Hey...

I hope everyone had a great OP day. I feel so great being smaller! I stopped to get gas today and got a "look!!" The guy turned all the way around looking at me!! I checked to make sure I had nothing on my butt...I didn't...So I guess he was actually checking me out!!! It really made my day!!

Ramona,
I'm really worried about you!!! Wish I could run my hands through this computer and give you a BIG HUG!!!!!! Bless your heart! Please let us know what's going on AND what the Dr. said!! I love you!!!

Gayle,
When do you leave for your Art class? I know you're so excited and nervous! You'll be just fine and Steve & the kids will sure miss you but they will appricate you more once you're not there to do everything you do.

Debbie,
Thank you again for the clothes! You are too sweet!!!!! I love them! I love bargains..don't you?!!!! That was nice of you to think of me when you saw them AND for bringing them to me!!! Did you walk today?

Dee,
How was your weekend? I bet you had a great time. I missed you while you were gone. After you finish unpacking, post and let us know all about it. Glad you're back!! I left you a message over on the Challenge Thread.

Shelley,
I WALKED TODAY!!!! Thanks for telling me to JUST DO IT!!!!!! Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment for another scaling and tooth pulling and I won't be able to walk after that but I will again on Wednesday.

Where is everyone else???? Quit lurking & post!!!!!!! I DO miss you!!!

Love & Hugs........

Congrats on the weight loss Sher!!! I see your down another pound. I can just picture it now...some guy giving you the whole, loooooooong, luuuusttty gazeeeeeeeeee....and Sher wiping her butt!!! Enjoy the looks, you deserve them!
I leave Tuesday 9/13, actually, it worked out fantastic! Steve needed to be in KC for business that same week, so I can go along and this way we won't have to cover all of the motel expenses! I will be gone Tuesday through Friday and yes, I am extremely nervous! I'm a member of an online group...some of these people have waited over a year after signing up for the class and have been doing this technique for years! Nothing like someone going into this with blinders on...

Ramona: How are you???? Please check in...

Gayle.....
That was Debbie who lost another lb.........But......

I'm down another lb. too!!!!!! Last week I stayed the same but this week I lost!!

I'm down 30 lbs. since March!!!!!!

Debbie....WTG!!!!
Ramona...Are you ok???
Carol.....I miss you!!

Have a great day everyone!!!!!!

Hugs.......

Thanks everyone for all the hugs.
Here goes, this is going to be long!
Everything started last Tuesday. I sell boots to companies for their employees. The workers bring in a voucher and then I bill the company at the end of the month. One of my biggest companies sends their workers in once and year and spends thousands. I had billed them, but never got a check. I tried calling for two weeks and finally got someone on Tuesday. She said she was a sorry as could be, but they could not pay me. The bank had frozen their assests and she couldn't even write a check for a dollar. Without their payment, I can't pay the people I owe.

Wednesday night we went to bed and about midnight the phone rang. It was my friend who is a deputy. He told me the state police had Dan...DWI, speeding, wreckless driving. We got dressed and went to get his vehicle so it wouldn't be towed. My friend went with me to the jail to see what was going on. The trooper said he would release Dan to me, but I had to watch him because he threatened to kill himself. I was going to leave him there but he kept saying he had to be somewhere the next morning. He finally told me that he had checked himself into a rehab program and had been going every morning for 2 weeks. So I took him home and made sure he got to his program.
On Thursday, his 1st sgt. called and asked me if he had finished his rehab and gotten his certificate so that he could be deployed. I was confused because I didn't know it had anything to do with the Army. It turns out they had done a random drug test and he tested positive for marijuana and cocaine. He did finish the program and is now full time active duty waiting to leave.
On Friday I got a letter saying that he owed almost 700 dollars in fees for hot checks that he wrote. I don't have 700 dollars and neither does he.

Saturday we went to my parents lake house to move out the furniture because they sold the house. We took mom with us and carried her inside. She got upset and started crying which upset everyone else. I went home and moved every stick of furniture in my house and cleaned. It's amazing how much physical strength you have when you are venting!

Sunday we went to church and our young preacher pulled a stunt from the pulpit(I won't even try to explain it) that upset a lot of us. My dad got up and walked out. My grandfather literally built that church building before I was born and I have been there all my life. We are not going back this Sunday and maybe never. The congregation has been split by this and it is soooo upsetting.

I have been having some unexplained bleeding and when I called my Dr. last week, they said they needed to see me as soon as possible because my symptoms could indicate cervical cancer. They worked me in yesterday. I won't get the pap back for a week but the Dr. thinks there is no cancer. I have Bacterial Vaginosis which irritated the lining and caused the bleeding. And now for the really good part....after describing some other things going on, he informed me that I am now in menopause! Isn't that just great??!! He wanted to start me on hormones right away, but I need to do some research first. He also thinks my thyroid is out of whack, but my insurance won't pay for him to do the test, so I have to go to another town to the hospital to have the lab work done.

Before I went to the doctor, Rick went to the bank and his truck started acting up. He drove to the repair shop and it is going to cost 695 dollars to get it fixed.
Well, that's about it in a nutshell...sorry to write a book.

Oh Ramona my heart bleeds for you. I am glad that you were able to share. Sometimes just talking helps. I don't know what to say except that this too shall pass. I understand what your going through with Dan. I know that it is tough. Do you think that he is scared to go on active duty? Ramona you have so much going on right now. I have been there when it rains it pours. I will continue to pray for you and your family. If there is a nything that I can do please let me know. I am here for you.

Ramona-I am so glad that you are able to talk to us! My heart goes out to you. Please know that I am praying for you and your whole family. BTW, I am no longer a member of our synogogue because of a stunt that the board members pulled, so I am right there with you. That's why I didn't go to services on Yom Kippur yesterday.

As far as the drug problem goes, just know that I'm sure it took a whole lot of guts for Dan to check himself in for rehab. That is quite a big step for anyone that has a drug problem to take.

Oh, and welcome to the menopause club!! I'm sure that even though you are much younger than me that we will be having the same type of mood swings. I won't take hormones, though. I would rather just stay on my Prozac and not gain weight from hormones!!

I love you!

Sherry and Debbie-Awesome job on the weight loss!! I am so proud of both of you.

Good morning ladies!

I hope everyones day is going well!!!!

Ramona, you poor dear!!!! When it rains it pours! Hopefully life will get better VERY soon! I am thinking of you and wishing the very best. I want to share something that you and Shelley brought up, this concerns going to church or attending the Synogogue. When Steve and I decided to marry, he had been raised a very strict Catholic, I had been raised in a Catholic home, attending church every so often, never on a regular basis (another story) But, to get back to the story...we WANTED to get married in the Catholic church and raise our kids with that faith. We went to see the priest, we discussed my prior marriage, then he told me I would need to get my X's consent to marry Steve!!! WYF!! We couldn't get along as husband and wife, but yet, I was to try to find him and ask for his consent?? I left in tears because I knew there was no way on this earth that it was going to work out. I found it rather strange that The church will not recognize a marriage outside of that religion, but yet when it came down to it, they recogized it to the extent that I needed a consent from a person that would do everything in his power to make my life miserable. Steve had strong feelings too. he said he grew up with the understanding of finding a partner that you could love, trust and build a spirital bond with, when he found that person, the church turned around and basically said I wasn't good enough for him. I'm not knocking the Catholic religion by any means, this could very well happen with any faith. What I'm saying is that we wanted to find a loving church family and we were basically turned away because of some MAN MADE rules. Due to Steves religous beliefs, we are still at odds over which church to attend, so both of us being very strong headed, we are not attending church and we have not found a church family. I can feel for you two because I know that we have something missing in our life and I think you two are feeling this way now too. sorry to ramble on, but I wanted to share.

Gayle-What a touching story! I can't believe that your marriage is not recognized in the church. You are right, I'm sure that such a thing can happen in any religion.

I GOT MY CAR BACK TODAY!!!! After 10 mos, I finally have my car again. It is still as filthy as ever (Patty is washing it for me right now.) It runs great. It cost $1800.00 to get it back running. It'll be so nice to have my little car back!

GOOD FOR YOU SHELLEY!!!!

Gayle, my BIL and his wife went through the same thing with the Catholic church. It still isn't resolved.

hello everyone!
to many posts behind to get caught up at this time.

everyone seems to be doing good op!
congrats to the winning losers.

romona,
im so sorry to hear of the bad news youve been going thru.
you and yours are in my prayers.

this has been a bad month for me as well.
my landlord had surgery and his wife informed us that if he didnt pull thru she was selling off the properies!!!!!!!
ack!!!!not again so i stressed so bad thank the good lord he pulled thru!!!!!

my mom fell again and anouther 3 week stay in the hospital.
my dad didnt do so well this time.
he got mad and said he was leaving her and he was gonna kill himself!
so i hasd to stress over him as well.
well he didnt leave but it didnt help matters none.
now that things have calmed down for the most part now me and cat has broncitis!!!!
yikes!!!!!!
somehow i managed to stay op.
im now down to 253 almost 20 pounds in 6 weeks!!!
my first mini goal is 246 im so close!!!!!!!!
glad to be back!!!!
missed everyone!!!!!
doni

Good Evenin'

I didn't post last night because I was in so much pain. I had another (3rd one) SCALING and tooth pulled yesterday afternoon. This time I have 11 stitches in my mouth. The other 2 times it's only been 4-5 stitches.

I tried to work all day but just couldn't do it. I was in so much pain. I left at 12:00. When I got home, I took a pain pill and slept from 1:00-4:00!! I'm still sore but I am feeling a little better tonight.

Ramona,
I'm so sorry for EVERYTHING that you have gone through. I know how upset you are over everything. It seems when one bad thing goes wrong, several follows. Please close your eyes and think of one good thing that you're thankful for. Maybe thinking of something pleasant will help you feel better. If you need ANYTHING..Please let me know. We're all here for you. We love you Ramona!!

Shelley,
I'm so happy for you about your car!!!! CONGRATS!!! I know you're so excited!!!

To everyone else.....I can't post to everyone because I need to lay back down. I miss all the ones that are missing. Hope you come back soon.

Love & Hugs.......

Sherry I hope that you are feeling better tonight. You are going through so much with your teeth. Is there still one more appointment to go?

Doni sorry to hear about all your problems. Life sure can suck sometimes but we just have to remember good will come.

Shelley that must be so nice to have your car back. How were you getting to work? We only have one car. I guess because that I don't work we don't bother to get another one. I seldom drive anyways. Larry and I go out together in the evenings, and he drives.

Gayle that is sad about your marraige. No wonder they have less members.

It has been reaaly nice here since the weekend. Back to shorts. We had a heavy frost last week so all the leaves have changed color and lots of them have fallen already. The above temps are suppose to last through out the weekend. Time to do a few jobs and I am off to bed.