WHATS HAPPENING THURSDAY

Sheila:::::: so sorry about not seeing your post last night...i was so tired and sleepy I don’t know how I finished up what I had.  So sorry that your kids are having problems...take care and do what your doctor says so you will heal up good and then can get back your good job..i know the lack of money is about to drive you nuts but hang in there at least you don’t have to have lots of food daily lol could be worse...if it gets too bad holler and I will come and get you and you can live in my guest house for awhile.lol Im tellinjg you all what this dreary weather is going to get to me quick....was  thinking about not going on vacation this winter but don’t know how that is going to work, im already getting cabin fever lol ....we went to town this morning got groc.,paint rollers, my pain meds , went to dollar store for all the paper products. They are always cheaper there. Then we had lunch at Little  Hacienda...i had 4 Jalapenoes stuffed with shrimp and jack cheese. Was so good.but I could only eat two of them and brought the other two home. So since I didn’t eat enough protein I made myself a protein shake about an hour later.. Oh wow jus****ched the news it says tomorrow should be in the 60s and sunny....Thursday sunny , don’t know what the rest of the week end should be. Probably more rain and clouds. Oh my gosh, I love country music but was real anxious to watch the CMA awards and the first half of it was just horrible...they were singing off key , unless it was just my ears lol Then they brought that sad excuse for a singer out Taylor Swift. Well all I can say is somebodys daddy must be really rich and downing a lot of money on her. Horrible ...Lol sorry don’t get upset , it is just my opinion don’t mean nothing lol I poted up 30 small elephant ear bulbs today...would have done more but ran out of potting soil...need some more stuff to make some more potting soil...will probably get it Friday..i make my own mixture according to what im doing with it...add more firmer dirt when it is a bigger plant and going to be there all the time but for new seedlings I use a lot of vermictiulite so that the seeds can come up easier...ok that is your gardening tip for today lol .just kidding.   BARBARA  S:::::::: thanks for the link to the conservation dept...it is a pretty interesting site , lots of info...Cant wait to see you and your projects. I wish I could do things like that ...never had the time or inclination.. now I think my hands would be too stiff  to attempt teaching them something new, they don’t even want to play the piano any more. Well Peggy said she would join us in the driveway so I guess 4 am is ok. Lol   VESTA:::: we will have to arrange comeing down to see you at one of your meetings. What do you think she would do if we challenged her about her ideas about eating? She sat and agreed  with things I was telling her at the around. picnic...so does she do that? Agree with you and then turn it around.? Has she always been a rule breaker?    BEC::::: I sure hope your back pain lets up the more weight you lose. And walking early ,in the morning when its cold isn’t so bad, don’t try to put on a real heavy coat  but dress in layers. Like a sweatshirt and then a light jacket and gloves. ..sometimes I wear a sock cap or a jacket with a hood. Then as I walk and get too warm I can take stuff off lol Never get too low on clothes thoYeah Thursday will be supposedly be a great day to set up your fountain for winter. Joe winterized ours the other day but of course the ponds keep running all winterWhat have I learned from you???? To try and have that sweet spirit that you have, I have known others in my life that were like you and have always tried to be like that but no such luck for me lol . I am better at it than I use to be but -----Yeah I use to cook bacon that way when I was a cook long ago. One of my prep deals before I left my shift was to sit  trays and trays of bacon so it could be stuck in the oven the next morning when I got there. Really does cook well like that doesn’t it? Now I use a lot of the pre cooked bacon, it isn’t near as greasy as fresh;  DEBBIE  D::::well for some reason this turned to red lol don’t know why just like I don’t know why for the last few days it has been running it all together. Well!!!!!good grief now it is all underlines lol  don’t know what is going on with this thing. I probably have hit something, but I have tried to change the color back and it has no part of it. Lol so I guess the rest of this is red underlined...So glad that David is feeling better and hope the rest of you don’t get it. I have b een praying for David to get another job , God has something in mind im sure.  Did you all get to order your tile? I hope so. I know you were wanting that so much...love you and cant wait to see you again. Hope you have an answer for Cassie cause I sure don’t.that is a hard one I would say...  DEB>>>>>>> so sorry about the system stil not doing something about that baby, I know I would keep talking as long as I had breath = get their supervisor and your nieces  case workers, myself I think that any one that gets assistance from the state, they need to have to have a drug test every month,,,,not be given money to go and buy drugs with afterall that is our money ....i know you have had more than your share of stress but honey you have to take care of yourself...what did your doctor say was wrong with you that you cant keep anything down...you know you are going to get yourself in a lot of trouble....you are goijng to wind up sick and in the hospital...so you need to go see your surgeon and demand that they find out what is wrong with you  PEGGY :;:::::::; DON’T  you just hate that when people pile in on you like that? Pretty thoughless huh?Maybe your hubby needs to load his shotgun , you think? You were talking about where to start in planting flowers. Best way is like you are doing getting your beds around the house and plant pretty things in there  then just keep going lol Just start in there is no right wrong....just what you like..   JANET::::: have you heard  or seen the new patches for arthits? It has NASIDs in it so we could have that . I am calling my doctor tomorrow to see what she thinks about it. Gost that would be good to not hurt wouldn’t that be great.maybe she will have some samples, Well we found out that Jason went to court and because he didn’t have a lawyer they gave him till January when he will have his pretrial. And if he doesn’t plea out to something lesser or something will have a jury trial in Feb. ..He is charged with domestic abuse and terriorist acts against  a spouse or child. He is looking at at least 10 years. ..hope he gets every day of it . Oh man I don’t know what we would do without you here but can understand  wanting tobe somewhere that you might not hurt..Yeah don’t know what our new president will want to do about a lot of things.   TAMMY:::::: so you don’t think you will be up on the 19^th? Oh ,man that is a bummer. Sure hope it all works   so you can be here. Would love to have you with us.    RENEE::::::oh that sounds so cute with Peanut I think that would be a great part in the wedding.Hope you are feeling better now. , you are going to be able to go with us up the Peggys aren’t you>? Did you see above in the answers I put in Janets answers about what is going on with Micheles ex idot. Love you and hope to see you next week LOVE AND HUGS EVERYHONEGOD BLESS YOU   

Good Morning Y'all,
Was kind of a dreary day yesterday, we had to run to town I had a dr appointment to check my ulcer on my leg,  he was happy its almost healed,  my blood pressure was 130/80 so we're happy with that,  things are finally looking good again.  I got him to fill out a dr.s recommendation for Missouri Bariatrics so i can check into the revision and stuff, he kept asking me all kinds of questions about  WLS, says he has a couple patients that have high blood sugar and that need the surgery, I gave him the website here to come and ask any questions and stuff he might have too.  I dont have to go back for 3 months, w00t w00t, finally done with all my dr appointsment for a while,  just gonna see the surgeon in columbia now, other then that im done til next year, yay!!   Now if i can just get a boost on losing the rest of this weight I'll be in great shape.  I can't believe it'll be 2 years tomorrow, my how time flys,  I was hoping to be down to my goal by now,  hopefully this time next year i'll be down to where I want to be, thats my goal and im sticking to it  lol.

Its spose to be really nice out today,  gonna try and do some yard work while its nice then when its cold this weekend gonna do some things inside, got a couple projects i started and need to finish. 

Jan holler if your up to walking this morning,  gonna try and get some walking in before it gets cold this weekend, im so not looking forward to the cold stuff they say we are gonna get. 

Well guess Im gonna go lay back down, dunno why i keep waking up so early and then cant fall back asleep so i get up for a bit,  when I do that i always end up taking a nap when I should be doin things  lol.  Oh well,  y'all have a good day!!

Andy

Good morning!  Hey do you all notice that when I miss a day posting, my sister totally forgets about me in her responses??? She doesnt even ask if Im ok or anything....JUST KIDDING SIS! I did respond to some individual posts yesterday but never got on here and posted. Some days I just feel like I dont have much to say.

I wonder how much protien is in a popper? I love those things (or used to) now when Ive tried to eat one, I get almost nauseated at the greasyness of it. That is one thing that bothers my pouch still....grease! UCK! I love summer sausage but can only eat a small slice because of the grease and the same with slim jims....oh well, dont need all the perservatives that are in there anyway...nitrates are not good for us.

Im going to go do a water yoga class today again, I am liking do the change of exercise a couple of days a week. On mondays and thurs. I get in 30 minutes of w. aerobics and then 1 hour of yoga and the other days of the week I do 1 hr of w.a. except Wed. i do about 45 min of w.a. and 15 minutes of resistance walking. I really think the change up is good for me. I seem to be feeling the workouts more.

Well I need to color the hair today...the roots are taking over! lol I really like it really blonde...but I would like to be able to afford to go have it done and get some streaks put into in (like reverse high-lights) but it is so dang expensive.

We are joing an HSA at work, does anyone else belong to one of those? Im just trying to understand how they work exactly, but I think it will be a good thing. At least it is pre-tax and earns intrest. I also think I can buy all my protien drinks, bars and my vitamins out of it and that will save alot each year. Im going to see if I can get my PCP to write a letter of reccomendation that I have those things because of my surgery and I think that is all I will need to prove it necessary so I can purchase them with the debit card they will send. Well if anyone else has this let me know would you?

I wish I could get my clothes back from Ok before I come to the gathering on the 19th but I dont think it will happen. I may call Sherri and see if I could meet her half way this weekend but Im sure she will be busy. Ive still got some to bring but all the jeans were in that bunch... I do have a beautiful red dress suit (great for Christmas) that is a size 24 I think and a sexy black dress that size too....hope someone can use them...if not I will put them on Craigs list and try to sell them. lol!

Ok, I cant wait to see everyone and am hoping everyones delimas work out so they can be there. Tammy, your car will work....

Deb (pooh) you have to start getting some food and liquid down. If not, you will go to the hospital whether you want to or not, be cause you will be malnurished and dehydrated and will get fed with tubes.....please see your Dr!!!!!! Today!!!!!!!!!! We love you and want you well. That baby boy needs you to stand up for him and you wont be able to stand at all if this keeps up....

Deb D. Im so sorry about your hubby's job. What is he looking for? What did he do? And to be sick on top of it all...Sure hoping you stay well so you can come over and play with all of us girls...you better. What play is your son in?

Renee, now I dont want accuse anyone of being a little bit dog crazy buttttttttttt........hum!!!!!!!!!!!! lol! My cousin was going to use a dog in her wedding but the little church they used said no dogs allowed..... I was doing the wedding so I was kinda glad, Ive never had to organize a wedding party in marching down with a dog in tow, so wasnt sure it would work out too well. They had a little tux for him! Too funny!  The  wedding Im helping my friend with in OK is going to be sooo pretty with all the fall colors and all. The entire family (kids and grandkids) are dressed in certain fall colors and right across the street from the church is a little log cabin that I want to get everyone on the front porch of and take a family photo. Her 3 grown kids and thier families, and his 2 grown kids and thiers, both sets of parents and then the couple....I think there is 28 of them total and it will be cute to string them across the porch and some of the kids on the railing and some standing down below and some on the stairs...anyway if the weather is permitting that day I think it will be an adorable background for a family photo... Im sure it will be like a 3 ring circus to get them arranged but it will be cute.

Janet, I didnt hear any news about Dr's visit or anything yesterday...seriously woman, I would rather take you to the dr than go shopping if it meant you didnt get to go...okay???? I AM SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! It wont be the same if you cant go with us. And it would give you and I a chance to visit.. we will do what it takes, hear me????

Peggy, Im so excited I can hardly stand myself...and yes Im bringing the sf pecan pie..    hey do you know Shelley (weasey) she lives in north KC and I invited her to come to your house too...anyway she asked for directions and I sent them too her. I havent heard back from her yet tho...hope she comes, the more the merrier! I had 13 coming and now a couple have said they cant or might not, soooooooo who knows how many might be there. Im just not accepting that Janet and Tammy cant come tho! They will be there! Lets all just "WILL" them there!

Andy, it is so good to hear that you are healing and finally doing well again. If you can start moving again the weight will start coming off again. You and sis need to fight the cold and get out there and walk. And just think, soon Susan might be joining you and doing so much better when she gets the surgery and starts to lose.

Jeanine.......whoopee!!!!!!!!!! It is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All but the wake up tomorrow! I am soooooooooo excited for your sweet little self! Your life will never be the same and there is soooo much for you and your hubby to look forward to...Cant wait to hear about your scooooch onto the loosers bench......IM JUST GIDDY ABOUT IT FOR YOU! Know that we are all praying for your safe surgery and for GOD to guide the hands of the surgeon...and for it to all go smoothly without any complications....LOVE YOU GIRL!!!!

Ok, I gotta get off of here and get around for class today...love to you all! AND may  our good and loving FATHER give each of you a wonderful day!!!

Good morning, Missouri!

It's supposed to be warm today but man, is that ol wind blowing or what?  I just heard the trash can fall over and I don't want to have to go out and chase it down.  But I better or it will end up in Kansas.  We've already donated 3 BBQ grill covers to that state!  lol  I think I'll just stay in and work on my list some more.

I still don't know the date of my cousin's funeral.  Probably Saturday and I think it's going to be clear downtown KCK....ick.  Then I found out this morning that another cousin (not close....several times removed) died this morning.  She had had serious health issues her whole life and this surgery was supposed to correct some of her lung issues but they lost her in the midde of the night.  My family is a mess right now.  My mom is pretty ill with this bronchial virus and I really don't want her to travel up here for the funeral so we'll see.  If it's early in the morning, she won't be able to come.  I miss her, but I do not want her to get sicker.

Jan...maybe I should make you and Joe come up here for a week or so and help me whip this yard into shape.  (snicker)  I bet you could help me figure out what to do with it.  I think my biggest block is that I don't have any help.  Mark is always too busy and the kids are gone so I just get overwhelmed.  Then it's easier not to even start.  But I have plans for the spring to get it done, it's on the list!  And the only thing Mark has said about Wednesday is that he'll make sure he isn't here.  Big chicken!  But we wouldn't want him around anyway, he's a smelly boy....even tho he is a lot of fun, you all would love him.  He is so funny.

Sugar....there you are!  I always worry when I don't see you around.  But I know what you mean, there are days that a person feels like there isn't anything worthwhile to mention.  But we still love to see you.

Andy....glad to hear about your great doc visit!  Way to go!  Isn't it nice to go the doc and hear good things for a change?  Proud of you and excited for Susan, too.

Well, tomorrow is Jeanine's big day and I think Sherr's surgery to explore what is going on is also tomorrow.  Let's remember both of them.  Hope I didn't miss anybody.

And it is so good to have Susie and Lynette back.  Now maybe we can get them healed and feeling better, too.  Also, Cor got some news yesterday so she has an idea what the hold up has been.  I would love to see her get some good news about approval.

Well, I should get up and get busy, I have a major project I would like to get started and mostly completed today.  We'll see..

Have a great day!
Peggy

I am still a bit weak but I am feeling so much better. I think I would be running circles if I had not had the additional problem. I think my surgery itself went great. I have had a few bits of nausa but have not thrown up. I even ate most of an egg this morning. I was told it was ok even though I am on stage two.I got a pill crusher and I am starting to get my vitamins in. As long as I do not have to take potasium I think I will be ok. I am taking antibiotics and they are really nasty tasting crushed but I still can't swallow a pill. 
I stopped at a dutch store oon the way home from the hospital and got some all natural peanut butter. The only ingrediant is peanuts. They showed me the grinder the used. I wish there were stores like that close to me. My husband found lots of good stuff.
I have two more pounds to lose to get back to my surgery weight. I guess the pnemonia really caused the fluid pill up. I can deal with two pounds
It will take me a while to catch up on evrything that has been going on while I was out of commision. I really appreciate all the prayers call,visit and flowers. I feel very lucky to have all of you as friends.
 

HUGS!!! Hey hey guys!!!

I am getting ready to leave soon , hubby will be off work in about 2 hours, still doesn't seem real yet LOL. Tho I have to say when I took my lovely dose of bowel prep stuff this morning at 6 am it was pretty real haha. I figured I would get it in and done with early shouldn't take long since I haven't eaten anything in a couple weeks LOL, man I just hope its over so I can get there without a 100 stops. It has slowed way down tho I my tummy is still grumbling.

I just keep saying Its almost over and soon I can party down on the bench with all you lovely LOOSERS!!!!!

Susie and Lynnett I am so THRILLED you guys are home and on the mend, please take care of yourselves, you had us worried, love you guys!!


So many things running thru my head did I do this or that hehe but no nerves yet about the surgery, I KNOW I am in good hands and covered in prayers!! I am so very grateful for each and EVERY prayers said on my behalf thank you thank you!! Please pray for my mom as she travels on Sunday, she loves me as she says right up there with God to get on a plane again Lol. Pray for my MIL too as she is sitting with my furry kid tribe, she will need the prayers they are so spoiled and will miss their mommy!!

I love you guys all so much and I will have hubby call Jan with word as soon as he knows something!!

I promise I will do better posts and more often when this is finally over, I CANT wait to get on the bench!!!

Love you all more than I can say, Thank you for all your support and prayers I could not do this without you guys!!!

HUGS!!!
See you all soon, know you will be in my prayers and thoughts!!!

SEE YA ON THE BENCH TOMORROW!!!!!!!!


HUGS HUGS HUGS!!!!
Jeanine

love you sweetie and yes you know we will all be praying for you in the morning. tell Steve i will be waiting for his call..they usually come in around noon or little after....love you and soon you will be there. and then the good times begin.

will say  a prayer for your mother too on the plane. and your mil with the dogs ...lol

dont worry about anything you are covered.

Everyone pray hard that God's hands guide all the work done on our precious Jeanine!!!! We love you girl and cant wait to hear the good news tomorrow!

(((((Jeanine))))

Will be praying for you!  Just think tomorrow at this time you'll officially be a "loser"!!  We'll have the bench are shined up for you!

Debbie D.

You got my prayers as well....hope to see you on friday or Sat.... hugs to you jeannie