Tuesday Morning, Right?
Good Morning Family,
I finally feel normal, after being nauseous all day yesterday. I have some projects to work on here, including laundry. No Bible study or children's program this week. Spring Break cancels the kids' program, and the leaders of the Bible study are both out of town.
The sun is not out, and it's supposed to rain later this evening. I have to get outside and clean up after Utley. Plus, a dog left a present out front, and it's not Utley's.
Praying for Christine, and Vickie and Butch.
Hugs and Love,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Almost forgot. I got my new bathroom scale yesterday. Woohoo!! Now, I need some graph paper. I want to use it to chart my weight. I did it years ago, and it helped.
Must scoot.
Love,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Good morning Trish and everyone.....
Trish....I am happy to know you are feeling better today! Don't over do today!! 
It is so nice you have a break this week with Spring Break. You can use an extra day for yourself!! 
As for me....It is dark and gloomy here today too. We had rain, sleet then snow last night. Thankfully the snow melted almost as fast as it fell.
I have my doctor appointment at 1:00 today. Just a recheck from my med changes. My ride will be here at 12:30. I best get moving so I can get my walk in before I go.
Christine....I hope all is going well for you today. If you need me to post or anything let me know.
I will check in again later this afternoon.
Wishing everyone a blessed day!! 
Prayers for all our amazing OFF Family and their families. Special prayers for Vickie and Butch, Judy and her sister, and Christine too.
Loads of love and bushels of hugs....connie d
Good morning Trish and all my sistas!
Glad to hear you are feeling better today, Trish!
Another busy day ahead for me. I did get quite a bit accomplished yesterday, but I need to keep up the pace. Today I am trying to clean out all the furniture here at this house that I want the movers to move to the new house. I got my butcher block island emptied and my buffet emptied. Today I guess I really need to tackle this desk. UGH! I'm not moving any of the nightstands or dressers here, so that's good. I also think I need to walk around this house and make a list of the pieces that I want moved from each room. I'm going to leave this house partially "staged", and I'm hoping that whoever buys it will also want to buy some of these beds and things that I'm leaving here.
I did meet with Handyman Sam at the new house yesterday and he got the old vanity and mirror out of the hall bath and started on the installation of the new vanity. CHECK!
I also went to Rooms to Go and shopped for an entertainment/media center for the new living room. It's the only piece of furniture that I really need to buy for the new house (besides patio furniture). I'm very tired of the big TV hanging on the wall look. I want a nice piece of furniture to hold the TV, you know? Wow. Some of those things are SO expensive!!! But I did a little preliminary shopping on-line, and I thought Rooms to Go had the most reasonably priced ones. Sure enough, I found one that I liked very much. I'll probably go ahead and order it today. I would like to have it delivered next week.
Anyway, the GOOD NEWS is that when I got the mail yesterday there were FOUR (count 'em, FOUR!) checks from the New Braunfels hospital in the mail for me. I KNEW they overcharged me last year for my long stay when I was recovering from that staph infection. They finally sent me my refund. $1700!!! Whoop!
(Now see, there's my new piece of furniture, all paid for! Thank you, God!)
Carrie is still here this morning. She's going back to Waco today. This afternoon she goes to get the biopsy results from her "scope" after her abnormal Pap smear. Did I tell y'all about this? I think so. Anyway, just like Judy, her Pap smear came back with abnormal results, and she had to go back and have this scope procedure and today we get the results. I do so wish I could go with her!!! I'm trying real hard not to think the "C" word. But you know how a mother's anxious instinct kicks in. I keep telling her that I'm sure it's nothing, but my stomach is all knotted up and it will remain so until I hear from her this afternoon. Please say a little prayer, would you?
Butch is still laying really low. He's not in a lot of pain, thank you, Lord, but the chemo has knocked him down and out again. He's just barely hanging on, it seems. I know chemo is terribly toxic to the whole body. I could barely get him to eat (or drink Boost) at all yesterday. He just wants to lie there and sleep.
Chris is still mad as hell at Mike, and I'm worried about her. Once she makes up her mind that something is over, or that someone isn't worth it, she seems to be hell bent on making it come true. I tried and tried to "talk" her down from her mad yesterday, and so did Carrie, but she was still quite furious at 8 p.m. last night. Carrie had a long talk with Mike yesterday evening, and she told him quite bluntly that he needs to solve the money problem or the whole relationship is going to explode. He seems to be rather passive-aggressive about the whole thing. I haven't tried talking to him yet. I know I need to, but I'm treading very carefully. Carrie told him all the same things I would have said, but she's his age and he took it better coming from a contemporary, rather than from me. At least I hope so.
Anyway, Chris didn't ask me for the money again, but she texted that she only needed $150 more to be caught up with the day care. Well, that's pretty good. She's worked real hard at Ihop for the past two weeks to get the extra money pulled together. So I transferred $200 into her account. She's off today, and tomorrow the boys can go back to school. Before y'all fuss at me, remember that I'm going to be completely unavailable to help the boys over the next week and a half. I gave her the money as much for myself as for them. I'll be able to concentrate on the move better if I'm not worried about what's happening to the boys.
So this morning I got my DNA results from Ancestry.com. Oh, this is a fun thing! I wish I had the whole day (or week!) to play with my results, but I have to set it aside until after the move. I am 56% Great Britain (whi*****ludes Scotland and Wales), 23% Western European (France, Belgium, Germany, etc), 8% Irish, and the rest is misc.: Scandanavian, Russian, American Indian, etc. My ethnicity came as no great surprise. I always knew I was Scots-Irish.
The really cool thing is that Ancestry.com generates a list of people that you are genetically related to from their database! Wow! That's the part that I can't wait to explore. But I have to be a big girl and deal with the move first. Grrrr. I love genealogy!
We also sent in Butch's DNA sample, but his is still being processed.
Trish, I have 4 dogs in the house right now, and I've been finding surprises and presents everywhere! Ugh. I do love my fur babies, but I don't love their presents.
Well, I really have to get started on my day. I love you all! Oh! Christine--welcome to the loser's bench, hon! So happy for you!
Vickie
Vic...is your daughter having a Colposcopy? Or a LEAP done? I know how worried you are about it...I have been there and STILL am!!! I go in tomorrow AGAIN for yet ANOTHER Colposcopy...sighs.....will keep your daughter in my prayers that everything will be ok for her!!!
Hope Butch gets his strength back soon...that chemo takes a lot out of a person that's for sure!!!
HUGSSSSSSSSS
Hi Judy,
Yes, she had a colposcopy. I couldn't remember the name before. Just heard back from her. She says she has mild dysplasia of some of her cervical cells. It is NOT cancer, at least not cancer yet. Doctor says it is most likely that her own immune system will fight off the virus and nothing more will need to be done but monitor it. IF, and it's only if, the virus doesn't go away and IF it's left untreated or not monitored for years, it COULD turn into cancer. She says for me not to worry. Oh, okay, and I won't breathe for the next few years, either.
Well, at least she's aware of it and her doctor will monitor it and I'm sure it will be okay. Just scares the mama tiger in me, you know?
On a more cheerful note (HA!), our AC has gone out! Bother. It's damn hot in here. They are coming to fix it tomorrow, but in the meantime, we sweat! Sure does make it hard to pack in here. If Butch wasn't so sick, I would pack us up and we would go spend the night on the inflatable bed at the new house.
I went and got all my hair chopped off! I mean SHORT! I just don't have the time or inclination to mess with it over the next few weeks. I need to wash and GO!
I'm sorry the BRAT PACK is so ungrateful and so whiny. Geez. What a bunch of jerks.
Love you!
Vickie
Vic...its the same thing I have...PAIN!!!!!!! If it comes back ABNORMAL then I have to have the LEAP procedure done AGAIN!!!!!!!! SIGHS..........And YES I will be talking to the DR about the hysterectomy also!!! Getting Pap tests every 3 months then every 6 months then when you get to the last one so you go back to one a year and BAM!!!! ABNORMAL again...BS!!!!!!!! WTH is going on????????? I don't do ANYTHING anymore...so WHY do I have this problem???????
As for your short hair...mine is also short...when its still wet...spray it with some hair spray and then pick it to the way you like it...let it air dry. Looks like you spent a ton of money on it...LOL you have some poof and maybe some spike also...LOL I love mine!!!!!
Yes these BRATS have nothing better to do I guess....boohooohooo
HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Hello Vickie.....it sounds like Carrie is doing okay. I am so glad it wasn't cancer!! She need to be sure she does those follow ups. I know you will remind her if she spaces it off!! To important to miss.
So sorry that Chris and Mike are having their problems yet. I hope they can work it out. Mike needs to step up and get a second job....no doubt about that!! Sounds like he needs a firecracker lit under his butt....get moving Mike!! I am glad Carrie was able to talk to Mike. He doesn't know how good he has it!! Chris can have her issues to deal with, she needs his support to get through those hard times. Yelling never solves anything!! As for the $200, I am happy you did that. Those boys are worth it!! It isn't their fault! So glad they can go to school tomorrow!!!
I am so sorry to hear that Butch is getting his butt kicked by this chemo. I image he doesn't like it either. 
I can't wait to see the new entertainment center you have picked out. I am sure it is beautiful!! That money came right in time....that was a great refund. They should have figured that out long ago!!
I have never used Ancestry....I hope you can get settled in your new home and have the time to work on it....how fun!!! You are like me...I am a mixed bred myself!! Your red hair gave you away, of course you have some Irish!! LOL!!!
Why do you have four dogs??? Are two Carrie's?? You didn't mention getting anymore.
My doctor appointment went really well. I was worried because I didn't think I lost enough weight in the last 2 months. My doctor was so happy. She said that is right on track where I need to be. I lost ten pounds. I am used to the surgery and dropping it fast. This is definitely a little slower going. I know walking everyday has helped too. Overall I do feel good!
I also have to tell you I did it again....I got out of the cab reached for my walker and fell HARD!! It was on the sidewalk...concrete hurts!! I am hurting all over already. My doctor checked me over and said there will be bruises but everything feels good. Most of my whole right side!! Yup....the same side that I fell on a week ago. She told me to slow down....I am not good at being slow. She said to be cautious as I am walking....obviously my balance isn't completely better. Now I have to keep dealing with this damn walker!! I am soooo mad at myself right now!!! GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
Have a great rest of the day...wish Carrie could have stayed longer. I love you sweetie!!!
Lots of prayers for you and Butch...love and hugs....connie d
