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Hello All

Sorry I have been missing for several days but I have had a lot on my mind and then I got a bad cold. Stress probably caused that.

My mom discovered that the supposed "new miracle drug" for her cancer isn't working. They have switched her to another drug. It is making her sicker than the last one did. I just don't know what to do to help. I feel so helpless. She has neropathy(sp) of her hands, finger and some in her toes and feet. She can't touch or eat anything cold or frozen or it makes it worse.

I can feel myself getting really depressed and can't seem to drag myself out of it. Needless to say staying OP has been shoved to the wayside. I don't know how much time Mom has left. This medicine (if it works) will only extend her time, not destroy any cancer cells already in her.

We have been worried about Dad for so long and watched him slowly going downhill with all his problems, but now I think Mom is in worse shape than he is.

I didn't mean to lay all this out on you gals. That is one of the reasons I haven't been posting. I didn't want to bring anyone down with me. It is hard to lift anyone else's spirits when you can't lift your own.

I hope all of you in the teaching professions realize how much you are needed and appreciated!!! Keep up the good work!

Carol-I am sending prayers your way for your mom and dad. Unfortunately it's something that we all have to face sooner or later. As we get older, our parents get older and it is so hard to think about.

Jennelle, Sherry, Debbie-I hope your day went better than mine! I got to school at 6:30 this morning and didn't leave until 4:30 this afternoon. I don't know how I became the bus queen, but it seems I am the one that everyone came to for bus problems. This afternoon a lady was in tears on the phone looking for her child. Of course, it was my fault that 1 child ended up on the bus and the other still at school missing the bus. The buses ran 2 hrs late and parents were freaking. When I got home, I ran to get rid of all the stress from the day.

Sherry - Excellent job of turning to something besides food to relieve the stress! :cp: :bravo: You are today's good example! :)

Hi Gilrs:wave:

Thursday and Friiday of last week was inservice for me but today was my first day back at school with my staff. AND I am tired already...LOL. I am trying so hard to keep a postive additude about this school year with the disappointment of not getting the new job. I keep thinking, only 4 more years and I will be fully vested. I could retire after that if I want to. :)

Carol....My heart goes out to you about your Mom. After taking care of my Mom these last few months, I know what stress it can put on you. Sending my prayers your way!! Keep us posted please!! Hugs!!!

Sherry...How was your first day back at school? Bet that alarm was like a rude awakening...LOL. I think changing schools mid-week would be exciting. Sure would make the ones at Chadwell not take you for granted so much.

Ramona....Congrats on the new job and becoming a MIL soon. I'm sure you will be great at both!!

Tina....I am so happy for you getting to stay home with your children. That is one of my biggest regrets, not getting to stay home with my kids when they are small.

Shelley....Be looking for me to reappear on the excerise thread very soon. :)

Gayle...How are you doing? I'm like Sherry, can't believe Allison is getting so big. Does she think she is grown now?

Today was day 2 for me being 100% OP!!! :cb: It is really hard this time!!!

Hugs to all my Floozie friends!! Deb

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Debbie....YES it was a rude awakening when that stupid alarm went off at 5:00!!!!!!!! I wished I could retire in 4 years!!!!! LUCKY YOU!!!! I'll still be working when I'm 80! :lol:

Carol.....I'm so sorry for all that you're going through. Please know that we love you & I'll always be here for you. Prayers are being sent your way. :angel: It took awhile for me to get out of my depressed mood and I know you will too soon. Take care & I love you.

Shelley....My first day back was a very busy one!!! How many more days until school is out????? :lol:

Gayle....Where are you???????? Should I head to KS and look for you????? I sure do miss you!

Got to finsih laundry and head for bed.

Love & hugs....Sherry

hello gals!
yesterday registered catagan with the schools at home group.
hard to believe the new school year is starting already.
here in ind. the public school;s start next mon.
im doing introductory this week.
was able to get alot of used curric. saved me tons.
im putting her in a class for swimming and phys ed this year.
i dont know how to swim but she wants to learn.
she will go from sept.1-nov.30 swimming while homeschool boys have gym,
then feb.-may she'll have gym while the boys take swimming.


carol,i am so sorry to hear what you and your mom are going thru.
you and yours are in my prayers.

ramona,congrats on the new job!
yours sounds so exciting!

tina,yippie to stay home!
i love to be home with catagan.
congrats!

sherry,im not moving for awhile.
stuck here!
house is fine,neighborhood sucks.
house rite across the street is selling drugs,way to much traffic!

i didnt know that teachers spend so much on there classrooms.
everyone have a great day!
doni

Hello to all.

My mood is better today. I have even managed to stay OP so far today. Mom & Dad both had a really bad day yesterday, but today has been much better. Thanks to everyone saying prayers. They are very much appreciated.

Hugs & love to all my Floozie friends.

Morning Girls:wave:

Today is going to be my 4th day staying 100% OP!! :cb: It's really hard for me this time but I believe I can do it just like all of us can.

Carol....WTG on staying OP. Hope your parents have a better day today.

Sherry...Are you back OP? Everyday I plan on going back to the Y but something always happens. What is wrong with me? LOL Could be the lazy-ies huh. Good luck at your new school today. I know you are nervous but they will love you there.

Doni...Sounds like things are getting busy for you too. Are you staying OP?

Got to go and get ready.
Hope everyone has a great OP day. Hugs...deb

Hello Ladies,
My computer is up and running again. We thought that we would have to get a new one but Larry was able to over haul this one again. He fixed it sunday. Thanks Sherry for letting everyone know that I was off line.

I will not be posting very often. My back has increasingly gotten worse. I didn't think that was possible. Well anyways I am on a lot more drugs and am not very coherent. I am very scattered brain and have a hard time focusing on anything for very long. I still have a lot of pain inspite of the meds. I do see light at the end of the tunnel. Less than 3 weeks to go before my operation.

I read the posts daily and my thoughts and prayers are with each one of you as you tackle a new day. Know that I am still here, maybe not in mind and body but at least in body...lol
Love you all.

Dee-It is so good to hear from you! Please take good care of yourself.

We have Charley headed our way, due to hit sometime Friday. If it continues it's path toward us, school won't be in on Friday. We won't know until noon on Thursday whether it will be closed or not. We are going to have to start boarding up windows tomorrow. I hate this because when Mike boards up the windows, he keeps the boards up all hurricane season and then some! That would be through November that I have to look at the stupid boarded up windows.

Shelley: How awful for you. Be safe!!

Debbie: It is hard for me this time too, but so far so good. I am still OP. Are you getting used to being back to work yet?

Sherry: What an adventure going to two schools... That will at least change the monotony of the same old thing all the time. Are you able to stay OP so far?

Dee: Glad to see you back even if only once in a while. You take care. We are all praying for a speedy recover for you.

Doni: How did it go getting school all set up for the kids. I am sure they are going to love the swimming and gym.

Tina: I am jealous of you getting to stay home... I wish I could retire at a young age. I am ready!!! It is a shame I didn't win the lottery to let me do it!! :lol:

For everyone who asked... mom and dad both had a much better day yesterday. Thanks to all you are such a generous caring group.

Everyone have a wonderful day.

HI!!

Shelley you'rel lucky the boards come down in Nov. I have a feeling that if we had to do that we would be the joke of the neighborhood. you know the house that keeps there Christmas lights up all year long. LOL My hubbie has good intentions but things don't get done to quick around here. He has a huge windmill he got for Christmas in the garage that still has not been put together. LOL Maybe my dad will put it together for him this Christmas.

Debbie Congrats on staying OP!! I know how hard it can be.

Sherry how is school going? Today is registration day for our county. My nephew is so ready to go back to school. He can't wait.

Hi Dee!! I am keeping you in my prayers! Glad to see you checking in. I have missed your posts.

Carol I am glad to hear you parents had a better day. Hopefully today will be even better.
I do feel very blessed to get to stay home with my kids. I have always wanted to and due to some tragedies with my husbands family (they have both passed away tragically) he inherited some rental property so he is able to be self employed. He is building houses now (that is what his dad did).

My SIL is going to have her second baby in the morning. We are very excited. My nephew is coming to stay with us and my kids can't sleep they are so excited that he is coming over. She is having a C section and is scared to death.

I hope you all have a great day!!

Tina

Well, our schools are closed tomorrow. That means we will have the day before Thanksgiving as a Hurricane makeup day. We have been bringing all the crap from the carport into the wooden shed in the back of the house. There is a very good chance that we will be hit by Charley sometime tomorrow. I hope that none of you are affected by it.

Oh Shelley I will be saying a prayer for you & your family as the hurrican moves that way. Please keep in touch with us to let us know you're safe & ok. BIG HUGS!!!!!! :angel:

Has anyone heard from GAYLE??????????

Hey all!

Shelley--hope you don't get blown away down there!

I've just caught up w/all the posting today from all the past few weeks. Been traveling and working lots of OT.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Cheryl

My parents are headed over here before the winds get tough. They are supposed to have a higher surge in Cape Coral than expected. We are still battening down everything, but it looks like the storm is going to hit Tampa hard. I'll keep everyone posted. The house is so dark. Mike and the girls are outside putting the dreaded wood up on the windows. It isn't even raining yet. It is supposed to be here around 2:00. The neighbors had just put up a nice play thing for their kids and they are disassembling it.

Gayle-Where are you???

Shelley, please stay safe and let us know as soon as you can if you guys are ok. LOVE YOU!!! We are feeling a temp change here because of the storms, it is unseasonably cool here, feels like fall.

Sorry I haven't posted, no excuse other then I am fighting a major case of the "poor me's" I feel down in the dumps and can't seem to shake it all. I also have been really busy, doing WWll research putting my dad's military history together, Allison getting ready for school, a few day long trips, classes etc. I apologize to you guys for not checking in.

Shelley please be careful and take care of your family. It is hard for me to imagine what it is like to get ready for a hurricane to hit where you live. I am praying for you.

Gayle glad that you checked in. We can join together and do the poor me's in two's. Know that I am thinking of you and you are special. You know how to make me smile.

Hope that you ladies are all doing fine.

Is ther something in the water or the air? The "poor me" has really been going around lately. We all need to find a way to perk up and cheer up. :lol:

Shelley: I am so praying for you!! That storm is a bad one!!

Love & Hugs.

Shelley
From the news it seems the hurricane hit Ft. Myers pretty bad. I hope you and your family are safe. Please post when you can so we will know you are alright. Hugs...deb

Boy do I need the willpower vibes. I just don't understand what happens to me. I stepped on the scales this morning and the weight just keeps coming back on. :eek: Of course I know why. I have a funnel for a mouth these days. I wish you could buy willpower in a bottle! :genie: The Sugar Monster has got a good grip on me right now. Anyway, enough of my pity party.

Hope all of you are on track and filled with willpower. I am going to fight the Sugar Monster today. NO CHOCOLATE, NO SWEETS!!

Shelley: Let us know how you are!!

Shelley, we are still praying your safe. Let us know when you can. It sounds like you guys had it pretty rough... I hope your folks made it to your house in time to stay out of the path of the storm.

Carol....just for you........{{{{{{GOOD VIBES}}}} You will resist sugar today.... you will get on the right path again....I have faith in you!!!!

Wondering if Shelley was in the mandatory evacuation...

I hope you are dry and not too windblown!

I hope this Sunday morning finds Shelley and her family safe and with a home.
I've thought of you guys all weekend and continue to pray everything works out.

Hello :wave:

I worked the Titans pre-season game yesterday.Check-in time was 3:00. I got home at 12:10 last night. I'm one tired & SORE mama!!

Shelley....I hope the reason why you haven't posted is because there's no current and nothing more serious. I hope that you and your family, friends and neighbors are fine. You're in my prayers.

Also...I hope everyone is trying hard to stay OP and are all in better spirits. I have tried so hard all week and I think I'm about to "get it together!" :D

Hugs & love my friends.....

Hey Everyone....

Sorry haven't posted in a looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggggg while i have been kinda like Gayle having the poor me's. Feeling nobody cares and wonders what little ole me is doing. Trying to get in a better frame of mind.

The family is fine down in Florida no one got blown away even tho it was heading straight for them till the last minute.

Shelley how did you fair in all that mess???? Are you safe, did you have much damage???

Sher,Deb,Carol,Dee,Jennelle,Ramona everyone have a terrific week.

Vicki

My power just was turned back on today. Thank all my Floozie friends for your prayers. The power went out last Friday. The wind was horrible. Several of our gigantic trees were blown over like toothpicks. You just can't imagine what it looks like around town, and Ft Myers didn't get it as hard as Sanibel or Punta Gorda. Thank God my parents came over and were safe. They stayed until Saturday afternoon, after Mike had to saw down a tree that had fallen on Dad's car during the storm. It was a huge bottlebrush, but only 1 of the larger limbs fell on it, so it wasn't dented or anything. Living without power or water was horrible. Finally on Sunday morning, Mike was able to get a generator at Home Depot after our neighbor, who works there gave us a head's up that they would be delivered Sunday morning. We have been on generator power since Sunday. Today the power came back up at about 1:30. I knew that you all would be worried about me, and while reading your posts to me, I have been crying knowing what wonderful friends you all are to me. I thought of you all so much and knew that you would be worried. We didn't have phone until Monday, and I had none of your phone numbers. There are still quite a few traffic lights not working. The power just came back on at school this afternoon, so I need to go to work tomorrow. I went in Monday and Tuesday in the dark and heat, but the principal said not to come back until the power came on. The schools are out until Monday, unless we are told that they still can't be open. The superintendent wants all the schools to open at the same time, except for the barrier island schools, which were destroyed. A few of the high schools here are damaged on the roof. Our school had a big roof leak in the cafeteria. Of course, all the schools had to throw out any food in the walk ins. Apparantly some of the frozen foods were still okay, though. The grocery stores are still not selling refrigerated foods yet. I was able to get some lettuce at Costco. I have been living on twizzlers and jelly beans. Might as well eat since the lights were out. Does it count if you eat it in the dark??LOL!!

I love all of you, and I hope you are all okay. I am feeling depressed just because I am unable to run because of all the standing water, but think of all the people that have no homes, that just live a few miles from me. We have the National Guardsmen here controlling the traffic and Punta Gorda is under Marshall Law right now. We had a dusk to dawn curfew up until Monday night. My principal had to go to 4 stores yesterday, just to find some ice! Better go, but thank you all again for your prayers. I will post to each of you later.

Whew, Shelley!!!! I'm soooooooooooooooo happy your okay! I've been checking several times a day, wonndering when we'd hear from you. Thank goodness your family is safe and sound, I considered trying to call you a few times, but then I knew I'd worry that much more if I couldn't get through to you. Go ahead, eat those jelly beans...you deserve it after everything you guys have been through!!! LOVE YA!!!!

Shelley I am so happy that you and your family are ok. What a relief to hear from you! I was really worried not hearing from you. I was wondering if anything happenned to you how would we know. Well thank God you and your home are in good shape.

Dearest Shelley, thank God you are all okay. I've been thinking about you constantly since that horrible storm hit. I'm so relieved that no one in your family was hurt. I pray that things will return to normal as soon as humanly possible. Just know that you have people thinking good thoughts for you night and day. Take care and let us know if we can help in any way.
Love,
Ramona

Shelley,
I'm so happy that you & your family are ok.I have been so worried about you.I have also been saying prayers for you.I heard about all the damage there. Man, you are lucky!! Do you get paid for the days off? Or do you just have to stay in school longer? They have been collecting money here at banks and the red cross for all the families there. Take care....Love you.

I hope everyone is doing ok. I'm still having to go back & forths to both schools. It's rough but I'm doing better with dealing with it. I'm doing much better staying OP just not there 100% yet!! But close! :D

Gotta get ready for bed....Love & Hugs...

Thank you all!

Dee-How are you feeling? I think about your pain often.

Sherry-I am 12 months, so I have to go in whenever I am told to. I go back this morning. We think that probably the kids will be making the week up at the end of the year. Not sure, though.

Well, just when you think things are bad, they get worse. Mike fell off a 10 foot ladder yesterday and hurt his foot really bad. He thinks he may have bruised a bone. Of course, he's not going to the Dr. He is using a cane to walk and this morning I found him crawling from the bathroom. He says it's easier than walking.

I got rid of 1 of the big brush piles, and will start on the other one either this afternoon or tomorrow. I am using an old little Radio Flyer wagon to make trips back and forth down the drive to the brush piles on the road. Does that count for exercise???

I am also in hate myself mode. I weighed this morning, and my weight is up 3 to 134 again. We haven't been eating normal meals, just grazing. It makes it very hard to stay OP. I will get back though. Probably when I start running again, which I hope is Saturday. There is no place to get off the road right now if a car comes because of all the standing water, and we had more rains last night.

Shelley, I hope Mike's foot is better by the time you read this. He probably should go see a doctor if he is in that much pain....he may have chipped a bone. Don't worry about the 3#, I'm sure your not drinking fluids like you usually do and with the change in your diet, over half of it is probably water retention.

Shelley--I'm sorry to hear that Mike hurt himself, but I'm so glad you're both OK after the hurricane. I was very worried about you. I'm also relieved that your parents came to stay with y'all through the storm. Don't worry about the 3# too much, I agree w/Gayle, probably mostly water, and as soon as things are back to normal they'll be gone. I'll bet not being able to get out and run is driving you nuts! As soon as you're able to, your stress will probably go WAY down. Still thinking of you, my friend.

Hello to all my other Floozie friends! Sorry I've been a bad poster lately--just overloaded @ work!

Cheryl

Shelley....Hate to hear that Mike hurt his foot and hope that today it is a little better.

Yesterday was Cara's 18th birthday which was very nice, we took her out to dinner and this morning she got an unfortunate belated gift from the police in the form of a speeding ticket.

Did i tell ya my oldest sister is getting married tomorrow nite and no one is going...very sad and pathetic.

Vicki

Vicki-Was Cara afraid to tell you about the speeding ticket? I know my daughter would be devastated if she got one so early in her driving career. That is sad about your sister.

If you go to the WW website, they are talking about a new plan called the Core Plan. Have any of you heard of it? It is no points counting and is basically eating high fiber foods. Sounds interesting.

Vickster, Liz just got her first speeding ticket about two weeks ago. She couldn't keep it from me because I heard it over the scanner. Liz also rear-ended the district judges wife about two months into her driving full time...oh the joys of a teenager. I'm sorry to hear about your family problems. If I may ask, why is no one going? Do they not approve of the future husband. It's sad when families become divided, I have two sisters and a brother I never see. Tell Cara HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Shelley, I will go check out the plan later today. No counting calories, points, anything? With all of that fiber, I imagine the time spent counting points will be put to good use in the bathroom. LOL!

Shelley & Gayle...Thanks for asking about Cara telling me about her ticket yes she did..we have that type of relationship where i told her never to keep anything from me-may not like what she might tell me but will support her no matter what and get thru it.

Gayle. Reason no one is going is b/c a year ago she all of a sudden quit talking to any of us and no one has met this man she is going to marry. This is the sister who is the mom of Courtney the one who was in the car accident. No one knows what is up with my sister, her 2 children are going but i am not or my other sister or parents. It is very sad situation.

My leg is starting to get better from phlebitis but dang that thing hurt bad but not as bad as Dee's poor back has been doing.

Well our state fair has started up and don't know whether going or not....

What's everyone's wk/end plan???

Later chicks


Vicki

Shelley - As usual, I'm ten steps behind! I'm so glad you're safe! I was really worried about you and your family! As for the 3#...at least you're safe and sound! :D

That "no-count" WW plan sounds interesting. I am definitely one who needs to be on a "no-count" sort of plan, lest I trip my eating disorder wire.

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