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Heads up everyone. My mom was admitted to the hospital last night. She has a BNP count of 5000+. The normal is 95, 1300 is considered crazy-high. It's a marker for heart failure. I spent several hours in the ER yesterday with her and I'm wiped out. Have to be at work today but my sister is with her. I sure can't say what all this means, but I will certainly try my best to keep my plans intact. At the very least I'll try my hardest to be there Friday to round everyone up and at least most of Saturday. Cross your fingers! Who knows.... she could be fine in a couple of days.

That reminds me.... don't forget that toothpaste is considered a liquid. get one of those travel tubes to bring with you. Here's a link for the regulations again if you need it TSA: SimpliFLY Your Carry-ons

((((Pamela))))) So happy for you!!!!!!!!!!! You lucky Dawg!

Yep, I did the online dating thing, too! I met 3 guys that I dated for quite awhile. One just turned out to be friends.... we started out "dating" but decided we made better friends than lovers. 10 yrs later i know i could call him if i was in any kind of trouble and he'd be here in a heartbeat. one other one was really a good guy, smart, funny as hell, thought I was the greatest thing ever...but i wasn't ready at the time. Another one i ended up being with for 3+ years....he ended up being quite the psycho but it took me a long time to figure it out. All in all, I recommend online dating! It's cool, but you gotta have a tough hide and a keen sense of judgement.

I'm liking the new forum rules! Did ya'll see the link above in green? It was hard to moderate with the loosey-goosey very liberal rules we had before. I'm ready to bring the hammer down!!! lol Seriously, ya'll don't hesitate to report a post that you feel isn't in alignment with the rules. It helps the mods to have your eyes working, too.

Laura - I think that casserole sounds YUMMY! Asparagus is my fave too! Your sister is just plain odd. That's all there is to it. Kat - Have you looked up the patient info for Zyrtec? Might shed some light on the sitcheeayshun. Maybe you're anemic? I know after the CRAP I've been eating that I probably am. What I had today: oatmeal, coffee 1/3 c mashed potatos, small amt of squash, 1/4 c. chili cottage cheese & strawberries, granola on top 1/4 of a turkey wrap (got stuck), potato chips and ranch dressing vanilla froz yogurt cone Gee, I wonder why I'm not losing weight????????????? Gonna try to wean off of my Lexapro over the next few weeks. Wish me luck! It'd be nice to be off of meds. I have NO sex drive. I'm hoping it's the drugs and not a permanent state. Oy. I'm pooped. Nighty-night.

Perhaps because they're surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of MIDDLE SCHOOLERS???? I think I might be a tad bit on edge myself.

:willy_nilly:Why are days that you expect to be quiet and lazy usually just the opposite????

Haydee's hair is GORGEOUS! Don't do anything!!!

I use it! I have LOTS of hair but it is fine...so it needs something to give it body. I use just a teensy-weensy bit and it seems to help. Laura - thanks for reminding me...dd has been wanting me to go visit lolkatz for awhile now. That one is hilarious!

Oh, I remember those days Tracy....I would be at work and could KILL for some SF jello!! ANYTHING sweet!! Eventually it goes away and I was perfectly content as a low-carber for 2 years. HA! Those days are long gone! I practically live on carbs now.Carbs and cheese. Nice, eh? I wish you the best! I know I felt a lot better then...and my bloodwork was picture perfect!

Way to go Tracy!! Yep! Chicken juice would definitely ruin the cookies for me, too. Good job!:thumbup:

Hi Ya'll. Crazy weekend. I did have a looooong post for ya'll yesterday, complete with pics of my son in prom attire, then lost the post. Bah!!! Walked away in disgust. I started on Michelle's jewelry last night and am so excited about it! The cogs of creativity were churning and churning before i finally figured out what I wanted to do...and now the easy part...putting it all together! Can't wait to go home tonight and work on it. Mom's been adding a great deal of stress to my life for the last few days. I just don't know how people do this alone (Pamela, Judy & Suzie)!! I've got a whole staff at the nursing home PLUS my sister and I can still barely keep it together. Janie - since the old initial is her ex, I'm with Judy... GH. Gotta run...will be back later! XOXO

I don't exactly know what you mean by "the binder" but the band-aids covering my incisions gave me terrible fits!! I think that tender skin just didn't like the latex or whatever they're made from. Even after I took the bandaids off,it took a long time for the itching and redness to go away.

Thanks, guys. Hannah took that picture. DH is in the pic with me and it's actually good of both of us! That is WAY unusual. Jenn, yeah, you're pretty close on the activities...Saturday is toobin, lunch/relax, shopping, relax, dinner/relax, Gruene Hall or the bar that's on our B&B property, then relax some more. Sunday is check out by 11:00 (i think), head to SA, lunch at Mi Tiara in the mercado, check in to hotel, relax, Alamo, Riverwalk/relax, dinner, relax, ghost tour (for those who want), relax. Man, we're gonna be relaxed!!

YES! I always stay on mushies as much as possible for about 2 weeks after a fill....mine just keeps getting tighter and tighter then starts to level out.

Hi Vi's- Congratulations, Michelle! Let me know if there's something you have in mind that you'd like me to make....or if you want me to just wing it. Jenn - I'm really excited for you with this new job. Will your office always be in the same place or is it mobile? You're gonna have a blast with all those guys! I'm not feeling well today but just wanted to pop in to say HI! and tell Michelle congrats! I'll catch ya'll later.

See, what I wanna know is who was the first one to figure out that rubbing Maalox on it would help??? And WHY did they rub Maalox on it to begin with??? Same for the person who decided to squeeze a cow's udder and decide to drink what came out..... Doctors are more and more conservative about prescribing antibiotics these days. This MSRA bug is exactly why. Docs were writing scrips before you could blink and now we are suffering the consequences.

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Haydee - re your furniture.... I am not a huge fan of matching woods and/or styles. I think a mixture is best, otherwise it's too boring.

Hi ya'll! I'm finally done with the board meeting and can have a normal (?) life again. My weight this morning was 180.6. I think that is a 1# drop. That seems to be my monthly average now. 1#/month! 'Tis better than gaining. Kat, I sure hope i never make you mad.

I'm wearing 16's!! Me! me! Me!

ok......... just snorted coffee out my nose!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a LOT, judy!

Try your Gas-X chewable tabs that you have leftover from post-op! You have some of those, don't you? They work great.

If I had a nickel for everytime i heard this!.... Well, it certainly is something to consider and if you think there is an inkling of hope that you would not regain the weight, you should definitely do that! Surgery is a last resort for people who have been yo-yoing for most of their lives. Only you can answer these questions for yourself.