WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY
Cant keep a good woman down too long. I think I was just dehydrated. Sunday I was so busy that I forgot to drink enough and same way Monday. So I got up this morning and started hydrating myself. At noon I had already had 50 oz. and am feeling better. At least I hope that is what is wrong with me. I feel sort of dizzy, oh ok no comments about that. And im really really tired. No other symptoms. Im taking all of my vits. And calcium on time and daily and don't have a cough or anything else. Oh well it will either pass or get worse lol
Has been raining here since noon time on Tuesday. Was a lazy afternoon. Before it rained got granddaughter and her two babies and put them in their stroller and we went walking this is our first day of this she needs to lose weight a lot and I need the exercise too so we are going to go do this daily now. At least try to . With little ones it is always a long shot if you do anything every day,. Lol.
JANET: yeah that does sound like allergies for Jon. How is he doing on the big boy potty now/still. Tell him that the flower lady said that for every week he uses the big boy potty I will send him some flower seeds if you will email me and give me your address . I have plenty of seeds and would love to send him some. Lol
Did you see the article that Debbie M. typed up for us about the stepping stones? So that would really be neat to use your cool cake pans just use petroleum jelly on them or pam that is what I thought you could do . I am going to go to some flea markets and see if I can maybe find some unusual pans of some shape to make them too.
If you want to bring the molds to me that would be two I could have them to chose from.
I am really excited about getting all of the family to do one for me , even the adults. They can do something that is representive of them or their lives.
Wow you make me really feel old, your oldest one is 21? My youngest one is 40 lol
I have grandkids that are older than that. Oh well where did life go to anyway?
Enjoy them all now. It flies away all to quick.
That is really neat about your stepson. That also could explain a lot of his behavior. He loves you more than he does his own mom and that can cause all sorts of bad feelings. Guilt being the biggest motivator in life for a lot of bad things we do to ourselves mainly.
SHERR: Wow sounds like your date went really well, and sounds like he is a great guy. The good guys like that are out there they just have to be looked for. So many girls want to find a bad boy. They are exciting they say. Well let me tell you that bad boys aren't any fun 10 years down the road and they are running around on you and out drinking with the buddies. Ask anyone that has been married to one.
Sounds like you have found a great guy and I hope it leads to somewhere for you to have a world of happiness. You deserve it totally.
LANA: Well the calm at school will be ok for the summer you can get a lot of things caught up and done that way.
I know I have been meaning to come to Nixa and meet you one day for some shopping and stuff. Just have been so busy lately cant find time. My busiest time is summer. Seems like I work from dawn to dusk every day.
I too am looking forward to the reunion. It should be lots of fun.
And maybe everyone from on the board can come. That would be great. If all could come to it.
Wow down to 164 that is amazing. I wish I were there. Lol Im slowly crawling downward. But it sure is slow.
DEBBIE: Hey I have a great idea, what if I bring my puppy and her crate up to you and you can train her for me lol. I'm not great at this stage of the game. I've got to pick up her 8 week puppy shots Thursday when I go into to get shots in my knees again. Also want to get a tiny collar and leash to start training her on the leash.
The crate idea seems simple when you read it but when you go to do it seems sort of confusing to me.
I can't stand to hear them whine and holler and if I have her by my bed I would go beserk I do believe. I will start trying it tonight.
So how did your appointment with Dr. H. go? Did you get another fill? How are you doing on losing weight on the band? Is it going ok?
Thanks for the stepping stone post as well as the puppy potty training post. Both are appreciated and will use them both. In fact I have printed them off.
MELISSA: I am praying that you get that surgery done soon so you can get all straightened out and going. Last month at the meeting you said all the masses had shrunk was that right or did they just tell you that?
That is weird that they can't find where the infection is coming from on Pam isn't it? I sure hope she gets better soon.
You just go and go it seems. How is your father in law now? Is he still good or has he reverted back to having the odd spells again?
ANGIE: hope the pft turns out well. So where is it you are going to go to have your surgery now? Good luck and will pray for you that it happens fast.
RACHAEL: hey what is the tattoo of?
Well I am beginning to think you don't want to come and meet all of us. Lol Maybe we will send our bounty hunter after you. (Dogett) She always gets her man, or woman as the case may be. Lol
Your parents are at Cape Fair? That isn't too far away from me but is on Table rock lake instead of Bull shoals lake. I hope they and your son have a good time in Branson for the next two weeks.
LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS
JAN
Dear Jan and OH Peeps~
Jan-I hope it is something simple with you not feeling well! I have been praying for you to feel better. Yes, I will bring my stepping stones molds to you~I will also be looking for some at flea markets or garage sales. There were some good ideas in there from Deb! I think I will try and use my train (2 sides, and put them together after baking and it makes a train engine) and my teddy bear one and see what happens-if they get ruined-its okay, because I doubt I will ever use them again~I will let you know how they turn out.
Jon has not had one accident in a whole week! I am so excited. I am just hoping and praying that this is it-and I have threatened the step son that IF he teases Jon again or makes any stupid comments about the bathroom-that HE will be paying for the pull ups and HE will be cleaning those when Jon craps in them!~So-I have been putting him in pull ups ONLY at night and during the day he has been wearing his CARS underwear, and he loves them! Oh-Jon would LOVE more seeds-he is a planting maniac (just like the flower lady-LOL) and I will tell him he is getting them because you are proud of him for using the big boy potty-he will be "so happy"~Thank you. I will send my address when I am done with this post, and THANKS again.
Im not sure where a lot of my life went-the sad sad part about it all, is that I spent a lot of time fat and depressed and my life really started getting good when I met Mike and all-and I really hope and pray I get as much time to be happy~I cant believe my children are so old-but hey-maybe they will move out and move on while Mike and I are still young enough to enjoy alone time (wink wink) and not be in wheelchairs or walkers-LOL~doubtful-but its a nice dream-LOL LOL~
I know about the stepson-its been a really really hard road the last 8-9 yrs with him, thank goodness he is now old enough to see for himself what a pc of crap she is. I know it doesnt make it any easier or better-but she isnt worth the ink her birth certificate is written on and I just HATE that she is a part of his life-she has caused more damage to him than good!!! I must be a hell of a woman not to have beaten her up yet-LOL....IF you only knew-but it would take days to tell you the things she has pulled and what we have endured-IF it werent for Mike and I- I am sure he would be a career thief, liar and our next prison generation like the rest of her litte spawns from hell are.
Well, today is my last spinal. I am NOT looking forward to that. My back has been hurting something fierce since last Thurs-and so I am sure that the shots (3) are going to be like the first time~on top of that-my tummy hurts REALLY bad since yesterday morning-not sure what that is all about-but having a hard time with everything but regular milk-Mike told me "honey, you look rough" is that compared to being rode hard and put away wet? I said thanks anyways! I fell asleep on the couch last night after I dropped Steph off at her school concert-which I wanted to go to - but knew I couldnt sit in the bleachers until 9 pm and Jon and his runny nose and he is being kinda bad cause he isnt feeling well-there was no way. Megan came and got Jon so I wouldnt have to drop him off today for my spinal-and right after she left-I cuddled up with my grandmas blanket (its scratchy and wooly-but its grams 
and I fell right to sleep-it was like 7 pm) My tummy woke me up like 5 times last night-feel like I have been punched in the stomach-DANG...it didnt hurt like this after surgery! Maybe its from the pain meds and nothing really to eat? I just cant eat right now-I have been doing my shakes in place of meals and I tried eating yogurt and a popsicle yesterday-but that wasnt going to happen either-so gave them to Jon. We lost our power for over 3 hrs yesterday when we got our thunderstorm that rolled through-that was an adventure. Jon was bored out of his mind-and I didnt feel good, so you can imagine how much fun that was!
Today after the spinal-I get time with Megan....I cant wait. I sat and looked at her last night and was flooded with memories of like when she was 2 weeks old and we took her to the beach in this cute little bikini and just memories of her growing up-I was thinking to myself how lucky I am to have such sweet kids considering what they have been through-and how I feel blessed that Jon has the best of both parents, and his siblings love him dearly. You will NEVER hear ANY of my kids say-this is my stepbrother or this is my half sister-they are all brother and sister and thats that-to them, Mike and I are the ONLY parents they really have. My oldest calls her sperm donor Eric and my stepson always says-the "other" mom. So, my baby is 21 now-and she went and bought beer last night after court-and they didnt cart her-she was so mad!! IF she was under 21-or trying to buy cigarettes, they would have-LOL LOL....told her that they might yet-give it time!
I got some AWESOME pictures of Sundays get together-but I cant figure out how to get a couple of pics off there to forward them out to others....there is a pic of hubby grabbing one of the "girls" LOL.....and me pointing to Mels-so I need to get them off there and then I will forward the rest to you guys!
**Susan-Susan~Where are you? Come out and share some information with our inquiring minds....this is killing me...I hope your back feels better-I am so sorry that the trip up to Columbia made you hurt so bad! I intended on calling all my angelettes yesterday, but only got as far as Tammy since she has cingular-I called her during the morning-and had to let her go when the storm started to hit...I will be looking for your post. COME ON~ Love ya girl.
**Tammy-good to talk to you yesterday! I hope your okay sis. You sounded down and we didnt get to finish our conversation because of the lightening and me needing to get the computer shut down and unplugged and phones etc-I lost 2 computers last July or Aug when Lightening hit-through the phone lines-and so I am really anal about getting them unplugged-even though they are on a surge protector etc-I always unplug the phone lines now etc....So, Im sorry-please call me when you have time and we will finish our conversation.
**Sherr-here is many more wishes for many more dates with a "good guy" I hope he stays that way and treats you right. I know that SOME women cant handle being married to a "good guy" take Mikes ex for instance-she would rather be married to someone who cant keep a job-does drugs (with her) and treats her like ****so it just may be that the women who have dated him before-didnt appreciate that he treats a woman right. I have heard a lot of women say-there must be something wrong with him to be single at age (whatever age) but, its not always cause they are a bad person, trust me on that one! I am keeping you in thought and prayers,
**Deb-THANKS for the info...dont have the energy to tackle more stones right at this moment-but maybe in a couple of weeks or so. I appreciate it and had some really really nice ideas! Did you ever get my mail? How did your appt go? I hope you are feeling better. I have been praying for you non stop and pray that your better-kinda selfish reasonings though-I miss you so much when you arent here on the board or emailing me with your wisdom-I love ya and I cant wait to see you at the reunion and give you a HUGE hug!! (and ride the Harley-LOL) no, even IF you dont drive the Harley-I will still hug you-but I think riding the Harley would save on gas (wink wink) Love you woman~
**Lana-Way to go on the weight loss~you are one hot mama-and I am not just saying that cause I LOVE you dearly-I could ONLY DREAM of getting as small as you and Jan....Maybe I am too much of a rebel to get that skinny? I dont mean that like I would be cheating on my hubby or anything-not at all-I just mean that the more I lose, the better I feel and who knows what kind of trouble would find me? LOL....I am so happy for you!! Cant wait for the reunion too!
**Rachael-THATS IT....We are going to hire our dogette and crew and put a BOUNTY on your body-for the meeting...NO MORE EXCUSES...we are all gonna pay them to get you, cuff you, bring you to the meeting-and then you can be set free-but thats gonna be your JAIL sentence-sitting with everyone who loves you (BIG PUNISHMENT THERE) and thats that-everything else will HAVE to wait until the meeting is over. Im sure those soldiers wouldnt care if they got a shot in the butt right then or not...tell them you are going to take your lunch break-and since you didnt say where-tell them you went to New York or Chicago to have lunch-LOL...Come on Dammit-come and play with us-or we wont share our candy with you-LOL LOL.
**Krissy and Chante-did either of you get my package yet? Hope your both good and I am going to be a good "wings" and call you guys-meant to do it last night, but went to bed before the sun went down-LOL-I am so sorry. I love you guys and feel bad for not calling-but I hope you got your packages, I sent them out LAST Tues afternoon-should be there by now. I am gonna go yell at Diamond post office if you dont get them today, thats crap! Hope your both good-Chante-you should be getting your drain out today and I am praying you BOTH feel better soon.
**Pam and Sugar-you guys had the same surgeon, didnt you? Now it seems your BOTH going through the same thing-there has to be some kind of connection, maybe you both should talk and figure this out. Thats a little scary to me! I had never heard of it before Sug-and now Pam? I dont want to say something bad here-but something just seems a little coincidental to me....I hope thats all it is though. I hope your BOTH better ASAP and that you get back to your old (better and improved) selves soon!
WEll, Mike called-I had to run to Neosho and take him his cell phone he forgot on the charger this morning...geez-and I thought the kids were bad about forgetting things. Men, gotta love em! And Hey-its not suppose to rain today-maybe Vikki will get some more work done on the pool and we will have a couple of days to work on it and start filling it-Although, since I am so exciting about it-I feel like I am toying with my own emotions-LOL LOL....
~~~Reunion News~~ I think we are almost wrapped up-I am waiting for one more email-I got one yesterday (opened it this morning) and there is something that looks like its gonna be so perfect for us and not require an arm and leg for deposits and such-and has pretty much everything we wanted.....except the pavilion-BUT....Susan has one of those tent type things and some long eating tables and said she would bring her truck and bring them with her-so we would still have one place to hang out and eat etc-and if that doesnt happen-this resort said we can move all the picnic tables to one area-as long as we move them back when we are done! Im pretty excited about it-and I will post on it in a couple of days after I hear back on the one email I am waiting for. YAY YAY YAY....Oh-and it would be for the weekend of say Sept 7-9 ....If someone just wants to come for the day-its like $5 per day visitor fees, but includes pool and all of that-and they said that they will keep their pool open and its solar heated-so that would be nice.
Well, I am gonna get off here and take my shower and get my chores done so I can get ready to go to Carthage for my next torture session-LOL...Please say a prayer that this will WORK this time and give me more than 4-5 days of relief..I appreciate it so very much. Love and prayers to all, Janet
and I fell right to sleep-it was like 7 pm) My tummy woke me up like 5 times last night-feel like I have been punched in the stomach-DANG...it didnt hurt like this after surgery! Maybe its from the pain meds and nothing really to eat? I just cant eat right now-I have been doing my shakes in place of meals and I tried eating yogurt and a popsicle yesterday-but that wasnt going to happen either-so gave them to Jon. We lost our power for over 3 hrs yesterday when we got our thunderstorm that rolled through-that was an adventure. Jon was bored out of his mind-and I didnt feel good, so you can imagine how much fun that was!
Today after the spinal-I get time with Megan....I cant wait. I sat and looked at her last night and was flooded with memories of like when she was 2 weeks old and we took her to the beach in this cute little bikini and just memories of her growing up-I was thinking to myself how lucky I am to have such sweet kids considering what they have been through-and how I feel blessed that Jon has the best of both parents, and his siblings love him dearly. You will NEVER hear ANY of my kids say-this is my stepbrother or this is my half sister-they are all brother and sister and thats that-to them, Mike and I are the ONLY parents they really have. My oldest calls her sperm donor Eric and my stepson always says-the "other" mom. So, my baby is 21 now-and she went and bought beer last night after court-and they didnt cart her-she was so mad!! IF she was under 21-or trying to buy cigarettes, they would have-LOL LOL....told her that they might yet-give it time!
I got some AWESOME pictures of Sundays get together-but I cant figure out how to get a couple of pics off there to forward them out to others....there is a pic of hubby grabbing one of the "girls" LOL.....and me pointing to Mels-so I need to get them off there and then I will forward the rest to you guys!
**Susan-Susan~Where are you? Come out and share some information with our inquiring minds....this is killing me...I hope your back feels better-I am so sorry that the trip up to Columbia made you hurt so bad! I intended on calling all my angelettes yesterday, but only got as far as Tammy since she has cingular-I called her during the morning-and had to let her go when the storm started to hit...I will be looking for your post. COME ON~ Love ya girl.
**Tammy-good to talk to you yesterday! I hope your okay sis. You sounded down and we didnt get to finish our conversation because of the lightening and me needing to get the computer shut down and unplugged and phones etc-I lost 2 computers last July or Aug when Lightening hit-through the phone lines-and so I am really anal about getting them unplugged-even though they are on a surge protector etc-I always unplug the phone lines now etc....So, Im sorry-please call me when you have time and we will finish our conversation.
**Sherr-here is many more wishes for many more dates with a "good guy" I hope he stays that way and treats you right. I know that SOME women cant handle being married to a "good guy" take Mikes ex for instance-she would rather be married to someone who cant keep a job-does drugs (with her) and treats her like ****so it just may be that the women who have dated him before-didnt appreciate that he treats a woman right. I have heard a lot of women say-there must be something wrong with him to be single at age (whatever age) but, its not always cause they are a bad person, trust me on that one! I am keeping you in thought and prayers,
**Deb-THANKS for the info...dont have the energy to tackle more stones right at this moment-but maybe in a couple of weeks or so. I appreciate it and had some really really nice ideas! Did you ever get my mail? How did your appt go? I hope you are feeling better. I have been praying for you non stop and pray that your better-kinda selfish reasonings though-I miss you so much when you arent here on the board or emailing me with your wisdom-I love ya and I cant wait to see you at the reunion and give you a HUGE hug!! (and ride the Harley-LOL) no, even IF you dont drive the Harley-I will still hug you-but I think riding the Harley would save on gas (wink wink) Love you woman~
**Lana-Way to go on the weight loss~you are one hot mama-and I am not just saying that cause I LOVE you dearly-I could ONLY DREAM of getting as small as you and Jan....Maybe I am too much of a rebel to get that skinny? I dont mean that like I would be cheating on my hubby or anything-not at all-I just mean that the more I lose, the better I feel and who knows what kind of trouble would find me? LOL....I am so happy for you!! Cant wait for the reunion too!
**Rachael-THATS IT....We are going to hire our dogette and crew and put a BOUNTY on your body-for the meeting...NO MORE EXCUSES...we are all gonna pay them to get you, cuff you, bring you to the meeting-and then you can be set free-but thats gonna be your JAIL sentence-sitting with everyone who loves you (BIG PUNISHMENT THERE) and thats that-everything else will HAVE to wait until the meeting is over. Im sure those soldiers wouldnt care if they got a shot in the butt right then or not...tell them you are going to take your lunch break-and since you didnt say where-tell them you went to New York or Chicago to have lunch-LOL...Come on Dammit-come and play with us-or we wont share our candy with you-LOL LOL.
**Krissy and Chante-did either of you get my package yet? Hope your both good and I am going to be a good "wings" and call you guys-meant to do it last night, but went to bed before the sun went down-LOL-I am so sorry. I love you guys and feel bad for not calling-but I hope you got your packages, I sent them out LAST Tues afternoon-should be there by now. I am gonna go yell at Diamond post office if you dont get them today, thats crap! Hope your both good-Chante-you should be getting your drain out today and I am praying you BOTH feel better soon.
**Pam and Sugar-you guys had the same surgeon, didnt you? Now it seems your BOTH going through the same thing-there has to be some kind of connection, maybe you both should talk and figure this out. Thats a little scary to me! I had never heard of it before Sug-and now Pam? I dont want to say something bad here-but something just seems a little coincidental to me....I hope thats all it is though. I hope your BOTH better ASAP and that you get back to your old (better and improved) selves soon!
WEll, Mike called-I had to run to Neosho and take him his cell phone he forgot on the charger this morning...geez-and I thought the kids were bad about forgetting things. Men, gotta love em! And Hey-its not suppose to rain today-maybe Vikki will get some more work done on the pool and we will have a couple of days to work on it and start filling it-Although, since I am so exciting about it-I feel like I am toying with my own emotions-LOL LOL....
~~~Reunion News~~ I think we are almost wrapped up-I am waiting for one more email-I got one yesterday (opened it this morning) and there is something that looks like its gonna be so perfect for us and not require an arm and leg for deposits and such-and has pretty much everything we wanted.....except the pavilion-BUT....Susan has one of those tent type things and some long eating tables and said she would bring her truck and bring them with her-so we would still have one place to hang out and eat etc-and if that doesnt happen-this resort said we can move all the picnic tables to one area-as long as we move them back when we are done! Im pretty excited about it-and I will post on it in a couple of days after I hear back on the one email I am waiting for. YAY YAY YAY....Oh-and it would be for the weekend of say Sept 7-9 ....If someone just wants to come for the day-its like $5 per day visitor fees, but includes pool and all of that-and they said that they will keep their pool open and its solar heated-so that would be nice.
Well, I am gonna get off here and take my shower and get my chores done so I can get ready to go to Carthage for my next torture session-LOL...Please say a prayer that this will WORK this time and give me more than 4-5 days of relief..I appreciate it so very much. Love and prayers to all, Janet 
Good Morning Everyone:
Well it looks like the rain has left the area and were in for at least 4 or 5 days of nothing but sunshine!!! 
I am looking foward to haveing some good sunshine for when we go down to my parents house and mow there yard.
Today is going to be runnng errands. I have to go gas up out Kia and then hook up the tralior and pick up the lawn mower. Then go over towards Joplin sometime today I believe and get Terry's moped out of the shop. Then come back for either Janet's shot or to watch Jon so Janet can go get her shot. Then hook up with Janet & her daughter Megan and do our girlday out for Megans birthday that was yesterday. But we didnt get to do what we planned cause everyone was so busy. Then I need to pack clothes and get food for our doggie cause she has to go see her g-parents also. lol
Terry & I will be going to Springfield on thursday for his appt. Terry is hoping that he will be able to start adding some pressure to his foot. I told him not to get to disappointed if that isnt what the Doc says yet. After that were going to headed down towards Vest's area to see my folks for the night. My father's lawn mower bite the dust. And they have a really huge yard too big and he is too old to be doing it by hand. Then we will be headed home Friday sometime. Since I have a graduation and party afterwards on Saturday. I wont know what to do with all this free time on my hands I have the next few days. lol
I figured I would pop and say howdy to everyone. Before I got moving and then got too busy where I didnt get to post at all.
Rachael: That's it I am sending out the FBI for ya on Monday and they are going to come kidnapp you for the meeting!!!!
Jan: Are you feeling any better sweetie??? Trust me I know what it is like to get so busy thro out the day that you forget to make sure you get all your liquid in. Wathc your fluid sweeite. I dont wanna see you end up getting sick expecially when were so close to the meeting!!!
Tammy~ammy: How goes the liquid diet sweetie??? I cant tell you how happy I am that you got your surgery date and that it is just around the corner!!!! Like Jan says Keep Your Eye's On The Prize" Your getting closer every minute of every day!!!!
Susan: I heard you got your surgery date also??? CONGRATS!!!!!!! Wow awsume is that!!! I am so thrilled it looks like June is going to be bringing alot of Loser's to the bench!!! Way 2 Go!!!!
Vesta: I see that your going to be makening it to the meeting this month!!!! YEA!!!!
Sherr: It sounds like you really had a great time!!! I am happy for you. Keep us update on how it goes. Your in my prayers!!!
Lana: I think that is so great that you had such a good time over the weekend. Your vacation spot sounds really nice. Of course I am ready for a vacation myself. lol
Angie: Please let us know how your PFT turns out and what is going on with ya.
Janet: Give me a call and let me know what the plans for today are. I got all your photo's put on a disk so they will be ready when you go to Wal Mart. I am soooooo happy that you liked Jon's stepping stone that he made for you. You know me when I throw in my own flair I didnt know if you would like it or not. I so Happy!!! So get to calling me gurl!!!
Paul: Just remember today is a brand new day. Dont worry about what you did yesterday cause you cant change it. Just deal with today. Your in my thoughts and prayers!!!!
Well I believe that my allotted time has run out. Or at least Terry is says "we gotta go" Oh men when do will they ever realize that they can head out the door and by the time they get to the car. We can be showered, dressed, makeup, hair, and waiting by the car for them to uplock it. lol No I know I am quick sometime but never that quick. I pray you all have a wonderful day. and you get a chance to be outside in this beatiful weather!!!
God Bless
Mel
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The Duck & the Devil
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on
their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with
out in the woods. He practiced in the woods; but he
could never hit the target. Getting a little
discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was
walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit
the duck square in the head and killed it. He was
shocked and grieved!
In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile;
only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it
all, but she said nothing.
After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's
wash the dishes" But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny
told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she
whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did
the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted
to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I
need Sally to help make supper."
Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right
because Johnny told me he wanted to help" She
whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went
fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores
and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any
longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed
the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said,
"Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the
window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love
you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long
you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter?
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...
And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face
(lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred,
anger, bitterness, etc.)...whatever it is...You need
to know that God was standing at the window and He
saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He
wants you to know that He loves you and that you are
forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil
make a slave of you. The great thing about God is
that when you ask for forgiveness; He not only
forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace
and mercy that we are saved.
Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life
today. Share this with a friend and always remember:
God is at the window!
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I received this from a really great friend. And thought I would share it with all of you since we as WLS people have been fighting this Devil & Duck sence for awhile now!!! I hope you get as much if not more out of it as I did.
I am looking foward to haveing some good sunshine for when we go down to my parents house and mow there yard.
Today is going to be runnng errands. I have to go gas up out Kia and then hook up the tralior and pick up the lawn mower. Then go over towards Joplin sometime today I believe and get Terry's moped out of the shop. Then come back for either Janet's shot or to watch Jon so Janet can go get her shot. Then hook up with Janet & her daughter Megan and do our girlday out for Megans birthday that was yesterday. But we didnt get to do what we planned cause everyone was so busy. Then I need to pack clothes and get food for our doggie cause she has to go see her g-parents also. lol
Terry & I will be going to Springfield on thursday for his appt. Terry is hoping that he will be able to start adding some pressure to his foot. I told him not to get to disappointed if that isnt what the Doc says yet. After that were going to headed down towards Vest's area to see my folks for the night. My father's lawn mower bite the dust. And they have a really huge yard too big and he is too old to be doing it by hand. Then we will be headed home Friday sometime. Since I have a graduation and party afterwards on Saturday. I wont know what to do with all this free time on my hands I have the next few days. lol
I figured I would pop and say howdy to everyone. Before I got moving and then got too busy where I didnt get to post at all.
Rachael: That's it I am sending out the FBI for ya on Monday and they are going to come kidnapp you for the meeting!!!!
Jan: Are you feeling any better sweetie??? Trust me I know what it is like to get so busy thro out the day that you forget to make sure you get all your liquid in. Wathc your fluid sweeite. I dont wanna see you end up getting sick expecially when were so close to the meeting!!!
Tammy~ammy: How goes the liquid diet sweetie??? I cant tell you how happy I am that you got your surgery date and that it is just around the corner!!!! Like Jan says Keep Your Eye's On The Prize" Your getting closer every minute of every day!!!!
Susan: I heard you got your surgery date also??? CONGRATS!!!!!!! Wow awsume is that!!! I am so thrilled it looks like June is going to be bringing alot of Loser's to the bench!!! Way 2 Go!!!!
Vesta: I see that your going to be makening it to the meeting this month!!!! YEA!!!!
Sherr: It sounds like you really had a great time!!! I am happy for you. Keep us update on how it goes. Your in my prayers!!!
Lana: I think that is so great that you had such a good time over the weekend. Your vacation spot sounds really nice. Of course I am ready for a vacation myself. lol
Angie: Please let us know how your PFT turns out and what is going on with ya.
Janet: Give me a call and let me know what the plans for today are. I got all your photo's put on a disk so they will be ready when you go to Wal Mart. I am soooooo happy that you liked Jon's stepping stone that he made for you. You know me when I throw in my own flair I didnt know if you would like it or not. I so Happy!!! So get to calling me gurl!!!
Paul: Just remember today is a brand new day. Dont worry about what you did yesterday cause you cant change it. Just deal with today. Your in my thoughts and prayers!!!!
Well I believe that my allotted time has run out. Or at least Terry is says "we gotta go" Oh men when do will they ever realize that they can head out the door and by the time they get to the car. We can be showered, dressed, makeup, hair, and waiting by the car for them to uplock it. lol No I know I am quick sometime but never that quick. I pray you all have a wonderful day. and you get a chance to be outside in this beatiful weather!!!
God Bless
Mel
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The Duck & the Devil
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on
their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with
out in the woods. He practiced in the woods; but he
could never hit the target. Getting a little
discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was
walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit
the duck square in the head and killed it. He was
shocked and grieved!
In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile;
only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it
all, but she said nothing.
After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's
wash the dishes" But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny
told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she
whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did
the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted
to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I
need Sally to help make supper."
Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right
because Johnny told me he wanted to help" She
whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went
fishing and Johnny stayed to help.
After several days of Johnny doing both his chores
and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any
longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed
the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said,
"Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the
window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love
you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long
you would let Sally make a slave of you."
Thought for the day and every day thereafter?
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...
And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face
(lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred,
anger, bitterness, etc.)...whatever it is...You need
to know that God was standing at the window and He
saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He
wants you to know that He loves you and that you are
forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil
make a slave of you. The great thing about God is
that when you ask for forgiveness; He not only
forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace
and mercy that we are saved.
Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life
today. Share this with a friend and always remember:
God is at the window!
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I received this from a really great friend. And thought I would share it with all of you since we as WLS people have been fighting this Devil & Duck sence for awhile now!!! I hope you get as much if not more out of it as I did. 
Howdy Everyone....
Wanted to drop in a say sorry about the prayer post!! But I have been having some terrible back pain. It's been bothering me since around friday or so. Yesterday I finally decied I had to have something for it other than Ibeprophen so I went to the doctor...She said part of it was ole aurther getting to me but the other part was because of my weight loss....she said since I had lost the 50lbs I was starting to carry myself a little different and the muscles aren't use to it.....So she gave me some muscle relaxers. Meds like this effect me big time because I very seldom take any..Sooooo needless to say it knocked me on my butt!!!!! I did not get up till around 11 this morning and probably could have slept longer if my daughter hadn't woke me lol lol.....
I thought things were going to be better today....Well untill I set up and turned to get out of bed!!!! OUCH!!!! So I have taken another pill now and thought I best get on and post really quick before I end up having to hit the sack again in a bit....I am going to take it easy today and use my heated massage pad I have and I am in hopes it helps because I have that long trip to Columbia in the morning.
I hope you all are doing ok ....Got each and everyone of you in my prayers....I can not wait till the reunion! I am sooo looking forward to meeting everyone! I got lots of hugs to give!!! I hope everyone tries really hard to make it even if it's just for a day!
Well would love to drop a line for each of you but my back is killing me setting in this old chair at my puter....so I am cutting it short today.....Please pray that my back makes it thru that long ole tirp tomorrow.......Luv ya all....God Bless....Tammy H.
Hey Missouri....first time that I could get on the computer here at work....
My tattoo is a barbwire heart with two banners through it with my two kiddos names in it, with angel wings coming out the sides of the heart...it is very beautiful....
So I guess I should be on the look out for the people in the white jackets coming to get me for a meeting....honestly Jan C, it is not that I don't want to meet you guys, it is just that I am very busy.....also there is one other little reason but I don't want to put it up.....Melissa knows what it is....sorry I can not disclose it....
Wow, I wish that I could have a nice cold mixed drink.....today has been a very stressful day here at the job site....
Hope everyone has a wonderful night....
God bless
Rachael
Hello Missouri,
Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!!! Can you tell I'm in a goooood mood? I think this is what Spring should feel like, cool nights and warmish days!!
I'm so sorry so many of you are having back pain. I do think Tammy's Doc has a point. I think as we lose weight our center of gravity moves and different muscles have to readjust to the lightened load and some of the less used ones get an increased load and whammy we're in pain. That really doesn't make it hurt less does it? I am praying for all of you - I hate back pain.
I am anxious for our COF meeting next Monday night. It is good to see everyone and we gain so much from each other. Hope some of you out-of-towners will be able to make the trip. It is sooooo worth the effort. Also those of you who live closer, please try to come. The fellowship and knowledge is exceptional. It is the kind of face-to-face accountability we need and what has been missing in many of our previous trys at losing weight. We don't flame anyone, just are there to support each other and our leader, Claudette, is fantastic. If you haven't been to a meeting she's led you are in for a real treat!!!!! She's a FUNNY woman.
I picked a bouquet of peonies this AM. The rain had weighed down their big fluffy blooms and bent the stems so I cut two stems off and put them in a vase. DH wasn't too happy that I cut them but that's what I want them for anyway. I love pink peonies and purple/blue iris in a bouquet. Momma always made those with white spirea for Decoration Day, as she called it. And we'd make a small bouquet with old-fashioned white roses for my brother who died when he was six weeks old. It seems to me that all those old traditions are going away and I miss them. Guess that is a sign that I'm getting old??!!??
I have a zillion letters to fold and stuff this afternoon so I'm going to get with it. Hugs and prayers for all of you.
Lana
Good afternoon all...
Jan...don't temp me....lol I would LOVE to have a Jack Russell Terrier! You don't have to do exactly what they puppy post said. It's just a guide...you will have to find what's best for you and your new little friend. A crate that is big enough for your puppy to stand and turn around in is all you need. I find that getting a bigger crate that has a removable divider works best for me. That way you can start out with a small area for them and as they get bigger you can widen it. Most puppies will not potty in their beds! Just make sure you take the puppy out before you put it in there for the night. Keeping them near your bedroom or bed is a good idea....if they can smell your scent, it usually will put them at peace.
I had Lhasa Apsos for awhile and my female use to get in her crate when she was ready for bed and then you would see her little paw come out and pull the door shut...it was the cutest thing!
I'm glad that you are doing better! I am getting there slowly but surely! I think the drive to Sedalia yesterday helped....got me out of here for awhile!
Dr H didn't have much to say...I think he was tickled a little when he caught me reading the magazine article about him on the wall as you are leaving the exam rooms. He said it was an old article. I told him, I still like it! He just smiled and blushed a little, I think.
He wasn't worried about the pink or reddish spot on my belly where he puts the fills in. He wasn't worried about the constipation either. I finally met Margie...lol She was my nurse for the day, I like her! I saw the nurse that I didn't much care for last time and she still looked like she was having a bad day!....poor thing!
That fact that I had, had pnuemonia (sp?) caught Margie's attention. I told her that I was doing better now....still have alot to cough up and she got to hear it and wasn't too concerned so I'm not either. Dr. H never said anything about it either. Like I said, I feel better just need to get the rest of the junk out of my lungs!
Wow, do I have a busy weekend coming! Saturday Morning I am to attend a Ladies Brunch and meeting with the Ladies of our Church, then get presents down to our granddaughter in Eldo Springs, her birthday is Sunday.
I will be at Church Sunday morning, then my nephew's graduation in Independence, then Church again that evening! I will also need to get to the store to buy more birthday presents for my other granddaughter, her birthday is Wednesday!
Jan...you are welcome on the posts I put up about the puppy training and stepping stones but I just copied n pasted them from some of my favorite websites.
Jan/Janet...It was funny...this morning I was watching tv and there was a show on about how to do the stepping stones at home. I thought they were pretty. I might have to try my hand at it. The ones they were making used drip pans from house plants (the big clear plastic ones) and the bigger leaved hostas with the deep grooves in them, then lay plastic over it them, cover them with sand, 24 hours later, pull the plastic off (the sand comes off with it), pull the leaves off then let them sit another day of two for the cement to harden completely. They said one bag of cement would make about 8 stones. They were pretty good size ones too!
I have a huge hosta garden in the works and I think the stepping stones with the hostas leaf print on them would look nice going up along the hostas garden. Don't you think so?
Janet....you are welcome too and I am glad that you guys got ideas off them!
Dr. H didn't seemed to concerned about the things I had going on so I'm not too worried about them either. I will keep an eye on the cough and will probably wear a mask when seeing my grandkids...lol That would probably scare the daylights outta them. Thank you for caring!
Dr H added either .04 or .4 (having a real hard time remembering lately) of saline to my lap band but still not much resistance when eating. Gotta find that sweet spot where I can eat yet stop when I have had just enough! I have another appt. in Jun...maybe that will be the one!
I didn't realize that I could get the fills every month. If I could remember things better I would of already had four fills and may have already found the sweet spot! Oh well, we'll get there. I have lost 35lbs. With me being sick though five lbs of it I keep gaining and losing! I'm not going to take anymore pics until I reach my first goal of 250lbs. 10 lbs. to go! It's not a big wow moment...but for me, it will be a very happy goal moment!
Lana...thank you for your comment about the puppy post!
Well, thats enough for now....talk with you all later! Love & Preayers, Deb M
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