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Oh Jenn, so good to hear from you and to know that you are doing great. Take good care and check in when you have time. Michelle. glad to hear you are feeling better. I didn't have a relapse from my last bout. So far I'm feeling fine from it. We have been super busy. Lots of yardwork and visiting. The party we went to is a yearly thing. The saturday before Mother's day. My cousin Matt smokes up a ton of meats and it is up to us to bring everything else. It was all yummy. Someone made one of those crockpot cakes. I have never tried it. Boy, it sure was good. We had such a good time. Iv'e enclosed some pics. One is my younger sis and her hubby. The other is my hubby. Today we worked out in the yard again.We went over to the new housing addition and dug up a truck load of dirt to use as a fill in. We stacked the rock in the corner, filled it with dirt and then topped it off with rainbow rock. We finally got it done. We went to the local nursery and bought 1/2 ton of rock and shoveled like crazy. We are both exhausted. There is also a spot along the back of the house that we wanted to get done and filled in. We ran a little short on the rock but by this time we were done. I'll go back to the nursery in the next day or two and buy more rock. Now it's rest time. I took a shower and fixed us each a sandwich. Looks like it moght be an early night for us. [ATTACH][/ATTACH]

Hey Girls, Wishing all of you a very Happy Mother's Day.

Oh My, it's supposed to get down to 38 degrees tonight. Good thing the electric blanket is still on the bed. Michelle, could be that you did pick up a bug. It's been on the news here that there is a bug going around. I think I had a touch of it last weekend. Lasted about 3 days. Hope you guys get to feeling better soon. Potato salad is made. Cupcakes are made and I have a bag of Doritos. All's we have to do in the morning is pasck the cooler with drinks and then we are off. Don't know when we will be home, shouldn't be too late.

Michelle, Did they check your blood sugars? I'm sure they did but just wondering.

Good Morning. Tracy, I love my treadmill. I use it during the winter time. I find a movie that is just starting and turn it on. Light the fireplace and then walk away. When I'm done walking I get on the couch and snuggle with the kitties and finish watching the movie. This is all in the apartment but since sis and BIL have moved in I haven't used it in over 2 years. I miss it alot. There are all kinds of walking trails around here. Sometimes we go over to the middle school and just walk the track. I used to get up at 4am to go walking before hubby left for work. It's cooler and that way I always had someone to call if I needed help. Keep working at it, you'll find when and where is best for you. Kat, the lady 2 houses down has about 5 lilac bushes along here fence line. Every now and then we get a wiff of them. Oh they smell so lovely. That sucks that you have a reaction to them. I really feel sorry for people that have allergies like that. I love being outside alot. I love the smell of fresh mowed grass. I wonder how Suzy is doing with her Foster Girl. Hope they are still getting along. Michelle, How scary that must have been for not only you but for your family. I wonder what did cause it. Glad to hear you are feeling a little better. Not working today but I have lots to do. We have a busy weekend ahead of us and I need to get food ready for all of it. Places to go and people to see. I'll check in later.

Kat, that guy was a jerk. And how sad that his wife has put up with him for that long. Tracy, Do you have sidewalks there? That is where I do most of my walking. Home and very tired. The Doc has ordered an MRI and X-Rays. I have an appointment for next Tuesday at the hospital for that. Till then he doesn't want me doing any squats or uphill walking. He higly recommends swimming, both hubby and I laughed. Told him that we will be opening it next weekend. Hubby just came out and told me I don't need to go to the gym in the morning, he's so sweet. But I will go anyway. I'll juust do what the Doc wants me to do.

Morning Girls. Tracy, do you want to go to my Doc appointment with me? I went to my regular Doc and he sent me on to the Orthopedic Doc to see what the issue is with my hip. It kills me in bed at night and has also prevented me from doing my walking. I hope I am able to explain it to him so that he understands. But it sure does feel like bone-bone. Maybe I have a bone spur. My appointment is at 11am. Last night at work a call came in for a Body Bag delivery. Can you believe that no one wanted to go get it and take it to the floor. They asked me and were surprized when I said I would take it. They looked at me like I had lost my mind. I had no issue with it. Now had they asked me to help them fill it I would have had an issue with that. All worked out and I never even seen the body while I was there. Very busy day here today. It's our Family monthly breakfast, than the Doc's, than I work my shift and leave right after for my Women'sministry meeting. It'll be around 9pm by the time I get home. I'll be pooped. The last 3 days have not been real good eating days for me. I need to get my head back in the game again. Have a great day.

Tracy, don't close down that restaurant till after we visit this Sept. You and me and Margi, Oh Yea. Last night before I went to bed I decided since I had done so much yardwork that I would take a Vicodin, ok so I took 2. Not that I slept any better but I was feeling good when I hit the gym. Yup, you guessed it, I had to reign myself in on the treadmill and bike. I really worked it out and had to remind myself that I better no over do it or I'll pay for it also. Poor Jenn, I hope she is taking care of herself. But I'm glad to know that she is doing good and is working.

A couple of times yesterday I had problems getting on LBT. Hubby and I are off to the gym. I need to get this soreness worked out of the back of my legs and hips. But the backyard is starting to look good, lol.

Hey Girls. I am one tired sore person today. Went to work and then to Wal-Mart. Did my shopping and got home. Hubby and I went out in back and did some looking around trying to figure out where to start our landscaping. So hubby drove the truck into the backyard and the work began. We unloaded all of the rock and got it placed. Good thing I watch all of those DIY shows, really came in handy on how to place the rocks. Everything is looking good but we still have a little ways yet to go. I need to get to the nursery and pick up some stuff. When I'm done I'll post pics. We didn't go to the nursery because I am very sore and know that I way over did it with the rock hauling. So it will wait. I have an appointment with the Orthopedic Doc on Thursday and wanted to be able to walk into his office, lol. Think I'll fix tacos for dinner tonight and have our Cinco De Mayo today. We work at the hospital tomorrow and will be at the mercy of their food. Not sure they will do the mexican food thing. I can eat mexican food anytime.

Docs office just called and she said that she submitted the hernia repair and it came back that I needed a referral. Our insurance is an HMO but I have never had to have one before. So she is going to call them and find out what the deal is. She said it might be tomorrow before she gets back with me. I won't have a problem getting my Doc to fax the paperwork over, I just need to know if I need to have him do it. Crazy insurance company, since the first of the year we have had several problems like this with them.

Thanks for the input. I fulling intend to do my best ot not let him in my house. There have been things that he has said that just creep me out and I don't want him making a mental picture of my home for future use. I am so afraid that she is going to be seriously hurt by this guy, not physically. Her son is 17 years old and he's not even friends with this guy but he is never home so he sees it as ok for this guy to be around as a companion and protector for his mom. She has told me that his mom doesn't like her, she thinks she is corrupting her son, really??? I'd prefer to stay out of the whole thing but the little 11 year old girl is who I worry about. I'm afraid that she is getting the wrong impression about how adults should act. Beautiful day here today. We need to mow but are going to wait till around 1pm to let the grass dry out a little more. Than we can pull the truck around the back and unload the rocks. So looking forward to it. LOL. Congrats on the scale staying the same Tracy. You are right to claim it. The Docs office called and asked my husband to tell me to call back and I did. The werein the room with a patient so I left a voicemail for them to call me back. I hope they have info on my surgery for me. Need to get my tummy to feeling better again. Check in soon.

My neighbor and I get along real well, she's the one that I go have Margi's with every now and then. Anyway her hubby lives about 15 miles from here and it looks like they are going to end up getting a divorce. But she has this 19 year old that almost has moved in with her and her 18 year old and her 11 year old. I still can't figure out why a 19 yo would want to hang around a 43 yo for. So hubby and I have dubbed him the toyboy. She's really pushing for us to accept this guy. He is a very nice person and has a good sense of humor, he's just not someone that hubby and I would find ourselves hanging with. He should be out cruising girls or hanging with guys his own age, not people twice his age. And not that I hold this against him but he's a four time felon. The last judge said that he could see a big change in him and felt that he would do better, released him into the world. So I would really prefer to have a tree put up and not have to worry about spending time in our pool and having them ask if they can come over all the time. The kids came over today. I told them that I would grill some hot dogs. I also made some mac and cheese and a few other things. We put the dogs on and I went to check them after about 4 minutes and there was no heat, we had run out of gas. So I put them all in a big pot and boiled them. The kids didn't care. We played badminton with them and Abby was a hoot. Her and Connor ended up using the rackets as servers and the birdies as cups and pretended to make us smoothies and serve us. It was so cute. Now just relaxing and going to head to bed soon. I'm a little on the tired side today.

Good Morning Girls. I'm up and trying to get my butt moving. I need to get to the grocery store and get some stuff for my sis. She called yesterday and said she needed milk and a few other things. I wanna go get that done because there are some things I want to do around the outside today. Kat, my sis lives in a studio apartment in a Senior Citizens Apartment building. You have to be 62 years of age to move in there. She was 53 when she moved in but she is mentaly disabled and that made her eligible. The lady next to her moved out about a montha go to a nursing home and her one bedroom apartment is available. We went over to look at it and she is going to tell them that she would like to move into it. It is really nice and I think she will be happier with a bedroom. Now if we can only get her lazy butt kids to help get her moved and not be left to me to do it like the last time. Sun is shining but we had a lot of rain lately. I think we wil let the yard dry out one more day before we try to mow. But I do have all of that landscape rock I need to get moved to the backyard and put in it's placed. We also want to put a tree up next to our fence on the one neighbors side. They stand on their deck and can see us in the pool and always want to know if the little one can come over to swim. She now has a new boy-toy that we are not real fond of and really prefer to not get involved with that situation. So we are thinking of putting in a Red Bud tree that will fill in that area. Hubby wasn't wanting too but the more he thinks about it, he thinks it will be a good idea. Tracy, you out of the bathroom yet? Hope you are feeling better. Jenn Honey, Check in when you can, we miss you. Michelle, I can't get over how you are bounceing back. That's wonderful. But still don't over do it. Hi Cindy, Irene, Laura and all of our others that haven't checked in for a long time. Make it a good one.

Rainy cool day here today so I have actually done nothing but watch TV and play on the computer this afternoon. I wasn't lazy all day, I did work and then went and looked at an apartment with my sis. Made some chicken noodle soup, mopped the kitchen floor and a few other little things.

Poor Tracy, make sure you keep yourself hydrated.

Hmmmm.....Starting to get that lonesome feeling. Where is everyone??????? Home from work and it's pouring down rain. Really dark here and so much lightning and thunder. Scaryyyyy. Looks like a day were I will be able to get caught up on stuff I have recorded. I put some chicken on to boil and I think I will make some chicken salad for sandwichs for dinner. Still haven't heard back from the Doc's. So still not sure when my surgery is going to be. Hope everyone is doing good.

There's a new housing addition not to far from us and tonight hubby, sis and bil an I went over there to pick up slate rock to do some landscaping in the backyard. It is so beautiful here this evening and we had a good time. Bil took his RC and ran it while we loaded the truck. It was fun to watch him with that little car. It can get up to 45 mph. So now I have a truck loaded with rock. It is supposed to storm tomorrow so we will leave the rocks in the truck for now. This weekend we will back it in to the backyard and unload all of it. I'm excited to have gotten this much done. Took a benadryl a little while ago so I hope I sleep pretty good tonight. Not sure why the last 2 nights I haven't slept real good. I hope everyone had a great day.

Hubby and I just got home. We went and checked out some restaurants. It's my job to find a place for our annual Women's Ministry Dinner. So I went and checked out about 5 places, came home and picked hubby up and we went and checked out a few more. We finished up at SidePockets and ate appetizers and played about 3 pool games. We always have some much fun doing stuff like that. Kat, the winds here today are getting up to 45mph. A storm is headed this way and supposed to hit in the morning. Just in time for me to go to work. Great. It's too windy to do anything outside.

Getting ready to head out and do some errands. It's a lovely day here today and I just want to sit around and do nothing. But I have to get this stuff done. Kat, I hope you FIL is feeling better today with you moving the chairs around. That was sweet of you to do that for him. I can't imagine how uncomfortable that has to be. I'll check in later. Hi, Jenn. Miss you.

I'm up and drinking my hot cocoa. I was real achy last night but it had been a long day. I worked out in the morning and than took doggie to the park for a long walk than we worked at the hospital. I was limping home. Took some aleve and went to bed around 10. Didn't sleep real well but did get some sleep. Oh well. Tracy, keeping my fingers crossed that today will be another good day for you. A day of good choices and happy times. It's a struggle but one I know that you are up too. Do yourself proud.

:tt1: :eek: Yea, Tracy. See what strength you possess. :smile: :tt1: :tt1::thumbup:

Too funny, On the Yahoo home page, Poll: Married women say pets listen better than husbands. Are they just figuring that out? Must be a bunch of men working at Yahoo. By any chance have I mentioned that I hate going to the gym????? Well, I do. I said it but most important, I did it. I went again and I will go again but I hate it. Would rather sit here all day long and let my muscles and fat melt together.

I can't wait for Hubby to meet you Tracy. I'm sure he's gonna love ya just as much as I do. Today is going to be a good day for you, just keep reminding yourself of that. Act as if it is an hourly struggle(which it is). That should help keep you on the right road. I applaud you. Once again we are headed to the gym, I just wish I had gotten a better goodnights sleep. Hopefully I can take a quick nap before we head to the hospital. BBL.

Kat, I have one of those days about twice a month. You just have to learn to laugh at yourself and be thankful you didn't really hurt yourself. Tracy, When I was babysitting hubby wanted the kids gone by the time he got home. He worked lonnnnggg hard hours and wanted to come home and rest and relax. No screaming or crying. There were a few occasions where the parents ran late but nothing to long so it all worked out but I had to take hubbys feelings into consideration. I ended up babysitting for about 3 years and it all worked out ok, I just think hubby was afraid that I was going to give all my time to the kids and not him, lol. Today turned out beautiful. Such pretty skies. A little cool but a lovely day. So I bought some veggies at the market and we grilled burgers and veggies for dinner, yummy to my tummy. We sat out on the deck and talked about our trip. Kat, were your ears burning??? We talked about you and Rick. Now I just need to figure out how to explain Tracy to him, LOL. To bad N.Y. isn't on our way because we could stop and check on Jenn. I called the Band Doc today and his nurse was not there. So the other nurse said she would pull my file and leave it out for her to review in the morning. She also said she wasn't sure if he would take my gallbladder out at the same time. There is a risk of cross-contamination. I told her I would agree with whatever the Doc ordered. So hopefully I will have a surgery date tomorrow. I got lots of sewing done today. I finished the 2 quilts and I just need to iron them out now. I started on the counted cross-stitch wedding picture for my niece, I need to get it done within the next couple of months so I can get it framed. Hope everyone had a great day.