WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY

The chatroom sounds like so much fun but that is one of the nights I will have to work is Wednesday night. So I guess I wont ever be in on the fun. Unless you can change it sometime in the future or have two of them a week?

Well I did it I finally had to turn the A/C on it just was way too hot to deal with it. I was so sleepy and tired today. Don’t think I am drinking enough water when I am working. Will put a bottle of cold water back in the dressing room area the next time.

Joe and Ryan(grandson in law) worked all morning and put new brakes and rotors on the front of his car. He said it sure felt good to know that the brakes were good now. The little car that we found for him seems to be doing well so far.

He interviewed for a job as a security guard at the College of the Ozarks Wednesday but hasn’t heard anything about it yet. If you would please pray that he get that job.

Would be so much better than working at the dollar store , they don’t want to seem to give him 40 hours a week for some reason.

JANET: the chatroom really sounds great. Makes me wish I didn’t work on Wednesday nights. But with only working 2 nights a week seems like they have sort of settled on Sunday and Wednesday.

Yeah we are going to Springfield tomorrow , am about out of protein powder and other stuff so am going to go shoe looking while there.

Helping our granddaughter and her family isnt anything great in my thoughts. It is just what family is suppose to do. They have a lot to learn and hopefully will be able to start helping themselves more when he is able to find a really good job. In the meantime he is sticking with the job at the dollar store. He keeps telling them he would like 40 hours a week since he has a wife and 2 kids. They increased him some but still not enough.

Yes she sent in the parents as teachers form. I hope they contact her and start coming out to see her soon. That would be great.

I was wondering about her having the tummy tuck. I know she wants it off as I do too but she needs to get over one surgery before looking at another, unless they would take the part out that is infected and messing up ? don’t know anything about tummy tucks so don’t know.

I know you miss your play buddy don’t you?

I know I keep bugging you about it but when are you going to post the info about the resort and our reunion? I thought you said the other day you were going to do so but I cant find the post if you did.

We will keep you and your family in our prayers about your money situation, I wish there was something I could do to help but we are pretty stretched too. That is one of the reasons I took this job. I want to try to pay off some things that we owe. Hopefully if I can quit buying things. Lol 

That is illegal for companies to call people like that isnt it? That is harrasement. Yeah I would love to hear Mellisa when and if they call her lol. That would be tooooooo funny.

Hey on the reception have it in the town park…..do they have a pavallion there somewhere. Do a big cook out. and the potties are there all ready. Or a river park somewhere. Then if his family shows up there wont be a problem.

Lol

Wow I wish I could swim laps . I never was a good swimmer and now don’t do it at all it seems. I sort of sink. Lol

But I love doing water aerobics. They really make you feel great.

Watch getting sunburned. That can lead to trouble you don’t want or need.

I still am hoping that I can get a pool put in here, a good one this summer. But don’t see how, right now. It seems like there is something every month that is going to take up all our extra money lol. Which is slim anyway.

CRAIG: is this the same brother that you took to the seminar in Sedalia on Tuesday night? Did he not get to go or what . Yes we will all pray for him and hope that he gets better soon.

DENISE: I just saw your post of what happened at first weigh in.   That first one is always scary because you feel like you have lost weight and then the scales don’t say as much as you feel like you lost . lol but you have to remember too that you had to get rid of all the excess fluid they pump into you during surgery. I just knew I had lost about 20 pounds because I felt lighter but had only lost 13 pounds. Of course my first weigh in was like a week and a half after surgery too  not only 6 days like you.  Cut your self some slack it will work really it will.                                                                                           

Well I have a big blue plastic tub with a snap on lid that I put all the Christmas gifts I buy early. So I know where I put them I just cant remember who I bought them for lol

I think I need to start putting names on them too.

LANA: Your vacation sounds like fun. I cant wait until this winter and take another cruise. Hey you do know the next COF meeting is on the 25^th hope you will be back all nice and tan to show off how cute you are again. Lol

Yeah I agree about the back and part of the process. My pain that I have now is way up high inbetween my shoulder blades. All my pain used to be in the lower back. I am getting another massage tomorrow at 1:pm at the Soma massage school only we are using the professionals this time. I have such a crick in my neck and shoulders right now. That im about to scream.

Some people lose their boobs last others loose them first when losing a lot of weight. Mine have always been the ones to go first and fast. Lol

Like I said they aren’t that important to me anyway. Would just as soon be an A then wouldn’t wear any bras at all. Just buy pasties to cover the ends lol

MELISSA: So good to see you , want you to know that we are all still praying for you. I know that suture line that has eviscerated has to be a lot of trouble to clean an pack all the time.

Sorry to hear that the fil is still doing the weird things once in a while. In early stages sometimes they will have a long time spans that they seem like they have gotten better and then it happens again. It is such a painful process to watch because you start thinking they are getting better then it is there again.

Glad to hear that Terrys leg is getting better. That is really good.

I hope you had a good visit with your sister and that everything was ok.

Hope all is well with you and your family and will continue to pray for your peace and calmness.

MICHELLE: glad that you all had so much fun in the chat room. Wish I could have been there with you. I use to enjoy doing that with a group of friends  I have online. Don’t know if I  can type and keep up in one anymore lol. It takes awhile to do that.

Well we are going to Springfield in the morning to pick up more ON 100% whey protein powder since I am just about out and still at 9 months most days that is the bulk of my protein. I still have problems eating dense protein. I keep trying but for the most part it is wasted. So usually I have 2 protein shakes a day and then try to get at lest 30 grams of protein in during the day some way. Also have to pick up some more vits that I am about out of. Hope to see Sugar and we have massages scheduled at 1pm So Don’t know if we will go before the massages or after wards to do the other stuff.

Hope I can get my neck straightened out from the massage. I have had a headache all day today from the pain in my neck.

I just took some Tylenol and a muscle relaxer so Im about ready to head for bed soon.

I am having a hard time for the last 2 days getting enough water down too don’t know what is going on. I thought I had it all lined up abou****er and protein. And wham Im back to square one.

Does anyone watch SO YOU Think YOU Can Dance?  Next wed. and thru. Will be the first of the top 20s competation. It is always really good show , well for an ex dancer it is anyway.

LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE ABOUNDS

JAN

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~ Wow-last night was a WILD night here-there were tornados and severe storms until 4 am-and, Mike and I couldnt sleep well because we do not have sirens out here-and so every time the winds would get really bad and sound like a freight train, we would be out looking around to see-just in case we needed to get the kids to the shelter.....geez...I was on the phone MORE after midnite than ALL day long~Megan was home alone and scared out of her mind-her and her wedding dress were under a mattress in her tiny bathroom doorway-poor kid!! I wish I could have gone and got her-but the weather was bad-and some winds were reported at 70+ mph-there was no way I couldve done that drive-the lightening was blinding and constant!! Jan-I think it would be great to do the chatroom more than once-what day and time works good for you? Let us know and we can do it~ I finally turned my air on too-it came on at 78-so I went and changed the setting to 80 and it came on again about an hour later-and I got up and shut the windows-I hate feeling muggy-thats why I like going in the pool-it really cools you down...but we didnt get in yesterday-it was very windy and I had another migraine, and the back and knees were BAD-so I didnt want any part of the pool anyway~and I was afraid that with the wind so bad-that both of the boys would end up with ear infections if they got wet and then were in the wind-they BOTH get them if they dont have their ears covered in the pool and wind....I could only find ONE ear plug yesterday-so we just stayed in!! I will say some prayers for your grandson in law that he gets a good job. a lot of companies dont like to give full time anymore because of benefits etc-and personally, I would rather have one full timer to depend on, than 3 part timers, you know?  I will pray for them....If she hasnt signed up for WIC yet, please tell her to do so-cause I am sure they qualify and it would be really helpful for formula for the little one and then milk etc for the older one.

I had computer problems most of the day yesterday-well, actually I really believe it was the high winds etc-but I posted the prayer request not once, but twice and it didnt post either time, I went to post 2 other posts that didnt take-and then when I tried to get on in the afternoon-it wouldnt even go to the sites, so I just shut her down~I will get some posts up today. I hope your trip to Springfield produces some good shoes for ya-LOL and I also hope the massage helps with the neck. I now know the upper back pain that was right below the bra line was from the weight loss-I really really wished that my lower back pain was too~*sigh*, at least there would be an end in sight for it-that didnt include surgery! I know WHY people have tummy tucks and plastics-I always "thought" when I started losing the weight, that I would just be happy to be healthier and not care about the saggy skin and whatever-but I cant lie-I do. I hate looking at myself-still not happy-and probably even worse now-because I do feel much better-but that skin (ON ME) makes me feel self conscience all over again, just in a different way-the right side of my tummy hangs about 3 inches lower than the left side due to the 3 c-sections and the way the incision was made with Jon-they took out the other 2 scars-and its lop-sided and very noticable unless I am wearing control top underwear-and it makes me very very self conscience all the time....for that reason alone-along with the rash and the chaffing-I know I will get the tummy tuck. I always said that the boob job would be MY reward for all my hard work-and since Dr. Price informed me that a lift may not give me the results I want-well-who knows-but I am getting my boob job-and I am hoping to get them both done-while I am 40. Not sure how I will pay for the boob job yet-but maybe the book I am writing will be a best seller (LOL) and we wont struggle so much-Im praying anyway~At any rate...I think Mel is beautiful the way she is-which I know she would say the same to me-but..if she never had plastics-she is still cute and adorable. I didnt post about the financial situation to make anyone feel sorry or want to help me-wasnt and am not asking for handouts-TRUST ME...Its just something we are going through-and as long as we can put a roof over our kids heads, feed them and get them the necessities for life-everything else will have to wait-right? Its no big deal-I did call the attny yesterday and as soon as Mike and I get him completely paid off AND our 2 classes completed, we are going after the car company. Their refusal to come and get the car is their problem- NOT OURS and it IS illegal for them to call people just because they have an address next to ours-or people NOT listed on our application....so-they are in for it. I am praying like crazy that they will call Mel now-cause we have the whole thing planned out-and she is gonna mess with them bad-and what can they do about it? Are they gonna say she lied when they shouldnt have called her in the first place?   On the reception, Aaron said he isnt even going to invite any of them, since whenever they talked to them about the wedding, they wanted the kids to pay for the gas, food and a nights motel stay-whatever....his mom goes gambling every single week-if not more-and has money to spend there-but cant put aside money for their wedding....I told the kids-IF we do it out here-or we agree to it-there will be none of them coming here, so IF you change your minds about asking them or feeling guilty-it WILL NOT be out here. Everyone else on the list is fine. I do watch the sun etc-because skin cancer runs in my family, my gramps and my mom both have had several removed from their face, back and arms....so, I am careful. Would love to be tanned for once in my life-LOL-I will burn, peel and then be white as a ghost again~ I never heard from Tammy or Joe after she was released from the hospital. I called her a couple of times on her cell and it acted like the line was busy and both times I called-it just did the busy signal deal and didnt even let me leave a message or my number-so I figured that she was in the areas where there was no reception...I will call her in a bit and see how the trip home went and how she is. She sure sounded good, though-and never even got the sore throat or scratchy voice-that most get after surgery-or for me-for 2 months or more-LOL...I lost my voice for almost 2 months off and on!! Jan-IF you see Sugar-please tell her hi and that we miss seeing her on here-how come she doesnt get on anymore?? Tell her to come in and say hi-alright? We are thinking about her and wondering how she is doing.

**Craig-How is your brother today? Is he still in the hospital? It doesnt sound like that first hospital is worth anything-how scary. We have been praying for him and hope everyone is okay.

**Lana-I wanna come with you on vacation-LOL...Will you be back in time to go to the support group?  AW-I bet you will be tired-but, we will miss you so much if you arent there-LOL... Will you be driving or flying? Girl...Your boobs dont look that size~LOL....Im so glad I lost some of mine-but its like the more I lose-the more hangy and pancakey looking they get-like flat ones....plus like when I wear the swimsuit etc-they are really getting so much extra skin that they are all wrinkly-thank goodness for the bra so I can mash them in there!! (roll em up and cram em' in~) LOL LOL... **Michelle-I am so glad you had some laughs at my expense-trust me, I am not bitter!!! But, considering the situation at the time with the belly button-and the crusted up blood-and for some reason, I thought she didnt have a belly button-but anyway-I guess it was meant to be-because it gave everyone else a good laugh-and just made me feel stupid. (Dr. Scott had told her with the tummy tuck he would not be able to give her a belly button-and thats why I was thinking she didnt have it-LOL)  but, it made her laugh-and laugh-and laugh some more-so....anything to make my sis happy-LOL-just glad I didnt rush her to the hospital like I wanted (told her NOT to look at it, I thought I was going to throw up-LOL)  I would have died if we would have been in the emergency room just to find that out-OMG.... I really hope you make it to the reunion-because you and Miss Susan ARE getting paid back-I have something in store for the two of you!! **Susan-Where are you? I emailed you yesterday and havent heard from you-how is the liquid diet going? How are you doing? Please get on and let us know your alright. Ok? Am praying for you, thinking of you and love you. **Erin-hows it going? Good I hope-I wanted you to know your in my thoughts and prayers. Come in and say hi-ok? **Sherr-I hope your feeling better. Did you ever get your labs back? Did you find out what that lump was?  Please let us know how you are and I hope everything is okay for ya. **Brenda-how is Dennis? I hope he is okay. Please get in here and post sometime soon and give us an update-am still praying for him and you and the family. Stay strong-your in our prayers and we are praying that he will be okay and everything will be fine. We love you. Well, I am going to get off here and get some stuff done. Have a lot to do today and am feeling so much better than yesterday, thank goodness. I hope everyone has a good Friday and a wonderful weekend. Be safe and will talk to you soon. All my love and prayers-Janet