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Fire??? No I don't remember fire.....do tell! Terry, my MIL is a bit (ok more than a bit) like Granny Clampett off of Beverly Hillbillies!!! Minus the gun and the naughty language, she feels she is above both!!! No the van door will close with the auto close turned off, it is simply manual----something he did not know he could do--and got physical with it instead!!! I am off to bed---my body still hurts----just my torso not my chest, or my limbs----so wierd. Will check in tomorrow!! XOXOX

I'm not eating much of anything today. I hurt. I cannot pinpoint where. It is just my torso---on the inside, and including my back. If I breathe in really deep---it hurts in my stomach area...to push on it it just feels sore. Like everything inside is swollen, and it hurts when it is squished, whether by pushing or by pressure of a big breath. My back hurts seriously----skeleton and muscles both feel affected, and the pain hurts through to my back. food is going down, slow as usual, I can drink without issue, and it does not affect the pain to either eat or drink. I have been to the bathroom.....so I have no clue, but it hurts like heck, and I am exhuasted, I could go to sleep right now. But I can't we have Connor. My DIL found out I was not working, and saw herself saving $20 bucks.....and I love having him. I sound like a horrid Granny, I just don't feel up to doing anything with him. So he is outside helping Papa. He keeps asking me to go ride a horse please. I took him riding a couple of weeks ago and he loved it! I was going to tell you Judy----Manda went to a party at a work associates house, his name is Grady! He has miniature horses and donkeys---and told Kinsey when the weather warms up she can come and ride the horses. So every day she asks if "Gravy" called and can she go ride the little horses!!! Always makes me think of your little "Gravy". So Suzanne is the goal you are going to reach the 25 pounds on your ticker? Will that make a special goal happen? You referred to a special goal I thought......maybe I am just confused!!! A state I live in frequently! My DH broke my van door. It has the auto sliders, and one door did not want to stay closed, it would close, and pop just enough to make the alarm go off non stop. He opened and closed it a few dozen times, using all the available closing options---the key fob, the overhead button, the button on the side panel, pulling the door......and it kept popping. Eventually he lost his temper, and slammed it....pretty hard I am guessing, and it broke the latch. So he is having to order one, and the guy said they are really hard to get positioned just in the right place to work correctly----so being me, I said, that was probably all that was wrong the first time----he give me the evil eye!!! LOL!!! I have had trouble with the door before as well, but I think his Mom used it to leverage in and out of the back of the van, and misaligned something.....but now he gets to have the fun of fixing it. We went to take her some things she forgot in the van, and she give me the card from her camera, wanting me to burn the pics to disc. But she says don't keep the ones of Brett, delete them. I tell her I don't know Brett. She insists I do! It is my SIL's nephew on her DH's side I understand, but I have never met the kid. She bowed up and clamped her teeth shut and talked to me through the clenched teeth telling me I have pictures of you opening a birthday gift at that party---you WERE there! About that time Rick walked in, and he says he has never met Brett either. His Mom was about to have a coronary. She snatched the camera and hunted till she found a picture of him, and I repeated I had never seen the guy before. She hunts and hunts and cannot find hide nor hair of Rick or I at that party. Rick tells her, remember my sister doesn't include me lots of the time. OMG she was soooooo mad!!! Then my DIL tells her, they weren't there, they come to the birthday party in Aug. but not in Sept. cuz Kat had surgery in Sept. (oh yeah!!!) and her she believed....Rick and I just pissed her off disagreeing with her, but DIL said it and it was gospel!!! Grrrrrrrr soooooooooo glad I was not cooped up with her negativity in TX!!! Well I am going to go check on the steak I have marinating. I am not eating, but Rick can! No Sugar.....easy peasy today!!! XXOXOXO

Hey girls, Dr. is at a conference, and I went in checked my labs, called results, and left!!! He will be seeing patients from 3 to 4:40--but they said they would be fine, for me to enjoy my DH being home------so I am!! Was SO incredibly good to see him pull up!!!! Will check in later!!!

The question is.....without the interviews and questions how do you expect them to KNOW which cases are the "REAL" abuse cases? Are they to consult their magic 8 ball??? It might have been a pretend cigarette, but it was an open fire held by a child, who could have literally burnt the house down, as well as allowing the burning paper to drop on the 4 year olds head, causing them to catch fire. Yes it might have been a stupid show off prank, but it was putting the 4 year old in danger. As well as anyone else in the vicinity. Without looking into cases like this----how are the social workers to know? And yes I do think it should have been looked into. Same as every move Nadya has made needs to be looked in to.

I'm sorry, you're right, and if you feel like it needs to be said, and your position in regards to it, you are fully entitled. I meant nothing personal with it. Please accept my apologies. Kat

alabubba------would you consider editing your post so as not to give away the 7 pounds movie basis---there are lots of people waiting to see it, and everyone is trying really hard not to give it away. I know going into the movie, if I had had any idea of what it was, it would have colored my perception of it. PLEASE continue to leave your feedback on the movies tho!!!

Good morning! I talked to Rick a little while ago, and he is well on his way home!!! He called from Muleshoe which is not far from the TX NM border!!! He should be home by 4-5 this afternoon, I AM SO HAPPY!!! I also got the news that my newest grandchild due in August, will be another boy! Right now she thinks his name is going to be Caden, but that is subject to change....life is changing some right now. Tracy---I have been wanting to talk to you too! I am really enjoying my job as a whole, but I also liked having my time to do what I wanted WHEN I wanted, not around a second schedule! Like talk to you!!! I told Tracy about a situation I found myself in, that I was unsure how to handle. And I need new Tracy advice....I won't go into it here, because as I have said before, I have followers, and while I no longer refuse to comment on them....I will not go into that part of my life here!!! LOL Tracy, I think in the last 2 years, Macy is definitely looking more like you. As she moves out of the toddler look, and is looking older, she looks more like you. Now put in a Daddy line up, Frank would definitley be picked as her Daddy!!! She is a wonderful blend of the 2 of you! My DD Manda, everyone says looks like me. And in many ways she does. But then I see her with the kids from her Dads second marriage, and she could be full blooded siblings with them, and yet none of them "look" like their Dad. Wierd! She got the lack of a chin from her Dad (too bad, I didn't realize he also lacked a backbone at the time!)---and her nose is her Dad, she has my eyes, and hair, build etc, but she walks just like her Dad, I always was trying to train her out of the penguin walk---succeeded pretty well!!! LOL I think she too is a combination of the best of both. But know EXACTLY what you mean about wanting her to look like you. Manda's ex husbands best friends Mom is someone we run into ALL the time it seems and she ALWAYS says in regards to Kinsey "Oh she is so beautiful, she looks just like her Daddy", leaving the feeling that she is sure glad she doesn't look like her Mom. I always say, wow you are the only one, including Jason's Mom who sees that! We are going out to dinner today. Lazy!!! Usually we try to do a family thing, but with Rick and his folks gone, it left it kind of up in the air. Then Kinsey leaves at 1:30---to go to her Dads.....so we are going to hide eggs until her Dad gets here, then we are going to go eat. It will just be my folks, my brother, Manda and I. Son is on a mini vacation at the river----is flirting with the notion of working things out with his wife. She is with him. As is Connor. And Abbey of course is not spending any holiday with her family---always his. House is clean, and I am soooo ready for Rick to get here!!! Going to have something ready for him to eat when he gets here, won't be Easter fare, but it WILL be home cookin'!!! Better get dressed!! Hope everyone has a happy and blessed Easter!

Michelle, try washing your hands with toothpaste. I have family in Washington state who own a fishery, and they have HUGE pump bottles of toothpaste, they use to wash their hands. It also took the skunk smell out of most of my dog----just her face stunk, because the toothpaste could not be near her eyes!!! Well Manda and I have been watching home videos for HOURS!!! We laughed and cried, and had a wonderful time. Kinsey was so confused!!! She kept saying there is me! It was Manda!!! So it is after midnight, and I am shutting down and going to bed. Rick will be home tomorrow night sometime! I am sooooooo glad!!! Will talk to you tomorrow. Well later today....in fact, let me be the first to wish you a Happy Easter Day! Love and hugs to all of you!

Wow, when I have restriction (like now!) scrambled eggs are a hard food for me to eat. My fill is going on 3 weeks, and my amounts are still really small, so I am trying really hard to make those small amount be healthy foods! I can do hard protein, such as roast beef or chicken---so I know I am not too tight, just seriously restricted again! After a year of NO restriction at all, this is an adjustment! But I have dropped about 7 pounds I'd say. Not weighing everyday---but it IS going down, thank goodness! Eggs have always been a slow go food for me if I have restriction, I think it is because they don't break down anymore than how you chew them. I have the same issue with mushrooms, and raw veggies, they are not something I can chew to a paste consistency. Glad you are feeling some change with your fill!! Time to go color eggs with my granddaughter!!

Home again. Kinsey and I just got back from the rodeo. What a night, full of happy times---Kinsey got to ride the ring a couple of times with the flag girls. Sad times---it was a memorial rodeo for a friends son. He was killed 6 years ago in November by a drunk driver, coming home from roping practice. He was a bare bronc rider, and they led a riderless bronc through the arena, and played a song, I cannot tell you who or what it was, but had many of us sobbing. Ty was a really cute, little 16 year old cowboy through and through---it was a terrible loss. His family owns the feed store down the road from me, and they are such a wonderful family. They had 3 kids, Ty was the oldest, then Coy who was born with Downs, and then Katie, Ty took such good care of Coy never letting anyone pick on him, and letting him hang with he and his friends. Somewhere up there Ty is smiling down at Coy, he is high functioning and now holds 3 jobs! Was hard to look at the other kids, and think that omg Ty would be that age! They do this rodeo and another Pee Wee rodeo later in the year, and all the money is turned into scholarships, for local kids. They raised $80K last year!! So Kinsey had a BLAST!! Riding in the arena was her dream! LOL She held the saddle horn with one hand and waved like crazy with the other----of course who knew----so I didn't have my camera!!! Did try with the phone, but was useless, and did not want to "miss" it trying to "get" it!! Becky took her grandson, and I took Kinsey and we had dinner, then went. Was a great night. Now Kinsey is sacked out in my bed! Manda is home --- but has the Dish guy coming to try to fix her satellite in the morning, then she is coming over for some egg coloring fun!! Judy you talking about the church services, it sounds very moving. Last week during Palm Sunday services, they had all the kids walking through the aisles of the church waving palm fronds. Was supposed to be a nice up and down wave. Which quickly turned into the boys using them as wings and trying to fly!!! Well I am off to bed.....got the fire going it was cold and windy when I come in. Durango which is 36 miles away---is expecting 10-18 inches of snow tonight! I want spring to get here and stay! Although with this working thing, my yard time is seriously limited!!!! Tonight I was TOTALLY jealous of Rick being in TX---he was off having catfish. REALLY good catfish! His Uncles family has a restaurant there, actually called a fish barn!!! They are only open on Fri & Sat and the specialty is all you can eat catfish, fries, hushpuppies, cole slaw, salad....they actually have chicken strips, and another non fish item on the buffet usually, or you can order steaks--but 9 out of 10 are there for the catfish!!! I would be too----and be moaning about not being able to eat as much as I wanted!!! And fish PB's are yucky as hell!!!! OK, my eyes are crossing, I will check in with y'all tomorrow. XOXOX

Hey girls- Another day closer to my honey coming home!!! He is having dinner at his Aunt & Uncles, and then he and his cousin are going hog hunting. They have the feral hogs tearing up fields, so they are gonna try to lower the hog population a bit. Rick is not a killer....so I hope Mike is better prepared than he is!! Mike lives there, and does so frequently, so I imagine Rick is along for the adventure!! He said he got into it BIG TIME with his folks over their attitude towards our son. I am officially glad I am not with them. He held his tongue much longer than I would have. He said his piece and no one has mentioned it since. I guess my son is spending the nights at his house, while the inlaws are gone---------according to what the DIL tells my MIL. She wants him back, and is bending over backwards for it....now. He is not admitting it to Manda, she was shocked to hear it, she thought he was finished. I am happy staying out of it. I would like to see his marriage work. But I am realistic enough to know even if she is trying now, it will not last, and the manipulations, and immaturity is not changing. So....while I want him to be responsible, I also hate to see him live an unhappy life. I am sure Judy knows exactly what I am talking about. Rick just called, no hogs.....we lose the connection EVERY time we try to talk! I hate that worse than I know how to tell you. I can deal with him being gone---however not being able to reach him, makes me FURIOUS!!! There is no excuse for it----they can communicate with people on Mars for crying out loud----but get a cell call through to central TX is impossible....ggrrrrrrrrr. Well, I am off to soak in some bubbles I think.....everyone have a great night!!!

GREAT article Ebony!!! 2 parents, with jobs, who agreed to a few class act interviews, a tasteful TV program, have college funds for their kids......what a CONTRAST!!!!

Well Jane....something in the neighborhood of uno mas dia......but unsure of the order or anything...I know one is uno, more is mas and day is dia!!!! Got my housework done. Missed Ricks call while I was in the shower...dammit! Tried to eat breakfast, and mornings are no good for me! Going to take a big ice tea to work, and some almonds for snacking while I do whatever today. No Dr. in. So labs, and dispensing if the up front girl doesn't show. Also have the computer people BACK AGAIN!!! And the phone people, are coming to change out some equipment. But for now, I am going to change out a load of laundry before I leave, so will see y'all tonight!!! hugs!!

Glouc---my grandaughter (who was 2-3 yo at the time) was in the house when my DH and SIL were dressing out the deer my SIL had shot. We had thought she was involved in cartoons, but out she barrelled and come to a screeching halt. Looked at the head on the ground and the body hanging---she lifts her hands palms up and says "broken". That was it!! No upset, no concern. Then a couple of weeks later going to my inlaws, a herd of about 15 deer run across the road in front of us, and she was so happy, she tells me "all better, not broken!" But I am kinda glad she didn't want to play with the legs!!! I have always thought rabbits feet were such a gross thing to carry around--they sure as hell were not lucky for the rabbit!!! Ebony, I was reading along, and thinking to myself, time to get a notebook and start documenting EVERYTHING!!! And something we were told during a nasty legal battle. If something comes up you want to have definitive proof of a date--write it out, and mail it to yourself. Then when it arrives DO NOT open it! IF ever you need the proof of when it was documented, the postmarked envelopes can be opened. When we were going through this battle, I refer to, we had a huge file full of things, and we referred to it as our "Sink Da Bitch" File!! And it worked pretty well too! Saved our ass many times in court! Been getting the old baptism by fire routine at work, I am in the back in the lab most of the time. But the receptionist left early yesterday and did not come in today, so I learned A LOT about the front end of the office today!! Was good tho, I enjoyed it, but look forward to hiding out in my lab again!! CC---My DD had to feed my DGD with a syringe for the first few days of her life, even once they got home, they dripped breast milk into her!!! She was a preemie, and at 4 pounds, her size when combined with my DD being overly endowed as well as engorged, they were not compatible, and she had no suck reflex, to even attempt to latch on. They had things they were shown to do, they dipped the pacifier in milk and within a couple of weeks she was eating like a pro!!! She did not have other health issues, she was just premature because my DD delveloped pre eclampsia, and the baby suffered intrauterine growth restriction. She developed, in ways such as her lungs were fine, she just quit growing in reaction to her Moms health. But she DID get the bleeding rash, and it was from the proteins in the milk she could not break down! Even tho it was breast milk, my DD had to quit ALL dairy---no butter, no cheese, nothing. When she did, the baby's system calmed down and the bloody stool, and rash eased. So maybe the soy will help him. I hope so, I will keep him in my prayers!!!

Well I understood most of Pamela's.....except I wasn't sure if is was a big test or what her students were doing!!! I know she is sleepy!!! All I knew in Haydee's was buenas noches!!!! When I say my Spanish is limited, I mean seriously limited!!! I know naughty words, and food words!!! LOL Another chaotic day, the receptionist did not come back today----but in its own way it was good, I was forced, and allowed to learn things, at my pace--where as when she is there, she is young and prefers just to do it and get it done as opposed to showing me or explaining. Now I feel pretty comfortable up front, and learned a lot. The Dr. told me today hiring me was the best ting (that is how he talks!) inna world he did!!! Made me feel great! They told me they would bump my pay at the end of 90 days, but I think they will do it sooner the way they were talking amongst themselves while I was calling lab results. I can hear his office well, which is normally a riot, he is in there jabbering a mile a minute in his native tongue----he is from Nigeria....so whatever, and he laughs all the time! And I walk by today, his office is only visible from the rear of the lab, so I walk by and he is laughing and has his shoes off and his bare feet propped up in the chair!!! He apologized saying he hoped it did not offend me! LOL Rick said he spent the day on the back hoe, pulling prickly pear cactus out of the fields, they are everywhere! Can't say as I missed that!! Usually he wants me to operate the hoe, and he breaks roots on the ground with a shovel, and I am scared to death I am going to do something wrong and hit him or something! I am not a heavy equipment operator------but I can and do do it!!! TracyKS---sorry you are having troubles. Sounds like you have been given lots of good advice. One thing for sure, does not sound as tho you have lost restriction does it??? You might try a little test and see if cold helps or hot helps the most. Once when I had plugged my stoma---with this is really gross, but with mucus when I was sick, hot made a HUGE difference. But when I had a bout with the stomach flu like virus and swelled everything up I sipped Sonic Slushes for 2 days and it made all the difference in the world! Do they make any kind of liquid type of Prilosec? I mean I know they have Mylanta, and such, maybe that would be easier? Hope you feel better soon, I know how scary it is, and how horrid it feels....especially the unknown!!! Laura, I was overdue with Manda as well, and she was 8lbs 11 oz. , they can monitor the babies size so much better these days, and they stay on top of it so much more than when your Mom and I had kids. When she was born, she had long hair, and long fingernails, her nails grew down over her fingerprints!!! (They grew perfectly normal after that!!!) They also will not let you labor for that long on induction without going for a c section. Times have changed with childbirth for the better in SOOOOO many ways. I went to the hospital at 7 AM in labor with Manda, contractions 5 minutes apart, and was only 1-2 cm dilated !! Contracted all day and was checked at about 3:45 PM and was at 5 cm. So I thought I was half way there....so counted and figured OMG another 8-9 hours to go!!! The nurse had not been gone long when I really began to hurt--prior to that it was like more pressure than pain---so I sent him out to get the nurse, and she was not happy!!! She tells me, we are probably going to have to roll you on your left side, but childbirth hurts, get ready for it! I was in pain, and wanted to take her head off! I kept telling her I needed to push, she ignored me, finally she decided to check when I couldn't roll to my side, and Manda had crowned--she was born at 4:18!!! So allllllllll day to get to 5 then within a half an hour I went to 10 and delivered! Everything your Mom and I went through would not be allowed to happen with todays technology. Makes me jealous, but so totally glad it is safer for you girls and the babies nowadays! Enjoy your last few days as a childless couple. Take some pictures of your belly!!! Maybe have someone take some of the 2 of you----so you have a before for the baby book with both you and Russell in them. I will have my cell in my desk at work--waiting to hear I am an Auntie again!!! Better find something to snack on or I will be like TracyKS, and eating too late!!! See ya in the morning, I go in late so will check in before leaving! XOXOX

She has proven time and time again, she needs to be watched. She does not react normally---in any situation I have seen her in, and yes I realize normal is different to every one. And saying they have no authority at all.....you were fostering someones kids who were taken away by them, perhaps they might have some sort of authority. She may have enough money to pay for private day care in her home, but are they going to go to the lengths to make these babies bond like the angels did? Without someone watching over the situation, she can spend the money hiring the 12 year old down the street to babysit! EVERYTHING in life has conditions---or strings, including this, and she NEEDS to be watched, and overseeing not only her but the wild 6 older kids. Still increasingly seems like disaster waiting to happen. Sadly it will be an innocent who suffers, not the guilty Mother.

I'm home, and with y'all wondering what was in Terry's certified letter!!! BUSY day. The receptionist is 23, and a few weeks pregnant. She had some spotting issues a couple of weeks ago, so they have been watching her hormone levels, and did an US, all was well. Then she got to work, and was cramping on her right side, and began spotting again. So she left---ended up that they saw a large cyst on her right ovary in the US, and it burst---due to the influx of hormones. Baby appears to be fine, so she will be back to work tomorrow. But it made today VERY chaotic!!! I am learning my lab quite well, but the front end stuff, was on the back burner.....til today!! Baptism by fire! Was kinda fun, and made the day fly by---and earned me brownie points to boot!! Manda called on the way home, and invited me to go eat Chinese with her and Kinsey. Kinsey and I shared a kids size almond chicken....and still had leftovers!!! Of course she ate enough rice for all 3 of us! And about 6 crab rangoon!! Manda and I neither one had rice, the waiter, in his broken english was teasing us about "no diet in a Wunnerful House allow!" The restaurant is Wonderful House, so he was telling us we could not diet. Too danged bad, I am not even going to think about rice, let alone attempt it!!! This fill is too new and too tight for rice, which was a slow go food even at the end when I had fill--there is no way in hell I'd try it now. Rick said they got the cattle tagged, and some de horned, and culled the ones for the sale yesterday---and apparantly overworked his 80+ year old Dad, and he was sick today! So today Rick is riding (4 wheeler) the fenceline, and making a to do list for tomorrow, he called me tonight from the DQ----traitor!!! There is no cell service on the ranch, it is in the middle of nowhere. Jane, I feel so guilty when I read your posts, because I am doing the same thing to Lori, my stylist, making my shaggy "do" do, a little longer in the effort to pinch a penny!!! My parents wanted me to go to the Passion Play with them tonight, I just wanted to veg, I think they were disappointed. Hate that. Yeah House threw me for a loop, I kept laying in bed thinking about it!!! I had a brother in law (half brother to my mean ex) that they say shot himself. They actually ruled it a suicide. Tommy had a disease that was a mile long name, but he had tumors growing, benign ones, all over the inside of his body, which left him extremely small (5'3") and crooked spined. His Dad had the same disease, only his tumors were on the outside, and as nice as he was, he was scary looking to be honest. Well the Mom was a psycho, and took the kids away from the real Dad (the one with the disease) while he was overseas in the service, and let her new husband adopt them. Well he sexually abused ALL the kids. And I think HE killed Tommy. They found Tommy in his apartment, locked (same as the show) shot in the chest with a RIFLE!!! The autopsy showed the bullet entered the body from up to 4 feet away. He was too small statured to even have held the rifle to his chest and pulled the trigger. His brothers argued the ruling, but they were both losers, and no one cared. Still kinda makes me sick to my stomach----and fear, having a child, kept me quiet! Crazy life my past was, for how mundane and normal it is now, I used to pray for boring. I love it! Well I am off to shower and research a knife for Rick. Will check in later maybe~~~if not then tomorrow! Gotta see what was in Terry's letter. Feel better my Ms TracyK!! XOXOX

No time, just stopping in to say I'll see you tonight!!! Yeah, still seems strange to me too Jenn!!! Suzanne---sounds wierd, but if you have a feed store anywhere close, go buy a small jar of DMSO---it is horse liniment--and rub a tiny bit on your knee. Not lots, but it is amazing how well it works!!! An old ranch hand convinced my Dad years ago to try it, and we swear by it!!! See ya tonight! XOXOXO

I don't think so Jane.....but I DARE ya to call and ask her!!!!!

Prayers said for baby Shane. G4E, the job is going great, I love it so far, I am VERY busy, and the time goes by fast. I had a fill 2 weeks ago today, and with working, I am not around to graze here and there! I keep something to sip on at my desk or in the lab, but nothing else!! The receptionist has cookies, or candy open on her desk all the time, and always offers, but I refuse, and refuse to EVER accept!!! LOL She is pregnant, she has lost 79 pounds over the last 2 years on WW---but is going hog wild with the pregnancy, like she has just cause now....I keep trying to nicely say she really does not have to eat for 2....especially since she is all of like 2 months pregnant!!! Susan, glad to see you!!! Will try to get over to FB and check on your adventure!!! My DH is a lot like Lu's. He buys me things, whether they be romantic or practical, at odd times. I know he will bring me something back from TX----but usually it is just any day. As for the "have to" holidays....we pretty much don't do them!! Our birthdays are 2 weeks apart, so we usually decide on something we would like, and go buy it together. Our Anniversary and Valentines Day we try to make plans to go somewhere, for a quick weekend trip. Sometimes he will surprise me by having a destination in mind, rather than us go back and forth with the "where should we go....I don't care" thing!!! Christmas, we always buy together, but we do stuff one anothers Christmas stockings and they have to be romantic, fun things. I love the trips...we might not have someTHING to show for them, but we have wonderful memories, and it is so nice to be away from the phones and duties of home for just a couple of days. We love going away that way....besides hotel/motel lovin' is ALWAYS fun!!! And in my opinion it beats the heck out of gravel in the driveway!!! ESPECIALLY when you are really hoping for a different kind of rock! Well it is time for a shower and bed! Will check in on all of you tomorrow night!!

I'm home, busy day. Had a looooooooong night, so was exhausted for working today. Got a call from my DIL last night that a car had rolled (as in accident rolled) off the hiway, through the fence and was on it's side in the alfalfa field. Of course the inlaws are with Rick in TX. So......got to deal with all that fun stuff, cops, and firefighters, and it was cold, so I come home wired to no end, could not sleep. Good thing is, we sold all the cattle here, so there was no need to restring fence in the middle of the night. Which I have had to do when they were gone before like this. I swear they put the word out, this is like the 4th time this has happened when they were in TX, and I was here to deal with it. Last time, the sherriffs deputy put me off and there was no police report---that time the cargo straps on a load of 18" pipe broke, and the pipe come through the fence into the field. So then the info the guy give me was false, so when my FIL come home, there was no contacting the guy to fix the fence, and then he waited til I was gone, and drove a big truck into the field to use the crane to pick up the pipe and broke irrigation lines. My FIL was majorly pissed off at me over how I let it slide. So this time, I told the cop in no uncertain terms I wanted a report filed so insurance could be dealt with. He complied.....but the guy went to the hospital to be checked out, then I think he was headed to jail. So....left me in a daze at work all day! Job is still good, the computer guys they hired, are totally worthless, they left last week, did not get the computers set up correctly, now if someone else closes a page or pulls up a page, it changes on ALL of them. AND they took our programming disc with them! Letting the office manager deal with that. It is inconvenient as hell tho, because we are basically all 3 trying to work off of one computer so we do not screw up something in progress of someone elses. I am doing good with my fill, my eating is back to "normal", meaning I am eating all foods again, but back to the little quantities!!! I am down 5-6 pounds since my fill. Not going as fast as I would like, but within range. Jane----OMG!!! After 3+ years, and I had no idea that ANYTHING was off topic in here!!! Banks, nipple shields, vacation, spouses, cars, babies, whether Laura is in labor (!), EVERYTHING is our topic!!!! Judy so glad you are home, and come home to what is hopefully good news with your son. I look forward to seeing your pics, I miss going over. But don't miss having family in the military at this point. I have to run to the store, so will check in later tonight. Miss all of you, and checking in through the day----even IF I had a computer, there is simply not enough time! BB in awhile!!

OH yeah, site is all wierd this morning---so will hope this actually posts here rather than somewhere out in cyberspace!!! Kinsey spent the night with me, and we had a lot of fun, she is now watching Tom and Jerry, eating cinnamon toast! Manda is finishing up laundry and then will be over. We are talking about going to lunch, we both want the salad bar, but not sure I can do it yet....and being Sunday it will be packed!! I found a plant for my desk. Got a couple of things I wanted for myself. Rick just called from Abilene, he has about another hour and he will be there. Which is a relief, I am glad they are there and safe. Should he have a break down now of any sort, he is close to family again, and a way to get someone to help him get what he needs to fix it. They spent the night outside of Lubbock, I think I told you. So this way they arrive in the daylight. The house is closed up most of the year, open only when we are there, so the water and electricity is shut off, and has to be turned on. Problem is fire ants.....they invade EVERYWHERE! So it is best if it is nice and light, and you can see where you are reaching for the electric switches, and water pump stuff. Plus it gives time to make up beds, and clean up a little from it being closed up for so long. OH YEAH, and time to look for snakes! Maybe I'm not sad about not going!!!! LOL I too like that song Jane, Rick was listening and he ask me who is that. I tell him and he says WHO? I laughed and told him Hannah Montana, he responded with BS!!! I had to wait for the credit to show for him to believe me!! I wish I had the magic answer for getting motivation back. I was in a serious funk at the end of my first year, the weight was still coming off, but I felt seriously alone in the journey. While my SIL and I were banded together, she is sooooo fricken comptetive, that to commiserate with her is impossible, it is either she has it harder because of X Y & Z or she is doing so much better all she wants to do is say he he he---seriously! Then the 06 group which had turned into a running thread suggested mentoring the 07 group, and that was a Godsend to me! You all were starting out and had such energy, and the commeraderie was EXACTLY what I was looking for, not a running group, I cannot run!!! So while I found the niche I was looking for, I also got an emotional reprieve when I saw you all going through the same stages and all I did. Now being as far out as we are, I think the time line fades, and finding the motivation is harder than ever. I thought about repeating the process, and popping in to the April 09 group--------but I feel less like a success story now than I did a year out! I am afraid the newbies would look at me 3 years later still fighting to maintain a goal weight and scare them off, not urge them on!!! So....y'all are stuck with me! Well, I am off to play CandyLand!!! See y'all in awhile! XOXOXO

Morning girls, Well Rick is at work, and will work til noon, and then leave for TX. He thought his sister was maybe going, then found out she wasn't. So will just be him and his folks---shocking!!! I will say the sister that was going to go, her husband will go at times, and actually do some tractor work, he will not build fences or mess with the cattle, but hey it is still 100% more than the other 2 siblings combined do! The only reason I don't let it totally piss me off is that Rick enjoys it so much down there, and we both love the family we have there, and we do have cattle on the place as well as his Dad does, and no one else does----they could if they wanted, but they don't. So I will miss him, but I will deal with it I suppose!!! Lucky Haydee, Michelle and Pamela!!! I am so glad you will be there to celebrate with Pamela----but I thought Susanne was not going to be there the weekend you defend.....that's what I get for trying to read and catch up on everything so quickly!!! I hope you all have a wonderful time. Rick used his air compressor and blew out the back of the armouir (sp?) that the computer is in, and blew the dust off of all the cords, and junk that is in like a little cave back there----my computer fan had begun kicking on frequently---so now it is running great, but all the dust is now on my keyboard, and desk top----the top of the printer etc.....nasty!!! My fill is loosening a little. I can eat about 2/3 of a packet of oatmeal now---which is where I was for those couple of years....and where I want to be!! I want to be able to eat semi normally---I want to eat a taco and it be my meal, not 3 of them!!!! My plan is to make me some soup, and figure out a couple of things that are good for me, that I like, that I can have while Rick is gone and not cook, and NOT do the fast food thing, which has been way to frequently lately. The combination of the new job, and getting things done for him for this trip--we find ourselves in town doing things and out of time for dinner. Sometime this week, I have to hit Office Max, or Staples or somewhere, and stock my desk. They will reimburse me for it--but I get to choose what I want. I mean the supply closet has the usual pens, post its, etc. But I do need a few things they don't have there, so will get it. It was hilarious, the Dr. opens his wallet and hands me $22.00, and tells me, there now you have everything I had! I have to buy red file folders for the lab---and security envelopes for the lab---so he was giving me his "petty cash" he said! And he tells me, keep track of your time too, and we will pay you for the shopping.....yeah he actually said that to 3 women!!! We laughed and I told him fine I just won't sign out tonight!!!! I can shop all weekend, my husband is going to be gone! He just laughed. I also need a large fake plant, but a pretty one. My desk is L shaped, and all of my equipment is down a counter from the one side, so all the electrical supply comes in, in the corner of my L. It is too deep to reach, so it doesn't take up usable space, but all those cords look like crap while I have patients standing there, while we schedule procedures. So I am thinking a pretty artificial plant, would be lightweight, and not hurt anything it sat on, would not have water (!!) and could easily be lifted off when we need in to move or fix something---and would look much better than the rats nest of cords it is now. The Dr. and the office manager both told me I did great the first week, even went so far as to say they were impressed! Which was really nice to hear, I felt like I was moving in slow motion, and having to confirm everything 2 or 3 times! It was especially nice to hear since Thursday Rick's company lost their biggest account---so they know they are cutting back to one crew---they just have no idea if it will be Rick's or Anthony's. While Rick has seniority on Anthony, his crew does not all have, and Anthony does have the Navajo hiring preference thing going on. So not knowing, what is going to happen, made it really nice to know they are happy with my work. It snowed here last night. Yep snow. Probably not more than 2 inches, but it snowed. It has been in the mid to upper 70's.....then it got windy and blew in the storm that hit Denver, and it snowed. All my daffodils and hyacinths are out there hanging low covered in snow. I sent the camera with Rick, so it is put away in his stuff, but I wish I could show you the neighbors crabapple tree, it is full of dark, hot pink flowers, and snow---it is sooooo pretty!!! Guess I better go get dressed, I have to take Rick's log book in to him so he will get paid. He is taking the van to TX, and left the book in his car..... I'll check in later to cry..... Oh yeah, Laura, do you think they might have mis delivered your package? About a year ago, Rick got a delivery, he opened it and found a breast pump!!! The couple across the street from us, have the same last name! And he is as into motorcycles as Rick, actually more so. He buys and sells ebay all the time, a day seldom goes by without a delivery. Well Rick gets his quite often too....and once our motorcycle tire got put over there, and once a Christmas gift from Ricks sister went over there, and he opened it....so it was pretty easy to figure out when Rick saw it said Modela breast pump....it had to be theirs!!! Their baby will be a year old in June!!! I know what breast shields you are talking about. They are also used if Mom's nipples crack. OK, see ya later!

I'll be on tomorrow, and through the week. My DH is leaving for TX tomorrow, so spending my time with him. I will talk to you all soon....

I saw Michelle, I saw Michelle (done in my best sing song voice!!!) Wasn't what I hoped, I hoped she would be clear as a bell, and it wasn't.....but I still SAW her, and we aren't on vacation yet!! I saw instantly what you meant about the email Michelle, good grief!!! Awwww Laura, sorry Mom is not being more supportive through this! Sounds to me as tho she is maybe having some difficulty in the whole Grandma scene!!! LOL, which is not difficult to understand. Your Mom and I have to be similar in age, and it is hard realizing you have reached that point! LOL So far, my last 3 grandbabies have been induced deliveries. Manda, due to pre eclampsia, the pitocin actually was slow to work for her, and it did bring on hard contractions, but it was only a few and then the epidural was done, and all was well again!! She delivered Kinsey naturally, with no bad side effects of any kind on the baby. With Ali, my DIL, they induced her, and she too was a slow start, and had her epidural done soon into the labor, and labored fine with the pitocin up to 10 cm. and time to push, when Connor began squeezing off his umbilical cord, so they had to do a C section, but would have in any situation, he was literally tied up in an overly long umbilical cord. We were in fact playing cards (gin) when they did her last check and said oh you are ready to push!!! So it did not, when in conjunction with the epidural, leave her writhing on the bed. Manda put on make up and had me french braid her hair within a couple of hours before Kinsey was born. Again, she too had the epidural.....so was feelin' no pain. My youngest DD, that just had her baby, was also induced, because of the placental tear they had watched from month 2 when she began bleeding. They were concerned that it might tear unexpectedly and that could be deadly to mom and baby both--so they wanted the entire labor monitored. She was not slow!!! Her labor proceeded REALLY fast, but he refused to move to a head down position, he remained head at her belly, feet at her back position, and so when labor started so hard and fast it stressed him, it squeezed him in an uncomfy position, and his heartrate would race then drop----so rather than keep that up, and risk the move tearing the placenta, they went c section. They use it so much along with the inserted cerva gel or something they used on Manda and Ali, that they are used to how people react. I don't think your Mom wants to see you hurt at all, it is hard for us, ask Judy!!! Ultimately tho, this is YOUR baby, YOUR pregnancy, and they have learned a lot in the 20+ years since your Mom and I did the birthing thing! Heck I delivered in a birthing chair, and I don't think they even have such a thing anymore. Hang in there, it is an emotional time for all involved! When the baby is here, it will all be forgotten. Hugs......thanks for reminding me what NOT to do sometimes Laura!!! LOL Gotta get ready....been playing with Kinsey---I miss her so much!!!!