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:

Kat-I am so glad that Rick is home with you! I know that makes you a happy girl I am sending many many prayers and much love and strong vibes toward you! Call me if you need anything or just want to talk. Love you sista! (((hugs)))

I will try to downlad the pics and put them on here.

Cindy-I wish they would let school out here today too. *sigh* Enjoy your day and stay bundled up and cozy :thumbup:

Jenn-where are you and are you OK?

Suzanne-spring, summer, winter or fall whenever you want to come to Texas, just call. :thumbup: It would be such fun!

I gotta get dd ready for school now. have a great day ladies! Gonna go get the keys to the house later...I am so excited!

Kat, I am saying my prayers and will keep you in my prayers. I'm so glad that Rick is coming home. I bet you missed him alot. I know I would be lost with out mine around.

Hubby and I are off to the gym and than I will head into work for a while. Not sure I will have any customers, it's just tooooo cold. It's -2 right now and the winds are howling. That's making it -25. brrrrrrrr.

I'll check in later.

Here are some pics of the house and the pics do not do it justice at all...

In pic #4, I see a bunch of girls sittiing around drinking some good drinks and laughing. I'm all in for it.

Wow, Suzie...I see it too!!!

Hi everyone

sorry, been a little crazy and wanted to post earlier but have been busy cooking for my new life style, the biggest looser way

Kat - omg. giant hugs and prayers coming your way, Rick is home? That is great. LOVE YOU

Tracy - yipee, I know where my next road trip is going to be to!

Crzytchr - Did you enjoy your day off?

Suzanne - I'm jealous, I could use some snuggle time.

Well, I am going to Orlando in Feb. I did my preliminary tax return and I have enough to put 4 months of mtg payments away, go to FL, put get my new pool stairs and fence my yard, and have my house painted. You know how much stress is off my plate?

I am going to take my next safety class on the 19th, have vacation, and a military function on 2/21 and then a spring fling for the troops in April, and look for a job, it is all good.

don't get me wrong, I'm still mentally in the same place, but I think that job was stressing me, I'm not a receptionist, so I can deal with the rest!

HUGS ALL

I'll be back

Good Morning everyone

Tracy - you moving?

Yep...well, actually I am having coffee before we start packing! The actual movers will be here next saturday but we have started moving the nonessentials. We have LOTS of that!

How is everyone? WHERE is everyone, lol.

I will check back in later. Hugs!

I'm excited for you Tracy

It has been quiet, i hate this time of year.

I just signed up to give a day get a day at disney. My 6 year old is old enough, and we are going to make tie blankets for project linus, and each get a day pass for Disney. I am staying at Seaworld, so get passes for there and want to hit a beach and I have a couple friends who live/stationed there that I really hope to catch up with.

I'm so excited!

Good Afternoon.

Just got home from work. We were very busy which is good, guess the snow isn't keeping people in.

Tracy, I'm so happy for you guys. A new place. I haven't had a new place in over 25 years. That's how long we have lived in this house. Guess I must really like it. lol.

Jenn, I am working on one of those blankets for project linus. I'm pieceing the top together. It's taking me forever to do it. I need to get it done because I have a new project that I will be starting for my niece that is getting married in Sept.

All is fine here. I've been going to the gym more but most important is that I'm putting in more of an effort. Now if I can put that effort in to not putting the food in my mouth.

I'll be home the rest of the day expect to go to church later. Hubby has a fire going for me, he's so sweet. We woke up this morning and the furnace had quit working during the night. It got down to 60 degrees in here. Hubby and BIL were able to get it going again. Seems there was a clog in the gas line. They just needed to take a pipecleaner to it. House is nice and warm now.

Have a great day.

Suz-I am glad your furnace is working. It would be horrible for it to broke for a long time in that cold!!

Jenn-your trip sounds divine! I wanna go!

I am tired....I will check in tomorrow

go COWBOYS!!!!!

Kat...you ok?

Good Morning

had the nicest date with a retired marine last night! he is so cute... actually asked me if we can start dating

Going to jump in the shower, have to go to a birthday party and going to roller skate!

Kat: check in when you can...you have my continued prayers

Suzie: glad your house is nice and warm again. It is so wonderful when the men in our lives are capable of fixing things

Tracy: happy packing and moving

Jenn: it sounds like that you had fun last night, oh, and my day off, not fun, but I am glad I had it, because my oldest needed me

On that note, please continue prayers for my stepdaughter. She and her husband decided the docs up there weren't making any progress. They were treating symptoms (poorly) and not getting a diagnosis. She decided to travel to Baton Rouge (about 90 miles away) to see my doc at Ochsner. I was off last Monday, so I went with her to that appt and the OBGYN that afternoon. The docs in Mississippi were going to fax her labs they did on Tuesday morning.

On Monday, before seeing the labs, new doc thought it was probably fibromyalgia, but said he wanted to see the labs to be sure. Labs came in and he called her house on Thursday and said she needed new labs Friday morning. He said it looked like immune disorder like lupus.

Well, Friday morning at 7:45 she called me crying. She hadn't slept in 2 days and hadn't eaten in 3. I had her call the doc office. I met her there and she saw the NP, since doc was gone. She had her new labs done. They gave medication to treat the pain until the labs come back on Monday. I requested a shot for her. They gave her demerol and phenegran. She was in so much pain she was still completely lucid after having both of those shots. No slurred speech, no lethargy, nothing. It dulled the pain and she was finally able to eat. Oh, she had lost 11 lbs from her appt on Mon until Friday.

Ok, that afternoon, I went with her to the ultrasound ordered by the OBGYN, tech said her uterus was so swollen he could barely see anything (same thing wrong with me last year), he rushed these over to her doc who will call Monday morning. So, on top of everything else, she may be looking at a hysterectomy soon. My poor darling is so frustrated and sad. She is 26, with 3 small kids and a husband she loves. In the condition she is in now, she knows she isn't able, at the moment, to be a good wife or mother and it is killing her. So, again, any and all prayers are needed and very much appreciated. I just know as soon as they get this properly diagnosed, she can begin treatment, and she will begin to feel better. I just hope it is really soon.