Here you go, my Sweet Violets! Another new home for our daily musings....

"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."

- Cicero

Thanks, Terry!!

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Very sweet Terry, thanks...

Jenn - I'm glad to hear that you're having a better day today. What's been happening with that neighbor of yours?

Kat - Ugh, that co-worker of yours sounds horrid. I'm guessing you have to stick with it for now just because of Rick's work situation? That sucks, I'm sorry you have to spend so much of your time with this woman!

Laura - good morning mam. And thanks for the crab tip yesterday. I love crab and never realized it was something I could eat without feeling guilty!

Pamela - how are your students this year? Any troublemakers yet?

Suzie and Jane - I'm so jealous that ya'll are meeting up! Ya'll have fun!

I'm missing so many of ya'll but I have to go out and do inventory in the warehouse today. I'm so not looking forward to that... And on top of that I can barely walk! My trainer (friend) had been kicking my ass every night at the gym! She is brutal... I'm hobbling around like an old lady...

I'll be back, i'm not done with personals yet...

Haydee!! Kudos to you for working out faithfully!! You're going to be a such a beautiful bride!

Off to get dressed.. yes, it's almost 11 a.m. and I'm not dressed yet. We had such busy days the last two days that today we are just chillaxin' and being downright lazy.

hi -

Haydee, Police were suppose to go over to her house last night but I was at practice. I am going to the Dr this afternoon to have this nasty cut looked at.

Just got back from my walk and going to try to eat some tuna

I'm going to be an aunt!!!

YAY Jenn! I have baby fever right now and am counting down the days until we can start trying, LOL! How far along is your sister?

Judy - aww thanks Judy. I'll be a fluffly pretty bride, LOL. I peeked on the scales last night and they're not moving... boo. But I wasn't supposed to worry about that right now. It's only been two weeks. Agh! But I should see something, right? To go from having Coke and fritos and twinkies and ice cream to tuna and salads and chili and chicken????

Terry - how are your classes going? Is it in some way helping you deal with Evan's issues?

Judy - I saw Bob's BBQ pics. OMG! That must have been some tittilating conversation to have him forget about his meat for so long!!

Actually my neice so that makes me a great aunt... just makes me feel old saying that... she is due mid May so we are still in the very beginning

Judy - I saw Bob's BBQ pics. OMG! That must have been some tittilating conversation to have him forget about his meat for so long!!

Ummmm mind you this is a minister's wife talking, but I don't suppose you'd like to reword this, would you?? :biggrin::lol:

I LOVE my classes but no, they don't help with Evan's issues. I've always wanted to serve the HAWC because they helped me immensely at one time in my life and taught me many things about self-respect. I hope that I can empower at least one woman in that same way...or at least give them hope that things can change for the better.

Ummmm mind you this is a minister's wife talking, but I don't suppose you'd like to reword this, would you?? :biggrin::lol:

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Judy you have a keen eye for porn. I, myself, didn't catch it.

Hi!! (waves)

Things are looking up -- I have a phone interview today and a real (in-person) interview today!! Yeah, me!! Both are for what I was doing when I was laid off with very similar pay and benefits. Nice!! While I love staying caught up with LBT, I need to be back at work and busy!!

Have a great day and I'll try to pop in tomorrow afternoon to say Hi after my surgery.

Oh suzy, I'm so glad for you! I hope one of those pans out for you!

Judy and Terry - you two have dirty dirty minds, lol. I am so innocent!

Jenn - your niece! WOW, I feel old too, LOL. How old is she??? I'll be an ancient 34 before I have my first. I think at 35 they start calling it a geriatric pregnancy, can you believe it???

Ya'll crack me up.

Jen I can't believe you can be a GREAT aunt either.. wow.

Good morning!

Ready to go to work.

Headache this morning so got up to take something and then went to bed. Now I am up and have 1/2 hour to get to work and shower!

Yikes!!

Good luck on the job search, Suzy.. and sending out purple power for the surgery tomorrow!!

Yeah good luck with the surgery!!

Terry, the short of it, I(we) think Carson dislocated the tube from the port. When they filled it with 4cc, the immediately only drew back 1cc. Before that they drewback 0cc, and I should have had 3.5cc in it. So that's where they're quoting me to get a contrast study (after just paying for the fluro, when they could have done it then!!). So another $400 for another test, and then I asked her if I could do surgery the next morn and give me a quote. She quoted $14,500. That's the cost of original surgery. So I wrote her back, that my last revision (this annoys me) was $2,500. So she said she was quoting if they had to replace the band. I don't know why they would. And she keeps saying if it's a band defect they would send it off to get reimbursement from Allergan (but I called them 2 weeks ago, they said they have NO warranties). So I dunno. I told her, ok lets not schedule surgery. Schedule the test, and I'm going to go from there... Quotes I've gotten back. Wasa recommends someone for the sleeve (in MX), and his cost isn't bad, something like 7k... but plane tickets are 1k a person. So 9k.. but they wrote me back today, if they are revising from a band they do it in 2 parts for healing. First surgery is 5k (plus 2k flights), then 5 months later 7k (plus 2k flights). So that's not really an option anymore. There's a doctor in TN (not too far from here) that revises to sleeve, waiting to hear back from them. Also sent out to local docs about just fixing the leak, etc. Just shopping around.. so far NOTHING I have heard is realistic. I have looked at loans, there's one (I don't know if I'd qualify and if it's only for MX docs) that is 1 year no interest. I have Carecredit that ironically sent me a letter recently that they have new 'plans' for 1-2-3-4 year no interest if you qualify, but my current limit with them is only 5k, and I have no idea who takes Carecredit (I know my current doc does, but no idea if their hospital does, and frankly right now I'm not happy with them so I don't think I want to go to them again for surgery).