What is New with All of you on Thursday July 17!!!!! It is 12 15AM
lmao connie...lay off the JUNK food is right!!!! wi**** was as easy as it sounds...i am getting better at it tho honest!!!
my sister is a retired (not by choice...she had cancer 3 times and they FIRED her because of it) nurse and is in need of money and she is willing to take care of gary with all his mental problems and such instead of getting a complete stranger in her house to help pay her bills. (plus she gets off on taking care of the older sick people) i told her months ago to do this and i guess now she is seeing that she should do what i told her...lol everyone wins in this situation...she gets paid some money and he has a familiar place to live and also her house is a pigsty and he will have something to do while there....lol
as for rick's mom's emergency....the place where she runs a cafe the large freezer is on the blink and she had frozen food thawed and water all over the place...omg what a mess!!!! we got it all cleaned up and the food given out to those that wanted it because there was no room here to bring it and it couldn't be re-frozen...soooooooo that taken care of we are both now exhausted!!!!
its hot as heck here and i am wringing wet from all that unexpected work i had to help with...but it felt good to be out helping her....she wanted to pay me for my help and i said NO because she is doing so much for me by having me here and i can't help money wise for food much until i get a job. so she took me to a couple more places to apply for a job...nice of her!!! she is so good to me!!!
well gonna lay down in front of fan so i can cool off some before having to go after rick at 4.
have a good day and keep cool if its hot where you are!!!!
hugs
If I had more time I surely would come to see you. I only have less than 48 hrs to go to Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan before I have to be back in Illinois and board the plane on Tuesday. This will be one fast trip.
Ill get into Chicago on Saturday at 0930 go to my neices to babysit my Great Nephew with my other neice. Watch out the Aunties are taking over!!!!! He will be one spoiled little kid!!!!!
Then On Saturday night we will probably all go out to dinner. My daughter my neices. I also want my kid to do myhair.
Then on Sunday I have to go to Toys R Us and buy a wagon for the little on, Go to Costco and get a fruit tray. Then my nephews Party at 3 and then to Paulettes at 5. I sure hope the GPS works!!!!!
Then Paulette and I are hightailing it out to MARGOS.
tHEN ON mONDAY morning we are going to see Pat R and try to hook up with Eileen sometime before she goes to work, Then to Muskegon to see my cousin. Stay somewhere Monday night and then to see Brenda on the way back to Illinois and be back before 1pm so Paulette can go to an appnt and I can go to the airport!!!!!
Can I say fast trip OH YA!!!!! I am so glad I wont have my husband with me!!!!!
He would kill me if he knew what I was going to do!!!!!
Carla
I found a nutritionist who works with my neighbor. She has been very successful with her WLS. I'm going to call today and see about it. I hope she can help with my protein problems. It's difficult to get all the fluids in when I am getting the protein in using solid food.
Went into work yesterday planning to be there for a couple of hours. I was there for over 6 hours and only made a slight dent in all the problems. I'm supposed to go back to work next week so...... here comes the stress.
Hubby wants a trip to the Indian Casino. Apparently, there's one that has remodeled and is advertising on tv. I guess today is the day for that. Oh joy. Not my favorite thing to do and I prefer to do it on the weekend with less traffic. Actually, I prefer to not do it at all so I guess it doesn't matter what day of the week it is now that I think about it!
Glad to see Aime post! Take care and enjoy your Thursday everyone.
Hugs,
Kathi
The nutritionist is a great idea, but you are still early out and getting all the protein and fluids in is difficult for some, what I was told is make sure I get my fluids and vitamins and do as best I can with the protein, even if I have to use some protein supplements to make up for what I could not consume foodwise. . . you'll get there. . .
Hugs, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
That Starbucks drink sounds nasty...thanks for letting me know about it. I won't be trying that ...ugh...gritty/chaulky drinks
.Not much happening here. Kyleigh is still asleep. My cleaning fairy is doing her magic. I am trying to rap up my work week. I just have timesheets and expense reports to finish up and fax and I am all done until Monday....YAY!!!
My meeting/lunch with my boss went great. He is so happy with the job I am doing for the company. He filled me in on a few new changes in policies, we ate a nice lunch, and he left. It is nice having your boss far away. I like being able to work my own schedule.
This afternoon I am taking Kyleigh back to St. Paul (home). I will be staying there with her until Sunday when my daughter gets back in town. Kyleigh's boy friend is in a musical/play tonight and she just has to be there for his opening night. It runs all weekend.
Nic will be back for tests at Childrens Hospital in a week or so. They need to be sure the spot on his lung isn't cancer. Please keep him in your prayers as I know most of you do anyway.
Time to get back to work. Have a wonderful day everyone!
Love, hugs and prayers to all......connie d
I am so frustrated right now trying to figure out how to get people out of one house and into a new house when they have to give occupancy to the buyer AT CLOSING.....hard when they need the money from the first house for the second.....and I have an uncooperative buyer on the first house, wants too much extra money.....oh well that is what I am all about ...negotiating.....I will work it out.
Tomorrow I am taking the day off....[however, we are all Realtors, so I am sure there will be phone calls] I am going golfing with some good girlfriends....and then we are going to a pig roast....Mike will join us at the pig roast. I think I will get a ride to golfing, so in case I am too well "hydrated" at golf and the party..that he can take care of me....he always does.
I bought a cute pair of black and white cotton polka dot bermuda shorts for golf and a black cotton top. In the regular sizes....woo hoo....I am trying to cover my scars on my knees or at least so they are not so noticeable.....and you know my theory...tan fat is better than white fat.
Well, back to work....got to write up a couple of amendments.
Love, Marti
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"
Nothing much going on here today. I am going to do some laundry and get that done. I am not going all of it because that would take the enjoyment out of another day for me!!! Hey~you know that it is the bottom of the barrel when one of the highlights of your day is laundry. lol
I have all of the stuff written and turned into the church for the service on Sunday. I got my sermon finished last night. It is "showing Mercy" and I hope that it goes well. Keep me in your prayers Sunday morning. I get so nervous when I have to do the service. I never get use to it.
It is hot here. We have another ozone day and I shouldn't go out but I might anyway. I have been stuck in here most of the week. I haven't been out since I went to the doctor on Monday.
I better get going. I am sending love and hugs to all and prayers are going up for everyone too, with special ones going up for those in need of them.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Well, I may be MIA somewhat because I'm actually working six days a week right now!! My little part-time fill-in for vacationing therapist has turned into a 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily job at least until the end of July. They keep adding hours, and I keep saying yes, so I guess I have no one to blame but myself. I certainly can use the extra money, that's for sure. Gasoline here is up to $4.70....and that's getting expensive. Carla, I'm like you....it takes around $45.00 to fill up my little Chevy Aveo. When I bought it, it cost about $25.00 to get a fill. I thought I was ready for retirement, but life has a way of throwing a monkey wrench into things doesn't it!!
Aime, it is so good to see you, and I feel for all that you are going through. It seems like your life is FULL FULL, and much of it is joyous and beautiful, but much is just downright stressful and exhausting. Please take care of yourself.
Jeannie...it's always good to see you, and I hope you get that protein thing figured out soon. At almost two years out, I still have a protein shake and a protein bar every day...just can't get enough in regular food.
Marti....you are like the energizer bunny........going, going, going!! Ha! When I read of some of your lives, I feel like the proverbial slug.....sliding along enjoying the sun. Well..I guess I can't say that the past few weeks...but generally, my life has been one of laziness, and serenity. Since losing 167 lbs. (yes...I keep losing...damn it), my life has done an about face though. I want to be a skinny lazy slug, not a fat lazy slug!! Doesn't work that way though.......hummmm....somehow I didn't figure things out right!!
My darling sisters.....I always have so much more to say than I have time for, but just know that you are the fuel in my daily tank, and the strength from which I draw when I'm empty. Thank you for sharing your lives with me, and all of us.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
ps ....just don't lose anymore.....xxoo
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"
