MLK Day
Good Morning OFF Family,
I hope today promises to be a great day for everyone. I've been up since 5:30, and already started my laundry, of which there are several loads, and washed last night's dishes. I have no clue how I'm so awake.
I'm going to continue cleaning and organizing today. Then, this afternoon, I have hand therapy.
Must scoot.
Prayers, hugs and love,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Good morning Trish and all my sistas!
A new day dawns, and all that jazz! Oh, I feel better today! Still a bit shaky, but so much better. Butch says I look better, too. Well, hell, it wouldn't take much improvement to achieve that! I looked like hell most of the weekend! LOL!
And, even though I know it is most likely temporary, this morning I weigh 174! Now mind you, that is the lowest I have ever been since WLS. I certainly don't recommend this method of weight loss. Ha! But gee, it felt nice to see that number on the scale.
I was kind of afraid that I might rupture my open wound with all that throwing up, but I didn't. Instead it was my back and ribs that were so sore. So thank goodness for that. My wound feels just fine.
Okay, enough of that talk. Today Butch and I are going with a realtor to look at a couple of houses. Not too many. I told her we are not up to a marathon session of house hunting right now. I think we may be going to see 3 today. Wish us luck. After all the drama this morning of Chris, et. al., getting off to school and work, I am so ready to get them moved out of here. Honestly, Christie could gather up everything they need the night before, but will she do that? No. So she runs around here in a panic and wakes everyone up with her yelling and instead of a calm, peaceful exodus, they roll out of here in a mass of tension and tears. It's ridiculous. I can't stand it. We need to live in separate houses.
Oh, well, the good Lord will guide us to the right house at the right time. There are plenty of houses on the market that are just out of our price range. But we are going to pay cash for this house and it's simply not possible to "bump up" several thousand dollars. We have what we have to spend. At least I think I have found a realtor who understands that. (The first realtor I talked to just flat out told me that our price point was ridiculous and we would have to spend at least $150K to get a house. I told him to take a hike.)
My sweet SIL Charlene was here all weekend. Thank God. We would not have survived Saturday without her. I was so sick and there was no way Butch could have cared for both me and the boys by himself. I owe a lot of favors back to folks who have been so kind to us.
I love you all and I hope everyone has a good week. I will try to be a better "poster" this week and respond to y'all individually if I can. Surely to goodness, I will start to improve now.
Love you all!
Vickie
Good morning Trish and everyone....
Trish....you sound like the energizer bunny this morning!! Good for you!! I know how much you wanted all that work done. Glad you are having such a positive attitude and good day as well. 
Vickie....I am really relieved that you have shaken that flu bug. It sounds like it was pretty bad!! I hope the realtor can help you find a place real soon!! Chris needs to settle down! It sounds like she need to take a parenting class as she sure doesn't listen to your advice. Have you spoken to Carrie over the weekend? I hope she is feeling better each day! Thank goodness that your sister in law was there over the weekend to help. 
I had a sore throat last night and it is worse today. I can't remember when I had one last. If I feel worse by late afternoon I will be calling my doctor to set up an appointment for tomorrow.
It was so wonderful to have my family around!! We had great time. I wi**** could have been longer. Everyone had to get back to there jobs and things. They all left yesterday. I got lots of love and snuggles from my Gracie. WOW...did that do me good!! 
I am going over to take Kyleigh to shop for a few things she needs for her apartment. She finally got all her Christmas money. We won't be gone long as I want to get a nap in later this afternoon.
Have a great day everyone!!! Prayers for many of our wonderful OFF family.
Much love and bunches of hugs to all....connie d
Good Morning Ladies!
Trish - Aren't you the Busy Bee this morning! Wish I could get things organized here - but I just have too much "stuff" that I don't need or use. Come Spring, I'm going to rent a dumpster and get rid of the crap around here. Right now I just move things from one place to another. We don't have Town curbside rubbish service - you either have to go to the "Transfer Station" (dump) or call a private company for weekly pick-up, which is too expensive for me.
Vickie- Glad you're feeling better. Good luck on your house search today - hope you find something real soon. Too much drama in your house!
Well, my kitchen stove has to be replaced. The oven will not shut off unless you unplug it. So we keep plugging and unplugging it -- because in order to save on heating oil, I sometimes turn the oven on. Not good, I know, but I can't afford another $450 oil payment - they demand COD, and a 100 gallon minimum. My kitchen is small, and right now the stove is right in the middle of the room.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Mary
Still learning. Currently in pre-op stage.
Morning all!
Well it sounds like everyone is off to a good start this morning. My male cat Frankie was up to no good last night and decided to rearrange the house. He likes to move things and what ever he can carry bring them to me in bed!! Gotta love him!! Not!! Not much going on today need to go and get some new bras mine are to big. Wish I could get a tummy tuck and a boob lift, but alas that is not in the cards.
Hope you all have a great day, thoughts and prayers for all,
Debbie
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'M POSSIBLE!!!"
"No one said it was going to be easy, but it will definitely be worth it"
Good Afternoon Trish and OFF-
Trish - I'm doing the same thing as you, laundry and house cleaning. Plus putting the book together.
Vickie- I'm going to swing chickens for you that you and Butch find a house soon to resolve the stress of your present situation. Just remember that your immunity is run down from all the surgeries and infection. You're going to be susceptable to flu bugs for a while.
Connie- get that throat taken care of, there's a lot of strep running around.
Debbie - a non-scale moment, new bras.
Carla- happy your Bronco's won, my nephews are in mourning today because the Pats lost.
Well, I'm posting today and trying to do things other than the book. We're in page layout mode. I send the graphic artist the text files and the images to go with the text. Had a hiccup Saturday night as she got really upset by the team making changes to her design. Problem averted but not a relaxing weekend. I think I've reached the development stage of conscious incompetence. I am very aware that I don't know how to put a book together and I am very nervous about making sure that I select the right pictures. Hanging over my head is the print deadline and the fact that if we complete the book before March 31 we get an additional discount of 5% on cost. So you can imagine how much I want to comfort myself with food these days.
Today I will go to water fitness and work off the frustrations that I'm feeling.
Positive thoughts to all of you in need.
Cindi
Evening OFF family...quick stop in to let you know the deaths continue here...another tenant called to let me know her mom died...no sooner did I hang the phone up another tenant called me to let me know her daughter died...I can't deal with anymore deaths right now!!!!! I am so depressed I can cry at the drop of a hat!!!
I am still waiting for my phone call from corporate to tell me how to do my work on th PC yet also!!!!!
Thoughts and Prayers for ALL that need them....
HUGSSSSSSSSSS
