Terrific Tuesday

Coffee refill time. Be right back.

I'm back. Good Morning Everyone.

I had typed a long, detailed post yesterday, and lost it before I even posted it. I was telling Jeannie how I grew up eating fish a lot, especially flounder, coz I was raised Catholic, and not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. Plus, we vacationed at a lake, and I learned to fish at a young age, even hooking the worm myself. Nothing tastes better than fresh flounder. And, Judy, I don't remember it having a fishy taste at all. I also enjoy cod, and of course salmon. My son-in-law used to go salmon fishing, and get a good catch, which my daughter would freeze. She says he may get back to it. Also, he and his brother took both sets of kids ice fishing this past winter, and the kids enjoyed their catch for dinner.

Vickie, I don't remember what I tried to post to you. Sorry.

Carla, I hope your recovery is going smoothly. I'm sure Nurse Vinnie took good care of you yesterday.

Anyway, my niece had her baby on Saturday morning. Emma Grace weighed in at 10 lbs 1 oz, and was 22 inches long. She had a C-section, but because she had some contractions on Friday, she did start to enter the birth canal. Also, the anesthesia started to wear off during surgery, and she was able to wiggle her toes. So, they pumped her full of all sorts of pain meds. She was discharged yesterday. Her son, Jackson, is supposed to meet his sister today. Kathy, my sis-in-law, took her home. They didn't want him exposed. When Kathy takes him home, she plans to stay at Erin's till the end of the week, to give her a hand.

Jeannie, the way I upload photos is to get the picture I want on the screen. I use my Facebook pics. Right click, and choose Copy Photo URL. Then, at the top of the text box here, where you can choose font and stuff, toward the right, is button with a box like a picture. It should be next to the happy face. Click that. Right click in the Source, and Paste the URL. Then click OK. The photo should appear in the text box here. Vickie helped me figure it out.

Today, I'm heading over to Colleen's to play with Frankie at lunch time. Then later, I'm picking up Izzy from school, coz Colleen has to take Lincoln to the dermatologist to work on the warts on his foot.

Hugs and Prayers,

Trish

Trish what a gorgeous baby. I tried the URL posting and it just didn't work. I must be doing something completely wrong but the cut and paste worked....

Good afternoon my friends....

I am doing okay...still battling depression ....some days are better then others!!

I went out for a walk today. I was walking down the sidewalk and speaking to God. I didn't realize how far I went. I barely had energy to walk back. Now I really do need a nap.

Wishing you all a great day!! I am not sure if I will be answering posts again today. I really an not up to it. Too much pain...time for more meds. I love you all!

Prayers for all our wonderful OFF Family and their families. Special prayers for those as needed.

Lots of love and oodles of hugs to all....connie d

I accidentally used the pronoun her, instead of him, when referring to Jackson. I can't find the Edit link. Oops.

Good morning Trish and my sistas!

What a happy day when babies are born! She's adorable.

I just posted a message in Jeannie's thread giving detailed instructions on how to upload pictures into our posts. I hope it helps. And, Jeannie, I tried to friend you, but I think you have to friend me back. I think you must have your privacy settings very restricted.

Okay, confession time. I'm having problems with my health and I think it's because I stopped taking my supplements. Y'all know what a terrible year it has been for me. I spent all of my time and energy taking care of Butch and frankly I just stopped caring for myself. I was so consumed with making sure he took all of HIS meds that I just gave up on taking my own. And since July, I've been too depressed to care if I lived or died. I might take a vitamin or a calcium chew every now and then, but nothing like the daily schedule we're supposed to adhere to.

Well, I think it's caught up with me. Every joint I have hurts. My hands are so stiff I can barely make a fist in the mornings. I can hardly get up and down out of chairs. My knees hurt, my hips hurt, my back hurts, my shoulders hurt, etc. I think I'd better get myself to the bariatric surgeon in San Antonio and have more blood work done.

In the meantime, I've set up alarms on my phone to remind myself to take my pills every day. I'm out of the Iron pills, so I ordered those this morning. And I was also ordering the Pro Joe protein drinks, but stopped after Butch retired. They were just so expensive, but they were full of the protein, vitamins and nutrients we need after RNY. Instead I've been drinking a starbucks mocha light every morning, which has very little protein and practically no nutrition at all.

In short, I've let myself become a walking disaster, and I've really got to stop it. Every day I drink Cokes, eat chocolate, take Advil, don't take my vitamins, and I don't exercise. ENOUGH! Butch would be so disappointed in me. He would be kicking my butt. But mentally I just haven't cared enough about myself to care FOR myself. It's like suicide by attrition. I've got to stop it.

So here, I'm posting a picture of myself the month before we found out about Butch's cancer. See how healthy I looked? I can't even get in those clothes today, not even the tee shirt. It's all too tight. I need to get back to that size and I need to get my health back.

Well, that's my confession for the day.

I did sit down yesterday and figure up all the yardage I need to make a duvet cover, bedskirt, pillow shams, and curtains. It's a LOT of yardage and with Waverly fabrics, a really hefty price tag! I'm going to have to wait for a sale or a windfall--LOL! Anyway, I did not order the fabric yesterday. I need to wait and see how my finances resolve by the end of the year.

Today I'm going back out to the lake house. I haven't heard from any of Butch's relatives yet. I hate to keep asking them to help me. I guess I'll just go out there and do what I can do today. Maybe one or more of them will contact me this week.

I'd better close and get a move on. My morning's half over already. Love you all!

Vic,

I think we all have those moments when, for various reasons, we fall to the way side. The trick is to wallow a bit but then you have to stop. Once you recognize what you are doing, you must stop it or you will be even more miserable. What I've learned about weight gain and weight loss is that the emotional rollercoaster that comes with either puts you into an endless cycle...you gain weight...you feel bad...your self esteem plummets...you need to feel good...you eat the chocolate...you gain the weight. Now, you, like me, and like all of us, have to stop the cycle. And, I think you are doing that. I look at my picture that I took yesterday and compare it to the one I took last year and I am just heart sick....my old fat neck is just hanging there...no Yoga to tone that neck up but it is coming and I am doing it....You will too. And, I don't think Butch would be disappointed in you; in fact, I think he would be proud of what all you have had to accomplish and do and all the while your heart was broken into a billion pieces. Be strong...leave the coke and the chocolate for those who aren't quite as fabulous as you. YOu got this.

Jeannie-

Its not yoga for your neck or face but it's a great series of isometric exercises for your neck and chin.

tilt your chin up and pretend to smooch the ceiling 10 times. Lower chin to relax a moment. Lift chin again and try to touch your nose with your lower lip ten times. Lower chin to relax. Chin up again for the last time, do side swipes for twenty. Lower chin.

after about a week of doing this daily you should begin to see a difference. I started doing these after I lost all of my weight. It really tightens the loss skin.

i do this exercise with my water fitness classes.

Cindi B.

Vic...HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

You have been through so much this last year and no wonder you lost track of you!!!!! Now its time to get back to taking care of YOU!!!!!! And NOW!!!!!!!!!! Listen to me...I stopped taking my vitamins and started taking the Equate Gummy MulitVitamins and I sit here on my PC and grab 2 at a time and eat them...couple times a day maybe a few times a day!!! With us having Malabsorbtion I figure eating several a day won't hurt and having my blood work before surgery showed I am good to go!!! I am NINE YEARS out...You are NOT....Get your butt back in line girlfriend!!! Get those VITAMINS IN YOU!!!!!!!! And NOT the DRINKABLE ONES!!!!!!! We want you around and so do those beautiful grandkids!!!!

Love you!!!!!!!!

HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Hi Trish and my OFF family:

I'm beat today ... but I did drag myself to the Y and the arthritis water exercise class. And although I'm glad I went, I still feel tired. I was going to go to Walmart, too, but just didn't feel like it ... bad move, because I'm out of detergent. Oh, well, I won't do laundry today, I guess, because I'm not going out again today. I'm going out tomorrow to get my hair done. I'll get it then. Today, I'm just vegging and watching baseball.

I had the fourth late night out of five at work. Part-time sports writer was sending us stories ... he never called to tell us when he sent them. I tried calling him and couldn't get through to him til 11 p.m. (which was deadline) ... and then we didn't have his stories. For some reason the stories didn't come through my email at work, but they came through the email to my coworker (I think he misspelled my name). We didn't get done until 11:40, which was 40 minutes after deadline. And I got home after midnight. It was very frustrating dealing with someone who didn't do what he was supposed to do (and his stories were shorter than he was supposed to write, so I had to adjust on the jump page).

So today, I'm not thinking about doing anything other than relaxing, watching baseball, reading, maybe unpacking a box or two.

Vickie, I understand what you are going through. You have been through a lot. Time to concentrate on taking care of you.

Well, I'm going to get off the computer and think about lunch.