Kat817

Can I just say.....ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Cindy, that may be it. The ones I saw had no face paint or anything, just tails. Years ago there was a strip joint just out of town called Foxtails---and all the strippers wore fox tails----and this was like that---just tails. And on the Walmart site, I have seen them, and I was just feeling old and out of it! Guess I am!!! My friend I have lunch with...it was her son recently hurt in the motorcycle wreck---he is in rehab now, and improving quickly! Anyway he has a DD and my friends husband had always been Papa to all his grandkids---and for some reason they began referring to him as Papa Bear. The son had a good laugh and told them they didn't want to call him that, because he is a big guy (325-350 lbs) and he told them that "bears" are hairy gay men, usually of big stature. They have big Bear gatherings. They have "cubs"---young newbies......all kinds of things! We (she and I) looked it up, and now we just refer to Mike as Papa---skip the bear!!! Who knew? I guess it was the same with my parents having problems associating "gay" with anything except being happy.....times change.....whether I want to or not! Rick just left for work again. I need to go water before it gets hot again. We have broke 100 for several days now. It tried to rain last night---you could smell it, but it was so hot it evaporated before it ever made it to the ground---so it was muggy, which is really unusual for us. Tracy, I had heard it was usually a taper down from meds like that, so it makes sense to me! Terri should be home......hope she is doing well! She is a bandster now! I feel so incredibly lazy! I have begun taking my allergy meds. Uggghhh! Oh yeah----hives. I know lots about hives! I broke out several years ago---make that many years ago. Kept diaries of products used, changed them. Kept diaries of food---changed diet. NOTHING helped! Did massive amounts of blood work---checking for all sorts of connective tissue disorders. still nothing. They were finally diagnosed as idiopathic uticaria. Hives with unknown cause. At the time Zyrtec was RX, not OTC. But it worked. I could take a pill and within an hour the hives would abate. I took it faithfully everynight for months---but it turns me into a zombie! Eventually I got to where I broke them in half---and it still kept the hives at bay. Then I began every other night....and finally every few days...til the hives quit. Stress seemed to be the trigger. My Grandma was dying---and I had teenagers! I ended up with hives again a couple of years ago, and the Dr. put me on steroids! OMG weight gain city! I remembered then, the Zyrtec, so tapered the steroids off, used the Syrtec and it worked. It also works for my itcy eyes---which is why I am taking it now---half a pill at night---but it depresses my system. Not my mood, just my body---I am tired and slow! But I am not sneezing, and digging at my eyes!!! Gonna make myself go water!

Hey y'all, just waiting for Rick to get home---he is still at work! Should be home within 45 minutes he said.....long day. I have a question for you all, and I feel stupid for asking, like it is something everyone knows about except me! I get some laughs out of the People of Walmart site, and Beach Creeps...and on both I have seen people----adults, both men and women, wearing tails---comic looking ones, as well as real looking ones. Then today when shopping....I saw 2 girls/women early 20's I'd guess, wearing tails. Is it some counter culture thing? Sexual statement? Am I in the dark while everyone else knows about this? Enlighten me! Rick just called, he is on his way!!! YAY!!!! See ya in the morning!

Thinking of Terri this morning! Hope she lets us know soon that all went well. Michelle--was it a neighbor who called in regards to the dogs? I have a neighbor who has 6 malti-poos who she sits outside about 6 AM, and they yap until 10 or 11 when she finally puts them back indoors in kennels. She has a solid cinderblock wall around the yard, so you cannot see them, nor can they see anything. So every sound and they freak out---and they live on Main Street!!!! So......I have been tempted to complain. There is a house between them and us----and the neighbors there have tried talking to her---she is a Dr. and does not take private calls.....so Jenn (the middle neighbor) went to speak to her personally--only tobe told she is within her rights if she watches the time, and if she misses it....all the cops! That is what she said! So she is not worried---must have a relative on the force I am guessing. The constant yipping is horrid tho! Seems to me if you have other neighbors who would say they are not a problem.....it would help. Tracy---I meant to get back, but yard work took over yesterday morning. My trash gets picked up on Monday mornings, and within an hour of him picking it up, I had one dumpster completely full of limbs, from the roses, snowball bush, and a damned holly plant I totally obliterated!!! It snagged me everytime I was mowing, and yesterday it made me mad! LOL Then yesterday afternoon, I took Kinsey to see Despicable Me. We had fun, it was cute. Sitting (key word) in the cool (another key word) theater with my favorite girl and a bag of popcorn was wonderful!!!!! Today I have her, and we are going with my Mom to shop. I have less than a month til she starts school---and my ability to just take a day with her at will is going to be over, so taking advantage today! Suzie, I had to smile imagining the ambitious 10 year old....and wonder how long it lasts! It does not take them long to figure out that work is WORK! Do any of you remember the old click clack toys? Big acryllic balls on straps that you bounced against one another to make them pop all the way around???? I bought some at the rally!!! Talk about a flash back!!! Cindy good luck to your DSD. I felt 110% better following my hysterectomy!!! We will be here waiting when your 5 day exile is over!!! Well I better go get dressed......see y'all in awhile!

We're home! Safe and Sound! And like Suzie....sunburned!!!! Will check in later...or in the morning...need to go unload. Logged on to make sure our check hit the bank, we cashed soe stocks....and the check was supposed to be in Mon. It made it to our bank yesterday.....grrrrrr. BUT at least it finally made an appearance. Now I have to go swap it to a CD tomorrow. BBL~~

Yay, Michelle is the hero at work!!! LOL Tracy---what a cool idea, too bad we didn't think of it earlier, we could have all had fills the day Terri gets banded! Suzie, glad you have healed to the point of swimming....altho you pool snobs, really make me jealous!!!! LMAO!!!!!! I would find a reason not to use it, I think I am my own worst enemy!!! Gotta get to bed....see ya tomorrow maybe, if not after the rally!!! And no I will not be flashing anyone!!! (o)(o)!!!!

As the saying goes, sometimes it is not what you know, but who you know.....the NM Gas Co. was a guy I went to school with!!! He lit the pilot, and showed me what Rick needs to do, because it is not compliant with current code, but with it not being a service issue, he connected it, waived the charge, and I am ready for a shower.....see I coulda really used a pool!!! Got things to do, we are leaving in the morning to go to Grants. Missing Molly Hatchet tonight, since we are waiting til morning. Will see Steppenwolf tomorrow night. Old bands-----wierd.....I know all the songs! hahahahaha

I logged on to ask someone a favor....but I know y'all, and I know you won't do it!!! My best plan for the day is to dig a big hole and climb in, I just need someone to cover me up.......I am so beyond frustrated right now it is unreal! We have natural gas for heat (which we do not use), hot water, and the stove. Well last night we come home to a tag on the door saying a leak forced them to shut the neighborhood gas off, and I have to call to schedule someone to come turn it on, and light pilots. So meanwhile, since we were at the hospital all day.....I have no hot water! I called, the guy come out and now tells me I am not code compliant. Since he is unable to hook up without issue, there is going to be a $40.00 reconnect charge as the supervisor is going to have to confirm that it can be hooked up. The hot water heater is ground set, and the new code says it has to be raised. To retrofit the heater is going to be a full days work for DH as well as a few hundred bucks. We had hoped to leave today for the rally (same one as Terri's son) but I am sitting at home waiting for the Gas CO. IF it was MY fault it went off it would have been one thing, I see this as strictly revenue enhancement. So Ricks Dad come through his procedure well this morning, and Rick is with him now, taking him home. The Dr. come and released his Mom ----AT 11:30 PM LAST NIGHT!!!!! Can you believe that? We had all come home of course, not expecting to see him til today. Rick went and got her. Moronic Dr.---and I actually kinda liked him----said he had been in surgery, then had car trouble. I wanted to ask him if he only knew how to answer the damn phone he was always on----he should have alerted his patients nurses anyway! So....today I am very tired, very grumpy........and wanna climb in a hole.....but just know y'all won't cover me up. LOL Will be back to let you know. The Gas Co just called. The guy is on his way....Fingers crossed......pleeeeeeeeeze be good news!

Whatcha gonna do with alone time Tracy????? Rick is putting acid in a new battery, then we are.....guess?? Heading to the hospital!!! LOL It is sad to me that the yard or the porch, or whatever takes presedence over time with the parents they won't have for much longer.....but it is their choice, and not only won't I allow them to make us feel guilty for not helping, I won't let them take time away for Rick. So....I plan on enjoying my time with him, wherever we are! Well I think I told you about the neighbors cats and my lawn furniture......they are shredding the back of my lawn swing, and have long fur all over the fabric----and I HATE it! I am allergic to the hair, and it looks bad. If I had cats, it would be my problem to deal with....but I choose not to with my allergies. So I have tried all kinds of things---sprays, aluminum foil, sticky tape.....no help. So I went a little stronger. I set mouse traps-----so when the cat jumped on---they started popping---I had 8 on the swing, 6 were popped. No cat hair stuck in them, so they did not get the cat---but scared it straight!!! We reset the traps----and they have never been disturbed again!!! We readjusted things last night----and still no cat hair! I am so happy!!! Going to start removing some, so I can use the furniture, but this week we have had no relaxing time, so it worked out great! No one was hurt, and I am hoping the cat now realizes that is off limits! Well I have a few thngs to do before leaving---so better get busy! Suz---hope nephew is improving, will continue to pray for him. Hugs to all of you! Tracy---the shower.....I hurt my fingers doing the backstroke, I hit the wall.......I need a pool!

Oh Suzie, I am sooooo sorry! Of course, he and your entire family will be in my prayers, and I will ask to have him put on the prayer chain---if you don't mind. Brain injury is so crazy, it is never predictable. I hate that your family is dealing with this crisis. How old are his kids? My MIL finally got her chest tube removed today. Rick's siblings, are so friggin' wierd. They all spent the day at the house, doing yard work. Hello??? She doesn't do yard work anyway, we can pay someone to do that---she is laying in the hospital ALONE........ Rick and I were headed to the hospital....we stopped at the bike shop to drop off a tire to be balanced, and we smelled antifreeze....so we decided to get the van home, and get the car. Way before we got out of town, it was obvious we were not getting it home---temp was rising fast. We pulled into KMart parking lot, and sure enough it is spewing----hole in the radiator. So across the road----5 lanes......is a parts store, so Rick goes over, and shockingly, they had the radiator. Damn near 200 bucks! Over by the time we bought antifreeze.....anyway, he changed it out in the parking lot! Took 2 hours.....I called both his sisters----no answer. I called my parents, line was busy----meaning Dad once again did not hang up his phone right! I wanted a ride to get the car, so I could run for anything we might need. Got my brother to answer, but we were getting it by then, so just fixed it. Sure was nice to have a mechanic right there!!! Anyway, we were 2 hours later than planned getting to the hospital, so it was close to noon----the sisters had already left---FYI---they are apparantly attached at the hip, when & where one goes, they both go Rick says!!! LOL Anyway, we stayed til 8, and they had never shown back up. Rick met one of his sisters in Sams Club to return a battery----they had been shopping. Just don't understand, his Mom was so sad. She was so excited to share the news she got the chest tube taken out, but it was like not a big deal. We walked with her A LOT today---she is improving leaps and bounds! Now to get his Dads done..... Tracy---glad you are feeling positive again! I am SOOOOO jealous of all of you and your pools!!! LOL I am going to go do the next best thing in my house, and take a shower!!! LOL Will check in with all of you in the morning---prayers flying Suzie!!!

Home again. Another long day. Sitting in a hospital makes any day seem long. MIL is improving. Dr. said it will still be several more days, but they are going to try to clamp off the suction to the chest tube tonight to see how she does. I got her cleaned up today---the hosp. does NOTHING!!! We sponge bathed her, and rebraided her hair---her hair is to the middle of her back---she always wears the old fashioned bun!!! But it is not comfy to lay with, so I have been french braiding it. She said she felt much better. Got her a clean gown, and let her brush her teeth----then got her fresh water---I am telling you they do NOTHING! We are going through issues with insurance, this hospital is the local one, and they suddenly quit accepting BCBS. So.....we have to find a new Dr. And if we end up with an illness that requires an ambulance------we might as well file bankruptcy then and there. So no ambulance service to a hosp. that will accept our ins. Then I began calling to get us a new PCP---and no one I can find in Durango is accepting new patients......so I have no Dr. either. It sucks. Hope everyone is doing well. Hope to be back to my normal schedule soon. Needless to say with all this, Rick and I are not managing to sneak off at all, so......happy vacation to us!!! Hope Terri's procedure went well.

I'm home, exhausted. Not sure why....but for some reason, my MIL has attached to me, and wants me to help her, not her DD's. She will eat for me, wants my help getting up, and told me repeatedly today she loves me and is thankful to have me. And she had no pain meds til after 5 today!!! Go figure!!! Anyway......day spent at the hospital. Then dinner with Rick at Chilis. Now shower & bed. Terri---I have no idea if you are going to be in the hosp tomorrow or not......call me if you get a chance and ARE---I will be there, and will check on you! Everyone....I think about things as they happen, and think I need to tell the girls about this! Oh yeah, Maries son, is swallowing on his own now! He has been up, but lists real bad to the one side---showing muscle weakness---but that can be worked on! Will check in tomorrow morning. Miss you all----but hey I MUST be there, for some reason....although tomorrow I may be back to my usual Dispicable Me self!!! LOL

I agree that in hindsight, she may see "signs" of things to come, as she moves away from teh situation. Many years ago, I found myself in a terribly abusive relationship. I was blind to it. Were there signs? YES flashing neon signs. But I had never been exposed to abuse in any fashion, I had no idea I was seeing that! Was I naive? Without a doubt! Was I stupid? Not in my opinion. I was totally out of my element! It was like dumping me in a foreign country and expecting me to speak the language and know the customs. But same as if someone did that, full immersion in that life, and I learned quickly! Much like the OP, my first husband was unfaithful. That too was something new in my life. My grandparents had both been married over 50 years, my parents have too now---divorce was foreign. I had a story book raising. So when the abuser come in my life, and WANTED to be with me 24/7, or showed a higher than normal interest in my whereabouts---I did not see it as a warning, I saw it that he loved me, where my ex, was out with others, this man wanted only to be with me. I played right into it. But not because I was stupid. Needy, and Naive, without question. I did not make the same mistake twice---I made totally new ones!! And I barely lived to tell about it. He went to prison for my attempted muder! Yes many people are not trusting, and it does lead to issues. But blaming the victim in most situations, just makes a hard situation harder. You refer to the line "I had fun last night" and turning it intomore than a simple statement. But in the same post insist there were signs. Relationships and life don't come with detailed instructions on how to tell the difference between innocuous comments, and ones that should throw up red flags. The life you have lived thus far, colors how you react to the things happening now. I did stay in the abusive relationship much longer than I should have, than anyone wanted me to. But I had reasons, and they were not expecting him to change. He did not threaten just me! He controlled me by threatening my Grandparents, and my crippled brother. He kept me in line by threatening to hurt them. He proved he would---he put someone I cared about in the hospital, because I would not leave with him when told! He could get to my aged grandparents faster than the cops to protect them! I brought him into their lives, it was up to ME to get him away from them, without them being hurt. I could not live with that! There often is much going on behind these relationships.......we are not all stupid, or idiots. I was scared, and confused, angry, all manners of emotion....but I felt stupid enough at the time, without being called that! Guilt is a heavy thing to carry.

I'm in the middle of the newest Jonathon Kellerman book---getting a bit of reading time. When the hospital room fills, or what have you, I sneak off to the waiting room, and read!!! Cindy---I will be praying for your Dad, how scary for all of you. I too would insist on going! I go with my DD to his cardio appt.'s. They are in ABQ, so I drive them down, and when they call him, I just get up too!! LOL If anyone needs a cheapo vacation, they can come see me! Terri---so glad things are going well with your pre op. We got my MIL moved to a regular room today---but she had a rough day, she is not feeling well, running some fever---but they are not giving her any respiratory therapy---and she had lung surgery. Does that seem strange to anyone but me? The ICU nurse sat her up for a couple of minutes yesterday, and walked her about 3 steps. But since they moved her, no one had her up. So I questioned her Dr. He was shocked! He rewrote new orders. And tonight they removed her catheter, so she WILL be getting up some! She has one of the little breathing spirometer things, and she hardly makes it move. It is scary---I see pneumonia hitting her VERY easy. Her Mom died of pneumonia following a broken hip at 98 years old, so we keep reminding her to breath! Teh nurse today didn't even hook up her leg inflater thingies---we did! Rick and I left the hosp. for awhile today, let the others take care of things. We hit an auction for awhile. Bought several hundred dollars worth of cattle fence panels. Well technically we got a few thousand dollars worth, for a few hundred bucks! We bought a tall legal size file cabinet for the garage---and a trailer thing---well a thing he is going to turn into a towable motorcycle trailer. So we get home, open the file cabinet, and it is full! No less than 300 hanging files---and in most of them there are gaskets. The last big auction they had was from a Napa store going out of business. So these files, all have gaskets, and bushings, and O rings etc in them. Out of curiosity I ebayed looking for one at random, it was selling with 3 bids for $6.00 and had 3 days left. I am WAY ahead with my $7.50 file cabinet!! Anyway---we left there, went and saw his Mom, come back and hit a few hours at the Blues Festival. Just come home, hit the shower---I am sunburned..... Rick is on vacation. Not sure what the plan is, will see how his Mom does. His Dad has his surgery next Friday. Well I am going to go drink a giant glass of ice water---and call it a night! Will check on all of you tomorrow! Hugs!!!

Quick drive by post----all is well, hope to move MIL out of ICU by morning. Will check in when I can!!

Call a police officer to do a civil standby while you meet a locksmith at your house to change your locks. The code to th garage door opener should be easy enough to change---ours is a 3 step procedure---holding the clicker part next to the unit in the garage---simple. Tell the police officer WHY you need a civil stand by, that he has threatened you---they can make a report on that. Then you have documentation, so if he comes banging on the door at 2 AM---he will not simply walk away. As for his threats with your Ex----the judge will decide any of that in the future---so any documentation you have of him being unreasonable, will play against anything he would have to say anyway. Call the police, and secure your home is your first step. Sitting and crying is not getting you anywhere---and he will still have those keys when you are home with your boys tonight. Get the locks changed---and if you feel you need it---keep protection nearby. Good Luck.

Hi all! Surgery is over, and all went well! They managed to do it laproscopically---3 small incisions. They removed a wedge of her lung, about 3 inches wide, but 1.5 inches long or so. The tumor was fully contained in that area. She was moved to ICU a couple of hours ago. We are not allowed in to see her again until after 9. So I think everyone is going to wait now til in the morning. 2 people at a time can see her for 5 minutes at any time the nurse will allow except for between 7-9 AM & PM both---then NO Visitors at all. The nurse got irritable with us all swapping out to see her so wouldn't let any of us back in. SIL complained until they let FIL sit in a chair by her bed. He was there when Rick and I left. I am shocked and horrified by people up there. The ICU waiting room is PACKED! 40 people there and about 15 chairs. 7-8 kids, bouncing and screeching and chasing about--Moms (if you can call them that) hollering and showing half their butts in their jeans---and it was lots of butt! Ones top so low you could see the color change of her nipples! Ridiculous----talk about trashy people! And LOUD! Cursing, laughing, then crying, Drama look at me kind of people. Finally Rick could not take anymore, so he called it and we bolted! Now he is working tomorrow. Then he goes on vacation. We figure, it will keep them from being short handed tomorrow, and she come through the surgery well, and there is tons of family---so it will be ok. He will be there during lunch, and after work. Hopefully by then, she will be moved to a regular room. Anyway----thanks for the encouragement, and prayers---it means more than I can tell you. Tracy, the circular looking sectional was way cool----but I was wondering where you would stretch out....without curling around!!! This one seems more "usable". I hope you enjoy it in your new home. Don't forget to send us an updated address. I need to go Water some plants---so will check in with you all in the morning. ((((hugs))))

Awwww Terri, osrry the Dr's are being such asses! My MIL went yesterday for her EKG, and to meet with the anesthesiologist. Got the EKG done, then had to wait in the exam room for 2 and a half hours for the anes. to come in! They ask if they had to wait, and the nurse said oh yes, he will cancel the surgery if he does not meet with you first! So MIL is there with 2 SIL's. There is the exam table, one chair and the stool. So they were all sitting watching the little TV when he finally come in. His first words to them were directed at my SIL, he told her "that is my chair you need to move" then he turned off the TV, and told them tons of negative things! That she has a high likelyhood of stroking out, that she is going to be surgically cut it doesn't matter what her Dr. said. The surgery will be 4-6 hours not the 2 the Dr. said. She will be in ICU for several days if she makes it (yes he said that!) All totally opposite what her surgeon said. Finally she ask him was HE going to be the one there, he said hers was the biggest surgery scheduled for Thurs. and he was putting his 2 best people on it, but no he was not going to be there----she felt much better! The ONLY thing she had going for her he said was old people seldom have heart attacks on the table! Doesn't it seem our dr.'s are getting worse and worse! Big heads, and have an Only I matter sense of entitlement! Then I got a letter in the mail yesterday---SJRMC (our local hospital) will no longer accept our BCBS insurance! I now have to go to Colorado for all my medical. FRUSTRATING!!! No word yet from Tracy-----wonder if there was a snafu in her hook up date. Maybe she is just swamped getting things back in order. I would hate to move! Suzie---how is the hematoma???? Working already?? You must be related to the Energizer Bunny!!! LOL Michelle--Did DH get his fire taken care of? Are you like glued to the scanner when you hear he is there? I think I am worry wart enough I would be! Angela---you back yet? I saw where you said you were off again on FB---check in when you can! I need to go pick up pictures, get some keys made for Rick, and then I suppose spend some time out at the inlaws. Rick has to go directly from work so he can bale the hay tonight. He has a brother here now, but God forbid he be expected to do a damn thing! The local sister takes her parents to the Dr. appt's etc. She does it faithfully! She also allows THEM to make decisions. But then the sister from Denver shows up and treats the SIL here, and all of us like we never do anything for them, she starts changing crap, and setting appointments etc----that the one here has to keep. They annoy the hell outta me with their holier than thou attitude, because THEY live in the CITY....THEY know BEST. Us hicks from the sticks know nothing, we just serve them. Grrrrrrrr. And I love his family. It is just the stress, makes everything seem multiplied! They don't get to spend much time with their parents, so it is like they want to make themselves known....which just makes more for those of us here. But I will say it is easier WITHOUT our kids living right there! We thought it would be harder, but not having to worry about them being used is making it easier....who would have thought!!!! Gonna hit the shower and go. Will check in when I can!!!

New keyboard!! Not what I want----probably would be good for me, but yuck!!! It is little, sized like my laptop---which is why I don't much care for it! Gonna try it for the night, if it grows on me, ok, if not---back it goes! Cindy---I just noticed your bandiversary is coming up!!! Are you elated that school is out? I am off to my inlaws. Not thrilled, she is making me VERY unhappy. Sounds mean with her facing what she is, but she has in my face defied something I ask her not to do, she about broke her neck doing it, and has continued, all KNOWING it is hurting Rick, and she is acting like it is on purpose.....so I have not seen her since TX!!!! Oh well......will go and make nice! See ya later!

Good morning all~ My ckeyboard is dying! Onc e again it has a strange c thrown in here and there---the support tothe space bar has dropped on the letter c ----so following many spaces, cI get a c --------or I get no space at all. Grrrrrrr!!! So I am buying a new one today. Thrill! Will check cin in awhile....with proper spac es, and no extra c 's I hope!!!!

We made it through the 4th, and now most of the 5th! LOL We had a really good time last night. Things are in chaos with our girls, it all boils down to the ordeal with Manda's storage shed, and her considering legal charges. Now Abbey is taking it to the Derby. Manda said she will sell out her share of the league. But it will be a battle. She is (Abbey) talking trash about the girls who don't want Manda to leave---2 of them are a lesbian couple, and she made slurs to that effect, and has everyone at odds. All because of her crazay witch of a Mom. I so wish Rick's kids would have grown up more like him, less like her!! I realize the propensity to develop bi polar issues is strong in the blood line, and they have no choice in the matter, but c'mon, these are not children. They are supposed to be adults! I have absolutely nothing good to say about any of them right now! No one does----imagine! Abbey is talking non stop crap about both her brother and his wife. As well as Manda. I wish they could just be sent to their rooms. Ground them!!! Nah, better they are in their own home, and not mine!!! But Rick and I totally enjoyed ourselves last night. Then today we took a loooong ride! We rode up and over Wolf Creek Pass---then down to a side area---about 300 miles. Was so nice out---in the mountains it was not hot. Long sleeves were nice to keep the chill off at 55+ mph. Skies were clear---loved it! We stopped in Pagosa Springs CO and had a late lunch----now just vegging at home. Going to town tomorrow to buy a new EZ shade. Found one I want, it is actually an offset umbrella---my Aunt has one, and I like it! Terri---I had a very simple pre op, for a week prior, I ate high protein, extremely low fat. Kind of like an Atkins thing. I lost a few pounds, but nothing drastic. He said my liver looked fine for the surgery---so I guess I did enough!!! Good Luck with your soup! There are soup options at most of the places---but does it have to be a certain kind of soup? Actually, not sure unless we shot for tomorrow---you have the uniform guy on Wed. and my MIL has her lung cancer surgery on Thurs. So---from there, life will be outta whack for awhile. Rick was supposed to go back and work Tues, Wed, & Thur. then go on vacation for a week (we were supposed to go to Yellowstone). But instead he is taking Thurs. off and working Fri. She will be in the hosp. with all the family in, so we figure she won't miss him! Then he has the next 10 days or so off---I am sure since we are staying home, his Dad can find lots for him to do, before his surgery on the 16th. We were leaving the 16th for Grants to go to a rally----guess that too will be cancelled. Our summer has went to hell in a hurry!!! LOL That's ok----Sturgis is one month away~ Well I am gonna go move the water, I think Rick forgot it......

All's well here, had a great time at the fireworks last night. Rick is playing slave boy today--------his Dad found out he was off, and has a mile long list----even tho his brother was here all last week. They had him clean the car, silly crap--Rick gets to plow, and cut alfalfa. Which is what he would rather do anyway!!! He is the one who would tell them to wash the car themselves, they CAN DO that!!! They just won't!!! So I am gonna mow. Then we are headed to Olive Garden, then to the fireworks tonight--just the 2 of us. We had a BLAST with the group last night, but tonight is for us! Will check in when the mowing is done....woohooo! Everyone have fun and be Safe! Happy 4th of July to you all!!!

Suzie, I am glad to see you! LOL I Miss it when you post differently than normal! Kinsey has been a good sleeper from the get go. She slept through the night, too early, and had to be woke up to be fed! Ever since she has liked her schedule. She began with 2 naps a day, and has went down to one, but she is up early, she gets to preschool/daycare at 7 AM, when she come here it was at 6 AM! So she is ready soon after lunch to nap--but I have noticed her getting later and later. I figure, Manda can wean her this summer, and just move her bedtime up to 8 as opposed to 8:30. Having just the one child, Manda has no clue how lucky she is! Kinsey sleeps well, she is not picky---she eats a wide variety! Sushi, any kind of seafood, she has only recently been taken off red meat, and her tummy aches disappeared. Pediatrician said in a year or so the way she is growing she should be fine. But she has a pleasant demeanor, she is not a whiner, she is kind hearted, loves to do for others, and hands out "I love yous" regularly! I always thought she was gonna be shell shocked by the next one! But she says there is not going to be a next one! Sorry about the rain Tracy. We had one of the 6" rains here....a drop every 6 inches or so. We are going to our usual fireworks, nothing more this weekend. Rick is working. I hate Halliburton. They are such jerks. First they move the company out of the USA, it is now headquartered in a tiny office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Teh big work is still done in Houston, but they are taking advantage of all of the tax breaks they got while they had their "in" in office. I think they should be EXTRA taxed having HQ's out of the country. And now, when the economy went south, they eliminated most salaried jobs, put them all back hourly. So now the big shots are already off the weekend, so the paid holiday is not Sunday, which is the 4th---and Rick has to work, the paid holiday that they get double time for---is Monday! They told Rick he will only get 8 hours---IF he works the day after, since he is off on vacation, he gets no holiday pay, it has to be taken as a vacation day---he can't save that day. Morons! He is seriously thinking of a change, but it is hard to leave the benefits he has built up---5 weeks paid vacation.....and go back to starting over with one. Eeeewwww, we need more time than that for TX alone. So who knows. Well I am going to go turn off the water and hit the shower, so my hair can dry before bed. See y'all tomorrow!

Hi ~ Kinsey and I have had ourselves a good morning! We did NOTHING!! Well we sat outside and swang and read, and then she played on the new slip and slide---then the little girl across the street and her Mama come over & the girls played in the water. Her husband is as much of a motorcycle feind as Rick is---and our last names are the same! The poor UPS driver never knows which one of us is getting what!! One night Spence, her DH comes strolling over with a motorcycle tire over his arm, asking me if Rick ordered it! It was delivered wrong! They have recently discovered their favorite place to shop is each others house!! Rick went over to see how his build was going last week, and come home with new raked forks. Then last night Spence come to borrow the battery charger, and left with it, saddle bags and a bag rack! They crack me up. In a way it is kind of sad, he is developing a relationship with him like I know he hoped he would with his son. He always hoped he would have the motorcycle bug like he did....but he didn't. The couple across the street are older than our kids, but not by much, they have a 2 year old, and one due in September. She is a bi-ligual teacher, and the little one at 2 is speaking both English and Spanish! We finally got them out of the water, dried off, and we come in to eat lunch---and now Kinsey is ready for her nap. What she is going to do in school I don't know, she LOVES her nap! Hoping to wean her of them this summer---but after the water, today is not the day! Hope your move is going well Tracy! Everything ok Suzie? Michelle--drama? Do tell!! I live vicariously!! Angela, like I said on FB, I am so glad surgery went well, and at least they are doing it right, not pushing. Cindy--school is out for you finally---what now? Talked to Terri, she starts pre op dieting Monday! Well, I am going to go find cartoons to lull her off!!! I cannot do Hannah Montanna!

Did you hear anything from Angela? Weeniemobile was ..... well a weeniemobile!!! Kinsey got a kick out of it, but refused to eat one, she is such a Mommy's girl, she thinks if Mommy won't eat hot dogs then neither will she! It does not however stop her from inhaling crab legs!!! LOL I have a killer headache....drinking caffeine, took some ibuprofin, and still it throbs. uuggghhh How goes the move Tracy? Cindy---see you here, is summer school over this week? Wonder what happen to Bethany and Terri----we run 'em off???? Suzie, you out walking??? good to see you again Jenn! I enjoy being the passenger, of course I am the wierd one who sleeps on the back of the bike, freaks everyone out! LOL I love it! Michelle---hope your head is better too. I know I wonder about the kids life too----but DO NOT want her picking on Kinsey, and Kinsey being made to allow it. She has a right to stand up for herself---I do not agree with them turning her into a beaten down wimp of a child! She has to learn to stand up for herself. And they seem to be thwarting that. School starts in a couple of months, she should be fine. We had so much fun at the movie! Her preschool is closed tomorrow, so she is staying with me. I Bought her a Toy Story 3 Slip and Slide----I know she is going to love it! Also got her and Ray (Becky's grandson her age) all these glow sticks that are shaped---magic wands, and swords, and flowers---they love the glow sticks. I bought a bunch of the necklace ones, they make loops out of them and toss them all around, and bracelet ones to link together---they should have fun. We are taking a grill, and having dinner then watching the fireworks together. Rick is working, so will come straight from work to where we gather. The city does the big show on the 3rd. Then a local guy does another one on the 4th. Rick and I usually go to that one just the 2 of us. Other than that, no real 4th of July plans......lazy time!! What about y'all?