WHATS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY

Today seemed to whiz by, we got to go and get our new toy , the gold wing trike , if you want to see a couple pictures of it go to my profile pictures and look it is there. We had fun most of the day on it after we got to the bank and to the owners and then to their bank ...and may have gotten a new member for our circle of friends group from the deal. The owners wife had lap band surgery and she said she didn’t get any sort of info at all and was really really disappointed in her surgery , that she hadn’t lost any weight. I ask her if she had had a fill yet and she said one but it didn’t do any good so I encouraged her to go and have another fill. And invited her to our group. I will send her a reminder about the meetings later on. She works nights but said she might try to exchange with a girl for that night each month. And Sugar sent me a new name too of someone she met.

 

Monique I need to apologize to your mother. Was Monday night her first time at the meeting too? If so I am very very sorry that I didn’t have another welcome package for her …please tell her that I promise that if she comes back next month I will have a present for her lol .

 

DEBBIE D:::::: lol im glad that you noticed I wasn’t here. That makes a person feel good .

Im glad your class was good for you yesterday. Hope today goes well too.

You said you were going to pick up the house???? You must be strong.

I don’t think I could do that .

Lol

Being stupid .

 

 

PENNI------ that is neat that you are getting a room added to your house. Don’t know how old your daughter is but im sure she will enjoy having her own room away from brothers.

Hope your allergies are better. I know how that feels. Not plesant to say the least.

 

 

JANET::::::: you know the same goes for you that you are such a good person to be around , I don’t understand how you can be in so much pain and not have any more complaints than you do.

 

Hey I love your account of the meeting , im glad I was there after reading all that you saw and did it may be happy too. Lol .

 

Yes as soon as you get all the surgeries out of your way you are going to be feeling so much better. With hernia, the female problems , the knees  when you get all of those pains out of the way and only have the back to deal with you will be thinking the back surgery will be a piece of cake…I so praying that you will let us know after Thursday what they say ok?

 

Lol I saw your eyes just glisten when you saw that baby girl last night. I told Joe boy Janet is going to be such an awesome grandma when Megan has her baby.

I bet she wont be spoiled tho at all. will she?

 

Have to tell you that you look as thin as Sugar already, if that is your goal. Then you are there. You both are tall thin women now, I sure wish I was as tall as you all are. I would love to have long legs like you two do.

 

Yep Jon has a vivid imagination doesn’t he? That is good ,good minds have good imaginations and know how to make something out of nothing.

 

Will keep Megan in pray about her classes and traveling back and forth. I know it would tear your heart out if they moved to Springfield now and you didn’t get to keep the baby for them .

Sure hope you get to come to the reunion. Just don’t make your self sick working. Will hold my breath and hope that you come.

Oh the plants that I gave you are the double orange daylilies. Will get you some elephant ears before the next meeting \

Thanks for the seal a meal. I will be using it a lot on garden stuff next spring anyway. Hopefully Joe will get a deer this year. (he never does) we sure do need one in the deep freeze tho. 

Oh you wouldn’t believe how much the O2 is helping me. It makes all the difference in the world how well im sleeping. But I still get very sleepy in the daytime, unless I take my pill the doctor gave me , they use it to treat narcolepsy, they said they didn’t know if I had that or not but gave me a two weeks supply to see how they did for me. They do great . if I don’t take it im going to sleep in the worst places like driving.

No I don’t drive much anymore but I did today and it was all right.

 

Yeah I know who you speak of about the cheetos. Don’t know how she survived there for awhile …she has eaten so weird things . I cant imagine trying to eat the cheeto right after surgery tho can you. And I didn’t think you were laughing at me …silly.

I know I do get fired up about some stuff and I don’t mean to come across as being miss perfect far from it , just like me not eating enough , I wasn’t and I took that advice from several that jumped on the bandwagon about it …I took the advice and I have been eating more and better and getting in calories. This whole thing just sort of messes with your head in lots of ways. All our lives we have tried our best to get our intake under 1000 to lose weight and now we are trying to get our intake up over 1000 to lose weight lol stupid and doesn’t make a lot of sence but that’s the way it works.

 

Well of course on the leather jackets and chaps and maybe some tattoos and nose rings too lol

Yes we will ride it to group if possible, I have so much stuff to bring each time. Maybe will figure out something about that. Oh thanks for the neat pair of pants those are really nice looking . fit perfect too.

 

 

 

JEANINE:::::: where is Compton Ark????? Sure hope you get to come to COF meeting next month. would have loved to have you there this month tho.

I do feel like everyones mama I guess , but I never coddled my kids when they were doing wrong I told them. . I know I get blunt and say things sometimes that I really don’t mean it as mean, I only want the very best for everyone on here. Right after surgery is such a hard time. I remember that I was so confused and didn’t know how in the world can you eat that many times a day and still not drink before and after for 30 minutes and get all your water in too. Seems like everything you though you researched before surgery just sort of goes out the window after surgery and you don’t know what you did learn and what you didn’t. is sort of like when I became a nurse. You have all these perfect situations and how to and what to do. Then you get your lic and hit the floor and it isnt anything like it. Your back to square one learning everything all over again on the floor.

Hey that will be wonderful if you can be there at the reunion. Would really like that. ….come on come on. We will love it and hopefully you will have fun.

 

 

 

BEC:::::: oh don’t you worry sweet pea after you have your surgery, I will come up and get you on the bike for the next meeting after your surgery so everyone that hasn’t met you can meet you lol 

Well I might be Joe if I haven’t gotten my lic to drive it yet . lol

 

I bet you just sail on by all those 18s. I did, I had several in my closet when I had lost weight before and I kept thinking I would get there again. well by the time I thought I had lost enough to wear them I had gotten too small for them.

 

Wasn’t it beautiful out this morning . it was 59 here when we got out to walk this morning. Hope it is like that in the morning.

 

I know my morning glories are sure pretty too and know yours are too. I have been busy gathering seeds from things. How about you? Oh yeah has your little  pea**** orchid plant bloomed yet , most all of mine are in bloom. If not I will take a picture of them and send it to you so you can see what they look like , you all are behind us in bloom times so it may not be time for it yet.

Oh that is wonderful that you slept 5 hours last night. Isnt it a miracle what sleep does for us. That is great that your feet weren’t swollen. Now who would think that it was coming from not sleeping. Well except these people that know that.

 

Wow im going to try the peanut butter shake tomorrow. See how it taste. Sounds good.

Wow if it pass the Paul test it must taste good. .

 

I was going to tell Debbie D that and forgot about putting some sort of little ivy in her cup that you got her. That would probably be the best and easiest to care for.

 

Thanks for all the whoo hoos that you all gave me over the bike picture. Joe is going to teach me to drive it next. I want to get that endorsement on my lic. Just in case I have to drive some day when we are out.

 

 

Oh I almost forgot , (HEY LOOK ITS ANGIE) sent me a web site and a lot of people that are on O2 or C-PAP machines, this is the site for you.

www.shopsleepsolutions.com

check it out, lots of neat things to help .

 

 

LOVE AND HUGS

GOD BLESS

 

 

 

Hey the trike is beautiful, I love it....vesta

Good Morning Missouri....

My dear  hen..... your too funny!!! I couldn't possibly get on that trike right NOWI'm quite sure my bootie is bigger than the back of it.... ~ha ..... although I always did say if I ever got one it would be a trike so maybe it would hide some of the derriere!  But boy would a ride be fun if no one saw me!!! 

I sure hope to get to a COF meeting real soon.... I had hoped to come before my surgery but man I've just had so many trips to K.S. and now even all points each direction that I just felt I couldn't do it... I'm sure things will slow down.... surly after I get this surgery out of the way and things get more back to normal... I hope.

I am just so thrilled for you and Joe!  I hope you get hours and hours of enjoyment riding it!  It sure is beautiful!  I showed it to Paul and he said let's get one!  ~ha  That sure won't be happening any time soon!

You know my little orchid did not make it ... I watered it and it did not die all at once but real slowly one leaf at a time till it was all gone... I sure couldn't understand it... I meant to ask you about it and just kept forgetting.... but the one hyacinth bean that made it is blooming and the castor beans have been blooming but are not more than a about 18 inches high???  Isn't that funny?  I thought they were suppose to be great big plants?  I just have to get out there and finish my lily bed too.. the weeds are out of control in it already... I have not felt like messing with it... but now that the mornings are getting cooler I hope to get things looking all spiffy around here again before I have surgery...

Will you save me some more of those dark fuchsia balsam seeds ... I only had one stalk of those, they are my fav..... I will gather seeds from all my other ones... I want to pull those others out and put the dark pink (or nearly purple) in those holes and plant the other ones somewhere else.... can you believe I only had two luffas in all those vines.... they have bloomed profusely but never another luffa?  I will pick them before too long and get the seeds to drying ... it does not look like they are growing any bigger now....

I only slept three hours with "the machine" last night.... I'm disgusted!  but not discouraged.... I WILL NOT give up on it... I will get it!!! The lady from the company that brought it out called yesterday and I was encouraged by our talk and then didn't do nearly as good last night....she said give it six weeks and I would see an improvement if I persisted with it.... at least my feet are still unswollen this morning ..... I'm right thankful for that as it is miserable when they are so tight... hurts to even walk on them!  I really feel for Andrew who has been dealing with it for some time now.... I am praying   he gets relief in a BIG way! I've not had to deal with this before now except when I was preg....  I have lots of compassion for anyone that does!

Yes ma'am that shake was delish!!! I forgot to say I put a couple packets of Splenda in it too.... but then I am pre~op and maybe post~oper's won't think it needs it?  It was alot of calories!  but then a lot of protein too...?  If I do it again I will split it up into more than one meal....

I got all the items checked off the list yesterday but oh my goodness I forgot to eat with the baby spoon!!!! drats.... I'm not used to it .... I will have to be sure lay the spoon next to the meds and list so I won't forget again!!! Seems like so much to remember I know I would not get nearly as much done if I had not make the little lists to use each day.... but I am so pleased at the progress thus far this week... it is only Wednesday but I'm doing more than I have up to this point.... hopefully I will be used to some of this and it will not be such a shock when it hits me all at once and if not?  well ... I sure didn't hurt myself doing it...  It has been interesting eating with that baby spoon... man oh man how many years did I "shovel" the food in!!! it really puts into perspective just how much we overeat when you eat such little bites and chew real good.... amazing!

On to more chores today... I hope to tear down the first room tomorrow I want to get my crafts out of Crystal's closet... she is sending a van load of things home with Paul's mom in a few weeks and I will need a place to put it all... goodness that girl has "stuff"... she is sending home all the clothes she is out of now.... that's going to help me out ... at least right out of the gate.... my sweet I hope you are right and I fly right past those sizes even if I'm nearly naked!!! ~tee hee  oh my goodness what a thought!!!!

Penni ~ I can imagine you will be ever so excited to move into your new room!  I remember when we finally got to move into this house from living in a RV for two years while we were building it ... it seems like a mansion!  It really is just a plain ranch style house but it seemed HUGE!!! at the time.... I hope you enjoy your new room much!   Janet, sweets, my  ~ NO CHEETOS for this girl! What a story!  Makes me an even stronger resolve to follow the rules post op... no matter what my "head" says! ~ha 

Tell me again where you are at with your dr. appointments.... I must not have heard "Thurs" this one or next?... I want to be sure and pray for you specifically.

Sugar ~ I WANT TO SEE THE BEDROOM SET! and your yard pics too!  I know they must be beautiful.  I have been gathering things for some time now to redo Crystal's room... I need to get a big storage bin to put all items in now that she will be needing the space again.... can't wait to actually see how it all comes together in the end... but more want HER to be in it while she is getting her doctorate... if that is the way it works out.

Angy ~ I'm sure thinking about you and lifting you to the Father knowing that in His perfect time you are going to come out of this and be a much stronger woman and have an awesome testimony of all He has done for you!!! Hang in there lady!

I get a smile on my face every time someone post of how good re-fried beans are after surgery.... it won't be long now and I will be saying "re-fried bean OH MY GOODNESS!" ~ tee hee  that's too funny! In the two years I've been reading on this board I bet I've seen that post at least two dozen times!  Love it! It's cute!  Oh how we learn to appreciate the small things in life!!!!

Well enough chattering this morning... I better get started on my morning routine.... have another day to check off all the list.....going to remember the baby spoon tonight.... ~ha

Have a really wonderful day!
bec

Hi "Biker Babe" Aunt Jan and OH Peeps~

Ok-I have lost my post twice due to the power going out-once I was ALL finished.....and second time, half way through and now I dont have time to do the whole post again...so I am making this short and I will be back on tonite after I get home-and we eat dinner.

Where is everyone? Our regulars? Sheila, Renee, Sugar, Lori and the others? I sure hope everyone is alright. I know that Sheila has an infection, but Im not sure how they are treating her. Dont know if she got the text I sent asking her HOW they are treating her-but I will text her again in a bit.... Which leads me to the reason I am even TRYING to post again.

I am basically posting to ask for prayer for several people. Please. First-for Angy, lets pray that she recovers quickly and gets her health back. This surgery isnt without complications, we ALL know that, BUT....it sure makes it a lot easier to recover when your not sick on top of it. She has been on my heart a lot-and I have been lifting her in prayer and I hope you will all join me.

Please pray for Sheila and her infection. For healing. Thanks.

I would like to ask for prayer for 3 of my children. First-for Megan. She got so sick yesterday, that she had to leave college 3 hours early and it took her almost 2 hours to get home. She had to keep stopping to vomit and felt light headed. I am asking for prayer for her and the babys health. Thank you. Then, my youngest daughter, Stephanie, for peace of mind and strength right now. (You will understand in a minute). Also, for my oldest son. He has been displaying some of his "old" behaviors again-and we just want/need to "nip it in the bud" right now. Im not sure Mike and I can go through this again. Seems like a viscious merry go round ride that we cant get off.

My 16 yr old nephew, Allen-(who is one of Stephanies best friends as well as cousin) he was diagnosed with Luekemia yesterday. He is the son of Steve-the uncle that just had the quad open heart surgery/bypass the 7th of this month! PLEASE pray for Allen and the whole family. Thank you. I have been praying that the Lord use me in their lives for whatever....dont have the answer yet. I just pray and cry, pray and cry.......I went and prayed with Stephanie and her other grandma yesterday. I wanted to be there for Stephanie-as she was so upset. As well as the rest of us. Anyway-I ask for prayer and I appreciate it.

I am going to get this posted and get to town. The big dryer burned out yesterday and today is going to be a LONG day-so I want to get started early helping Megan. I wish I had money to help her-LOL.. But, doing her laundry to pay her rent is going to have to do until I do.....

I will finish posting tonite. I hope you all have a blessed day-as always-your ALL in my thoughts and prayers! Janet

P.S. Jan-the bike is breath-taking!!! Oh my-I cannot wait to see it in person if it looks that good in a picture!!! CONGRATS Biker Jan and Biker Joe. Love you guys and so happy for you!!!!

OKay, sorry I didnt post yesterday but I had the whole day to myself and I didnt spend time on the puter much.

The meeting was wonderful and first let me say how happy I was to see Shawna and Liz...great having you there. PLEASE come back again. Usually we have more time to just talk and discuss. But the clothing exchange is a good thing too. 

If anyone would want to bring a treat for next month let Jan know. Of course it has to be sugar free and low carbs...lol!

Hey Bec, it is good to see you back on the board...missed you. I dont know if I can post my BR pics or not, Im not computer savvy. You just need to come see it.. Maybe some of us can get together at my house for lunch one day...anyone interested? I make a mean chicken salad...

Janet dear, when i was looking at you Monday night I thought about how gorgeous you were looking. I thought how wonderful it will be for you when you can have the tt done and feel better about yourself. I think you look great now, but I know you will percieve yourself better once that is done... and sweetie, you are at least as small as me, maybe even smaller. You definately will be when you get the tt done. Wish I could afford one but would have to get a job to be able to do it. I cant find a job that they will pay be to just have fun, run around and shop and plan parties.... If anyone knows of a job like that, let me know.

Okay, here is my plan for today. Im going to go pick up my rings, put them on and thank GOD that I found them and pray that HE never lets me forget where I put them again. Next Im going to go pick up some wooden leg we had custom made for our new dresser (it needed to be up off the floor for a air vent to flow) and then I need to go buy some more fish for the pond. Other than that I dont have much to do...OH except tonight we will move the last of Chelles things to her house cause she closes today at 4!  YIPPEE SKIPPEE as Bec would say! 

She was so releived yesterday when they told her that. Her nerves have been shot.

Well, I will pray for all the requests and especially for Janet's family and for her! Everyone please ask GOD to give her relief from the knee pain until she can have the replacement done...Knee pain is just about the worst.      Janet, honey you wont believe how much better life will be when they are fixed and you can walk pain free.

Love to all and blessings....Kim if you are reading this, join in the frey and talk to us.             SUGAR

 

Good Morning Hotrod mama and all you fine OH peeps!!!

Jan you are just to cute on that trike girl, a real biker babe!!!!


Compton, AR is just above Harrison Ar, we live up a mountain called Gaither. Harrison is about 30 miles from us downhill LOL, then Harrison is about 30 miles from Branson, so we are very close to the state line. Sadailla is like a 3 hour drive about the same as Little rock would be, however I really liked Doc. H. MUCH better not to mention the people from this board are the VERY BEST!!!!
I am not from the midwest orginally im from SW Georgia, hubby is orginally from KS, MO. Independance to be exact. I have a HUGE irish family tho hubby mainly has his mom and sis so when his sis moved to Compton, when he was in high school he and his mom followed, so here we be LOL. Tho with the last few trips to sadallia we have actually been thinking of looking into houses there, we love this house its GORGEOUS here but its 30minutes to everything, winters here with our driveway can be a mess for sure too. OMG my first year here I almost didnt make it, we had a awful ice storm and I wanted to go home BAD!! DH assured me it was not like that usually hehe that was 8 years ago and never seen it that bad agin!! THank God!! I still miss home, my family all live close to the Florida line so I miss the beach soooo bad!! I dont miss the heat or humidity however, LOL,going home during the summer to visit is hell for me and hubby OH boy he has been with me once in the summer and I will likely never get back there when its really hot agin haha.

I better stop there, dont wanna write a book here, I still have to work on my profile, like I promised Jan, that way ya have a choice to read it or not haha.

Janet.... I added to my prayer list this morning, rest assured I will pray for them all and you dear lady, your plate is so full,I hope that things will begin to look up very soon for you!!!


Angy, Sheila and Ms Deb... Im praying for you all!! I hope you will all be feeling better soon. HUGS!!!

Well sister is calling so I better go see what is up with her today. I am the youngest of my moms 4 natural girls but Im the one they all call for advice lol, pray I will have something to say to at least make her smile if not help fix it for her hehe!!!




Have a great day all, HUGS!!!!!!

Jeanine


Opps Sugar snuck in while I was posting.. GRATS on the new bedroom and especially on the house to yourself!!!!!! Grats to your daughter and her family on thier new home!!!
I hope you have a great day in all your finery/jewelry !! BTW if I find a job like that i will try and not snag it for myself and let ya know haha!!!


Jeanine

Thanks Jeanine, We have family in Harrison...my husbands brother lives there.

I got my rings and man oh man am I ever thrilled with them...I feel like a rich ritzy lady!  lol! they really stand out since they are all shiny clean...

Im still excited over my bedroom stuff too! I get taken aback everytime I walk in there! lol!

Jan, I am still looking for the game!

Just wish I could be part of your circle but I only get to Springfield rarely and its on weekends.  The 5 hour drive would be to much for me LOL.

Going to Kansas City thur. to get my new dentures on Friday then after that I am heading to Spf for my grandkid fix!  Will head home Monday morning to try and beat the rush.

So if any of you in the Springfield area see me or think its me say something~~~~~Daughter in law and I will be out running around.

Have froze 2 big gallon bags of apples ready to go into a pie and will put them in the cooler so they should be o****il I can make the pies when I get there.

People have picked our apple tree almost clean, I did ask 2 ladies last night to check the ones on the ground as they are just as good as the ones still in the tree except for a bruised spot or 2.  One of the ladies asked what she could do to pay for the apples and I told her nothing except maybe make Dad a pie or something.  A neighbor made some applesauce and brought it over for him.  I thought that was so sweet of her.  She was so concerned that I couldn't eat any of it but I tried to reasure her that it was ok.  The garden is almost finished except for the next crop of green beans and the turnips - hate to say this but will be glad when its done this year.

You all take care and stay safe this weekend.  I will be MIA for a few days unless I can get on Dan's pc while I am there.

Hugz - Shannon

Hey Everyone,

Was a really nice day today even tho I didnt get out and do stuff outside like I want and need too.  Went walking with Jan this morning but had to cut it short, my one leg is swelling and hurting a bit, I dunno whats goin on with that.  I have a dr appt next week so hopefully I can wait til then,  Im just gonna push on through walking tomorrow,  I can always tell when I dont walk or dont do the whole thing,  I know walking is really helping me to get this silly weight off. 

Jan that Trike of  yours and Joes is so awesome looking,  you two are gonna look great riding down the highway  lol.  If you decide to ride to the COF meeting  you can put the stuff you need in our car we'll be more the glad to carry it for ya.   I think I about got Susan talked into start walking a lil bit in the evenings,  she was gonna go this evening but she didnt want me to get out with my leg swollen so hopefully tomorrow I can get her out there and walk a lil.

Janet it was really great to finally meet ya, even tho I wasnt sure who ya was at first  LOL  I should of just asked ya  lolol.  Thanks for keeping us in ya prayers,  I need it with this leg swelling,  I know its gonna be all good,  the devil seems to always through something at ya to try and stop ya from doin things.  You truly look amazing with all the weight you've lost, you look like you've done so well,  we'll sure keep ya in our prayers to get that knee and stuff healed,  you really deserve it.

Well I guess I've sat here enough, gonna go get my leg up again,  ya'll have a great night.

Andy

Andy, have you tried TED hose or some compression stockings? You might have to special order them if your leg is really swollen large, but most pharmacy's will measure and order them for you. Don't know what your insurance is but sometimes if your Dr. will write a prescription for them they will pay for a certain amout of pairs per year. They can be hot, but you can also just wear it on the one leg  that is swelling. They are also a pain to get on, but after you have done it a couple times it gets easier. Liz