WHATS HAPPENING FRIDAY
What a day!!! Went to Micheles to help her get some things done that she couldn’t get done on her own or I guess she could have but she said she needed a little help ...we took her a load of wood made quite a pile of it ...stacked it for her and had her a big bunch of kindling too.
Then we helped her get her flower beds cleaned out and she and I planted about 40 tulips that I had given her...she was all excited about getting them planted and seeing them bloom next spring...i guess she has the heart of a gardener too. Lol
Did a lot of things with her ....that most of the time takes two people to do...we had a very enjoyable day with her....talking and doing like mothers and daughters are suppose cto do...we haven’t had that in years and years...wonderful day for me ...THANK YOU GOD...
Basically all of that is what I did today so nothing spectular in the eyes of someone watching but to me was a day I have dreamed about for a long long time...
PEGGY:::::: those seizures worry me girl...are you taking anything to keep from having them?? Even if stress related can cause some serious health problems....they don’t think there is a problem with driving?
We will keep you in our prayers for your gall bladder surgery in the morning.
Wow that is something about that person on the main board isn’t it? Sometimes I really wonder about the human race don’t you?
Yes we will be there on the 19th unless after your surgery you don’t feel well so don’t hesitate to tell us if that is so. Ok?
We loved meeting you Monday night too , what a surprise and that would be to see a group of you come in to our meeting wow. Would love it tho...
JANET::::::wow im not afraid of snakes and I think I would be jumping around if I had one in my laundry room lol ...your son was very brave ...to take care of mom and brother like that...i hope you gave him a big hug and praised him for being so brave...
The diamond ring story was so good. You had me going right along with you on that one. Glad that it came out ok...
One other thing I have to say about your dad...is that he doesn’t deserve a daughter like you and I think you are wise to just cut him completely out of your life. All you are ever going to get from him is hurt...over and over. Much as your mother has by taking him back and I agree with Vicky , he has never had to take responsibility for anything he has ever done.......love you and I know that saying cutting someone out of your life is easy to say but lots harder to do in real life. ..
We will talk about the price of the stove...you cant just give it away ....and as far as the price of staying in the trailer...i tell you what, I will charge you what you charge me lol
How will that be...when we get it done it will sleep 5 or 6...so would love having you all down for a week end. That would be great....fantastic. wonderful.
Oh wow the camp out would be great and with all the activities it would be enough for everyone to do wouldn’t it....sounds like a winner to me..
Count me in
Oh yes if you want to take hold and do the Christmas party for COF that would be wonderful...i know you like doing that stuff so you just go for it ....if you need anything I know that Sugar loves that too. Just tell me what we are doing and what I need to do ...
Hey that is an idea on the girls potty training..i think I will ask Kim if she wants to try that with Mikaela ....she loves pretty clothes so it might work...
BARBARA S::::; love the pictures they are very good...
Baby calves are so cute aren’t they, we raised cattle when I was little and loved to see the new babies ..we raised the reddish ones with the white faces and the babies would be so white and clean...so pretty...
Glad that you don’t have to feed him every 2 hours that would be bad wouldn’t it?
SHEILA::::::: so sorry that you are still in a lot of pain...take care of yourself and quit trying to do things that you aren’t suppose to do. Ok???
DEB::::::: hope your day was filled with lots of sunshine and happiness...talk to you more tomorrow....hope you found Gails overhalls...
SANDY::::::: wow that is amazing that your and Tammy V live so close together...small world isn’t it....that would be great if you could get her to walk with you,,,I think it would help her a lot ....that is a great idea..
I get that way, real shaky if I haven’t eaten enough protein. Too..
ANDY:::::: I promise I will be ready to walk tomorrow...we aren’t going anywhere and I told Joe that we have got to spend the day working in and on the yards. Getting all the limbs and stuff cleaned up...plus getting everything ready to be covered and all with the straw.. not time yet but will be as soon as the elephant ears dry some.
Oh I have you several for you to decide where to plant at..
Will see you in the morning....
LOVE AND HUGS
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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GOD BLESS YOU TODAY
JAN COOK
I got a call from Regina today and she knew nothing about me making it to my appt, the pics or letters I took!!!! Something had kept eating at me about calling to make sure I hadn't fell thru the cracks but I didn't want to seem pushy.....Any ways they did put my letters in my file but they didn't print the pictures and put them in there...So now she's on the hunt for the dang pictures!! How in the world she suppose to even tell which person is me...The pics they take are only of the dang belly area! ..Im going to call her back and ask her about it and see if she found them....Because Im not going all the way back to Columbia just for pictures again!!! .... I can take the darn things and send them to her......
Now once she has it all together and sends it in, it can take a month or so for medicad to get the decision made and back to them...Then if Im approved she has to send the info too the Dr.Mcintire(sp) and I wait for them to call me for an appt....She said he is pretty busy so who knows when I will get a surgery date!!.......So looks like it will be after the first of the year before I get to get to it .....Then the dang issue is the weather.. I rescheduled my 6mo post op apt 3 times and never got to go because they had so much snow and ice in Columbia last year.......I finally had them tell me what they wanted and had my doctor do it and send it to them....
Guess Im going to have to break down and buy me a few pair of pants now....I put it off because I was under the impression Id have my tt in or around Nov and any thing I would have bought would have been to big after surgery.....I basicly only have capris... Might just do joggen pants and say to heck with it....Think I will check out good will and the thrift store first and see what I might find....They usually have a bit of plus sizes.. I have to have 18's in stretchy type pants and 20-22 in anything that dont stretch....I actually prefer 24's in some of them because I have wore stretchy stuff for so long that it hurts in my waist line when I wear snugger ones that dont stretch....
All I could think about today while I layed up in the bed bawling was tomorrows another day.....tomorrows surely got to be better...this is only bump in the road..... And it was even more depressing to feel that depressed and not be able to pull myself out of it.....
I am so glad I got something fun to do tomorrow so I can get my mind off all that stuff.. Im taking Cheyenne to get her first pics made......Then her and Christa are staying the night with me.....I have a lil pumpkin out fit I got at a thrift store for Chy and since she is too little to drag around like that Im going to bundle her up and she is going to help me pass out candy.....Im really looking forward to that too.....Been out in the country for the past 13 years and haven't got to pass out candy in a long long time....I can't wait to see all the lil kids come up in their costumes......And after my lil witch (Christa) trigger treats for a bit she will be coming and we are going to watch a few scarey movies (she luvs em) and eat popcorn......
I hope you all have a great Friday.....I will be praying for you all to have a funtastic and safe time with your kids tomorrow night......
God Bless each of you....Luv & Hugs...Tammy~ammy
Tammy~Ammy
~~~Happiness is being Christa's Nanna~~~
Start~474lbs /Now~285 /Goal~200lbs
Surgery:06~04~07 Total~191 lbs down!
Last night was a difficult night. My stomach was on the war path yelling feed me all night. It kept me awake for a while. I managed to make it thru. A deacon from my church came by to pray with me about my surgery. I think it really helped me. I just need to stay well. I can feel the sinus congestion building. I have lots of allergies so I keep hoping that is what it is and not a cold. I am thinking positive.
It seems like time is going by so slowly. Today makes day nine on liquids and I still haven't cheated although I have my eye on an egg. Good thing I am working. It is even weird I want an egg. So I am at least changing my thoughts on what I want to eat. It will change again I am sure.
I hope everyone has a safe a happy halloween.
Today i start my liquid diet I am sooooooooooo excited hahaha, all the people at the hospital said wow bummer no trick or treat candy I said man who needs it, I was allergic to it anyway it broke me out in POUNDS haha!!!
Lets see where to start. scope was not bad at all just the hour before it wasn't much fun think every person in the place stuck me at least twice each LOL, I felt so bad I made them work so hard, between them and the blood test at the hospital yesterday I look like a black and blue pin cushion, lets not even talk about the blue boob I have from the echo haha. Brought home a souvenir too a couple of electrodes from the EKG, plus the echo lady found one while she was squishing my boob, I mean looking at my heart haha. I sure hope the electrodes didn't show up on the chest xray I had after the EKG haha I can see it now ummm Ms snow you have a mass in your chest hahaha!!
All in all the two days were not that bad, tho seems I get to be special and get a weirdo anesthesia treatment doesn't sound like the most fun way to do things but I will do whatever they tell me or go thru whatever I have to to get this done!! Seems the anesthesiologist thinks I have a very short umm fluffy neck LOL NO really ya think haha, anyway seems he is afraid it will be hard to get a breathing tube in where he needs it to be past my vocal chords, so he says I will have to be awake while he puts in a fiber optic light that he will attach to the breathing tube in order to see how to get it down safely and without putting me out and stopping my breathing to do it till it is in place. I get a added bonus of the tube staying in until I am fully awake and breathing on my own before it is removed as well, FUN, FUN, but it could be worse, he said worse case scenario I could have to have a trach but he doubted it would come to that, THANK GOD!!, Tho even if that happens I have Angie to look at and KNOW she went thru so much more than that and look how wonderful she did, so I KNOW I can do this since she shared her amazing story, Thank you Angie you inspire me so very much girl!! At any rate unless something comes back bad on the xray, breathing test, EKG, or echo I am all set, 2 weeks from today i get to hit the bench!! I am so excited I may wet my pants hahaha!!!!
When they finally let me escape from the hospital, I called our sweet Bec, she met hubby and I at Golden Corral. She is sooooo beautiful!!! You need a new pic girl the one you have is adorable but doesn't come close to showing just how pretty, sparkly and sunshiny you truly are!!! You guys are all so right she does give WONDERFUL hugs too!! she brought me the cutest flowers too, i have em right next to the PC today so I can be inspired should my excitement over the liquid diet wane as I am sure it will LOL!! You guys would not believe how well she did at the restaurant you would have thought she was years out, she made great choices, I was so afraid she would be sick and it would be our fault for meeting there! Should not have worried she was amazing as always!!! I could have stayed and talked to her for days!!! I think we did spend almost 3 hours together, sure didn't seem that long, I cant wait till the next time already. The trip home didn't seem as long as our wee morning hour dash on Wednesday, it was good to get home, tho the fur kids let us know they were not pleased we had left them with Nana LOL!!
My niece is coming over today and we going to work out, I'm trying to find a groove as Bec says that maybe I can shoot for after surgery to start out with anyway. So I guess as much as I hate to go I better get this wrapped up!
I wanted to say thank you, to all the people that had such nice things to say about me from the meeting.Y'all are to kind and I think might even need to get a group discount at the eye doctor haha!! I sooo enjoyed meeting you all!! This has been one of the best weeks I have ever had, can NOT even imagine better company than I have enjoyed this week!! Thank you all so much those I have met and those I have yet to meet your support and prayers mean more to me than I could ever say, THANK YOU!!! I could not do this without you!! HUGE HUGS!!!
Layla CONGRATS WOW a baby!!! I am so happy for you sweetie, take care of you and that precious bundle!!!
Peggy I am thinking you and your surgery, please know you are in my prayers sweet lady!! BIG HUGS!! Let us know how you are when you can please, we worry!!
Susie how are your liquids going Hun? You are almost there just a few days to go, I am SO PROUD of you girl, YOU ROCK, your gonna make it!!! Thank you for showing me just how it is done!!!
Tammy ammy yuck girl sounds like that was a bad day, I am so sorry!! I sure hope today is better for you and that your doctors office gets everything worked out for you soon!! You look GREAT in your pics and tho cant imagine you being prettier I am sure you will get that Tummy tuck and be even better very soon!! Hang in there!!
Jan I am so happy you had such a great day with your daughter!! Sounds like it was long over due, I hope it is the first of many to come!! BIG HUGS!!! Hope you and Joe get some rest on your day home today, at least a wee bit =)
I know I am missing many but the niece is now here and saying Get up aunt Jeanine its time to get with it haha, she is sure cute for a slave driver haha!! I will try and post more later or make up for it tomorrow!! Love you all and hope you all get lots of sugar free goodies today, watch out for little ghosts and goblins LOL!! Happy Halloween!!!
BIG BIG HUGS!!!
Jeanine
I just delivered a big tray of enchilada's to Anissa's Spanish class. Hot out of the oven. Hope they enjoy them. What we do for grandchildren...LOL
Taking Baby to school this afternoon. She will be dressed as a skunk. Will post pictures later.
Hope you all have a nice day.
Lap RNY ~ 4/22/2003
5'0" ~253 starting wt. 130 lb loss!
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Extended Tummy Tuck with KU Residency Program
01/08/2010 ....Lost another 7 lbs with TT.
Good Morning Auntie Jan and OH Family/Peeps~
Its Friday, its Holloween and its a NEW START/FRESH start to a NEW day and a new way of life-Yipee and YAY! First of all, let me say-I do NOT know what I would do without all of you, all your thoughts, prayers and advice. It overwhelms me and I KNOW that the prayers work, because just simply-I FEEL them, I FEEL your love and I could NOT do this on my own!~
Before I go any further, lets say a prayer for our sweet Peggy to have a safe surgery and speedy recovery!!! Hope that she calls someone to post-you know how we get on here when we havent heard from one of our loved ones after a procedure or just for a couple of days-LOL....Is she calling someone?
Jon and I made some Orange Rice Krispy treats yesterday-HE mixed the coloring-he chose how "orange" they would be-mixed the red and yellow colors.....then....we rolled them into ball type shapes-and we used food coloring pencil gel deals and drew punkin' faces on them!!! They were sooo cute and he had a BLAST!!! The mess was the cutest too! I let him do whatever he wanted to-and he was soooo proud of himself...and he was singing while he was doing it....LOL..What a TRUE BLESSING Jon is. I have been spending ALL of my time with him, he has been having a rough time the past couple of days and nights over the whole Carl thing and so its just been a heart breaking time here. He did sleep through the night last night, except for one time-and so thats an improvement-he was getting up 10-15 times a night the 2 nights prior-kicking and crying MOMMA!!! And then I would get in his room and have to hold him till he fell back to sleep and he just kept asking-did you tell Daddy that grandpa was going to hit you? What did Daddy say? I said-Daddy said that he will protect me and you. Grandpa Carl isnt going to hit me, baby-its all okay-dont worry about it anymore. We dont have to go there or see him anymore-so he isnt going to hurt anyone, ok? Then I just would humm or sing his favorite bed time songs and then he would go to sleep and we would start over.....So-thank you all for the prayers for him too-him sleeping through the night last night was a blessing and after him not feeling good yesterday-I think between his sinus's and his emotional state of mind-he was just getting run down.
Today we are going to Neosho. I have some errands to run and then they have trick or treating on the square-which is where Mikes office is-and so, Jons gonna get in his costume and start early. YAY!! Im so excited for him!!! He is going to be a pirate! I bought a costume too-Im going to dress up tonite when I take the boys out-as a cow. Utters and the whole bit. I still have to finish my hat and ears and my mittens (with black spots) I will post pictures when I get to Renees and have her download them for me.....I havent dressed up in a hundred years-the boys begged me-and even as a kid-I didnt trick or treat due to the excessive teasing...I just stayed home and passed out candy-and STILL got teased-LOL....Im looking forward to tonite and dressing up with my boys-thats for sure!
My face is all broke out like a teenager!! YUCK! Thank God for a concealer stick, thats all I have to say! I just hate it! Between that-and I burned my arm pretty good when I was putting wood on in the middle of the night Weds.....that smarts like heck! Its my fault-the fireproof gloves we have-that go to our elbows were right there-and I didnt put them on (too time consuming, you know?) and my arm hit the plate on top! Dang it!
Oh, I just wanted to ask-if any of you come across a used car that is cheap and reliable-would you send me a message or email? We really NEED something. I know gas is going down, but we still dont take the Suburban on LONG trips-or at least I cant alone-and we just need something besides it. Something that I can tootle around in and all. I appreciate it. I dont care WHERE its at-if we have a number where Mike can call them. Its going to be tight around here the next couple of months with Christmas and all-but we have a ton of stuff in storage that we will be listing on Craigs list and all, so if its meant to be-it will all work out-just wanted to throw that out there because I keep forgetting to.
I LOVE my dog, Molly!! She is PERFECT!!! I just feel so much joy from her-how weird is that? She is just so comforting, so snuggly-and just loves to be your companion! She is happy just to lay on your lap-or cuddle with you at night.....she takes turns sleeping with all of us!! LOL-spreads herself around just right. She is perfect with the boys-she plays with Mike and I too-and she has the best personality!! She weighs 8# and will not get any bigger. I am going to get pics posted of my beautiful little pup! She is well, now I guess 7-9 months. They said when we got her, 6-8 and I have had her 3 weeks now. She is completely housebroken and doesnt chew. She is a "designer" dog-that verbage makes me laugh. I cant believe that people sit around and dream up designer dogs-LOL....but she is smart and great! I have been training her to sit, sit up pretty and shake-things like that-and within just a couple of days-she has it all down pat! I dont have to put her on a leash to walk her and she loves to ride with us in the car! Perfect, Perfect, Perfect!!! I love her to peices-PTL for her!!!
Well, I am going to get my responses done and get ready to get out of here....Megan may be coming with us to Neosho. She hasnt been very happy with me-she keeps asking when I am coming in-and I keep telling her that I am NOT stepping foot on that property as long as Carl is still there. Im sorry that they live there and Im sorry that I cant be around her more-but I told her that I WILL meet her in town somewhere if she needs or wants me to-OR she is welcome out here whenever she wants to come-and that I can even help pay for gas because I would pay for gas to go that way-BUT....I cant and wont be there anymore. We had already told them that they were welcome to stay here when the baby comes-because Mike has to work and he wants to see the baby and hold her as much as he can at night too-so will see. Breaks my heart. I love Megan and the baby so much-but that is just to close to the situation with Carl and I cant be there.
**Jan-PTL about you and Michele. My heart just swelled with happiness and joy when I read your post about your day yesterday!!!! Thank you, God, for answering our prayers! We will continue to pray for you guys! Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!!
Woman-how much have you charged me for all the flowers, seeds and plants you have given me? I KNOW I Just posted not too long ago about the price of a 6 inch e/e plant in a pot-$9.96....So.... You have given me over $100 worth of e/e bulbs!! That stove wouldnt even sell for that much! Besides-YOU can BLESS PEOPLE WITH YOUR FLOWERS.....WHY cant I bless YOU with a stupid stove I have? Its not like its going to net me enough money to purchase a car or even buy a weeks worth of groceries silly woman! I LIKE to help people when I can. I dont have much-but....WHEN I can help someone-I like to. Maybe one day, you will have something I NEED or want.....AND...If you dont charge me to stay in the trailer-thats worth 4 stoves for me!!! LOL!
Yes, on Darrel saving his mom and brother-he isnt afraid of snakes-Mike has shown him the "bad" ones to stay away from! Mike has also captured more than one-AND killed some bad ones that were where we had our kids and kids from Vikkis house-all around the pond-so....he is really something. I could do it, IF I had to-I killed that one last year when It was acting like it was going after Darrel, remember? He couldnt get to the front porch-and it kept going at him? I killed that myself!!! I was so proud of me-he was so proud of me too-so he knows that his momma loves him enough to go head to head with her biggest fear in life-besides heights-LOL....he knows I would climb the sears tower for him too!! I told him if we were rich, that I would go out and buy him a car!!! LOL....but I gave him a little extra on his report card reward!
Thanks about what you said about my dad not deserving me as a daughter. Know what is really sad? I ALWAYS TRY to do things the opposite of him-because I dont EVER want ANYONE to say I am like him!!! I had one of the most stressful jobs in the world-and I stayed for 6 yrs...well-I would have stayed longer-but they got closed down and relocated to Utah and I passed up the transfer-but anyway-I stayed there-JUST BECAUSE I DIDNT want to be a QUITTER like my dad! I just dont EVER want to be in the same category. Wen I had all my years of counseling-my counselor said I was going to make it-because I was going to "break the cycle" and she said that you will either A. Follow in their footsteps and keep the viscous cycle going or B. Break the cycle. There is NO WAY IN HELL I could EVER sexually abuse, emotionally abuse OR physically abuse ANYONE!!!! I remember it ALL TOO WELL! I would NEVER want MY children, OR ANY child, for that matter-to EVER feel that pain and devastation!!! NEVER EVER EVER!!! I have ALWAYS said-Im almost glad that those things happened to me-because I will NEVER allow them to happen to my children AND I knew what to look for. I knew that I wouldnt trust just anyone with my kids-stuff like that-and being able to always be able to talk to them about situations and such......
I know, the campout idea sounds wonderful, huh? I cant wait!!! Will be lots and lots of fun, for sure!
I will get with Ms. Sugar and I will gladly organize Christmas-it will be a blast! It was so much fun last year too!! So-it will be from 6:30-9:00 instead of 8:00? That would be good-maybe we will say 8:30 and then have 1/2 hr to clean up afterwards? Is that okay? Alright-well, thanks for letting me do that-Its an honor-for sure!!! I love you and Joe bunches and bunches!!!
**Barbara-Thanks so much for sharing that with me. I know for the most part your a pretty private person-and the more I get to know you, the more I absolutely adore you!!! I wish we lived closer-I would LOVE to walk your 5k and stuff with you (well, if I was welcome to, that is) and I would LOVE to be able to come out and bring Jon to feed a cow and to also see all the things you make in person!
I appreciate you sharing-and I do know how you feel-being an adult and still thinking and fighting with our own feelings and such-its soooo hard! Barbara-I will definitely keep you and your family in my prayers-and your a wonderful, loving person and I am very sorry you had to endure that growing up!! You didnt deserve it!
I cant wait to see a picture of baby dressed up!! How cute!! Have a good day, thanks again-and love you.
**Andrew-Keep us posted on Columbia....AND...We will keep praying that Susan gets to have her surgery!!! Yes-the campout is going to be so much FUN!!!! I cant wait!!
**Tammy-Ammy-HANG IN THERE!!! IT WILL WORK OUT!! There is a GOOD Reason that this isnt happening right this second! IT WILL HAPPEN THO! Medicaid NEVER takes a full 4-6 weeks to approve-EVER!!! Once they get it-you WILL have an answer, 2 weeks TOPS and it IS possible for that tummy tuck to happen before the new year!! What a wonderful start to a new year, huh? Dont give up-You have come WAY too far and been through WAY TOO MUCH, TO GIVE UP NOW!!!!
I could NOT believe that was you in the picture you sent me from the company picnic! My eyes did that bugs bunny thing!!! DDDOOOOIIIINNNNNGGGG-I thought they were gonna pop out of my head!! Rut Row Raggie-Are you for real????? Holy smokes woman! I wouldnt have even known you, had you come to my door without seeing that picture!! No way!! YOU LOOK MAAAVEEE~LUUUSSSS!!! Im so HAPPY and PROUD for you AND of you!!! WTG sis!!! There is something right there that should make you beam ear to ear!!!
I will go through my clothes and see what I have in those sizes. I just dont know.....But...IF I can find a couple of pair of jeans or jogging pants-I WILL get them sent to you....So-dont go buying a bunch until I get through a couple more boxes ok? I have given a lot of stuff to Megan-but I KNOW I still have some-because kids nowadays dont like straight leg jeans and all of that-and I had a lot of them-so they didnt want those! I will email you as soon as I go through the stuff and I WILL go through some of it this weekend, ok? love you. Praying for you! Hugs!!!
**Jeanine-girl, I am CLAIMING, In the name of Jesus Christ-that your anesthesiologist will NOT have to trach you and that everything WILL go smoothly!!! We will stand firm and we will pray for smooth sailing, so dont you worry about that! I know that there are MANY MANY others who will stand firm and claim this WITH ME!!!!
Thanks for the compliments about our group-they are the most wonderful, awesome people ever-arent they? I would be so lost without them!! Just like the "stuff" I am going through right now-its my OH family-and my COF family, that IS getting me through it!!! Well, Mike and his adopted parents are very supportive, but, for some reason, right now, it sure is easier to talk to all of you-just because Mike is still grieving the loss of his dad so much and Vikki and Erik are trying to help him out a lot-which is okay-I just dont want to weigh them down too much-and I dont mean I WANT to weigh you guys down. Crap, I dont know how to explain this where it sounds right *sigh* Love you-and I am a very blessed person to have met you-BUT....to call you friend means more to me than anything!
**Deb (pooh)-thanks for the inspiration and your words of wisdom. I KNOW I NEED to forgive and that doesnt mean forget. I will-I PROMISE...its just gonna take a little time. The initial wound hasnt even healed yet-heck, I havent yanked the bandage off yet!! LOL-and it was just a domino effect!
Thank you for always being there! I WISH you would let me pay for the clothes-and I wish that I lived closer-meeting you is on my GOAL list now!!! I WILL MEET YOU SOON!!! I have to-I have some Pooh huggin to do-LOL....Please take care and know how much you mean to me! Love you girl-and you and the family ARE in my prayers!
**Bec-THANKS....what more can I say? Did you have fun with Jeanine? That would be a stupid ? wouldnt it? She is so sweet, just like you-I cant even imagine how the visit went. Wish I could have been there.....all of this visiting-makes me look so forward to that big old campout/get together we talked about when Renee and I came that way!!!! I love you! Prayers for you and hope all is well.
**Sugar-I am going to send you an email later in the next couple of days and see about the COF Christmas party.....Interested? Ok-well, I hope and pray you have a good day and a great weekend and thanks so much for your advice-you mean the world to me-Your momma and daddy-they must have been so very proud-I only know you and Jan-but you guys are some of the most awesome people ever-
**Sandy-How did your bake sale go today? hope it goes well. Have a good day!
Well, Im off peeps! I have a lot to do and I am feeling so good right now-so refreshed and renewed, and cant wait to get out and have a good day!!! Love and prayers to you all! Love, Janet
I am thinking of dear Peggy today and hope all went well with the gb surgery! My prayers are sure with her today!
Oh I'm so very very blessed today! In more ways than one!
First I have to say how incredibly blessed I was to meet Jeanine and Steve yesterday! Oh my goodness! That lady is sweetness personified! She just tickled me to my very bones! Those cute things she says was too funny!!!! "Their story" just blesses me to know end.... and I have a great deal of respect for her husband! He see's no "weight" ... that just simply encourages me ever so much! My husband also was so compassionate in that area! I'm very very thankful for that!
Janet & Mimi ~ I couldn't EVEN begin to tell you all what all we talked about but I know this..... we chattered for 3 hours total.... it took us an hour and a half to eat our one plate of food and then another hour and a half over two cups of coffee!!! We could hardly take a breath! It was great! Aaaaannd dear Jeanine's hubby was so incredibly patient! for three hours!!!! I'm going to have to make him a little something too for his tolerance of our chatter!
Oh boy I can't wait till she comes again! I just know the Lord is going to do a real special work in her life and I am, as I know all you will be, praying that she does NOT have to have a trach! and that this surgery goes smoothly! Jeanine you hang in there on the liquid diet.... it will be over soon even though 2 weeks might seem like an eternity! God is going to be with you all the way!
Corine ~ I'm so sorry it did not work out this time but I sure do hope we can plan to all get together when she comes up for her one week appointment... do you think that would work for you? It was such short notice this time for when she would be available after all her classes and appointments.
Mimi ~ I am rejoicing with you over the day you spent with Michele!!! How fantastic is that?!?!
Tammy~Ammy..... I'm so sorry about the disappointment of your TT.... but it will happen! I went thru that so many times in the two years it took me to get insurance approval for wls. It can be devastating! And you are more than welcome to stay with me anytime you need to that I am going to be here.....when you go to your appointments etc..... but I am 55 east of Columbia.... it would save you the cost of a motel even though it would cost you a bit in gas from where you are coming from. I would be simply thrilled!
Janet ~ I am continuing to lift you to my loving father! I know He is going to meet you at some point and you are going to feel His very presence and love surround you in ways you have not before!
Susie ~ I'm so very proud of you and so excited that your time is so very close now!!!! It's thrilling!
Well the day has got away from me now and I have to get out and walk before evening gets here! Don't want to be out near dark.
Love to all and I'll try and catch up better soon....
bec
You are definately welcome to come do a 5K with me anytime. I wish we could be closer too.
The campout sounds fun.
Would love to show Jon around the farm. We have calfs all the time. Not bottle babies tho. They are rare.
Posted pictures of the baby dressed up.
Lap RNY ~ 4/22/2003
5'0" ~253 starting wt. 130 lb loss!
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Extended Tummy Tuck with KU Residency Program
01/08/2010 ....Lost another 7 lbs with TT.
Well, good afternoon to everyone...I cant stay on long for Im not feeling too hot right now. I took a tumble earlier and am kinda bruised up and in some pain so Ive taken some tylenol and am going to go lay down. Just stupid clutsey me and new tennis shoes got hooked on a lip of concrete.
Im feeling too good about the wt loss (if you havent read the weekly weigh-in post) Im down to 1 pound below my goal...YEAH! So I cant let a stupid fall bring me down...well, literally it did, but not in spirit! lol
Jeanine and Bec what a glorious visit it sounds like you had. God has truly blessed both of you girls with a sweet sweet spirit that is contagious...love you both. Wish I could have been there to share in the precious lovin's that was being spread around.
Sis, it sounds like you and Michele had a great day together. What a blessing that has to be for you and for her too. God is good! Hey our group is coming down to see the Promise on the 14th, would you want to meet us in Branson to eat and then go to the show??? Let me know, and then get hold of your son for your (special) tickets...lol! We are going to eat at CrackerBarrell around 12:30 that day and then the show is at 3. Hey you better get back to your walking...you and Andy are slacking off! lol! You know you both feel better when your doing that.
Janet, Yes I will help plan the Christmas party and will do whatever is necessary to do from this end...I have some stuff we can probably use and not have to buy everything...I know I have some red plastic wear and some red napkins and no telling what else...I will begin to look to see what I have available to use. I even have a small tree we could take to decorate with and put the gifts under. Are we going to draw names or just bring a gift to exchange? I cant remember what we did last year..
Im so glad you have decided not to put yourself back in close proximity to your dad...there is no reason to put yourself or your kids in that danger...Im proud that you can make that stand.
Peggy, cant wait for you to post and let us know that you are doing good..I wish I had made you promise to call me after surgery...GB surgery will hopefully make you feel soooo much better.
Deb D. I havent talked to Rick yet about coming up to Jamesport but he is usually ready to take off for a weekend every once in a while just to get away...I would love to have the info on the place you go and maybe you and your hubby could meet us there or at least we could meet for dinner one evening or something. I will talk to you more about it when we come up for Bec's appt. on the 19th.
Ok, gotta go get on the ice pack....talk soon! Love you all!
GOD is my ROCK! SUGAR 
Went to Hy-Vee as I did not want to fight the crowd at wally world and spent $37 on candy for tonight. Got things Dad likes so if there is left overs he can hoard them.
Going to dig up the begonias and put them in the basement and hopefully they will survive over the winter so I can replant them next spring. Am also going to cut down the herbs and cover them with straw in the tubs so they will survive the winter also. Will do that if I don't get called in to work tomorrow.
I need to sit down and figure out how much I spend on my vitamins and protein monthly so I can figure out my flexible spending account starting in january for my insurance. I have never used it and will save some money as it is tax free.
Jan - that was wonderful about the time you spent with your daughter! I got teary from reading your post! I miss Stephanie so much! My Mom will have been gone 11 years Nov. 3rd and some days It seems like yesterday. She taught me so much and I guess I get my passion for plants, sewing and cooking from her. I know she would have been right beside me with the WLS and cracking the whip so to speak when I do something I shouldn't.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!
Sandy
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