What's Happening Monday - October 26th
Good Morning Missouri...
Thought I would open this up for Mimi (Jan) as she requested someone do this morning. I have been reading and catching up from being gone so long... I think maybe things will settle down for me a bit now and I will be able to get in here more and post.
Mimi would want me to remind all you southern folks of the Circle of Friends Support Group Meeting tonight. If anyone wants to put more info about that on I'm sure it would be appreciated...if not maybe you all know that info already.
I will go ahead and post this and then write another post as to my ramblings around... it will be a long one since I have not posted in a while. ~tee hee
It seems it will be wet and rainy again here... it rained pretty hard all afternoon and evening yesterday... the creeks are up and running with a force!
Have a good day all and I'll be back later when I get my book written...~ha
Bec
Good morning everyone sorry it has been soo long since i have been on here.i miss writing to everyone.work is going good for me just keeping me busy.hard to believe i have been there over two month's already.time fly's by when you are having fun.lol.
our new guy who came in to run the place left already last friday.he said he was not suited for us and we were not suited for him and walked out and quit.no warning.he went back to las vegas.so now they are looking for someone else.
i am getting ready to take andy to urgent care.he has been running a fever all night.dr bridges cannot get him in till late this afternoon.I sure will miss seeing you all at the group tonight as i have to work today.
i have a wow moment.i have lost another 2 pound's.yheeee.
i have lost some more inche's too.medium sweat pant's are getting too big on me too.i am down to 175.jan sound's like you and joe had a good time on your trip.we know you are ready for tuesday to be over with.we will be praying for you.how long do you have to stay in the hospital?
susie sorry to hear about your friend passing on,we will sure be praying for you and the family.cong on your weight loss you are looking great.
lou you look great too in your picture's.sound's like house selling is really keeping you busy.
jeanie ray wish we could get to see you again.we are praying you get the phone call you are waiting for from the doctor soon.you are doing good.
bec thank's for doing the post this morning.how are the girls and paul doing these day?how is tito.
jo how is the sewing coming along for you?i dont know how to sew too much but i do love to make thing's.
everyone have a great day.we love you all.have to leave soon with andy.god bless.susan.
Wow is it hard to believe that October is already winding down!
It has been a whirlwind month for sure. I started off the month doing some cleaning for my sil and then a weekend at the Ozark Craft Fair... then home to get ready for Debbie Darl'n to come for her annual appt with Dr. H. we went and got apples at Waverly... then I attended the Taste of Home Cooking School and helped to feed the homeless at church... and then the Walnut fiasco happened...
I had picked up 7 (S~10 size) pickup loads of walnuts and had put them into the dump bed... I did all that in between all the other stuffs I had been doing ~ha... well I was down talking to a neighbor and she said the price was going to go down from 9 to 6 after the next day... well needless to say I had to take them in right away the next day.... as it happened Paul was working days and that meant I had to take them in myself... no problem, we called ahead and I asked if someone would be there to back my LONG rig into the shoot and I was assured there would be. We had just been to Springfield and you backed up and someone unloaded you you were given a check and on you go... that's how we thought it worked...kay? Well I get there the next day and they back it in and we raise the hoist... there was a couple of men there directing the nuts into the auger and about half way thru after the ones that were going fall out just by force of gravity had done there thing we are talking about how I had picked them up and how that was going to be some "priceless" money I got... then it is made known to me that I would get docked for them having to unload them... I said in wonder, "you are kidding?" Now I have never been talked to by a man the way this fella talked to me, he said... We normally do not unload big loads like this IT'S NOT WHAT WE GET PAID FOR!!!" Well I'm not one to get mad very easily but I'm here to tell you I was livid... I had called ahead and never was anything said about me needing to unload it myself and they knew I was coming alone... I could of dealt with that had I known...but then you don't tell someone half way thru the rules! I told him to do what he had to and I grabbed that shovel and hauled myself up into that trailer and unloaded at least 3.5 pick up beds all by myself... shoveling! Sheer adrenaline kept me going... I fell and slid right down the trailer, if I had not put my foot out and caught myself I would have been in that auger for Pete's sake... they had to keep telling me to slow down... you should of seen the look on those Amish men's faces when I hauled myself into that trailer... the man that had spoken so ill to me said he would not want me to fall and get hurt... bless his heart! I told him I would be fine... I did fall and slip all over the place repeatedly as the walnut were already mushy and the hoist was raised... I was a literal "tar baby" when I got out of that trailer... they said if I was not dirty when I got in there I sure was now.... I told them, "it was not the first time I had been dirty and probably would not be the last"... after I was all done and the rude man was figuring up the ticket, I went over and told him... to do just what he had to as I had been above board in my business practices all my life and I sure didn't intend to be any different today! He said he was not going to dock me since I had helped!!! Oh dear I was all the more madder!!! He said he didn't want me to go away saying they were mean!!! Golly Willikers! You know my Paul would of never never in a million years of treated me that way and I went away ever so thankful for him and all the years I have lived with him and enjoyed being treated like a lady!!! In a few years I know I will probably laugh at this but the next day and week as I suffered the soreness and back pain from all that was not pretty. I had hauled in 2007 lbs after they had been hauled...a whopping $180... I didn't even make mini wage! ~tee hee and that was not even counting expenses and such... it took me 28 hours to pick them all up... will I do it again?... oh probably... it was good exercise and I will know a whole lot more about he "bi~nez" next season! ~ha I did make enough to by a picker and a cracker... which was my goal... hard work for such short return! ~ha
I have been attending a Beth Moore Bible study at the church on the Psalms of Accent... So I finished that series and then the Pastor is doing a series of classes on Wednesday night over the book called, "The Shack" so I had to get the book read for that... still am finishing it up before Wednesday night... oh boy... and I'm still behind on Andy's reading as well... but will get caught up on that here in the next day or two... I'm not as far behind as I was before at least...
Then it was time to get ready for my annual appt. with Dr. Hoehn. I was a bit apprehensive about that as I felt I was losing slower than most all of you... even though I have exercised like a feign... it still was discouraging to me to be losing so slowly. Anyway... needing to see the docs started off a simply fantastic visit with Debbie Darl'n as she comes here when she has her annual appt. and I go there when I have mine...
I got there that morning and ready to go to two different appts. We went to the first one the gyno and got that out of the way and then I went to see Dr. Hoehn. I told him when he came in that I was 70% SASS! He got a great big smile on his face and we hugged about that! ~ha He assured me I was doing GREAT on the weight loss even a bit ahead of schedule... I was surprised! All my labs where good so I will keep doing what I'm doing... my little beeper went off that tells me about my vits right while I was in there so I showed him how I take them... I teased him that I was compliant and told him my pcp says I'm ODC compliant! ~tee hee. We then had a WONDERFUL visit together! I went in there to see a doctor and I felt like I went out of there with a new friend! We had quite a conversation and I knew the Lord had visited with both of us! He is a special man with a special ministry and I know the Lord is going to do more even than he already has in his life and practice! I told him... what other profession does he know that has the power to impact anothers life more than what he does and how what he did had affected my life and family so profoundly! I pray very very big blessings on his, career, ministry and family!
Well after that Debbie and I went and had Macadamia Encrusted Maui Maui (fish) it was delish! We have had that before on one of my visits... not something I would have ever tried if it has not been for her... we went to a used clothing store and found a couple of items each... Thursday morning we went to her Beth Moore Bible Study on Ester, then we went out to Nebraska Furniture Mart and we set in these HEAVENLY massage chairs! Oh My My My did my whole body feel wonderful after a session in those chairs!!!! we looked around a bit more and then it was already evening... then I had brought my sewing machine to fix a pair of slacks and a bed skirt for her while she made supper so I did that. On Friday we got up and went the Home Show at Bartle Hall where I got this rubber broom... Debbie says they are great for hair on the bathroom floor. Then we stopped by David's work and he took us a tour of what they are doing there in the Wall Street towers. They are making condo's on the upper floors. He sure is a busy man. I just can not imagine living in that urban setting after being out there in the country.... world's of difference in lifestyle that's for sure! Then we stopped at Constantino's for a late lunch. It was really fun looking over all those fancy desserts, it was kind of a grocery/deli type setting only it was upscale and very nice... I guess the only grocery in the downtown area, I sure would hate to think I had to do all my shopping in there! as the prices were about double Wal~Mart ~ha Then we went on home and I painted the concrete owl she has out in the front that needed a little dye job! ~tee hee... we watched a movie and it was time for bed again.... on Saturday got up and stopped by a couple of shops before heading to Cinzetti's to meet up with David, Paul and my girls for lunch... it was a nice place for sure... but not like the pics I had seen on the Internet... an Italian style buffet, the atmosphere was nice enough for sure but the setting in the one on the Internet was even more unique. Then it was time to part company with my dear friend... was sad as we both knew it would probably be another year before we would seen each other again and we had had such a wonderful time together. Debbie Darl'n thank you so much for the wonderful visit and yet again setting thru more appts with me. I marvel every time I think of how you have been right by my side no matter what I have had to go thru with this WLS journey... you are a jewel and blessing in my life for sure!!! Now I'm not real sure I told all that just in the order it happened but you can see we where very busy ladies for the better part of 4 days and it went by so fast. Now then when we parted ways after the lunch... Paul the girls and I spent the rest of the day shopping and then yesterday I had planned to have a bonfire and roast for them and even sleep out as we like to do that... but it poured rain all after noon and evening so we "played" in the house instead. AJ was up and left early this morning and Crystal has already gotten a call to teach. So maybe life will settle down now and get back to some sort of "normal" for a bit at least.
The day I seen the Dr.s was the day I finished my one year commitment of walking the four miles a day. I thank the Lord that he gave me the health and strength to do it... I'm going to change it up now though and see if I can jump start more weight loss... I feel like I have had my little break and now I have to get right back to busy.
This week.... well tomorrow I'm going to try and stop by and see Jamie (surgery today) before Bible Study... then class on Wednesday evening over the book... Thursday it's down to Paul's mom to get one more load of "stuff", she sold her farm and has to have the place ready to turn over here soon, and then I am thinking about putting all my fall things away and starting on Christmas. I'm a bit early this year but my Crystal is ready to do it... we have to clean the garage first so that will take some time and I have apples work up... want to make pies for all the neighbors, applebutter, sauce, of coarse those sewing projects are still waiting for me, I have a table and chairs, and a china cabinet that are calling my name to be refinished... on and on and on...~ha I sure don't lack for anything to do that certain!
Now I hope I have not bored you to tears... if so I hope you stopped reading a long time ago... I know some have been wondering why I have not been on as much as I used to be and here's pretty much why... seems like I have not set down much all month long... and when I have I'm so tired that I can't seem to do anything but fall asleep...~ha
Blessings and more blessing to all you... to the ones waiting for surgery take courage as just takes time to go thru all the steps but it will happen...
It's always good to get back on and catch up with everyone and hope all is going well with each...
Mimi ~ I am praying your surgery will go smoothly and Janet yours too!
To all that have been sick I sure hope you are gettin better and back up and about.
Susie ~ you are in my prayers as well. I know you will see blessings in what you are dealing with... sometimes it hard to see it when you are going thru it and sometimes it's down the road before you can see the good in it but it will happen. Say...when I was a Debbie Darln's I got on her wii fit and boy did I want to smack that girl that was running in front of me just waving! I could not catch up with her and she just kept looking back waving and grinning at me!!! After I went thru all the "testing" it said I was as fit as a 36 year old and I'm 44 now that's not bad huh? ~tee hee On one of the games on the screen I got down on the floor and pounded it with my hand because I was not very good at what I was doing!!! I was "feeling" it! ~tee hee Fun exercise!
Janet and Renee ~ you girls are precious.
John ~ sorry you have been sick and was so sorry to hear about your day at work. Such sadness in this ole life at times huh?
Andy and Susan ~ sure miss you guys, get all better real quick...kay?
I know I have missed many many but I hope you all are doing well and being blessed!
Bec
It has been a whirlwind month for sure. I started off the month doing some cleaning for my sil and then a weekend at the Ozark Craft Fair... then home to get ready for Debbie Darl'n to come for her annual appt with Dr. H. we went and got apples at Waverly... then I attended the Taste of Home Cooking School and helped to feed the homeless at church... and then the Walnut fiasco happened...
I had picked up 7 (S~10 size) pickup loads of walnuts and had put them into the dump bed... I did all that in between all the other stuffs I had been doing ~ha... well I was down talking to a neighbor and she said the price was going to go down from 9 to 6 after the next day... well needless to say I had to take them in right away the next day.... as it happened Paul was working days and that meant I had to take them in myself... no problem, we called ahead and I asked if someone would be there to back my LONG rig into the shoot and I was assured there would be. We had just been to Springfield and you backed up and someone unloaded you you were given a check and on you go... that's how we thought it worked...kay? Well I get there the next day and they back it in and we raise the hoist... there was a couple of men there directing the nuts into the auger and about half way thru after the ones that were going fall out just by force of gravity had done there thing we are talking about how I had picked them up and how that was going to be some "priceless" money I got... then it is made known to me that I would get docked for them having to unload them... I said in wonder, "you are kidding?" Now I have never been talked to by a man the way this fella talked to me, he said... We normally do not unload big loads like this IT'S NOT WHAT WE GET PAID FOR!!!" Well I'm not one to get mad very easily but I'm here to tell you I was livid... I had called ahead and never was anything said about me needing to unload it myself and they knew I was coming alone... I could of dealt with that had I known...but then you don't tell someone half way thru the rules! I told him to do what he had to and I grabbed that shovel and hauled myself up into that trailer and unloaded at least 3.5 pick up beds all by myself... shoveling! Sheer adrenaline kept me going... I fell and slid right down the trailer, if I had not put my foot out and caught myself I would have been in that auger for Pete's sake... they had to keep telling me to slow down... you should of seen the look on those Amish men's faces when I hauled myself into that trailer... the man that had spoken so ill to me said he would not want me to fall and get hurt... bless his heart! I told him I would be fine... I did fall and slip all over the place repeatedly as the walnut were already mushy and the hoist was raised... I was a literal "tar baby" when I got out of that trailer... they said if I was not dirty when I got in there I sure was now.... I told them, "it was not the first time I had been dirty and probably would not be the last"... after I was all done and the rude man was figuring up the ticket, I went over and told him... to do just what he had to as I had been above board in my business practices all my life and I sure didn't intend to be any different today! He said he was not going to dock me since I had helped!!! Oh dear I was all the more madder!!! He said he didn't want me to go away saying they were mean!!! Golly Willikers! You know my Paul would of never never in a million years of treated me that way and I went away ever so thankful for him and all the years I have lived with him and enjoyed being treated like a lady!!! In a few years I know I will probably laugh at this but the next day and week as I suffered the soreness and back pain from all that was not pretty. I had hauled in 2007 lbs after they had been hauled...a whopping $180... I didn't even make mini wage! ~tee hee and that was not even counting expenses and such... it took me 28 hours to pick them all up... will I do it again?... oh probably... it was good exercise and I will know a whole lot more about he "bi~nez" next season! ~ha I did make enough to by a picker and a cracker... which was my goal... hard work for such short return! ~ha
I have been attending a Beth Moore Bible study at the church on the Psalms of Accent... So I finished that series and then the Pastor is doing a series of classes on Wednesday night over the book called, "The Shack" so I had to get the book read for that... still am finishing it up before Wednesday night... oh boy... and I'm still behind on Andy's reading as well... but will get caught up on that here in the next day or two... I'm not as far behind as I was before at least...
Then it was time to get ready for my annual appt. with Dr. Hoehn. I was a bit apprehensive about that as I felt I was losing slower than most all of you... even though I have exercised like a feign... it still was discouraging to me to be losing so slowly. Anyway... needing to see the docs started off a simply fantastic visit with Debbie Darl'n as she comes here when she has her annual appt. and I go there when I have mine...
I got there that morning and ready to go to two different appts. We went to the first one the gyno and got that out of the way and then I went to see Dr. Hoehn. I told him when he came in that I was 70% SASS! He got a great big smile on his face and we hugged about that! ~ha He assured me I was doing GREAT on the weight loss even a bit ahead of schedule... I was surprised! All my labs where good so I will keep doing what I'm doing... my little beeper went off that tells me about my vits right while I was in there so I showed him how I take them... I teased him that I was compliant and told him my pcp says I'm ODC compliant! ~tee hee. We then had a WONDERFUL visit together! I went in there to see a doctor and I felt like I went out of there with a new friend! We had quite a conversation and I knew the Lord had visited with both of us! He is a special man with a special ministry and I know the Lord is going to do more even than he already has in his life and practice! I told him... what other profession does he know that has the power to impact anothers life more than what he does and how what he did had affected my life and family so profoundly! I pray very very big blessings on his, career, ministry and family!
Well after that Debbie and I went and had Macadamia Encrusted Maui Maui (fish) it was delish! We have had that before on one of my visits... not something I would have ever tried if it has not been for her... we went to a used clothing store and found a couple of items each... Thursday morning we went to her Beth Moore Bible Study on Ester, then we went out to Nebraska Furniture Mart and we set in these HEAVENLY massage chairs! Oh My My My did my whole body feel wonderful after a session in those chairs!!!! we looked around a bit more and then it was already evening... then I had brought my sewing machine to fix a pair of slacks and a bed skirt for her while she made supper so I did that. On Friday we got up and went the Home Show at Bartle Hall where I got this rubber broom... Debbie says they are great for hair on the bathroom floor. Then we stopped by David's work and he took us a tour of what they are doing there in the Wall Street towers. They are making condo's on the upper floors. He sure is a busy man. I just can not imagine living in that urban setting after being out there in the country.... world's of difference in lifestyle that's for sure! Then we stopped at Constantino's for a late lunch. It was really fun looking over all those fancy desserts, it was kind of a grocery/deli type setting only it was upscale and very nice... I guess the only grocery in the downtown area, I sure would hate to think I had to do all my shopping in there! as the prices were about double Wal~Mart ~ha Then we went on home and I painted the concrete owl she has out in the front that needed a little dye job! ~tee hee... we watched a movie and it was time for bed again.... on Saturday got up and stopped by a couple of shops before heading to Cinzetti's to meet up with David, Paul and my girls for lunch... it was a nice place for sure... but not like the pics I had seen on the Internet... an Italian style buffet, the atmosphere was nice enough for sure but the setting in the one on the Internet was even more unique. Then it was time to part company with my dear friend... was sad as we both knew it would probably be another year before we would seen each other again and we had had such a wonderful time together. Debbie Darl'n thank you so much for the wonderful visit and yet again setting thru more appts with me. I marvel every time I think of how you have been right by my side no matter what I have had to go thru with this WLS journey... you are a jewel and blessing in my life for sure!!! Now I'm not real sure I told all that just in the order it happened but you can see we where very busy ladies for the better part of 4 days and it went by so fast. Now then when we parted ways after the lunch... Paul the girls and I spent the rest of the day shopping and then yesterday I had planned to have a bonfire and roast for them and even sleep out as we like to do that... but it poured rain all after noon and evening so we "played" in the house instead. AJ was up and left early this morning and Crystal has already gotten a call to teach. So maybe life will settle down now and get back to some sort of "normal" for a bit at least.
The day I seen the Dr.s was the day I finished my one year commitment of walking the four miles a day. I thank the Lord that he gave me the health and strength to do it... I'm going to change it up now though and see if I can jump start more weight loss... I feel like I have had my little break and now I have to get right back to busy.
This week.... well tomorrow I'm going to try and stop by and see Jamie (surgery today) before Bible Study... then class on Wednesday evening over the book... Thursday it's down to Paul's mom to get one more load of "stuff", she sold her farm and has to have the place ready to turn over here soon, and then I am thinking about putting all my fall things away and starting on Christmas. I'm a bit early this year but my Crystal is ready to do it... we have to clean the garage first so that will take some time and I have apples work up... want to make pies for all the neighbors, applebutter, sauce, of coarse those sewing projects are still waiting for me, I have a table and chairs, and a china cabinet that are calling my name to be refinished... on and on and on...~ha I sure don't lack for anything to do that certain!
Now I hope I have not bored you to tears... if so I hope you stopped reading a long time ago... I know some have been wondering why I have not been on as much as I used to be and here's pretty much why... seems like I have not set down much all month long... and when I have I'm so tired that I can't seem to do anything but fall asleep...~ha
Blessings and more blessing to all you... to the ones waiting for surgery take courage as just takes time to go thru all the steps but it will happen...
It's always good to get back on and catch up with everyone and hope all is going well with each...
Mimi ~ I am praying your surgery will go smoothly and Janet yours too!
To all that have been sick I sure hope you are gettin better and back up and about.
Susie ~ you are in my prayers as well. I know you will see blessings in what you are dealing with... sometimes it hard to see it when you are going thru it and sometimes it's down the road before you can see the good in it but it will happen. Say...when I was a Debbie Darln's I got on her wii fit and boy did I want to smack that girl that was running in front of me just waving! I could not catch up with her and she just kept looking back waving and grinning at me!!! After I went thru all the "testing" it said I was as fit as a 36 year old and I'm 44 now that's not bad huh? ~tee hee On one of the games on the screen I got down on the floor and pounded it with my hand because I was not very good at what I was doing!!! I was "feeling" it! ~tee hee Fun exercise!
Janet and Renee ~ you girls are precious.
John ~ sorry you have been sick and was so sorry to hear about your day at work. Such sadness in this ole life at times huh?
Andy and Susan ~ sure miss you guys, get all better real quick...kay?
I know I have missed many many but I hope you all are doing well and being blessed!
Bec
Hi Everyone - I miss popping in everyday to chat with you all. I just can't seem to find the time lately.
Bec I would have loved to been with you unloading those walnuts...
Home early today with an ear ache... Tylenol not helping much - am avoiding the ibuprofen but it is so tempting!!!
Take care Everyone!
Sandy
Bec I would have loved to been with you unloading those walnuts...
Home early today with an ear ache... Tylenol not helping much - am avoiding the ibuprofen but it is so tempting!!!
Take care Everyone!
Sandy
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