WHATS HAPPENING THURSDAY

Janet:

 

I just had to reply to your post.  First of all, I had morning sickness 24 hours/ 7 days a week all 9 months with both my boys.  It was miserable but so worth it! You are going to be a great Nana!

 

Yes, I am a grandma!  I have two stepchildren.  Josh is 26 and Erin (the only girl) is 24.   Erin has a little boy, Kameron, who is 3 years old.  Speaking of Kameron, I’m going to have to do a little bragging.  He can count to 30 in English, to 10 in Spanish.  He knows all his ABC’s and his colors!  He’s a smart little whipper snapper!  Honestly, you can have a full conversation with him.  Back in April I asked him how old he was.  His exact words were “I’m 2 and I’m going to be 3 in May!”  He was right!  Lol!!

 

I guess I take it for granted that everybody knows about my 2 older stepchildren when I talk about my grandson.  Guess I need to clarify that more often!  Wouldn’t want anyone to think my teenage sons have any kids! 

 

Debbie D.

My cousin got back to IL ok but he had to wait until I-80 was opened.    My family members are ok in IA as they away from the river so far.   Thank you for your concern.  I may not post a response to a lot of the personal things people post but rest assured I am thinking of you and you are in my prayers.  Dad did not go to LaGrange yesterday as the casino was closed due to the sewer not working - I had to laugh at that.  Its a boat but I guess it doesn't float.  Someone once told Dad that he had a problem with gambling - he replied "I know I can still pay my bills when I leave here, can you?"  My sisters & I want him to be happy and if he choses to go gambling every day and he can afford it at 79 years old he can do what he wants.  He knows there will be a time that he won't be able to drive so he is enjoying himself now.  He has been my biggest support person and nags me constantly to make sure I have my protein in and am getting my exercises done.  Living with my father these past few years has been a blessing - he asked me if I wanted to move in as the house will be mine one day and I needed to make my nest so to speak - I tell everyone he just asked me to move in with him to get my dogs and he has them spoiled rotten!  He tells everyone that that he needed a cook and dishwasher!  I know that after Mom died he hated coming home to a house with no one there.  He has been helping my younger sis alot since she has been out of work.  She has a great resume and job references and has missed only 1 day in 2 years but people look at her size and never call.  I get so tired of people telling me I am toooooooooooooooooooo skinny and i need to gain some weight.  I am trying but still bouncing around 145 & 150.  I just can't get 1200 to 1400 calories in aday.  My reply to people who tell me that is - "you have never seen me at this weight so you are not used to it"  Any other suggestions?  Shannon

Hello Everyone.   Not much going on today.  I baught a Magic Bullet the other day & Skyler has me busy making her fruit / crystal lite icee's.  We got Lynn a new grill for Fathers Day & he has been grilling.  Still waiting on Regina at MO Bar to get my info together & get it submitted.  I am trying to wait to call her until Monday to give her some time to get caught up after being on vacation, but I'm having trouble being patient.  Just to excited I guess.  Last night Nikee (Skyler's aunt) called me & said that Eric (Skyler's biological father) supposedly got out of jail yesterday,  I've been trying to call him, but it goes straight to voice mail.  He is such an idiot!  It's funny, when we were together, I thaught he was the greatest guy in the world.  Even tho I knew what he was doing was wrong & he treated me like crap.  I worshiped the ground he walked on.  Now since we're not together anymore, WHAT A FREAKIN LOSER!!!!!!!!   Love really is blind!  I think the thing that bothers me the most is that Skyler thinks he is GREAT.  She only sees him a couple times a year & he only lived 20 min away from us.  He is $25,000.00 behind on child support & doesn't care.  We've went through alot with Skyler, with depression & anxiety.  She's only 11!!!!  We went through a hugh deal a year or so ago with her wanting me & him to get back together & not understanding why we CANNOT be together.  I ended up telling her the truth about everything & she still doesn't get it.  It's just so frustrating to know that he is such a piece of crap father & she thinks he's so flippin wonderful. -- Sorry I guess I needed to vent a little.                                    Anyways -  Janet, will you send me your phone #.  I know I still have time, but I don't want to forget to get it from you before my surgery.   Is Megan going to find out what sex the baby is when they get to that point?   I had an ultrasound with Skyler at 9 wks & not another one until I got sick at 30 wks but she had her feet in the way & we couldn't tell.  What a luck baby!  you're gonna be such a great Nana.  Buying baby clothes is ssooooo much fun.  Getting diapers & wipes is a great idea.  That stuff is so expensive.  As far as the sickness, my vitimins made me terribly ill.  Tried taking them at night & that didn't help.  I ended up & had to stop taking them.                Tammy~ammy -  Good luck tomarrow.  I will be praying for you.      Thank's to everyone for listening to me vent.  Hope you all have a great day.   Love,  Angy

Hi all!  It's been a while since I've been on so I thought I'd say howdy.  HOWDY! 

Life has been CRAZY lately.  I'm busy busy busy with school and loving it.  We're studying the human body in biology and it's just fascinating to me.  I'm enjoying my voice lessons, and trying to memorize two Italian songs and a really cool arrangement of Scarborough Fair.  It's really a lot of fun.  I'm so happy I finally made the decision to go back to school.  I may even be auditioning for the show choir soon... lol!!  That'll be some good exercise!!! 

Yesterday I drove to O'Fallon and dropped my son of with my mother.  She lives in Ky and met me a little over halfway.  William will be in Ky for about 10 days.  I'm going to enjoy it and hate it at the same time. 

Tomorrow, Robert and I are leaving for Arkansas.  We're going on a canoe trip this weekend.  We'll be canoeing down the Buffalo River.  We're doing 10 miles tomorrow and 20 miles on Saturday.  We're going with a group from the base and there's about 30 people going.  I'm pretty excited about it.  I think we're going to have a great time, although my Sunday I may need a mechanical spine and arms!! lol

I am 5 weeks out from my surgery.  The 16th was a month.  I have lost 40 pounds and at my last measure, 17 inches.  I'm only 12 pounds away from the halfway mark and being in one-der land!  I'm pretty excited.  Maybe this weekend will help with that!

I finally found a protein drink that I LOVE, yes, LOVE.  I liked the nectar before surgery, but can't stand it now.. Protein Maximum or Protein Ultimate is the name of the new shake that I LOVE.  It's made by SEI.  It's sold under both names.  The chocolate tastes just like chocolate milk and it has 22 grams of protein in one scoop and only 3 carbs.  The vanilla tastes kind of like a vanilla tootsie roll, but I think it will rock with strawberries or a banana blended in it.  mmmmm yummy.  

Well, I hope everyone has at least one thing to be happy about and is doing well and enjoying the summer.  I'll be around again one of these days ;)

 

Hey Everyone,

Wow what a busy day today,  I didn’t think we had so much stuff to pack, it just keeps coming out of the wood work  lol.  Susan was off work today so we decided to get a lot done on packing and such, we almost have the entire house packed, just gotta tackle the office now, that’s a job on its own, in here is where we put all the stuff we never use  lol.  She is off again tomorrow so we are gonna take advantage of that and tackle the office,  we wanted to start it tonight but I think we’ve had enough for one day.  Geeze this  IS the last time I am moving for sure  lol   Jan your gonna have to bull doz us outta that house once we get moved in  LOL.  I started mowing the yard but didn’t get very far,  I’ll work on it tomorrow, that will be the last time I will have to mow this yard, for some reason this is such a tough yard to mow, it is just so thick and takes time to mow it all. 

 

Staying busy like this kinda helps me not be hungry as much,  the carb demon has been after me the last day or so, thank goodness I don’t have much of anything that I can’t have to eat  lol  we are pretty much trying to dewindle down our food supply cuz of moving, we’ll start over when we get moved.  I had a few things in our chest freezer so I got all that outta there and have the freezer thawing so it can be fresh and clean when we move,  geeze moving day is almost a week away,  we pick up the truck a week from tomorrow and will load it that Saturday and travel that Sunday, wowzers lol,   Jan no wonder your in a panic about getting done  lol  its coming fast.  You don’t know how much we appreciate all the hard work you and Joe are putting into that house, we couldn’t be anymore excited about moving up there.

 

Well Im gonna go have a shower and relax awhile,  So ya think ya can dance will be coming on soon, I like to watch that and will prolly fall asleep  lol.  Hope everyone has a good evening.

 

Andrew