WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY

Oh my goodness if I don’t start having some normal days soon  lord.

After Andy and I did our walk this morning. We walked 56 minutes pretty fast.  Maybe that is what we need to do instead of worrying about the distance just do the time. 56 minutes today and 60 minutes tomorrow. And so on.

 

Joe and I then went to Bolivar to buy these real expensive rain suits from this guy …got them for a great price , even with driving up there and back.

Stopped by the place where this guy makes the trailers. And gave him a down payment on the one he is to build us. We tried again to get him to just sell us the one he had made up all ready.

Then on the way back thru Springfield I had Joe to stop at the mall and I ran into this gift shop there and got my gifts for the reunion this week end.

Stopped at Walmart and bought a few things. Got home unloaded everything and started a big crock pot full of ham and beans. That is what im bringing to the reunion for Sats. Pot luck. Hope all of you like them. ..

Was watching tv for awhile and the guy that is making the trailer for us called and said hey you know what….come on up in the morning and get the one I already have made up on the trailer. So Joe will run up there first thing in the morning to pick it up and then go get it lic. So if we want to bring it to the reunion we can. But we had already planned on putting everything in the truck and letting Andy and Susan drive the truck over there.

 

Sure hope a lot of you decide to come Saturday and surprise me.

 

SUGAR:::: so did you decide if you will be down Sat for the day? Or what? That is sad that things started falling apart about the show.

Yeah I would be bummed too. With planning on taking them to something like that and then everything else get in the way.

But we will all be glad that you will come down ….

 

I know you are excited about the trip to Fla. I sure hope nothing happens to dampen that .

Did you talk to Kat? Does she think they will be ok where they are with Ike comeing to shore…

The boots I got are lace up but have a zipper on the side too. And have a square 2 inch heel. I love them . make my foot look small. Lol

 

Talked to Michele while ago and she was cleaning house. She said she started cleaning and nothing seemed like it was getting clean so she started taking things apart and was boxing up everything that was him and her together. Pictures, the few little things he ever bought her. And things that were his like things he left there like his deordrant and stuff lol

Said now she was at odds of what to do with it? Set it on fire, or what ? lol

I told her maybe she might not want to sit it on fire given where she lived the police might not like that don’t know.

Anyway she is keeping busy. Cleaning as she says washing him out of her hair.

 

That picture will surely be cute I think. With the sand and water and all of you in tan and white. Will be sharp.

 

 

DEB AND HARLEY::::: hey great on the scales moving that is always a good day . Yes walking a couple of blocks is what you maybe should have started with sweetie. Don’t overdo like that , lol. Cant start by running the 10K marathon you know. Takes a while to get the muscles back into shape.

That is great that Gail loves his job so many people have jobs that they hate …life is too short to hate what you have to do for a living .

Thanks for the info from your Nutritionist about the protein. Which I agree with but there is always so many others ideas too. I sure wish they could all agree. Lol I guess that would be too simple.

 

 

BEC::::: hi there gorgeous. . So so very sorry that they had to dig around in your arms again yesterday, and you certainly weren’t dehydrated after all of tha****er yesterday. I had to laugh to think about you drinking that 8 oz of water every 15 minutes. wasn’t that hard to do after awhile ? lol

So glad that you didn’t fall asleep coming or going on your drive yesterday.

I prayed for you several times yesterday morning , I was up at 5:30 with you on my mind so I guess that is what that was for . lol

So sorry your arm is hurting where they drew blood. Mine use to be hard to draw too before losing weight but now it is just bam there is the vein right on top of the skin and within seconds it is drawn. So lets hope you are that way too.

Tell them when you are having surgery to give you something to make you relax first before they start trying to get the iv in….that way maybe you wont care at least lol

They can do that and will for some.

Well sounds like we were all tuned into going to Kohls huh? That is where Michele and I went yesterday.

So glad that your levels were all good and don’t have to worry about extra this or that.

Oh I can see where you will be drop dead gorgeous too. I think you are already.

I think posting the before pictures is a very painful thing to do cause you are putting it all out there for every one to see but you will be happy that you have them on there soon.

Thank you so much for continuing to pray for Michele , it is helping so please everyone if I can ask it of all of you to please keep her in your prayers ..She really needs them.

Now I want to know why , when and where you are going to get to meet Jeanine on Oct the 29^th what is that date ? oh yeah that will be the time she comes up for pre ops right?

I sure hope she comes to the reunion this Saturday but at least comes to the Support meeting on the 22^nd. Im axious to meet her too. She sounds like a wonderful sweet person.

 

JANET:::::: hello sweetie how are you feeling today? Gosh I cant imagine how the pain is with you. I know how disgusting and horrible you can feel from pain. It is enough to make you so depressed because you have no where to go to hide from it. It is always there never goes away completely. Just know that there are lots of prayers going up for you all the time.

This day today has bitter sweet thoughts for me. 9/11 means something really horrible when you think of that day 7 years ago but my son was also born on that day and that is a good day to me too.

I told him to day that he was getting awfully old . lol

 

Yes The Minks should have arrived into Mexico around noon today I think. I know they are anxious and excited and all. I hope Brenda can email us about how he is doing.

 

LOL I know it wasn’t funny but I about fell out of my chair laughing when you were describing what the doc did and your reaction to him touching your tail bone lol

  You should have said all of that to him that is for sure. Bet he wouldn’t do that to someone again lol

 Well my computer is acting up again. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Im really sorry that your Dad is being so bad and wont try to straighten up. I guess some times there are some that no matter what just wont. And don’t care to. That is sad isnt it? Im just sorry that it is your dad , you have so much else on your plate you don’t need that too.

 

No Michele and Jason don’t have kids , they have only been married 6 years. And she was fixed a few years before he came along. We are hoping that her truck will be ready by tomorrow. Don’t know hope so and then when we go to the reunion we can take it to her …Hopefully she will be able to find a really good job to be able to take care of herself. I told her look , the groceries will be a whole lot less because that idiot ate like a hog. I mean it what he would eat in one meal was almost gross and he was a little guy. But would eat like 4 hamburgers at a time or 4 porkchops and all the fixings.

She said yeah what he ate in one meal I could almost live offfor a whole week. And I think she could.

 

Yes the problems with Joes neck is indirectily because of the accident. But no way of proveing it and couldn’t now anyway lol

No one (well almost no one) deserves to be in pain all the time. I know when I was fat and sat all the time I hurt day and night. And would cry the pain was so bad if I tried to walk. So I can imagine what you and Joe go thru and others that suffer all the time.

Joe said to tell you thanks for the prayers and he prays for my friends on here too .

 

Sweetie I don’t agree that you need to suck it up and go on. I think you need to face down these upcoming surgeries. I think you may be scared of them and it is keeping you from doing the things that you need to do to maybe get some or a little reliefe you can.

Sure hope you come to the reunion so we can all give you some much needed hugs…and you can have someone to talk too please if you feel like riding at all come down  , you and Renee. Ok

 

HEY LOOK ITS ANGIE:::::LOL hi Angie….I use to buy some of the Angel food stuff and it is really a good bargain .

Yes it is very hard to watch your kids walk down a path that you know is wrong and they are going to get hurt on but there isnt much you can do about it, most of the time they have to learn for themselves.

We found a different one that was bigger and better than the one we were going to get (trailer) that is Angie but sure want to thank you for keeping an eye out for that for us. It was a good bargain but we found one just a few miles from our house. For less. …

 

 

AMY:::::: oh I can imagine being so busy getting things ready to move and having two little ones like that. And also having all the doctor and therapists treatments.

Enjoy your week end with the hubby. Im sure you will.

Maybe you can get a lot of things packed while he is there, so he can watch babies will you work lol sounds like fun doesn’t it?

Take care will be glad when you get moved here.

 

 

JEANINE:::::: well I was starting to get jealous that Bec was going to get to meet you soon. but hopefully you and your hubby will be at the support meeting this month on the 22^nd.

Thanks for praying for my daughter. It means a lot to me when others say they are praying for someone you love.

You are one of those special people that bring sunshine with you in no matter how cloudy of a day.

Cant wait to meet you.

 

 

SHANNON::::: sounds like you are really getting excited about your vistors you will have soon. that is cool that you went and bought some toys for them too.

So how did the physical go with your pcp? Did he agree with you about the other test that you needed or didn’t need?

You know I have always though no big deal that one side of my nose seemed to not be able to breath out of at all but it has gotten to where I have trouble talking too. My throat stays so dry that as soon as I swallow it is dry again and so lots of times my voice comes out a weak raspy sound…all from mouth breathing or that is what they say anyway.

 

 

COR::::: Im so so sorry , did your insurance deny you this second time all ready? Or were you talking about the first time..? I am so glad that you will keep going if they refuse again.

Lots of people have to go thru about 3 or 4 times trying to get the insurance to pay. I guess your pcp thought she was doing you a good service by not putting you on b/p meds because you wouldn’t need them after surgery but she may have done a lot more.

 

You have a wonderful day and hope you enjoy every bit of it.

 

 

DEBBIE  D      :::::::: well there you are. Dragging up here at almost midnight. Lol no that is when im doing this post lol

Yeah I like Kohls too there is always a bargain there isnt there. Lol

Hey are the size 10 shoes wide width or narrow? And what are they , heels or what? I might be interested in buying them from you , I love shoes but hate breaking them in, they always hurt my feet.

Your new outfit sounds beautiful and I think I saw that one there. If so it is really pretty.

Yes we will have someone take our picture with all of our garb on lol and I will post it soon.

Hope you get the pictures on Becs profile soon. I know she doesn’t want to look at them but I think it really helps us to look at the before pictures and really admit to ourselves that we are fat. And they so help you have a reference to where you are after surgery.

Bless you Debbie D. and I want to come and play with you two one day after surgery. Lol

 

 

Forgot to tell you that when we were going out yesterday afternoon that a girl from down here was going after her kids and she flipped her truck on one of the curves on highway M. and she was trapped in her truck for about an hour. She is in the hospital but I don’t think she is that bad …. Just say a prayer for her and her kids they have it pretty rough.

 

Wanted to tell all of you how much I love each and every one of you

Take care and may this day be the most blessed that you have ever had.

LOVE AND HUGS

GOD BLESS

Hello Everyone,

Jan how do you do it???  WOW you keep up with everyone.  You're amazing. 

Well today I got so much done I felt like I really got alot accomplished!!  I bought me one of those Handi Vac's by reynolds--I am anxious to see how it works.  I'm just so flippin tired of wasting sooo much food!!!  I froze some potato soup I made on Monday in little storage bowls.  I'm not sure how long frozen food is good for though.  Anyone know???  I also peeled off the rest of the chicken from the rotissarie chicken I made and froze that.  I want to stock up on food before the season changes and my hubby gets layed off of work.  I hate struggling, I'm sure everyone does. 

I have a question about rice---tell me the good and the bad---I do use brown rice.  I just don't know about the carbs in it.  Are there alot and are they bad carbs???  I mean on all the diets I've ever been on they all said to use brown rice.  So I was just wondering about WLS patients and brown rice---how does that mix?

Jan I'm glad you found a better trailer and cheaper is ALWAYS better!!!  I got my tuck paid down to 1700 now---I can't wail til it's paid off.  I want to pay it off before the end of October.  We'll see how it goes.  I just want to be able to have it paid for before Christmas.   I'm going to schedule a September support group meeting tomorrow so I'll be posting the date and time for you all.  EVERYONE is welcome.  It's located here in Osage Beach at the library.  I hope everyone can come.  I've invited a few people I met on myspace to come---we'll see if they can make it. 

OHHH and BEC  I was mistaken about Debbie---when I said I met Debbie D a few times I was wrong it's Debbie C. that I've met--she lives here in Camdenton.    Although I'd love to meet Debbie D I haven't as of yet---but it sounds like you two had a great time the other day.  Did you all meet on here or somewhere else??  I'd so like to meet you all---everyone of you sound so sweet. 

What do you all think about starting a secert elf thing??  Sending little gifts or letters or emails or cards to each other?  I know some of you do that with your Angel but some of us never had an angel or well I didn't and would like to do something like that with you all.  Is that something you'd all be intrested in?  Or is there something like that already that maybe I could join in on?

Well it's midnight and my eyes are starting to get droopy so I guess it's bedtime.  Talk to you all soon!!

~Angie

PS **AMY**  you are such a SUPERMOM---you go girl!!!  There's nothing on earth that compares to a mother's love!!!

Hi Angie-

I just wanted to let you know (and I can only speak for ME) that ANY rice I do-it seems to swell up in my pouch and makes me feel gross every time. I have dumped on it a couple of times too-even the brown, which was my favorite pre-op anyway. I know I have heard others say the same thing about rice. Doesnt mean it will happen to you, tho-you know? I can sip when I eat and a lot of people cant-so to each their own.....I dont know that I helped you out-but just wanted to let ya know!! You look great-Keep up the good work!!! Love, Janet

Angie you flatter me way too much....if it wasnt for word i couldnt do the post the way i do. as you see im not today lol , we are at the resort and im using my laptop, and i dont have word instaled on it yet. ...
. like Janet said i can only speak for myself about rice. even brown rice bloats me and makes me have gas like crazy it is better than white rice but for me i just dont eat it.
carbs in rice isnt any good at all, there is way too much starch in it for me.

have you had any response about the secret elf ? there isnt any thing that i know of right now but if you want to do it then just do it i would say.

Rain, rain, rain!  My hubby and I were talking yesterday and both of us agree that in the past when we are having hurricanes happening they never seemed to effect us like these this season.  We have just had so much rain from them.  Do you all feel that way or am I off my rocker?  Yesterday was busy and I didn't get to come on and see everybody.  I have a prayer request for all of you.  We are really struggling finacially and my husband is so stressed.  He got paid yesterday and was so surprised when he looked in the checkbook and we only had a little left for the next two weeks.  Since he dosen't shop for the family he has no idea how things have gone up.  I was so mad because I got groceries and the things we are going to need for the next two weeks and went to ONE rummage sale and spent 8 dollars.  He FLIPPED!  He was mad that I spent 8 dollars on "just things" as he put it.  Now, I stay home and there are things we need for the house.  When we have these things at the house and Matt sees them he loves them and says so but then when we are short on money he starts complaining about those very same things he appreciated when I got them.  Its not like I go and buy things at 'real' stores.  I shop thrift shops, garage sales etc....  he has no idea how I plot and plan so I can stretch our money.  Sometimes I just feel unappreciated for what I do.  All that being said!  I love my husband of 16 years and any other man would have been gone by now I just so frustrated with him.  He is a great husband and father so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about him I just needed to vent.  One last prayer....  pray that God will send us some money fast!  Thanks and God bless, Penni

Penni i am praying for your finances , i know how hard it is when you have little ones ,groc just keep going up , gas going up and willl go much higher now with IKE doing his dance ...Please dont get discouraged  or depressed. God know what you are going thru. and he is aware . i will keep praying for you and please the two of you need to cling togethere and pull in the same direction. 

Good Friday Morning!   Boy oh Boy has this week flown by!!!   My personal timer has sent the count already this morning and it is 9 days!!!  we are now in single digits!!! oh my goodness I told her I am starting to get that lump in my throat when I think about it.... I just have to stay calm!!!   I had a blood vessel burst in my eye  again and it is bothering me today and looks just horrible!  What causes those?   I did not get very much done yesterday it took me the better part of 5 hours to write that post yesterday... I was so frustrated I lost it!!! when I had it done!!! I'm very slow writing them anyway!!!  Egads!!!  I think that was bout the longest one I had written too!!!   I don't have any special plans now till it's time for surgery but finishing up my projects around here..... I have my Gas~X strips already in the bag what more could I possibly need!!!  ~tee hee   I'm thinking about and praying for Dennis this morning ... I am just so very excited for him... I still remember him telling me he couldn't have the surgery, and how sad he seemed to be since he needed it so desperately on a count of the diabetes, my heart really went out to him.... I'm just so happy for him  and pray that he will eventually have a total resolution to that illness!!! and many others too!    Momma angel hen ~ you know what the funny thing about drinking all tha****er was?  I drank 64 oz of it before I ever went tinkle so I must have been dehydrated..... and YES by the end I WAS so totally sloshed!    I thank you for the prayers on the driving they make all the difference!!!  I really think that the c~pap is helping more than I realize even though I have a very hard time keeping in on all night long.... I guess I get enough more of 02 saturation that it does me more good than I realize?  I know I am not feeling so tired  in the day time either although it is not perfect....    I will continue to keep Michele in my prayers I have her right in my prayer book and will lift her to the Lord each day.   I sure hope that the I.V. situations is better.... I know I've told them before I'm a hard stick and some put that off like I didn't say a word and its not until I have been thru all this that they admit that what I told them was the truth! That frustrating!  I hope you are right about it being better after I lose the weight.   Jeanine is coming for her scope on the 29th and having it done on the 30th I think.... I am excited to meet her... I hope she gets to come to the reunion or the support meeting on the 22nd.  She is a wonderful addition to this family of ours!!!   oh heck everyone is!!!   Oh please doooooon't say that about me being gorgeous!!!  I know I will never be that! and don't even like thinking about it... I know there is something wrong with that picture but I KNOW what I am inside and out! and "drop dead gorgeous is NOT it!!! all you are so very very kind to say such things...but reality is what it is!  I will send Deb an e~mail so she can get my pics up on my profile here real soon... and yes you are right it is a very difficult thing to do not because I don't know how very fat I am .... I am probably the other way.... I "think" I am more HUGE than others have always told me I am.... of coarse those are always the ones that love me too!  oh this thing is so biased!! ~tee hee   Janet ~ I'm just so very very sorry for all you are having to deal with ..... I am praying for your dad and mom, and know this must hurt incredibly! and hope your day yesterday dealing with it was not too difficult.  I just don't know what else to say but I am standing in gap beseeching the Lord to move on your behalf!!  It is our hope!    Boy did I get a chuckle when you said you could not get Mike in a loin cloth!!!  Oh my!  I would be scared to death if Paul got in a loin cloth!!!!  ~tee hee  I'm so glad Mike is such a source of strengh, comfort and  is so good to you!    Sangie ~ Debbie D. told me it wasn't her that you had met.... sometimes it is hard for me to keep everyone separate on here... there are so many now!  Isn't that just wonderful!!!  Debbie D. and I did meet on here and I feel so incredibly blessed... she has been soooo wonderful and right there with me in most of what I have had to go thru since I was approved and started all the appointments in KS.  I did not know her before... I know without a doubt that the Lord brought her in my life for such a time as this!  along with all the other wonderful people I have met thru this site! It's simply fantastic!!!    I am continuing to pray that your cousin will make the right decisions and not have to go thru such hard times because of poor choices.... sometimes we don't stop to think how our actions just don't effect ourselves but those that love us.   Shannon ~ the toys sounded fun!  When do you have your hernia surgery and where will you have it done?  I sure pray that all goes good for you.  Right on the septoplasty... I should have known but do not have much experience with that, it sounds so painful!!!  Will you have that done too?   Cor ~ I want to encourage you even if you are denied again DON'T give up!!! Some of us have had to fight tooth and toenail but eventually you will WIN!!! The lady in the classes told us that it is the people that have to fight the hardest that have the most success over all..... I don't know anything about that but I sure can tell you I have a great appreciation for what I am about to do!!!  And am determined to make it a success if it's in my power to do it!!  You hang in there and try not to be discouraged.... dot all the i's and cross all the t's and it will pay off!!!!   Sugar ~  I got a tickle out of you calling that ole nurse a "blood sucker" !  ~too funny!  I'm still tickled about that!    {{{Deb}}} ~ Hey Hey that's GREAT about the 3 lbs.!!!  and too funny about "those evil  scales".... I think mine changes the way they weigh when they see me coming! ~ha   Amy ~ I would HATE it if my husband had to be gone for long periods of time and I hope you have wonderful weekend with him!  Will be so nice when things slow down for you a bit...sounds like you will have a big push before that happens....   Penni ~ I'm sorry you are having financial difficulties... it sure can put stress on a relationship,  will be praying that you are able to get things all worked out in that area.  Hang in there.   Debbie D ~ I will send you an e~mail later in the day and then you can put those dreaded pics on my profile... thank you for doing that for me.    Once again I pray for all those that will be on the road this weekend going to the reunion and that each has a simply wonderful time... I will be so interested to hear how it all goes and hope you enjoy the time you get to spend together!   Blessing to all this weekend and stay as dry as you can!   bec      

Bec i dont know if i can remember all that you have said but get your groove on girl. not much more time. lol
thanks for remembering Michele in your prayers, i really appreciate it....she seems to be doing well. we went to get her trucki today and they installed the new transmission and told us it has a bad knock in the engine. oh wow no!!!! anyone have a good nissian pathfinder motor ? lol
when you go for surgery ...just fold your arms and say ----look im telling you right now that im a really hard stick and it really hurts....and tell them all that you want them to know. and dont undo your arms till you know they are paying attention to you

just checked out your pictures that are on your profile. they are good and you will be so glad that you got them taken because you will be able to see the big difference in your weight and appearance even the way you hold yourself lol...

Hello all! And I will add to my sisters request for prayer for our other sister Kathy in the Houston area. They are predicting 60-100mph winds and flooding rains. She has horses so she will hunker down where they live and ride it out....

Okay, what's up with this? I havent had my monthly little visitor for about 6 months except a couple of times that was just one day of spotting. Wednesday night, here it comes and full force like when I was 15. Im going thru pads and tampons about every hour....why now I wonder? Bad cramping too! YUCK~~~~~~I hate it! Thought I had finished with all of that. I have gone thru 2 years before with none at all. My GYN said not to worry unless I started having more than one a month. I did spot about 2 weeks ago..just for about a day. Who knows???

The tickets have me bummed out. The show wasnt something I would have got tickets for myself. It was just because that is what the kids wanted to go see. Well, now Im stuck with 3 adult and 4 kids tickets to see High School Musical and am out $135. If anyone wants to go see it I would give you a discount on these tickets. They sell for $25 and $15 and I would sell them for $20 and $10 and if you bought them all I would take off another $25... that would only be $75 for $135 worth of tickets. It is at the Springfield Little Theater...any takers out there? If you have young girls or young teens, they would love it. Just email me if you are, [email protected] or call me 743-2902.

Ok, Im done with that. lol!

Hey sis, tell Michele to gather anything that is worth anything and go give it to a charity...at least make it worth something to someone. Unless it is just junk and then just put it in a box by the curb for the trash men. lol! I am so praying that she sticks with her guns and gets some help and stays strong. I also pray that she finds work soon that is a great encouragement to her and she doesnt go looking for another man. I also pray that the good LORD gets hold of her heart and does some housecleaning in there too. She is such a loving girl who needs to be able to share that love with others without fighting all the demons she has fought for so long.

I dont know yet about coming down on Saturday (kinda depends on my montly visitor, right now I couldnt drive that far without making a mess)  but am going to give it my best shot if things slow down. Can you send the directions again? Or post them again somewhere? I didnt copy them before because I wasnt going to be able to come. Sorry!  So how many are coming? I want to come  to hopefully meet Jeanine and love on Janet if she makes it. Bless her heart.

Wish everyone could make it to it...maybe next years reunion should be in a more central spot so some of the more northern girls would have a better shot at coming...Maybe we could find a church camp somewhere to rent to have everyone in one big building...boys on one end and girls in the other...lol! What fun...with big gathering place in middle and big kitchen...There is a big building like that at Windemere up by Lake Ozark..

Bec, so sorry about your needle ordeal...girl, doesnt it make you just want to "whack" them? I always think, "Let me try poking you with that thing for 15-20 minutes and see how you feel" I swear some of them never really passed that part of the test! lol!

Well, Bec, 10 days seems unreal. Weve all waited so long with you and it is finally almost here. GOD is good. Just keep up the good work and you will breeze thru the surgery and be on your way to "sexy mama" before you know it...And a 'gorgeous' sexy mama at that!

I want to thank all of you for your prayers about our trip and all the well wishes..it means alot to know that we are covered. You all are the best support system in the world!

My scale was teetering on 162 this morning!!!!!!!!!!! If I can keep exercising on a regular basis I think I will finally make it to 160 someday. NO! I will make it to 160! How about that for a positive attitude? Then I think all the 10's I have will fit good. I know alot of my 12's are too big now. Poor me, I will need to buy more new stuff...(sniff-sniff) Anyone needing 12's? Oh Bec, you will be soon! Cant wait to see you reach that goal.

Okay, Im rambling so I will close. God bless you all. Love ya bunches...