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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!! Ended up a busy day! Church this AM, then home for a couple of hours then out to a friend's for a BBQ. It was nice. We got home about 20 minutes ago. On the way home I can see the ridge just above us really good and there was a huge black plume of dark smoke. Tried to call DH to see if they got it but it went to VM. Got home and turned on the scanner and they've got people on it. It's not too close to us. A few miles away. No worries for us. And it's in the forest, no houses too horribly close. Oh! DH is the IC for the fire! I just heard him on the radio!! They've got the fire. He's already releasing equipment. Terri, sounds like things are lining up well for your surgery. Best wishes on everything!!! Hugs y'all!!!

~Don't sweat it Angela! We're just glad to know that Zach is doing fine. Take care and get some sleep! Hugs to you and Zach!!! ~Tracy, I hate drama and ended up walking right into it! YUCK! Manager isn't happy with me either. We'll see if I'm on the schedule next week! LOL!! So how does the couch look? Are you thrilled?? ~Suzanne, don't over-do it! I know how hard it is. ~Me? Doing okay. Headache is mostly gone. There is still a ghost of it but hoping it stays gone. Had one yesterday too. Sometimes when it's hot or there is stuff going on, then I start the migraines. Here's hoping y'all have a quiet night and a great day!

Sounds like a good time!! Enjoy!! Glad summer school is over for you. How'd it go? Sounds like you're going to have a fun weekend too! Thinking about Zach today. Praying all went well. Work tomorrow for a few hours. I'm already mixed up in some drama! UGH!!! Just sort of happened but it's not a great start! Dammit!! Oh well. DD is hungry. Talk at ya later!!

Jen, I love that you're posting so much more now!! Have a nice, quiet weekend and a great ride! Kat, that poor child! What the hell is happening in her life to make her do this to other children? Good Lord! She has no power in her own life so she is taking it in daycare! YIKES!!! BBL! Have a great day!!!

WhooHoo!!! Hi Jen! It's been so mild here that I don't know what my poor veggies are going to do! Nothing is growing very well right now. ~~~~~ Orientation went well. Very LONG! Didn't get home til about 7:30 tonight. I have to drop in tomorrow to get in the computer and I'll find out some sort of schedule then. Have a great night!

I have Orientation tomorrow at 2PM!!!!!! Tracy, sounds like you're clearing things out and pretty well on your way! Like the couch! Kat, your folks sound like fun! Hope they enjoy themselves this weekend! Congratulations to them on 53 years!!!

That makes a lot of sense. We don't have that issue at all. We have a small window that we open and the tub/shower and toilet are separate from the vanity area. I'm going to keep that in mind tho. It's a great idea! Jen, good to 'see' you! Glad things are going so well! A friend is having a BBQ at their house in the afternoon. Otherwise, we're staying home. Our area is big with tourists and we have a huge fireworks show on the 4th at the Lake. It's NUTS! so we tend to stay home! Be careful you don't overdo it! Bet it was good to see everyone at work! Angela, we don't usually have a humidity problem. Thank GOD! We have some and it can get bad if the clouds back up along the mountains but not too bad. It is cooler today by a few degrees. Best wishes to Zach this week!!!! Hi Everyone! We ended up running down to the city this AM. I went to SAS Shoes and bought some good work shoes. Spent a bloody fortune but I can't mess up my feet any more than they already are! I need to be able to WALK!! Went by Target and I found some cute shorts. I would have never bought these before but they are a board-type short in a multi-plaid. One pink and one blue. Too cute! We need to leave soon and go to the grocery store. I don't have any thing for dinner tonight. Have a great evening!

Suzanne, you were a walking machine today! Good job! Kat, what a day! And to start it all so early! Yuck! Lots of prayers for Jarred. Please explain the reason for exterior paint on the interior? Never heard of that before. We've got LOTS of painting yet to do with this place so I'm always open to new ideas/reasonings. Please share! We did nothing today. It hit 102 here at our house! 108 for the city! YUCK! Only supposed to be 103 in the city tomorrow so we should be in the mid-90s. Then it's supposed to drop dramatically. Looking forward to the dramatic drop!! LOL! Hope y'all have a great Tuesday! HUGS!!

I'm hearing you, Suzanne. I've gained nearly everything I lost in the last two weeks, back. :scared2: Five pounds since Saturday! I don't even know HOW that is possible but I've done it! I do okay during the day but it's like after dinner, put a feed bag on and let me eat til I go to bed! WTH!!! I do need to start exercising again. That's always been a big problem for me. I've got a perfectly good treadmill sitting in the other room. And for once, it's not piled up with DH's stuff. He tends to land things ON the treadmill that need to go downstairs! Go figure! Anyway, I need to work on things too.

Tracy, no news yet. I'm sure he'll call sometime this week. At least I would think he would. Who knows! So glad the storm is going to miss you guys! Good news!

Suzanne - CALL. THE. COPS. Seriously. Do it now. Even tho it happened yesterday, just ask them to take a report of what happened. That way if anything happens later, and I'm sure you can fill in the blanks here, they have it on record. That is MOST important. There needs to be a record. NOW! There is your neighbor, daughter and now YOU who are in danger from this idiot. If there is no record, they will have no clue that he's gone off before. They might think it's just a one time thing. Trust me, they'll take it more seriously if he has become a "frequent flyer" with them. Report the incident NOW!!! They will understand that you were frightened and didn't know what to do and that's shy you're only calling now. They see it all the time, unfortunately. But please call them! Find the non-emergency dispatch number and call that. Tell them you'd like an officer to come out - or if you don't want them to be seen at your house, ask them where you can meet the officer, say at a coffee shop or the station and tell them, in detail, what happened. EVERYTHING! Hugs, Suzanne. I know how frightening that can be.

Tracy, the place looks really nice! Sounds like things are working out really well. I'm so glad! Sounds like a great landlord too. Too bad you can't keep him! BTW, I think it's a great idea for you guys to move and downsize. Kat, I know but it's SOOOOOO hard!!!! Last night was horrid! Today/night was SO good! I made sure to let her know how it made me feel that we had such a great day. Asked her too if she thought our good days were way better to have than our bad days! She was all, oh yes mama. Bad days are icky! And she's soo funny with her funny smile face and saying and look Nooooo Attitude! It was too frickin' funny! I agree with you re: the folks. Rick doesn't need any what-ifs or should'ves or any guilt of any kind. He has DONE and I know will continue to DO until it's not needed anymore. Suzanne, party sounds fun but maybe just let them know you might just pop in for a time instead of showing for the whole thing. They'll understand. Angela, hope the beach house stays safe. Actually that goes for you and Tracy. I haven't seen any news or anything so have no idea what is going on but I pray y'all stay safe!!! 'Night!

What a convoluted mess! Glad it's all worked out, at least surgery-wise. Sorry about DD's transfer. WhooHoo! HUGS!! Great news, Tracy! Always hated days like that!! Good luck with it! It's hot here too. Yuck! ~~~~~ Got my unfill today. Doc was sorry to see me again. He took out 2.5cc. I'm already feeling better. I see him again around the 15th and we'll start re-filling then. I'm basically dieting until and while refilling. :frown: DD finished up swim lessons today. She did great! Really hoping my work schedule is such that I can keep her in the next session. Well, that's all I've got so far! Have a great rest of the day! HUGS!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUZANNE!!!!! Not much going on. I think I'm going to have to keep my appt with doc tomorrow. Much as I don't want more fill out, I'm going to have too. I can't get off the ibuprofen and I can't eat anything. I must admit that I managed some popcorn and chips yesterday but only a little before it started trying to get stuck. I tried to eat some soft stuff last night and after a couple of bites, it was a no go. :thumbup: Totally bummed but I'm going to have to do it. Off to the 2nd to last swim lesson for DD in about an hour! Depending on my new work schedule we'll try more later next month. Have a great day!!

Oh my gosh! You two are absolutely adorable!!!! And Macy is a great photographer!

I want to take a Zumba class too! Saw an ad on TV for some videos and it looks fun! DD and I were dancing to the music! LOL! Poor DH! Hope you two have fun! Thanks, Tracy. I'm really afraid to actually CLAIM it! I still have Friday or Saturday as my official weight for the week so I'll take it as it comes on those days and just go from there. Try not to go crazy again. I was able to get all of my chewables down this AM! Haven't taken my Vitamins in over a week! And there was NO pain!!! I have to confess that I'm getting a little irritated about work. I have NO clue what's going on so I can't make plans for anything b/c I don't know if I can make it happen or not! Even if I didn't have exact hours but just knew that I was going to be working, say AMs or afternoons or whatever! I am such a planner! I really like to know what is going on so this is driving me nuts!!! I hope y'all have a wonderful day! DD has swim this AM then this afternoon we're going to take her to see Toy Story 3. She is SO excited!!! Love ya!!

Tracy, in my excitement, I completely forgot to mention your loss! WHOOHOO!!! Congratulations!!!! Are you still reading Geneen's book? How's that going for you? I'm reading right now and some stuff makes sense and other stuff doesn't. It's good tho and I'm glad you mentioned her.

Cindy, I could just HUG you!!!! I am feeling better already and I've only had one dose so far! I have been able to do an atkins shake and my bottle (24oz) of water!!!! WhooHoo! That's more liquids than I've gotten TOTAL in the last few days!! THANK YOU!!!! I use children's liquids/meds for other stuff too. Delsym for cough, generic tylenol liquids and melts, generic allergy/cold, etc. Just NEVER occurred to me to look for the ibuprofen!! Angela and Tracy, I'm doing MUCH better. Thank you! I hope you two have fun tomorrow! DD had another great swim lesson. She is doing so good. I went ahead and signed her up for the next session. I just haven't paid for it yet. This session will be at 10:30 instead of 11:30 so maybe my work schedule will allow it. I'm hoping. Or maybe I can just work afternoons for those 2 weeks. We'll have to see. DD doesn't know that she might go to the next session. I don't want to disappoint her if it won't work out. I lost another lb but am sure I won't be able to keep it. Tho I will try. That's 8 lbs since last Monday! Sure would be nice tho! Maybe if I'm okay and DON'T have to get another unfill on Friday, if I'm careful, I can keep most of it off. We'll see. I'm very good at sabotaging myself. Cindy, again, thank you! If we lived closer, I'd be on your doorstep to give you a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek!!!! LOL! Scary thought, huh?? :smile2: Hope Kat's trip goes well. Sad reason for it but I'm sure her folks will be glad to see some people who will be there. Have a great day, y'all!!

Cindy, no I haven't! Never occurred to me! What I was doing was trying some of the liquid allergy med that I have b/c it's also an antihistamine. Helped a smidge. I'll be out tomorrow for DD's swim lesson, I'll stop and buy some on the way out of town. THANK YOU!!!

Kat, I'm so sorry about your Cousin. Prayers to your family. Have a safe trip. ~~~~~ We met with the principal at another school out of our district this AM before swim lessons. Went really well and we are excited for DD to go in 2011/2012. I'll need to call our district and get the paperwork started. Guess it's a simple thing but I wanted to make sure we were all ready to go when we need to enroll her in the late winter/spring. SO frustrated!!! Last Monday got a fill of .5cc and was fine for a couple of days. Thursday had to go for an unfill of the same .5cc. I am still TOO tight! I just called to see if I could see someone. My doc, I knew, is out all week at a conference. Come to find out, the other 2 are as well! We'll see. I need more taken out. I hate to do it but I've lost about 7lbs in the last week and it's not b/c I'm behaving!!!!! LOL! UGH!!! Other than that - everything else is going really well!!

WhooHoo!!! Kat is back!!!!!! AND in one piece!!!! LOL!!!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and I am so happy!! Have a great cook-out! Happy Father's Day to Rick!

Suzanne, I'm so glad you checked in. I agree, the swimming thing is going to be the hardest for you. As much as I love to swim, not having a pool would be an advantage in this situation! Would be easier to resist since I have to drive myself to the pool! Nice thing too about you being down for the count right now is the others need to do for themselves or figure out how to make it happen somehow!!! This could be a really good thing for ALL of you! I think your sisters have gotten way too dependent on you and have forgotten that they can manage some things. Well, I have my hopes anyway! LOL!! Take good care of yourself and check in when you can! HUGS!!!

Thanks, Tracy. I went ahead and changed my ticker. Figure if I want to try to keep it or stay really close to it, I need to own it! One thing I for sure need to stop doing is drinking my mocha lites or eating after DD goes to bed. She's usually down by 9, at the very latest, and I've gotten in the habit of having a snack and then usually drinking a small bottle of Starbucks mocha lite. I need to stop the late night crap. Slow day today. Need to get some thank you notes and father's day cards in the mail. Yea, I know, it's late. DD wants to make some spinach bites that were in her new highlights magazine so I think we'll go to the store and make those later, if I'm able to eat. I'm going to use swiss chard tho instead of spinach b/c that's what we have! I hope y'all have a great day!

Anglea, I will be very careful. I didn't attempt it today but will tomorrow. At least going down, I can always toss it to the bottom of the stairs! LOL! It'll just be getting it back up the stairs again. I've already decided I can just bring parts of it up at a time. We'll see! Rest and take your time. Hugs!!! Rest as much as you can. Take care, Cindy! Tracy, today went pretty well, thank you. I have had 2 shakes, some tea, DD and I shared a small container (1 serving size) of Skinny Cow ice cream, a bit of tuna, a bit of Luna Bar, and half of a scrambled egg w/cheese and ketchup. Right now I'm drinking a small bottle of mocha lite. Oh and water, of course. I am THRILLED! I very much MUST continue to take it easy. Every once in awhile, if I try to take to big of a drink, it slows WAY down and takes it's time going thru. Still very swollen but can at least get things DOWN!!! WhooHoo!!! As of this AM I've lost 6lbs since Monday AM. Wish I could keep that but once I'm back to eating it will probably come back. Hoping to keep most of it tho. DD had a GREAT swim lesson today! She did SO good!! I'd love to put her in the next session next month but it will depend on my work schedule. Other than that, just taking it easy. Have a great night! Hugs!!

Good for you! How is Zach doing? All better now? You didn't end up getting sick, did you? Sure hope not! Yuck! No exciting plans. Swim lesson this AM and after that, nothing. Tho I do need to attempt a load of laundry. It'll be the first load going downstairs that I've done since surgery! Should be fine tho. I've been able to pick DD up now and again for short periods of time so I should be okay getting the laundry up and down the stairs. Oh, Tracy, almost forgot. I have no idea when the new job will start. They are remodeling a former KFC/A&W. In fact the driveway is still torn up and has yet to be re-paved! Boss was hoping end of the month but I'm kinda doubting that! I'm sure he's wanting to be open in time for the 4th's holiday weekend traffic but we'll see. Doing okay this AM. Feeling a little fragile. Scared of getting stuck again on liquids! Sipped a little water and it went down fine. Having some hot tea before I attempt an atkins shake. Gonna try to take it easy today.