WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY

Got the first of a series of shots again started in my knees. Seems like it is working better and faster this time than the last time. I sure hope so. Dr. Mc Clain is almost insistant on my getting a nerve study done on my wrists to see if it is carpal tunnel I told him that I don't want to have surgery on them even if it is because they don't hurt that bad it is just that they go numb on me constantly. I have to stop and rub them all the time when I am doing something. Went by and picked up the car for the grandkids. I was so supprised it is such a cute little car and looks really good. Needs a front end aligned and probably a brake job too. But other than that it seems to be in really good shape. Stopped in and saw Sugar. She is looking pretty good. I think she has decided she would like a second opinion . She has lost 50 pounds and her clothes are getting really loose on her. Janet and Melissa are you going by her house tomorrow? Wish I had known I would have made plans to be there too. She had enough clothes in there for several people and hope you all will be able to use them She has some really nice clothes. Becky is suppose to come down here to my house tomorrow for a visit. She is in Holister for her daughters graduation so she wanted to come over and visit. I am looking forward to her coming over. But hope she wont be real disappointed , my flowers just aren't blooming this year like they should be. I have a few here and there and they are all growing but they are about 3 weeks behind it seems. VESTA: I sent you Julia address. Hope you can find her and see what is going on with her. Is this your 3 month check up that your going to Sedalia about already. Wow time flies doesn't it.. Cant wait to see you at our Circle of Friends meeting the 21st. The last I heard this week end is suppose to be a nice one did they change the forcast again? JANET: Well you may have the last laugh on the pool anyway. It has a leak I think . I cant seem to get it filled all the way up for some reason. It isnt pulling itself up right. And it sure isnt as nice as an inground one is. I still want at least an above ground one that is permanent. You know you can come over and swim but it is so little that you cant really swim I just use it to walk in so my knees don't hurt. Lol. Poor girl with such a phobia about Snakes, and then you wonder about poor little Jon and his fear of the snakes coming out of the toilet. Do you think he will ever get over his fear? His is evidently very strong, but will really have to be overcome some how. Cant continue like he is for much longer, kindergarten is just ahead . Poor baby. I feel for you and I don't mean to make light of your fear for snakes honey. Lots of people have a fear of something but when it interferes with daily living like the babies is it is really serious. He might grow out of that when he is 11 or 12 or so but he really cant wait that long can he? Don't know what the answer is but I am keeping him and you both in my prayers about it. And I promise I wont make fun of you about the snakes anymore. Love you both. Yes I know how you feel about all your loved ones being sick and not really being able to do anything about it but just remember the strongest tool we have to helping our loved ones is prayer. We all can pray, and then we can leave the rest to God. There isnt anything we can possible do to help keep our loved ones from going thru illnesses or operations or heartbreak but we can be there for them to lean on and we can pray. Well sounds like your Ex finally realized that he shouldn't ask his daughter to come to visit him . I am praying that it all works out to what is really best for them in the grand scheme of things , maybe they might need that closeure with him somehow. Your day just went from bad to worse and ending with the grocery store and please don't try to fight with any more big semis. They will usually win. You were lucky that you didn't get killed . Take it easy girl you really worry me sometimes. Please be careful. We all love you too much for something to happen to you. BRENDA: Isnt that amazing about Deanna? I know she has lots going on in her life now that she couldn't begin to do before surgery. So happy that she will be around to raise her little boy. So sorry about the granddaughter , Will keep you and her in my prayers. Teenagers are such a hard time now days I guess. More so than when we were young. I don't know seems that if you can get them thru high school with their brains intact and your nerves intact you are doing really good. They have so many temptations that we never had. Anytime you need to vent on here just go ahead and do so this is a safe place to do it. So vent away anytime. We all love you. LANA: Glad to hear that Glenda is doing better now . You be careful on your drive up North, don't try crossing any flooded roadways or bridges. We will be praying for you , and enjoy your reunion. Will be waiting to hear how it all went and how surprised they all are about your new appearance. Wont you be the wow of the party. Lol You are in my prayers. MELISSA: Want you to know that I am praying for you and your medical situation. Glad to see that you have come to grips with it and that you are doing what you can to help it change. Did you ever get the MRI and stuff that you need? Will continue to hold you up in prayer and I just know that God is going to give you your hearts desire of a child somehow. You will be one awesome mommy one day soon we all know that. Cant wait to see how and when this will happen. God works in all sorts of ways that we don't even think of so watch and wait .God loves you and so do we. I know you are sort of operating on auto pilot right now ,just be open to what God has to say to you and Terry. God has blessings on top of Blessings ready to pile on you both. TAMMY : CONGRADULATIONS. WONDERFUL GREAT. SEE WE ALL KNEW YOU COULD DO IT. LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS JAN

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Jan-so glad to hear your knees are feeling better already-WOOOO HOOOO....I am so happy for you. My shots last week didnt do anything for me whatsoever!! But it was just cortisone this time....thats okay, now that my back feels a lot better-I dont let my knees get the best of me. I go for my final spinal (hehe) next Weds and we are hoping and praying for a couple of months of relief before surgery!! I am really sorry about your pool-do you have a patch kit? We had one of those right before we moved in here too-and the kids liked it-but I know you couldnt swim laps in it-LOL...ANYTIME you want to come and play-give me a ring!! By the way-Vikki (Mikes adopted mom) and I started draining the pool and were patching some of the places that need sealed-and within 10 minutes-the thunder rolled in and the sky opened up-and it rained the rest of the night....Its jinxed Im telling ya!! Doing my shake and vitamins, watching Jon take his shower-and then we are headed to Mels-to go and see Sug. Then I have to come home, clean, clean, clean-we are having a Mothers Day/Megans b-day party here tomorrow and BBQ...Hope that it doesnt rain anymore because we have to weed eat and run mower and have the boys get more rocks off of our track.....It has rained so much-that its like we never took a rock off of it. If anyone needs landscaping rock or rocks for ANYTHING-come and get em-they are free and already in one place! I promise you-you dont have to quit kidding about the snakes-everyone teases me...Its alright. Its just my thing-and stems from an incident when I was like 9 that was so horrific for me, that I have put it out of my head-but my whole family was there-and remembers and tells me about it-my brother and I were in Arkansas (Bella Vista) at my grandparents new home-and gramps had a wood pile (mile long) and this big old copperhead was getting ready to strike us-I ran to get help-and my gramps chopped his head off right when he went to strike my brother in the head!!! Apparently, it was about 3-4 feet long and had his head in that striking position long enough for me to go and tell my family about it-To this day-I do not have ONE memory of that-but my parents, grandparents and brother tell me the story every couple of years. Jon DID NOT get his fear of snakes from me-the only thing I have ever told him is not to just pick up ANY OLD SNAKE he sees (due to some being posionous out here) thats it-just so he doesnt get hurt. He has held baby gardners etc-but thats all I have told him-Darrel was just an ass telling him that-when he goes to Megans or my moms-he goes poo in the toilets there-so I know its because Darrel was being an ass. The only other thing that compares to my fear of snakes-is my fear of heights. Its bad as well, I would never be able to walk over a bridge on the highway or whatever-NEVER...I almost passed out when we went on the longest bridge I have personally ever been to-in Corpus Christi Texas.....YIKES... Well, got to talk to Tammy-I got tears in my eyes I was so excited for her. I knew she could do it*******Tammy-way to go girl********I love you and I am so happy for you-and have been doing the baby circle dance for ya since last night!! I got to talk to Chante-this is somewhat funny-I called her last night (had also talked to her in the morning) and when the phone was answered-I said-is Chante there? She said-This is she.....I thought it was her daughter or something-she sounded WONDERFUL and her spirits were so high and she said she felt so much better-and had been up and around several times....I am like-YOU OWE me a Loreal Hair color for scaring the crap out of me!!! She has her leak test today and IF all goes well (and it will) she will get to go home tomorrow!!! She said to tell everyone thanks for the prayers-she knows it helped and she appreciates all of you! I also talked to Krissy B-she is doing well-she sounds wonderful and has gotten her drain out. Having some issues with being light headed-but I did too-so I think its common as I have heard it from a few people. I love my little angelettes so much!! **Susan-girl-I PROMISE I will be calling you tonite as soon as my free minutes start-so you better answer. It got too late last night. I had 6 calls I had to make-and then I was like-she is gonna think I am mad at her-I assure you I AM NOT MAD...I WILL call you tonite. I love you sis and MISS YA so much!! **Deb-has anyone heard from her or how she is? Im getting worried about her too-along with Julia-they are both grounded from scaring us. **Brenda-my ex has HIV/Aids. After he left-myself and my girls got testing every 3 mos for a year and we are ok. He said he just found out in January-but I personally think and KNOW he has been with infected people up to 5 years ago-he looks horrible skinny and sickly. I dont feel ashamed as its not my fault-but some people look down on you-and my girls cant really talk to any peers at their schools etc-because they would be rediculed. They got that when he owned the only gay bar in Joplin years back. My girls were too embaressed to tell people what their dad did for a living. Brenda-Im sorry to hear about your grand-daughter. I dont blame you for not running to get her from school to go to work-what a pampered time we live in right now-right? Stand firm-and she will thank you one day for everything you have done for her whether she likes it right now or not-my 16 yr old doesnt like me much either-LOL. WHen she is getting her way she is fine-but tell her no just once-and she turns into a you know what!! Well, guys, gotta get out of here and go to Mels-I will get back on later today. I love you all and hope you have a blessed Friday and good weekend. All my love, Janet

Good Morning Everyone: I woke up this morning all wrapped up in my covers. I got a little chilled thro the night and snuggled up in my blankets. Terry said I looked like a catapillar all curled up inside the blanket. Yea biggest darm catapillar I have ever saw. lol Well Janet & I are going on a road trip this morning. I am about half way ready just need to finish getting dressed and taken my vitimins. My lil heart throb is getting to go with us. He is such a cutie and grown up so fast. I tell ya some of the thing that he thinks up just crack me up at times. Like over Christmas Janet & Mike told him that they would take him to see Santa Clause. And Jon said "Were going to the North Pole"?? LOL It is quite here on the home front. Dad has been doing alot better the last couple of days. He slept all day Tuesday but was up and down on Thursday. He is even watching more tv now. So we just leave the tv on the Western channel. So if he gets up then he can turn on the tv and it will be ready for him. I had walked out into the kitchen the other day in an outfit I found at a rummage sale. My F-I-L told me I was looking pretty sharp What???? He has never told me I look good actually he has never said I look bad either. But it just floored me big time. I got my surgical clearance from my PCP to remove those masses. My FSH test should be back to the doc today. Next week Terry will be doing his testing. If all comes out okay then surgery will be scheduled for either at the end of this month or at the begining of next month. We will see what happens then. Okay I am going to get off of here and finish getting ready. I wanna slip out the door without wakeing everyone up. I pray you all have a great day!!! God Bless Mel Tammy~ammy: WAY 2 GO GURL!!!! You ROCK!!!! Tony: So glad to see you back on the boards!!! Rachael: I hope your doing good and that you get to make it to the meeting on the 21st. Sugar: I will be seeing you soon sweetie. Jan: Thanks for the prayers!!! Lana: I will be holding you to that hug at the meeting!!! Pam: How are you feeling sweetie?? Angie: I havent seen you on the board in awhile. How are you doing with the all liquid diet?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bacon and Eggs A little boy comes down to breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he has done his chores. "Not yet," said the little boy. His mother tells him no breakfast till the chores are done. Well, he's a little pissed, so he goes to feed the chickens, and he kicks a chicken. He goes to feed the cows, and he kicks a cow. He goes to feed the pigs, and he kicks a pig. He goes back in for breakfast, and his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal. "How come I don't get any eggs and bacon? Why don't I have any milk in my cereal?" he asks. Well," his mother says, "I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs for a week. I saw you kick the pig, so you don't get any bacon for a week either. I also saw you kick the cow, so for a week you aren't getting any milk." Just then, his father comes down for breakfast and kicks the cat halfway across the kitchen. The little boy looks up at his mother and with a smile says: "Are you going to tell him, or should I? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks Jan & Janet for praying for me & Sydney! I know God in His infinite wisdom will work things out for the best. My son just called and they are on the way to the hospital, DIL is in labor! Will get on and let everyone know when my 5th grandchild gets here! I can't be with them, my son is career Air Force and they just moved back to DC so to far for me to go ($$). Not much to say today, I weighed this morning and I am 37 pounds from my goal weight, I weigh 187 and have lost 113 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everybody have a great day!!!!!!!!!! Brenda

Hello Missouri, Yesterday wasn't as busy as the previous days have been here at school and today, Friday, is Dead Day - meaning no classes and no exams. And boy is it DEAD. I haven't seen a student yet. I will be leaving at noon to go up North. I will be fine, expect to see lots of flooded farm land but there are no driving problems up there. Janet - I am not afraid of snakes but I concur on the heights thing. I don't do ferris wheels, roller coasters, stuff like that. I have walked on bridges but not really close to the edge. I can look out at canyons but they are below me, I don't like to climb up on high things. When we in Chicago last Fall DH went up in the Sears tower but I said no thank you!!! I'll just go to Nordstrom!!! My car is so full of stuff I'm surprised the tires aren't flat. I have a huge coffee table for Stacy and our prior suitcases that we don't use anymore and about a ton of clothes for her and then my clothes for the trip and birthday and mothers day gifts and water and my food and everything else from my closet and drawers - at least that's the way it felt last night when I was packing it. The first thing I put in was my outfit for the reunion tomorrow night, skirt, top and shoes - did not want to forget that!!! I looked too long and hard for that top - and I ended up at TJ Maxx for $16.99 WOO HOO!! As I said yesterday I will be praying and praising all afternoon today so hope you can all feel lifted up. Hugs and love to all, Lana

HI everyone. I've not had TIME to visit the board at all for a couple of weeks. Life's been BUSY with a new job, new hours to adjust too and onthe run when not working. My fmaily and I are doing fine, but I posted a prayer request for our frineds with cancer...one's having a rough go of it. I love my new job and all the people I work with. I just hate the slow training process and would love to just jump right in and do it! Patients.....I know. I've lost a couple more pounds and conitinue goign to the gym although since the new job, I've been TIRED and it's been tough to go to the gym...Jim drags me though! : ) Yesterday I got a surprise note from him congratulating me on the one year anniversary of my LBL! I was shocked he recalled the date! Then he took me out for lunch on my break so that was nice. We may go out of town this weekend.....trying to line up a dog sitter today. We'll have to see how that goes. Congrats to everyone joining the losing side and for those still working on getting there....don't give up, some are almost there and I'm hoping to here from a local friend soon that she's approved as well. April 26th was my 3 yr re-birth date and although I still battle the food addict within.....I'd not trade this new life for anything!!!!! I bought some "IT" brand jeans at the STYLES boutique in Springfield.....one was caprris, one was jeans and they were $148 together! For only 2 pairs!!!! I've NEVER in my life come clsoe to paying that much for jeans but I had a $100 gift cert. for this store and thought....I deserve this!!!!! : ) So I got them and I LOVE them!!! If you've not heard of them, they were featured on OPRAH and they go up to womens sizes as well. HUgs to everyone! Tami

Hello Missourians! I didnt make it all to the board yesterday, and havent had a chance to read all the posts. So if something is going on I will find out later, just know that I pray for my OH family every morning and love ya everyday. I have some good news, I get to go to my classes on on the 14th, (this Monday), and then go to my appointment with Dr. Hallenfon (sp) at 12:00 which is cool because he will be one of the people I have to talk to for the classes. Amy said I might get my surgery date that day!!!!!!! Yeaaaaaaaaa!!! We will see. I have learned not to get to excited until something happens forsure when you are dealing with WLS. So say a prayer for me. What do you guy think about a certain day once a week, every 2wks or once a month for a chat? Just wondering how everyone else would like it. Maybe I will start a post on it. Jan Thanks for the advice about the tomatoes, I have heard of a big boy tomato plant and a zebra, I think it would be neat to have a lot of different colored ones. Would make a cool looking salad to take to get togethers. Tammy Girl I am so excited about your appointment! I am hoping that I may get a June date the first or second wk too! Maybe since I am there before you if they give me a date I will just ask them if they can give you the same if ya want. I mean if it is a really soon date. They most likely wouldnt but ya never know. Lana Please be careful and have a safe trip. I am glad to hear that someone else prays while they are driving. I do too. I have pulled up to somebody and they most likely think I am crazy talking out loud to the Lord, but oh well until the Lord complains I'm gonna keep on with the prayers, lol! Mel I dont blame you for getting mad. That sounds like bull#$it!! I hope that you get it straighten out. Just by the things you have said and the support to Wings, and everyone on this board I know you will make a great mother. So happy Mothers day early!! Sending big (((((((((Hugs and Prayers))))))))) your way! Wings I am sorry I missed you too. I know how busy you have been lately and you have been worn out to the bone. Just wanted to say hi and tell ya about the last dr visit. You take care of yourself too, I know you take care of so many others that you forget yourself. To Bel, Vesta, Brenda, Chante, Charlotte, and the rest of my OH'ers I just want to say a hello and I hope you are all doing good. Love Susan