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I think Jenn is back to work this week. I hope. Michelle and Kat, Hope you guys are starting to feel better. Cindy and Laura????????????? Home from work and going over to my sisters to feed the kitty and pick up some stuff for her. Stopped and picked Hubby up and we went to vote. One thing on the ballot. Wow. Home now with nothing to do till tomorrow afternoon. What will I do with myself??? I know, relax. LOL

Up and trying to get ready for work. After, I have a little running around to do then I am done for the day. Looks like a nap may be in my future, lol.

Hey Girls. Kat, so glad to hear that it isn't serious enough for you to be in the hospital. But I hate that you don't feel good. Do as the Doc says and get lots of rest. Well, here is my story for the day. If you want to skip over this I wouldn't blame you. It's just a day in my life. I'm at work this morning and about 7:45 am a really bad storm blew in. Everything was ok just a lot of wind and hard rain. So my cell phone goes off and I was thinking that it was hubby calling me to tell me he was home from working out. Nope, it was my older sis calling to tell me that she was in so much pain that she was going to call an ambulance to come and take her to the hospital. This is the one that had the knee scope done about 10 days ago and has done nothing but complain about it. The Doc said at her follow up that she had great movement and everything looked really good. He was very pleased with the surgery. He saw no reason for her to be in such pain. They called her pain Doc and he said it was ok for this Doc to write a script for vicodin, a 10 day supply. This was last Thursday. So I texted my younger sis to tell her what was goiing on and she called me right back to tell me she was going over to take her to the hospital. Older sis was really upset when they didn't admit her to the hospital for her knee scope. So she's laying there all moaning and wiggling and they can't find anything wrong with her and said that they were going to release her. She got upset and proceeded to tell them that she was thinking about committing suicide. Give me a break. Please don't misunderstand me about this. We've been down this rode so many times with her. So they said that they would have to call a psych consult. This Doc wasn't sure about her either but decided that they couldn't keep her and were having her sent to another hospital that has a psyhc ward. So she is one happy little girl now. My younger sis and my neice both commented on how all of a sudden she changed from being in extreme pain to now being content. There is more to this story but I will save you from it. She has her daughter all upset thinking that her mom is going to kill herself. We had to convince her that she isn't and that this is just her plow to get pain meds and attention. I think this is about our 6th time with her doing this. She knows her way well thru the loops. I'm not heartless and please don't think of me as a bad person, but unless you have dealt with a person like this you just don't know that there are some things that you take serious and some that you know that she is using you. So I take off because I have an appointment with my Band Doc. Hubby and I drive all the way out there to see what he has to say about my upper GI and he explais to us that the best thing to do is to do surgery on it. But he wants to know if I have had my second CT Scan yet. We come home and I call the Pulmonoligist office and talk to them. They called me right back and I have an appointment to have my Scan done this wednesday so we can see what my treatments are going to be. Band Doc said it's not a big rush on this and that once I have the other thing under control I can go ahead and schedule this surgery. It will be an out patient proceedure and he should have it repaired in about an hour. I told hubby I'm not sure I want to have it fixed because I'm so afraid of what to eat that I haven't and in the last 6 weeks I have lost 9 pounds. I'm liking this part of it. lol. Get home and the neighbor comes over to sit on the deck with us and spends the next 2 hours gripeing about her cheating husband. aye, aye, aye. Calgon take me away. So older sis will be in the ward for about 5 days which will give me a little rest except I'll have to go over to feed the kitty and take care of a few other things. Now I'm off to go get ready for bed. Gotta work in the morning and then come home and take care of stuff here. Hope all of you are doing good.

Done. No more food. Stuffed. It's days like today that I hate having a Band. I wanted to eat so much more.

Good Morning and a very Happy Easter to you. What a rejoiceful day. I will be working at Church today, being a eucharistic minister. I really enjoy doing that so much. From there I will head over to the sisters to take her a little gift I got for her. Then it's back home. I'm baking a ham, scalloped potatoes, potato salad, green bean casserole and about 18 other things, lol. Yesterday I baked a german chocolate cake for desert. What sucks about that is that tomorrow is my appointment with my band Doc. I'm down 7lbs as of this morning and I want to keep it that way. But the reason I am seeing him is because he wants to talk to me about the hitial(sp?) hernia he found. Kat, on my brisket I trim as much fat as I can then make a bed out of foil in a heavy pan. On top of the brisket I season it real good then slice a big onion and lay the slices over the brisket. I then pour about a tablespoon of liquid smoke over it. Roll the foil up and close it real good. Put in the oven when I head to bed at about 225 degrees. You can smell it cooking all night long. The family loves it. I slice it and put BBQ over half of it and the other half I leave plain for anyone who likes it that way. It makes wonderful sandwiches or you can eat it just with a fork. Yummy in your tummy. Hubby and I got out yesterday and did yard work also. We finally got to put down the grass seed. Good thing because they are calling for a little rain later this afternoon. Last night we watched "The Hurt Locker". Very good movie but can someone explain to me how it won as best picture of the year????? My prayers are that everyone has a great day today and you enjoy whoever you spend the day with. Jesus is in our hearts, let's show that. Have a great day.

Kat, the brisket sounds like a wonderful idea. Besides, it's not about the food but enjoying the family time. But we have doen things like that before. I cooked Chicken Fried steak for Thanksgiving. I only make it about once a year, so I thought it would be a treat. It's all about family time and spending it enjoying each other. Finally got the carpets shampooed.

Up and going to work.

Kat, they called and said that the car won't be ready till tomorrow so I will call in the morning and have them check the track. Don't need a second time going in. As far as the announcement, that's the first time I have heard from any of them except Pam. I'm in your boat with you guys. I guess I just wasn't worth their time either. I do miss going to that room but my sanity and self-esteem are worth more to me. I'm enjoying my new friends here and some of my old ones. Pork chops were delicious, almost as good as the weather. I saw tons of daffodils out today. Tulips will be here before we know it.

So this morning on our way to the funeral, hubby puts the driverside window down. We get to the funeral and the window won't go back up. They are calling for rain here tomorrow and the next day so I take it to the dealership. $350.00 to replace the motor. By any chance did I happen to mention that we are retired?????? Doesn't matter to them. Uggghhhh.

It's gonna be another beautiful day here today. Hubby and I are getting ready to go to our monthly family breakfast. We will leave there and head to a funeral. A good friend of ours Mother passed away Monday. That should put us back here around 2pm. Then guess what????????? The lawnmowers are coming out and getting used. Our first cut of the year. I love to mow, lol. Really, I do. Think I'll pull some pork chops out to put on the grill tonight. Make it a good one.

Kat and Tracy, I got an e-mail the other day from Laura. It was a copy of a Birthday Announcement for Carson's 1st. B-day. It's really cute but OMG. I can't believe he is a year old. Where does the time go?

Just got home a little while ago and fixed me a salad. Took it out on the deck and enjoyed the weather and lunch. It is so beautiful outside. Makes me want to call in sick at the hospital this evening, LOL. Hope you're having a good one.

Morning Girls. Just got back from the gym. I did a mile on the bike and a mile on the treadmill. Had to leave to come home to get ready to take my sis to her post-op Doc appointment. Get home and there is a frantic phone call from her (Drama Queen). They called and cancelled her appointment till tomorrow. So I just need to go get her some groceries. Other than that I will be outside most of the day till it's time to go to work at the hospital. Catchya soon.

Michelle. I had my surgery about 10 years ago and the best thing I ever did for myself. Of course I had no choice in it. Doc said everything need to come out so there would be no chance of it coming back. But I'm still glad I don't have to mess with the monthly anymore. There is a huge incident of breast cancer in my family and the Doc did not want to put me on any HRT's. I begged with him because I was going thru a 10 day cycle. For no reason what so ever, I would ball. Cry worse than a baby. So finally he agreed and I stayed on it for about 5 months, long enough to get my emotions under control. I haven't had to take anything since. And with the eggs being gone I don't have to worry about menopause or hot flashes. Amen. Good luck with everything you will be going thru. Some of the things I did was to line up a little help. Rides to my appointments etc. I also got all the grocery shopping done, laundry. Just think of things that you think you might need help with. Keep us posted.

It must be getting close to Spring. Michelle doing all kinds of yardwork, Tracy buying sandals, Kat cleaning the laundry room and pantry and Hubby and I just getting done rearranging the garage and sweeping out all the road dust. We put all the winter stuff away and got out the mowers and weedeater. Hubby is going to make sure they are all tuned up and ready to go by this weekend. Looks like we will be cutting grass. Snow 2 weeks ago and grass cutting this week. Who knew? I finally got around to taking our taxes in. Tony came out as I was dropping them off and we had a good laugh about how I didn't exactly wait till the 15th. to bring them in. Never in a hurry because I always tell myself that we wil owe and I really don't want to pay anymore than I already do. The winds are blowing really hard right now but it is right around 70 degrees. They are calling for the 80's tomorrow and Thursday. NICE. Last night I went to the freezer to pull out a package of polish dogs to fix for dinner. I noticed that they weren't as hard as they should have been. I also noticed that there was water on the ice maker. What? Oh crap. The freezer part finally quit working. It had been making a noise for the last few days. So I got on the phone at 6pm and called my nephew who called his ex who called her BIL and he came over to see if he could fix it. He got here right as I was leaving for class. Hubby called me about an hour later and said that it was fixed. He had to replace a switch and a compacitor. Total cost was $135.00. We paid for the parts and than he charged us $40.00 to do the work. He saved us about half. I feel better knowing that the money is going to feed his 2 boys and wife and not into some companyies pockets. Thanks Troy. Well, time to get some lunch and then head into work. Doing a double shift today. Kat, as far as I know we will be coming thru your area around Septmeber 16th-ish. We will be in a little town right outside of Scottsdale Arz. for a few days visiting some friends from here that have a new winter home there. We will spend the night and then head on to Texas to meet up with another friend(hmmmmmm). Have a great day.

Hey Girls. Michelle, I got your friend invite. Thanks. I ended up staying up too late last night and then had a very hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. Ugggg. So when the alarm went off this morning I just wanted to smash it. Got up and went to work and then went out to breakfast with a bunch of friends. From there I went over to my sisters to drop her laundry off. She's up and really getting around good. Came home and took a good hour nap. I feel like I could sleep for another hour at least. I have class tonight and trying to get up the gumption to make a batch of cupcakes to take for the kids. Right now I just don't feel like doing anything. But I'm sure the kids would love it. The weather here is beautiful. Supposed to get up to 67 today and each day a little warmer till we hit the high 70's by friday. I am so ready for a little warmth. Make it a good one.

Tracy, that is scary about falling asleep at the wheel. I'm ashamed that I have even gotten behind the wheel when I shouldn't have. I just want to get home and want to keep going. So usually what I do is roll the windows down and turn the music on real loud. Wake myself up. Going over to the nephews this evening for dinner. He's just going to cook hamburgers and hot dogs. I've made a few little side salads to take.

Finally got the kitchen and dining room floors mopped.Just wish I could get around to shampooing the carpets. Maybe next week. It's raining here and I don't want to do them while there is so much humidity. Went over to sisters and helped her out. Got her all cleaned up and fed. Than I went to a Pampered Chef party for one of my customers. Got out with only spending $35. I have so much of that stuff anyway. Stopped at the store and bought the stuff to make Chili Soup. It's a WW recipe and only 3 points for a cup of it. Can't hardly wait for dinner.

So, why would you put the Fat Girl in charge of the dessert table. Holy Cow. I was cutting up cakes, pies and cobblers. The cookies were driving me crazy. But I did it all with out a single bite and didn't even bring a piece home with our dinner. The fish was excellent.

Busy day so far. I got up and got ready to go to my eye appointment. Took the Doc about an hour to do my eyes. He was very thurough. I should have my new glasses in about 10 days. Hope they do a better job this time than last time. Left there and drove back home to go get my sis's prescriptions and some lunch. Went over to her place and changed her bandages and got her all set up. I left there with her in her recliner eating her lunch. She'll be asleep before long. Neighbor called and wants to go to lunch, so I will be leaving soon for that. I was going to shampoo carpets today but a liquid lunch sounds so much better. This afternoon I will head over to church because our annual fish fry is this evening. I'll help them get set up and work for a couple of hours. Than I'll buy one dinner and get a few extra pieces of fish to bring home and share with hubby. Beautiful sunny day her but very windy. The daffodils are popping up everywhere. Soon the tulips will be fallowing. I love this time of year. Not as much as Fall, but I do love it. Have a good one.

Hey girls. Sister is well and at home. Doc came out and said it was worse than what he had thought but he was able to clean it all up and was very pleased at how the knee looked. I was really surprised at how face he had it done. They took her in and I went to the surgery waiting room. I was there all by myself for about a half hour and than decided to go get some breakfast. They had mixed scrambled eggs, kinda like a denver omelette. I had them just give me a scoop of it and it was really good. So I go to the department that Hubby and I volunteer at to tell them that we probably wouldn't be in. They begged for us to come in but said that they understood. It's just that they have been swamped with surgeries. So I go back to the waiting room and they are waiting on my. She's all done and sitting in a chair. They had PT come down to make sure that she could get up and walk. I get her back to her place and get her all set up and she fell asleep in her recliner and I dozed on the couch for about 20 minutes. The phone rang and it was our younger sis to tell us she was on her way. I left them to fend for themselves. Hubby and I went in to work and were really surprised to have a girl that we first strarted with be there to help pitch in. As busy as we were, we had such a good time. We were exhausted by the time we got home. I took a muscle relaxer and cut it in half and took it. slept really good and was able to go over and deal with sis this morning. Got her all cleaned up, changed her dressing, got her breakfast and even did a little grocery shopping for her. She took a soma right before I left, so she is good for awhile. I'll go back over later this evening to change her dressing again, I told her to ask her daughter if maybe she might be able to do it but I'm not holding my breath. Younger sis came home from spending the night with her and was telling me about how she is such a needy person but doesn't really care about your needs or if you are being inconvienced. DUH, are you just figuring that out? So now I'm home and getting some stuff done around here. I need to go turn our taxes in. I hate putting that off and I'm sure he doesn't like me waiting so long either. I have a eye appointment in the morning and than I think I will come home and shampoo the carpets. Looks like the weather will be nice enough for it. Sure wish I could pick the carpet up and put it in the washer and then hang it outside to dry. LOL. Have a great day and everyone hang in there.

Kat, I was so glad to read your post. Looks like everyone can take a deep breath and look at this differently. I realize that the out come is still the same but this does seem to give her more time and gives the family more time to accept what is going on. I will continue to keep her and your FIL in my prayers. My sister is taking the Lovenox shots right now. She has a genetic blood clotting disorder. Not sure if my younger sis and I have it, we have never been tested.

Work, Wal-Mart and now my housework is done. Seriously. The weather is beautiful here and supposed to get up to 60. So I did windows. It was so funny, I pulled down one of the windows and my curious kitty tried to jump on it and slid back down. Hubby and I laughed. Anyway, windows are done till we have a good storm. Now I'm getting caught up on DWTS. Also I'm going to try not to fall asleep. I'm so tired. But I have to get up at 4:30am again. My older sis is having a knee scope in the morning. You would think she is having a leg amputee. She is so dramatic. Has her self all worked up and knows it won't be good. Driving my younger sis and me crazy. I will take her to the hospital in the morning and stay there till it's time to take her home. Once I take her home I will stay with her till my younger sis gets there then I will head home and let her have her for the rest of the day. She is also going to spend the night with her just to make sure she will be able to go potty by herself. Besides that, I'm off work till next monday. Hello. Back to Stars.

Jenn, do you still have the job? I hope so. I'm home and completely exhausted. I woke up at 3:30 this morning and have been going ever since. So after work and running around, I stopped at Wendy's and got Hubby some lunch and I bought a couple of side salads for me. I've eaten one and now it is nappy time so I can go to class tonight. I'll check in soon.

Good Morning everyone. Sorry I didn't check in over the weekend. No excuses. I didn spend Saturday evening for about 6 hours next door. We played cards, dominoes and dice and had a great time. She has a 9year old and we really like playing games together. By the time I had left there it had snowed around 6 inches. Good thing I drove my car. I would have had a terrible time walking home. Yesterday I went and turned in my blankets for our Disney trip and I also had them look over the quilt tops I'm making. I've had problems piecing them together and found out why. They didn't give me enough material. We had a good laugh over it. Today I'm doing a double shift again and I have class tonight. I work my regular shift tomorrow morning, Than I am off work till next Monday. Thank You. What will I do with myself. Well, I know my sister will have me moving alot. She is actually having a knee scope done on her left knee wednesday morning. I will have her till the afternoon and than my younger Sis gets her. She said she would go over and spend the night with her. I'll be back over there the next morning to chec to make sure all is ok. They are just going to scrape some cartlidge in her knee, she has a slight tear in her miniscus(sp?). She'll be fine but be a big baby. Have a great day and I'll check in later. Jeen, good luck on your first day at work.