WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~

My visions of loafing around the house in my sweats and just being lazy-whatever! Dreams come true, they can happen to you-if you only believe-LOL LOL....Just wasnt meant to be-

We have too many acreas here that we keep mowed so that we can keep the snakes and critters further away from the house. I didnt realize that yesterday Mike had other plans for the yard work-I should have known, you could just look at it and see how much it needed to be mowed, weed wacked and so on!! He never did ask for help, but thats just how I am-LOL... Just call me Hannah Hoover the happy helper!! (NOT!!)

When I picked up Steph from work, had to stop at Walmart and pick up a few things and $85 later-LOL. I HATE it when I keep seeing things I know we need. I was just going to go do my big grocery shopping today, but now I dont have to. Maybe I will stay crazy busy today too (reverse psychology there)....I did everyones laundry yesterday-decided I better just get caught up on that too-AND then Mikes parents, his aunt and uncle and grandma from the house at the end of the driveway-they all came up to pick rocks and till the garden area again! I knew I couldnt possibly do that-but I let the boys go help for our part-and they both have sunburned necks and faces-I cant believe I didnt think to put sunscreen on them-I am a sunscreen fanatic!!! My kids havent been sunburned in years and years-I even carry some in my purse when it starts getting nice out!

Today its gloomy out there-Jon came in and told me that him and daddy checked the weather channel and its suppose to storm today-and that may be part of the reason yesterday that I hurt so badly. I figured my meds just werent working.....or maybe the newness had worn off-but it was a pretty painful day! Mikes shoulder he had surgery on was hurting pretty bad too-its bad if he will take one of his prescriptions for pain-and he did. I dont want rain or thunderstorms-I hate storms out here. They are always more intense out in the country, dont know why-but they are.

So Mel turned 39 yesterday-if I had been here-I would have left it at 38!! LOL...Heck, I knew that too-cause I know her b-day is 1969-what was I thinking? Heck if I know....We are going to be doing a massive b-day party BBQ out here in a couple of weeks. We have so many b-days in April and May its not even funny-so we are going to do them in one shot-and have 2 cakes-one choc and one vanilla-and kids on one cake-and adults for the other and then, of course-Adrian needs his very own first b-day cake-and we have the perfect place for him to devour that cake-and then we can hose him off-LOL!!! I cant wait to see him do that!

Got a call from my ex-I swear-I just want to reach out and touch him. He is on his way to MO right now-and he said that he is either closing on the house on Weds or Fri and that he already spoke to Child Support Enforcement and they told him that they will release the lein for him so he can sell the house and he will be putting the money in the day he gets paid for it-WHATEVER!!! They never told him ANY such thing. They arent going to release the lein in hopes that he can sell it and pay me-that is NOT the way this works-but Mike and I started talking-and this is the same guy who took me (imposter actually) to his attorney AND a notary-whatever female he had with him SAID she was me-and signed off on the lein once before-about 7 yrs ago-and the only reason I found out about this little incident is that Richard-Erics ex-was paying Eric off-the part of the funds that were Erics-for the sale of the bar they owned together-and he was paying it to the state for back support-and he got this paperwork stating the lein had been released and to give funds to Eric accordingly-well, Richard called me ranting and raving-as he thought I really went down and did that-well, I hadnt-and when Richard called the attorney Eric was using-he said-She sat right in front of me, and signed off in front of me-and when I went into the attorneys office-he stated that is not the person Eric brought in and stated was me-and he withdrew from Erics case effective that day-and he also called Child Support Enforcement to square it away with them-and he never looked or asked for an ID from the person stating they were me-he just believed his client.

I have already called c.s.e. this morning and am waiting for a return call. I want it on our files that I AM NOT signing off on the lein and that unless they personally see my license when I sign anything-its not me....My license doesnt look like me anyway-its the fat me-so it should raise some eyebrows anyway-right?

Got a call from my mom yesterday-they fired the other housekeeper-I wondered when that was going to happen, she was really on borrowed time....I knew when they hired another housekeeper that she was out of there and the new girl started Saturday morning. She wasnt spot washing walls, fridges, microwaves etc-and she never cleaned drawers, window sills, vents for the air/heat units, baseboard heaters-I always had to spend a majority of my time doing those things because she never did them-and we would have at least 2 customers complain each day that she cleaned their room but didnt leave them t.p or didnt bring in clean towels etc-it was just a flat out joke!!! Im glad she is gone-there is no excuse to be there for 4 months and still not clean the rooms correctly after being told over and over and over-and whats really bad-is they have a full page check sheet to mark WHEN you finish the task-and she always marked them! Anyway.....

Please say prayers for Mel and her family-the kids biological womb-well, she signed away ALL her parental rights on BOTH kids-and she even signed away any notification rights to when the hearings were for the adoption-she didnt want to know-and then hi-tailed it to TX to work at the traveling carnival.....anyway-she is now in OK with her mom-and Mark-the POS BIL-he has gotten ahold of Nancy and told her that he wants her to come back and he wants the 4 of them to be a REAL family-and he feels like God gave him a second chance and now he wants to do right by her and BOTH the kids-he flat out said before he wanted Adrian back but not Clara. He doesnt like Clara-and the feeling is mutual with her as well. She hates Mark. He has put that little girl through hell and now he is trying to get on Nancys good side-all in a ploy to get the kids back-and then he will kick nancy to the curb again. Between Nancy and Mark living together-court and police records show-they would have the police out at their house, no less than 3x per week-she tried to run him over with the van-he chased her with a butcher knife-they were always beating the crap out of one another-and the last time-Mark beat her, and when the cops were called-he shoved her-in front of them and then he threatened to kill her-also in front of them and they arrested him, by the state of MO and pressed charges and Nancy didnt have to-they were and are sick of these people-I really hope she is stupid enough to believe he wants to marry her and start fresh, he doesnt care-that baby has never been anything to him but a meal ticket for the freebies they could get from the state. He was even fighting Nancy when she told him she was pregnant-he had to go do paternity testing-and now all the sudden he is just the loving dad and hubby-POS. Anyway-lets pray the God will not allow Nancy to forget how her life and the kids lives were-when they were all together in that house-the one that is roach infested and there were even roaches in his bassinet!! Thanks for any and all prayers you can send this one on this subject.

**Jan-thanks for the lilac info. I will be getting on there to order a couple. Have the perfect place for them! Oh, and for the tomato plants (raising my hand, hopping up n down in my seat: Me, Me, Me, I do-I do...I want some...LOL) okay, you get the picture, right?

Regarding the reunion....Its too early right now to make reservations-but when its later in the summer we can get the ball rolling-if I dont do the planning-I will get info to the person who does-ok? That was part of the agreement with them, is that we would wait for peak season to start calling etc-since they are soooo busy on the on-season time, which is coming up in 2 weeks or so.

Sounds like you had fun with Deb D....Im so glad you got to see her-I still havent been to Branson Landing-but would LOVE to go down and check that out, thats for sure. Maybe next time we go down, we can.

**Deb M-You are in our prayers honey-for a speedy recovery. I am glad your going today to get that last drain out and maybe your throat wont be so bad. Thats a long surgery-holy cow!! Please get plenty of rest - and know that we all love you and we are praying for a speedy and uneventful surgery!! You are loved!!

**Bev B-we have certainly missed you-it sounds like you have been CRAZY busy too!! I am so excited for you-I guess I missed the part where you didnt have Fearing anymore-but then I have been gone for a couple of months puter wise! At the time of my surgery, I also picked who had the first opening and no big wait-and at the time, it was Fearing! I think a lot of that changed when people saw her and then referred others to her-and didnt hurt that when Dr. Scott left-they were all left picking up his patients, you know? I pray for you every day. I am so happy for you-and I am so proud of you. I cannot wait until your on the bench-and your feeling better. All my love!!

Well, I better close for now-my furbaby is here-and reacking havoc-so I need to go check that out and then go out and get my whites put in the dryer so I can be finished with laundry that I started yesterday~ As always, your all in my thoughts and prayers-Janet

Good Morning, Jan & MO Peeps!

Jan, thank you so much for meeting me at Branson Landing yesterday!  I also want to thank you for patiently watching me try on all those clothes and giving me your HONEST opinion!  I really needed that.  I still feel like I spent way too much $$.  My husband was a little “shell shocked” when I first told him how much.  I tried on all the clothes for him and my 13 year old.  They liked them all except the leather swing coat….neither one of them liked the color.  I am seriously considering taking all of it back except for the 2 pair of jeans and the one brightly colored blouse I bought.  I have NEVER spent that much $$ on just a few items.  I just can’t seem to justify it.  I love the multi colored swing coat I got; however, believe I just wouldn’t wear it that much.  I’m going to be making a trip to the Plaza sometime this week to return most of the items.  I am going to look at their clearance rack as well.  I really wish I had bought that white, yellow and black blouse you liked so much!  I’m going to try and see if they have one of those blouses at the Chico ’s on the Plaza.  I will tell you that my dh told me last night to go ahead and keep all the clothes.  He never really has been upset about what I buy for myself; however, I think I went a little overboard this weekend.  I also bought two pairs of Clark sandals which I love and will get a lot of wear out of them.  I’ve also went down 1 shoe size!

Jan, I was so thankful the other ladies drove all the way home last night!  I was sooooo tired from trying on all those clothes!  I really did need to know what size I wore.  Would have never thought of a Size One or in the real world a size 10!!  Lol! 

We had a great time at the Women of Joy Conference.  Our church had 10 ladies and everyone really got along.  My stepdaughter, Erin, went with another church that had

69 ladies.  She enjoyed it but wished she had gone with us.  She did sit with us every

Night.  She even decided to go shopping with us yesterday and ride back home with us.  I’m so glad she did!   I love her so much and am so excited to see the Lord working in her life!  As most of you know, she is a single mom to a soon to be 3 year old boy.  She’s been laid off 3 times this past year.  The last time was just week before last.  She did start a new job last week and we both know the Lord provided this one for her.  It’s in the same office as my Sunday School Teacher (who is a realtor).  Diane (the lady she’s working with) is a strong Christian woman and will be of great benefit to Erin .  Erin has been in her class as well and they have a good relationship.  There are no coincidences in the life of believers.  Like I said, I’m so excited to see the Lord working in Erin ’s life!

There were over 3000 women at the Grand Palace every night.  The music was great and the speakers were wonderful!  Kay Arthur is a wonderful Bibl Scholar and teacher!  Karen Kingsbury was great too!  I’ve never read one of her books but plan to start now!  I wasn’t going to pre-register for next year, however, I really felt the Lord telling me I needed to, so I did.  Just seem so far in advance to think about.  They told us Sunday morning they were at 75% capacity for next year and that Monday morning they would be opening up the registration to everybody.  They mentioned that there were about 2000 people who weren’t able to come to this one because it sold out so quickly.  Just picture it 3000 women praying, singing and worshiping the Lord.  It was a great sight to see and to be a part of! 

Needless to say,  I am sooooooo tired this morning.  I plan on doing nothing but unpacking, washing my clothes and enjoying spending the day with my “girls” (2 toy poodles).  I also need to work on my Book of Daniel Bible Study.  I have really enjoyed the past 6 weeks, have 6 more weeks.  The Lord is showing all sorts of neat stuff about his Word. 

Janet – would love to see you too!  You are such a sweet heart!  I hope they somehow get your pain under control.  My mother deals with that and I know how hard it can be.

Debbie M. – will pray for your health.  I’m glad you’re back home and doing as well as you are.  Please keep us posted!

Everyone else – I hope you have a GREAT week ahead!  Remember “This is the day the Lord has made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it!”