Good Morning Jan and OH Peeps~
Wow-the weather is just perfect. I cannot wait to get to go through the garage and get the rest of the stuff out of storage and get our sale done! With weather this nice-there wont be many excuses not to get out and come and buy all our stuff-LOL.
Megan and Aaron came over last night. We BBQd some burgers, had some beans and chips and then Megan tried on clothes till she thought her arms and legs were gonna fall off. Her tummy is still hurting from the slide-and Mel, Megan and I have "battle wounds"-looks like we got beat up we have so many bruises from it-would I do it again? In a heart beat. Yes, I know I have a bad back, bad knees and so on-BUT.....I have ALWAYS been a prisoner to my weight-and when given the chance-even if I may have a couple of days of pain-I am gonna do it. Its not gonna be too much longer, and I just wont be able to do things-so I am going to enjoy my life to the fullest while I can!!! Ok-got off track. Megan took away 2 bags of dress clothes for work. We are going to go looking for some nice work shoes that are dressy and wont hurt her feet. She is the supervisor and so she needs to have a "professional" attire-but it sure is hard to find shoes that LOOK professional, but are comfy-isnt it? Heels are out-she is on her feet ALL day long, so she doesnt do heels.
She is coming out today to do some laundry and then we are headed to town to get pet supplies and some special hunters soap for Mike. He gets to go hunting Saturday morning since he has a disability permit due to his shoulder, neck and back-he can only hunt with a crossbow. He is pretty excited-and I am glad he finally gets to start-LOL....Just hope he does like last year and gets one right away to get that initial "itch" over with. Besides-we all love the deer jerky-Mike and I make it constantly-and we make up some for Mel and Terry and our other family members as well-its 10 times better than the stuff at the store-and we can make it much, much cheaper than what you can get it at the butchers for. After we go to the store, we are going to see my mom-havent seen her since Steph came back home. I have some clothes for her......Whatever she doesnt like OR cant wear-some are going to my ex sister in law who has an organization that helps under priviledged women with work attire while they are trying to get back on their feet and so on-so I am donating some to her non profit organization!!! That makes me feel good. Than I have some for other WLS pts-like Jans friend, Renee. I will bring them to the group with me.
I think the weekend after we have the sale, we are going to go on our camping trip up to Stockton Lake. They have a covered dock area, and boat rentals-and Mike and I always get our limit up there and the kids always catch keepers too-so we are really looking forward to it. We are going to stock the deep freeze with the fish so we can have them through the winter as well! YAY.
Im very anxious about Mels Dr. Appt today-and scared all at the same time. I wish they would just hurry up and get off their rears and get her fixed. This is sooooo crazy. I hate that she is going through this and that none of the docs that ARE in that field are fixing her-but the doc that isnt-he could-you know? Please everyone, take a moment to say a prayer for Mel and that the docs WILL find out whats wrong with this infection AND FIX it once and for all and without surgical intervention. She just cant do another surgery right now. We had not been together that much in literally months and months-and I still felt like we didnt get much time-LOL....the time we did get to spend together-ecspically on Sunday-was the best day I have had in years and years!!! I had ALL my kids with me, my SIL, my soul mate and my soul sister-who in the world could ask for anything more? We all love each other so much and we all know how important family is. Sunday made me realize how truly lucky and blessed I am. I mean-I always knew that I had a wonderful family and I have always felt lucky-but I really really felt blessed when I looked at my kids and SIL and my hubby and Mel-I know that there is NOTHING missing in my life- I couldnt ask for one more thing. Sure, I could always use more money-but I know a lot of people who have a lot more money than I do-and they dont have a 10th of the happiness I have right here in this house!!! I really havent felt this peaceful and content in a long long time-so for me, the trip was more than just the reunion. It was so hard to see Mel and the boys so sad about coming back. I know that every time I saw them crying, it would bring tears to my eyes! So-we are gonna just have to do it more often now-now that we can get around much better, dont need oxygen or wheelchairs or hospital beds-we can go a couple of times next summer and just relax and have fun.....
*****Thank you all very much for the compliments about the reunion-I didnt do anything that any of you cant do too-you know? Now, the hard part is over with-since we now have a location that works and WILL work with us for all of our needs and desires-and wont require additional deposits, and will still accomodate us with keeping the pool open if close enough to Labor Day weekend etc-I will really have to think about it for next year.....which brings up something that was talked about on the whats happening thread just today by Jan...I, too-received several e-mails several different times by people basically getting upset with me for different reasons regarding the reunion. You may have thought at times that I was coming off brassy about some of the things I said-but I was getting a little irritated by people chewing my rear about everything you can imagine. I explained myself over and over again. I saved ALL the numbers and names of places I contacted in Lake of the Ozarks-no one (that "I" called anyway) could accomodate everything we wanted FOR A PRICE we COULD AFFORD....period. When people would email me and tell me to call this place or why didnt we go there-I did tell them THEY were MORE than welcome to call (or call again If I had already clld them) and IF it was something that could accomodate WHAT we wanted for a price we could ALL afford-then I was all for it-and I would NOT be offended. No one wanted to do that part of it. Then after it was all planned, I started getting emails about people telling me that they didnt want to drive that far and that they didnt want people drinking beer or drinking period and so on-to which I said-I guess you better just stay home then, because I wasnt there to babysit or tell people they cant have a beer or whatever. That wasnt my job and since we didnt rent out the whole resort-I couldnt control it. No offense taken with me. I had to let things roll off my back and move on-but there was a lot of B.S. I am MORE than happy to help anyone any way that I can. Will see-its a long ways off from right now......I am glad that we had a chance to get together though and I did have a lot of fun being with everyone and getting a chance to talk, share recipes and stories and meet Julia and Barbara and then see the changes with Deb and the ones we dont get to see at group when I get to go. It was fun meeting your loved ones as well-it was a yucky day out-but we adapted really well and I was happy with the outcome. Wish we could have done our campfire and outdoor games, but hopefully next year the weather will be more accomodating to us-right?
Ok-which brings me to the subject for the day-Jan...you asked what us posters here felt about the emails you received-well-Im kind of confused as to WHY someone would think that-when we have several faithful posters WHO DONT go to our group and who dont even live by us? I dont understand WHY they are emailing YOU and not posting their concerns right here where WE ALL POST.....????? Like YOU have control over ALL OF US? NOT!!!! When I post about seeing all of you-its no different in what I post when I dont see all of you. I post about my kids- I post about my WOW moments, I post about daily activities-and it has nothing to do with attending a grou*****t. When I started posting here over a yr ago-I hadnt met ANY of you. I met Sherr at our seminar-NOT group......I then met Mel, but NOT at group....then I went to group. I dont treat ANY of you any different-its just that we have something in common-I didnt realize that was a crime-because we are ALL HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON-for crying out loud. I TOTALLY agree with what Claudette said-Come on, people-we are NOT in high school anymore-and if you have to email Jan to gripe about it-than maybe you should find another board to post to-there are several here-MO board IS NOT THE ONLY ONE ON OH!!!! I feel offended that there are some people who are that petty to whine about that, when they dont put themselves out there and give us a chance to accept and be their friends, you know? I have several people I have NEVER met face to face that I send cards or letters or even packages to-Krissy, Chante, Rebecca, Becky, Deb M, and several others. Am I going to "feel bad" because I LOVE my group I attend AND most of the people WHO ATTEND IT? NO IM NOT....and I KNOW I can pretty much speak for the rest of the people I know well too-it is what it is-but we sure as heck DONT sit and ignore OR neglect people just because they live further away OR have other limitations. Both Bevs-Brenda, Tammy H, Tammy V, Susan, Sherr, both Cindys, Andrew, Tony, Trudy, Nutti-a lot of people dont live close-AND dont get to the meetings every month and we love them, treat them like friends/family AND want the best for them. If someone chooses NOT to post-then thats THEIR CHOICE-but if they want US faithful posters to act like we dont know one another or want us to be different than we are now-than Im sorry to say-we dont need that turmoil and mind games-I, for one, am not going to feel bad that I have all of you as additional family, whether I have met you face to face or not. I, for one, WILL NOT apologize for loving you guys and for the difference you made in my life. I will say though-that it IRRITATES THE CRAP out of me, that people like Craig and like Claudette ARE NOT FAITHFUL posters because people PM or email them personally and are hurtful to them. If you have nothing better to do-maybe you need to work on yourself-NOT pick away at us. We have lived with that B.S. for years and years and years-most of us, and I personally am not gonna stop doing what makes me feel good. IM NOT SORRY about it either.
So-whether or not you attend the COF group-I love ya anyway, but my COF peeps ARE MY FAMILY-NOT A CLIQUE and I AM NOT SORRY I KNOW AND LOVE THEM......Get off your soap box and be a part of it-OR LEAVE JAN ALONE-SHE doesnt CONTROL US!
Ok-Im off my soapbox too-Jan, I dont think you should give those people a second thought. This shouldnt be an issue-and Im sorry, but I feel like they have too much time on their hands if they are going to be that obnoxious about what they said to you-someone griping that we act too loving towards one another? I can think of a whole lot better things to ***** about than people loving one another, thats for sure. For those who post on this thread-Ive already seen posts from several people who DONT attend our group-I dont think they feel left out or unloved-do you Bev and Rachael?????
Im gonna get going before I say something I regret. Love you all, have a good day and will see ya tomorrow. Love and prayers, Janet
