Hi there. Just wanted to see if I could build a new home with some new (and hopefully old) friends. I do not wanna be 'homeless' anymore so here I am! This is gonna be a place for friends to meet (hopefully) and talk about anything & everything.

My name is Tracy and I live in Deer Park, Texas. I have been married for 6 years. I was banded in April '07. Got 4 pounds away from goal, quit smoking and gained 46-50 pounds back so I am on my journey again. This time as a non-smoker :w00t:

This is a life change and with it comes lifelong friends...wanna come along for the ride? :blushing:

We are going truck shopping. That is our big adventure, and it will be done around Rick having to work. The week we will be in Texas would have been his week in the field, so he traded it, and has worked this week out again. He is so tired. He is too old for this kind of working, all the hours, and it is physically demanding. I am tired just keeping the same hours he does, and I am not being physical during that time.

I have a seriously sore throat. It is sore up high, in the glands. I refluxed my mexican food all night, but it is not sore in that area. It was not a restful night. For Rick either, at 3 AM, we had the TV on talking, because we were both chewing Tums! The chiles were super hot last night, and it got us both.

I am going to have to go to KMart again. They were supposed to call about the other item we had coming, and I have never heard from them. I am shocked beyond belief this store made the cuts, it is the lamest store in the country. dirty and disorganized.

Well I need to get dressed so I can get the checks to the bank, and be ready whenever Rick gets a break to go look at trucks.

I wish we still had a KMart....they have layaways....

Our closest K-Mart is about 12 miles away. I miss the one that was only 2 miles away. They closed it about 6 years ago.

The guy who usually brings our firewood stopped by the other day. His transmission is out.So this morning Hubby and I drove back to his place and picked up a truck load of Oak. The three of us loaded it and then we came home and my younger sis helped us unload. It's all stacked and ready to go.

I did pretty good with the cast. I weebled a little at one point but I did my share of work.

Now it's off to go take my sponge bath and then get my hair washed in the kitchen sink. Good thing I have lots of practice doing it this way.

Other than that the rest of the weekend should be a quiet one. Church and Football.

Just kill me now... DH is cooking BACON!!!!!!! :eek:

I can smell it from here....

Hi.

I'm supposed to go do my volunteer thing at the hospital where I got my lap band, tomorrow. There's a guy who plays there during the week, I guess he's retired. He's called me a couple of times before to ask me if I'd mind if he played on a Sunday because the patients "asked for him to play."

Today he called me and told me that he wanted to know if we could switch Sundays because Melissa Manchester's mom was back in the hospital--don't know if it's all right to mention names like that, sorry--and she "loved" the way he plays. Well, I played for her too, and she told me she would tell her daughter about me.

My first reaction was to just give in and let him do his thang,and then I thought, no, screw that! So I called him back and asked what time he planned to be at the hospital. He said his "normal" time is 12:00 or 12:30. I asked him if it would be OK if he came in at 1:00 and I played starting at 11:00. He said that was "Perfect." I couldn't resist adding that Melissa manchester's mother'd enjoyed my playing too. (I didn't really believe she was who she said she was--you know, not that she was lying exactly, but, that the mother of some famous person was there.)

It pushes buttons, ya know? Makes my already fragile self-esteem take a dive. But tonight I didn't let that happen. I told this guy that I know someone who's also in the hospital, and I'd like to play for him. (The truth is that the guy I know wouldn't be able to hear the music unless a nurse or friend or somebody brings him down to the lobby.) But I figure what the hell? For me to have given in would have felt like me accepting the fact that I suck as a musician. I decided not to do that

Ok, now I'll go back and read about everyone's day. Thanks for letting me vent :smile2: .

Debbie.

Debbie, I am SOOOOOOO freaking proud of you!!!!!!!!! You rock, my friend and I am just bursting with pride!!!! Good for you for not giving in!!!!

Deb-sounds like the guy may have heard how well YOU play and is a tad jealous. Way to go for not giving in!

Good morning everyone!

lost a pound! :smile2: Hopefully i am on the move again. Could not remember the password for my ticker so I just made a new one.

How is everyone this great Sunday morning? I am here surfing the net, having coffee and watching macy take pictures of her stuffed animals. I think I might get her a cheap little camera for christmas. She would LOVE it. Sorry, I was thinking out loud, lol.

I have been looking and looking for a job and can not come up with anything. It is hard to find a job that pays good enough to be able to pay for after school care for macy. I would let dsd watch her but her school lets out after macys. ugh. I am hoping for a christmas miracle.

It is so hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I am making another pumpkin gooey butter cake this year. Paula Deen should be ashamed of herself. Kat, I think I am gonna try one of the toffee ones too.

I just heard the dryer...lemme go fold the clothes before they wrinkle.

Have a good day friends!

Ruthy736....how are you this morning?

Hey y'all.

Ended up sick yesterday, finally made it to my bed, and stayed there til a short time ago. Not sure what the problem was, my stomach was not upset, but the other end was! I have managed to drink a glass of 7-Up through the night, and am up walking without falling over which is an improvement!

Y'all can have my KMart. We put a layaway in last summer, to hold the tent we wanted for Sturgis. They lost it. Then had a massive arguement with us about what they had that was comparable and what price to sell it to us for. THEN....they wanted to keep the $10.00 ---which is the non refundable layaway fees. I did not cancel, I did not pay late. I went to pick it up 6 days before my 2nd payment was even due! It was a horrid experience. Now they do this with the item I want. I hate this store.

Good Job Debbie, stick to your guns! If he retired, he RETIRED! Let him go in and play through the week, or Saturday---but leave you in peace. What a jerk in my opinion.

Well I am going back to bed.

Check in later.

Good Sunday Morning. I was hoping that the extra hour we got I would spend it sleeping. Well, that didn't happen.

Been a busy little bee this morning. Doing lots of little stuff that just needs to get done.

Last night my friend from High School called and we were on the phone for over 2 hours. We laughed so much. It was a lot of fun talking to her. Wish we lived closer.

Football day here. I love Sundays.

Deb, keep to your guns. You have every right to play. Hang in there.

Kat, hope you get to feeling better and that it's not what hubby and I had a few weeks ago. That was yucky.

Have a great day.

Congrats, Tracy! Best wishes on the job hunt. I'm sorta trying to find something that I can just do a few hours a morning a few days during the week b/c that is when DD is in preschool but that's kinda hard. I don't blame anyone for not wanting to hire me. They'd be jumping thru hoops for ME not the other way around! I'll probably just wait to look for something after she starts school next year.

Kat, sure hope you feel better soon! I don't like kmart either. We have ones like you do.

Suz, we didn't get to sleep in either. Dogs and kiddo do know what the time change means!

Not doing much this AM. Woke up kind of headachey so sent DH and DD off to church by themselves. Football on TV and some laundry, maybe, and that's about it for my agenda.

Storm coming in today. Yay!

Have a great Sunday y'all!

Happy Sunday!

I hope everybody is enjoying their weekend.

Tracy, woo-hoo!! You are on a roll. Congrats.

Debbie, I am so proud of you too. You go girl!

Kat, glad you are feeling better...

I worked all day yesterday and today we took Zach (and his girlfriend) to Olive Garden for his birthday. He intercepted his Ipod Touch on Friday by being here when the FedEx guy arrived so he seriously thought he was getting it today. Nope! Gonna wait til Christmas...lol!

I am tired and facing a mountain of laundry. Mike just got called back into work. Love it. NOT!

Have a good one!

Angela

Tell Zach happy birthday!!

Good evening!!! DH and I have had a great relaxing day!! We stayed in our pj's until about 11:30. Then we went to downtown Chattanooga to see The Social Network. It was so good! And then he took me to this Mongolian restaurant. It's called Genghis's Grill. You go put your raw food, veggies and seasoning into a bowl, pick your sauce. Then they cook it for you with your choice of rice or noodles. Oh my gosh, it was amazing!!!!!!! Well, now we are home with our dogs. And waiting for Dexter to come on tonight. That's the one show we do not ever miss.

I hope everybody set their clocks back, and had a great day!!!

Grocery shopping tomorrow....oh what joy. haha