[Leenie]

My my, the first week of July gone already

Good Morning Sweeties

I only have seconds b/4 my boss walks thru the door so I'll say HI and BYE real fast


LOVE YAH !!!

[KO]

Hi ladies
we were away till Tuesday evening we went to saratoga for our one year anniversary. It was great I will go into detail later b/c Im trying to get my buns in gear for the day
I haven't been able to sleep since we got home this morning I was up at 4 ugh! Luckily Tuesday is DR appt so we'll see what he says
MArble thats so awesome that someone you know is going ot be on the biggest loser
gotta run bbiab

[CIN]

Hi Gals
Hi Liz.long time....no see.......my prayers are with you this July and always Liz!

In a nutshell..16 day hospital stay.90% large intestine removed.recovering nicely ( and slowly ) at home now and am happy to say the worst part is over!

I have had lots of love & support from family and friends! Bless their little hearts!

Time to head back to the couch for a while.been up since 6:30

Later taters!

[Marie]

Morning all, I hope you all have a fantastic day. I'm a bit shocked at the headlines today - I guess because the terrorist had been sort of quiet, I was lulled into complacentcy (sp?). My prayers are with London today.

My DH is going to MN for a week, leaving today. He's staying with his family and I was lucky enough to not have to go. I basically asked him if he minded going alone, that I didn't want to go on two trips in one month. I'm a real homebody and I know that it wouldn't have been good for me.

I plan to swim today and maybe go on a hike with DH before he leaves. It's getting pretty warm out already so we might not go. I plan to cut up my fruit and pig out on melons. I also have to pick strawberries again so I will munch on those too. I love summer and fruit season.

I hope you all have a great day.
Marie

[liz321]

Another wonderful nights sleep.......I have been off work for almost an entire week......it has been lovely........I do have to work this weekend.......but that is ok........then I am off for most of next week.

We have been loving our lazy slow mornings........today I must do a bit of cleaning......it will feel so good.....and tonight hoping to go for dinner with couple we know.

We have been trying to do one thing a day as a family, either a walk, bike ride, trip to the pool etc..........last night we went 5 pin bowling.......I was doing poorly........the first 2 games my dd7 beat me ...after a corona courtesy of hubby I did a bit better

I was asking about teenage depression Leens more so to hear from a teens perspective......I am a psychiatric nurse by training and it is my usbands area of expertise, but I was hoping more to hear it from a teen of the day........more in respect to my neice. At a bit of a loss as to what to say and do.........though I did send her a poem and letter yesterday.

Marie have a good swim, I am with you I love this time of year.

Cin glad to hear you are on the mend........I didn't realize you had been so ill.......was it a sudden onset illness or is this related to your other health concerns earlier this year. Glad to hear you are feeling a bit stonger each day.

Hi Ko.......welcome home....hopefully your sleep turns around....nothing worse for me than being tired, I lose perspective.


Hi everyone else........time to get busy......I have lots of cleaning I want to do today and I want to haul out all my scrapbooking supplies as well,

Liz

[marbleflys]

Hi everyone, another rainy, humid day in the garden state!

Marie: I don't take anti-depressants anymore, 3 trys of different meds that made me crazy was enough....but the Meridia has a mild anti-depressant effect...

[trooworld]

Good morning, all.

Marie, I miss living in Ohio where we could go and pick strawberries. Here in San Diego, we can only go to the store and get fruit. But there are some farmers markets to get fruit at...it's just more expensive than at the store.

[SueMarie301]

Hello everyone!

MMarie – It’s horrible isn’t it? My prayers are with London as well!

Liz – what is 5 pin bowling?

Trooworld – OOOH! I remember being able to pick strawberries in Ohio… I also remember picking eggplants, asparagus, and other vegetables for my grandmother when we lived in New York.

Well…I’ve been away for a while. It got really hectic here! My family flew in from Ohio, and they spread their flights over the whole weekend. OY! We spent out weekend up in Murrieta at my Aunts house for the weekend, so I was without a computer. I hope everyone had a good 4th of July. We had 17 family members fly in!!! It’s a packed house here!

I may be mia for the next two weeks because of family, but I’ll make every effort I can, to come on and chat with ya all!

I want to update everyone about my foot. I went to my appointment on Tuesday. It turns out I had a piece of glass in my foot!!! I dunno where I got it from, but I suspect that it was from working in the backyard… It was pulled out and IMMEDIATELY it felt better and I could put pressure on it. The doctor said that could very well be the reason for the swelling in my bursa… the area on the back of the foot just above the heel. Glad it’s not bursitis. Anyways, they gave me a tetanus shot as well… :’( Gave me a prescriptiong for 800mg of ibuprofen and told me to continue taking it for another week and I will be good to go.

The other thing I wanted to update ya all on is…….my weight. well *sigh* due to the inactivity and staying off my feet, and of course all those dang bbq’s and bday parties that were thrown for me… ugg and all that cake…. Well lets just say I gained back more than I really want to admit right now. It’s embarrassing. I gained back 5lbs in 2.5 weeks. I’m going backwards! But… I made my bed and now I have to lay in it. I’m okie with that. I will just pick myself up and start over again. Which leads me to some more news…. Today was my first day doing laps in the Universities Pool. I think the pool was like 60 – 70 feet long. Went from 4 feet to 7feet deep and I did about 16 laps hehehe. If that were done in my pool… at 60 feet then for everyone 1 lap in the university pool, I did 3 in my pool so that’s like 60 laps approx. For some reason is seemed much harder in the university pool… dunno why. Maybe cause I been out of activity for so long. I’m back in the game ladies!

I am pondering going to the gym today. I have to call my mom to see where they are at since I was suppose to go over there tonight. My family is finally all out here… they rented a 15 passenger van to carry them all around in but it wasn’t big enough! They are in Vegas right now. They are suppose to be back tonight, so I gotta find out if they will be home tonight because that will change things if I want to go to the gym. I get out at 6 from class, and figured would go to the gym around 7:30. But if my family is back before then, I will just go out to see them instead. Brit wants to see her cousins, and has been anxiously waiting for that. She was upset Wednesday because I was going to take her over, but my family decided to go to Vegas :-P So she was a little down to hear that she wasn’t going over.

We’ll see what happens.
Take care everyone

Sue…

P.S.

My weight trackers are current as of today. I changed them to reflect what I weighed in at when at the doctors office… *blush*

[liz321]

ummmmmmmmmmmm 5 pin bowling is 5 pins instead of 10..........smaller balls. Fun

Glad your foot is back to normal sue..........sorry about your weight...........it is a stuggle isn't it. I can relate! Enjoy your family and your time off.

Hi everyone!

Liz

[marbleflys]

Kier! hey I was wondering where you and yor toned firm arms have been? glad you enjoyed your vaacaaa!

Gee, Suemarie all that online dx and it's a piece of glass in the foot? hmmmmmm? glad you are better, now you'd better do some extra exercise for me too please.

Marie and Chris...I've NEVER lived in ohio....but i've picked blueberries in NJ....

BBL, hope everyone is doing well! where is the rest of the crowd? we'd better mix up a batch of Margaritas and see if they show up!

[cathyxxx]

hey gang

[SueMarie301]

Liz - Thanks

Marble - well all the symtpoms were there... but that just goes to show you should never self diagnose. I would have gone in to see the doctor eventually had my foot not healed up. Good thing I wasn't dying huh?! Course now my arm hurts from the tetanus shot lol.... *sniffle* I'm a big baby when it comes to pain

Cathy - Hello!!
Off to class now, well actually shower first then to classs...
Take care everyone!
Sue...

[CIN]

Liz
In response to your question...same on going problem..all arterial problems in colon. I had a severe "attack" which resulted in a G.I. bleed.......they found an ulcerated section and expected to do a re-section but the whole colon (90 per cent) lacked blood supply so they took it out. Two days prior hey re-stented the celiac artery stent I had done last July.it was plugged up again.

So after 16 days.........I have been home for a week. Moving slowly but doing well.

5 pin sounds like fun!

Sue Marie.ouch girl! Be careful..keep your shoes on too !

Cathy.you all better now? How about so going to work sick...did they send him home? Just curious.

Eating pumpkin pie.soeone made me huge diner wit pumkin pie! Watch out pounds....................I am finding what I lost quickly!~