WHATS HAPPENING THURSDAY
Wow I got sunburned today lol....was outside almost all day except for the hour and half that I spent going to buy dirt and pick up my meds.
I planted 22 small elephant ears in small pots , still have several big ones left. After I planted 15 more of them around the yard different places...
I planted 38 dalhias, and 50 some odd pea**** orchids. Weeded another section of flower beds.. I have I think every iris on my place has a bud on it...if I had to venture to guess how many iris I have it would be at least 500...at least. Probably more if I went out and counted them but don’t think I will do that ...if you don’t believe me come down and you can count them for me.lol just hope we don’t get a late freeze and ruins them all. One year I had so many buds like this and it froze and ruined everyone of them...that was the first week of May...
I planted some Brussels sprouts in the garden and also some zucchinis today....you know what??? I think im tired...
Something I cant find anywhere is sweet potato slips. I can fine the decorative vines but not the ones that make sweet potatoes ... if any of you know where there is some let me know please.
Our neighbors that have the place across the street from us, came in today for the summer. They have this place and a house in
Was watching the news about the teenage boy that got hit in the head at a baseball game,,,poor kids and poor family, I have said a prayer for him ...does anyone know him. That is so so sad. And of course it isn’t going to be easy for the boy that threw the ball. His coach said he wasn’t dealing with it too well either. He deserves our prayers too.
BARB::::: sounded like you were busy with your g.kids ...but know that you love it..congradulations on both anniversarys....your wedding and your new life one. Isn’t it amazing how we don’t really take any of the things we are able to do now for granted. It is so much fun to be able to do things now.
Joe is busy getting the trailer completed ....oh I put big rocks around anything if I plant it in the middle of the yard. Otherwise I just make another huge bed and he doesn’t have to mow in that area....lol
How does the 18th sound for the boot camp? Let me know what you think....send me a PM with your phone number and I will call you ...ok
SUSAN::::your picture I took of you turned out really good but something has happened to my photo program...and I cant get it to download ,,,the gremlins are acting up again . need a computer nerd....know of any???any way you looked so cute in your capris today...all in bright red...you are getting cuter and cuter as the days go by...our own little melting girl
SUSIE:::::did I answer your questions about the boot camp? Hope so...and if you can come and want to , sure do hope so. The more the merrier lol we might be laying elbow to elbow in the trailer but that is ok....we are all skinnier now so we can do it.
COR::::::dr. H. said how many gram of carbs a day?????? 200 ??? that cant be right is it????
I wish I had thought to ask Margie today if that is what dr. H really said on the number of carbs....she called me to tell me that my vit screen was perfect....and ask me what all I was taking...i told her and she said well what ever all your doing it is working for you perfect....sure hope you can get the stop smoking done this time. it really does make you have problems after surgery. It can cause bad ulcers. You are so tiny and cute that you don’t need those nasty ole things. Will pray for you on that if you want the prayers.
PEGGY:::::: I read what you wrote on the daily bible lesson. I think you are right on with what God was showing you with the snake...I even thought the same thing before you wrote that and was going to write that to you...
I am getting really excited about seeing you and all your stuff ....lol like I said I don’t get out too often . im excited about the stove too...and lot of your other garden stuff. That is the sorts of stuff I want to see at garage sales and very seldom do ...i haven’t told Sugar yet but we are bringing my truck cause she just has a van and I know I cant put much in it lol ....
RENEE::::::we really have missed you as well as your adopted sister, tell her that she is grounded for sure...she is always grounding people for not being on here daily so now it is her turn .
What have you got planned in your life to do after your daughter graduates and moves out? Is she planning on going to college? Or what? Just wondered what you would be doing after that. You need to get a plan together.....
Janet and Megan are suppose to come to the meeting too and bring the baby...we are all anxious to see them and you too. it has been too long. We probably wont even know you... oh you do know that we are having a clothing exchange down you ? so if you have anything that is too big bring it on Monday night ok? What are you wearing now a 10? Will tell you all about boot camp on Monday night maybe you could come. Would love it.
SUGAR:::::: lol I loved the swimsuit joke , sure does fit most of us to a t...i will print it off and bring it Monday night for you all..and will have sugar to reprint it on here if she wants to, next week.
Yes I will continue to pray for Vicky I hope she gets to feeling better quickly...will she come to the meeting with you Monday night? Tell her she needs lots of help and we have lots to give. Hope she will come.
Cant wait to come up on the 29th for our trip to see Bec and then on to Peggys sale. I thought if you don’t mind driving my truck we would take it because of the stove she has that I am thinking really strong about. Ok?? Will see you Monday night. Love you.
BECCA:::::: you are coming along...sorry about the chickens...but that happens a lot with free chickens. That is the reason mine are in a pen.....good layers cost too much money lol Sounds like you are enjoying what you ate. Be careful of the mashed potatoes. They have a lot of carbs....some people carbs make them really sick , just as bad as sugar.
Hope everything is going good for you....
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Good morning to all.sure was a pretty day yesterday.was hot.when i got home from branson it was 83 degress and that was a little after 4.00pm.was soo nice to be able to have the window's open in the front room and the door open.
my doctor's app went good for me yesterday.he want's me to come back one more time in the middle of july to make sure how my blood count is doing.at the moment it is 6.6.he said that was good.as i lose more weight it would go down more on it's own.still no med's for my blood sugar.yheeee.
as of yesterday i am only half a pound away from having lost 51 pound's.i can hardly believe it.andy and i walked a big hill here yesterday and finished walking our figure 8.i never thought i could walk like that again.to be able to get into capri's and pant's with a zipper and button is a miracle too.
jan thank's for taking my picture again yesterday.when i do help with thing's outside i have to remember to wear a hat.when i was outside when the garden was being planted for the first time my head got sunburned.it is better now but my skin sure did peel.
sugar thank's for the update on your friend.my bs went up to a little over 300.they put me on a insulin drip right away.i was on the 4 floor of the hospital.it is a special unit for insulin drip.looking foward to seeing you monday night.
barbara we know you are pround of your granddaughter doing soo well at the track meet.when you do get to come down if you can bring baby with.i dont think she will like you leaving her home with out you.
renee please make sure janet and megan and the baby get to come monday night.we sure do miss all of you.we have some thing's for the baby.glad to hear your foot is doing better.
susie it would be great if you could come to boot camp.we all would have a great time.it is soo pretty down here.
cor i know you don;t eat that much but those carb's are wicked.i do not each that much at one time but if i have something with too many carb's in it i will know for sure.it make's me soo sick.
peggy sound's like you still have a lot to go through.hope you did not find no more critter's.i would not go back in that house till they found the snake.if i saw him i would be making a new door way.lol.
becca sound's like you are doing good.i got away from mashed potatoes a long time ago.they would spike my bs too high.even though my bs is doing great now i still watch what i eat.
everyone have a great day.have lot's to do around here.i want to finish getting my clothe's ready for the exchange.we have to load them in the car by sat night.we are leaving here early sunday morning for ironton.we will be stopping at the meeting in springfield on monday night.we hope to see you all there.we love you all.we are praying for all the need's here on the board.god bless.susan.
So the latest in the snake saga: I am OFFICIALLY a man! I did the unthinkable (for me) and I killed the snake! Course I blew a hole (or two) in the side of the house but it is trash anyway. So here's how it went. I had determined that I would leave it alone if it would leave me alone. So I never saw it on Tuesday (I was still VERY nervous, mind you) and hubby couldn't find it when he got there. So I get out there yesterday and BAM! There it is, sticking halfway in and halfway out of the house under the window where I saw it first. I, of course, freaked and called Mark. I KNEW I couldn't work if it was still there where I could see it. Mark told me to shoot it so I could function. I get the gun, load it, stick on my ear protection and head over to the window. After a few minutes of steeling myself, I pulled the trigger. Of course the snake did some stuff and I screamed and ran for the truck, reloaded the gun and went back. IT WAS GONE! I looked for it and am assuming it went back into the wall so I shot the wall again (cause I didn't know how to un**** the stupid gun!). So I'm shaking and trembling and totally squirming so I called him again to try and calm down. You have to understand that I am the talk of the crew room...they are LOVING this whole thing. You can hear them laughing. I tell him that I can see blood and he assures me that I got it and it will go and die now (he's trying to keep me calm and not laugh out loud). Course anytime anything moved I screamed cause I thought it was coming out again. THEN I wanted to cry because I had HURT an animal...albeit a stinking snake! I'm such a GIRL!!! Sigh....
So he gets there last night and looks everywhere for it. Nope, it's nowhere inside or out. Then he comes out of the room where I refuse to go and he's shaking his head. He then tells me that a black pail and a ceramic planter didn't make it. I managed to blow the top off of it and nick a few other things, too. Oh well, HE was the one that told me to shoot the wall! We did manage to laugh about that, tho. He knew that I would be traumatized by killing it and we talked about that a lot last night. Part of me was really bothered because I had intentionally killed something but the other part of me felt strong because I took control of the situation. I guess I don't understand how it doesn't bother other people. I think it's the mindset. I just struggled with causing anything pain. I know that doesn't bother normal people. HEY...that's the key! I'm ABNORMAL! You all already knew that!
Anyway, just wanted to update you on the snake saga. I will be taking the gun with me again just in case. The guys he works with are milking this for all it's worth. They want him to get a rubber snake and rig it to fall when I open the door. (I WOULD KILL HIM!) I know most of them don't have the kind of relationship with their wives that Mark & I have so they don't understand how he can tease me and I don't get mad. (Most of the time...a rubber snake or a stuffed possum would push me over the edge. I would be a widow!)
Love you all, miss you horribly and got to get out there. I've now unpacked and priced over 200 boxes and I'm sure I still have 300 or more to go. He starts vacation tomorrow and has plans to help me get thru them. I sure hope so.

Life isn't about about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
WOW....Two days in a row.......I don't think I better talk about it to much I don't want to jinx it.
I'm going to work on clothes for the clothing exchange today, I know there are clothes I need to get rid of. I still have problems with clothes, I'm scared to get rid of anything to big for me for fear I may need them again, I know sounds silly, but I'm so use to the whole yo yo thing. Another issue I'm having is I find something that I like and is comfortable and I stick with it, I've been wearing 18 for what seems like forever and really hadn't noticed how big they were getting (even though I'm forever pulling them up****il about a week ago when I had my cell phone in my back pocket set to vibrate and it went off like 2 or 3 times and I didn't even notice. I was like WTH and then i got to feeling and I was like DUH dork go down a size, so I tried on a pair of capria's size 16 that I had bought a few weeks ago and they were a little baggy on me, so I'm going to go through clothes today. My shirts you don't even want to know LOL. I've been wearing tshirts that I was wearing from before surgery (3x and 4X), you know they are so comfortable, but I tried on the shirt Tiff got me last year for my bday (a large) and it fit perfect, and I was like dang girl your just going to have to bite the bullet weather you like it or not and get rid of the big sloppy comfortable shirts. My pcp was so amazed at the change in me yesterday, she passed me in the hallway and then stopped and started going on and on and made all of the staff come look at me......talk about an ego boost.
My foot is improving day by day and I've been able to cut way back on the pain meds, so hopefully I will be off all of them before to much longer, at least that's what I'm hoping for anyways.
Jan I have sure missed being on here. It seems like just when I think thing's are slowing down, they get faster. Now I've got graduation and a wedding, and Mr Noah's arrival in between. I won't be going for his birth, but I'm sure I'll be glued to the phone at that time.
No 10's just yet, but I'm hoping soon. It seems like I'm dropping size's slow but that's ok at least I'm dropping. Then again it could just all be in my mind and not wanting to let go to. I know silly huh?
Susan You are doing an amazing job. WoooHoooo!!!!! The blood sugar is so awesome. Doesn't it feel good to be off all the med's?
I'm so very proud of you.....keep up the amazing work.
Peggy I've always said the only good snake is a dead snake. LOL I'm like you I freak over them weather I have something to kill them with or not.
I set next to a copperhead one night at the lake while fishing ( I know for a good 10 or 15 minutes****il I moved around a little and made him mad and he started making noise and we got the light on and seen him. I lost it, and yes I even peed myself some. LOL Needless to say Tiff's bf and another guy fishing close by killed it while I was running around in circles on my tip-toes. LOL I didn't feel a bit sorry for the snake, just pretty stupid that a stranger got to see me do my oh *^*^ a snake dance. LOL
I hope EVERYONE has a wonderful BLESSED day.
Love and Hugs




I have tried to do better in the last few days....but everything that I eat seems to just come right back out in one shape or form.....oh well guess I will have to just keep trying......Its the cravings thats driving me crazy......you'd think I was pregnant with what Im wanting.....lol
Hugs
Thought i would pop on say howdy and let ya'll know i'm still alive and kickin.
Just got back from mushroom hunting. Didn't find anything except ticks.EWWWW... My jeans are soaked up to the knees from wading across the crick to get to the mushroom spot.None up yet. While i am walking through the leaves ,dead trees and weeds all i can think about is Peggys snake.{shivers} So i didn't really look to hard LOL.If i had of seen a snake i would be wet from head to toe because i would of peed myself and drowned myself as i was falling down the bank .LOL
Will go back this weekend and look some more. Think i will take Sam {my lab} with me so he can skeer off snakes and critters.
Went to Chillicothe this morning ordered Nikkis cake.Gotta have Hanna Montanna. And got her party supplies and treats for school.
Gail's down snagging.He called this afternoon said he has got 2 so far. Spoonbill is good eatin .
Been waiting on our pregnant kitty to have her babies .She is due any day. yesterday everytime the door opened she ran out. So i would go out to get her. she would take off running{waddleing} from me,so i would run after her and she is so plump she would just lay down and give up lol.
So far today she hasn't tried to get out.
Well i hope everyone had a wonderful day. It was beautiful.
Love and Hugs Deb