WHATS HAPPENING SATURDAY

Good morning everyone....wow it was a wicked night in Springfieild last night....rain, wind, hail, and lightening striking houses and setting them on fire , well at least one that we know about. huh Lana?
For all of you that didnt get there last night , Remember who it was that was telling everyone that they had better be at the meeting are she was coming after them or some such stuff....guess who wasnt at the meeting ? lol none other than Lana....she does have a good excuse tho so guess we will let her ride this time....a house in her neighborhood caught on fire and the fire department had hoses stretched across the streets and she couldnt get out.......told her i would send Joe after her a and she said she would have to walk about 3 blocks in the rain to get to where he could pick her up ....anyway sure did miss you Lana....will see you next time.

Jeanie you are looking really good. keep up the good work girl you will be thin and able to do so much more later on. and isnt getting rid of the O2 wonderful? i know that has to make you feel like a much older person than you are dragging that around....i was going to tell you that your insurance will pay for the Chantrix to help you to quit smoking ....i so hope you can beat that one...you know we have this surgery to get healthy and smoking isnt healthy....I know you will beat it.  Good to see you and if you need me holler please...

Cant name all the others that were there but we really had some good discussions.....Had 2 pre ops that had lots of questions. Im really sorry but i have forgotten your names. I was telling her how to get on here  and she said she would try to ....hope you make it. 

Well i was going to get Joe up early this morning and we were going to get the rest of the yard mowed but guess that was in my imagination....he is still in bed. asleep of course. but it did rain and the grass is too wet to mow. i think we might have to call the neighbors up the road that bale hay...if we dont get it cut before long.

I have been out already this morning and picked 3 quarts of green beans and put them up in the freezer...also picked several jalapenos, and some green peppers.
wont be long till i have some watermelons ready to eat. love them melons. i plant the little seedless sugar babies and i usually eat one a day when i have one ripe. lol good thing they dont add weight to us. just make you pee a lot which is good.

the chickens are doing good the other day it was so hot and they were standing in the shade just panting, did you know that chickens pant? they do just like a dog. any way it started raining and they just stood out in it and fluffed their feathers looked for all the world like we did when we were kids and use to play in the rain....did you all ever do that? we use to all the time as long as there wasnt lightening mama let us play and splash we would be dirtier than we were before we started playing in the water lol ...then we had to go taking turns into the smokehouse and change clothes and hang our wet clothes on a line she had in there ....how many remember what a smokehouse was????

my flowers are looking great but the hybiscus are a little beaten down from the rain ....need to get out there and pull them back up and stake them i guess. I have several that i am going to dig up and transplant this fall so they want be crowd out my other flowers i have out there.  need to get some starts to different things potted up for my friend i work with ....stuff that doesnt require a lot of care...so think i will pot up one of them , gonna take an awfully big pot lol but i think i have one.
still have weeding to do so guess i better get at it. havent found any weeding faries to help out yet.
think i will advertise in something next year .....master gardner needs help will teach you all sort of planting advice . how to plant and care for different flowers ....will be hands on teaching. sign up now for one day or one week,Room and board provided   .... do you think i would get any takers >??? 
I have enough to do i could keep at least 2 people busy most of the time ....besides myself. 
I still havent started the water fall out front like i wanted to get done this summer....need some muscle to do it and most of the time Joes back just wont let him do it. and George has been in school when im off work and when he is out im at work ,it seems anyway....oh well maybe this fall when it cools down some i can get someone to help me. 

going to get off here now and get my protein coffee done so i can get busy working doing something. need to call the hardware store and see if they got the sensor in for my dryer....if not i need to rig up some sort of clothes line to dry some clothes on....will need scrubs washed and dried for next week. 
talk to you all later love you 

Oh How I wished I lived closer to the support group that you all have. It sounds wonderful!

I have been missing for a few days...Hard drive went out on my laptop and it was 5 or 6 years old so had to buy a new one. Even went to the library to use the computer to research the best deals. LOL
I now have a new one and have to learn about it all over again. the worst is having to reinstall everything. Mostly remember what I had on it. I will now look into a backup source. I don;t know wether to purchase my own or pay annual fee for an online source. Anyone have ideas?

I have kept you all in my prayers and have missed seeing your posts everyday. I have caught up on everyone but enjoy reading everyday.

Debbie we need to get our luncheon booked.

Love ya all
Barbara

i really really wish you lived close enough to come to our meetings too. and while we are speaking of coming to see us , i have missed you and your granddaughters visit this year....why have you not come to see me ? Have you not been to Branson yet this year?

i have been thinking about getting an external hard drive , they arent expensive and is a good way to back up pictures and things you dont want to lose such as all your email addresses of everyone. I still have never gotten back all that i had. ....

let us know when and where your next meeting will be.

Hi Jan;

We were in Branson last weekend and I thought you were working...didn't want to bother you. You seem to have enough on your plate with working and the grandson and besides I had the little granddaughter and Anissa's boyfriend with us. Thought about you alot and felt guilty...does that help? LOL

I think the external hard drive is probably the way to go but need to learn how to get it back off. I had most things taken off the hard drive that went bad but it has been a real pain to put in on the new one. I know I don't know what I am doing. Need to find a class on how to reinstall.

I will let you know when we will get back together here just as soon as I know.

Hugs
Barbara

oh wow i feel so awful that you were here and i didnt at least get to talk to you or something , yes i worked Sat and sun but could have figured something out.. i feel so badly that you didnt feel like you could come here. ....love you anyway lol

Jan don't feel bad about anything, I know you would have welcomed us with open arms! I thought you just had enough to worry about. Besides don't think I wanted to see you looking abused..LOL

We will see each other soon.

Hugs
Barbara

Barbara, I save everything on a CD.  Probably should buy an external hard drive.

We do need to plan our next outing.  Do you like Panera's?

Hi Jo;

I have never been to Panera's but I am game. When is good for you and then we need to get ahold of Debbie,,

As always anyone else who wants to join please let us know.

Hugs
Barbara

Really hot here today.  Max was going to mow but decided to wait until evening.  I offered to help although I really don't want to, but he turned me down.

I'm crossing eggs off my list of foods to like again.  We went to Bob Evans for breakfast and I ordered a scrambled egg.......yuck.  I ate most of it but eggs just taste strange.  I do like the white in a salad and that's the most healthy part anyway.  I also had a biscuit and it tasted really good.  Don't think biscuits are on my new eating plan.

My son and his GF are supposed to come over but she had a rough night with her Crohn's disease.  I'm making Pasta Pie with whole wheat pasta and a salad.  I'll make it and if they don't make it, I can freeze it.  Dessert is a Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe from Bariatric Eating.

Tomorrow I'm starting my de-carb.  I'll have protein drinks for breakfast and lunch and a meal in the evening.  Max said he wants to stop his bad eating in the evening.  We will be having fruit or smoothies.  He doesn't have a weight problem, but he doesn't need ice cream and cookies every night either. 

I did look at that picture of me I mentioned yesterday and I don't look as bad as I thought. 

Jo the things your tummy doesnt like now , just dont give up in a year or more it may like them again. Meats are my problem always have been and dont know that it will ever change. i love the taste of them but when i swallow it starts the problem....either pain or nausea....so i dont eat much of it that is why the protein shakes are my friend most of the time....i can eat ground beef or anything that is really soft
Hope all is going well with your son...now that he is home ...

glad the picture doesnt look as bad in the light of day as it did at first....