Life is getting better finally !!!!

Morning Ya'll !!!!

As you all know I have been having a pretty hard time this week.   But I am  here to announce that it IS getting better....THANK GOD !!!!   LOL   Spent most of sunday - wednesday in tears.    It is tough losing a good friend to cancer then the next day having your house flood.   I am still about to go nuts here.    I have 14 fans and 1 dehumidifier left in my house now ( 1 fan and 1 dehumidifier gone YEAH ).    The company drying the sheetrock out tell me that hopefully all the equipment will be gone tomorrow sometimes.    Let me tell you I CAN'T WAIT !!!!   These things are so noisey I can't hear myself think and being in them 24/7 is about to drive me crazy !!!  UGH  I can indure a day longer though.   LOL   The carpet is a total loss.   It is hard and very gross.   I may take a knife and cut it out or pull it up.    Company will be here on thursday of next week so I am thrilled about that or will be when I start to get my house somewhat together.   LOL    It will be OK though.    Good news.....I have been trying to loose 10 lbs I gained over the holidays ( well...really since my BIL passed away in Oct. )  6 1/2 lbs have left me this week .......I feel a renewed strength that the rest will come off before next week.    I am so amazed being such a emotional eater that I am....that I haven't let that old demon take hold of me this week.   I think that it is all the prayers that you guys have said on my behalf.    I want to Thank You so much for praying for me and all that has happened in my life at this time.    I know that my God promises not to put more on me than I can take......he has truely confirmed that promise to me this week.     At the beginning of this week.....I didn't think that I could handle it all....but I did !!!!  And lost weight too.    I am proud of my decisions and I pray that I keep making such positive choices.     Thank you all....I love you all with all my heart.   You are the BEST TMB !!!!!
Have a fantastic holiday weekend !!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Been saying prayers for you!!!  I am so glad things are getting better for you!!!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Hugs B~

Thanks so much Becky.....I could really feel the prayers for me.    You have a great weekend too.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

LOL  Paul you are too funny.   I did get away for about a hour today.   Met Meggie at Starbucks for a SBux Fix !!!  LOL    Hopefully they will be gone tomorrow and yes....it is TORTURE having those things 24/7 !!!!   Hope you are OK from your eye surgery today.    

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Howdy!  I am so sorry for you loss.  But having your home flood the day after is a double whammy!  I hope you had the Sheetrock cut out 3 to 4 feet above the water line.  Sheet rock absorbs water that far above the water line.  Also, you have to disinfect & dry out the wood frame inside of the walls with bleach & stuff, then dry it out to prevent mold & mildew from getting hold & spreading which can make life really miserable especially if you have respiratory problems or allergies.  Please!  Do not back down on this with your insurance company.  An ounce of cure is worth a pound of prevention.  That is how they do it in my area.  My heart & prayers go out to you & your family.  So far I have been lucky but some of my friends & family have not been.  My daughter lost almost everything in her apartment a few years ago & my brother's apartment got flooded during Ike.  I did have some minor damage when the shower leaked & I had to do the bleach & fan thing.  Well I do not know about the support group meeting this morning.  Sean still has not added me to the Pasadena group yet so I can not view the meetings so I just got on line to check it out & saw your posting.  Good luck!  I sure enjoyed the warm nightgown this winter & I will pass it on to my daughter next.  I hope she will get on the weight loss kick soon she & her boyfriend have happy & gotten so big since they met.  I keep asking them when & if they are going to get married.  But I would really like them to be healthier.  They are 32 already & not getting younger.  Well whoops I need to get showered & around I have been up since 5:30 & still have not done that yet.  he he I feel lazy but I need to get working at home & ready to meet some friends at Lubby's at 11:00.  I usually get pea & Watergate salad if they have it.  That is plenty to fill me up now.  So far I am down 40 pounds & my next weigh in is next Thursday.
Hugs;
Paula Joy

Paula Joy.....thank you for the advice but the flooding wasn't truely all that bad.    It only got about 2 to 4" deep.   I was home and they  had the water cut off seemed like 15 minutes after I called 911 but it could have been quicker than that.   The fans are doing the trick.   I am down to 4 fans now and a huge de humidifier.    If the water spewing out wasn't hot I could have cut the water off under the sink myself instead of requesting help.   I did have it out with the restoration company this AM.   They were not going to bring the contents of my house back in till wednesday night ( I have out of town company coming in wednesday night or thurs. ) for my son's high school graduation.   SO I called the adjuster and he told me to hire someone else to do that for me and he would repay me for it but to get them to write out a paper saying what I paid them.    Thanks so much...but it is finally getting better THANK GOD for that !!!

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

If it helps, I always refer back to a quote that gets me through the rough patches:

"I know that God never gives us more than we can handle; I just wish that He didn't trust me so much......."

When I read that Mother Teresa is the one who said that, I realized that I wasn't alone on my bad days!

Have a nice weekend,
Teresa K.
Fort Worth, Texas

Teresa....That is true.  God promises us that he won't give us more than we can handle.  But man sometimes we seem to forget that promise to us.  LOL   

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

I use that phrase all the time, just did not know Mother Teresa said it.  Wow.

I also have my own that I add to this.  "Unfortunately God too often has more faith in me than I in Him. "