WHATS HAPPENING SATURDAY
Oh me I am feeling fat… ..seems like I havent done much lately…and the colder it gets the more I sit. My left knee is killing me ouchy….I had Joe bring my exercise ball over so I can use it to maybe get some of the muscles built up in my legs especially the one that im going to have surgery on so I can get the exercise going again.
I have gotten in touch with some people on the AZ board so I can maybe go to a couple of meetings there when we are there for the winter. And will be neat to have a couple of friends out there too.
Lou I think we are going to look at some land out near where you dad lives or out that way…don’t know that we will buy it but going to look.. If we could sell our rental we might use that for buying some land there. We would like to buy some land there to go all green. .that is a good place to be able to go green there.
Today I made something like 40 new passion flower vines starters. I have lots and lots of other things that I am starting them….around 30 or 40 different color coleus…oh and several white hibiscus. I have them up so I transplanted them into small containers. I have lots of pink and red so I wanted to put out some white ones. I just planted 10 starts of of some pretty red grasses. They grow in clumps and only get about a foot tall so I put them along a flower bed. Also transplanted a bunch of the really bright blue iris that spread like crazy…put them up front they are such a show stopper. They are so bright. They bloom about the same time as the tulips.
Every year when we go off for the winter we put a lot of elect heat in the green house which runs us a lot of money…this year we are going to put them in the house , we will have the heat on emergency heat anyway which will kick oh if it gets below 40 degrees so im going to go buy these great big square deals at home depot, I think they use them to mix concrete in them….I can put several pots in them at once then I will fill them about half way up with sand and small gravel. Or just small gravel. Sitting the pots on top of the gravel and pour water up to slightly cover the gravel. Hopefully that will keep the plants water. But before I put them in there I will be putting some wicks in the bottoms of the pots and down into the gravel. Will make the wicks go up quite aways into the pots. We will put all of them next to a big north window that always has good light and will be under a light that will be on a timer to go on and off on 12 hour cycles. So hopefully they will all do well without breaking the bank.
SUSIE::: im afraid it is going to be a cold and long winter too. If it gets any colder and wetter than it was and keeps getting that way we will be moving to AZ sooner than later. We had no hot summer this year. Had about one week of cold and that was it. I know it never was hot enough for long enough to grow squash this year. …anyway so much for the green house effect.
Im glad to hear that Angie is doing well. If you talk to her tomorrow , tell her we all said hi. And hope to see Miss Sexy soon
Susie how old is your son? Sometimes we just have to bite the bullet and tell them to start doing for themselves. You will be surprised how much better thay can do if they have to. Lol
Jo::::: they have raised the temps from what they were saying we would have tonight and tomorrow. But if you live north of 44 and east of 65 it is suppose to really get cold ….possible heavy frost I think they said.
You know if one thing I have found to be true that if there is some way to make your insurance company pay twice for something they will lol
Good luck on all of these test and getting the results of them …
Jeanie-Rae: :::oh how I know the hurts and pain our kids can cause. Take it easy and just pray that things will work out for your son. . Just know that we are always here for you. And that we arent jus t fair weather friends.
Cor ::::: so glad that you have an appointment with Dr. H. …be sure and let us know what he says.
Im not sure what all of your problem could be. If you eat like I saw you eat all the time , that is a lot of food to keep losing weight.
Good luck on your new job and postion. Take care it is a good job but it can get to you after awhile too.
Lol I don’t think we even had any summer this year did we???
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GOD BLESS YOU TODAY
JAN COOK
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JAN COOK
Morning to all my friends on the board, I just read about Angie's passing a few minutes ago. I am sorry for her families loss.
I know that this is a risk we all take when we have WLS, but when I outway the risks VS. the fact that my health is only going to get worse if I don't lose the weight I choose to do the surgery. I will take one step at a time and pray for Angie and her family. I know she is in heaven and there is no pain there. God bless us all, I agree with Andy, we have to trust our faith in God during times like this.
Jan, can I move to AZ with you? No just kidding, the cold is already getting to me though. I used to love winter and the snow, used to really hope that Thanksgiving would be cold and snowy, but not so much now. I don't usually have Arthritis Pain until it starts getting cold.
Well I'm gonna close for now. Maybe go snuggle up on the bed and play with my two ****atiels. We keep them in our Bedroom to keep them safe when the families here. The only problem I have is when we let them out of the cage I have to go around with a piece of TP and pick up little droppings, they are really fun though, and they don't cause any problems.LOL
Its with a heavy heart I am in posting today. I cannot wrap my head around our loss. I cant imagine HOW Walter and Angies sis and nephews and neices are feeling, considering I know how all of us are feeling and most of us didnt know sweet Angie like they did.
To be frank, IM PISSED TOO! She was so full of life, so loving and giving, so happy and watching her go through her journey, to be honest, has been so fun lately-the more she was able to accomplish, the happier she became and you just couldnt wait to see what the next WOW moment was going to be. I cried when she got away from her chair. Bawled like a baby. I remember going through so much of the same things she did. Not that all obese people go through stuff like that, but those of us who were or are super obese....we add a whole different realm of difficulties than some. Im not demeaning what anyone goes through, dont take it like that-but I know the feelings of being too fat to even get in the back seat of certain cars because the doors didnt open wide enough and so on-and only super duper obese ones deal with stuff like that, so I related to her on the utimost level and just got sooooo excited when the simple things just....dang it. I hope you understand what I mean. She was just kickin butt and taking names and this wasnt suppose to happen!
I remember 3 yrs ago, having Thanksgiving dinner (not me, but my family) at my home and getting a call that Marilyn had passed away after her wls-and it was just 3 days before my RNY surgery and it left me feeling so much more anxious than I already was-and now, 3 days before my surgery (again).....I am feeling the same way! I didnt know Marilyn. I had only seen her post one or two times-but a lot of the MO board members did. She had a lot of underlying issues.....BUT....Angie was young, was getting her health back, ten-fold and she was just looking forward to it-so excited! So happy. Counting down the days to her MAJOR goal! I feel like we are in the middle of a nightmare today.
I am also feeling sad that if she has a service we are all invited to attend, that I wont be able to go pay my respects because of my surgery. This saddens me sooo much. Renee and I were talking about that this morning while we were on the phone, crying and remembering Angie and how full of life she was. She is in NC and cant make it back before the end of the month.
IF anyone starts a fund to send flowers or take donations, please post it. I would be interested in donating and so would Renee. I called Tammy and told her since she hasnt been on the board lately. She had the same reaction we all have right now.
Please just remember her husband, Walter and family in your prayers, as I will. Heaven just inherited a very loving and funny angel today. She will be missed so much. Love, Janet
I do not know the arrangements for Angie yet but most likely the funeral will be in St louis and burial in Meta. It will be a few days before we know for sure I suspect.
Our soldier friend is expected to arrive home soon. His mom passed a while back from cancer and he lost his sister a few years ago to an accident at the age of 21. His poor dad has had to go thru so much. He was married and his wife is expecting. I will be going to Illinois for that when we find out the plans.
We all need to live our life like this is our last day because we never know when our time is coming. Hug your family and tell them you love them.
