WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Woke up this morning with the SUN shining. Wow!!! It was really bright and got up to 44 down here today. Felt good if you were in the sun but don’t stop in the shade it was a real steal cold. Creep up on you .

Will I see Miss Amanda has surgery tomorrow morning. Great little one you are going to do great.

As far as I know that is the last wls we have this month. If you have surgery this month that we don’t have down let me know ok? I know Lana has her shoulder surgery on the 28^th but I was talking about weight loss surgeries.

Has anyone heard anything about Janet Logan? I wonder how she is doing?

 

Well I pushed myself today to walk back and forth in the kitchen with out a walker or cane and to do so without  limping. Man that is hard , you have to stop and see how you take a step with the good foot and then try to reproduce it with the operated one. My muscles above and below the knee are sore, sore, sore. But I have been rubbing them down with bio-freeze and they are feeling better.

I really am looking forward to our support group party at the library Monday night.

Renee I hope you come , the roads are not slick are they? Maybe you could get someone to drive  you.

Maybe Nutti and you could come together? She is afraid to drive in Springfield and you are afraide to drive on snow. Lol that would be a combination wouldn’t it? Just would love to see both of you.

 

 

TRACI: the snow sounds really pretty , we very seldome get any down here. The last snow we had down here was 3 years ago. Or any that amounted to anything , it was about 6 inches deep that time. This time it just barely covered the grass. We have had frost that was deeper than that.

I hope you enjoyed your Christmas programs today at your church. They sound great.

 

 

JANET: well I assume from the lack of yelling from that direction that Mike didn’t win the 25,000.00  Darn, that’s a bummer. I already had your teeth out , your back fixed and a tummy tuck done on you. Lol

Wow sounds like you had a wild ice rink to your house yesterday. Did any of it melt yesterday? Probably not unless something broke some of it up. On ice not much of anything works on them. Need square wheels with spikes in them. That would be a rough ride wouldn’t it?

Oh yeah snow isnt bad to drive on actually but a tiny bit of ice can cause horrible damage.

I guess you could have made some extra money renting out your rooms at your house couldn’t you have? Then could have had a short order restaurant in your kitchen could have charged them 10.00 for a bowl of soup and a grilled cheese sand.. 100.00 for the room easy money

Lol

Will be praying for Mikes birth Dad. Did he always know he was adopted or did he find out later in life? I have a friend that is my age and she just found out about a year ago. Well it is too late to ever meet any of them. There was one  aunt that she got to meet , very sweet and  lovable,. She had some pictures. Crissy , my friend has accepted it ok and has learned to deal with it now, but I think it would have been so much easier if they had told her when she was young and could have met everyone. You know?

 

Tuesday my kids and families are celebrating Christmas, we are a week early but two of them have to work Christmas day so hence Tuesday and they they can work out their Christmas at home when they can.

So tomorrow I am going to bake some pies.

Cherry, Pecan, Coconut Cream and maybe a lemon. All of these are request lol

 

Is your teeth still hurting? So sorry that you cant get in earlier. Do you have an appointment for Tuesday? ??????

 

Im so sorry you wont hit onederland by Dec 31 would have been a great birthday present to yourself woudnt it? But it wont be long. I just know it wont be long , How long has it been since you weighed under 200 amazing isnt it? How much have you lost all together now? I know you always amaze me.

 

Oh yeah Joe the jailer and I did play that game you were talking about. Lol would have been more fun if I could have figured where to put my leg lol

Lol yeah I said when it gets to be more than super morbidly obese  why don’t they just call us (good lord woman get off those scales) not much could be anymore embaressing than what we call ourselves could it.

 Well love ya, love ya, love you

Cant wait to hug you hug ya

 

 

 

NUTTI: hey girl are you going to get back to our meetings? Do you think you could come tonight? Would love to see you , I see you have lost a lot of weight really fast

And that is why we all get so cold. No fat tissue.

Went to your web site of your houses they are absolutely fabulous. Gosh wish I was that talented. If you all haven’t went to her site and looked around you need to go and see.

You and Deans wedding anniversary is the 21^st? Joes and mine is the 19^th. We will be married 20 years. You can always find something to eat in most places. Even if it is soup . That is what I have lots of time since it is hard to eat much. And I hate to waste money.

 

Have a great day today. Ok’

 

 

BOBBIE  JO: hope you all enjoy your trip up north for Christmas. I know what you mean about craving beef. I do too but then when I eat it makes me sick lol. So I stick with ground beef and hope that why ever I am graving it that all of that will satisfy me.

I think a lot of hubbies tend to sway with what ever we want to eat is ok with me. There is such a small amount of anything I eat and I think  Joe is just so happy to see me eat something anything. That he is willing to go along with it. I have tried so many things that just don’t go down at all .

I really am glad that to you ,you have the best hubby in the world but to me mine is the best and im sure that Janet would tell you hers is the best so we have a lot of great spouses. Isnt that neat? I figure mine had to be really sweet to never say a word about me being fat and all.

 

 

 

Well I need to get off here and get to bed. Joe has to go take his last one for this time of his Steriod shots in his back. I hope this one will last for close to a year. Would be so great

He has to be there at 8am. Lord that is early.   I guess I will have to go with him so if he needs it I can drive home

You all have a great day Monday new week new day new beginning.

 

HUGS AND BLESSINGS.

JAN

Morning everyone Brrrrr - it's cold out there!  We have a freezing fog advisory out this morning.  So be careful.  I'm not sure yet if my children's private school will be in session today or not.  Generally they don't have school on Monday; but they were going to today, because they'll be off on Friday this week.  Now with the snow, I'm not sure.  The message said they'll make a decision by 6:30 am this morning.  The Sullivan public schools are canceled today.  So it's very possible my kids won't go.  Side streets, and even highway 44 here in and around Sullivan, isn't as clear as it is closer to St Louis (so says my hubby, who left for work at 4:30 am this morning and I spoke with him on his drive in to work).    So kiddos home will change what I can effectively get done.  I'm praying for Amanda today!!!!  Hopefully everyone else is going well.  Have a great day everyone. 

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~

Wow has it been COLD here! That sun is very deceiving! Mike and Jon are TRYING to come down with colds or something AGAIN...so I started them on medicine again yesterday.

We called and checked on Mikes dad yesterday-no news yet. No improvements yet. We should know more by tonite or tomorrow. The doctors said within 3 days IF he was going to get better, he will start showing improvements. I dont want him to die-and I sure dont want to go to AZ right before Christmas or not be here for the kids on Christmas. I am praying like crazy that he shows improvement and gets better!!! I refuse to even think about the worse case scenerio right now!

Mikes not really adopted, Jan-Vikki and Erik who live on the other side of the property consider Mike a son-and he calls them mom and dad, Mike does more for and with them, than their 3 kids put together that live here. Their kids that live in AZ that we are leasing our house from-they are really close to Vikki and Erik, but they live too far away to see them as often as they would like-but they do come a couple of times a yr to visit and such-so thats how that all came about. Mike is not close to his family. He is closer to his dad, one aunt and then his uncle Tom than anyone else-but considering that he has over 25 aunts and uncles-he doesnt really care for many in his family. The 2 cousins he was real close to-both passed away 5 yrs ago-a yr apart-sisters, one 18 and the other 23. Mikes birth mom is not a very nice person and his sister is just like his mom. Its just a sad story all the way around.

Aaron has to work tonite-he closes. He cannot drive me to the group tonite. They said I could borrow their car today though! ARGH.... So frustrating right now. I CANNOT wait to get a car of my own thats economical and I can go and do what I want WHEN I want!! Anyway-Mel wasnt really planning on going because she has PT today and she is always in so much pain afterwards-but she decided to go when I asked her and she found out what was going on......So-she is going to pick my kiddos up at school (which is on the way to my house from hers-only about 2 blocks out of the way) and then we are leaving early-I want to stop on the way to group at Kmart and get some shopping done. Besides, we both volunteered to bring some things to the party-so we need to come so you guys have all the things we said we would donate. So today I am going to finish up the laundry I started yesterday-get something out for dinner and then get organized so I can leave when Mel gets here with the kids. Sounds like I have enough time, but I am sure before its all said and done, I will be rushing around here. I wish I had something to wear besides jeans-I was going to wear my long jean skirt, but I dont have any pantyhose or shoes to go with it!! Mel said I could borrow some chunky heals-but ever since I got that blood clot in my calf after my knee replacement surgery, I cant do any heels at all!

So, when you see 2 crippled people walking towards the door-carrying a bunch of stuff while holding each other up-you know its us!!! Maybe we can find a double stroller or a double wheelchair-or a golf cart? HHHMMM.....This will be very interesting. I just got a text from Mel saying she hoped I got some sleep and didnt feel as bad as she does right now-well, I was actually hoping that same thing for her. Figured one of us should have our wits about us-LOL...not looking so hot for either of us!

Has anyone heard how Glennas dog, Joey is doing? I am praying he is okay. I got an email that he was having surgery-but havent heard an update on him- Please pray that everything went well- Joey is her baby!!

**Jan-yes the ice started melting. I think it got up to the high 30's. Mike drove anyway to go pick up Steph from her sleep over because we werent sure how the roads were and I am a big old chicken in that big old Suburban. Only afraid of ending up in a ditch. OR not being able to stop at the hills stop signs-and Mike couldnt Sat nite-he had to blow right through it-thank God that there was nothing coming on V highway-they would not have been able to stop-since the one side is a hill also!!!

My appt to have my teeth pulled was suppose to be at 1 pm today-but the doctors office never got my antibiotics called in to take before the appt-so I had to reschedule it. Its for the 7th of January now. They dont hurt (knock on wood) right now since the infection is gone. Thank God-that was a horrible couple of days!!!

I have lost 227# now. I only have 11# to make it to onelander. I am sitting at 210# and I gained, lost, gained and am losing again. I know I have lost inches-but I like seeing the scale go down too-I just had that as a personal goal-but its not gonna happen. It makes it a LITTLE easier to swallow since I have now lost more weight than what I weigh-does that make sense the way I worded it? LOL...I hope so! I will get there. No doubt. I do not remember EVER being in the ones!! Heck-I know for a fact that I was in my teens in the 2s. Dont remember how long its been since I was under 300#-so I am happy with the results, I guess I just feel that I am not doing good enough, all the time, you know? Yes, I know thats crazy-but there is so much emotional stuff we go through, and I really really wish that more people were aware of all of this BEFORE surgery!! I am dedicated a couple chapters in my book about it post-op......

I know-instead of super morbidly obese, they could have the scales say- One at a time, please! OR-too fat to get weighed on anything but a trucking scale! I cant even tell you how long it had been since I could weigh at the doctors-in fact, my PCP has NEVER been able to weigh me in his office until February of this year!! Now- I am MORE than happy to hop up on those scales....Me so Happy!!!

Your so funny-trying to figure out what to do with your leg while your playing escaped convict and wardens wife!! LOL.... You may want to wait to play that till your all healed up!! LOL....Your so crazy! Love you for it though. IF everything goes good-I will take you up on that hug. Will Sugar be there? I hope so. I sure hope Renee and Nutti make it too-I hope Renee doesnt have much snow-Maybe she can meet us at the exit or something and we can drive the rest of the way? Something to think about. Will see.

Well, I am getting off here. Drinking my java and going to start working to get everything marked off my to-do list today. I need to wrap my gift too for the party. I have like 20 things to get done. I hope everyone is doing okay. As always, your in my thoughts and prayers. Janet

Hello Missouri,
Wonderfully sunny day today. It is deceptive though - seems as if it should be warm but has a nip to it. I will be at the COF meeting tonight with chili to share!!! No crackers though - if you gotta have 'em, bring some for yourself. I'm not contributing to your carb count!!
Stacy and Adam left this AM. Power came on yesterday afternoon about 3pm and she did not want to be driving four hours in the dark so they waited until this AM. I didn't think they'd have school today, but they did. So, she won't be at the meeting tonight - darn!!!
I had forgotten about the gift exchange - was there a $$ limit? I've got it covered anyway!!
Hugs to all.
Lana

Hello everyone! Well surgery went well.  I lost 10 pounds on my first week visit and I am continuing to lose each day.  I have had few problems, mostly gas issues but I got upset on moving day after lunch and I'm not sure if it was what I ate or being upset and vomited and having really had a gas issue since then.  I can not believe how little if no pain I'm in.  I had the drain removed on Friday and the staples and once it was removed I wasn't even uncomfortable anymore. I moved to Chesterfield on Saturday.  I have the most wonderful friends.  They showed up on Saturday at 8:30am snow and all and had me out of the house in 2 hours.  And then more friends showed up at the new house and unloaded me and then set up the kitchen and unpack the everyday stuff.  They are wonderful!  I love them all.  I feed them lunch but we want to have a nice dinner for them after the holidays to say Thank you. So I am to file for divorce in the New Year.  I am sad but not unhappy about it.  I don't know if I will ever want to be married again but I certainly want to date and possible have a steady.  Do they say that anymore?  So anyone have a brother who around 45 and single and want to date a soon to be thin women?    Let me know!

I hope all are doing well with their surgeries!  I am with you in sprit!