Gee grad is expensive for you girls. Our schools rent out the gowns and the flowers for the pics. The kids get to keep their caps. There grad tickets are any where between $50-$80 for the dinner and dance. Then of course there is the expensive of the grad dress or rental of the tux, coursage. We also have fundraising to help the kids pay for their grad costs.

Sherry don't ever feel dumb asking a question not knowing and not asking is even dumber. To tell you the truth I think we celebrate thanksgiving the same way. I don't know????? how do you celebrate? We have a big turkey dinner with all the trimmngs and pumpkin pie. It is a feast that goes on all weekend because of all the relatives. By the time we are done we feel like you could roll us like pumpkins. So needless to say the scale is not friendly with me today!

Well got to go. It is tea time day and I am just heading out.

DEE

Gayle,

Sorry hon! I forgot to answer your question about the graduation too!! I meant to post to you about it but forgot all about it until Ramona mentioned it!!!!

YES!!! It's VERY expensive!!!! It about broke us!!! I thought I was gonna have to pawn off hubby!!!! :lol:

If you remember, we had Zach living with us at that time also.With no help OR word from his Mother, we had to help foot his bill too! He was working part-time at the time and helped out some.

They graduated 2 years ago. The year books were 75.00........the graduation package was so expensive!! I don't remember EACH cost of the items but I do know we spent about $500.00 NOT including the pictures!!!! I can't remember how much those pictures were!! :?:

I think that the price is way too high...but what are we as Parents suppose to do?! I think I'll start saving for Drew's now!! He's in the 9th grade!

Good luck and I KNOW what you'll be paying AND going through!!!

Love ya,
Sherry

Hey girls, I'm going to the dr. today. I'll let you know what happens. I don't have time to post right now, just wanted to pop in, though!

Shelley: Let us know as soon as you can what the Doc had to say!!! I will be thinking of you today!!!

Deb: I hope your feeling better!!!!! True, you guys work way to hard!!!!

Dee: I hope life is treating you better! How's it going with Son?

Carol: Please post soon!!!! Even if trying to stay on program is rough right now, remember that this is so much more then a group of gals trying to lose weight... valuable friendships have been made.

Ramona: I was considering taking out a loan after I figured out the cost of Graduation!!! :lol: But, I will continue to budget, it seems that we always manage to keep the bills paid plus come up with the added expenses here & there. It would just be SO NICE if we had the money to spend it freely!!!

Vickster: How ya doing????? Did you like the cute pic that Sher posted of your MIL??? LOL!!!!

Who did I forget??????

Well today will be a busy one! I will try to post more later.
All of you sickies, I will be thinking of you!!!

Love, Gayle

Hello Sher-Bear!!!!!!!!!

Love ya, Gayle :lol: :lol:

Geez it's dead around here!
Did everyone croak on me?
Just thought that I would check in to get you girls motivated to do the same.
Well tomorrow is the big day for my sister Gail. She is moving out. Ed doesn't know anything about it. Her lawyer said to just leave him a note. I will be there to help her move. We are just terrified that he doesn't show up. We don't know when to expect him home. There will be only my Gail,her girlfriend and I there. I am such a wuss when it comes to violence. I just hope that I won't have to deal with any of that stuff.

Shelley how did the dr's go? We haven't heard from you.

Well I hope you girls are all busy behaving yourselves.

DEE

Dee: I will be thinking of you and your Sis Tomorrow!!!! Tell her that anything she wants, to get it then and try not to go back to the house. A word of advice from me would be to also tell her to never be allowed to be by herself with him after he finds out her plan. after being in a physically and mentally abusive marriage, I had to learn the hard way, I ended up in pretty rough shape. This is a form of control, so he will try to control her in anyway that he can, even going to the point of making threats and trying to isolate her from the people that she is close to. Like I said, you guys will be on my mind, I wish you the very best!!!!!! Love, Gayle

Dee - good luck tomorrow! (Can you ask a cop or a male friend to just check in on you three a couple times while you're there?)

Howdy :wave:

I agree with Dee! It's pretty slow in here! That's not like the FLOOZIES! Hope everyone is ok!! :grouphug:

After work today, I went for my fill-in on my nails then took Drew to get a haircut. Then I cooked a pot of homemade chili!! :chef: Yum-Yum!!

Dee.....I will be thinking of you all day tomorrow.I'm like Gayle, my 1st marriage was from ****! I cleared out the house while he was at work.My Parents & I were scared that he would come home! I truly believe that my Dad would have shot him if he did & tried to start anything. Rusty-Rusty had a great idea! Do ya'll know of a male friend that could be with you guys? Please let me know how
things turn out for your Sister.I'll keep ya'll in my prayers.

I was going to post to each one of ya'll but the time has gotten away from me PLUS I'm so tired!! Tomorrow night Debbie & I are bartending a wedding.

Love & Hugs to All,
Sherry (Sher-Bear):cool:

See Ya'll on the next thread!!! :wave: