WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY -MOTHERS DAY

HAPPY MOTHERS DAYS TO ALL: hope everyone has a great day...I have to work but that is ok. I had my mothers day yesterday. My son and his new wife came down to visit. they brought me a beautiful white tea rose. it is really pretty. and both of my girls called me one last night and the other one this morning.
looks like it is going to rain and it is pretty chilly out there this morning but at least we dont have snow like they had in the upper north east yesterday morninjg lol crazy weather. My daughter in San Antonio said it was chilly there too but nothing like here.

well my iris are beginning to wind down i always hate to see them go they are always so springy looking and make my spirits soar from their beauty. but the lilies are full of buds and will be coming along by the time the iris are done. once the Iris are completly done i have to get in and clean up all the debris from them....

Tomorrow is pay day and i will be busy all day. I have a doctors appointment at 8:30 in the morning then will pick up my check and start paying people lol then have to be at work at two... so if someone will do the Whats Happening Post tomorrow i would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. 

I have got to decide where i want my new rose. I am thinking i am going to put it right next to the house on the south side but not real sure. Might show up better on the side of the green house since the house is white and the green house is cedar it would show up better there i think....
will sit it around several places to see where it looks the best at. 

didnt do much yesterday since i had company all day and my back was really hurting last night. the less i do the more i hurt. lol but sitting sure doesnt help my back and hip pain at all. I had to take one of Joes big pain pills last night to get it to stop , i hate taking those things tho. so that is why i stay so busy all the time stretching and pulling on my muscles it helps to take the pain away. 

Wow for some reason i woke up this morning thinking about what a small amount of time i really do have left to be alive. sort of has me depressed...i guess i thought i would live forever? dont know maybe. crazy thoughts huh? wish i had done more to make a difference in the world...and in peoples lives. i think that is why i like nursing. and keep going back to it. dont know. 

well im going to get off here before i bring everyone down lol ....love all of you and Hope your day is filled with good things and lots of hugs and kisses.  

Good morning to all.happy mother's day to all the mom's.it sure does look it is going to rain here also.we got down to 46 degress here last night.the weather said last night rain starting today and all the way through sat.we sure do not need that much.

jan your rose does sound pretty.i will see you at work sometime today and tomorrow if just to say hello and wave.i should have time before i take andy to work tomorrow morning to start the what is happening for you.i have a doctor's app on thursday with the foot doctor but i am off work that day.two of my girl's have  app with the beauty shop also.

jo is the new med's helping your hubby's blood pressure any at all.sound's like he sure does like to work in the garden and you in your woman cave.

bec how are you doing today?sure was good to talk to you on the phone yesterday.no playing in the dirt too much.lol.

jeanie rae how are you doing today?glad you are not having that much pain.when you get the drain's oiut you really will be able to move around.we can hardly wait to see you on friday.i hope my new glasses come in by then so we can stop and pick them up on the way to the group.

everyone have  a great day.we love you all.god bless.susan 

Good morning OH,

It's cold and dreary, and I'm feeling a little down today. Have been getting in my protein and keep tracke so I know I'm getting enough of that. Guess it might be part of the hormonal thing. Don't feel ill, just don't feel great.

Don't really have much to post. Will be happy to get the drain out, and to be able to put real food in my mouth again.

Think I'll post this and find something constructive to do. Talk to ya all later.

Happy Mothers' Day to all you Moms.  Still very chilly here and the furnace keeps coming on.

I got a pair of the Thera shoes.  They do feel a little strange on but I guess I'll have to get used to them.  They were only $19.99. 

Max's BP goes up and down.  He's going to call his doctor tomorrow.  He does love working outside. 

Jeanie, your feelings are probably hormonal and it could be just because you've not gotten your strength back.  Another thing could be kind of a letdown after all the anticipation of having the surgery.  It's like all the hype of a wedding or Christmas or a vacation.  Once it's over, you can feel a little down.

My Mothers' Day is one of mixed emotions.  My mother passed away May 8th in 1968 and her service was the 10th.  My older son called me this morning.  We don't talk a lot.  He works a lot of hours, sleeps while I'm at work and works nights.  He made me feel so good when he said what a great childhood he had.  He is adopted and has no desire to find his biological parents.  Eric was a nightmare as a teenager.

My other son, Greg, will probably no call me.  He is an alcoholic and I've known for 5 years.  I thought he was doing better but he isn't.  Very sad and heartbreaking.  His girlfriend has called me twice this weekend.  She is about ready to boot him out.  He has a good job but he has lost several jobs the last few years due to drinking.  He says he's an adult and Vodka is his only vice. He knows how we feel about him drinking.  He knows he needs help but he won't do anything to get it.  

I try to keep busy and not worry about him, but that's hard to do.  I find I'm taking more Xanax that ever before.  I can't keep doing that.  My doctor gave it to me to use spareingly.

Anyway, sorry to be a debbydowner today.  Max is taking me out for dinner.  My niece has something for me so I'll stop by there after dinner.   

Howdy All...

I went out at 8 this morning and decided to take the 8.6 mile walk it took me 3 hours.  Wow my back was hurting! But it was so nice and not hot at all.

When I got back my Crystal had gone to work but left the neatest gift basket on the table with lots of little gifts all wrapped up in it with a card that said I was to open a gift every two hours all day long. Each little gift then has another card with it that explains what that gift represents.... something I "am" to her...or an "attribute" she thinks I have... ... the first one was a package of gum that was to represent "strength"... I don't know what the rest of them are as it's not time yet to open another one... oh dear I have another WHOLE HOUR! My curiosity  is peaked for sure! I know I am humbled and sure don't feel like I deserve the sweet words I've read even in just the card or the one on the first package...  Anyway a real blessing and for a WHOLE DAY too... that's a gift that keeps on giving... ~ha  But golly I'm impatient! ~ha I better get out there and get busy so I don't cheat and peek!  ~tee hee

My Jo just called  and told me where to go on line to see what she gave me ... it was a exclusive type (I guess??) tea house where they have "chests" of teas. Golly I sure hope that girl did not  spend what I seen for prices there!  I would NOT be able to drink them comfortably!  I pay $3 for 30 cups NOT $3 for ONE CUP!!!!   Egads!!!  Will be fun to try all the new flavors though.... She has always been the one that does the "impractical" things for me... the things she knows I would NEVER do for myself.  Like the all the "different" fresh cut flowers  that DIE! ~ha  I would do that in a heart beat for someone else but just can't seem to do it for myself, it seems like my mind would say, 'well???? I need this "practical" thing way more than spending $$ on the impractical" thing.'

Mimi~ golly wow you have and are influencing many lives for the better... you are so willing to help a person in need, just in the short time I've known you... I've seen you help so many... you can be very proud of that!  But I do know what you mean, I want my life to make a difference too.  But rest from those thoughts.

Jo ~ hope you get used to the shoes... for sure don't give up... it might take you a while but they are simply fantastic when you do get used to them... maybe even you could walk from the bus stop to work and back... that might help you to get acclimated... some say they feel like they are going to fall over at first. I wear them all the time now except when I am going to town shopping, church or some place like that.  Enjoy your dinner out today.

Jeanie ~hang in there dear lady... I know exactly where you are right now... I felt that very same way and it was hard to get on an post when I felt like that... but it does pass... I know that really doesn't help the right now, but some day you will look back and say "I can't believe a WHOLE YEAR has gone by!"  And you just won't hardly be able to contain how much better you feel and how much more you can do!  It's GREAT! 

Susan ~ It was good to talk to you on the phone yesterday too.  You and Andy are in my prayers.  Tess really likes being out of jail too! ~ha I guess I'm too much of a softie as I hated to see her in solitary confinement... SHE DID NOT LIKE IT!   But it seems to have worked.  Golly I hope she does not decide to do that again!  But I did take her out hot dogs while she was incarcerated...~ha

Well have to go see what the next little gift is going to be?   Have a wonderful day all.

Bec

Bec, that's so sweet of Crystal to make that gift for you.  What fun!!  I'm sure you are well deserving of the nice things the girls did for you.  You are very important to them.  My niece always does nice things for me.  She takes me to lunch and always remembers my birthday and Mothers' Day.  I watch her children occasionally and I always enjoy it but she takes me to lunch to thank me.

My dinner was very good.  My sister paid for our dinner and I wasn't expecting that.  We will definitely go back. 

We went to a nursery and got a Clamatis for $15 and 2 large knock out roses.  The roses were $20 but we got 25% off.  It's starting to rain so no planting today.

Jo... it has been so fun opening all the little gifts... when I am all done I will tell you what all they were.

Where did you go for lunch and what did you have? I love hearing what you have or fix... some times it gives me an idea too. 

I am trying to be a very good girl till I get the rest of this weight off... so I told my family no goody food for me.  I did brown some country ribs and then put them in the crock pot with hickory brown sugar bbq sauce.  I will give that to Paul with some garlic red potatoes and corn for supper and then I will hurry out and walk again so I don't have to watch him eat it.

I'm so happy your niece does the nice things for you.  My heart goes out to the mother's that have had difficulties and challenges with their children and I'm so happy when good things happen for those who have suffered.

I also feel for those of you that mother's have passed on.  I was three when your momma died. That's a very long time to be without her!

I want some clematis so very bad but have not had any luck with them... I hope yours does well.  My Paul wants me to start some roses too...they are his favorite.  I will do that some time.

Will be looking forward to seeing some pics of what all your husband has done... if you look in my profile I think I may have some pic of my place on there?  You might enjoy looking at them?

Have a good evening...

Bec