Meme..I still have my big clothes...like you..to good to give away and I'm afraid I might need them again ( if I have to go any new meds that make you gain).......Ihave coats and dresses galore in big sizes and still have older small clothes too that I do not want to part with. I brought back stuff from mom's too since we were the same size.

We go in April to have our wills changed....but I'm afraid DH will pull the plug before I'm ready

Meme, I'd love to hear you sing your songs for church. I'm sure you are wonderful!!

Candice, how's the foot? Hope healing properly. We've had a will for quite a few years now. I think we need to do one of the living wills. I don't want to end up on tubes for years.

Mima, I've seen different types of bands for wedding rings. Really nice!

Several years ago, my dad was on a feeding tube after he had a stroke. He couldn't swallow, paralized on one side, heart problems, and I don't know what all. He told us, the doctor, and the pastor, no excessive measures to keep him alive. He wanted the feeding tube out. with all of that, one of my aunts still thinks that we killed him by not doing other things for him. He was 80 years old. He didn't want to live like that. He was still mentally alert and made his wishes known. It was so hard, and it still is. BUT I know that we did what he wanted.

Hello Everybody...I hope that everyone had a GREAT EASTER...
Easter here was nice.. My kids seem to have settled their differences..
Living wills! My hubby is greek and it seems like he feels if he makes any kind of will he thinks he is going to die. My mother had one.The Dr would not honer it. They hooked her up and put her in icu knowing she was going to die. Then they told us about it.Some Dr.s and some Hospitals will not honer them.They don't care what the case is. It is just money.In some cases the families have to take the family members out of the hospital and take them home to die.I have experience with both cases. Now the nursing homes down here are better about just making the patient comfortable and letting them go. It all depends on what the family wants.I for one will be glad when this case here in Fl. is finally off the news. It is the worst circus you can imagine. All the crazies have come out. This husband is going to suffer for this thing for years to come. He has made a big mistake.
Bye... Joanne

I think you're right about him making a mistake, Joanne. Maybe if he'd done it years ago ... when they first said she was brain dead. My mom didn't have a living will but after her last stroke ... when she first got to the hospital, and before she got to where she couldn't talk at all, she told us and all her doctors she didn't want any feeding tubes and she didn't want to go in a nursing home. They honored her wishes, kept her in the hospital and let her go. Took exactly 2 weeks after her stroke (the second one). I might have fought her on it but they told me she would just keep stroking out and getting worse and worse. She already couldn't swallow at all ... not even a teaspoon of water ... and over half her body was paralyzed. I knew she didn't want to live like that. It's really hard to sit there for 2 weeks and watch someone starve to death, though. Probably the worst experience of my life.

Candice ... I think I may go to Wal Mart and get some of those big rubber maid boxes with the lids that fasten tight and pack my clothes in tissue down in them for now ... see what happens weight-wise for a couple of years.

Had a really tiring Easter. Went to son's for a big breakfast after church and the kids had their egg hunt ... hectic day. Jenna was so cute ... I helped her some. I told her not to tell the others I was helping her. She just hugged me ... she's a doll! She's still the baby even if she did just turn six!!! They grow up TOO fast! The choir did great this morning. Then we had communion and baptizing ceremonies tonight at church and birthday celebration after church. It's been a VERY LONG day! I only slept 3 1/2 hrs. last night so ... I'm ready for bed now!!! Major storms here ... again. Not feeling too well!

Hey-my computer is on so I have to type fast. Had a great Easter!!! We are going home the week of April 25-that's when they are coming down. We are going to stop in Savannah on the way home. We haven't had a phone steady for 2 and a half weeks. Evan will be 1 on Saturday, Gotta eat but thought I'd check in. Bye Mima

Hi all!
Back to school tomorrow after our break. Not looking forward to it, but I know I'll be fine once I get there and the kids come in. I'm sure they've missed me! lol

Went shopping today for a pair of jeans. I wanted a pair that had a waist that comes to my waist, not those low things. I bought a pair of those last year, and when I wear them I feel like I'm losing my britches! Even when I have a belt on! I have a few pair of jeans with elastic waists, and they are all too big any more. That's a good thing, but I lose them too! Bob says he plans to buy me suspenders for my birthday.

Mima, I'm sure you'll be ready to get home. I envy you that you are able to do what you do. I may have to ask for tips in a few years after I retire.

Meme, I got my new jeans at WalMart. We have quite a few of those boxes full of things in the basement. We need to go through things and start weeding things out.

What kind are they ... EXACTLY! Brand name, style everything. I can't find any that come all the way up to my belly button. My waist is very LOOONG. I buy Lee Riders ... that's the longest I can find.

I've been hurting uncommonly bad lately. I had to go back to work (piano) yesterday, too. My hands didn't like that much. Plus I had Kaylyn all day ... she has allergies and sinus problems and was coughing so bad from being outside hunting eggs they didn't want to send her to school. Then, today, I had more piano lessons and had to give Garrett a guitar lesson ... boy, the hands rebelled big time at that. I stood out in the rain twice yesterday dealing with trailer customers ... I'm sure that didn't help any. Sold one, though. So that helped ME! Sold another today ... helped even more. Love those commissions!!! Sunny today and again tomorrow. In the 70s ... maybe I'll start feeling better ... probably not - rain coming in tomorrow night. We're supposed to get a load of trailers tomorrow ... sure hope they beat the rain. Does anyone else hurt worse this time of year? Hubby is really bugging me about getting the tax stuff ready. I told him tonight that I just have too much to do and I CAN'T do it all. I just cannot get all this done by myself. I'm not Wonder Woman. I have 9 students and 2 of them take piano and voice both. I have phone calls all day long about trailers and people pulling in my driveway off and on anytime of day or evening. I have ALL the housework except maybe once a week he'll vacuum and now and then he'll put dishes in the dishwasher for me or something like that ... maybe do a load of laundry like jeans or something ... not much. I take care of the dog, fish and all the plants, do all the shopping, cooking, nearly all the laundry and bills. I have a lot of responsibilities at church ... the music, special music, dinners, cleaning once a month, all special occasions (planning), plus I'm the clerk, and I take care of the cemetery where my parents are buried. Besides all that, I do his mom's hair every week and take care of the 4 grandkids whenever asked. Does that sound to you like a person with Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis and sever anemia? After last weekend, I needed a day in bed. Well, I couldn't go to bed, now, could I? They called at 6 A.M. yesterday morning and asked me to keep Kaylyn. I had to get up and get dressed. I nearly cried when I hung up the phone ... I was so tired and hurting so bad. But ... what could I do ... my son said they both HAD to go to work and she couldn't go to school. I'm going to die some day and they'll just have to figure out how to get along without me!

Honestly, Meme, you are your own worst enemy!!! I have told you many times before, about that word we have in the english language - NO!!! Let your kids find a babysitter. Did you dump your kids on your parents all the time? I rather doubt it. If I had to look after kids the past two days, I don't know WHAT I would have done. I was so tired and foggy I hardly knew my OWN name. Thank God I didn't have this when my kids were small. It sounds like you run the church. Can't somebody else take some of those things from you? The trailers, well, they are there and so are you. Doesn't your hubby look after selling them at night? If you don't start looking after yourself and getting enough rest, you will get sick(er).

Tammy - So, you are back to school. Hope the kids went easy on you.

Candice - how is the pain in the tummy? and your foot?

Mima - gee, less than a month to go before you go back home. Are you looking forward to that? How is Brad doing now? Pretty much back to normal?

Joanne - hi. still walking miles?

It is Spring, and the weather is sooooo up and down. This causes all kinds of pain in so many of us. Hope it settles down soon. Spring is the WORST time of the year for me.

Now you gals that don't want to throw out those clothes because they are still too good. What possible good are they doing you! Get rid of them, the charity's would love them and they give you a comfort zone you can fall back on. Not good. Just get rid of all the stuff you don't use. Trust me, you won't miss it for one second. Once the load is light, so is your whole being. Doesn't matter if the clothes are expensive, good or whatever - and not just clothes - everything!! If you don't need it, use it, want it, get rid of it! It's not hard to do.

Now, have a nice day

Happy- Yes I walked 3+ miles today and the same 4 times this week.. I really enjoy it once I get out the door..My sister Mary has started walking with me. I don't know how this is going to work. She doesn't want to walk as fast as I do. She may not last.It took me 20 minutes longer to walk 3 miles. She says she will not walk in the heat. When it is too hot I will use the T/M. She wants me to join a gem with her. I am not good in the morning(it is for seniors) and is only open in the early a.m. I won't do that.
Meme- I agree with Happy.. NO is a good word to learn. You should not feel guilty telling your kids to get a babysitter.Take care of yourself.
Mima- Going home soon. I am sorry we didn't get together this year. Maybe next time.You had a lot on your plate this year.
Tammy- Just a few more weeks till school will be out for the summer. My daughter starts counting the days once April gets here.
Hello everybody...Joanne

Meme, the jeans are bought are Just My Size brand. I had purchased some of their shirts, panties, and bras in the past, but this is my first pair of jeans. I haven't washed or worn them yet, and that could tell a different story. lol They cost $19.72. They come in petite, avg., and tall. I bought the avg. because I'll be wearing them with tennies this summer. My fall/winter shoes are taller ones, so I will probably buy tall the next time. They came in blue denim and black.

Good going on your sales! Take care of yourself. Achy hands are not a good thing. My hand hurts still where I had the surgery.

Going back to school wasn't too bad. Even my stinkers were really good today! I told them they must have traded places with kids that looked like them. They cracked up.

Anne, I was thinking that maybe someone should send me all of their clothes!! lol
I agree about this crazy weather. It was 70 today. We're expecting rain tomorrow and in the 40's. Expecting snow on Friday!!!!!!! Wah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joanne, we are into the last 9 weeks session of the year. I told the class that we are 3/4 of the way through 2nd grade. (We're doing fractions). They were impressed. I feel bad about sending most of them on to 3rd grade. As a whole, they are so low. They are turning into great cursive writers though!! I do have to admit, that many of them have really improved over the year in math. Their reading level is still low though. My team teacher does all of the Language Arts. Some days she is ready to pull her hair out. Of course, some days she is ready to pull MY hair out because I get goofy sometimes. (hard to believe, isn't it?)

Went to the local community college today after school. Enrolled Tim for next year. He will still take band and English at the high school, but the rest of his classes will be at the comm. college. He'll get HS and college credit. Isn't that cool?

Good morning-I think our phone is back!! Sprint guy was here early-replaced something. My favorite jeans come from Walmart-Bobbie Brooks-the 8 petite fits me perfectly and they are only about 12$-What would we do without Walmart , Tammy. All my underwear comes from there-except the bras-have to get them at Penney's. I do have a complaint-some of my jersey's have the stitching come out Brad wants more cereal choices so he is going over there, I think I will go swimming today. Working like crazy on Evan's quilt. His bd is Sat. Goosd to hear from you, Anne. I am homesick. Mima But not for the snow. Mima

LOL I have to agree about WalMart!
It is raining here now, and there could be snow overnight. Boo hiss.

Well, it poured here all day today and I had to go out in it and sell trailers. I feel awful. I've sold 4 this week ... but that doesn't make me feel much better!

Been working on taxes all night ... well, actually all WEEK. What a nightmare!!! I've had to set up a whole bookkeeping system for our business while I'm into it. We've been in business for a year and we never did get a system set up so I'm having to deal with all the back invoices and expenses from last year as I go. I finally got them all drafted out ... it's nearly 12 p.m. here. Now ALL I have to do is recopy everything in the ledger so the CPA can read it and I'm done. So you know what I'll be doing tomorrow. It's supposed to rain all day tomorrow, too!

Hey Meme-I know about the tax stuff-it takes me a long time but I use a Dome bookeeping book that you get at Staples and an accordion file to file stuff just for the business. Next year you will only have to record the final figures. I don't do it every day but I do try to keep it up. Hubby has a lot of paper to record when we are home-hate it!!! But I love the money coming in. Speaking of hate-I hated my dishwasher and when we came home last night, there was an awful electrical smell because the control burnt out-it won't empty. I know just the one I want!!!It will be the 4th one I will buy because I bought one for the condo, house, a gift, and now here!!! A Maytag. Don't you think I should get a washer and dryer too!!! Dryer takes so long. Today is Evan's first birthday-I bought him Thomas stuff and made him a quilt and bought the border for his room which I will put up. 3 more weeks-love this place-miss MA . Not the snow!!! It's going to pour for 2 days back home. Mima

My hubby did his taxes once.. After that is has been the tax man's job..
I went out to dinner with some of our Tops group Thrusday. It was insallation time. It was nice. I am again going to be secretary for the group. I guess it keeps me grounded.
We were supposed to get rain. Yeah! We got a sprinkle.. Meme-Tammy - you can send it to me.. We need it. I dug up an area near my kitchen yesterday. I try to plant flowers there every year. I like to look out and see something nice when I wash dishes. I don't have a dishwasher.I am glad I didn't plant yet. This coming week ,I will. It is poor soil and I have to add a lot to it.. I live about a mile from the gulf and it is sandy.It is really hard to get things to grow..
Mima- Enjoy what time you have in Fl. I like W/M too. I get all my meds from them. They are more reasonable than most places.
I hope everyone had a nice weekend.. Hello to all I missed..Joanne