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Well Brandy, there are several mods--I am one. BUT I am not real active, I am not well versed on what is and what is not allowed as far as the advertising, and those usually get sent on to at least Susan to look into. They have mods who are extremely computer savvy, and tend to do that sort of thing, and then others more like myself who hang around to welcome new members and answer the ever present questions.....what is PB? Why can't I eat this anymore.....etc. I am sure in a perfect world, Alex would like us all to do all of the above.....but I usually send them on to Susan....or at least discuss it with the other mods before removing anything. Prior to going back to work, I was on several times per day and was much more active, but now, I get a few minutes a day is all. I will go now and look for the reported post!

Spent too long on the phone with the damned auto finance people at Wells Fargo to post-------I paid the car off, and they are still complaining that the pay off amount I was given, and paid over the phone is --get this.........a whole .46 cents short!!!! THEY gave me the exact amount I did it by debit over the phone---now they want me to pay the .46 cents. I told them to bill me so I could see what it was for!!! LOL cost them to do that--------morons!!! Now I gotta run! Love ya!

I want Terry's desert recipe and Judy's pasties recipe. I DO NOT want Pamela's pastie recipe----think I have had it before and the glue hurt!!! LMAO!!!! Jane, I love, love, love the hand cream!!! Rick wanted some.....I frowned, and he said nevermind, I felt so selfish!!! So I forced some on him, and he brought it to me and showed me a web address on the back of the tube, so we are going to log in and find where to buy it!! TY so much!!!! Laura, I don't think that is your uterus either.......not sure exactly what it IS.....but it is my understanding, that the uterus remains in position and is only cut as well.....could it be Carson, in a bent over position, before he gained color? I would be really interested in knowing, either from the Dr. or from a nurse.....Denise where are you?????? Well we are off to bed. See you girls tomorrow!

Heartfire--I had a friend who had a full blooded chow, Teaso, who tried to go under a barbed wire fence, and ripped his head open. She rushed him to the vet bleeding everywhere--and they shaved his head, so they could stitch him up. So here is this chow chow with 8 inch FULL thick hair everywhere except the top of his head, between his ears. It was the goofiest looking animal I had ever seen! He was so ashamed, he would hid his head under the ottoman in the LR!! Hadn't thought about that in years! Thanks for the laughs!!! I would have knocked the lady into the aisle the second time she rammed my sore foot. I would have shoved her basket so damned hard!!! My DH restrains me, or leaves when he knows restraint is not gonna happen. Usually that is only verbal disagreements....he slowly walks away!!! LOL Well......time to shower, and let DH bid on some things---I do not want to go get the lap top out of my car!! LOL----so lazy!!! I too sabotage myself----when y'all figure it out, let me know how to stop!!! Glad you are up and around again Susan!!

Me too Laura!!! I am totally into the gore!!! Part of what facinates me about my new job. Assisting with procedures is the best!!! Managed to finish my audit, and got some down time....caught up all my stuff, and the Dr. told me he was very happy with me! LOL, he is such a riot---the language barrier is really funny sometimes. Rick's hours were cut yet again. I was told today the reason for that is if and when he gets unemployment, they base it on the last quarter you worked, $$ wise. So they pay less because he has been making considerably less. Jerks! Tracy---I am glad that DH jumped on it quickly. Parenting teens is hard! There is such a fine line to walk, and it truly is like a tightrope, occasionally you slip and fall to one side or the other, everyone does! You have to be "friends" enough to keep the lines of communication open--but never forgetting that you are the parent first.....no fun! Good Luck with all that! I feel very lucky I got mine raised prior to the cell phones and Ipods, and MySpace.....! We had the pager.....the start of it all! And even that was pushing my meager budget with 3!!! Well, Rick is bidding on some things, so I am going to let him have this computer (rather than going out to the car to get the laptop!!!) and go take my shower. Will see y'all in the morning! XOXOXO

Running late------had to deal with helping the neighbor round up a runaway dog........fun! Wanted to say THANK YOU JANE!!!!!!!!!!! I got this amazing hand cream from her, used it once when I got home, then after my shower, I massaged it in my cuticles. My hands look soooooo much better this morning it is SHOCKING!! TY TY TY!!!! HUGS Will catch y'all this evening! Back to try to finish my audit. And I am alone today---today is the funeral for the little boy who was run over, so Desiree will not be there naturally. Will make the day fly by for sure! XOXOXO

I agree with both Fanny and Plain----this is not how you should be reacting! The meds are obviously not working, or you are pushing it too hard. My advice would be to find out based upon your weight what amount of liquid you need to avoid dehydration, and I would work to get that amount and that only for a couple of days. Let your stomach rest. Everytime you throw up, it swells and the iritation begins all over again. The goal should be not to throw up again. If that means surviving for a week or so on nutrtitious liquids, then do that! Drink some ensure, and broths, but keep it in small sips--and liquid ONLY until the swelling and irritation heal enough to try to handle soft mushy food, and slowly work your way up again. Right now it seems you are in an evil cycle of vomit and swell------and with Dr.'s who are not concerned enough about the situation.

I can sing it with you Jane!!! Loooong super busy day. Schedule was packed, and then we got hit with an audit from VSP---and a large part of VSP is medicaid. So there is certain criteria each chart must meet. So they sent us a list of 100 charts to pull, and they want a demographic of the pull, as well as checking to make sure each chart has 7 items that they require. Would be ok, but the receptionist is so immature, and sweet as she is, she is kinda flaky, so there are charts that do not pass---and the Dr. gets fined for that. So it is like preparing the bad news...... Kept me pushing to get things done all day long. Rick built my new patio set today while I was gone, I really like it a lot! We ate dinner out there. Grilled some steak, and had some green beans, and he had garlic bread. Was good, but getting chilly by the time we come in! Rick is really trying hard...he had dinner ready to go, he unloaded and reloaded the DW, made the bed, and folded the laundry in the dryer. He come and took me to lunch, and checked Manda's brakes. He said he is bored senseless with no one here!!! I guess next week or so he is going to keep Kinsey home from day care and they are going fishing. Then the next week he will take Connor. It is pretty comical, he literally ties the kids to him, uses an old 9ft. dog leash, runs it through his belt loop. then hooks the kid. When one of them forgets, it gets pretty funny!!! But should a little one fall in the river, he could fish them out!! He will still only do one at a time. We bought a small patio set for the porch---it is a square table, with 4 swivel rockers. I kicked my feet up on the porch, and rocked back, and could have seriously gone to sleep with no problem at all!!! Heather, be really careful!!! I know it was not something you meant to do, but that can be really scary! Glad to hear your sister and baby are doing well. Kinsey is feeling better today. She come over with Manda, while Rick checked her brakes. He said you could tell she was not 100% yet, she wanted Papa to sit and hold her in the new chairs. Pamela, work out for me too....k? And Judy ride a few miles for me too......I am sure I will feel better if y'all would just do that! Well, I need to go write out a few checks--I am so over doing that----but there are a few I still have to do. Terry----how goes the debt pay off??? If you are short --- I can help ya with some extra bills!!! LOL Laura, I would just try to avoid touching Carson's bottle nipples, or his hands and be sure to wash frequently....poor you, I know you are already sleep deprived......just take a few days and sleep whenever he does, just lie down, and let yourself heal. You will find someone to do the house, and it will work out....and be really careful, but kiss his little forehead for me!!! Will check in in the morning..... g'night all, hugs!!! XOXOXO

Heartfire, I totally understand what you are saying. I was a single Mom, and did daycare to support us. I loved kids, and I loved being able to be with mine as she grew, but there were times I was sooooo overwhelmed! Whining 24 hours a day it seemed! And my family and friends, thought I would appreciate some alone time with my DD so they didn't call or come by.....when in actuality I would have LOVED the adult interaction! I began taking classes, and working on my education when she was 3, and that made a huge difference. Part of it was me. When I could call on my Mom, or someone to take care of my DD so I could study or so I could go take a test---it felt different to me than just asking so I could have break from her. When there would have been nothing wrong with that! My true saving grace come when I got together with another day care provider, and agreed to do back up for one another. We KNEW how it was, and we would meet up at the local McDonalds and let our kids play in the evening and talk. And I would watch her daughter one evening in exchange for her watching mine. Giving me much needed alone time, from ALL kids! LOL And it refreshed me to the point of wanting all the kids back the next day. It is not something you are doing wrong----it is just a really hard job being a mom! If DD has many more episodes of peeing when she normally doesn't you might have her checked for a UTI----had that happen with several kids through the years. You might check with some of the local churches---some have Moms Day out times, where for very, very little---they provide day care. I do volunteer time at our churches Moms Day Out especially around Christmas time, so they can shop without kids etc. We literally charge a dollar an hour, and the money goes to supplies for the kids art projects, most of the "workers" are Moms who use the service themselves, or us Grandma's who remember how much it helped us. Nothing wrong with you, or your child......but aren't you glad there is only one....as opposed to say 8???? Hang in there.....

Good morning Violets, Right now it feels like a really good morning! I had the headache from hell last night. It was kind of hiding in my head all morning, and at lunch it hit HARD! I sent Kinsey home with my Mom, ended up losing my lunch and going to bed. Finally got up to try to take some Advil Cold and Sinus---the only thing that helps my sinus headaches---ate a steak finger, and lost it all, went back to bed at 7:30, and slept all night, got up about an hour ago. Misery! I was afraid to sit up this morning, but so far so good. I went ahead and tried to take another Advil, and am ever so slowly nipping at a bowl of oatmeal. But no headache yet----of course the wind has not started. I am sick of this! Wind + Blooming Lilacs are a terrible combo for me!! And the Dr. give me some samples to new Rx allergy eyedrops, and I used them, I am wondering if headache might not be partly a reaction from them.....needless to say I will not be using them today!!! Will give them to my Dad! The "book" I sent Laura was just one of those kind of oversized card books. It had little poems, and snippets of things, all relating to the newness of babies. It was not strictly for boys, but it was blue and when I saw it, I read a few entries, and made me remember when.....so thought she needed it! I was worried how it would make it through the mail, since it come with a standard envelope---glad it worked!! Rick is off fertilizing fields this morning--and no I do not mean he is out there squatting!!! LOL Then this afternoon we are going to go check on the patio set I wanted, but was too yucky to go do yesterday! Terry, Hero in the shower cracked me up! My dog Chelsea, would literally roll in the mud, knowing it would get her a bath. And if I had to say "go get in the bath tub" to Manda, the dog was off like a shot, thinking it was her turn! She figured out what b-a-t-h spelled and would hit the tub! She also knew how to spell hot dog.....crazy dog, I miss her still!! She LOVED being bathed, and dried, would have happily been bathed daily---even several times a day! Suzanne, my cat loved to sit on the side of the tub and swat at the water---splattering it everywhere. He developed an extra 18 legs all with deadly claws when you tried to dump him in the water tho!!!! Gotta go turn off Rick's political TV---he is gone! The only good thing about him being gone!! LOL Kinsey is an "I love you" kid! She will run from the other room, for a hug and an I love you, and is back to playing. She says it many. many times a day. My grandson is speech delayed, and just starting to really talk in detail, but is not a demonstrative kid in comparison. Manda still tells me she loves me before she leaves, or hangs up---or even when she is laughing at me!!! That kind is sort of like the Texans "bless your heart" thing.....like she is laughing that it is a good thing she loves me because I am hopeless!!! LOL----she has a kid, she will get it, I am not concerned! Son ALWAYS ends phone calls or visits with Love you.....but his wife doesn't, so will have to see what grandson eventually does. My SIL is home, and has to go back to CO tomorrow. She is not well yet---is strictly drinking warm, clear liquids. IF she is following Dr.s orders--so who knows. My other SIL called and left us a message that they want to do a spa day thing for my MIL for Mothers Day. PEdicure, facial, massage etc. That is SO NOT my MIL that I know, I totally laughed......she is 81 years old, hillbilly to the bone, modest as the day is long, has NEVER EVER even painted her nails---has never had a need to shave(yet claims there is no indian blood---her bone structure and lack of hair speak differently!), she is feminine, but not fussy---she has naturally gray hair, that is long, I mean seriously long, to her lower back. She twists it into a bun on top of her head, it comes down to bathe and shampoo only. She leaves it down while it dries, then up it goes. Every few months she has my DIL or I cut the ends even and then it goes right back up. She can put it up neat as a pin with no mirror--just her brush---which is probably a 50's or 60's style plastic bristle brush, and a handfull of bobby pins. She uses hand lotion. Period. Has never applied a bit of make up. She is seriously wrinkled (as I imagine we all will be at 80!), she spent years working outside in the garden and orchard. A spa day seems like silliness and a cop out. Rick and I have through the years bought both Moms large planters for their porches, and now each year, we buy the plants, and plant them for the Moms. We usually buy a small windchime, or wind wheel or something to go in them, but that is what we do. Now they want to change it and send her to the spa.......I told Rick to tell her put us in for $20----and we will do her flowers anyway. I swear they would buy anything if it keeps his other sister from having to come here more often! She much prefers cruises or other vacations. Which is fine, but at least try to fit the gift to the person. She might enjoy a spa day, but my MIL???? Sorry---vent over! Rick talked to a friend of his in Denver yesterday, and he is supposed to call me today sometime to discuss the band. He is about 5'7" or so, and had peaked at 350 pounds. He cut the beer (!) and has been seriously watching his food, and trying to exercise some, and has made it to 300. He has been going to school, since the auto industry cuts cost him his job. He is training to be a nurse. I had mentioned to Rick that a large number of nurses are banded---and he mentioned it to the friend. Told him about my success---so he is going to call and start researching. He already had a stent put in a heart valve when he was 30. He NEEDS to take care of it now! Gotta get dressed before someone thinks about stopping by and finds me sitting here in a sleep shirt........might scar as well as scare us both!!! XOXOXO

Dogs having seizures is not uncommon, they have many of the same ailments as humans.... And now you know, how the second you woke up, your first thought was your child! Welcome to that part of mommyhood!!! Yeah Terry, I figured I would let it lie for now, and if and when he calls me personally again, for any reason rather than just telling Rick----I am laying it out for him. Rick is not confrontational, nor is he a really jealous guy---but this would piss him off!!! Rick and I have been around each others exes, as well as people we have dated. But this guy just started giving off vibes like he thought it funny that we knew something Rick didn't. And Rick is 500 times the man he ever will be.....I refuse to be part of the laughing behind his back kind of thing. I had not seen this guy--Dave--in years, and we ran into him at the oilfield golf tourney--he made me feel great, told me I had not changed at all! He just did not ever see the change I went through----the gain of all the weight and then the loss of all the weight. He would be appalled by it----he would not be the kind of man who would look twice, and I think he would be horrified for anyone to know of our past if I still looked like that. When he first told me I had not changed at all, it was an amazing compliment. But the more I think about it---I HAVE changed, and deserve the credit for having changed in LOTS of ways. One being I would not put up with his crap these days, I am above it! So, I am ignoring him, and the BBQ--Rick has no plans to go, and he has not invited him here, he just shows up when he sees a group here usually! So....Rick knows,I am not concerned with that---I have nothing to worry about him saying something to Rick. Now, I am in the process of coming up with some humorous yet a bit of a put down on him kind of response should he ever decide to "open up" when all the crew we ride with is here. It is kind of a shame, because he is a funny, fun kind of guy! He is outgoing, and generous, and always willing to help out people when they are doing something. He helped friends move, painted their cars---all kinds of things. He is part owner of a glass shop, I have no idea how much he gave away. But he also liked to party-- A LOT---and sleep with my friend! LOL Which in the end was good, I moved on, and have Rick. But if he would be normal, I would not have issue with him. Took my Mom to town, avoided the cell place, there was a wait time of 90 minutes. I have a massive headache---allergies I believe, the lilacs are begining. I use allergy eye drops, but the sinus pressure is tremendous! My head hurts so bad, my stomach is sick......so we come home. She took Kinsey, and I am going to lay down. Will talk to y'all soon

I always did my "notebook" weigh in and measurements every other Saturday. But I weighed every morning! And celebrated those lows!!! Slim--------you MADE it!!! It might bounce back up there, but the point is you know you did it and can do it again, and WILL do it again!!! Yay You!!!! Shaving is a thing of the past for me. I lost everything---down to my eyelashes with chemo, and amazingly----not much grew back except whats on my head! I do have lashes again, and very fine occasional hairs on my arms....I shave my legs once a month or less, just in case I get a stray there--pits the same. Other areas just didn't grow back----so it is not a choice, it just is what it is. Makes life simpler! And DH is not turned off by it, nor is he a pervert----he realizes it is not something I chose either, and he chose to be happy about it!! SIL is out of the hospital, not doing well. She is limited to warm, clear liquids, and she goes back on Monday. Well I have a full day of errands and work to do if I want a lazy one tomorrow! Everyone have a fun weekend!!!

Good morning! Going to grab a second of Violet time while Kinsey is taking in Strawberry Shortcake!! She was with her Mommy last week, and they stopped at a yard sale, and now that is what she wants to do! Manda and I have an account at a used book store here, and so we always try to buy books at the yard sales to use for trade credit. The way we both read, it keeps it affordable!!! But to Kinsey it was a treasure trove!!! I guess now she thinks ALL yardsales have Barbie dolls and little girls purses---which is what she bought last week!!! I need to take my Mom to town, to get some things done. Not fun stuff either. She needs to go to the cell phone store...the wait there could be forever! Then she has to buy a birthday gift for my cousins little girl who will be 5----so that means time in the toy dept. with a 4 year old!!! She is good, but she will want something for sure!! Personally....or should I say "purse-anally" I want to shop for a new purse and get my pedicure and come home and spend time with Rick when he gets off. So hoping Mom is ready to go SOON!! Rick and I want to go to Home Depot to check out a patio set I liked.....so looks like it will be a day of running around. Manda will want the girl back fairly early today too---she works all week as well, so wants to spend time with her. And they already planned to take her to see the Earth Movie so guess I won't. I do not need the popcorn anyway. My scale is already stuck and not moving, guess that means I need to be....moving that is!!! Pamela your Italy vacation sounds wonderful!!! I know what you mean about finding the little places that are less touristy! That was one of the best things about Manda living in Hawaii, we went to some of the greatest little holes in the wall!!! Suzanne, I know how difficult it was for you to participate in your cousins funeral, but it was the last thing you could do for her in a way, and I know how much it meant to the family. My cousin read my Grandma's eulogy. We wrote it together, but there was no way I could have done it the justice she did....I would have blubbered my way through. I can see Judy tending bar......double shot for Haydee!!! OOoops sorry, you can't hold Carson!!! Oh mix that one strong for Jane.....awwww sorry you can't hold Carson either!!! Here hand this pitcher to Terry and Kat!!! LOL Shame on you Judy!! How funny! I shared this story with Tracy....I'll try to keep it short. One day Rick come riding home last fall with a guy he met through work with him--they were going to do some carb work on the guys bike. Well much to my surprise, and I honestly believe his at the time.....it was someone from my past! We acknowledged knowing each other--and left it at that. This guy was more than a friend. He actually proposed to me at one point.....and we were "REALLY" close. I let it go and hoped that it was a one time show up and over. But it hasn't been, he keeps popping back up. So awhile back, he was joking with me in a way that I think Rick finally picked up that this was someone I had more than "met"---so I took advantage of the opening, and told Rick, I knew his friend quite well, and did he really want to know how well??? He declined, and has tried pushing the guy back, to where he quits just showing up etc. Well he called a little bit ago---Rick I mean---to tell me that the guy called him out of the blue this morning, and invited us to a BBQ at his place. And said it seemed like he knew why the distance was there, because he assured Rick that his girlfriend would be there. So???? I told Rick "go, but I'm not" he said he only told me so I would not think he was keeping the invite away from me, and he didn't care to go either. So just now the guy calls me here at home, he knows Rick is at work, he just talked to him. To tell ME about the BBQ---he said he wanted me to know he would never say anything to Rick. I told him I already told Rick everything anyway---he trusts me with reason. Trust was a major issue between the old guy and I. He just laughed! So now.....I know I need to tell Rick that he called here too---but then Rick is going to be wanting to call him out on it, and I would prefer to just cold shoulder him out of our lives again.......I do not want this to make my weekend crappy! Why can't the past stay in the past??? Well Strawberry Shortcake is over, so it is time to get going! Will be back in later---everyone have a fun day!!! XOXOXOX

What a good time it looks like y'all had!!! I saw Carsons pic on facebook too, and he is just precious!!! I made and ate part of a chili rellano, and I am soooo miserable. Not sure if I didn't chew well enough, or if the heat is too much in my pouch or what, but it is uncomfy. Guess I am going to have to go steal my granddaughter back! My folks come by to see her too, and she went to dinner with them, then out to their place....no fair!!! In all honesty we were invited to but the rellanos were a done deal by then so.....just Kinsey went. Will check in with y'all laters!!!

Octomom was on TV this morning, but I was preparing to leave for work. I was wondering if all the babies were home and healthy yet....anyone know?

If I pee and it results in a weight loss---it's MINE!!!!!!!!!!!! As for the patchouli.....no thanks. There are many scents I really love, but I cannot stand them strong---if you smell like you marinated as opposed to misting, then it is too much! Thinking about taking my granddaughter to see Earth the movie this weekend----afraid it might still be a bit over her head, but she loves animals......and Granny loves popcorn!!! LOL No notifications here either.....will have to go see why. My son got in the biggest trouble ever on the bus as a kid for telling the driver to put his arm down....when they went past a dead skunk on the road. The driver totally blew it out of proportion, he refused to allow him back on the bus.....was a totaly mess. Yes son was rude, and I had no issue with him getting a bus slip....but come on, he was a 4th grader----bathroom humor, farts, odors----that is what boys laugh at! Punishment was more to us than the son!!! So anyway ever since, when we smell a skunk the entire family says.....Ewwww Mr. Dennis!!!!! LOL And while son was rude he grew up to know better than to say those things, and is not in prison like Mr. Dennis predicted....ggggrrrrrrrr!!!

You all 3 look so good------I too would have loved to be able to go!!! Lucky you guys!! Laura, I remember reading not too long ago that they are suggesting an inclined sleep for babies, thinking it lessens ear infections. I know they recommend feeding at an incline, and now even sleeping----so whatever it takes!!! Terry, I get paid every Monday. It IS kinda nice!! We had a schedule of paying bills twice a month--so I am just dumping mine in to the savings account right now---just to keep from nickel and diming it away. So we can bolster up the finances if he gets laid off. It is improving in NM as far as getting unemployment started but it is still a wait, so.....trying to plan ahead just incase. As for my new grandson.....we get to see him when we make an appointment basically. We call and there is always a reason it would be better another day. If we call Abbey at work, we get to talk to her, otherwise he answers the phone every time, and she is always busy with the baby and has to call us back. We go over every couple of weeks. He is growing, and is cute as can be. They had a new pic on the shelf so I ask about them, but they didn't have anymore....so I said I would pay for pictures if she would either take him, or let me take him. She said she would try to, and actually said maybe she could meet me at the mall on Saturday---------He quickly ended that plan....and no others were made. Other than the pics we have taken when SOL allows it (he does not want flash used) we have none. It is about to the point it is easier to give up than to fight. Please keep my neighbor in your prayers---his name is "Red" they found out today he has throat cancer, and likely lung cancer. He and his wife are of course devastated. He goes to the VA clinic, and there is no VA clinic with cancer treatment here, so he has to go to Albq. which is a really long drive when you feel bad. She is unable to drive. Sad. He is a really nice guy, and good friends with Rick. As for the little boy who was run over, it was his Great Uncle that hit him. The uncle boards horses at their place, so he drives over and throws them hay etc. Well he usually takes an apple, and he uses his pocket knife, and cuts slices for the horses, and if they had Sammy out, he would give him a slice. Well the weather had warmed up, so the big outside door was open, just the screen closed, and his Mom saw her uncle pull up and she told him "ok let me get my shoes, and she walked in and got her shoes, and stopped to pee, and when she walked back in the LR Sammy was not there, but she did not think he could open the door--and he did. All winter it had been behind the big wood door, so no one knew. Well he walked out behind his Uncles truck, and no one knew he was there. The uncle thought he hit the edge of the cement on the patio, then when he got further back, where he was going to park and go in and say hi to his niece and the baby---he saw the boy. At this time Desiree the girl I work with says both Mom and Uncle are just all but suicidal, they are of course beyond grief, anyone would be. All parties involved were doing everyday mundane things--that they did on a regular basis....just the change in temperature, caused the door to be accessible by the boy. My family had something similar happen to a cousin, and it is beyond tragic. Well my girl is here!!!! YAY!!! Going to go make some GAK with her, and will be back in awhile!

Running late here this morning, was cold and I didn't wanna get out of bed!!! You TX girls have a blast today----I am VERY jealous!!! Going to be a busy day---the receptionist is gone again. Her best friend that comes by frequently, lost her 19 month old son night before last. He was run over by a family friend who did not know he had come out and was behind the truck. So she is with her friend. I understand that, and have no issue filling in for her while she attends to such sad business. Becky's boys have always been just like my own---I would be there no question, so feel like she should as well. I will check in tonight. Tracy---just smile!!! Take the pics! And I don't even wanna talk about "perky"..............sigh......

We are off to dinner with DD and her friend who is here from Kansas...sure do hope he finds a good job here, I would like to see them as more than friends!!! But I am not interfering!! LOL Laura he is adorable! Heather I cannot imagine how tiny your new nephew is! Kinsey was a 4 pounder and in her first pics, where they were diapering her, you could hardly tell the difference in Moms fingers and Kinsey's legs! I did day care for a little girl who was 1 pound and 7 ounces at birth! She was one of the first babies in the country to have surfactant used in her lungs, to help them mature. She is graduating high school next year, is doing so from all accelerated classes, has a soccer scholarship, and has done a shadowing mentorship with a physical therapist....she plans on being a Dr. She has no physical or mental handicaps from her prematurity. She was born at 26 weeks! They named her Tyne because she was so Tiny! She is now 5'5" and curvy, and beautiful!!! When she was born her little head was about the size of a walnut! Kids are here, time to go eat--------BBL

Talked to Tracy--we solved the problems of the world....just not all of our own!!! Yep gotta love the inventor of the baby swing!!! And if he likes to try to focus on something, the ones with the built in mobiles are great----but just wait---you WILL eventually be carefully lifting him out and bang his head----I did, but they all survived!! LOL I am off to town to do a couple of things before heading to work. No cappucino today! YAY!!! Gonna take a big Sonic iced tea to work.....and a yogurt to snack on, because it is too early to eat lunch before, but I am hungry before dinner......wierd hours today. But we accomplish a lot. Will see y'all later!

Coming here to vent is safe! It is one of those life lessons, that while YOU can say whatever you are feeling about your family or friends...NO ONE else can! When you rag on them it is venting, when someone else does it, it gets personal!!! If I complain about his parents to DH, he either gets mad at them....or me. No win!!! I would be the same if he was complaining about mine!! When I come here and vent---no one is insulted, we can laugh about the insensitive comments, and it helps keep them in perspective for me! Plus you guys often make me think about things in a different manner than I was in the beginning. Sometimes I am just too close to it, or letting the past color what has been said or done. There is a lot to be said for keeping peace!!! Plus, while I do complain about them, I know I am really lucky in having the ones I do have!! Thanks for sharing my payoff happy with me!!!

Good Morning! Tracy, so sorry Miss Macy is sick. Wish I could snap my fingers and make her better! Judy, we had fair luck with Connor, by teaching him to pee standing up first, and then working on the rest!!! Once peeing became fun---then the bathroom/potty stuff was pretty easy. We took fruit loops, and tossed half a dozen in the toilet---where they float, and Daddy taught him to try to sink them!!! LOL They turn to mush, so there is not a problem with the flushing of them. It made him want to go try it. He mastered that pretty quickly. We went to the store and bought a step stool, and a package of stickers and let him decorate the stool, so he knew it was his to use. Then once he got it we made a deal with him---if he did not potty in his pants we would go buy a toy!!! Our biggest issue was getting Mom and Dad on board. It was just easier to change diapers. Messy pants on a kid that size was NOT easier. It made me gag!!!! LOL Good Luck with it......my Mom had trouble with my brother training, she said she thought she would have to send him to school with 2 lunch boxes, one with lunch and one with diapers!!! I'm really jealous of the TX Violets too!!! Pamela, I am sure you feel crummy. The infection ends up circulating throughout your body, and the antibiotics can make you feel pretty bad on their own. Suzanne has a point with the strong antibiotics, you might want to add a dose of acidopholus to your pill popping, or at least eat some yogurt. Hope Mom does well with her surgery Michelle---drive safe!!! Haydee, sorry family issues are plaguing you----not much worse. I had a woman come in yesterday I have known my entire life. We grew up a few blocks apart, and our brothers were friends as kids. So while she and I were never close, we have always been friendly. She come in and dropped some glasses off of her DD's and was saying she decided to let her hair go gray----so was thinking of different glasses yadda, yadda, yadda. So she is telling me she is under lots of stress. I ask if everything was ok....and in a very calm---almost rehearsed sounding voice she tells me "Well my Dad is bad, his dementia is so advanced he doesn't know any of us, and my Mom needs me to come help, but my DD and her baby just moved back in with us, and she is working split shifts so I take care of the baby, and my son is in jail, he's been there for 2 weeks, charged with a class 5 felony, he cut a girls throat, so I just decided I don't have time or the energy to worry about dying my hair." You could have knocked me over with a feather!!! OMG I cannot imagine my son doing something like that. Maybe the issue is that as mad as he gets at his wife sometimes I am afraid to imagine it. But I would be non functioning upset I think. And while I would not be the one who did it, I would be embarrassed by it---I cannot imagine having the matter of fact attitude she did. I mean he is headed for serious time I would imagine! So......I am thanking my lucky stars that my son being in a impending divorce situation is not the end of the world---it COULD be much worse. Hope your problems pale in comparison too Haydee. My weight is soooooo irritating! It is dropping off so much slower than I hoped!! I know I could increase it with exercise. But time and energy are in my way! I am on my feet a lot through the day---easily 70% of the time. I eat usually just a couple of times a day---lunch and dinner, and I am trying to keep them healthy choices. I am so tight in the morning, that to eat is difficult, because when I go in, if I spend any time dealing with files, I am bending, and I feel my Breakfast wanting to come back up then! So.....instead I drink calories----guess that is what I will give up! The weather is getting warmer, so that should be easy enough to give up my cappucino!!! I have some of the low cal/low carb Fuze drinks, I can take with me in the morning, and will try to push the Water, see if I cannot get this weight back off. I know many things I could do to help, but I want to try to be realistic in how I want my life to be. Girls I just have one question...... Why were we born so doggone beautiful instead of thin??????? Paid off my car a few minutes ago!!! Feels so good! They were sooooo rude on the phone I ended up letting them make me mad and almost lost my "happy" over it!!! She told me that it would be $10.00 to pay it over the phone, that my usual bank transfer through bill pay will not work for a pay off. If I mail it I need to add .13 cents a day for interest between now and when it is received, and if the amount does not cover---like if I paid the .13 for 7 days and it took 8--then they do not accept the partial payment----but they also do not refund over payments. She was just snotty in her manner! I refused to talk to her, told her I wanted to speak to her supervisor! When he got on the phone, I told him I had paid regularly and timely, and now that I was not going to be a customer anymore, they were going to treat me hatefully? He waived the $10.00 and it is paid off!!! The rude attitude is what made me close my personal bank account with Wells Fargo here, and I cannot tell you how many rude ones I encountered while paying off this car. But no more!!! YAY!!! Well, I am going to get some housework done.....not sure about calling Tracy with a sick kiddo....... See y'all this evening!

My DH is very good to his Mom, and in fact the way he treated his parents was one of the things that I fell in love with. But he too gets furious with them!!! They are very caring people, insensitive at times, and demanding of attention quite frequently---but they are both over 80 years old, and they managed to raise my DH just the way I like him!!! They have extremely high expectations....they do not drink, they do not curse, and they think all of their children share the convictions, and are perfect! None of which is true!!! But to be truthful with them hurts them not us, so we simply let them have their delusions!!! When I need to complain about my MIL I come to LBT!!! Keeps familial peace to whine to y'all rather than them!!! But I don't have the in your face issues that slim has! Anyone feel like celebrating with me? I just paid off my car!!! LOL----now we do not have a single car payment! And it is going to stay that way! First of all I love my car, and am not ready to get rid of it, and secondly with DH's job being dangled like a carrot in front of his nose, and threatened every day---it will be a relief not to have any extra payments. The house is paid for---they cannot put us on the street. And now all our vehicles are ours....so step by step we are getting out of debt, and hoping to stay that way! Better go get ready for work. Make it a great day everyone!

Hi girls~ Suzanne, big hugs to you as you go through this terrible ordeal....I wish I had magic words to make it feel better. Know I will be thinking of you and the family left behind. It always makes me feel better when I think of what they said about my Grandpa closing his eyes here on earth and opening them in heaven....knowing he was better made me feel better. He had lost a couple of fingers in an accident years before I was born, so Manda was thrilled because she just knew in heaven her Grandaddy had his fingers back! Sometimes the kids view of things makes it better. Laura, I know it feels overwhelming! So sorry. One thing I wondered when I read your posts----was if you had tried swaddling Carson outside of the bili bed? Kinsey had to be wrapped like a little burrito or she did not sleep at ALL!!! When you said you buckle him down......made me wonder about swaddling maybe helping. I noticed in the nursery, the nurses swaddled the babies pretty snuggly when the grandkids were born..... We used to swaddle Kinsey, and lay her little bouncer chair under the ceiling fan and she would zone out like that and boom she would be asleep!!! I hear ya on the nipple thing Terry! Some women nurse without issue, I was not one! I do not think my DD suffered, she is intelligent, and was not sick more than any other kid....once the tonsils went. The formulas they have out now have raised many a child without detriment.....if it happens that you cannot feed him enough, it is what it is....what it is NOT is a failure! I refuse to believe Terry, and Kris and I are all failures!!! LOL TracyK----I will be home til late morning....I have to make a couple of phone calls, so if I do not answer---I will call back. I have to call to get the final pay off on my car!!! YAY!!! Then I need to make a couple of other calls to pay crap---so if I am crying and sobbing when I call, you will realize how poor I feel after all that!!! My SIL is still in the hospital----and looks like she will be through the weekend, but is hoping to come home on Monday----so I am going to try to talk MIL into waiting. I hate the wear and tear and cost of fuel if she is going to be home in a day or so anyway! Jane, I hear ya----my stylist said she has lost major business after a couple of moves. she lost her place in the original salon when the owner sold and the new owner wanted all young stylists. She has moved 2 times now, and is very unhappy----no place feels like home, and she was so used to working in a certain way that to have to change is hard for her. Is Charlie in serious trouble financially or was it because he was just being lazy that the bill wasn't paid? Glad the knee is feeling better Terry--what will poor Hero do if you cannot go to the dog park this weekend??? Kinsey is coming to spend Friday night with me. I am having some major withdrawals, so is she, she called me 2 times tonight. Poor love. But she loves school. She goes hard all day tho, she tells me tonight, "I am tired, I am tired and whiny, and Mommy is not happy about it!" Cracked me up. She was on her way to bed, which is just what she needed! Pamela, hoping the UTI is better! They used to give Manda a RX for her pain that colored everything, Peridiam or something I think, but now you can get it otc as well----which is a major help if it happens over a weekend. Judy--hope the rain goes away...and comes again another day!!! Like in August!! Well I have not got everyone, but I am being called away.....DH has to show me something. The meteor shower was awesome, we loved it. Spent from 3AM to about 4:15 AM in the yard. When we got out of the swing, I was frozen and stiff, and feeling VERY old!! Worth it tho!!! Will catch the rest of you in the morning I hope!!! Hugs to you all!!!!

Well they refer to UTI's often as the Honeymoon Flu....increased activity will often bring one on!!! LOL It is suggested to pee before and immediately following sexual activity to clear the urethra of invading bacteria, that get involved during sexual activity! If you are prone to them, they suggest no bubble baths, no hot tubs, short quick baths, showers preferrable, white cotton crotched panties, white unscented toilet tissue, no scented panty liners etc. And as always to wipe front to back....not the other way around. My DD has only one functioning kidney and when she would get a UTI, it was urgent, and we went through all the guidelines at each visit. Drink LOTS of water and cranberry juice---real juice not cocktail, as well as the cranberry pills do help, they keep the lining of the kidneys slick, so bacteria does not adhere so easily. So happy you liked your flowers and that they came at a time you needed them!!! Hope you feel better really quickly. Take it very easy, and know we love you and are thinking of you. Tracy, I know that feeling....I remember Manda. Poor Macy!!! I would have been frothing at the bit, not being able to get on to LBT today. I have not done a bit of moderating lately so have no idea what the problem might have been. I come home and got the water going again, Rick will be so happy!!! The receptionist, once again did not show up, so it was a busy, busy day!!! I have been wracking my brain....I know soon they will be asking if I know of anyone looking for work. Not sure of any that I would want to either recommend nor work with on a daily basis!!! My friends DIL is looking and has already ask----but if they think the receptionist now is not reliable, I don't think they would be impressed with her!!! LOL Think I will just stay out of it, and let them hunt someone up! We mixed up the filling for a chicken pot pie last night, so only had to dump it in the crust,make the top, and now have it baking. No change with SIL.....with them doing nothing, I believe they expect it is swelling. I feel if it was something they were really concerned with, they would be doing more than observing. My MIL is somewhat dramatic, as you might have guessed!!! Will have to call and ask this evening, or she will be mad at us. The other siblings went to visit her---but they are only 2 hours away-----we are 6 hours away one direction. But she has already ask us to take her if she is still in this weekend. Hope she is home, that is a loooooong day 6 hours there, 2-3 visiting, then another 6 home! So much for days off!!! Jane TY for the suggestions, and the offer of some hand cream, I am just going nuts, they stay so dry. They keep hand cream, but it is some designer stuff the Office manager bought, even she doesn't care for it, but we have to use it up!!! LOL Well Rick is home, we are going to get some things done in the yard, while we have light. Then go to bed early, so we can get up early and watch the meteors!!!! Will try to check in later, if not.....Huggles to everyone!!!