WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

We started the day off getting the site ready for the swimming pool we have in the shed but the area that we had it in last year was uneven for some reason . It was level when we took it down last year ...We got it about half done and it started raining. So that more or less stopped us from doing much today. Joe went down to check on his drop lines and got about a 4 pound flathead. Told him we need about 12 or those. Hope to have a fish fry on Mothers day. Little un traditional but so what? I guess I am a pretty unconvitional person any way. At least I wont be doing the cooking with a fish fry. Lol I took almost a 2 hour nap today , can you believe that and I am so sleepy right now that I don't know if I can get this and the recap done tonight. Not many people who posted today Vesta: love your pictures of your flowers and the lovely bed you have done is beautiful. Hey thanks for covering all of us with prayer at your church. Cant wait to see you in a couple of weeks. JANET: LOL and your fear of Snakes. I know a lot of people are but the only ones I fear and give respect to are the vipers. Black snakes are our friends . Yeah , yeah I know you don't want friends like that. Lol No words of wisdom on how to work with Jon on his problem. The older boy wont tell him he was kidding and that it really is a lie? That is awful what that boy did to him . What flavor protein powder do you like? I like the vanilla because I can make it what ever I want to be. Like I said I like variety. Lol Sorry you didn't get to see your hero. Was the icecream a mess when you got home? If your ex was so concerned about seeing the girls before he dies then he should stay here and visit with her He shouldn't be wanting to take her out there to watch him die. What kind of weirdo is he anyway. Plus exposing her to his lifestyle is just sick. How is your mom doing today? What exactly did they find out? Yeah I know I want to run up to everyone that is large and tell them what wls has done for me. Sometimes have to fight the urge really hard . LANA: I had that pain sometimes on the left side and it really hurts but haven't had it any for the last 2 or 3 months. It sometimes would almost take my breath away it would hurt so bad. Your drink sounds good , especially if I loved coffee flavor. But I may try that anyway. Oh ok that makes sense about your place now. Hope the sink holes don't come any closer to your house. I know what you mean about how much pain I had before surgery and what I have now. I got a reminder of that this morning when I woke up my lower back and right hip is hurting so badly. And I realized that it is the first time my back has hurt in about 2 months. How much we take the feeling good for granted until we don't feel good and we can say wow. That was amazing. So I am going to the chiro tomorrow to see if I can get what ever is out of place put back in lol DENISE: Hope you get the new job you interviewed. That would be great to come back to work in a new job. Where do you live that you are getting so much rain.? Hope you don't flood. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN .

Good Morning Everyone: I thought I would pop in here and post since I didnt get a chance to on Tuesday. I left the house yesterday morning and I returned back home around 8:30pm. This is how my day went. Got up took vitimins, left to go clean house, went to the bank, stopped by mailbox ect, made a payment to my PCP, stopped at Pet warehouse, got nailed done, pick up mail from post office, mailed off some cards & my father's birthday gift, went to the artrities place to return dad's walker and pay on Terrys walker, went to Lane Bryant, Made payment to Sears, Stopped for something to drink at Starbucks, went to tatoo parlor to give him my design, went to Micheals, went to target, stopped and got the oil changed in the car and got it washed, went to Cato's (been forever since I have been there MAN I LIKE THAT STORE!!! GREAT PRICES) Filled up the car with gas, went back to the tatoo parlor, went to show new tat to Janets kids, stopped at starbucks for hubby, went to Wal Mart and home. Yes, I am totally bushed but had alot of fun today running around. Today I go to my appt at my OB/GYN hopefully I get some good news. And then I have to drop off some paperwork to my case worker (change of address). That's it nothing else (hopefully) My body will go into shock if that all that I have to do today. lol I got to talk to Rachael today for a bit. Please EVERYONE pray that she get to finally come to the suppose meeting on the 21st. It would be so great to see her again!!! Okay I know this is short but I am really tired and ready to streach out and get comfy. Janet: I had so much fun with you tonight. Thats so much for your help while there. Sorry I didnt mean to scare you!!! Love ya sista!!! Chante: Sweetie your in my thoughts and prayers on your surgery today. Cant wait to hear the good news that your our newest member of the loser's bench!!! Tammy~ammy: I heard from {Wings} that you might be coming to the support meeting this month??? When do you go back to see Dr. Scott?? Please call me before you leave Columbia so we know what is going on. I just know that Dr. Scott is going to be so PROUD OF YOU!!!! I sure know I am proud of you sweetie!!!! Susan: How are you feeling sweetie?? You sure gave Janet & I a scare when we didnt hear from you forever!!! 30 lashes with a wet noodle!! Rachael: I was so glad that I got to talk to you today. I will be saving you a seat at the meeting on the 21st!!!! HINT HINT HINT Angie: Sorry I havent been around to chat with you the last couple of days. I will try to find some time today to get on and chat with you for awhile. Jan: I bet it felt good to be able to run and play with your lil guy hun??? Sugar: Sweetie were going just beat that ol devil away with an ugly stick. We rebuke him in the name of Jesus that he has no athortie over you cause your a child of God's!!! Andrew: Did you fall off the face of the earth??? Craig: When do you get to go to Columbia??? Pam: How are you feeling sweetie?? Colette: Thank you so much for your support!!! Well I am headed off to bed. I pray everyone has a blessed day. Let's remember Chante & Tina in our prayers as the both will be joining us on the Loser's Bench. CONGRATS to the both of you. God Bless Mel

Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~ Well, let me say that it is stormy here today-there has been a break in the storm and good thing, so I can get on here and post!! So, another rainy day for SW MO!! Ok so I have come to the realization I may never get my pool up-LOL....I asked "Does it REALLY need to be painted this year?" (Im so inpatient you know!) and the response was-No-BUT.....(dun dun dun~) it does have to be sealed-so.....a week without rain is needed whether or not we paint-dang it...Oh well, with the new tattoo-I cant get in the pool anyway for 2 weeks, so this better clear up in the next 2 weeks or I am gonna go crazeeee (hush-I mean crazier than normal-LOL) **Jan, I ONLY like the ON strawberry, chocolate (and there are 2 kinds, one I LOVE and the other is so-so-and right now I have a 5# tub of the so-so chocolate-LOL) and the vanilla-I even use the chocolate in my protein balls. Gives it a little bit more flavor like a peaunut butter cup....yummy. Ok...we are gonna have to agree to disagree on the snake thing. I KNOW a lot of people say the black snakes are good-but let me tell you-I saw a gardner (or whatever you call them) snake bite my nephew one time-and he was a smaller snake-and I threw up instantly-in the middle of my sister in laws garage sale-it upset me so bad!!! SPEAKING OF SNAKES....my father in law (lives on adjoining property) used the brush hog on the front field yesterday afternoon and seems like he stirred up the snakes that were living in the field-and while my guys were playing on the track with our RC cars last night when I was in town-Jon ran a bit into the brush just cut down and came out screaming like a lunatic that there was a rattlesnake in the weeds-HOLY CRAP-I am so glad I wasnt home!! It wasnt a rattlesnake-but Mike said it was wiggling its back end and i****ing the brush-I assume it was a copperhead since my hubby killed it-and the black snakes and garders-he just takes out in the woods and lets them go-so he wouldnt answer when I asked him-I know after 10 years with him that LACK of answering MEANT YES....I know he didnt tell me because he doesnt want me to quit walking to the track!! (I think I will either start driving the mower or the go-kart)..... When I first moved down here from Minnesota-Land of 10,000 lakes and you could swim in ANY water there and not have snakes-leaches maybe, but no snakes-anyway-some friends took us to Five Mile swimming hole and there were people there that their job was strictly to watch for snakes ALL around the perimeter where people were swimming-I thought at the time it was stupid-now I want to hire them to do the same thing around my property-IF ONLY I WERE RICH!!! LOL LOL!~ (and NO-I DO NOT SWIM IN THE LAKES HERE!!) I have been fishing way too many times and seen snakes in the water- No can do!! Yes, it is a shame what my stepson has done to Jon....He likes to put him through hell, and its one of the reasons he will be at his moms most of the summer. I cant imagine spending a summer when I have to watch the 13 yr old MORE than the 4 yr old. Darrel doesnt have ONE ounce of common sense and quite frankly, he just doesnt care. The only reason he even likes living with us-is his mom NEVER and I do mean NEVER buys him anything, even clothes or whatever-and he never has anything there for him....besides that, I think he would want to live with her-since he doesnt have to bathe, brush his teeth, do chores (her house is a disgrace and welfare have taken her kids more than once) and she never gives them a bedtime or anything-she is just a lazy heifer, drug addict, theif and liar. Besides the drugs and being lazy-Darrel is the spitting image of her! He does try to be lazy, but my house will NEVER look like that! Not while I am still breathing! On the ex-he doesnt want Steph to come and live with him, but he does want her to come with him for a couple of weeks....I dont give a crap what HE wants. Its gonna be MY way or no way...Period. Told him to take me to court and IF the judge says she can go-I will let her. Waiting to see how that turns out. He TRIED taking me to court about 7 years after the divorce to overturn the sole custody case and lost his $ss!! I was p.o'd because it cost me over 1,000 dollars to fight him back-JERK! Dont mess with mamma bear when you are a threat to her cubs-cause I come out fighting! My mom....she has to undergo some more tests. They are doing an ultrasound and they are also checking her for ovarian cancer. We will know something in the next week or so. I am going to go with her for her testing although she is telling me no-I dont hear that word when I dont want to! LOL...She is scared, but I have been talking to her and trying to stay positive and for right now, she is okay-I did explain to her that I watched my grandma give up and I didnt want to watch her do it too-and that I really want her to fight for herself and change her life. She wants it to - so maybe this was the scare she needed to get things turned around. I hope so, and I hope thats all it is! Well, I FINALLY got the tattoo I have been waiting for since November! I actually started thinking about it before surgery-it was a spiritual thing....I wanted a set of wings (to symbolize being set free from that fat, wore down body and soul-symbolizing being able to fly again and live life-to soar!!) and I know what I invisioned in my head-and there was a halo-and then the date of my re-birth etc....well, whenever Krissy, Tammy, Susan and Chante started to call me wings (and I hadnt told them of the tattoo) it was my confirmation!! So, I have a set of beautiful wings, with a rose in the middle of them and a banner across the top with Dr. Fearings name on it and then the date of my re-birth under it-right between my shoulder blades or under the nape of my neck-whatever best describes it....It was a mothers day gift from my kids and Mel....cause I didnt have money to pay for it-LOL! Anyway-I love it.....and it didnt hurt! I was amazed at how little it even irratated me and he was fast! Today I have to go to town and get my lotion, some staples for the house (just one or two things) and then coming home to wait for Mel and Chante to call me with news! **Chante and TIna J BOTH having surgery today~Chantes surgery isnt until 11 am, and so if the doc gets delayed it could be awhile before I hear something! I am keeping both in my prayers for a safe surgery and speedy recovery!! I got to talk to Chante last night for about an hour and it was so nice to talk to her!! She is ready for the surgery and very peaceful! **Tammy and Rachael-WOULD LOVE to see you BOTH at the meeting-Mel and I said IF you guys make it-maybe we can go to starbucks or something before or after the meeting and talk? Before would be better for us because of the drive-well, you guys too-but you get the point.... **Mel-THANKS for the Mothers Day present....thanks for being with me-and for being my sister in mind and soul. I love ya. Yes-you did scare me-I guess you read that all over my face, huh? YOU better keep an eye on that with your system crashing-I dont want anything to happen to you!! Love ya! **Lana-that pain you spoke of-that happened to me for several months-and I am really afraid to say how long its been-things seem to happen after I say that they havent-but it would hurt BAD and take my breath away-thought for awhile that they left one of the gadgets in me after surgery! Well, I am gonna get off here. I have some emails to send out before I get going for my errands. Megan said she would come over and get Jon to go to the park-so since the park isnt happening-he wants to go to her house-have to see if that works. (YES-it works for me-LOL) All my love and prayers to everyone. Janet

Good Morning Everyone, I would like to wish all the ones having surgery today and the next few days a speeding recovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has anyone heard from Julia? I e-mailed Sky Evans, Deanna Barnett, Marsha S. and Tressia Clark. I haven't heard from any of them except Tressia. Here is part of the e-mail: "I am doing ok I guess after the surgery. I have lost a total of 105 lbs since Nov. 2nd. Everyone says I am melting but I can't see it yet. I think I am in denial that it is truly happening. I get to go to at least one meeting a month at Barnes Jewish I do like my support group. Everyone there is ok. but not as up beat as obesity.com. I get on occasionally and just look through. Tell everyone I say hi. I will get brave enough soon I hope just to pop in and say hi. I NEED TO. MAYBE IT WILL HELP ME. My daughter just moved out yesterday i am having separation anxiety there. I do miss you guys. will be in touch soon." Love and miss you guys Your Friend Tressia PS. THANK YOU FOR CARING............ Please pray for Tressia that she does better with her daughter moving out. I do pray I will hear from the others! Jan I am as bad as Janet when it comes to snakes!! Someone can just say the word "Snake" and I start backing up and stepping high!!!!!! When I see a snake on the road when we are driving in our van I lift my feet up off the floorboard like the snake is gonna get to me!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I got to get busy I am going to groom my baby Gracie, she is in dear need of a hair cut. Everyone have a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!!!! Hugzz Brenda

Hello all my Missouri Boarders, I just wanted to say that I am so glad for this site and it is great to see so many new people posting here. We can all learn something from every person that comes here and posts. It might not be right away but if you keep coming back and posting eventually we will all learn something that may not have to do with WL but it can be about anything. Even if it is how to deal with a husband afraid of worms,lol!! I will let them explain if they want,lol. I just wanted to say I learn so much from this site and its not always about weight loss, so I wanted to say thank you to everyone. Please newbies and oldbies keep up that posting!!!! Also I wanted to let everyone know, (and I really want to try and post on most individual posts for support but you all know there are those days when you can just pop in and let everyone know how things are and to check and pray for all, so I wanted to just let you know that sometimes I answer in Jan's "Whats happening", but know that all my OH friends and family are in my prayers everyday and most of the time. (I think that my husband is starting to go crazy hearing about you guys everyday, but thats okay he was already on the road to crazy and I'm his driver, lol.) Didn't mean to yak so much but felt like I was making myself so upset because I couldn't say something to everyone on their posts, but I do try to read them. I know that there are these superwomen on here that can work their self all day long, run all over the state, build a house, save a country,(lol) and still find strength to stay up to all hours and be supportive and be there for people on their posts, and answer emails, and then post themselves on the board. These ladies are my heroes and I am so glad to call them friends and I hope when I am on the other side on the bench I have half of their energy. Chante Good luck on your surgery sis!! You are almost there. Remember I am very close to Wentzville if ya need anything. I will mess ya with my phone number. Jan I seen you post to Karen about the chat room. I have thought that it would be a great idea to try and set a date and time to all meet in one so that everyone can attend a meeting together, (I miss my Springfield members,LOL) We could maybe have a guest speaker once and a while who can pop in and maybe answer some questions. Just thought it would be nice and maybe easier than getting someone to drive to a meeting to speak sometimes. What do ya think? Okay, here is my plant question. What are the best kind of tomato plants to plant, and when is the best time to plant them, and do you use sticks or those metal tall thingy's. Thank you for your help as always. By the Way...... Dogget----hahahahaaha!! Sugar I am standing next to Mel with a big ole ungly stick for the Devil to knock him outta here. Hope you are feeling better sweetie. Tammy Love and miss ya girl! Wings You and your family are in my prayers as always. I had no idea about the tatoo and the wings when I gave ya that nick name, how cool. Because you are my Angel and you are always flying here and there helping people it just seemed to fit, lol. Glad to hear it is catching on! I am sending you an email today then will post on the board, got more good news and I have a question about my CPAP. (I love keeping you in suspense,hehe) Lana, Bel, Deb M., Julia, Hello there, just letting you know you are all in my prayers and I am thinking about you!

Hello Missouri, WOO HOO, two new tattoos. How exciting!!! I have a few, four to be exact, but they are really small and on my feet/toes. Not as busy today as yesterday. Thank goodness, I about fell asleep in my chair last night. We've been swamped. End of semester and all. I have been babying my pouch/guts since yesterday. Cottage cheese, applesauce, and scrambled eggs with cheese and got along fine. I think that left side must be where the intestine is re-joined back together or something because it seems too many people have a twinge there for it to be coincidental. I think part of the problem might be that on the naked burrito I had corn salsa without thinking about it and I think the corn is a NO NO for me. Won't do that again. I've had those burritos before and had no problem so I truly think it was that undigestible corn. Gonna go really easy until I think the corn has gone through my system!!! I don't know if I have mentioned the "Just the Cheese" crunchy baked natural cheese snacks but I am loving them. They are high in fat, as are all cheeses but the little bag is very satisfying and it is 75 calories, 1 gram of carb, and no sugars so that is a good thing for me for a snack. One bag is plenty for my PM snack. I found them on the main board, think maybe Vesta gets them too. The address is www.specialcheese.com. They are kinda pricey but right now they are two boxes for the price of one so that helps. I'll probably be tired of them before I get through two boxes but DH likes them too. I find that except for SF popcicles I get tired of almost any snack I come up with. Like SF jello!!! So tired of that!!! I still love the protein bars from www.freshenergybakery.com They are the very best to me. They are high calorie but I can't eat a whole one anyway so breaking them in 1/2 or 1/4 makes them comparable to many of the grocery store brands and I like them way better. I order quite a few when I do order and it cuts cost of shipping. I think most of you know that I don't have too much patience with folks who say they just can't get protein drinks down. I consider it medicine, like vitamins or calcium. It is something I have to do, not something I have to enjoy. I started out very fussy about the taste but have gradually just learned to grin and get it down. And, you know what, I don't mind them any more. I still vary what I'm doing but I am determined to get rid of all the various ones I tried when I was still hung up on taste and so I just make them in small amounts of liquid and drink them down. I do use Any Whey bullets when I'm in a hurry or traveling because they are so compact and easy to transport. They are 42 grams and if I only use 30 grams from that amount, so be it!!! I drink the whole thing and hope I'm getting use of all of it. I truly think right now my mind set is not to especially taste and enjoy most of what I eat. I'm trying to learn to think of food as fuel, not entertainment. I know that this was a problem for me pre-op so my way of dealing with it is probably really drastic for some folks but I have to do what works for me. I will eat for enjoyment some times in the week but the majority of the time it is just fuel!!! I so want this surgery to work for me. I need to be very strict with myself. Hope you all are finding what works for you. You know things will change many times on your journey but the ultimate goal is health and a better life. Hugs to all of you from the goofy one, Lana