WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY

Dear Jan and Peeps~

Im ready for spring ALREADY! Our roads werent clear for 48 hours and they are ice and snow covered~Now instead of being impassable due to trees-its an ice skating rink on our country roads. I went to help my parents yesterday and was there MAYBE 2 hrs when it started snowing pretty heavy. Mike came to get me at 8-and once we got to the highway it wasnt too bad (was praying the WHOLE TIME) but once we turned on our country road-we slid all the way home! I dont think we got above 5 mph and started braking for our driveway 1/2 mile before we got to it-and slid right on past it anyway!!! That big old 7 thousand pound Suburban is NOT going to stop until its ready-thats for sure!!! No anti lock brakes, no pumping, no putting it in neutral, its just not gonna do it! Id rather drive in a foot of snow than drive on the ice! Living in Minnesota most of my life and driving up there is so much different than down here! After we turned on our country road-some little car with an idiot driver almost plowed into the back of us-he was hauling butt over the railroad tracks and we couldnt even see his headlights-and he veered off to the side-where the Undercliff restaurant is-and plowed into their parking area rails!!! He was going WAY too fast and lost control!

We had our 4 check out vacancies filled before housekeeping was finished cleaning the rooms! It stayed hopping until 7 or so-and the phones were still going then!! I was half tempted to rent out my rooms at the house (4 of them!! LOL) Some easy money and Id even drive them here and throw them a donut in the morning!! Coffee extra-LOL....I literally didnt even get time to finish my Christmas cards, we were so busy all day long. I never just had one person in the office-if one person was at the desk-there were 5! They are painting the office right now-so my paperwork and things I am used to seeing up on the walls or the do-not rent list, things like that-are gone in the 2nd office....What a mess. I think they will be done by next weekend, that would be nice to feel organized again.

We got a call from Mikes birth mom last night. She said it was an emergency and we needed to call her back. Mike called me and asked me if his birth mom had called me too-and I said yes, but I hadnt listened to the voice mail she had left yet, since I was helping a customer (we havent talked to her in over a year and it was months before that)...anyhow-Mikes birth dad (lives in Lake Havasu City, AZ) is in induced coma, he is having heart failure, is on life support AND has pnuemonia. They were letting Mike know that he isnt doing good. The next 3 days will tell whats going to happen, but they wanted to prepare Mike that he may have to go there since he is NOK and just like 9 yrs ago-they had him on life support and said Mike needed to come and sign papers to take him off it. That was so hard-but we went to AZ for 9 days and his dad pulled through. Could you all please say a prayer for him now? We would appreciate it so much. Thank you. We have stayed close to his birth dad-and his one aunt-but thats about it for his side of the family-but his dad has always been one of my favorites. He is such a sweety.

Today I am going to finish up the laundry, and just do some basic cleaning and the boys (including hubby-LOL) and I are baking some cookies-they started yesterday while I was at work, but saved one batch to make with mommy. That was so sweet. Mike had made 2 batches - and they brought their baggie of cookies when they came to pick me up-and shared with their grandma and grandpa. Jon was so proud of himself when he pulled a cookie out and gave it to them-he said-Look what I made you!!! They dont look like the figures of the cookie cutters though-not sure what they were doing with the cutters-but nothing looks like the reindeer or santa.

I wont be going to the dentist on Monday. I couldnt get ahold of my PCP or his nurse practioner to get the antibiotics I need to take prior to having any dental work. My PCP leaves early on Friday and I never heard back from the nurse practioner. So, I have to cancel the appt and then will go back after Christmas, its too close now. Besides, if I go have that done, I know I will NEVER make it to Springfield to the group-

I hope my back will slow down pain wise because I have a really busy next week and a half and a bunch of stuff I need to do and I still have shopping to do. Being stuck at home for 4 days during the ice storm didnt help anything.....

Its not looking like I am going to hit ONELANDER by January 1st like I was hoping for. It was a MAJOR goal for me-and instead of losing it-I gained because of those stupid steroids they put me on for 2 weeks (2 different kinds) and then I lost it once, gained it back and am losing it now for the 2nd time. Im so frustrated. I know its not me, its the medicine-but I was thinking to myself-this whole year has just been overwhelming and frustrating-surely I can have that one little thing? Just dont see it happening. Not enough days left in the month now! When I got those injections in my back-I lost and gained the same 6# forever it seemed!

**Jan-as soon as you described Joe the Jailer-I thought, well, then, why not play escaped convict and wardens wife-LOL LOL!! Im glad he doesnt let you slide-cause you wouldnt let him, right? Anyway-Have a little fun, if you want!! I love how you give them all names so fitting of how you feel about the situation!!

Yes, Aaron and Megan are still talking about the surgery-and I cant say I blame them, but have told them to MAKE sure this is what they want-there is NO take backs! Aaron I am worried about, because he likes his food and Im not sure that he will be able to handle NOT eating...Its hard to deal with the mental aspect-sometimes more so than the physical! You that have been there-know exactly what I am talking about - and so I truly see that as a big obstacle for him. I know that Megan is dieting right now and she is doing good. When I talked to Aaron he is walking the track and trying to lose 30# right now by March. They are both making efforts, and I know they are frustrated, so I am trying to help them any way that I can. They have a good support system and I know that they can come here and find it from others as well.

Cant wait to see you!! No, Im sure not skinny! Im still considered overweight on my BMI...but at least its JUST overweight and NOT morbidly super obese or whatever they call it when your off the chart. Too damn fat-whatever!! I will take overweight and I will do it with a smile on my face! : )

Well, I am gonna get off here and go sit with Mike and drink my cup of java and finish waking up-LOL...Let me think-did I sleep last night? Dont remember LOL...Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday-and if you have to travel-I pray for travelers mercy and be careful for the ice!! Take care and as always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Janet