WHATS HAPPENING TUESDAY ALREADY

Hi Auntie Biker Babe Jan and OH Peeps~

I hope that everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I am ALWAYS happy to have an extra day with the family. I hope you all did too, and that everyone was safe.

Can I really be the first one to post? Well, it is 3:30 and there probably are not many people who are up and about unless they are working-LOL....Its my night not to sleep again.......Im tired too-so go figure.

First things first. I got a text from Angy this morning-they scoped her and told her that she was bleeding from somewhere they had "put her back together" at-BUT....They expected it to be alright-no further surgery needed. She said she was going to be able to try and eat today. She did get her blood transfusion last night. I tried calling her room-no answer. I text her 2 more times today and no answer. I am PRAYING that she texts me in the morning-PLEASE everyone-Keep praying for our girl. I told her that everyone said Hi and that we are ALL praying for her and send her love and hugs. She hadnt had anymore vomitting up blood-and no more bloody #2's either.

Lets also pray for Lori, guys. She shouldnt be having these kinds of problems at this stage. Maybe its something simple and she has a good dr., so he isnt going to waste a minute of time finding out what is wrong with her-BUT...In the meantime, lets lift her in prayer as well-for her complete healing. Thanks.

I got a text from Tammy about midnite-Heather was at the hospital and in labor. Her contractions are 2-5 minutes apart and looks like the Dr. wont have to induce her in the morning after all, LOL...Tammy is so excited. (I KNOW how she feels)...Anyway-lets pray that mother and daughter are healthy and that her labor isnt too bad....Thanks.

Well, Mike and Aaron went to the track early Sunday morning to get a good spot for us to back into-and use our shelter and have our own chairs etc-and BBQ right there.....Megan, the boys and I-we got there much later. It was a clustered mess for a bit, but Stephanie was cleaning for the money-and my mom had to help her...well, my mom got really sick, and so I helped Steph for a little over an hour and Megan and I had gone to the grocery store between her laundry loads- so we were all ready to get. We had a great time at the races. They had fuel altered (very LOUD and rumbles your WHOLE body when they pass you...Then-they had the jet dragsters-and MAN do they fly (haha-its a REAL jet engine in the car!!!) They also had the jr. dragsters-which Jonathan has informed Mike that he WANTS ONE-and they do anywhere from 55-80, depending on their division and they are just a smaller version of the big dragsters. Pretty cool. The boys wanted to walk around in the pits for a bit-and I KNEW that between Mike and I-we werent walking very far. Since we were almost to the finish line (could see the starting line, however) we drove Megans car to the entrance area-and then just walked a little bit and let the boys meet the drivers and look at the cars. One gentlemen, we have seen him there before-he asked if he could give the boys a picture of his car....Jons eyes got huge and he was so happy!!! Of course, he couldnt hear much, because he had those huge earphones on- They had such a good time tho-and it was nice having Megan and Aaron there with us too. Megan did get sick-but only once and at least when she had to puke-she made it far enough away from us that we didnt have to see or smell it!! It was pretty warm out there-and that would have been too nasty! We couldnt believe how empty the races were. Probably about 1/2 of what they normally have-for racers AND spectators. It was actually pretty sad. Its got to be the gas prices and so on.....Stephanie told me that she would like to go-but she didnt have the money. I told her that I would pay for her to go and she wouldnt have to buy food because I had it already....then she said she better not cuz she had a headache and the heat was making it worse and she didnt want to be out in the heat....Couldnt control that one-LOL-So, she didnt come with us.

The kids are really struggling right now because Megan CANT work. We dont even think she will make it through this semester in school. We are hoping she can, but she has already had to leave early and has only been there 2 days...She goes on Tues and Thurs. Their out of pocket for the pregnancy is going to be 180 per month-for labor and delivery. They have this years deduct and then starts over in January-and NO-there is NO ROLLOVER for that, even IF most of it IS met the last 3 months of the year. Some insurance companies will do that-but not the one they have now. I told her that she needs to go apply for medicaid-and use it as a secondary. They will keep the regular insurance through Aarons job-but this way, they wont have to pay so much out of pocket. I told her to check and see if I could sit in class for her and take notes or whatever-since it is a medical condition....I am more than happy to help her out for a bit-I dont think they do anything like that, but its sure worth a shot. I feel so bad-she will be talking to you or something and just throw up. It gets BAD... Friday-for Aarons B-day, she ended up getting sick ALL over her car, the hatch to be exact, her shirt, her shoes and even on Aaron-she just starting crying because she is sick of being so sick and then she is miserable because of all the changes in her body that hurt...... I think this will be the ONLY grandchild I get from them, unless she has them like 15-20 years apart!!! LOL....

Today we invited the kids back out to BBQ. We had plenty of left overs from last night at the races and I didnt want it to go to waste-so they came out and we BBQd burgers, dogs and brats. I made corn on the cob and my famous baked beans too-the guys put up a badmitton set, brand new-I bought it at a garage sale for $3, it came with 4 rackets and only 2 birdies-and of course-Darrel hit them so hard serving that BOTH went up on the roof....Jon was SO MAD! It didnt come with a volleyball tho-was JUST the badmitton, so I am going to check and see how much the volleyball costs-it may be cheaper to buy another set-because you can get them now with the badmitton AND volleyball all together for $20. Mike wants me to get 2 more rackets at least and another pkg of birdies-so I will add all that up and see what way is cheapest. Wont be doing it ASAP-but later.

Ok-so I was in the laundry room trying to sweep it out-as Darrel had used the weed eater around the outside of the laundry room, but left the door open-so there was grass everywhere. I go to shut the door to sweep behind it-and guess what was SLITHERING behind my shelf? YES-a big black snake. OMG!!! I almost woofed my cookies! Then, I was freaked out that it would get in the dryer OR my laundry basket with the clothes in it.....I made Mike go out with me when I changed out the laundry. Mike said that more than likely it went down the drain pipe area right there...IF I see it again-I wont be doing ANY laundry out there. I will just go buy more and more clothes-LOL....

I finally got to take Darrel today and finish up his school shopping. Got some really nice shoes (sneakers and dress shoes) and we had to get a new backpack. His other one broke the 2nd day of school. Im so glad he is not picky. He is one of those that looks, but doesnt take forever to find something...He does bounce back and forth tho-saying what do YOU like, Mom? Im like-Darrel, IM not the one who has to wear them-so are they comfortable AND do you like them? Done... Then, of course-we headed straight to the baby section to look at the cribs and things like that. WOW-they have so much more of a selection than they did even when I was pregnant with Jon. Sorta overwhelming, tho. We arent doing anything else until we have VERIFICATION that were having a girl....... Such soft little jammies and adorable little dresses....little ruffly tights and socks. Little leather mary jane shoes-soooo cute!!!

We have gotten several calls at the motel already for people being shipped from Louisianna. They are bringing bus loads of evacuated people to this area. That will fill us up again...but we will gladly give them as many rooms as we can.

Well, I am going to get my responses done and go lay down for an hour or so. I have to take Darrel to school in the morning because he has a huge art project and it will get ruined if he were to try and take it on the bus...then I will come home and get Jons school work started. He is doing so well with his home schooling and I have to actually MAKE him stop-he would do a whole workbook a day IF I let him!!! Im glad he is having fun tho. Makes it so much easier to teach him. We are going on a field trip Weds to the conservation and Audobon center...He will LOVE that.

**Jan-I will sure keep praying for your daughter. I give her a lot of credit! Im glad she called and she was honest with you-she was owning up to it-and thats the first step. You telling her that your proud of her meant a lot to her, Im sure. You didnt put her down for making a mistake. Thats a good mama. But, then, we KNOW your a GREAT Mom-cuz everyone thinks of you as the "motherly" type and your wise and keep us on the straight road IF we start to get off the path. Always respect you for that. Love you lots....

I wont be greety-I was just playing with you!!! I sure wish I had YOUR talent when it comes to flower beds and ponds etc. I sure wish I did. I still have quite a few flowers that look just beautiful~!!! Those catalogs you get-are the things in there cheaper than what you pay at Walmart or Lowes? IF they are-would you email me the website so I can order a catalog from them?

I saw where you responded to Brenda-but I didnt see a post from her. I saw where Bec said she cant see Loris responses-and so I wondered if I was having that problem too-cuz I didnt see anything from Brenda. If you did-is she doing okay?

I cannot wait for Thurs. I get to get my hair done and spend the day with Renee. She is going to pick me up in Monett in the morning. Megan will drop me off on her way to school and then pick me up on her way home. IM SO EXCITED! My hair is long enough that I shouldnt look like a poodle after the perm-the weight of my hair should keep them loose-Im so excited....

I will talk to you later. I still need to get that email to you-anyway-Love ya and thanks for posting for me Sunday about Angy-I appreciate you so much!!!

**Sugar-I sure hope Rick had a great b-day!! So-at Fuddruckers you can hold a baby alligator? WOW! Do they have a place you can swim with the dolphins? I cant wait to see your pics!! You never did answer me about if you were gonna make it to the reunion or not? Anyway-Love ya and thanks for the prayers. I appreciate them.

**Bec-did you have a good weekend? I hope you took some time from cleaning to enjoy your hubby. I hope so....I will get your email answered as soon as I have some time-in the next day or two-ok? Thinking about you and praying for you. Love ya.

**Lori- I hope and pray that your doing better. PLEASE CALL DR. H's OFFICE FIRST THING!!! PLEASE. Girl-I had some issues similar to yours 6 days out-and I got dehydrated cuz I couldnt keep ANYTHING down and even water was just awful....anyway-they wanted to put me back in the hospital because of the dehydration and infections I had. So, dont wait too long, please-something isnt right and we want you to find out what it is - so you will start to feel better.....Praying for you. Keep us posted please?

**Vesta-Im so glad that your sons divorce is final and that SHE didnt get away with her games and such-GOOD! Its about time that justice is done-fairly!!! Is he doing better now? I sure hope so. We will continue to pray for him and the grandbabies. Love ya.

**Andrew-Hope you get some answers when you go to the dr. Please keep us posted and keep your chin up. Keeping you and Susan in our prayers.

**Jeanine (Pointing finger at you)...Didnt you say you would get that profile done? come on now, or we will have to ground you!!! LOL....Hope you had a good weekend and thats why we havent seen too much of you!

**Sheila-Renee-What in the world am I going to do with you two? Renee-I know you were going to the concert and we have both had a lot going on and havent been able to talk like we are used to-but....We will get back to it-I will talk to you later on today....Sheila-you too. I want to see how your first day back to work went. Hope your feeling better and your infection is gone!!! Love you both.

**Jennteel-I did send your phone number to Angy...I will also resend it to her tomorrow if I havent heard from her.

Have a great Tues everyone. As always your in my thoughts and prayers. Remember to pray for Angy and Lori-and then our preops waiting for surgery-Bec and Dennis....and then Andrew and Susan....and for Tammys daughter and baby that will be here any time now-and then also, one last-my daughter, Megan...for her and her baby and their health. Thanks...Janet