What's New Thursday

Good Morning Debbie and everyone...... Sounds like all is well on here so far today. Everyone sure is keeping busy. I spent most of the evening last night at my grlfriend's setting up our garage sale. We have a few more things to do later today. Friday Morning at 9:00AM we start..... I sure have alot of clothes. I priced them low and I hope most go. It should be a fun time...pray the weather is good!! That is about it for me for today. I need to get going  with my job. Clients await!! I will check in again later and catch up on those posts I have missed. Prayers to those in need. Love and hugs to all......connie d

Hi Debbie and All My OFF Friends, Things are looking grim at my company.  We had a workforce reduction down to bare bones two years ago.  A lot of the work has been transferred to the design center in India.  The revenue situation hasn't improved much and now people in the U.S. are starting to leave on their own to find better opportunities for more money and advancement.  That is going to leave us with a skeleton crew.  And I think the attrition is just starting.  Good news is my resume is updated and ready if I need it. My eating has been out of control lately.  I've got to get a handle on it soon or I will have a gain on my hands.  Frustrated with my husband and doing some emotional eating instead of yelling at him.  You may hear me when I finally have a meltdown and unload on him all at once.  Thar she blows. Planning some summer get togethers with friends which is fun. Have a great day everyone. Bev

HI Debbie and Everyone, Another day for me of the same -- protein, water, walking.  Trying to build up my stamina.  I got 3 walks in yesterday, counting some time on the treadmill.  I'm starting to be able to do a little more than yesterday so that's good I think.  It's very hot here for us considering we're supposed to be in full "June Gloom" time now.  I'm going to fuss with the patio and plants a bit today. I think I'm getting a bit tired of being home so that must mean I'm feeling better!  Hubby got on my nerves for the first time this morning and he really didn't do anything wrong.  He just got to me when I had to take the dreaded crushed pills and that was enough.  Crushed pills continues to be the bain of my existence.  It's a real "hate" for me and I don't "hate" very much. Julia - I'm sorry your experience with your friend was so bad.  Sounds like a very difficult situation. Anyway, have a wonderful day today.   Hugs, Kathi

Hang in there Kathi it shouldn't be long before you can take your pills. I think at about 4 weeks I starting cutting in half the ones I could. I even now down the dreaded horse pill calcium citrate without any problems. I think that was more of a mental thing that a physical thing.  You're doing great. Think of all the positives!

Morning Deb and all my OFF family, Lots going on today. How is it our days off are so dang filled with things to do? Could it be that we (ok, I) can't say no??? Going in to work to do my DIL's hair and nails on a bride, but there's still so much to do other than that. Lots of errands, which of course means using gas and spending $$ at each stop. We're starting to get so excited about our trip back home to San Diego. It will be the first time all of us have been there together since we moved. We've all gone on our little short trips by ourselves, so this will be lots of fun. Jeff and his wife are going too, and it's her first time to the West Coast. We're all BIG sports fishers, love, love, love being out on the water. Our plane gets into SD at 11:00 a.m. and there's a boat leaving the docks at 12:30, back in at 6:00. Guess where I'm planning on being???  It's only about 2 miles from the airport, my SIL and her DH don't get home from wor****il 6:30 or so, so what are we hurrying to get to their house for?? Might as well have some REAL fun before we go deal with the family thing. Love you all....off to use up gas. Take care

Hi Debbie and everyone: I really didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Scooter came and woke me up with some gentle meowing and snuggling a couple times, but I didn't want to budge. Finally I got up ... it's payday, and I had lots to do. I had to pick up prescriptions and go grocery shopping. I was going to get gas at the Meijer gas station, where it was $3.96 a gallon, but the lines were so long, and I hate to wait, so I went down to the Marathon near the grocery store ... there was road construction there, and it was a real pain to get into the gas station. I had to make a right and then a left, and then there wasn't a pump available on the side where I would pump, so I had to back up and turn around. It was kind of a pain. Anyway, after that, I had to make a left out of there, and then another left into the grocery store lot (and it's rather busy there, so it's not easy). Got groceries there, then went to the other grocery store, came home. Whew, typical Thursday morning. Now I've got to get garbage together to put out tonight.  Well, the White Sox game is on but they're throwing the game away already ... they made an error early and are down 6-0 to the Pirates. Debbie, I hope you got some sleep last night. Seems like everyone is having sleeping issues lately. I've actually been sleeping pretty well lately.  Maybe I'll skip watching the Sox game. They seem to be stinking it up today.  Take care and have a good day.

Hi Debbie and all, I was up early on my day off. We had no electricity at 0830 this morning and it was off all morning. a tree branch broke and fell on the transformer and put out electricity to 33 houses on our block.  So Carl and I went out to breakfast then to the outlets cause I had to get a new bra. Then went to the Verizon store cause he wanted to get GPS on his phone for his trip to Denver. it rained all morning here now it is hot and muggy. I have to be NPO after midnight tonight as I am having labs drawn tomorrow for my physical. Now I havent had a physical since before I had my RNY in 02 should be interesting!!!!! So that is all for my day off. Work at noon tomorrow. Carla

Aloha my wonderful sisters and brothers........I'm late today but had to come and spend some time with you because I'm feeling kinda down and just need to dump and I know this is the place where I will be heard.

Yesterday I had TWO procedures scheduled....one was an ultra sound of my lower leg which was broken about six years ago, and since losing weight I now have lumps there which I thought were just bones that didn't heal correctly. Well....come to find out I have two cysts and my doc has referred me to the surgery center. I don't know what that means, except it sounds like there is minor surgery in the wind.......sigh.

I also went for a CT scan....drank the yukky banana stuff from 8:30 until 11:00 when my test was scheduled. They put in the IV, rolled me into the tunnel, poured in the contrast stuff and the damned computer BROKE!! Would you believe I have to go through the whole damned thing again next Tues??? I was not a happy camper, and came home feeling depressed and unsure about what is going on in my body. I know nothing about cysts, and just hope that they are benign and nothing to be concerned about. Always something, huh!

This morning I went to a staff meeting for IMUA, the organization through which I do the newborn hearing screening. Wonderful group of woman....about fifty of them......really work hard to help children with disabilities, and I'm so happy to be a small part of the team. I have let them know that I would be very interested in expanding my workload if anything comes up that my qualifications might fit. Keeping fingers/toes crossed for either something with IMUA or something with the Kaiser bariatric team.....like the behaviorist position. That would be awesome!

I came home, took a couple of hydrocodone for pain in shoulder and now leg....and hopefully the drousies will hit me soon and I can take a delicious nap. I have NO ROOM to complain about anything...and I feel guilty when I do, but somehow I think you will all understand the ups and down that are my life right now. I try to be more grateful than complaining, but sometimes I just have to do a bah humbug day and let the pity party flow.....sorry to dump on you, but you are all so wonderful and loving ...it just feels right to share every aspect of the story that is my life.

Thanks from the bottom of my toes for your support, your understanding, you help, your love.......it IS what makes our lives richer and it is a connection that I appreciate deep in my soul. I hope you know how much you are all loved, appreciated and honored.

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Our dearest Maui Karen:
You are certainly entitled to grouse, you never complain and are also so up and at 'em.

Hope the cysts are nothing and that they are able to do your ultra sound next Tues.

We are all here to support and send love and hugs.

Aloha,
Pat R.

ahhh the age of computers...such wonderful things--how did medicine ever get figured out pre computer???of course...on the other hand...without computers we wouldn't have this OFF family!!!! karen i am so sorry that you had to go thru all of that to have the machine break! don;t worry about complaining to us- you always listen when we do it!!!! hugs and aloha!