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Happy- Right here...Just been a little busy.. I think we are having our last cool gasp. It will be cool tomorrow and then warm again.. But, you never know this has been a crazy year.
We went out for late lunch/early supper. I ate all wrong.. It has been a struggle with my weight lately..
Tomorrow I plan to get up early and go to a church with my sister. My son belongs to that church. I am not sure about this but I will give it a try. It is Baptist. I was there once and it was nice. I am just not sure about going with my sister. She can be hard to be around on a steady basis.She means well but knows it all.She thinks.At least I will see my son. Maybe she will be on her best behavior.
I thought Tammy was back..Hello Meme,Mima...Yes Ibs is caused by stress. Look for me to be complaining this week..
Have a Good Weekend Everybody
Joanne

I have been running around in circle, chasing my tail, getting nothing done ... can't even catch my tail (and you'd think, as big as it is, I could at least do that!) So ... that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :p And you probably won't be 'seeing' much of me for a week or two ... taxes!

'Baby' Jenna was 8 today. Doesn't seem possible, does it? It was a crazy day. I was swamped with customers. Had 3 out there at one time. They started showing up at 8:30 this morning and hubby had gone to workday at church. I finally had to call him home at 11. A man needed a brake plug changed and two more people pulled in the drive way about that time ... I was about ready to run in the house and lock all the doors and close the blinds. I sold 3 before he got home and he sold another one after he got home. He sold 2 yesterday, too. We usually do pretty good in the spring. He has several possible job offers. Two in management. We're still praying about it. He wants to make sure he makes the right move. He's still trying to get things closed up at the shop. He'll probably be there most of next week. Insurance will be the big motivator in moving to another place.

Well, need to get to bed ... another long day tomorrow. Hope you are all feeling better & have a good Sunday. Hope you enjoy the new church, Joanne. Your sister sounds a lot like my mom was ... not fun to be around most of the time. I'm so glad we found a good church close to home.

Joanne-hope you are comfortable in that church-there must be something there -your son got baptized in that church. How far is it. ?
Love it back home when there are so many Smiths in church but that is not the reason we like it. Gail and Brad, Brad's sister and her husband, Brett, Angela and 2 kids, Grandaughter Leah and Isaiah and whoever else shows up. We love the Pastor and the doctrine.
The kids got to the train fine-we are so tired, can you imagine us driving 7 hours to take them-3 and a half each way.
Went to the picnic-all I could eat was chicken. I ate a small roll. Stomache is a little bad.
Driving to Tampa tonight to meet people who Brad knew when he was younger-it's an annual event. Steak and Ale-love that place. This time I printed out the directions to go back so we won't get lost. Wound up in Pinellas Park one time-Joanne knows where that is.
I had such a hard time with Brett's way of dealing with Debbie and his negativity, I can see where it comes from but he doesn't realize what he is doing. Brad is going to have a talk with him when he gets home. I grew up in an abusive home so it makes me crazy and I can't stand to see kids verbally abused. The kids were wonderful when they were here. My gf says that it's not that some people are mean-it's that they are ignorant-I mean of what they are doing.
I guess it's our job to correct. I see some of it in Brad but I sure speak up-the negativity I mean.
Oh well-have a great day-Mima

Good morning all!! We arrived home last night, and I haven't had time to get on here. We had a great time! I'll read posts and post more later. Missed you guys!!

I am so mad!!!!! I typed quite a bit and it is gone. It told me I wasn't allowed to do that. I had logged in, so why not? FRUSTRATION!!!!!!!!

I will have to try again tomorrow. Too upset to do it now.

been there,done that.
WE had a great time in Tampa but sure had a hard time finding the place. The yahoo map left us in the middle of the city and we drove around for quite a while as Brad got more and nore frustrated, Ended up in a complex with a gate and there were 2 angels disguised as security guards who gave us the directions. We should have prayed sooner. Got home ok.
Need more sleep but Brad and I are so glad to be alone.
Hope you had a good trip Tammy. And how was church, Joanne.
Later-Mima

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Mima- Church was ok. Although they didn't have a sermon ,but, a missionary was there to speak about his mission work. They had a pot luck lunch after. I will go back . It is about 20 minutes away but. I think I may like it... Our son and DIL go there. That is a added bonus. I will try to get hubby to go but I don't hold up a lot of hope.
I went to mall today with sister and a lady friend of hers. We had lunch and shopped. I got a new pair of shoes with the card my daughter gave me for my BD.I am really tired. My back and legs are screaming.
Tammy- I hope you had a good trip. I wish I could go away to a beach and just sit ,read, and do nothing.. Not likely to happen this year..With the puppy and her not really house broke yet it would be hard.
Meme- After getting up so early for a few mornings ,I will go back to bed after I take christy out in the morning for a couple more hours.. I need the rest.
Hello Happy- We are looking for Spring.. It will come and go so fast we won't know it..Then it will be HOT.
Joanne

OK. I am going to try this again. It's hard to type with my fingers crossed!!

Mima, glad that Disney was a fun trip for everyone. I am ready to go again. I could handle a $40 gift card to Perkins! Haven't been there in ages, but I always like it.

Meme, so sorry to hear about hubby's job. We'll keep you in our prayers and hope that a new position with good insurance and a good location will arise for him. I think your doctor was right! You are a young chick!!

Chris, a friend of mine recently had surgery on her knees because of the same problem that you have. She is doing much better now, and she regrets not having the surgery years ago. When will you get the results of the mole biopsy? Prayers are headed your way that it will be fine. Love it about the parakeet and the cockatiel! We had a parakeet when we were kids, and it would whistle songs that we would whistle around it. My grandparents had one that would call of the names of all of the grandchildren (30 of them), and it would also use the names in sentences. Sometimes it would get confused and include me with some of the boys who were told to "Go out and play ball, Ricky, Jimmy, Bobby, and Tammy!!" Don't know why I would get included there.

Joanne, I am so glad that you had a great birthday!! Being spoiled can be a good thing!! I'm like you with the retirement. I want to do what I want to do when I want to do it. Today I didn't do much of anything. lol It was in the upper 70's and lower 80's at Jekyll Island. Absolutely beautiful!

Anne, I hope you are recovering from that virus. Any illnesses just knock me out for a few days anymore. I hope your spring will arrive and be dry with NO freezing rain!!!

Jekyll Island was wonderful!! No complaints from any of us. We walked on the beach, played putt-putt, read books, went through some shops. Bob and I checked out places for monthly rentals for next winter. The place we stayed this year was one we had looked at a year ago Christmas. We looked at several more, and we had it narrowed down to this one and another one where we stayed several summers ago. There was one more to look at, and Bob really didn't want to check it out. It was the last one in the line of hotels, and it is more of a condo type. All the units are individually owned, so they are all decorated differently.

I convinced him to go, and I am sooooooooooo glad we did. So was he!! We looked at a 1 bedroom villa, and it was so nice! We decided to go talk about all the places. The next day we went back to that one to look at a different unit. It was just as nice as the first one. Well, we filled out an application to rent one of the villas next February. We put a down payment on it. There is a restaurant and lounge, a fitness room, bike rental, picnic tables and grills, pool on site. We won't be able to see the ocean from what we'll have, but we can walk around the building to see it. That will save us some $$$. The villa has a full kitchen, which was one thing we wanted and most of the others didn't have. I'm ready to go now!!

I was smart. I copied my post in case it did it again. When I pressed post quick replay, it said I wasn't logged in again. Have any of you had that problem? Wonder if it will happen this time?

Tammy it sounds like you had a wonderful trip.

I got the biospy results back this morning. It was nothing. YAY! One worry gone but in my life I replace one worry with 2 or 3 more. This afternoon I saw the ortho surgeon. When he came into the room, he asked me how was I doing. Kinda dumb question. If I was fine I certainly wouldn't be there wanting injectinos in my knees. As I was telling him what was going on I ended up in tears. He said I can tell you are really hurting. Of course 3 days ago my arm started hurting again. He did give me a cortisone injection in both knees. I asked if we should do an MRI. He wants to wait. I told him this was my 3rd shot in the left knee and 2nd in the right. Plus I have had arthoscopic surgery on the left before. I know what that catching in the knee means. He said that he would like to see what this does first. He thinks since he is an orthopedic PA that he is giving the injections in more of the right spot and manner than my GP. Ok I can give him that. He really wants to wait on the arm. He said there was no way he was giving me a 3rd injection today. He gave me more Darvocet and said if I needed more to let him know. If the pain in the knees doesn't go away I am to call him. If the pain in the arm gets worse I am to call him. He said that as a group, Roanoke Orthopedic, leases the Advance Imagining Center Tuesdays and Thrusdays. So if I have continued pain I am to call him and he said he can get me in for a MRI real quick. As he was doing the injections I was crying again. Not that it hurt that bad...after all of them that have had they don't both me anymore. I guess I was just crying because I let him know about all the pain I was in. He said please stop or you will have me crying too. The nurse came and cleaned my knees up and give me the prescription. As I was walking out (or should I say limping out) the PA was in the next room and had the door open. He excused himself from that patient so he could come ask me again if I was alright and to tell me if I needed anything at all to call him. Shortly after I got home the phone rang and it was the PA. He wanted to make sure I made it home ok and to tell me he wanted me to have some labs drawn. Most likely the arthritis panel and sed rates. He is going to mail the lab slip to me and I can just go over to my doc's office and have them drawn.
Well time for some more pain pills and off to bed I go.

Oh Chris-I am sorry you are in so much pain. I was like that when I first came down with fibro in my 40's. I felt like Job in the bible. now I jusr hurt all over but it's not intense. The cortosone will work and I agree about reg. docs not hitting the right spot.
We are so geared up to go to Jamaica next week. Isaac called yesterday-the mission is in Montego bay and we are going to Ocho Rio-he tpld us to. So we will ahve to take a shuttle. He sent a list of what they need so I forwarded it to the Sunday school/ he also wants seaweed so we will freeze some. to take,
I lose my posts but I have a laptop and hit the wrong button-the keyboard is smaller .
Oh-it's so nice to be alone. My body hurts so much-swim today and the whirlpool to see if it helps!!!
catching up=put away 5 loads of laundry. We are leaving in a month so brad is thinking about that.
Hope you are good, Anne and Meme. Bye Mima

Thanks, Mima. I haven't hurt this much in a couple of years. I was first diagnosised with FM in 2002. I had a real bad flare up then and again in 2004 Oh what I would give for just one pain free day. I have to go to Walmart and get some meds then I am coming home and going back to bed.

Tammy, glad you had a good vacation. Yes, I have lost posts and 3fc has been telling me I'm not logged in sometimes. If I have a really long post, I usually copy it and paste it in documents. I have a place named 3fc at the beginning of my documents where I save long posts right before I post them. That way if they don't post I still have them. Just takes a couple of seconds to do that.

Sorry you are hurting so bad, Chris. I've had a stomach virus ... have good friends who just have to share that stuff with me! ;) Got it Sunday and have been throwing up and aching and all that good stuff ever since. Glad your biopsy was ok, though.

Mima, glad you are getting some alone time. It's hard being with people all the time. I had g-kids last week ... school was out. I was glad to see them go - even though I love them. That missionary trip will be hard on you. How long will you be gone?

Joanne, I know what you mean about the puppy. I'm having a time with Ginger. She's getting to the 'rambunctious' stage now. She's not really wild like Nikka was ... just normal puppy stuff. Like you said Christy is. Playing in her water and things like that. Just stuff all puppies do. She will occassionally tear up a puppy pad or turn over her food if I go off and leave her alone too long and I know it's because she just gets bored staying in there alone for so long. She's not bad or anything. Just normal. She still isn't completely trained either ... she was just 3 mos. old March 10th (hubby keeps reminding me how young she is!) I think I am expecting too much of her. I've just been feeling so bad lately ... I haven't felt like fooling with her much. As soon as it gets warm I'm going to start taking her outside more and try to get her to go potty in the yard instead of on the pads. We've hit another cool spell here.

Anne, hope you are feeling ok. I've got to get over this virus and get our taxes done. It's crunch time! :eek:

What happened to Candice??? I miss her!

Yeah-where are you Candice. ? Feel better-get some probiotics into your system-Activia for one. Boy, Anne , you were right on. I have some in my Fibersmart.
Oh dear, my hair frosting was extreme-and it was my fault-told her almost heavy and very light. She said she could correct it. But I have to wait til sat,.And it was so expensive -$81 with the haircut. Where is my Carla-not that I haven't had problems at home. Maybe I should go to the foil. More control.
We are all going to paint a dolphin today while the teacher demonstrates.
I know Jamaica will be hard-Isaac sent a list of stuff to bring for the missions and the Sunday school will give us a $ 100 to pay. We have to borrow a suitcase to bring it. Isaac said he could be at the airport to pick it up,
My back hasn't recovered yet from last week. Brad is still tired.
Happy Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Mima

Chris, what a relief with the biopsy, but what a problem with the other issues!! I hope things will turn around for you soon, and you will be out of so much pain.

Mima, I'm sure you'll have lots to report about the Jamaican trip! What an opportunity to serve!!

Meme, good idea about saving the posts!! How nice of your friends to share their virus! NOT!! Hope you will feel better soon.

Our realtor called yesterday, and we should have a closing on the old house by April 9!! We're getting my brothers and their families together there for one last fling the last weekend of the month. Pizza and just remembering the many years we lived there. My parents bought the house in 1966, so it's been in the family for quite a while. I'm sure I'll cry the last time I walk out of it.