Thursday and I can't believe no one has posted yet!!
So, here I am. It's very warm at this time of the morning, and I just showered and am feeling clean, but smelling a nearby sugar cane field burning........We get notified when they are going to burn, and they usually start around 4:00 a.m., but the smell lasts all day. The Hawaiians have been doing this for years and years, and those of us who are recent transplants can't complain.
I have been in the decision mode lately......trying to decide if I want to move to Santa Cruz to be near my kids and grandkids, or stay here where it is peaceful and quiet. I feel the tug to move, but I also know that my life will change to a fast pace very quickly. Not sure I'm up to it.
OK......I'm longing to hear what's happening in your lives. Next month it will be 7 years since I had WLS, and still am keeping off 180 pounds!! Can't remember how it felt to weigh 330 lbs........but I know that I could NOT get down on the floor and play with my grandkids at that weight!! I am thankful.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Karen.....moving is a tough choice to make. Look where it got me!!! I wish you the very best making this decision. It sure is wonderful to be near your grandchildren!! You for sure will be busy!! Love and prayers to you my friend.
I am really tired today. I think it is from the workout at Physical Therapy yesterday. I don't hurt just feel very fatigued. I am going to make myself run to a few garage sales or something. The sun is shining and it looks like beautiful day!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful day!! Prayers to all in need....special ones as well.
Love and lots of hugs to all....connie d
Even though we've never met........I know, deep down in my heart, that you would be someone I would LOVE to have in my life.
Please take care of yourself.......
Withy so much aloha!!
Maui Karen
Good Evening Karen and all,
Karen, I also posted on Eileen's thread. I remember when Colleen first suggested I move here to Michigan. I was still teaching, and was at the top of the pay scale in that job. There was no way I could afford to move. After she had my granddaughter, and then my grandson, my heart ached at how much those kids were growing between visits. I was missing so much. Traveling here was exhausting and expensive. The only downside to moving here was how cold the winter was, and how short the summer is. But, seeing my grandchildren several times a week has been such a blessing. I was here when Isabel lost her first tooth. I was here for Frankie's first birthday, and Isabel's dance recital.
I don't regret moving here one bit. I am a regular part of my daughter's and grandchildren's lives.
Hugs and Love,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Hi all! The sun was shinning here today. A cat had a couple kittens in our barn, all ours are fixed. So we went to Walmart to get kitten food as we only had cat food. Stopped at the garden center and picked out a flat of annual. Had breakfast out with Bill, he gets pancake with the 2 egg and bacon. He eats the cakes and I eat an egg and bacon. The dogs get the left overs.
Got home and worked up the flower bed and three containers. Got all planted and watered. Then helped Bill medicate our seven yearling weather and bucks. (males with and without their stuff, pygmies.) Worked on getting some of the bird cages cleaned. I need to get the house cleaned before Fathers Day as 2 or 3 of his four daughters usually come over. I don't clean for mine 
I just realized that I hit overweight today. It took me five years and three WLS surgeries but today I hit under 30 bmi.
BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.
