WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Easter Sunday was a wet one wasn’t it? I thought it wasn’t suppose to rain till in the afternoon but it was raining when we got up this morning and rained till about 1pm and then the sun played peek a boo with the remaining clouds.  Had to go outside when the sun came out you know and looked at the rain gauge   1 inch from 7am till 2pm good grief that is raining hard you know.

 

I keep looking out at our newly planted garden expecting our plants to be floating off down the hill but so far they are standing firm....they should grow well now if they manage to go thru this today.

 

Well it has been a pretty quite day so don’t know a lot else to tell you all. I have only had one phone call today and that was from Sugar and she has posted too so ....

And really weird only 3 emails to answer...so it has been a really quite day for e

 

 

SANDY;;;;; glad you finally got to talk to your daughter they sure can be a worry to us cant they?

I don’t know what is happening to my seedlings , the ones that did come up just  got up and keeled over lol never have had anything happen like this before. A lot of things I planted didn’t even come up...i don’t know what is going on...dont know if the seeds were bad or what. But all of them came from Parks seed.  Ive always gotten great  service and good seeds from them but this year the seeds didn’t come and didn’t come and then they didn’t come up. ...i wrote them a letter telling them all of this and still haven’t heard from them ....i don’t think I will use them anymore. At all.

 

 

 

SUSAN::::: You and Andy looked so pretty this morning going to church. I hope you got the pictures I emailed you....you can really see the weight coming off you...and Andy wow you are really literally half the size you use to be. Wow man...

Hope you all had a great day. boy it really rained while you were in church today didn’t it? did you go and see your Dad today after church? I forgot if you said that you were going to or not? 

 

 

LOU:::::: I understand exactly how you feel , I still feel that way really , giddy that is...it is so exciting to be where you are , losing weight and can see that things are changing daily with you and the way you feel is go great...im not losing weight anymore but life is still exciting and great. Keep up the great attitude life is great....

 

 

SUSIE::::::Ive been cold all day today too. I think our bodies react to the fact that it just looks cold lol....hope you enjoyed your day even if it was a messy day....

 

 

SUGAR::::::im glad that you got your new class room today.....and yeah I know about Baptist fellowship lol . you have some very sweet ladies in your class..

 

Wow you got some good bargains both in clothes and food for the family...that is pretty good...i don’t ever get to any garage sales it seems like....

 

 

BARB::::::sounds like Baby thinks she is a lot bigger and braver than she is lol ....sorry about all the sadness you have had lately . 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning to all.hope everyone had a good easter sunday.our church had a easter egg hunt inside for the kid's.they had a lot of fun.it sure did rain a lot yesterday.i think we had enough now for a while.lol.

i weighed my self this morning i am down to 250.yheee.that is 20 pound's since the doctor's office weighed me in on march the 23 and 40 pound's total.i really do feel soo much better.

jan it was pourning down rain when we came out of church yesterday.we did not get to see my dad.i called he is doing good.if we go to see him when it is his lunch time he does not want to eat.also if it is raining hard or the weather is bad another way he worry's about us driving in it to go back home.he will sit by the nurses desk till we call and let him know we made it home ok.sometime's the nurses will have to call and let us talk to him he will start to think about us or one of his brother's and he won't want to do anything us till he talk's to us.he is still a mother hen.aleast he remember's me and andy.he get's a big smile on his face when we walk in.

jan you and joe have a safe trip into town today.i know you are ready for a drink of water.you will be glad when you have your lab's done.

lou how was your day off with your family?did you all get to grill your fish.that sure sound's good.i can start to eat some shaved meat's on wednesday.

susie did you ever get warmed up.it sure was cold outside yesterday.supposed to be in the 50's but when andy and i got home from church it was only 43.sure hope it is warmer today.

sugar sound's like you got some good buy's on clothe's.i dont want to buy too much ahead.when i lose all the weight i want to then i will by more.i am trying to clean out my closet now.we need to have another clothing exchange.anybody need some 24 or 26 size clothe's.

sandy any more of your veg growing for you?our's seem to be doing ok.jan andy and joe worked hard on getting the garden going we sure dont want this rain to wa**** all up.

barbara good to see you back on here.sound's like you had a house full of people.that is the way our house used to be when my mom was alive.i think she cooked enough for the army.lol.she would alway's send some leftover's home with us.as for our little kid who is the same breed as baby.she love's to see people.she love's her mom and dad but any one who will love on her she will let them.she lap's it up.lol.the other kid has to get to know you first.

our sunday dinner was butter nut squash.i baked it in the oven.it came out soo good.i was able to eat it.i think it was the best thing i ever got down yet.

everyone have a good monday.we are going for a walk soon i hope.if the rain ever quit's long enough.i told andy it would not hurt to get caught in a little rain.we wont melt.lol.we love you all.see you all soon at the meeting in springfield.god bless.susan.

Susan I bet your clothes are just hanging on you. You are doing so good. I can't wait to see you.And Andy it is great to know you are continuing to lose. I keep thinking I have a set time to lose and then it will stop. Its nice to know it won't.You are both great inspirations.

I have been to the thrift shops a lot lately. I kinda needed to. I haven't found the bargins Sugar did but I have even bought four dresses. I rarely wear dresses or at least in the past. I may be wearing them more often now. I wore some size 10 pants yesterday. I can wear some styles in 10's but not all. I have been buying some 8's  to look forward to. I am thrilled to fit in 10's but a six or a four would be even better.I could stop there and be very happy.Karen has told me about a big yard sale next week and I hope I can go with her. I have to fill my closet. Now if I could just get my thighs,arms and belly skin to shrink,,,,,,,,,,,, Not asking for much I know. It doesn't help much to fit in a 10 if the arms are skin tight. Always wanting more I guess. A good friend gave me a nice size gift cetificate for doing their taxes so I will get to hit the retail side for some new stuff. I am kinda spoiled with thrift store prices so shopping retail should be interesting.

I responded to the thread about DS and got a couple nasty replies. I looked them up and read some on the DS board and understand now. One has been blocked by about 400 people and the other was once banned from OH so I am not even going to answer. Some of the people were factual and respectful which showed intelligence but some sound like they really need mental help.
There are ways to get a point accross with out being nasty.

I hope everyone has agreat day.

Hi Jan and all,
Guess I will post my once a month post :). Sorry I don't get on more, I will not even try to make excuses.
I am doing fantastic and am so busy I am not home that much anymore, Isn't it wonderful...I can't understand it but I seem to be stuck at one weight and no matter what I do it won't budge but everyone says I am losing more and looking good. I am trying to walk more and am probably building muscle now instead of losing lbs. I don't care what it is I will take it..

Hazemat11, I have been following the thread for the DS also. Boy doc sure opened up a can of pit vipers lol...It is just amazing to me that the only way some people can communicate is by cussing and trying to tear someone down. I just let it slide right off my back because we know that Dr Hornbostel is very well educated and caring doctor and I don't think he would mislead anyone. so let them think what they will. The one thing that I took from all their nastiness is they recognize  this as a christian board and that is the most wonderful compliment that anyone could give us. As one lady put it she could prove she is a christian, actions speak louder than words and I want people to know that I am a christian by my actions. I didn't post to that tread because you can't argue with people that don't know any better so it is better just to keep quiet. But Dr H we love and respect you...keep up the good work....

Rain Rain go away. I want to plant some flowers and my strawberries..before they are completely wilted and I have to buy more...I think I will go ahead and plant my strawberries even in the rain..

Well gotta go, my taxi is waiting to start picking up all my grandbabies from school. I ought to get a bus....

All of you that have had your surgeries have fun on your wonderful ride..it is amazing....

Morning all....hope you had a fantastic Easter.  We went to church and by the time we got out the rain had started.  And a cold rain, too.  We had our son over, cooked steaks w/the fixin's and went to see "Monsters vs. Aliens".  Cute and funny.  Some of the jokes are not geared for children, tho.  Came home and talked to our daughter, ate dessert and the boy went home.  We sat around and caught up on hubby's favorite shows and went to bed early.  All in all a very nice, quiet day.

Saturday's weather was gorgeous and we took advantage of it.  Hauled 3 truckloads and 2 trailer loads of boxes from the storage units.  I still think he is trying to kill me.  We didn't get home until 7:30 that night.  Yikes.  But I think we only have one more load of boxes and the rest is furniture and miscellaneous.  So the farm house is back to being full, full, full.  But like I told Mark, at least there isn't any critter poo or critters and kids haven't gotten in and torn everything up.  So it's better than it was.  Now I really need to concentrate on cleaning and pricing.  Here's a link to what I've managed to list so far....  http://kansascity.craigslist.org/gms/1110604418.html.

Since it is still raining here I don't want to go out and start moving and cleaning.  Since there's no room in the house I need to work on the stuff outside.  So it will have to wait.  I will probably work in the basement, here.  There is some stuff down there that will need to be in the sale also.

I've really been down this past week....don't know why.  Part of it is my daughter's in laws are visiting them (AGAIN) and it has really stressed her out.  They are not nice people and her husband needs to grow up and tell them to quit butting in.  But they are very legalistic and domineering and he hasn't figured out that he is an adult and doesn't have to be obedient to them any longer.  So that makes married life miserable for my daugher.  And I'm really worried when kids come along.  Shelby will probably tell his parents to bug off and cause a huge family fall out since he refuses to do it.  And he's the one that should.   I'm tired of my kid looking like the bad guy because he's too chicken.  Sorry.....I'm railing.  Told you I was down.....

Ok, I need to get off my hiney and get started.  I really don't want to.  I've been struggling with the swooshes I get before the seizures start.  And I know it's the stress so I can't give in.  It's just hard to work when your body wants to go twitchy all the time.  Now I'm finding that certain smells are starting to trigger them, too.  Sigh.  I hope when the sale is done that a lot of these issues will resolve.  Part of it is hormones, too.  Nuff said.

Have a good day and I will be on tonight to start back our Eatin' Good thread.  Love you all....

Dear Aunt Jan and OH Peeps,
Hello everyone! How was everyones Easter? I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend and that you all got to spend the weekend with your loved ones.......

I have been so busy-that its not even fun. I miss my boring life. I miss my home. I miss everything. I want to be bored. I want to be home. I want to be doing nothing but things I WANT TO DO! I have so much do to-and no time, because there is so many appts and so much I have to get done out of the house and so on!

Ok, so I have started on the Topamax, and I think that due to the weather, I have NOT noticed a difference so far on any pain relief-and my insurance didnt pay it-so I had to pay it. So, I did. Well......the weather, when it storms like its been-nothing helps me. Nothing at all-and for the past 2 weeks, every time I turn around, there has been a storm around the corner, and I can tell you 2-3 days beforehand that its coming. Usually the day after I get relief-but because there are right on top of each other, Im not getting that right now.  The only thing that the Topamax is doing, is causing me to lose weight. I have lost 8# in 6 days.  That is a major side affect of this drug-one that most people dont mind.....LOL... Due to my female issues, Im not having much of a break either. So, if its not pain-its that issue. I just cant win-and when I get both at once, WOW....its really an experience!

Saturday we went to Jolly Mills, just east of Granby with Renee, her daughter and her bfriend, and then Renees "friend" Larry and his mom and daughter.  Larry and Mike both race RC cars and so they have that in common and Larry is really a nice guy, we like him alot.  We like his mom a lot too! She is just a hoot.  We had my gang. All my kids-even Steph came.  My mom went too-it was a really really nice day!

Then Sunday-we went to Megans-our very first holiday at someone elses house-LOL....and her first holiday at her first house-and Kenzies first Easter, not that she will remember it-but boy did she ever look cute! She smiled at us a lot-and she cooed and gurgled at Mike and I a bunch! It was so much fun!  She ALWAYS seems to start to fuss when its time for them to eat-which is okay with me.....I make Jons plate and then I take her while her parents eat.....LOL....food just isnt a big deal to me.  The ham was awesome yesterday-it was the first time I have eaten since I started the Topamax where I didnt get sick.

Ok-I need to get some answers done here that Jan and others have been asking and I keep forgetting to answer and then I have to get going. I am doing laundry and some other things and I only have half hr before I have to leave.

My ex has until the 22nd to pay his back child support or he goes to prison for 4 yrs minimum-no bail. He is now getting serious about getting it paid. Will see. Not sure whats going to happen, but it would be nice to get some of that money back.

My dad has been having some issues-he has been arrested for assault and battery-on 2 women that work in the office at the motel now-he got fired AND he cannot find my mom. She has moved and he does not have her address OR her phone number. I will be getting my number changed if he continues to call me and bug me about her. She filed for divorce and he will be served when he goes to court for his assault charges the 29th of this month. My mom is afraid of him and I dont blame him. He is out of control and he is feeling it now. She is no longer under his thumb and he doesnt like that.  Please pray for that situation, its not a good one.

Well, I gotta go.  I hope everyone is doing well. Please remember Brenda Nutt in your prayers.  I will be checking in later to check on an update. All my love and prayers. Janet

Good day to you all! Ive been busy all day today, well, not really too busy, Went to work out this AM and then to lunch with Rick and 2 of the gk's and then home to watch a movie (Seven Pounds)

Have any of you seen it? It has some strange twists and turns but I pretty much had it figured out when I saw the previews.

It rained buckets here yesterday too and has been so dismal and damp all day today.

Susan, I too think it is time for another clothing exchange. Susie are you complaining about being in 10's? lol Im so tickled to be there and dont care if I get any smaller. I just dont ever want to go back up. I think I would if I wasnt working out every day...those of you who dont work out everyday, I dont know how you have kept off what you've lost...

What is the DS or whatever board everyone is talking about?

Jan, your garden should be great if we ever get any warmth and sunshine...cant wait for that!

Well, Christian is wanting to use the puter so I guess I will finish up,

love everyone!

Happy Monday everyone!  Least it was dry here in Wichita today unlike yesterday where it rained all day....Why does it always have to rain on Easter?

I'm sorry I haven't been very active on here much these days it's just hard since I don't have my own computer yet (mine died) and I have been dealing with crap that I'm getting at work.  Apparently I'm too nice to the kids at school therefore I got wrote up imagine that?  They want me to be more strict and that's just not me.  I like my job and working with the kids now if the grown-ups would just go away then I would love my job!!!!!!!

Well, it's been 15 months since my surgery and my weight loss has slowed considerably and I hate that I still have about 20-30 lbs that I would like to lose but I can't seem to break my stall what am I doing wrong or not doing?????  I seem to go from 165-168 and have been doing that for over a month now.  I have lost a total of 187 lbs in 15 months but darn it I still have more to lose including the excessive skin I want removed!  I eat good now days getting in protein etc.... maybe I need to exercise more?????

Anyone know of a good plastic surgeon who takes Medicare?  When can we consider plastic surgery after how long?  I have excess skin on my arms (bat wings), lower stomach and thighs all of which is driving me crazy.  I am wearing a size 12 jeans but if it weren't for the excess skin I'm sure I could get into a 9/10. 

I am hoping to get a new computer by next month so I am going to start being more active on here, I miss you guys!!!!!!! 

I have also been dealing with the fact that they took my disability benifits away from me because they said that they over paid me for 2005/2006 because I worked part-time so I had to prove to them that they didn't over pay me and after about 2 months fighting for that back they finally did give it back to me so now that's one less stressor I have. 

Well, got to go fix dinner now take care.  I will try and be more active on here...... Take care everyone and have a great evening!