Hello all!

Mandy, I think I would check around, too. If you are having misgivings about the office or the doctor, or her process, then you owe it to yourself to get another approach. Your gut feelings have been pretty correct all along, so you should trust yourself.

Thanks for the hand-holding, Betty and Mandy. I do believe that what goes around, comes around, and I believe that you reap what you sow. (That is basically the same thing). I am just finding it difficult to work through the anger part to get to an acceptance that someone who I thought cared, truly doesn't. AND this situation happened on both sides of my family. It just kind of shakes up your perspective of what you always thought was true...and isn't. I'm a realist, though, and will come to terms with it, and I think one thing I am going to do is give part of what I do get back to my grandma's church in her name. My sister and I talked about that, and thought grandma would like it, and it would help the people in her town to know that we love grandma and honor what was important to her. My aunt can live there and have her $$ and her house, but she will never have the respect of the people like grandma did.

Today, I am taking DD to pick up her new, snazzy glasses, going to a produce stand and choosing some fresh stuff to cook tonite for dinner, and then she has her voice lessons.

I'll check back later, hope everyone has a great Friday!

Cindy

I have finished cleaning the house, and all the fod prep work is done. People will be here in abour 1 hour and 45 mins. I need a shower but that's about it. I even managed to load the dishwasher as I preped stuff so there are no dirty dishes for after. Dave is doing the cooking on the grill, burgers, brats and hot dogs. I made pasta salad, dips (with chips) I bought a cake, and ice cream. I have all the veggies cut up and ready to go. I've been chopping cucumbers, tomatos and onions all morning. Between the macaroni salad and toppings for the burgers and dogs, there are a ton of veggies cut up. I have a nifty slicer and it made it quick work. I also have a vegatatian niece, so she is having macaroni salad and cheese pizza. She also loves my spinich dip, so I made a HUGE container of it for her (and me too). I am sending Dave to pick up the cake so I can finish up around here. I'll check in later if the party doesn't kill me. ~Mandy

Hello Y'all!

We are out doing some work, so just a quickie here. It looks like it is going to storm any minute now and I want to get some flowers in the pots before it does.

Eileen - We used to do the settle then sweep stuff, but it takes about 4-6 weeks to get it back pretty, so now we just drain it and re-fill it and it's done in a few days. We do it ourselves, so the only thing it costs is the Water to re-fill it and last time it cost about $50 so I would rather do that than not be able to use the pool for so long. Besides, we are having company Wednesday, then again on the weekend, and we really need to pool to be ready to use.

Mandy - Have fun at the party!

Kat - Hope yours turns out well too!

Cindy - You look great just the way you are!

I only get Wednesday off, but I am going to try and make up a bunch of stuff on Tuesday night, then put the meat etc. in the smoker so it won't be so much cooking. If I can get the salads done the day before, then it will be great.

Well going to run and get some more done before the rain hits again.

Later!

The party here was great, Hey Kat how did it go for you???? We had people drop in all day, and I only have a small amount of juk food left over, woohoo!!! I do however have a big chunk of cake left over, and it was good cake. I am sooo tired, I think I am going to take a hot bath and get some rest. I will check in tomorrow. Hey Betty, I hope the rain passes quickly. ~Mandy

We've moved to July....http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f51/july-chat-nj-37380/ ~Mandy