It's Tuesday, what's new review

Hi everyone, it is supposed to snow tonight. We are having our annual christmas party. We will be going to a restaurant and the dietician and surgeon will be looking at our choices. We will also have a slide show of patients. It should be fun. This weekend my granddaughter will be spending time with me. Have a great week everyone. Mona

Hi Debbie and my OFF family:

Congrats on your weight loss. I was so happy to get to 180 pounds (well, I'm higher than that now ... can't seem to get back down again) ... it took me so long ... three years, but I was so heavy. I started out at 350 pounds.

I had an interesting session with my psychologist yesterday ... she did a baseline on me and it seems I'm severely depressed. I know some of you won't be surprised at this ... you've been after me to get some antidepressants for awhile. She did the baseline to see how the antidepressants affect me. So I guess we'll see.

Got some more decorations up yesterday. I'm almost done. Just have to put some lights up in the front windows. That's actually the hardest thing to do because I'm not tall enough to reach and it's hard to get in the corners with the file cabinet and the printer table in the way. I have everything out in the living room, though. The last project was my village that I made many years ago. Some of the plaster pieces are cracking on the bottom and I need to get golden cellophane for the windows and some glue to glue the posts for the gazebo. The village is in disrepair! But everything looks so pretty all lit up.

Well, have a good day. I go back to work tonight, oh joy. I've enjoyed this long weekend.

morning OFF family!!!

debbie congrats on your weight loss so far!!! isn't it great?? i never got below 185 and i go up and down185-195....sighs but i am happy being where i am!!!

happier this morning knowing mom is doing better...still worried about her but a little more relaxed now that she seems to be getting better. thankyou all again for the love and support you have given!!! (((OFF)))

got home from work last night to a messy apartment...LOL rick got everything out of the storage room so he could find the tree and trimmings. what a mess!!! we got the tree up and while i put the lights on it he put the mess back into the storage room. tree is almost decorated now and it looks so pretty!!! i came across a few photos and with all the sadness going on with everyone here it just hit me and the tears flowed...found some photos of my MAX (springer spaniel) who worshiped the ground i walked on....he was ALWAYS there to help me with the tree....also making cookies...he knew if one broke we would share it so he was always close by me...LOL then i found SPIKE (shih tzu that was mauled by neighbors dog and i had to put down he was so bad off) with santa...then SQUIRT (my cat that i had to leave behind when i moved to ohio) rick found me sitting there with tears and he came over to me and said hon you are the best....you care so much for people and everything i am so glad we are together and so in love....he held me and kissed my tears away...he told me everything would be ok and he is right....it just hurts ya know??

well not much else going on right now so will go warm up some turkey noodle soup i made last night and see if that warms me up some....its chilly here and calling for some snow i think tomorrow and thursday. BRRRRRRRR

need to call phyllis and see how she is doing and what dr said at the appointment yesterday. hope she is getting better!!!

have a good day and remember to SMILE....makes people wonder what you've been up to!!!! :-)

Morning Off 
Wow Dec !st.  cant believe it.
First here   still praying for all those with health issues or other life problems that need prayers or good thoughts  if you don't appreciate the prayers.    Hope everyone's lives get a bit better!
Quiet here today! My little charges are at preschool I actually have a couple hrs to think!   Not sure what to think about  but I have time to think!
Good News for my teens.  One of the couples in grammas church is remodeling a house they own and in a couple of weeks will be taking full permanent charge of all five of the children.   The will be all kept together, which the state was real sure wouldn't happen and they will be allowed lots of contact with gramma. also which the state says they wouldn't encourage.  SO gramma is on her way to assisted living near where the children will be living  and Luckily  Steve and I will be allowed to still be an aunt and uncle to the kids so all is well with them!  That makes me happy.
Well I still haven't figured out anything to think about in all this quiet so I think Ill go pull something out of the freezer to feed my hoard of kids and head for the grocery store for some peaceful shopping instead of peaceful thinking!!!!!!
Have a great day everyone.

Hi Everyone!

I have been gone for a few days.  Needed time to regroup.  I see everyone or mostly everyone has started decorating.   I worked on cleaning up this morning and getting the house ready for the decorations.  Lots of work.   We have a woodburner and it makes a lot of dust.  Everytime we use it I have to dust things off. 

I have two kids (not kids anymore)  My son is 28 and my daughter is 24.  I don't know how it has happened except I have allowed it to.  But they do nothing around the house.  They don't help at all.  SO.... I wrote a note saying if they don't start helping and keeping the house neat.  I am not celebrating Christmas this year.   My daugher helps a little but my son does zilch.  I blame myself.   Good god, I feel sorry for who ever marries them.  Yes, they both still live at home.  Sometimes  I wish they were gone.  Both have lived out of state before but, like boomerangs they are back.

I am going to talk to my husband tonight and he has to support me on this.  He too is easy on them.   Anyone else like me?  lol

Well prayers for  all. 

Thanks for the venting place.

Mary

We are really moving into winter - I can't believe it.  We've had very mild weather for Minnesota.  Makes me slow to start Christmas preperations.

I went to my PCP and she was pleased with my 51 pounds off now!  YAY.  Michael is doing well and starts his liquid diet tomorrow.  I hope he has as easy a time as I've had with his RNY.  I'm tired today, but will persevere through the day to finish work and get home.

Hi Debbie& everyone!
I can't believe it's December 1st LOL.  I'm down another pound, wooohooo!
Cassie