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Kat - I feel like such an ignoramus. I even looked back to June for posts explaining what is actually wrong with Abbey! I can't find where you tell us. I'm sorry, but can you tell me what's wrong???

I think it's CUTE!! Brings back a flood of memories..... Judy -- Precious outfits!! Does she need jewelry to go with that? :biggrin2:

((TracyinKS)))) I'm so happy for your family!!! Yes, we can all breathe a little easier now! When you got nuns on your side, you really got something! TracyK text'd me to let me know the news (Thanks Tracy!!!) and my first thought was, "Damn, we're GOOD!" (meaning purple power)....then I remembered you worked in a nunnery! Kinda took the purple wind out of my purple sails pretty quick! LOL j/k Prayers are prayers. Period. Speaking of which....... my mom is BACK in the hospital. That's where I was this morning. She's fighting this recurring pneumonia again. Laura - awwwwww. I remember the days of monitoring every little feeling I had while waiting for the period NOT to come! LOL Are my breasts more tender? Am I peeing more? Do I feel queasy? Bloated? On and on....... This is gonna be fun!

Dr. David Luethcke did everything. He's in Katy and is a very nice man. He was trained at UT and Baylor.

by the way....i had 2 moles removed also...one right between my eyes and the other just below my right eyebrow.

Thanks ya'll! No Karey, I'm not 'bruised' anymore...although I still have some dark circles but nothing my normal makeup doesn't cover. Re: your face-lift decision... I was toying with the idea myself at one point. When I saw how much bruising and swelling resulted from just these two 'little' incisions across my eyelids, I said to my husband, "Jeez! Can you imagine the bruising and swelling from a facelift???" It's kind of traumatic! You are afraid you'll never look normal again!! Here....... take a look!....this is day 2 or 3 I think....(it didn't hurt, but man it looked BAD)

Just 'cause you get to stay home with Macy! Everytime I think of you, I kinda just smile to myself ... I'm just happy for you, that's all. NO! I'm sure I could have easily managed with Tylenol and cold compresses, but I took Vicodin for 2 days....because I could! :crying: It was weird how it looked so horrible but didn't hurt hardly at all!

Here's my before and after....... I've had fillers around my mouth, botox between my brows and most recently had my eyelids done. Eyelids were only done 12 days ago and there is still quite a bit of swelling. Takes 6 weeks for it to totally heal. I guess I've spent about $4,200.

Hi Everyone! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracy - just wanted to check in especially to let you know I'm thinking of you and your family today. (((Hugs))) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pammy - Welcome home!! I know zou will be happz to be in zour own bed!!! We are glad zou are back...can't wait for pics!! Kat - Whatever this is worth to you, my kids are both very sensitive to commercial toothpaste and get sores in their mouth from the SLS (sodium laurel sulfate) that it's in just about all of them. Biotine is the only toothpaste they can use and I can only buy it at the pharmacy...for $8/tube! Suzie - I'm happy for you!!! Judy - Wanna trade weather for about a week or two? Please? Glad you're lovin' the Wii! That's so cool. Your 'gym' must be getting crowded! TracyK - :thumbup: You go girl. Haydee - Hi!!! What's the latest with Juan? Any updates worth mentioning? The People want to know! Laura - Here are the before and after shots you asked for. Keep in mind that I still have 4 weeks before the swelling is all gone. The "after" should be getting better! I FEEL SO FREAKIN' FAT. I've gained 5# this summer. This has got to GO. I've been very good so far today...no sugar! I wonder if I can go one whole day without it???

Hi Everyone! Well, today is the last day of my vacation. :biggrin: I'm going to make it count by pounding some metal. Had a fun day yesterday browsing around the historic Heights area yesterday <sigh>..... it makes me so nostalgic for the 'old days'. Going down there is like being transported to the 50's ... all the houses are old (but mostly restored) , the trees are big and shady, and the shops are so cool! I bought this neat-o turkish candle lantern made of bronze and red hand-blown glass...but can't figure out where to put it. That's me! Poor Pammy has to come home. I bet she's sad. It sure was fun reading her posts, though, wasn't it? I'll kind of miss the z=y.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.) If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!) The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!) A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (In my next life, I want to be a pig.) A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.) (I'm still not over the pig.) Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour (Don't try this at home, maybe at work) The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. (Honey, I'm home. What the...?!) The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?) The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?) Some lions mate over 50 time s a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life..quality over quantity) Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.) The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm.....) Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?) Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (Okay, so that would be a good thing) A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?) An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. ( I know some people like that.) Starfish have no brains (I know some people like that too.) Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer) Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about that pig??)

Hi ya'll... I'm too pooped to post. But here's a pic of my face today, still quite a bit of sweling...with makeup:

Oh yes, you are so right! The amount of bruising was quite shocking actually, but it's clearing up! Phenomenal would make me happy! I'm looking forward to good results. It's kind of weird waiting to see the results like this...one day at a time. No the pain was nothing really! I took Vicodin as prescribed 3-4x a day as needed...and did that for about 2 days. I think I took maybe 7-8 total and that was just because I could! I probably could have managed with tylenol but I like legal la-la land when I can get it.:cool:

Well, I'm sitting here recovering from eyelid surgery...blepheraplasty... doing pretty well. I'm at day 8 now and there's only a small bit of bruising left, swelling is 'bad' only in the morning, and the suture lines are healing pretty well. I'll post pictures when it's all said and done...if I only posted this weeks nobody would ever get it done! I pretty much looked like hell for the 1st 5 days. I took 10 days vacation to avoid comments from co-workers and I'm so glad I did. 8-10 days is just about right. I can't wait to see the final results as the weeks go on!

Uh, I think Michelle would be the expert on that one, Tracy! Laura -- That is soooo cool!!! Let us know when to look for him on TV!!! I assume it's televised at some point, right?

I'm here Tracy! I've been on vacation so just not as much time in front of the computer like I am at work! (HA! - They'd love that, wouldn't they?) Wish TracyW would check in!! :redface:

Hi everyone -- thinking of you all but no time to stay and chat. I'm pooped from a long day! Michelle - you look really, really great!! Be PROUD! TracyinKS - Thinking of you, Sweetie...and praying for your mom...she's at the top of my list. xoxo Happy Birthday Pammie!!

((((Kat))))) I am so sorry, honey. What can I say that would make things any better? I just know from where I sit, I am just very, very grateful that nobody was hurt and you didn't lose your house. I am so very sorry that you lost all that hard work that went into landscaping your hill. I know it's impossible to think of it all being gone...and how sad it is. Things would have been 1000x times worse if that fire had started when you were gone (which you are quite often). You owe every single firefighter a banana nut bread or something! Sounds like they did a great job. I'm sorry, Kat. Let me know if there is anything I can do. In the meantime, I'll try to think of something meaningful. Let us know what all you lost that maybe we can help you replace. ((((I'm sorry)))))

Hi all. Yeah, I'm OK! Went to the doc today to get stitches taken out and he said I looked fine...even though I still look like I've been in a major car wreck! But I am getting out some now, just wearing sunglasses indoors. Yesterday I went to the bead shop and got a few things, when I got home the colors were all WRONG. Duh. Bruises are not quite so purple now...going the the green stage. Mmmmm. Tomorrow I go for a fill...but just a tiny one. Jenn called me today but I was not able to call her back. She left a message saying she misses us all and has been thinking about us a LOT. She gets her 'puter back in a couple of days so we'll see her then. TracyK - Congrats on your first day of Full Time Mom! My eyeballs are pooped...been beading a lot today. I'll see ya'll manana.

.....a city full of breeders! The family is obviously endowed with a high sex drive. My family is small. Do the math. Judy - Congratulations to you and your whole family!! That is just awesome news! Nothing going on here today, that's for sure.... I look like a total raccoon. I'm at the point where I wonder if I'll ever look normal again! If only banana chips had healing powers.....

I'd say it with you but my mouth is full of banana chips!

Suzie... I'm so sorry about your back! So what happens if it's fractured? Are we talking body cast thing or what???? Oh no, that just can't be! TracyK - I think we're all in the same place to one degree or another (except for a few of us) and I think we might all be ready now to get back on track. You'll be in good company. Please don't get down on yourself! You knew going in that it was a distinct possibility that you'd gain weight and 20# is not that bad. I gained 50#!!! You're not smoking and that's the most important thing. Don't lose sight of that! Denise - Thanks for the update! I've been wondering how little Dimitri is doing. The pics are just precioius! You lucky grandma you! (So what are they going to call you, anyway?) Kat - you have a great life, you know that?!? Doc said I look perfectly normal and said things would get much better after 36 -48 hours. TRACY, thanks for the reminder about the Vicodin! I forgot about that fun little side effect. I'll double up on the fiber...maybe that will help. I won't be going back to work for 10 more days. I wanted to post this better pic of the bracelet I made last weekend. I'm now working on the photography end of things so that I might start selling online. This pic turned out pretty well! K, well back to the ice on my eyeballs. Ya'll have a great evening!

Morning everyone! Believe it or not, I'm not in hardly any pain. Haven't had a vicodin since dinnertime last night....but MAN do I look like Frankenstein this morning or what!? If you think those pictures are bad from yesterday, then I'll spare you my likeness this morning. I am very glad I have a followup dr appt. this morning (yes, on a holiday!) so he can reassure me that all is well. Let's just say I never knew eyelids could swell so much. Hmmmm...wonder where Suzie is?! Are you okay Suze? Judy and all....have a wonderful holiday today! ....especially Tracy who has LOTS to celebrate! Yeeeeeee hawwww!!!

Oh, and look what else I found while getting photos off my iPhone....

Oh, and I also had a couple of moles removed....one from my eyebrow and one between my eyes on the forehead..that's the other little bandages. I think I'll go take more Vicodin...just because I can! LOL Thanks for the purple power girls...but could you make it not quite so purple?? A nice normal flesh-colored power would be better in this instance. Speaking of which....Suzie....I'm so sorry you're hurting so badly! It worries me that it seems to be getting worse instead of better. :thumbup: So what is the report from the doc?