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Cindy, so glad to hear you DD is home and had a great time. We saw Brooks and Dunn last Sept. They really put on a good show. I would love to see Keith Urban. I have several of his songs on my MP3 player that I listen too when I go walking. I hope the rains hold off till after mignight for you guys. Have a blast.

We used to get our stuff from JC Penney's. They had a section in there where you could go get Boy and Girl Scout stuff. Back then they didn't really have a wide selection. Gosh I would love to go to a store lie that. I bet it would bring back a lot of really good memories. Swim time. We floated around for about an hour. Loved it. I sure do miss Jenn alot. Can't wait till she can check in a little more than once a week. Did you see where Gary Coleman died? He was really young. Not sure yet what happened but he did have kidney problems. Poor thing.

Nothing like a crappy 3 hour sleep before having to go work for 6 hours. It's gonna be a long day. I was really tired when I hit the bed but the brain went into overtime. Finally got to sleep but kept waking up and the mind would start racing again. So now it's awake when it doesn't want to be. Can't do anything about it now. Looks like a nap is in store for later. Michelle, glad to hear DD had a great day. Can't wait to have Kat back full time. Everyone have a great day. I'll check in when I get home from work.

Angela, You are so lucky that your boss was understanding about the phone call. I get those here at home and explain that there is no one here by that name. I even tell them to call the phone company to see who the phone is registared too. They still call back. They here our answering machine and still ask for those people. Not sure what it will take to get thru to them.

They will make a 1 1/2 inch incision at my L4-L5 area on my lower back. He said it will take them bout 2 hours to do the whole thing. I will go to the hospital that morning and then be released the following day if all goes well. Oh dear, right in the middle of this post my Band Doc called to tell me I have been approved for my Hiatal Hernia surgery. I told them what was going on with the Spine Doc. They suggested that I get in next Tuesday or Wednesday and get a slight unfill. They said there will be a lot of swelling in that area and that I might feel better with the unfill. I think I might take them up on it.

Hi Guys. Hubby, younger sis and I went to see the Spine Specialist today. Looks like next Thursday I will go in for surgery. He said that the cyst is taking up 2/3 of the spinal column and pushing on the spine which is causing all the pain. They put the MRI up on the screen and my sis said "OMG, look how big it is". I just laughed and told her that that was my port. LOL. Anyway when the Doc put the screen with the cyst on it up, you could really see how big the cyst is. Doc is concerned because the MRI is not showing where the cyst is coming from. He can't see any fingers to it to see what is feeding it. So they were going to turn it into the insurance company and if all goes well I will be admitted to the hospital next Thursday. Wednesday night hubby and I work at the hospital and I told him I like that because I can now sterilize my own surgery equipment. :thumbup: Now I have to find someone to cover my shift at work for a few days for me. Wednesday I will go to the hospital to have my echocardiogram done and then head over to the older sisters to let her know what is going on. For the last 6 months we have kept all of this from her. The lung, back and heart cyst. So I will have to go explain it to her. There is just no way I'm going to be able to slip this in under the radar. She'll wonder why I can't drive her to an appointment or do shopping for her. So I will go over and sit with her and tell her the whole story. This should be interesting. We came home and oldest nephew came over and helped us get the steps done for the pool. He got in and I went and put my bathing suit on. I tried getting in but 84 degrees was a little too cool for me. So I sat on the steps and gradually lowered myself in to the water. Before I knew it I was up to my chest. So I grabbed a floaty chair and nephew and I floated for about an hour. It felt so good on my back and hip. He's got the girlfriend coming over here soon with the boys so that they can go swimming. Fun time here tonight, Hope you all had a great day. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. But please keep them coming. Next Thursday is going to be a worrisome day for me. HUGS.

Do not read Kat's post when you just wake up and your eyes are still adjusting. I thought she wrote that she was teaching a jerk class today. OMG. Tracy, either way, she is just too cute for words. Can't wait to meet her this summer. Michelle, tell your DD I said to have a very Happy Birthday. Cindy, have a good time at your planning. Bethany, no need to apologize. I had actually ran into a friend earlier that day and she is the one who said it to me and it just brought out some feelings that had been festering in me. My rant is over and I learned a valuable lesson by it. I learned I am a strong person but most of all I learned that I belong to an amazing group of astonishing women. You guys rock. Thanks for hanging there with me. Now to go dry my hair and go get my sister taken care of so I can go to see the surgeons. Make it a good one.

Not to gross you guys out but here is my story for tonight. I don't shave my legs during the winter time. I know, gross, eewwwwww. I'm not very hairy and I have very light colored hair, so it's easy to get away with it. Now to on to what I wanted to tell you guys. I just went in and shaved my legs so I can put my bathng suit on tomorrow. I got some new stuff from Avon. It's Skin so Soft Shaving Gel. I really like it. The other stuff I like is a foam and even though it does a good job it just seemed to be easier and do a better job with this gel.

Home from our shift at the hospital. I just love going there, we have a great time with the girls. When I got there I had to go to my sisters room. They were discharging her today. I had the hardest time getting one of her kids to come and get her and take her home. Finally the youngest came and got her. I'll have to get up in the morning to go get her prescriptions and take them over. She's on antibiotics for her sore throat and instructions to eat even though she doesn't feel good. She's not to let her blood sugar drop like that again. That's what caused her stay at the hospital. I really wish her kids would step up and help out more but they won't. The oldest told me the other day that he really doesn't want to talk to her more than two times a month. The daughter only comes around when she needs something and you guys know what problems we have had with the youngest son. I'm home with my feet up for just a little bit. I'm going to go in and sit on the side of the tub and shave my legs. It's pool season now and by tomorrow afternoon I will be in my suit and if the water is warm enough, I will be in the pool. I am so looking forward to it. Angela, Years ago we rented a Motor Home and took my parents on a weeks vacation to Oconomowoc Wisconsin. For weeks my dad had studied the map and how to get there. My dad was one of the smartest men I have ever meet. Anyway, later in the day I finally talked my dad and my hubby into letting me drive this huge 32 foot rig. So I'm in the driver seat and I ask my dad for directions. I can see him sitting at the table in the kitchen and he reaches up and turns the light on, grabs his glasses and puts them on, picks up the map. Unfolds it and looks it over. He then tells me to go about 3 miles and take hwy ## for 4 miles till we get to the next city. He folds the map up, takes his glasses off and reaches up and turns the light off. I drive for about 2 1/2 miles and ask my dad what highway was I supposed to take. He reaches up and turns the light on, grabs his glasses and puts them on, unfolds the map and tells me to take hwy ##. So I do what he says and I drive for about 3 miles and then I ask him what the name of the town is that we will be coming up too. He reaches up and turns the light on...........You get the story. I was just busting up. My mom finally caught on to what I was doing. I had so much fun with him on that trip. Tracy, your little mini-me cracks me up. I love the pictures you post. But it probably is a good thing that she got her dads temper and demeanor. Kat, that was the best news and I let out a woot when I read your post. What a relief for all of you. I hope your dinner tonight was a joyous one. Now if I can just get a good nights sleep without 500 different things running thru my mind. I will try to post as soon as I can after my appointment. If I can't get home right away I will text Tracy and she can post for me. I do hope that I can get some vicodin from him. I'm tired of my ass hurting. I love saying that to my hubby, and then I ask him to kiss it and make it feel better. Did that just turn your stomachs????? I love you guys and thanks for helping me get thru this hurdle in my life. I know it will all turn out ok, it's just getting thru it. Hugs to all of you and I will say and extra prayer for all of you that God keeps you all safe.

So I do my Rant, go and get a bowl of Breyer's peanut butter cup ice cream and feeling pretty good. I may just make it thru this. Then the phone rings and the sister is at it again. Capital "B". and I mean that.

Hey guys. I'm going to try and repost but tone it down a little. I was just in a place that it hit me all wrong and I should not have tried to comment on it at the time. I am calmed down a little right now but I still have the same feelings. I take offense when people tell me what a good person I am and how they are amazed at how well I take care of my family. To me it is my Cross to bear. That is exactly how I look at it. That this is my punishment for being a not so kind person. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an evil person. I'm just not a very good Christian. But right now I am at my wits end with the older sis and the younger one is close to being there. I'm tired of being the one in charge and responsible. I want to be able to have my time and take care of myself right now. This health issue I have going is very nerve wracking to me and I'm doing my best to deal with it. But when I have both of them coming at me with their health problems and all the other crap they have going, I just want to yell at them to stop. Stop, do you not know how to call your own doctor? Do you not know how to do your own shopping? Laundry, insurance, cat box, dishes, meals, etc.... Maybe I would rather spend that 5 minutes I'm sitting in the car waiting on you to take you somewhere with my Hubby. Maybe I would like to go out to eat with my Hubby instead of leaving him to go do your laundry because you don't feel like going downstairs to the laundry room. I'm tired of hearing how much you hurt all the time when you do nothing but sit in a chair all day. You should try being my shoes for a day. Try feeling what it's like to carry and extra 200 pounds around on your bones and still doing all the things I do. I mow, I walk your dog, I grocery shop for you and on and on. So, yes I will be there when you need a ride home from the hospital, I will be there when you need someone to listen to you, I will just be there. But don't take advantage of me. Be respectful of my time and what little time I have to share with my Hubby. Don't act like I am your personnal care taker and boss me around. Because when you do that I will utter under my breath a few choice words and if you by chance hear it, don't be shocked. That is why I am not a nice person, a kind person or anything else. I can't seem to do things and just do them because it is the right thing to do. I do them and then have resent. I do, do and do and then look back and think, "Who's gonna Do for me". How selfish is that? Horrible. I know it and I'm working on it. Some day I will be at peace with it. Just not right now. Pet Peeve. I Hate, Hate, Hate when people do NOT say good bye when they hang up the phone. That is so totally rude and I Hate it. So if you start to hang up without saying it and I catch you, don't be suprised if you hear me call you a name. Maybe that will teach you next time to be more respectful. This is in no means directed at any of you here. I am just so very very glad that I have all of you and that you guys are more than willing to listen to me rant. Sometimes I need to let it out and I know poor Hubby is tired of listening to me. He never tells me that, I just feel bad that he gets the brunt of a lot of it. Tomorrow is my appointment with the 2 surgeons so you can imagine where my head is right now. An maybe that is why all of this is going on im my head. Just major stress. Now I'm going to apologize to all of you. I am truly sorry if I have said anything to offend any of you. I really am sorry. Dealing with Mentally handicapped people is very trying and I do a lot of tongue biting. So bear with me and I will try to be better in the future. Now it's off to fix lunch, change into our scrubs and head to the hospital. I'll check in later this evening.

Oh I'm so pissed. I wrote out a big huge post and it didn't go thru. I commented on a few things that were posted and I think God got even with me for what I had wrote. I'm to tired right now to redo it so i will do that in the morning. Maybe have a better frame of mind by then. Sweet dreams.

Good early Tuesday morning. I woke up around 3:30am and laid there till 4am. Got up and took my shower and washed my hair. It's gonna be a long day and I won't have time for a quick nap. Good thing I don't have to work tomorrow. Tracy, I had heard that about that movie. A real tearjerker. I haven't seen it yet but look forward to seeing it. Michelle, too bad it won't work out for you at Curves. It's such an easy job. But the hours do suck. I have to be open by 6am on Monday and Tuesday and every other friday. And even tho we close at 7pm, I don't get out of there right away because there is clean up that needs to be done. Well, hopefully something else will come your way soon. Kat, we didn't get the frogs last night, they were kind of quiet. Maybe the pool pump going tamed them down a little. How are things going with MIL? Is she still taking those shots? Well, everyone have a great day and I will check in later this evening. Make good choices today.

Hey guys and any new people that want to join us. What a day. I'm exhausted and my Butt hurts. Got home from work and hubby and I took off to go get a hose and chemicals for the pool. Got back and we were having a heck of a time getting the hose back on so I called my nephew Luke. I went and picked him up and within 30 seconds he had it on. YoungUn's. So then we spent the rest of the day outside working on getting things ready to go for this weekend. Wish we could go swimming now but we haven't put the chemicals in yet. It's so hot and humid here. We have been lucky so far that we have been able to survive with just the attic fan. Any hotter and the AC will go on. It's usually late June before we do that. Tomorrow I am working a double shift and inbetween going to meet a friend for lunch. She's in town from Florida on her way to South Dakota. So I'll take a few hours to go spend with her. Then back to work. I won't bore you but I have sister drama going on right now.:tongue2: Angela, I agree with everyone else. I was thinking the same thing as I was reading your post. Oh, and you can add me to FB. Hi Jenn. Have fun on the Harley. Tracy, I am that way about pills. I really don't want to take any at all. Not even aspirin. My hubby worked in a Auto Factory for over 30 years. No AC or heat. In the summer months they would pass out Gatorade and coolie wraps for their necks. Someone was always passing out. Long time ago they used to hand out salt tablets but gave that up and went to Gatorade. Sometimes it would get up to 125 degrees in that place. Guys used to post thermometers on their tool boxes. Poor guys. I cooked ribs out on the grill and had some corn on the cob. Off to go clean up now. Chat later.

Woke up at 3:30am. It's so muggy here. We ahve the attic fan going on low but still kinda uncomfortable. I'll go back to bed here soon. We would keep the frogs if they were just regular frogs (which we do have one). But these are tree frogs, absolutely the noisiest little buggers you have ever heard. So loud. My neighbors have even commented on them. So they can go live at the creek about a mile down the road. They'll be happier. Janiebug, if you check in. Happy Birthday.

OMG. I wish you could hear these frogs. They are so tiny but sound like they are Bullfrogs. I think they must be calling their missing family members. They probably will be joining them tomorrow if they keep this up. LOL.

Diantha, that was the other plant I got planted. Ended up being a beautiful day here today And we got alot done. One of the things we did was capture 2 little tree frogs that were hanging around the deck and the pool. Got them put in to a tub and in the car and drove about 3/4 of mile away to a little creek and dropped them off. Got home and we now have 2 more that we will have to catch. Guess we must have had a full family. Kat, I hope you can still get a good nights sleep. Things might ease up a little when Rick gets home. Same thing happens to me. I make a senseless little statemant such as "I don't have to work tomorow" and the family jumps on it. I think they think I am at their beck and call. BIL grilled sausages and yellow and red peppers. Oh my it was delicious. Hi everyone.

Michelle, I never heard that about Kevin Costner. I would say that right now they need to rey everything possible. Keeping my fingers crossed that they find something soon. Good luck on the job search. Geraniums, petunias. coleous, rose moss and a few other things are now planted. Pool hoses are hooked up. Water being pumped in the pool right now. Very productive day here. Tomorrow we will run the vaccum on the pool and then add the chemicals. Looks like we will be ready by next weekend. :thumbup: Now shower time and then off to church.

Good Saturday Morning. Sun is shining and it's supposed to get up to 85 today. Looks like a good day for the pool but too bad we don't have it all hooked up. Gonna get that done today. There was a couple of things planned for today but they fell thru so later hubby and I will get the hoses hooked up and get the pump going. Tomorrow I have a grad party and a b-day party to go to. Watch out cake. Have a great day everyone.

Back from the bank and the grocery store. They were having a huge sale at the store. I went to get a few things and ended up with a boat load. 6 bags of various chips. I keep those around for when the kids show up to go swimming, I then have snacks for them. 3 boxes of cheez-its and the best part was they had yellow and red peppers on sale. I love to cook those out on the grill. Or even cut them up for my salads. yummy. Now I'm just waiting for the next door neighbor to call. We are off to have a margarita and chew the fat for a little bit. Hope Angela got on the road and is doing good. Keep my fingers crossed for good weather for them. Hope you all had a good day. Hi Cindy, Michelle and Bethany.

Boy, did we get lucky. We mowed for about 2 1/2 hours and the belt broke on the riding lawnmower. So we were headed back to the shed to put it away and get the other push mower so we could finish up. We had about another 2 hours to go. I decided to call the guy in charge and tell him about the belt and he wanted to know why we were there. Huh?? Oh dear, they got the schedule mixed up and forgot that we would be there this week and they scheduled for the Men's Ministry to come and do the yard work this weekend. So we put everything back in the shed and got our butts out of there. They can finish up what we didn't get done. But it's a mess there. So much rain and there was still puddles of water everywhere. My pants are soaked up to my knees. Time to go take my shower.

Kat, sounds like you and Kinsey had a great time. What a lovely thing to do with her, build memories. Keeping my fingers crossed for your MIL and also hoping things go good with FIL. Tracy, I just wish they would all quite lying to us about what happened and what is going on. They act like we are stupid when they say 5 thousand gallons a day and then days later say they were wrong and it's way more than that. I'm so sad for all the people that rely on the gulf for their living. We were supposed to cut grass at the church yesterday but it is so soggy and we decided to wait till today. Now hubby went back to bed because he didn't sleep well last night. Looks like a long day here. JENN??????????????

Oh Angela, that sounds wonderful. I'm so happy for you guys. I bet your husband is ready to leave right now. We had some friends that had ducks. One was named Mal and the other Ard. When one died, the parents insisted that it was Ard that died. lol. Have a great weekend and stay safe.

Angela, what do you have going this weekend? something fun? Or are you just ready for the week to be over with? I'm ready for both. A fun weekend with friends and family and all the running around I did this week is done.

Good morning girls. The rain has fianlly stopped. Amen. We should be dry for about 4 days. I'm gonna work real hard to make this a good day. I'm home till 3pm when I have to go into work. It's days like this that I let my eating get away from me. Not today. I have some new projects I'm going to start and that will keep my mind busy and not thinking about eating. How many days till school is out???? June 3rd here. They have to make up snow days.