Jan, I can't wait to see the blooming wildflowers and all of your plantings. When my ex-husband and I had our first garden, I was like a little kid. Being from the Delta, John had grown up with gardens. I, on the other hand, being a city girl had missed out on that. My daddy always tried to have a small garden in our backyard, but the squirrels and birds just wouldn't cooperate. When we got married, we lived on a large plantation so we had lots of room to plant. I would go home everyday at lunch and was always amazed how things seemed to grow two inches overnight, especially after a rain. My favorite garden was our fall garden. Our house was surrounded by cotton fields and in the fall I would sit outside by our garden and listen to the sounds of the cotton gins running while watching the sunset over the Mississippi River. Those were such peaceful and happy times!! I can't wait to meet you and your family this weekend. It's almost here!!
Liz, good luck with the lawyers. I can certainly empathize with what you are going through. I was divorced after being with my husband for almost 20 years, and another woman was involved. It's a heartbreaking thing to go through, but it will definitely make you a stronger person. I also gained a tremendous amount of weight AFTER my divorce (almost 100 pounds). Most women lose weight after going through a divorce, but food was my comfort. I also think that a part of me was doing it so that I wouldn't have to worry about dating...thus eliminating the possibility of getting hurt again. I didn't think my heart could take it. I eventually got over that feeling, but it wasn't easy to start dating again after being with the same man for so long. If you ever need to talk, I'm just a keystroke away!!
Texaslady, huge congratulations to your DD. I know this will be a huge weight off her mind. Now she can concentrate on her wedding. I will email you soon with my flight information. I can't wait to see you!
Carol, ditto to you. I'm really looking forward to this weekend, and I can't believe it's finally here. I went today and bought a cheap carryon so that I don't have to check my luggage. I have never packed light in my life, so we will see if I am up to the challenge. I just hope that I can lift the thing up high enough to put it in the overhead compartment. Maybe some nice, cute, muscle-bound guy will do it for me! Oh...and thanks to you and the others who were concerned about the tornadoes. Just to show you how hectic things have been, I didn't even know that tornadoes had touched down and that five people had been killed until reading your post and then checking the Sunday newspaper...that I hadn't even opened.
Kendra, it's good to have you back. I hate that you are feeling so tired, but hopefully the doctor will be able to help. It's a miserable feeling to want to be able to do things, but not have the energy. Congratulations on getting back on track after your tiny gain...and congratulations on getting the babysitting job. That sounds like it will be a lot of fun!
We are about to do maintenance on our network, so I need to sign off. Hopefully, I can finish posting in a few minutes.
Janet (Kudzu)
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How is your roomie doing on her first week of WW?? Did you ask her if she would like to join our group?? We would love to have her. As soon as I get back from Texas I'm going to start working on sending you the package we talked about. I haven't forgotten!
, I remembered that I forgot to tell y'all the open sunroof story. Hmmm...remembered that I forgot...that's not very good grammar, is it?? Anyway, I'm afraid that Carol made it sound much more interesting than it really is. For the girls who are new posting here, I live pretty much surrounded by woods and bodies of water. There's a huge reservoir and creeks all around me...so I have lots of creatures. I won't bore you with the "3 ft snake behind the mini blinds on the french door in my daughter's bedroom" story...but back to the open sunroof story. During a certain time of the year, we have lots and lots of tiny green tree frogs. They have always fascinated me, especially those tiny little suction things on their feet. Do you call them "feet"?? One time I accidently stepped on one, and you should have seen me trying to nurse it back to health, although it was pretty much a lost cause from the beginning. Not much contest between big ole me and a tiny tree frog. Why can't I tell a story without elaborating on every little detail? 
