terrific tuesday-what's new?

Praying for Michael this morning.  Let us know how he's doing.

You're so lucky to have found your soulmate; things can only get better from now on. 

Well, nothing planned for today.  I want to get out and walk the dogs, but the weatherman was wrong again.  He said partly sunny for the entire week.  I didn't even see the sun come up today, it just got lighter.  It's pretty gray and dreary here right now.  Maybe we'll get lucky and later the sun will peak out.  Sure hope so.  It's time for all this snow to melt and the crocus and tulips and such begin to bloom.  Right now it's only 22* out, so we've got a way to go to hit the high 30's.  The weatherman said we should see lots of sun by this afternoon.  Sounds good to me.
Bought a really nice leather belt at Katies Closet (resale shop) yesterday for $2.00.  Gotta love those resale and thrift shops!  And I love the clearance sales too!  Almost got a new pair of boots yesterday, but they wanted $16.99 and I didn't want to pay that much.  What the heck is wrong with me?  I'm getting too used to good sales and thrift prices!
Hugs to all.
Jan

Hi, I am also up early. I will be going to speak at a support group. It is so fun to go to other groups and see people I haven't seen in awhile. It is supposed to be nice this week and snow the next. I am so ready for spring. My church is having a salad banquet for the women of the church. There are usually about 500 women there. It is so fun. Have a great week everyone.  Mona

Down another 3 lb today.  Doctor removed my staples yesterday.  I feel so good except for the weakness. 

We will leave around 3:00 today for Des Moines . ....we're such travelers - yesterday Kansas City, today Des Moines and Saturday we hope to go back to Omaha to have the running boards put on our new SUV.  We are 2 hours away from each of these cities, so going to any of them is no big deal to us.  When you live in this area, you have to drive 2 hours to do any serious shopping, and we know Omaha and Des Moines especially well.

Got off track there.  We will spend the night tonight at our daughter, Christa's and tomorrow morning my husband will have right eye cataract surgery.  I'm a little worried about how I'll handle the walking in the halls of a hospital being so weak.  I may have to ask for a wheelchair.  Better than falling and breaking something important!

I tried sleeping in bed last night and just couldn't do it.  Everything feels like it's "pulling" even though I only have steri strips on the lap "holes" now.  So I came back out to the recliner and slept good. 

hey Moparmemaw....get some clear Isopure ready to drink protein drink at GNC easy way to get some protein in which you are needing...and helps with liquids you need to get in too...you are probably dehydrated and in much need of protein....did you ask your doctor about it when you went in to have stitches out? be very careful you can pass out from being that weak...

Thanks Jan.  I do have some Isopure and sip on that all day.  This past week, the doctor told me not to worry about protein intake, just to make sure I'm hydrated, but I've used the Isopure as part of my hydration.  Adding food today and starting my vitamins should help. 

Hi Margo and everyone else hanging around today!


I am doing pretty well, Worked yesterday on my room getting rid of some junk. Don't want to become a hoarder like I watch on tv.   Wow, I feel sorry for them.  Sometimes, it is hard to throw something away.  I think I will need it of the kids.  Am I nuts?  Now I am tossing everything knowing someday I willl say I shouldn't have thrown it away.  Needing it down the line.  It has already happend .  lol

Not doing too much today.  Think I will stay home again.   The nurse comes to see my sister everyday now again.  They put some kind of vacuum on her foot to aid in the healing.  

I hope it works.

Today I think I will finish laundry and work some more on my room.  It's not bad but I just want to get rid of the junk I have held on to.  It keeps me busy.

I am so looking forward to spring.  My house looks like I am barracaded in with snow.   OK, enough is enough.

Tomorrow I am going out to lunch with my friend who just lost her husband over the holidays.  I feel I have neglected her.   I also work at the food pantry tomorrow morning.  I feel I have to push myself to do these things.

I hope everyone has a great day and all are in my thoughts.

Peace

Good Morning Margo and the rest of You!

Haven't had much time for posting, nor the real desire to in a few weeks, as I shared a bit last week, just a bit of a funk, happens every now and again, but this morning as I let Roxie outside and heard the birds chirping the spring songs and the sun was shining and the radio talking about mid-50 temps later this week, not to mention that the days are growing longer, I feel a renewed sense of hope and this lethargy is slowly leaving me.

I got some information over the weekend that was not good news, my uncle (Mother's only sibling and my last uncle), has been battling lung cancer for over a year now, original prognosis was 5 years, well around the holidays, they discovered it had mastasized to a rib for which they gave him radiation and this past week they gave him a brain scan and it is there too, so they gave him more treatment, but because he could not lay down for an MRI, they could not pinpoint the lesions and so, this, I think, is not good news.  My Aunt is having some of her own health issues, for which she had a hernia repair on the 16th of February, but she said my Uncle is a trooper and has not given up, I spoke to him breifly and that was good, but I can hear the tired in his voice and so I am going to be making a trip to visit them around Easter, I had planned to go earlier, but they were dealing with stuff or there were weather related issues and then there is the fact that I don't get much time off at this job, so I have a 3-day weekend for Easter and I am going to visit them, I just pray that nothing happens before then.

Anyway, life is never without some reminder that we must make use of our time wisely and live fully while we can, because it can change without notice. . .

I want to thank you all for your support when I shared with you last week, the good news of my daughter and the part about what I was going through, you are all a very important part of my journey and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Have a wonderful day wherever you are, live and be well!  Prayers and good thoughts for the challenges we all face!

Hugs, Laureen

Hi Margo and my OFF family:

It's cold and sunny this morning but it's supposed to warm up. It was a gorgeous day yesterday ... nearly 40 ... and I went to see "Up in the Air" with my former coworker and friend Kim at the cheaper theater. I got out there a little earlier, so I stopped at Joanne's Fabrics so I could look for some elastic and velcro to attach to the back of my massager on my recliner. I haven't attached it yet, but I think it will work. Also bought a pretty Easter egg wreath for the front door. Reminds me that I want to get the house decorated for Easter this week.

The movie was great but hard to watch at times. George Clooney plays this guy who lays off people. The people were really folks who had been laid off, so they were displaying real emotions ... and having been there recently, there were times I was crying along with them.

After the movie, I was thinking of going out to lunch, but instead I went over to Grand Health Partners, my bariatric group, and picked up a bunch of protein supplements. I have regained 20 pounds and I'm not happy. I can't call this water weight anymore. I can't fit into my jeans anymore. So I have to get this off. I realize some of this is weight gain from the antidepressant but I don't think it's 20 pounds worth. So I'm doing a two protein supplements a day and a snack, and one real meal (probably a frozen dinner and a salad). If that doesn't work, it will be all protein supplements for two weeks to see if that gets me back on track. I am not going to fail again. Plus, I'm calling the senior center about the pool today.

Woke up this morning and the house was so cold ... now, I've been waking up in the middle of the night sweating and then I get up and I'm freezing so my inner thermostat is all wacky. (And I'm on hormone replacement therapy.) I usually keep it coolish in the house (62 degrees), but when I came out it was at 59 ... so something's screwy. I have the appliance protection plan anyway, so I call DTE and they're coming out this afternoon.

Well, I have an appointment with my psychologist today, plus I have to go to Michigan Works and register and see what they can do for me. I'd like to see if I could get some free training, maybe some web design training that I could learn from home. Or some other computer classes. If it's free, I'm game.

So I've got to get my self showered and dressed and on the road. Have a good day.

Hi Margo and everyone,

I'm usually up at 5:30 (the youngest has to be up and get ready for school then) but usually busy until later in the morning.

So grrrrrrr...there's more "weather" heading this way but I think it's just supposed to be a mixed bag.  Good.  Enough snow already!  Yesterday was mild and I thought, ah spring!  Hope the milder temps stay with us from now on!  No snow, no snow, no snow!

We have more bank woes and that's just frustrating.  Also on the schedule today is doctor's appointment.  Nothing exciting and just more aggravation.  :P

Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!