God for whom all blessing flow . He has provided a car for the kids. And Grandson in law has a job , not the best job in the world but is a job. Will keep looking for something better as he goes along. But this job is enough for him to make enough to pay the car off by the end of the month. Bless their hearts maybe they just needed a little guidance. The cooking lessons are going fairly well with the granddaughter. Her husbands said last nights meal looked lots better than it really tasted. But he said don't tell Kim I said that lol I told him he was very smart about saying that. Lol Just eat it and brag on her for trying to learn new things. That no family can exist forever on chili dogs and hamburgers. Lol Continue to pray for Sugar she still has her days of not feeling really very good. She may have to go back to St. Louis this wedneday again for a follow up. She isnt wanting to go. WOW moment yesterday , I played and ran with a two year old for over an hour playing kick the ball and I mean I actually ran , of course I gave out before he did but it was amazing to me that a year before I could barely walk. BEVERLY: So very glad that you found us and had time to post. Hey that site does work really well doesn't it. Beverly I don't know anything at all about severing the nerves in the back , I have heard of them doing that in other places to end chronic pain. But after your wls and you lose a lot of weight your back may not hurt as much as it does now. I know mine doesn't unless I pu**** too hard. Question on the Hosta. There are only two times that are really good for dividing up a hosta and that is Spring and Fall. I usually like to do it more in the fall. Spring time is good when it first starts coming up out of the ground but Fall is actually better, in that Hostas do better and put out new roots during the really hot part of the year so that if you divide it in the fall it will have time to put down new roots before winter. I hope this helps. ANGIE; Well my hubby says the lake is still too cold too. But if it keeps up with the temps we have been having it should be warm enough in a few days. You sure have gotten the bug to get some of the weight off and I admire you so much for that. Go Angie Go. SUGAR: How are you feeling today? Did the people from St. Louis ever call you bac****ep praying for you every day. I hope that you get well soon so you can get ontrack with getting healthy. Lol no you wouldn't do all the outside work I do when you are well you would have other neat stuff to do. Stuff that I sure cant do or at least not real interested in doing. We all have different things that we were made for and digging in the dirt is what I do best. Must come from our Indian heritage and all the farming that the Blackfoot tribe did. Lol Oh I will be by to see you Thursday after I get the shots in my knees. My appointment is 9:00 am so it will probably be about 11:00 when I get there. JANET: Listen don't you go beating yourself up about your mom and not really believing her. When a person cries wolf too many times it is hard. Your mom knows you love her really she does. LOL not all snakes are bad you know, black snakes eat rats and mice to keep them down some too. This snake is sort of our pet in a way. He comes back to my garden every summer. Lol Once we knew he was under the shed we just didn't want to trap him in there so that he would die under there. Lol You can plant seedlings anytime you want but later in the day and or a cloudy day is best, that way they don't get so hot when their feet aren't stressed. Im sure they will be ok if you keep them watered. Ive done the same thing. And they will look like they are wilting but keep them moist for a few days they will make it. Im really anxious to see your new hairdo. I bet it looks good on you. Is it above your shoulders or what? Yeah the thought of a tattoo on me just makes my skin crawl lol Like I said before different strokes for different folks. So glad that more of the clothes are fitting you now. That will be nice to not have to buy stuff because you will get smaller and no need to buy things. LANA; I thought you lived in town? You have snapping turtles in your yard? Wow! And a possum under your porch. Maybe the word is out on you in the animal kingdom. Lol (Go to Lanas house she is a softy) lol It probably wont die under there it may will just have tons of babies and move in all the relatives and have an open house . lol No tell your hubby im just kidding. Hope things are going well for you and know that I pray for each and every one of you all daily. TAMMY H.: Hope the stepdaughter is doing better and well as Joe, how is he doing ? They are both still on my prayer list too. I love doing garage sales but always seem to be too busy to drive 30 miles to get to any of them lol No I certainly don't mind if people put their prayer request on here. But your (and it is yours ) Prayer Request post is great to compile them all together. And im sure that we all appreciate that you do it. You also are still on our prayer list for help in getting the rest of the weight off that you need to get off before your meeting with the surgeon ,is it this week? TRIPLE C: Yeah im sort of like you on the exercise , I will take any excuse to not do it. I work outside all the time but I guess that is more strength training than exercise . I just cant seem to find the extra time to do anything else. But I guess having the 2 year old great grandson might help do that too. Don't have any good recipes off the top of the head but I think Lana gave you a good place to look for some. I know there is a recipe forum on here but haven't ever been there. MELISSA: Hope the MRI went well on your knee. The times with the fil like last night will be more and more if he really has Alzheimer's And it sounds like it more and more. Just remember that he really isnt who he use to be . I know it isnt easy. When I was a nurse I spent a lot of time working on Alzheimer's Units. And just being there 8 hours a day wears on you after awhile. I admire anyone that can and will take that on in their home where it is 24/7. Hopefully you can get him diagnosed and then be able to get some help. There are places that have a day program for these patients too that you can take them during the day , one day a week or as many days as you want. They have things for them to do etc. Sort of like a daycare for them. Is a good way to get some relief once in a while. Hang in there and use us to vent all you want. It is a big job you have taken on but I know that you are strong enough to do a lot more than you think you are at time. Pray a lot and we will keep you on the prayer list for strength. Love you and hope for peace for you. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN .

Good morning Jan and board..another beautiful day. I just uploaded some new pictures. Sunday at church I was trying to remember all my friends that needs prayer so I wouldnt forget anyone , I just told the the church to pray for all my WLS friends. then they wanted to know what WLS meant ..lol.. so now everyone is on the prayer sheet. everyone have a good day...God bless....vesta

Dear Jan and OH Family~ What a rainy day it was yesterday and more, more, more rain in the forecast the rest of this week-DANG IT! By the time it STOPS, I am going to have to hire a wildlife crew to come out and cut down the grass in the dog pen and around the pool-we wanted to get it done this past weekend, but Mike was told he COULD NOT do anything to strain his stomach muscles-I couldnt because of my back-and there you go. We would just use the riding mower-but in the dog pen-which is prob a half an acre-there are so many toys and then big rocks and timber for what USED to be the garden-and my dogs now drag the railroad ties around and PLAY with them-like they are just branches off a tree-LOL-so we cant use the rider in there-and must weed eat the whole thing. Thought about going in there and picking everything up (then we are lifting again) but the one thing that keeps ME from doing that is the 6 ft long black snake who has his house (hole) there-and I cant handle the snake thing.....I dont care how many rats or mice they eat-I WILL GLADLY BUY traps and poison for them!!!! I wouldnt care IF they would clean my house and pay me rent to live here-I DONT WANT THE SNAKES..... Yesterday was.....interesting to say the least. First, I have been REALLY working with Jon AGAIN to potty train him....he was already potty trained once-and then my stepson told him that monsters or snakes could come up out of the toilet and get him while he is pooping-and that was it-he will pee-but not the other-EVER....so I decided he was going to just HAVE to wear his underwear and that was that-oh yeah-BIG mistake.....Was talking to Mel on the phone and saw him shut his bedroom door and went-OH NO, I bet he is crapping his pants-sure enough!!~So, while I was cleaning his mess-I got sick to my stomach and threw up-JOY..... Then-try to finish my conversation with her-and am walking through the family room and there is NO bunny in his cage-so then I had to try and find the bunny and put him back in his cage-thats always so much fun! Jon and I went to Food 4 Less to get my protein powder-of course they were all out of the smaller tubs except vanilla-so had to buy the 5# tub-decided to get some ice cream for Mike and the kids since it was on sale for 1.88......oh yeah-well, then I forgot I had it-(the ice cream) and went all the way towards Petro to see if I could get a glimpse of John Force-he is the reality series star of Driving Force-and he is a 14 time champ of the NHRA Drag Racing-He IS our hero-and Mike has most of his funny cars collectibles (big scale) and has built several slot cars to resemble Johns series cars-anyhooo----it was raining, we parked (1/2 mile away) waited for the bus that they said would be there in 15 min, it didnt show so we walked-in the rain and I stepped in puddles up to my ankles.....walked around a bit-and then was told it would be 4 hrs before we could even catch a glimpse of my racing hero.....so I am walking around-and I am like OH ****I forgot about the ice cream in the car-and I have a 20 minute drive home.......we left-and saw on the news this morning that not only was John and HIS FUNNY CARS there, but his WHOLE team was there-except of course our member that passed on last month-Dang it! Oh well-I am healthy enough now to go and catch him in Topeka when they host the NHRA races there-I will get his autograph then-PLUS-I can wear the shirts now-before they didnt make em big enough to fit me-WOOOO HOOOOO....cant wait! Got into it with my ex who keeps bothering me (not talking to him right now) about taking our 16 year old to Vegas with him the day after school is out....HELL NO, I told him-and then he says-well, it WILL prob be the last time I get to spend with her before the end-I said-well, I guess YOU should have thought about that before you were having unprotected sex-dont you think? How dare YOU try to make ME feel guilty when YOU are the one moving away from MY daughters and NOT thinking about their feelings. Screw you (wasnt that nice, but you get the point) he said he THOUGHT I was going to be nicer, but he guesses that we wont be able to be friends. Hold on there, buddy-I have been NICER to you than anyone in your lifetime EVER has....regarding MY daughters, not taking you to the cleaners when we divorced (and told I could HAVE IT ALL)...I let him keep over 20 thousand dollars, just so I wouldnt have to hassle with it....I have been nice-3 years ago I cut his child support in half-ON MY OWN-and he STILL doesnt pay? How much nicer should I be? Just because I am not bending over for you-doesnt mean I am not nice. I was very peaceful when I told him where he could go and HOW he could get there before I slammed down the phone....Told him that since "I" have SOLE custody-his other option is to take me to court to ask them IF she can go-but I am saying no! She is mad at me now-because he told her that I wont let her go. She claims she is OLD ENOUGH to take care of herself-thats funny, I told her-cause you came to me last Thurs telling me about your stalker etc-and so you arent in the position to make judgement calls just yet. Then I get a call from my dad about 4:45 and he tells me about my mom. He went with her so she wouldnt be alone. I had talked to him earlier in the day and told him it was just her nerves and on and on....you know how mom is, I told him-what a blow that was. I am mostly frustrated because I have tried mercifully to help her change her life and her attitude-and she doesnt want it-so I dont know what else to do-I just know when I would spend a lot of time with her it depresses me-and I did that for too long, I dont want to be like that anymore. Also-I watched my grandma give up and not fight when she had sooo much to live for-and now I feel like I am watching this all over again.....?????? I know that you cant MAKE someone change-and no matter HOW much you pray for them, they arent gonna get those blessings if they arent open to it, I understand that, just feel so frustrated and helpless over it. Well, my angelette, Chante has her surgery tomorrow! We are polishing her seat on the bench....I wonder how long our bench is-if we lined everyone up on it? LOL- My angelette Krissy sounds wonderful and I am so thankful for that. I sent them both a little something yesterday-so I felt accomplished.....have some stuff for Tammy too, but will have to wait and see if I can give it to her in person to save some money on shipping....Will see. I am praying that all my other angelettes, Tammy, Susan and Trudy get their dates soon-I know they are so excited and anxious and I remember that feeling all too well-so I am praying for all of them! Well, I have some calls to make today-my daughters 21st b-day is next Thurs-and then she graduates from Crowder next Saturday. we are having a combo party for her after graduation at Del Rio restuarant....her sperm donor and his family will be there, so thank goodness I will have Mike, my parents and Mel and Terry there in my corner....have to behave at the party-she deserves that much.....her fiances parents are gonna be there too-and they are like something straight out of the Beverly Hillbillys show-I just hope that she wears a bra this time- Well, I KNOW I have rambled enough.....gonna get off here and get my day going. Have to go to the hospital today and visit one of my moms friends who is in there-and then talk to her friend Carol who got approved for her weight loss surgery and is now starting to change her mind-she has a lot of people telling her ALL the bad things about it-and I am going to show her my before pics and let her see the difference and then tell her all the good things in life now-God be with me, I want her to be able to feel as good as I do-and I want her to know that she can have a normal life again, and she has a higher BMI like I did-so she knows I am speaking from experience. Pray for me as I venture out to help her. Thanks everyone. I will talk to you all later. All my love, Janet

Hello Missouri, Not much to report this AM. I didn't feel too perky yesterday. Had a leftover naked burrito from Qdoba (they put everything into a bowl without the tortilla) and finished it off for lunch. Think it was too much and probably I ate too fast too because I felt ucky all afternoon. I have a spot on my left side just below my waist and whenever I do have a pain, that's where it is located. Feels as if something is stuck there sometimes. Then all of a sudden it will just be gone - weird!!! Then last night I ate some leftover meat-crust pizza that I made over the weenend and it felt sort of the same way for awhile. Today I plan to just eat cottage cheese and applesauce to give my insides a rest. I made a shake this AM so got that in early. Used milk, instant coffee, sf caramel syrup, ice and vanilla protein. It was close to Starbuck's cappucino with sf caramel syrup and 1/10 the cost!!! I'm a cheapie about things like that. I love clothes and spend way too much on them but Starbucks ticks me off. My tomatoes look spectacular, growing great. I tend to overwater everything so I'm trying to be careful and be sure they really need water before I pour it on. Jan, I do live in town but behind my back fence is pretty much open land so I guess that's where the turtles come from. There are lots of sink holes back there so no one can build on it. I'm so excited about all the new people on the board. I have a hard time keeping up on all the names and places where they live but I do think of all of you and pray a big blanket prayer, like Vesta said, over all WLS folks. Do most of you see people at like WalMart or Target and wish you could go up to them and tell them about WLS? I don't do it, but sometimes I sure wish I could. It has changed my life so much, I am so much healthier and have so much more energy. I realize that it's not for everyone, that you have to be committed for a changed life, but it is SOOOOOO worth it. On days, like yesterday, when I don't feel as good I just remind myself of how I used to feel before surgery and that makes these little pains so minimal in comparison. I've been having quite a bit of pain in my right shoulder but I'm pretty sure it is just bursitis, the RA usually comes on bilaterally and this is totally just in my right shoulder. I think I can wait it out using Tylenol, it just isn't that bad yet. Don't want injections in the shoulder if I can help it. Hugs and love to all of you, Lana

I interviewed for a new job today in the same facility I currently work. If I take it, I will resume those duties after I have my RNY surgery and return to work. My surgery is June 1st, the person I would be replacing is leaving June 30. SO.. hopefully no glitches with anything. Still waiting on hearing about Salary.. they couldn't give me a straight answer on that today. Hope you all had a good day.. Someone take our RAIN!!! Denise