What's New, Friday!
The OH is acting a bit weird tonight... hopefully this will show up as written. I don't have much news really. My life is going on as scheduled. I am definitely not complaining. I've had some years of trauma and when I have a year of "mellow" I rejoice. We are trying to buy a condo for our daughter to live in (she would pay rent to help with the payments, but not the full payments). She's going to college and working and buying is actually less expensive than renting here right now. The condos we are exploring are forclosures which can be tricky, but I'm almost sure that we will get one. I'm planning to make my daughter's bedroom into a craft room.
Tomorrow after school I am meeting with my traveling friends Sandra and Julie. We are sharing our pictures from the Mazatlan trip in March and I'm helping them to put theirs into a scrapbook. I bought everything we need to make 3 scrapbooks. I told them to plan on four hours to put them together. They will be fabulous! I even researched some of the places we had visited and wrote some little blurbs to include in our scrapbooks.
I'd better get to bed now or I'll be falling asleep during our scrapping! Happy Friday Everyone!
Julia
I love to scrapbook!!!! I have lots of pictures to do but I dont have time right now.
today isnt such a good day. See my last post from yesteredays what's new.
I will go into work as I have to.
I really want to eat up a storm but of course I wont cause I cant. I think only time will heal.
Carla
and i need to do a frankenmuth post....couldn't when we were not online!arrrggghhhh
so- today michael takes me to work- he has PT then when he picks me up we head to his ortho surgeon to see what this man says about m's hip-the one that was replaced ( by a diff surgeon) two years ago--then we go to do my plasma....and some supper and shopping after---i went in to work early yesterday and stayed late to make up the hour that i leave early today....
weekend plans are to get ready for reunion and stuff around the house...michael has been working hard at painting and doing trims and mouldings but i have made no headway on anything....
sposedly we are to get some rain today- feels like it outside but i kinda doubt it will do much good.....
found out last nite that one of our friends/neighbors died tuesday--he and his wife were the very first ppl we talked to when we were looking at this house- and ron always asked how "mike" is (michael hates to be called mike!! but ignored it from ron!!!)
there was a baby shower at work yesterday- a friend (who helped me get the job) is expecting twins -c section to be on the 15th-anyhow- i made pretty good food choices but did have a smalllll piece of cake-and it didn't sit real well for about 20 minutes.....i am lucky in that respect that i cannot do sugar above 5 grams...otherwise i would still be eating all of the donuts and pastries that helped to get my MO in the first place!!!
julia your scrapbooking sounds fun..i have never tried my hand and probly a good thing cuz i would get hooked then buy "stuff" and never do anything with it-- was that way with stamping and cards and now have all of this "stuff" and no interest! when ceedee talks about scrapping it sounds like fun but--ah well...
well- need to go fix a shake i think....
TGIF
hugs and prayers......
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
Today is our 26th anniversary. Seems like yesterday, some days feels like a hundred !!LOL
Both of us have to work, and fortunately things have picked up a bit at work. The storms have passed and we're supposed to have a nice day, so all is well in our world.
Just a hit and run this morning, hope everyone has a wonderful Friday. Carla, I'm sorry about what's going on in your life, anything starting with the "P" word can't be good. Know my prayers are with you for strength!!!
Hugs and smoochies to all!
Susan
Happy Anniversary
I am down another 1/2 lb! I have been here a couple of days but don't count it till it "sticks" for a bit. So now I am near goal! Have my one year appt. with surgeon in a couple of weeks, a bit early but that's when they wanted to have me come in. Have not seen a number on my scale with a "20" in it for at least 30 years! Never thought I would again. I'm thrilled!
Going in early to work again,,,hopefully will be the last day. I hate being so behind so am doing this just out of my own need to get "caught up."
Carla, I am thinking of you and sending healing thoughts to your heart.
Jean, take care and good job getting to where you are so far...still keeping you in my thoughts.
Yep, I am a true "scrapbooker" I used to do it daily but lately my creativeness has left me and I have put it off except for when my sis and I go on Friday nights. Not going this Friday but next week is a Friday night and Sat all day event! I am going to really try to start doing something with my scrapbooking every day...If I get into the zone I feel so good.
Of course our weather has been beautiful since I started back to work!
Don't have much excitment to report...
Am missing some of the regulars like Jeannie, and Maui Karen, and Karen C and Laureen...know you guys are really busy, miss hearing from you though, others too, just can't remember at the moment.
Well off to shower and get to the paper and people work!
Take Care,
Cheryl
We never touch people so lightly we do not leave a trace.
Peggy Tabor Millin
Good morning everyone!
Yesterday was a busy day for me. I guess summer really is over, because life has defintiely ramped up.
After getting Sam off to school, and fixing my huband's lunch, I hit the gym and then rushed home to shower and change. I had promised my friend who is the program manager for the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing that I would help her out with some huge mailing she had for Deaf Awareness Week. It was great to see her and get caught up with her, and I could really help her out, so that felt good. My sisiter works in the same building (she is the program director for the RI Commission on Women), so I stopped in to see her and bring her some tomatoes from my garden. I have been growing a type called yellow pears for the first time this year, and I don't really like them, but she does, so I have been giving her a bag of them every week.
Left there and picked Sam up from school and ran him to the orthodontist. After that, got home and monitored homework. In the meantime, noticed the Have-a-Heart trap was sprung with one of the annoying little rats with fuzzy tails (squirrel), so when my husband got home, he and Sam took the trap to let the squirrel out on the way to picking up my last supper of Pork Lo Mein. By the time they got to the squirrel, he had died. I guess he was old and the stress of being trapped killed him. I hate the darned squirrels, they eat the flowers off my plants and tear up the yard, and leave little turds on my deck and walls, but I don't want them to die...just leave. I felt bad for the squirrel. Poor thing. My husband, on the other hand - no sympathy at all. Happy to have one more out of the yard. After dinner, I had a PTA mtg so that was my day.
Today however is the start of my 2 wk pre-op diet and I am heading to the hospital in a few minutes to do my pre-op testing. I tell you, I never thought this day would get here. I am so excited and thrilled!! I have been feeling a little weepy the past two weeks, and I am still that way, but I think that is probably normal. I am not scared at all, just nervous that I will fail, anxious to get the surgery over with, and ready to begin my new life. I guess I am looking at today as the start of the weight loss in earnest...that THIS time, whatever I lose ISN"T COMING BACK...that makes doing this pre-op thing seem easy. Wish me luck!
Cara
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
Thanks to all for the support. I won't wait too long to schedule the surgery. Just need to get my head screwed on straight about this first.
A friend from my support group asked me to go with her for an endoscopy. Over the past year she has had problems with no weight loss and constant hunger. Her family has not been supportive and complained that she hasn't tried hard enough to lose weight. It has been depressing and frustrating for her.
The GI doc came in the room, photo of her pouch in hand. He showed us the picture and said he was sorry but everything has stretched. We both shouted with happiness. He had a puzzled look on his face.
She told him that NOW she can tell her family it is not her, it is a physical problem! Our surgeon told her if things had stretched he can put a band in there for restriction.
I don't know why she stretched and don't know if our surgeon has answers either. She didn't say nor did I ask.
It was interesting to see the inner workings of her pouch. Talk about getting to know a friend inside and out - WOW
Kisses
Annette
Annette 
It's good to be home again. Thank you for all the warm wishes , prayers and good thoughts.
Today I had a shower and got dressed, that's about the extent of my energies. I plan to rest and use the cold compresses and take the tylenol as recommended. I know it'll take some time till I'm feeling up to par again.... one day at a time. I have lots of bruises and swelling , look and feel like I hit a truck.... but that too will pass. I'll try to sit at my desk and keep caught up on the posts for a bit each day.
Even though I won't have much to add I will be "lurking" - I love you guys..... can't keep me away..lol. Only 3 weeks and 1 day till we meet up with Nancy B and Candy W. !!!!!!!!!
Joyce S.
