WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~

Happy Sunday to everyone. At this moment, I am feeling okay-BUT...only because I have taken the pain meds and the flexiril earlier. I have a knot the sz of a golf ball on my cheek/jaw line-from the broken molar. Its cracked, and one pc is loose-so I have, of course, been messing with it-because its so sensitive-and seems to feel better-or at least, gets numb when I am messing with it-but not too good for the swelling factor, is it? I started taking some of my antibiotics I had left over-to help with the infection and I will be calling tomorrow to see if I can get into the dentist-I am NOT telling him emergency, because then he charges almost double. I am going to play cool and see what the price will be then. I hate the fact that I have to use Christmas present money for a stupid old tooth to be pulled. After the first of the year-I am going to check into getting all of the bottoms pulled and getting the partial. My moms side of the family, ALL had dentures by the time they were 30. Bad teeth just ran on her side. With each pregnancy-I had major problems with my teeth and like Jans Joe-spent a ton of money and had root canals and caps etc-only to end up having problems a couple of yrs later-so I just said pull it-I am not going to spend $600 to $1000 for each tooth that I have already paid that much for once to get the root canals and caps. No way! Now-with meds I have been on and the WLS-it seems like every time I turn around, I am breaking another tooth or whatever-so I am just gonna get the bottoms taken care of-and then the top, when I need it as well. To me, nothing is worse than a back ache or a tooth ache (maybe labor....) and yesterday afternoon and into the night, I had them both. I have never hurt that bad in all of my life-I was praying to either ease the pain or to die-cause it was just unbearable. I stopped at Papa Murphys to get some pizza. One of my dads friends gave me a free coupon he had gotten from them-so I thought, perfect....I dont have to cook-just throw it in the oven. The coupon was worth $15-and I had some money left over-so I bought one of their topping spices-it is really good-got the garlic and herb....anyway-I started crying in the middle of the store-the girl behind the counter kept asking if I was ok. I told her, I am okay, sorry.....Im not a crazy woman or anything-I just have a bad back and when I turned around, it felt like I was being stabbed. She said-you look tired (which REALLY means, you look like crap) and I told her that I was tired-(tired of being in pain for almost a year of my life). I didnt say that to her-but I was thinking it....LOL...Poor thing, she probably thought I was junkie coming off my drugs. Still have the shakes too-so that doesnt help. Those steroids really reaked havic on my system and I cant even drink coffee without spilling it all over!! I sure cant wait until that side effect goes away!

Megan is coming this way after she drops Aaron off at work. We are going to go to the store and then picking up Stephanie-and then coming home and the kids are going to help us finish getting all the decorations up and finish decorating the tree. I cant wait. Steph and Megan are going to make 2 loaves of banana bread, with my grandmas recipe-so I am excited about that. We are making one loaf with splenda....YAY!! I think I am going to eat a tiny pc. Havent had anything like that-then I am going to give the rest of the loaf to my mom. Since she is insulin dependent diabetic-and I am using wheat flour and splenda in the one loaf, it wont be all that bad for her. I may get some presents wrapped and under the tree too. The one box of decorations we cant find-has my antique tree skirt in it too-so I really want to get to the garage and try and find that box too-but of course, it is very cold here today AND raining!! YUCK.. Who knows if I will get out there this winter after all-this crazy weather seems to take over our weekend plans for the past month or so-and havent been able to do the things we normally do by this time of year-like getting the icicle lights all put up on the house and get all the other stuff out-darn it.

IF anyone is interested-I met a gentleman yesterday who is staying at my dads motel, who has a Harley Phat Boy for sale. It has 6,100 miles on it-still has 3 yrs left on the warranty and is the most beautiful pearl white-with a little touch of turquiose under the pearl color-it has leather braiding on it from gas tank to the seat-and its chromed out-the rims on this bike took a yr to make-and they were special made, they are spoked-and where the chain is-there is a smaller spoked rim-its amazing-anyway, its valued at over 20 grand, he paid 30 grand for it last spring-but due to the loss of all of his family members, except one son (they were in a car accident before Thanksgiving) he is selling the bike for 13 grand. He has a huge 4 door Dodge Ram with 51,000 miles on it-and he pd 42,000 for it-is selling it for 20,000. I WISH I had the money-I would buy BOTH from him...In a heart beat. He said when he lost his whole family-he no longer could live in the house he had with them-its for sale in Wyoming-and then he sold his 5th wheel to finish paying all the funeral costs they incurred and his one lone surviving child relocated with him. I told him that I would advertise those 2 items for him on the internet through our FourStatesHomePage. He has all the paperwork showing WHAT he paid and clear titles-I felt so sorry-After I talked to him, I walked away with tears running down my face-and realized that I may have aches and pains, but I can walk in and hug my family and tell them how much I love them, and he cant do that! I would rather have my ailments than to have the loss of my whole family. I dont think I would want to live without them!!! Anyway-if anyone is interested, let me know.....

Dont know that I will be getting to that support meeting in Joplin tomorrow or not. If my tooth still hurts like it has been, I am not going to go. If not, my mom said she would watch Jon and I will try to go. If the kids dont work, they are going to go. Mel was going to be going to Springfield to her moms appt with the cancer doctor, but she has one of the worst cases of strep throat-and she cant take the chance of her mom getting that-much less the fact that she just doesnt feel good and doesnt have a voice. Told her that she better go to the ER instead of trying to wait until tomorrow to go to her PCP....its just gotten worse and worse each day-

~~Please say some prayers for everyone that is sick, in pain, or waiting for surgery. I know they appreciate it-as I do. We have Jan having knee surgery in 2 days, we have Vesta-which I dont know if she is even still in the hospital or not. Connie is getting ready to go in-and so is Bel-for their WLS. We have Barbara (ladymoya) who just lost her mother, so please remember her and her family in prayer. We have countless people who are sick or their family members are sick....Brenda is having a lot of issues with her back and she just went through 2 deaths of people she loved-please keep her in prayer as well. Mels mom is going to her appt tomorrow with the cancer doc, please remember her in prayer. Mel is very sick, my dad and my daughter, Megan are sick. Aaron just got over it-and Megan said she is alot better today-so maybe the worst of it is over for her. Lana is in a lot of pain because of her torn rotator cuff-and waiting for surgery-so keep her in prayer please. Tammy and her PCP believe she has a food stricture, so please remember her as well....If I missed you-Please post it in Jans post so we can pray for you. Didnt intentionally leave anyone out-

Well, I am going to get this wrapped up-I gotta freeze my rear off and get out to the Morton Building where the deep freeze is and figure out what we are doing for dinner. Sloppy joes sound really good to me today for some reason-but I think we are going to do beef tips with green pepper and onion (for the adults) and left over pizza for the kids. They love the pizza and the hot dogs!!

Oh, for those of you who have asked AND live in the Joplin area-you can adopt a senior citizen that is not in a nursing home AND doesnt have any family-so wont be getting any Christmas presents if they arent adopted....you can call Vantage Point or Empire District Electric Company and adopt them....Numbers are in the phone book. If you want to do this and arent in our area-you can always call your local nursing home and they should be able to give you the needs/desires of someone in their facility that doesnt have family members.....

**Renee and Jan-I feel just like you both do-that I may not have much, but what I do have-I am more than willing to share with someone else to brighten their holidays! I think its great what you are doing! Mel is going to be adopting a senior from the place we did as well-and I can tell you-it will probably be one of the best days for this family-going to take her, her gifts and goodies and making her day a special one! Bless you guys for doing this for someone who needs it-whom without you-wouldnt have anything!!!

As always, your in my thoughts and prayers and I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday with your loved ones. Make sure and tell them how much you love them.... Tomorrow is never a gaurantee. So-I love you guys. Janet