Kat817

Just checking in on my way to bed--early, but I am tired!!! We went for a long ride this morning, Rick and I---was nice, but cold in the beginning, soon with my black hoodie, and the sun, I warmed up!!! Then we had our weekend softball fun game---and went to dinner with the crew from the game at Fuddruckers--went to Walmart and bought Rick the new AC/DC --and are home again. We hit the shower and are having to re-sync the Ipod----not sure what he hit button wise, but he wiped out over 10,000 songs!!! So now it is reloading everything! Tomorrow we are taking a motorcycle ride, while the weather is cooperating---not supposed to be but about 60 out, but nice and sunny. Will check in when I get home tomorrow!! Kat

Woohooo!!! OK Terry, tell me how you want me to do this.....just send you a check, or make the "sale" on your etsy site??? I have no issue doing it either way.....I feel quite safe with this seller!!! LOL Had dinner, threw the ball back and forth with Rick for awhile in the yard, and now he is snoozing in the chair----which he ALWAYS does if he drinks a beer with his mexican food! Irritates me to no end! Plus now he will wake up at the ass crack of dawn, and be wide awake, while I will have a chance to sleep in, and want to do just that! I need to get my eating in control again, I have gained weight! Not lots----but I don't want it to be lots! So it is ON! I might end up waiting til Monday to get REALLY serious with the exercise and diet combined, with Rick being on days off, he has a list of things we are needing to do, and places to go and all that! But, it is gonna happen...... Well I am going to go finish my book, and listen to him snore.....such a wild and crazy life we lead!!! Kat

Sorry for the scare girls....but nope my word is better....WAAAAAY better!! 5 years with no recurrance! 5 years and a month actually, but who's counting!!! Judy there is a shop in ABQ like the one you went to, this is called The Other Mother....and I buy there for the kids all the time! I bought Kinsey a winter set last time, a super soft coat, light pink (of course) withsilver snowflakes stitched all over it, lined in fleece, it had the matching bib style snow pants, and mittens. It was brand new, still had the Sears tags---marked $64.99. I bought it for $19.99. It is amazing how many brand new items they sell. We bought a changing table/dresser, made of cherry wood, but with the dark espresso finish One side has 4 drawers and the other side has 3 drawers so is lower in overall height. The changing table mattress fits right on it. But we figure in future years, toys or even later a TV--whatever could sit on the low side. It is a really nice solid wood, tongue and groove piece of furniture----but it was missing a leg! It had short little plain legs-and one had broke off when they unloaded it, so she sold it to us for $49.00. I went to Lowes and bought round ball feet, stained them the other night, and Rick is going to put them on this weekend, and we are going to go ahead and take it over to Abbey. It matches her crib they bought. I was so excited I bought it and then freaked out about how we were going to get it home!!! We ended up removing the seats in the van, sliding it in, and stashing seats all around it! Lucky for us we had taken the van and not the car! We almost always take the van--it is comfy, is almost as loaded as my car (no heated seats tho!!!) and since it was a freebie, we pack the miles on it rather than the car! Just finished making a cake, Kinsey actually did most of the work, since it is a birthday cake for her Daddy. Got to go dig out his card and get it ready for her to take to him, we will go to dinner this weekend some time. They are going with his Mom tonight---and there are times she makes Ricks ex look extremely normal. She actually got pissed in Chilis one night and began throwing food. I would not go with them for no amount of money!!! Ok for the right amount I might!!! LOL Will check in later......hugs to you all and thanks for all the celebrating with me, you have no idea. I tear up thinking about making my 5 years!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Kat

I agree, Judy you look wonderful! I love the hair! It is different---looks like layers and layers of blended blondes---it is GREAT! And the necklace is wonderful!!! I don't want to split our ranks arguing politics either, but will say I will be SOOOOO glad when Nov. 4th is over, then when Jan. 20th is over!! I have been concerning myself with the fact that on the 4th we will be in TX at the ranch--and we have no TV there! No phone there.....nothing! I mentioned it to Rick--so we are getting a motel in town that night!!! And then I will have cell service so can connect with my DD to get local results! Everyone sitting down? Got your ears covered? Gonna do some yelling here.......I AM NO LONGER CONSIDERED IN REMISSION, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OK TO USE THE "C" WORD.....I AM CURED! No new signs of cancer, no change in existing tumors, showing no activity. Mamogram was normal. All my scans were normal. My CA-125 was normal. The rest of my blood work was normal--with the exception that my good cholesterol was too low. I have laughed, cried, and everything in between. Still have to do yearly checks, my Dr. prefers that....and since I do have 2 remaining tumors, they have to be monitored, but they are dormant now. We went and hauled 3 cords of wood yesterday morning. I cannot tell you how sore I am this morning!! Anyway, the message was on my phone when I come home "Kat, this is Jen at Dr. Z's, call me and I will give you the good news" She said that is more than she is really supposed to say, but she had to let me know it was ok, and not scare the crap out of me! So we celebrated! Then had our last game last night, we officially are next to last in the tourney! Before the tournament, we had to go to dinner with our DIL and her parents--as well as Ricks ex and her husband!! She was fairly normal---she had a salad, and literally inspected EVERY bite and got a plate to put the rejected ones on....never did figure out what caused them to be rejected!! LOL This morning, Rick is driving a semi in a funeral procession for one of the guys at work, that wanted the company represented....not something he wanted to do, but did it for his friend. 2 of his buddies offered to go with him. The guys at work segregate themselves soooooo bad! This was a family member of one of the Navajos that died. Rick had gone out of his way to save this boys job (he is the one who lied about his Dad dying, and Rick sent him to rehab). Rick and the other manager took food out, well the other manager is Navajo too. Rick was the only white guy there....and only the employee and his family would speak to Rick, he was shunned by all of the others there. Then today, making the showing for the company at the funeral---there will be him, and another white and a black guy---but every day he deals with the Indians saying they are not treated with respect---yet when not just 1 but 2 of their co workers are affected by this accident, not a one of them shows up. 2 of his employees sisters were traveling together back to the reservation in Arizona, and the driver fell asleep, killing her daughter in the back seat, and her friend in the front seat, and causing a double leg amputation on her son in the back seat. The company, only recognizes the death of the sister, would not approve time off for the other guy to deal with all the injuries to his sister and nephew or the death of his niece. So the shop took up a collection so he could afford to take some time off to go to AZ for the funeral, and spend a couple days with his family too. Sad time for them all. Well time to change the laundry. The fun never ends here!!! BBL---have a fun weekend everyone. Taking Kinsey and Connor to the Pumpkin Patch Saturday....yay!!! They take a horse drawn hay ride to the patch, get to pick their pumpkins, and have a carnival of games when they get back---get their faces painted etc. Will be fun! Talk soon! Kat

Good Morning! Is pretty chilly here too---low 30's, we have a fire going. Have not even finished getting our wood for winter, and we are burning it already! Usually by August we are ready---some wierd year we had----we did not take our usual mini weekends away, we feel like we missed summer! TracyK, Kinsey is going to be Ariel.....she began as just a mermaid, then she made the decision to be Ariel, so she has the floofy red wig and all, she looks so funny with all that RED hair!!! Connor is going to be a biker. In a bag of clothes that she had received as hand me downsm she found these little jeans that are tight at the ankle----look like mini James Dean pants!!! And Rick and I bought him a little leather biker jacket when he was a newborn, and it fits him now!!! Did NOT fit at 5 pounds!!! And he has some goggles that he likes to be cool like Dad and just wear on top of his head!! We have a kids helmet, but he will not go anywhere near it! Anyway she bought him some little black leather square toed boots, to replace his CarHart boots he wore with everything all summer long! He is showing tendencies to like western things, he pulls his cowboy boots, and western shirts and hat out of the closet himself--but DIL cannot stand it! So she bought him biker boots rather than cowboy boots. She bought him skater tenny shoes, he can hardly walk in, they are so flat and wide and clunky. She is the same way if someone says he looks like his Dad, she is insistant he looks like her brother and no one on his Dads side. Silly! Trying to think of what I could make him a treat bag to look like that would go with his "costume". Maybe I should just make it a standard square bag but use material that has motorcycles all over it. I am making Kinseys, just square, with fabric with Flounder all over it....and the bubbles from the water glow in the dark---wooohooo!!! Talking about my DIL, her parents are going to be in town today---which is good, her Mom is really nice, but they want us ALL to go to dinner. Which means Rick gets to deal with his ex wife, not only on the first for the DD's baby shower, but this weekend as well. It is always nerve wracking with her, as she is so off balance you never know what to expect from her. Whether she will be "normal" or all pissy at us, or act like a religious zealot in the restaurant, and pray loudly over her food....and yours! And she is liable to change from one mood to another when you least expect it....she can be praying, and asking (ordering) you to pray with her, then begin cussing like a sailor. Just hope she is letting the prescribed drugs do their thing, and leaving the self medicating stuff alone! Everyone is so uptight worrying about it, no one has a good time. Feel so bad for the kids. Not sure yet what the day holds for us yet. Kinsey just woke up and thinks she would like some waffles....of course! She couldn't wake up wanting something good for Granny!! I will NOT have a waffle! See y'all later! Kat

Yep.....I miss you too Pamela!!! Kat

Haydee......the answer is NO! I am not getting attached to this puppy! I do not dislike her, and will give her plenty of loving while she is here.....but she simply is not the sharpest crayon in the box! She peed on my LR carpet after being taken out 3 different times! So once again I put her outside---this time alone, we had stayed with her before. When I went back out to get her....she had pooped on the patio, right outside the back door. I had to suck it in and squeeze out the door to clean it up, without smearing it with the door......NOT what I wanted to do at 6 AM! I had plans to walk her twice a day, but going to just go with once a day. She is not good on a leash, and trying to control her around my feet, even when I heel her with a short leash, is difficult---trying to keep her out of both my feet and Kinseys, and deal with Kinsey wanting to walk her is just more than I care to deal with at the moment!!! Well it has been one interuption after another as I try to post this....so guess I will take the hint and get with the program! I am meeting my DIL and grandson at Pizza Hut for the lunch buffet-they do have a salad bar, will do my best to make my lunch there~no guarantees!!! Then I am taking Kinsey for a ride---nice day, so off we go. Trying to decide whether to kennel or chain the pup........she has a harness and chain, that I am thinking of chaining her to the clothesline....then will check on her after lunch and if she has still managed to tangle up I'll kennel her for the time I am riding...... Will check back later. Glad to have you back safe and sound Judy! Kat

Laura, Manda had a round thing like that, she went and got the meds thinking somewhere she had picked up ringworm.....it did not help, and then she broke out in this rash all over her torso, and a few on her legs. She went to the Dr, who told her his DD had just seen the derm for the same rash, and it has a name I will get from her --- so you can look it up and see if you might have the same thing. He said it rarely ever goes to the face, and will go away as quickly as it appeared, but the big lesion, the big round worm looking one will be the last to go! Wierd!!! Since I have heard of several with it! Oops "my" dog is here....bbl! Kat

Sorry you feel bad Tracy!!! TracyKS--I too would find a reputable dealer---much of it depends on what "gold" you are selling, if it is old jewelry and things like that, you are going to get less, as you do have to deal with pawn shops or places that will take it down---which increases their cost, and so you make less. If it is in coin form, or stock bouillion (however it is spelled!!!!!) then coin shops will usually do better by you. I agree, that regardless of who gets elected, our economy is going to get worse before it gets better-------we are kind of like the druggie that is going to have to hit bottom I think! Both candidates have expressed their dismay at the bailout, so it looks to me as though there is change in the offing, and as hard as it is going to be.....something has to change in order for it to ever get better. I sold what I did to cover my account due to the debit mess I had-------which they say I should have word on this week, I sure hope so! But there was no way I was taking it all out and selling it yet! Rick is going to be a bit like Laura's granny, and will likely still have it for the kids to deal with when we die! I was hoping to have lunch with my husband and then go to my appointment, but he cancelled........grrrrrrr!!!!! He has problems at work to deal with, so is not taking a lunch. So instead, I am going to leave early, and hit the book store!! Show him!! I always spend too much $$$$ in there! LOL Terry........can you do those earrings in assembly line fashion? If so, I want some too!!!! Let me know and I will get you a check! You are SOOOOO right, with jeans and a sweater they would be perfect! It is pretty warm out, but really cloudy---this should push our leaves over the edge from pretty and gold to brown and on the ground! I see exercise in my future! When I left to go riding yesterday, I put the kids saddle on Kismet! I tied her to the fence, and tossed it on her back---she went very still, and remained still until I almost got her cinched, and she pulled into me, and got my chin on the stirrup, so I have a scraped chin. She tossed a bit, but she was calmly walking with it on her when we come back, she let me reach under and undo it and brush her out....no issue. My cousin will work with her in the next year to get her ride ready---not me I am a chicken! I hate going to town without deodorant! I cannot wear it with my mammogram, so it is in my purse for after--but I KNOW I didn't use it, so I feel yucky!!! LOL Well, I am off to return a light to Lowes, go to the book store, go buy my granddughter a new tutu, and then have my appointment.....see y'all after the girls get smushed! Kat

What a wunnerful, wunnerful day!!!! Wish I could have a bunch more of them!! Went riding, and if possible I really think that Suede loved it as much as I did. Usually the issue of her speeding up the closer we get to home is a given....not today, she kept trying to turn away----and I swear she was smiling as we went....you could see her breathing in the fall weather change, she kept tossing her head and quivering her nostrils...that is how she tells me she is happy! I want to take Kinsey a couple more times before winter---but tomorrow is out, I get to go get the girls smushed, as my last test. No news yet, that is a GREAT sign!!!! Red flags pop quick, and warrant a phone call! So not hearing anything until the all clear is really good! I bought a new pair of jeans yesterday---the kind I love....sized a bit off!!! I bought an 8---and should have got a 6------they were made in some alternate universe!! I am a solid 10! Most times, I can take a handful of 10's to the dressing room, and within reason they all fit....but this one I had to go down, and would have gone another size, but the length was not right....hoping they wash up and fit perfectly! And I will ogle the size tag often!!! LOL Haydee, hope your party was wonderful!!! Lots of pretty balloons, and yummy cake and ice cream! We had fish for dinner....not something we do often, but it was good. We went for a motorcycle ride, when Rick got off, stopped and visited with his folks, and our son, DIL and grandson...then come home and ate. I did not accomplish a lot today, but it was soooo nice! See all of you tomorrow. Kat

PJTP----I know we have all complained about the Kimkins ads----the one now makes no sense to me, and is even worse than the first!!! It says "Stop wishing. Stop losing. Kimkins." Hello? Stop Losing??? WTH is the point then????? At least I find these pictures less annoying, maybe because I have not looked at them for weeks on end yet......but hey at least it is NOT a political ad!!!! LOL Kat

Happy Birthday Haydee!!! Hope you have an absolutely wonderful day!!!! Suzanne---170 pounds! Wow what an accomplishment! You should be so proud, can you just imagine the wear and tear you have saved your body in the last 2 years? And you continue to have the drive, and determination, and the weight is still coming off--soo proud of you! Pamela, Susannes, softball is beginning, just as ours is ending! We have tournament playoffs this week---which is a joke....but hey someone has to be the losers, it will just be us!!! We had a blast playing yesterday. I took a bag of roasted, salted peanuts in the shell, and ate some, I think that was what tore my tummy up. By the time midnight rolled around, it felt better, and I went to bed! Gonna eat soft foods, and carefully today. It has been a month since my surgery, so I would think anything would be ok, but apparantly not!! Rick and I are puppy sitting for our friends this week. This should make or break us on the get a dog issue!!! There is a beautiful little border collie in the paper today from our local pound. That is what I want......but not now, now that we told Danny and Leslie we would watch their dog---she is going to ABQ for training with United Blood Services, and he is going to go with her, she ask me, I made Rick make the call, and he said ok. I was shocked, but we will have her from Monday to Thursday night! Could be interesting. Kinsey will love it anyway! We are going for a ride today. Not sure where, not really caring. I am headed out in a few minutes, to get some saddle time in, and then when Rick gets off we will take the bike! Perfect, beautiful day for both. Will check in when I get back. TracyK Did Walmart have all you needed in pants for Macy? Let me know. Hugs! Kat

Sherry, my SIL said she ask our band Dr. about the sleeve, and he said it was a great surgery, but told her if she was having reflux issues with the band and it was not too tight, then she would likely have the same reflux issues with the sleeve. I don't know if that is true, or even if that is exactly what was said, just how it was related to me.....be sure to check that out tho!!! Home from our ballgame, long day, I think I ate too much, my belly hurts......waaaah!!! Can't wait to see your hair Betty!! Pat send me that Wii Fit, and I will check it out for ya!!! I keep thinking I will get one, and when I can afford it, they are always sold out!!! LOL We are dog sitting next week, so I will walk regularly anyway!! I need someone or something to keep me going, a puppy might just do it! LOL Well off to moan and groan about my belly.......see ya tomorrow! Kat

You feeling ok there Suzanne???? Spongebob???? Somebody 'splain it to me!!!! Was a great day--but I ate too much I think, my belly hurts, gonna go lie down. See ya later!!! Kat

Yay Haydee, glad the weather cooperated!!! Enjoy the wedding! TracyK---can't help but wonder if allergies were my issue last week, my nose ran non stop and I sneezed, my throat was sore, but none of the usual achiness associated with a cold. Now I am fine accepting it was probably allergies, my DH--------no way! He does NOT have allergies!!! Part of it is general stubborness, another part is that his brother and sister who live in Denver, both complain about allergies non stop. The don't like to come here because everyones fireplaces/stoves cause their allergies to be bad, and the dust in his Moms house---he swears it is just their noses adjusting from the lack of city smog!! But the point is, he refuses to wimp out to allergies, he has to be SICK!! LOL We have another softball pick up game this afternoon, I doubt I will play, I am sore......it comes and goes, and I am assured it is normal. I am a month out of surgery now....you'd think I'd be better. Must be the getting old thing again!!! Oh and Rick said the husband of one of the women who accused me of being a druggie ask if he would mind if he come to the game. Rick told him not a problem, he said the guy acted pretty skeptical of what he would say. The men did nothing, and I had my say with the wives, if they all show, I will just sit with everyone else and let them sit alone like they always did!!! I ain't skeered!!! Better go get myself dressed. Y'all take care and have a fun, safe weekend, will check in when I get a chance! Kat

I agree that the test sounds similar to that given to obtain a resting metobolic rate---the amount of calories you burn a day simply by breathing and being alive. However when I was discussing the test with my surgeon prior to my thyroidectomy, wondering years ago if my rate was extremely low, I understood that you had a prep for the test of no exercise, no caffeine, and other things--------not that it was just given. And when being given it has to be VERY exact....that they plug off your nose, and you breath in and out through a tube in your mouth--------and it measures the oxygen levels to obtain the #. I may be all wrong on the test, and also all wrong on whether it is similar to what you had done!!! Back when the OP began this thread, there was a bunch of stupidity going around, and no matter what the thread pertained to, some people would just pop in and try to turn it into nonsense....and many times succeeded. Thankfully THEY are no longer around very often, and the OP is! There was also a point where the more posts you had the higher your rating number was, so people were just saying anything, and posting as much as possible. Glad that went away too!!! SnT-------hope you are feeling better, hurry back!! Kat

Katie, go get the help you need, but keep in mind, there is a whole group of people here who will be thinking of you, and sending good thoughts ans prayers your way!!! Please check in and let us know how you are doing. As has been said, High School, and things that happen there can be seriously traumatic, but with getting help, and growing further away from that age....will change your perspective a lot I think!!! Hang in there, the world would NOT be a better place. So glad you have the strength to take care of this in this way. Good Luck to you! Kat

Hi all! Tonya-------will try to burn that into my brain and remember it!!! Welcome to the Shrinking Violets, a more supportive, wonderful group of women you will never find. When you are down they do absolutely everything in their power to lift you back up....when you need extra prayers you KNOW they are flying fast and furious.....I honestly think this group of women has made my band the success it has been. I am actually a year ahead of them, I come here from the April 06 group as a mentor, and found my home. I cannot tell you how thankful I am! Welcome....Tracy may know all (we KNOW she does!!!) but tell us all about you! Married? Kids? Job? Personally--I am married, to Rick, have 3 kids, 3 grandkids, and another due in Dec.. and I live in New Mexico. I too have several errands to run today, beginning with the bank. The woman in charge of the junk going on, wants me to come in so she can show me what is being done. I still do not have my $$$ back in my account tho! TracyK I did not get a chance to look for Macy's pants the other day, Sofi was running late, and by the time we sat and talked non stop over our lunch I needed to get home. Today I will look around though! I too am jealous of the beach!!!! It is supposed to be an absolutely beautiful day here, so think when we finish our running around today I will take Kinsey to the park, and make the fitness loop---will be my bribe for her not to ask for toys....she is getting VERY bad about that. Time to nip it in the bud! She is usually a really good little girl, but she is on this kick that just because she wants it, she thinks we should buy it, she has no understanding of needing money to do it--but when you tell her she has to wait til her birthday or to remember to ask Santa, she tries the old tears routine.....luckily they are big and silent, she does not throw the loud fit!!! LOL, small blessings! Enjoy your day Pamela----off early because you worked so hard yesterday. Did Juans parents come? How is his brother? Haydee, I don't have any of the umbrellas my Uncle's place use to give away, but they also had fans for the hot times....the flat stiff paper fans with like a giant popsicle stick handle.....and those did have a prayer on one side and the mortuary name and all on the other.....I laugh because my Mom, my SIL and my neighbor all have them!! My SIL and neighbor both have serious hot flashes, and use them!!! Cracks me up that we are all so cheap that they use the mortuary fans!!! Good Luck with your weekend wedding!!! Well I need to get myself ready to go.....I am such a lazy bum! Talk to you all soon! Kat

TracyK----the key word in the sentence you referenced above was MORE......MORE of an attitude!!!! LOL I have no doubt you could take on the woman all by your itty bitty self, but I wanna help!! LOL Sunshine---I know Tracy called you by name, but I cannot remember it....and am too lazy to scroll back through all the pages!!! Anyway, I have never been to Miami....someday maybe! I know none of our group is from there, but some of them might have some ideas for you anyway.....most of them travel more than I do!! Have fun on your trip.....and be a sweetie and remind me of your name!!! LOL Haydee I have always heard the old wives tale that rain on your wedding day was good luck, I always thought that was said just to humor upset brides!!! Now not to be morbid or to compare the 2 fields...but....my Uncle is a mortician, who ran a string of mortuaries for many years. He ordered umbrellas, in white and black, they did not have the mortuary name on them, as that would be tacky, but he ordered them with praying hands and crosses. In YOUR case, you COULD put the business name without being tacky.....or some sort of wedding theme. He said they were less than a buck a piece! So when a service was held in inclimate weather, they handed them out to the family--or in your case to the wedding party. Hope your weekend is dry and beautiful!!! Rick said he got some new gadget he is all thrilled with for Bosses Day......didn't even know such a thing existed!!! Guess I will go unload the DW.....yucky job! Kat

In my case, they operated, and were able to manipulate the intestine without resecting it. I had a stomach virus, and vomited, thought I had either slipped or prolapsed my band because I could not eat or drink anything that stayed down.....nothing! I dehydrated, and had to be hospitalized for fluids, my abdomen became rigid, and the morning of the surgery I had begun to again run a low grade fever. I had pain.....but it was not localized to the area of the kink----although it was more pronounced in that area, and since surgery the recovery pain has most definitely been in that area. Prior to surgery I was COLD all the time, I shook--like shivering from cold, was told that was shock. I lost weight quickly....and generally felt terrible, I hurt, and was scared I was going to lose my band! In the end, I had the surgery, recovery has been kind of slow since I was in poor condition going into the surgery, not healthy as is preferred for surgeries! But I am back to eating, and processing food, feel great, have put back on some of the weight, and am VERY thankful, that my band was not my issue!!! My advice is NEVER, EVER wait like I did. Nothing is worth putting off your health for!!! Better to know than to wonder and worry anyway......lesson learned!!! Kat

No NO No---no monkeys!!!! LOL All is well here, or at least the same, still messing around trying to get my bank account dealt with. But they are being decent so far, so, so am I. We had our last softball game, I just didn't play following my surgery---figured better safe than sorry! Looking forward to next year! Thinking I might play Volleyball come spring, the problem is, my body and my bones are seriously almost 50 years old, and I cannot fathom that! My mind says I am 20 something and can do these things......getting old sucks! You know that Arby's commercial about having Arby's on the brain, and they walk around with a little Arby's hat over their head???? My 3 year old granddaughter come in at 6 AM wanting roast beef and curly fries.....her way of saying Arby's--------now here we are 6 hours later and she still wants it, I have offered everything in exchange-----stubborn little gal, wonder where she gets that???? Will try to get back and do some personals----going to make something for lunch, even if it isn't Arby's quality!!! If it was close, I would concede--but it is the next town over......so not worth the gas and time and $$$ to go get a kids meal!! LOL See y'all later!! NO monkeys!!! Kat

Just posting to say I hope you are now in Bandland SnT.....and that it was an uneventful, easy surgery for you, and that your recovery will be the same.....look forward to hearing from you!! Kat

Hey girls~ TracyK---I know you have already sent it back but I would have sent the envelope with a note saying "Since I did not get the first envelope you said you sent home I want to be sure you get this one, so HERE IT IS -------------> and staple it to the note. You need to get a purple inked pen, and do all your correspondence with her using it, then you will be reminded we are always with you....and will gain strength (and possibly even more of a smartass attitude) when you see it!!!! I had issues with Manda's second grade teacher talking to me like I was a misbehaving 2nd grader! If I disagreed with her she give me the "now, now, now" . I still see her on occasion in the store, she still calls me by name, asks after Manda (or Amanda as she INSISTED), and her daughter--the woman remembers Everything, and still talks to me like I am a second grader!!! I got a phone call last night from the Mom of the girl I took to lunch the other day for her birthday--Leslie. When we were at lunch the Mom called to wish her DD a Happy Birthday---she told her what we were doing etc., I excused myself to take Kinsey to the bathroom so they could talk for a few minutes--I mean it is her Mom and she is clear in Ohio!!! So when I come back, she ask me if she could give her Mom my phone # in case they had an emergency to get in touch with her since they are operating on their Ohio cell phones still. So I gave her both home and cell #'s---figuring that made good sense. So the Mom calls me, and thanks me for taking her DD to lunch and for making sure she had the cupcakes/birthday cake. She said it was their first year apart, and she was heartbroke thinking that her DD was going to be alone all day while the BF worked, and that she was glad to know they were settling in. I am so untrusting I kept waiting for something else....but she just called to say thank you!! There is quite an age difference in Leslie and her BF, he is in his 40's---and she just turned 26. I was waiting for Mom to say something negative about the BF who is about our (the Mom and I) age--but she didn't. She was just being nice!!! Bad me!!! You know those commercials, where they have Arby's on the brain, and the little Arby's hat is floating above their head???? Kinsey is having one of those days----at 6 AM she ask to go get Roast Beef and curly fries!! LOL, 5.5 hours later she is still bugging about it! TracyKS---so sorry Robby is having a hard time. We have a friend who has a little girl that would act out like that. She was suspended in Kindergarten for kicking her teacher in the belly---the teacher was pregnant. She hit, spit, ALL of it. She was a little bitty wiry thing too-was not a size issue! I know she was acting out, but have no idea why.....Mom has since remarried, and has an 18 month old, she is gentle with the baby, and has settled in to 2nd grade just fine....but K was a bad year for her! They tried talking, took her to a counselor, went the other way and punished her, from taking things away, to spanking her-------nothing seemed to phase her, but she did grow out of it, or grew enough to handle whatever was setting her off. I hope Robby does too, for him, and for you! Sending you lots of PURPLE POWER!! My kids were not angels (almost tho!!!! hahahahaha) but our problems were as they got older! Lenny was good til high school, and then his problems centered on his Moms issues. His own birth Mother got him high the first time.....now that's love huh???? Manda had a rough 4th grade year, and then sailed through----until the dean of students tried to stop her from graduating early....Manda won that battle! Abbey showed up, but remained in her own little world. And I do mean little, she had a few VERY close friends, and just shut everything else out. Did not go to the dances, prom, games, nothing. Her life centered around her art, and her few friends, and our only school issues were the usual, for an average student....she did not strive to excell. Oh and one teacher who tried to critique her art----she was given detention for calling him a jackass!!! LOL I do not miss the school stuff.....sad but true! Grade school maybe, but High School--not a bit! Michelle, how is DS's toe???? Haydee, is the rain letting up? Or are you heading for soggy weddings??? Judy--sorry you got re-routed, but glad you are relaxing, and enjoying your time with your DH. Well I am off to see what I can find to replace roast beef and curly fries on the taste buds of a 3 year old!!! BBL~ Kat

Just checking in! Had a great time with Sofi. Then Manda and her little sister and Kinsey stayed and watched the debate with me, Rick had to work late---of course. So now he is watching the replay of it....I have been reading, but forced myself to put my book away or I will be up reading til it is done!! I am TERRIBLE that way!!! Eating today was not something I need to share, it was BAD! All I can say is tomorrow is a new day, and I WILL do better....I am promising myself that! I am off to lay in bed and narrate the debate for Rick....in case he misses something!!! LOL See y'all tomorrow! Kat

Congrats to you both!!! Big or small NSV's they ALL count!!! I have found that for some strange reason---if the scale sticks, that is when the inches dropped off! I took measurements, in the beginning, and have lost lots more inches overall than the 70" I claim. The 70" is my Curves measurements, and they don't measure things like your neck---I lost 2 inches around my neck! And another 2 off of each calf! It is such a boost when the scale gets stuck to actually see the inches dropping!!! Keep up the good work!!! Kat