WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

the week end flew by didnt it ? th e weather is so hot and impossible to do a lot outside...we have maybe have another day of work in the rental...i put it on Craigslist again and nothing....at least so far. I have gotten a good pamplet made up to put out everywhere around Forsyth. God please let us get this rented.

tonight i had another one of those atacks i guess of blood sugar dropping. about an hour before i had made a cho pudding pie with protein powder in it...oh yeah it was sugar free.  and had sugar free topping on it...dont know if i ate it too fast or had too much or what but  im getting tired of this...for sure.  i start by getting really hot and weak, had to have about 2 bottles of water and a cold wash cloth to help cool down  , then i get to shaking and cold and have to have some sort of protein, tonight i had a chunk of cheese ...so did the cho sugar free pie cause this? was it the carbs from the graham cracker crust? or was it that i ate it too fast, i didnt think so but then who knows...I also hadnt had much to eat today really...so that may have been it. ===oh well who knows...will figure it out ...maybe

Colette. yeah i know about AZ we went to Tucson last year and spent almost 3 weeks and i didnt hurt he whole time i was there. was amazring. i loved it ...it is so hard to exist with this stupid arthritis pain isnt it? well no one said this getting old was easy....sure aint for sissys is it?
I tell you what you all sell and move there and we will too lol


Jo...did you get to enjoy your  womans cave this week end? it sure sounds like a great place for you...lol i have tried the books that are recorded...it  for some reason iritates me ? it is like someone telling me about a book i am reading , and i know it isnt but that is what it seems like to me. Hope you got something pretty made up for you...

Hey where were all of you today? will expect a complete report from all of you tomorrow  of where you were and why? lol No i hope all of you had a great week end and enjoyed every minute of it.
especially if you got out to do something that was new and different....something that you couldnt do before surgery.

love you all bunches.

Good morning everyone.the weekend sure did fly by fast.time fly's by when you are having fun.lol.the humidy has been up.sure am ready for those 80 degree tems again.

jan my weight loss is slow time to time.then all of a sudden i will lose a pound or two.i am now at 195.i lost 2 more pound's.i think i am losing more inche's at the moment.i would have never thought i could get a size 14 pant's past these hip's.lol.we go out walking and go to the pool and work out.

jo your woman's cave sound's nice.you are right the humidty has been bad.i cut the grass this time.i was out there for a short time and felt like i took a shower with my clothe's on.we only have a small yard too.we have been trying to cut the grass later in the afternoon when it cool's down some.it was 96 on sunday when we came home from church.cong on losing another pound.you are doing great.i love pickled beet's too.

lou we are looking foward to seeing you soon.i think the meeting is august the 24 because there is 5 monday's in august.

everyone have a great day.i have to get andy to change my weight at the bottom.we are praying for all the need's here on the board.we hope to see a lot of you at the meeting this month.we love you all.god bless.susan.

Susan,
   dont know what happened first time but lost it.  Here goes again.  So glad to hear that you have a pool close by.  I would really use it if I were close.  But it is 35 miles for me one way.  Ugh.  You look great and weight is going down.  Keep up the good  work.  Hope to see you someday soon.

Colette

Good Morning Mimi...

Oh Pooh.... woke up yesterday with a busting headache and many trips to the little girls room.... don't know what it was but I just felt yuck all day... one of the very few days I walked in side... you know Paul doesn't want me wearing out the carpet! ~tee hee ... it was still 91 degrees at 7:30 last night and I just didn't have the "poop" to go outside. But I feel a bit better today.  It started raining at about 11:30 last night all the way till just a bit ago... so I did not make it out there again this morning... but it is WAY cooler... so maybe yet this morning?

Mimi~ am praying your rental is taken care of soon.  I've had a couple of those low blood sugar episodes since surgery... I heard Marg tell a couple of diff people to keep Life Savers on hand all the time to help take care of that?  Don't know if that's what would help you or not?  Do you think you are spiking and then dropping real fast? Or is what you do more like the dumping thing?  What ever it is I pray it straightens out real fast!

Susan sounds like you have settled in to a routine.  I'm so happy for you!  I too am wearing size 14 elastic waist pants... seems surreal to me... I bought them the last time I lost weight at Penney's and never got into them.... but now I wish I had bought even a smaller size... but at the time wearing a 26/28 then going to a 14 was a huge difference but now it doesn't seem all that unattainable ~tee hee A couple of them still have the tickets on them maybe I will see if I can trade them?

Jo ~ I think I will take up the legs of the size 14 and then I will still get some more use out of them.  It's great to hear you alter so many of your clothes when they need it... seems not too many sew any more.  Still have not gotten my machine taken care of... MUST get on that!  How fun your woman cave seems.

Colette ~ I'm just going to get in my car and some have some coffee with you! You let me know when would be good time for you and I'll see what I can do .... kay?

Lou ~ sounds like you are a busy woman with all the closings....

Well  my Jo just came in and needs to use this puter so I better get off here and give her a chance....

Have a good day all!

Bec

Bec,

   Would not recognize you until you rang door bell.  LOL  Sounds like you are busy too.  Are your girls both going to be staying at home for 1st semester?  We got the rain too today so the garden really needed it.  Its about done except for peppers and tomatoes and a few zucchinis yet.  Want to go to waverly to get some apples soon too.  Nice seeing you.  Sent you an email.
God Bless, Colette

Hi Auntie Jan and OH Peeps-
How is everyone this Monday morning? I just wanted to pop in real quick and say hi and let you know what happened to me on Friday-which just happened to be Mikes b-day too.....I got a text from Tammy (our Tammy on the board-Tammy Hughes-from the Bootheel) who was my very first angelette-anyway-she was on her way back from picking up her son and asked how far I was from ?....cant remember what town off hand now-and I was dog tired-hadnt slept in a cpl nights-lol.....and anyway, she asked if I was close enough to Carthage and if I had the time-would I be able to possibly meet her for a hug?  HECK YEAH!!!!!   Oh man! So, I ask if they are wanting gas and food?  I GOT TO SEE TAMMY!  I called Megan and she also went and brought Mackenzie so that Tammy could meet my grandbaby! It was awesome! Tammy looks so wonderful! We figured it out and we havent seen each other in almost 2 yrs! Like I said, she was my first angelette! I cried when she had to leave, but I got an hour with her-and she may be coming through tomorrow night on the way to tke her son back-he is getting ready to go to Iraq. Man, he is a BIG kid. As in tall and he is a LOOKER!!!! A real good looking kid! WOW! I would love to introduce him to Stephanie-if she wasnt with Nick-if they break up-Im keeping him in mind-Im telling you that for sure! He has good manners, and is a good hugger-he is so tall, that when he hugged me, I think my toes left the ground-lol......l

So, if they come through this way-I have asked Renee to come meet her-and we are gonna have a slumber party/pool party and exchange some clothes etc...and Tammy is sooooo tanned-Im so jelous-lol...I have the inground pool and she has the fabulous beautiful tan! She has a flat tummy too! Looking WONDERFUL! Looks awesome! Smiles worth a million. Not the same woman I met, thats for sure!

Anyway, this is a really busy week for me. Getting everything ready for the boys to get to school. The supplies list for the elementary school here is CRAZY! Its soooo small that the list is insane. They say its because a lot of parents cant afford it.....well-they cant afford it-because its too much-LOL.....maybe scale it back a little-or do it a little bit at a time....its like applying for a new car for crying out loud. Out of 4 kids that I have sent to school-Jonathan is having to have more than the other 3 all put together-for instance-15 glue sticks for class-and then another 5 for art class! Crazy huh? 2 boxes of 40 pencils, solid colors. a box of ziplock baggies, 4 boxes of kleenexs, 4 expo dry markers....a box of 24 crayons and then 4 more. ok-enough complaining....just jonathans supplies were almost $70. How crazy is that? Darrel is our high school student!

Weight wise Im holding steady between 155-160#. I have some results on some of my health issues. I also have some answers and finally some answers and course of actions. Im telling you-every time I turn around,  I get some "new" news.....once this stuff I know of now is taken care of, if I never see another doc, hospital etc-it will never be too soon!  So-what I know of so far....I am having my tummy tuck first-consult next month. Hysterectomy was going to TRY to be done at the same time-but just isnt working out that way, but will be done by Christmas. I have to have all my teeth pulled and have dentures. Between bad teeth in my family-vitamin deficiency and all the pain meds-I do not have a tooth in my mouth that is not broken, cracked or missing now from being pulled from the work already started now. Now for the scarier stuff.....

They found skin cancer. I already had one spot taken-and guess what? They have found 3 more-PLEASE pray for me. I would appreciate it. Not even so much for me-but if anything were to happen to me-Mike would just go over the edge. He just has not been the same since he has lost his dad and brother in the past 8 months-you know? I would appreciate it. Just dealing with a lot of junk right now. Staying positive. Pretty busy actually. Too busy at times-but not too busy for taking care of myself-I promise.....I AM taking care of me! I WISH I could say that I am constantly around Mackenzie (baby grand-daughter) and all of that, and thats why I dont get on here much-its been a lot of getting things here organized-trying to get my book all typed up and all of that.

My plan is when the boys are in school-to get Mikes hobby room totally moved and mine finished-we got one done, but we are working on the other-and we have boxes and etc all over the house-LOL....anyway-I AM going to get the book finished and my goal is to get the book published. By the end of 2010-I want my book out on the shelves!!!!! Its my goal. I just have the nagging feeling that Im suppose to do it-and Ive had it forever-so I know Im suppose to-so unless the good Lord takes me home before its done-then its going to be out there!

Well, Peeps, Ive got to get my butt off the chair and get going! I have a million and ten things to do today-the boys need their shots and the list goes on from there-I sure miss all of you and I hope everyone is doing great. You all look wonderful! The only ones Ive seen with my own eyes recently are Tammy and Renee and they are looking fantastic-I told Renee that she needs to gain a little back-she was too thin there for awhile. I was getting worried. Isnt that a weird concept?

Your all in my thoughts and prayers.  Love, Janet

 

 

Janet,
thought I would pop in and say hi to you.  You always sound so busy too.  Almost died when you said what school supplies cost.  My daughter in Collinsville, Ill.  sends her 2 girls to Christian School and she had to pay beginning fees and they were 1.039.00 plus 680.00 tuition each month.  Wow!    She can afford it as she is pharmicist and he is an artichitech.  But their school is all tuition paid by family - so you know a lot of those people are blessed.  She said she could use the money otherwise, but she feels a christina education is most important.  Praise the Lord!   I know you are enjoying that baby girl - before you know it she will be grown up.  Glad you are getting your surgery.  will keep you in my prayers for skin cancer.   God Bless, Colette

Jan,

I am wondering if you are eating any sugar.?  You may not be getting enough carbs because this is happening so ofter.  They need to draw a fasting blood sugar on you.   That is a terrible feeling.  I know mine had all the classic signs of hypoglycemic  attack.  Colette

Just a little piece of info as far as blood sugar dropping. Keep an individual packet of jelly (like they have at restaurants) in your purse or near by for just that. Jelly is one of the few foods that absorbs into our blood stream from our mouths instead of our stomachs. So it works much faster in bringing it back up. I was told this by my diabetes specialist's nurse.
Thought I would share,
Connie B.

Jan,
I think your problems are a combo of sugar and the humid heat. I have felt a little shakey a couple of times lately and I eat WAY more carbs than you do!!!
I do notice more aches when it is so humid but honestly, the chemo drug that I take for RA has made such a blessed difference for the past year that I am grateful. You know I lived in Las Vegas in the desert for 6 years and even though I had less pain I HATED the desert. I am a green person!!
I am still trying to fight the carb monster. I'm so mad at myself when I slip up - and I pray and pray for strength and am so angry when I'm weak. I know it's not easy but I do try - just seems as if I'm taking one step forward and two back. Can you tell I'm frustrated. I see the doctor this month and am going to ask about the swelling in my knee and see if I can get OK to start walking on the treadmill again. I love to do it - just don't want to do anything to get the arthritis flared up.
Please pray for strength for me. I promise that I do pray for all of you - a blanket prayer to be sure because I am too scattered to remember you individually like our Dear Jan does. But God knows who I mean and that's all that really matters!!!
Hugs,
Lana