Be careful Mima ... have a safe trip!

Candice ... better not be out in that rain ... it kills me to do that. Hurt all over. I've had two brain-dead customers this week so far who've insisted on standing out in the rain looking at trailers. A man and woman on Monday and then, today 2 men out there just TALKING ... in a cold rain. No coats even. At least I had enough sense to put on a jacket with a hood. Weird people. One of them said, it's raining ... the other said, yeah and it's a cold rain, too. I thought to myself, "and I thought my dog wasn't too smart ... not to get in out of the rain. Guess she's not as dumb as I was thinking!"

Garrett's guitar came today ... I LOVE IT! Want to keep it for myself. It's smaller than mine and I can get my arms around it! ;) It sounds soooo good. Actually, it cost the same as my new Fender. It's an Applause by Ovation ... the kind with the round back ... and it has an electric pickup, too. (His parents will LOVE that!) :lol: His BD was yesterday so I guess we'll take it to him tonight. Can't wait to see his face! I made him a BD page. Take a look if you'd like: http://www.design-max.net/HBGarrett.html


I'm going to be a new MOMMY in about 8 weeks. I'm (hopefully) getting a toy poodle. The mama dog is expecting in about a week or two. She is white and the daddy is chocolate. I told the owner I want a choc. female. I hope there is one. She said they'd be ready to wean about 6 or 7 weeks after they were born ... so that will put it around the end of June. I don't know if I can wait that long ... I'm so excited!

Good Morning Fibromyalgia, my name is Will, Will Power and I would like to introduce my friends Hope, Laughter, Smile and Prayer. We are the new sheriffs in town and we came to lay down some new law. We decided today we would wake you up instead. I see you sent Ache and Fibrofog already. Prayer and Smile are ready to deal with them before they get started. Oh, I know that they aren’t gonna go away right away and it looks like Ache wants to stay all day. That’s okay because Smile can hang with the best of them, and eventually Ache and his crazy friend Pain will just be a memory.

You see Fibromyalgia, what you need to understand is that you attacked the wrong kind of person: A Diva. You saw her break down after that car wreck and thought you would take advantage. Little did you know, Divas bounce back, and they look good bouncing back, to. Yes, I will admit, it took her awhile to give us a call, but she sounded the horn and here we are in full force, ready to kick your butt and take prisoners.

Let me further explain, remember when I went to that doctor, and you were laughing so hard you were rolling on the floor? You know the one doctor that really listened to me? Yeah, I went to a lot of them, but just remember my name isn’t Will Power for nothing. Oh, did I forget to tell you that my middle name is Determined? While you were so busy laughing you didn’t hear the most valuable piece of information he gave me: You can’t kill me! When I finally let that sink in, you see, that is when my friends that I introduced you to earlier came in. That doctor had a friend named Hope also and another friend named Understanding. Both friends named Hope and Understanding worked with that doctor and I until we found the right combinations to replace the friends you took away. I know you have Good Sleep, but we put a remedy together that summons Mr. Sandman to appear on command. Energy is here too, but in the for of Pace, as in pace myself, and half of the time I get things done without even knowing it.

Thank you for Exhaustion, he is a good reminder of when I need to take time for me without guilt. Exhaustion taught me how to say “no” to loved ones. At first Guilt and Exhaustion used to hang out, however my buddy Prayer put Guilt out. Prayer, Laughter, and I (Will Power) got rid of Low Self-esteem, Depression, and Anxiety. My buddy, what my doctor prescribed, stands guard at the door so they won’t come back.

So, let’s see where were we? Friends didn’t understand and grew tired of me at first. However, Hope gave them some education. Prayer filtered out the real friends that stayed with me and removed the ones that didn’t. So now I have a support group that love me and look out for my well-being.

And my buddy Laughter is the one that you got to watch out for. He has friends called Sarcasm, Jokes, and Harmless Pranks that keep us so busy; we don’t have too much time to pay attention to you.

Look Fibromyalgia, I know you are going to be here with us, and from what I hear it will be for the rest of our live, but guess what? My team Prayer, Smile, Laughter, Sarcasm, Jokes, and Harmless Pranks, are going to give you a run for you money. So bring it on Fibromyalgia, let’s see if you can hang with the big dawgs.

Sincerely giving you What For,
WILL POWER

I’m an Invisible Chronic Illness. I am now velcroed to you for life. Others around you can’s see me or hear me, but YOUR body feels me. I can attack you anywhere and anyhow I please. I can cause severe pain or, if I’m in a good mood, I can just cause you to ache all over. Remember when you and Energy ran around together and had fun? I took Energy from you, and gave you Exhaustion. Try to have fun now! I also took Good Sleep from you and, in its place, gave you Brain Fog. I can make you tremble internally or make you feel cold or hot when everyone else feels normal. Oh, yeah, I can make you feel anxious or depressed, too. If you have something planned, or are looking forward to a great day, I can take that away, too. You didn’t ask for me. I chose you for various reasons: That virus you had that you never recovered from, or that car accident, or maybe it was the years of abuse and trauma. Well, anyway, I’m here to stay!

I hear you’re going to see a doctor who can get rid of me. I’m rolling on the floor, laughing. Just try. You will have to go to many, many doctors until you find one who can help you effectively. You will be put on pain pills, sleeping pills, energy pills, told you are suffering from anxiety or depression, given a TENS unit, get massaged, told if you just sleep and exercise properly I will go away, told to think positively, poked, prodded and MOST OF ALL, not taken as seriously as you feel when you cry to the doctor how debilitating life is every day.

Your family, friends and coworkers will all listen to you until they just get tired of hearing about how I make you feel, and that I’m a debilitating disease. Some of them will say things like “Oh, you’re just having a bad day” or “Well, remember, you can’t do the things you use to do 20 YEARS ago”, not hearing that you said 20 DAYS ago. Some will start talking behind your back, while you slowly feel that you are losing your dignity trying to make them understand, especially when you are in the middle of a conversation with a “Normal” person, and can’t remember what you were going to say next!

In closing, (I was hoping that I kept this part a secret), I guess you’ve already found out: the ONLY place you will get any support and understanding in dealing with me is with Other People With Fibromyalgia) sometimes with your understanding family.

Wow Anne! Those are powerful! I think I'll print them and give them to a couple people. Maybe that would help them understand.

Meme, Glad that FIL is home. I agree about people getting their priorities together. You just never know.

Mima, hope to hear from you soon from your trip home.

Now for an exclamation of an Emmaus Walk. I getting this info from a book that I received.
The Walk To Emmaus is deeply rooted in the desire to renew the hearts and spirits of Christians and to fill their minds with a sound understanding of grace and discipleship. This 3-day renewal experience introduces participants to a process that will hold them accountable and encourage them in their discipleship through piety, study, and action.
Well, there it is in words, but it doesn't do the weekend justice.

Cold and windy here too Meme......all you can do is mention it to them Meme and you did...they have to live their own life they way they see fit....you will make yourself sicker by trying to change them or get them to think like you...I think kids these days are just too busy for family! Not a nice thing....you break your back trying to be there for them and it's like they do not apreaciate it........they will be old someday too!

Got another 4 hrs in the yard...working on the big bed with the plum trees and iris..got the weeding done and now mulching but gotta get more. With the cooler temps transplanting has been pretty easy but we need rain! My joints are screaming since I was on my knees the whole time!!!!

Rabbits eating everything I have out.....even stuff in my pots on the porch..got any ideas????????? ........they ate my parsley too!

Joanne...I have burned myself with just the heating pad and no stuff on....really surprised you have not gotton and owie! I have a long term relationship with my heating pad!

Mima...sorry about your ribs.....I need a massage but they hurt! I just use my tennis balls on my trigger points.

........I am scheduled for surgery the 19th.... that (9:30AM appointment about killed me..I need sleep...worked in the yard for 6 hours straight with out food (forgot to eat) Saturday and my hips and knees are bad........trying to get yard stuff done before the gallbladder comes out.....and I had the car loaded down with bags of mulch and groceries and it was dark when I got home and I missed the driveway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yikes!!!!! Hit the metal culvert and cracked the front of the car!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have a 1000 deductible.. and
DH is not happy with me! (at least I didn't get hurt!) Ha! see why I do not drive when I am tired! Also.... I thought he was already home from work and inside at 8:45 PM.... but he was still in his car messing around ....so when I saw the car light on and someone moving around while I was turning in the drive I got distracted and thought someone was breaking into his car! (so I missed the drive!!!!!!!!!!) Thank goodness I was going very very very slow as to not dump my groceries all over the back seat!...........Woe is me! Ha! We got it out of the ditch without help......but the poor car......oh well another 1000 down the drain!

Thanks Happy for those words of Fibro Wisdom! How is that elbow of yours..ever act up????

Tammy..thanks for the explaining that...why is there a table if it is a walk? Did I miss something? Duh!!!!!

Meme..guitar sounds really nice..I don't know what kind DH has.....I had a choc teacup , male poodle when we were first married. Love them!!! I laughed so hard about your dumb customers in the rain!

Way too cold here...had to put my plants in the garage again!!!!!

Good morning!! We are home after 5 days-4 of them driving. yesterday we left at 7:15 and others didn't leave til later so we got home at 3 but were exhausted. Went to Friendly's for supper. Well., it's very cold here-least in terms of the left behind Florida weather. Big adjustment.
Anne, that was great! Other people cannot understand the tiredness like when you don't want to go out at night after a full day of travel or work.
Meme-a dog is a lot of work so you must really love them.
Candice-take it easy. A walk is when you grow spiritually like not just talking about being a Christian but actually doing things so people know that you are a Christian. Wow Tammy-that sounds so great!!!
Joanne-how was your weekend.? Hope we get to see a pic.
Bye for now-We have the camper full to move back in-go get the car-go grocery shopping and eat lunch at Ethel and Dave's which we would just as sonn skip. We are tired!!!! This will take days to do. But then again, we were gone for 5 months. And I have a new hardwood floor in the kitchen!! It's beautiful. Mima

Candice, it really isn't a walk, it just refers to the walk the men were taking in the Bible when Jesus joined them on the road to Emmaus.
You will be so glad when you get that gall bladder out of there!!! Believe me!!!!

Mima, Welcome Home!! I can just imagine how tired you are. Get some rest!

Good morning! Tired , yes but we got through the day yesterday and got a big shopping done. Course, I wasn't too sweet. And I woke up early this morning but I stayed up to vote for Vonzell right through HOUSE-that show is weird!!! Today is our 3rd anniversary but we will not celebrate today, I haven't even gotten Brad anything-he already gave me a new setting added to my wedding ring. I look like diamond Lil-not really. I have small hands so it's only my ring inserted into 2 bands. Gotta empty the camper today and also work on the yard-Candice, can you help me? Your yard is so beautiful!! Yes, I bet you will be glad to get the surgery over with. Hi everyone. Mima

Tammy..Duh!!!!!!!! I should have know that!

Mima..the freeze finnaly got my plants!!!! Evan my pansies I forgot to take in..not sure if they will come out of it they are frozen in the pots!!!!!!!!!! Really makes me mad..the weather men acted like it would not get below 32!!!!!!!!!!! I will come help you Mima.....What ya gonna serve for lunch! ;)

Happy Anniversary!!!!!
Let's party!!

Mima HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Gosh, 3 years already. Time sure goes by quickly.

Thank you guys-I remember 3 years ago , we were talking about my dress etc. I am a couple of pounds over so I am not sure I could get into it but that will change soon because I only have safe foods in the house. Going out to eat really messes things up. So we stayed home last night but the meat came out tough but I made a lemon pudding pie-sugar free . They finaly have that pudding on the market.
Vonzell is still on Idol!!! Glad I stayed up to vote. Not sure if she can win because the top 3 are so good. 3 weeks to go!!! Can't find some of my stuff like 2 checks I brought home and the cord to my camera!!! Hope it's under the bed in the camper/ Luckily-the checks were not big. Thanks for the offer, Candice. I should send you my pansies-I didn't even plant tehm-they must have seeded last year. And my tulips are out but that yard looks terrible. Can only do one thing at a time. Bye for now.Mima

Hey There
 

Happy Anniversary MimaHow time does fly?
Daytona was good.. Tiring, but,we had a good time. I saw a lot of successful weight losers. The hotel was in renovation from the storms but was still ok. UNTIL the last night. PROM NIGHT in Daytona. I was amazed to see so many out of control teenagers. They partied all night on the floor we were on. When we were going back to the room after the convention and saw all the kids with beer going up and saw them running up and down the hall ,I told my daughter we should just check out. My daughter called security ,for all the good it did. We complained in the a.m. Got half off our room for that night. I told the management they should have called police and the parents..In my way of thinking he was a jerk of a kid that probably didn't know how to handle the problem.
It was Greek Easter Sunday.. We cooked and spent the day with daughter and family. My G/son is back from Irag. He will get out of Navy in 30 days. He has had enought.Hopefully he is ready to settle down and go to school..
I got on the scale today.. I am still below goal. Only a pound but that is something,,
Candice.. Getting this surgery overwith will be good for you and you should feel better than ever..
Hello Everybody...Joanne