TracyK

good question.... I wonder how things are going!

Definitely POST OP...lol I was banded in April of '07 I do not need a fill, I just need to quite eating the wrong things. A fill will not help with reeses pb cups or ice cream.

Prayers for Kats recovery!!

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Good morning violets~ Michelle-great pics Judy-we were very fortunate. Amazing how one street is OK and the next is devestated! Laura & Kat-(((((hugs))))) and prayers Tracy Jane & Suzie-I wish I could be there :wink2: But then again, Tracy is a bad influence HAHAHA :crying: (just joking) Pamela-sounds like busy schedule you have! Todays agenda consists of....eating healthy and exercising :tongue: Let me go get started. Have a fantastic day everyone!

Hi there...Glad to see how well you are doing! Thanks for reading me blog and commenting. Kinda keeps me remembering that folks are watching...lol I have lost 2 of the 7 that I gained while on evacuation so I am moving in the right direction! Thanks for your support!

Here are a couple of pics....one is debris in galveston on the seawall...the other is a house in our neighborhood.

Pammie & Janie-how about that DAN? I loved the end of BB!!

Judy~you do such a tremendous job! Thank you!

Kat-We have a Target, Wal-mart AND HEB all at the same intersection. I do grocery shopping mostly at walmart unless it is something I wanna run in & out for, then I go to Target cause there are less people! lol We went to a little neighborhood grocery store a while ago and found some ground meat, a roast and some eggs! May not sound like a big deal but meat and dairy around here are so scarce! Good news is there is no ice cream to be found....not at sonic or dairy queen either! That is making it easy to stay on track. We are gonna go to the POD (point of distribution) and get some bottled water later. No word on dd school other than ... out until further notice. We tried to drive by her school but you have to show a license at the roadblock to prove you live in the area to get in. So, it must be bad. Her school is about 2 or 3 miles from the bay where the surge got to about 15 ft. They may end up sending her partial days at a different school. Who knows. Talk to you all this evening.

Here I am a week later and 7 pounds higher. The hurricane crossed directly over our house. While we were on evacuation, I ate things I should not have. My husband took a picture of me with my daughter and I can tell in the pic that I am getting fat again. I have gained about 40 pounds since I stopped smoking in March. Anyway, we got our electricity back on yesterday when we came back home. We were very lucky because we had no property damage. We lost everything in our freezer which really hurts the wallet but I can handle it. It could have been so much worse. I am really glad I did not live in Galveston anymore. I would have been homeless for sure! I am all ready to start this thing all over again. I have new resolve this time. So...bye bye 215.5:thumbup:

Here I am a week later and 7 pounds higher. The hurricane crossed directly over our house. While we were on evacuation, I ate things I should not have. My husband took a picture of me with my daughter and I can tell in the pic that I am getting fat again. I have gained about 40 pounds since I stopped smoking in March. Anyway, we got our electricity back on yesterday when we came back home. We were very lucky because we had no property damage. We lost everything in our freezer which really hurts the wallet but I can handle it. It could have been so much worse. I am really glad I did not live in Galveston anymore. I would have been homeless for sure! I am all ready to start this thing all over again. I have new resolve this time. :cursing: So...bye bye 215.5:thumbup:

As of today I am trying to GMAIG as much as I can. Like Terri said, there really is no meat or fresh veggies to be found anywhere. I just had a can of slimfast for lunch. My weight is not acceptable to me. As far as the fill goes...I really do not need one cause I have gained enough weight and now I feel like I have grown back into my band...HA! Sad huh? Good thing I am not going to get a fill cause we do not have the money right now. Evacuations are expensive. I am stressed out enough so that my band is working right now.

Good morning everyone~Our mail is back in service btw. Kat I am so sorry you are so sick! Laura-I am sorry you are hurting! I am SO glad to be home. Overall we were very fortunate. Our house is OK and we did have the lights come on yesterday, which is the reason we came home to begin with. Hotels are so expensive. We got approved for hotels through FEMA but our hotel was not on the list, of course. I got online while we were at the hotel to see what hotels around here (houston area) had vacancies....none. Luckily it ended up not being an issue since our electricty come on here at home. We had finally gotten to the point that our stand up freezer was stocked and now it is empty again (along with the fridge). *sigh* I can not dwell on it too much because I am trying not to cry in front of macy. I keep reminding myself that we were fortunate but when you are staring at empty refridgerators & freezers it is kind of hard. That is another thing, Macy...she is sick. She is running a low grade fever and has a bad cough & sore throat. My poor baby. BUT, we are home. Oh...I gained 7 pounds so now I am up to 215.5 but this too shall pass. Ugh...I will use Tracys sentiments, BLECH. We are going to going and pick up a few things from the store. DH is going to go over to where he works cause they are giving him 10 gallons of gas per day. Thanks for all the well wishes...I am rambling. I will bbl

Terry...if your survivor guilt gets too out of control, go buy me a generator! That'll make you feel better Anything I can do to help LMAO! Or come help me clean out my stinky freezer when I get back. You choose! :tt1: Thanks for the sweet words ladies. I feel better being able to post too. It makes me sick to know that Wednesday when we go home we do not know how long it will be before we have lights. Pamela-I wish I could come stay with ya! Macys school situation is till in the air. They have not made decisions yet. My dss and dsd school is in LaPorte and they got it bad too. Worse than us actually as far as flooding. Those residence can not even go back yet, AT ALL! You know, I used to live in galveston a few years ago. The apartments I lived in were really nice. I am glad I did not live on the island now. Those poor folks!. The job I just quit was on the island...I am trying to get ahold of my friend that works there. I am quite sure they are underwater. I will post again in the morning! I really love you guys! Check this out....this is really close to where my mom lives!

Laura-such a cute baby violet! Do you think that the added pressure from the pregnancy might be making your nack hurt? I know I was in severe pain when I was pregnant! I sure am sorry you are hurting Good morning violets-I am on my laptop in the dark of the hotel room trying not to wake dh and dd up. I found out that dd school is closed indefinitely. You may think this is funny but I packed every single one of her school clothes cause I knew if something bad happened I would never be able to find thm again! lol So, at least I know she has uniforms. I have not been able to watch BB the past couple of times so I am going to bbchatter.com to catch up. Have a great day everyone :cursing:

Hi Ladies-the hotel has power and internet I just skimmed posts. I am so tired. Yep, tomorrow is the nig Blue Bell Ice creamery tour...can you imagine? LMAO...like I need to go there! lol We are going to stay at the hotel until Tuesday then head home to a house with no lights or water I can pray for a miracle, right?! The thought of heat, mosquitos and no violets does nothing for me! I will stay hopeful. We are SO blessed that our house is OK. I am quite sure the freezer & fridge will stink...but I can handle that. At least we have a home to go to. :cursing: So many people have lost everything. Then there are the fools that think "i'll just stay here and ride it out". Bet they won't do THAT again (if they are still alive that is). Thank you ll so much for the kind calls, texts and e-mails. I will get back on in the morning!!

OK everyone....bye bye. We are leaving for LaGrange. (former home of the best little whorehouse in texas) Wish us luck and I will check in!!! (((((((hugs))))))))

Terry~I am so sorry you had to reschedule the service. :rolleyes2: We are going to Brenham (sp?). I know it is not THAT far but at least it is on the clean side of the storm. We are leaving late this evening (like the rest of the population). The traffic is going to be horrendous. I am so worried for everyone. I am worried for us too. I called my landlord and told her that if there was structural damage to our place that we want to be on the list for any places that she has availablle that has no damage. She said I am first on the list. So, at least that makes me feel better. The thought of a FEMA trailer makes me ill. I am getting way ahead of myself, aren't I? lol sorry! My mind is racing. Terry-the map you posted on here is neat....thanks for doing that you talented little so and so!

Wow, we are really in for some trouble over here! I did not really ever think about the possibility of not having anywhere to live before. How scary. I have been stress eating. I am a basket case. I feel like a jersey cow. I want to cry but I an't because I do not want to scare my daughter. So, I will just keep holding it in. When I do finally get the chance to cry it is going to be such a tear fest! I wish I could get this lump out of my throat. I need to get up and pack so we can get out of here. Hmmm, hope moms house is far enough! Pray for us that we mke it through this unscathed. (and pray the the ready to eat meals that they hand out to the storm victims aren't too fattening!) LOL gotta laugh, right?!

Wow, we are really in for some trouble over here! I did not really ever think about the possibility of not having anywhere to live before. How scary. I have been stress eating. I am a basket case. I feel like a jersey cow. I want to cry but I an't because I do not want to scare my daughter. So, I will just keep holding it in. When I do finally get the chance to cry it is going to be such a tear fest! I wish I could get this lump out of my throat. I need to get up and pack so we can get out of here. Hmmm, hope moms house is far enough!:thumbup: Pray for us that we mke it through this unscathed. (and pray the the ready to eat meals that they hand out to the storm victims aren't too fattening!) LOL gotta laugh, right?!

Well, it looks like we are in for it! They closed dd school today and tomorrow. We (I) will spend the day packing up stuff that we want to bring and when dh gets home from work (whenever that may be) we will go to moms. They are about 70 miles east of us but at least it is better than being here. In a way it does not seem far enough considering it is a 200-300 mile wide storm, but at least it will not be a direct hit. If the storm turns more their way, at least we will all be together wherever we go. We called everywhere and can not find a room. Suzie-I wish we could make it there! Jenn-we will just keep fighting, right? Terry-did youhave to change the plans for the service? I am so sorry for you! OMG, they are saying now it will be a 15 ft storm surge now. oh dear God. I do not want homeless to be a reality for us. I gotta go...I will check in befre I leave. If not, I will keep in touch somehow whenever I can.

Hi everyone~ Sorry if I have not been talking so much. I am way stressed. I feel like a cow. I am not in a good place. I am sick about Hurricane Ike. If it comes here, just pray that if we get any damage, that it will be caused by wind and not flood. Since we just moved here not too long ago we do not have flood coverage yet. They are saying that it will hit Friday night/Saturday. Even if it stays on the course it is on now, we will still have 8-12 ft above normal tides. Not good. Macys school is letting out early tomorrow and they are out Friday. My county is on voluntary evacuations right now. DH works tomorrow but hopefully they let him leave early. I do not know where we will go because #1 we do not know where the storm is going #2 not alot of money. Please keep us is your thoughts & prayers. I will keep you all posted. (((((hugs)))))

Just wanted to say goodnight ladies...

Hi everyone... Not too much to say. Just watching Hurricane Ike. See ya'll later.