Hello Everyone..I had errands to run today..Jim's Dr. appointment got canceled today cause the Dr is out on a emergency.They will call me with the new date..Cleaning house and doing laundry..The usual..:lol:..

Donna.. Have a GREAT TIME IN THE BAHAMAS.. I will be thinking of you and wishing I was there with you..:lol: Please take LOTS of Pictures and have a safe trip. I will miss you while you are gone..but I am so happy that you are going on this wonderful trip..or "Honeymoon"...I think its soooooo COOL...
I know that you are busy getting ready as it takes alot to prepare to go.
Have a Bahama Mama drink for me.. :cheers: :sunny: :yes:
Bon Voyage..and Have a great day.:wave:

Dana.. Thats really something about your neighbors?? Wonder what is going on?? Maybe you will find out more later..I knew that you would understand being down to 1 car..Its so hard.. I took Jim to work today and I have to pick him up later..so I can relate to all that you do with 1 car.. I am so glad that you have family close by..Thats such a big help in these kinds of situations..Hope that everything goes good at the Drs for Brett..
Have a great day :wave:

Kris..Glad to hear from you.. I know that you are busy at work..and its hard to write..Talk to you when you can post again.. Have a great day :wave:

Rosey..I am so sorry if I made you worry about me..I didnt mean to..but I DO understand.. I feel the same that we all are family in here...
Thank-you for the recipe.. I want to try it and it would be good for Jim too..
I am so sorry that your DD pictures didnt turn out. I get so upset when that happens. It always seems to be for real inportant pictures too.. Thats ashame. I hope that yours turn out.. I hope that you are able to post some of them so we all can see.. Have a great day :wave:

Daphne...Where are you???? I Miss You :mag: :cb: :mag: cb:

Mr Ken...Where are you today??? :mag: :cb: :cb:

Hi everyone..have you ever had one of those days where you are irrated about every thing and theres no reason for it :?: i think i need some me time..my dh is bugging me big time today..hes so helpless..now that hes retired youd think he could feed himself at least for breakfast...grrrrrr now i wonder..it couldnt be me that spoiled him could it..at any rate have nothing speacial planned for today.. want to work on my pictures albums..catch up on laundry..donna..have agreat vacation..and stay safe..i hope it turns out to be all you dreamed about..summer..you are so busy..hope you like the apple dip its addicting :lol: ..dana.. thats a big ouch to get your blazer going so sorry..maybe this will be the last of it..thats so weird about your neihbors..i dont have anyone that close to us to see stuff like that..mr ken daphnee and sheree hope you are all having a great day..kris look forward to your post later..well will check in later.. that is if i have not been arrested for spouse abbuse :lol: :lol: just kidding .. this retirement stuff is a real adjustment..((((((((hugs for all)))))))))))) rosey :wave:

Rosey I am having one of those days today. I just want to say ENOUGH already and quit calling me. Not trying to be rude but enough is enough and it's not any one person. It took us nearly all day in greenville today which as I said it takes every bit of 75 minutes to drive and that's as long as the traffic is ok. Well we did fine there and I will tell about that later but then halfway home I decided to cut through to another town that had the toysrus store and we were able to go straight in and out for what he wanted. Then we get in at 2 and had to leave at 2:25 or so to get in school line. My mama had been trying to call me all day and more on that later. Anyway we get in and DH calls to tell me to be at his work at 4:30 today to get him to take him to get car. Then we had to go to school. Just get in and mama is calling from work again (can you make a hair app't for me?) You're kidding. That's what you've wanted all along. Anyway, then my dads mama (granny) is trying to call be in the meantime I decided that I needed to do my pilates for me today. I feel like I could bust. No kidding either. Then my other grandma calls. I talk to her briefly and then make the hair app't. Now I'm so saddened. My grandma just told me that my only living grandpa has prostate cancer. That's exactly what killed my other grandpa. I don't know what to say or how to feel but I know that when I see my DH, I will end up yelling at him that I've had enough. I'm tired of driving and making app'ts and meetings and taking him to work and picking kids up 3 different times on 2 days a week. I'm tired of being the only one in the family to take care of brett or help laken with braille homework. I haven't slept a wink in 2 days. I just want to cry but no one understands. Lastnight DH told me to take something for PMS or I would be hitting the road soon. Well I"m not PMS'ing yet. I'm just tired!

They were pleased with brett in one sense this morning, he's doing all of his shots and he lost 2 pounds and has gained 2 inches taller since june but his sugars are still over 200 too much. His HBA1C is up to 9.1% and it was 8.9% in december and needs to be in the 5 to 6% range. So they wanted to change him to Lantus insulin. It is injected at night every day and lasts 24 hours. The down side is he will have to take a shot to cover each and every meal and snack. That would mean average of 5 shots a day and would mean shots at school. They gave him a Novopen to play with and he can use it for suppers for now cause we elected to wait until june to go with all of those shots to get used to it over the summer. The novopen is the gadget that looks like a ball point pen and is prefilled with insulin. It's all a step closer to getting on the pump but he doesn't want that so they said some never do it and they won't push unless he wants it. She's willing to bet he will by the time he's a teenager.

I haven't heard anything else about my neighbor but can only tell you he's been in and out all day and his parents vehicles are gone right now so I guess they are at work. Really crazy to me still but I haven't heard about any hit and runs in the news and you would think there would be.

Well I need to get ready to get DH and the car. I'm just so fricking tired. Sorry.

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Hi everyone.. well the day has not gotton better..im still a grump :lol: :?: :lol: dana i sure can relate ..sounds like you have to much on your agenda..and kris we have to much together time and it wears on my nerves..my dh has been thru alot but so have i..and hes like a 2 yr old wanting me to do everything for him..he cant even remember to take his own meds for crying out loud..grrrrrrrr i could go on but the truth is i spoiled him so now im stuck with it.. i truly love him but some days i want to bean him right between the head lights and tell him to grow up..enuff of the pity party..one of the reasons i was grumpy which the dh pointed out is i needed to eat something as my sugar had gotton to low..gosh i hate when hes right when im in a good ***** session..kinda takes the wind out of my sales :lol: :D :lol: :o :lol: i have a warped sence of humor sometimes..anyway im ok really..dana..from what you said about brett does that mean he has to take insulin now??how does he feel about that??and you..my Hb usually is about 6 with glocophage..and my sugars are normally around 130 thats when i feel the best anyways..hope this new routine will work for him..i find it confusing for me so admire brett and you in dealing with this..kris your dance sounds like such fun..well hello to everyone else..american idols on in a few so want to watch it..will check in later(((((hugs))))))) from grumpy rosey :wave:

Rosey brett has been on insulin since june. He's a type 1 and he's insulin dependent. It's been lowered at times but now he's nearly on the same units as he was at diagnosis. He takes 2 glucophage a day because his c-peptide level in his last blood work indicated that he still had a tiny bit of pancreas function but that it would dwindle out as well. Once he can get his sugars lowered in the 70-150 range on a regular basis, they will stop the glucophage. Really all it does it stops or slows down your livers production of glucose so that most of your sugar is only from food or from stored muscle. Last night was really crazy, after supper on his new dose of insulin, his sugar was 121 which is really good and then 30 minutes later it was 110. Just before bed isn't a good time to see it keep dropping so I had him drink a juice box for fear of it going too low over night. It was 25 carbs and he ended up being 227 this morning so that's an experience that's taught us that he didn't need quite that much. He didn't even want the juice but that was me insisting.

My mother works with a lady who's neighbor is diabetic and one morning after not being able to get her by phone and knowing she was home, they had to get the police to come help break a window and found her in the bed. 911 came and her sugar was 20 and her dr. said she had been in a coma since late the night before. It was a miracle that she pulled through that and that someone found her in the nick of time. it's things like that, that scare me but hoping brett can tell he's going low while he's sleeping.

The blazer is running and running smoothly. Everything is working properly and he's happy about it. The bill was only $330 and not the previous estimate of $530 so that was a nice treat. I had mentally planned for the higher amount but I think what the guy was telling him on the phone was that they closed at 5:30 and not the bill. :lol: Funny thing about it was I dropped him off to get it yesterday and I was sitting almost across from him in my car but it was taking him too long to move so I just left. Well I needed gas so me and the kids stopped for gas on the way home. He beat us here and as we were coming up the road, he pulled out and left. We were too far behind him for him to know that was us and he forgot his cell phone. Anyway, he went all the way back to trace our steps thinking we were in a wreck or something. Finally 15 minutes later he came home and said "you must have made a gas stop". I said yes, and where were you going when you pulled out in front of me?? We got tickled. He didn't see us and technically he didn't "pull out in front of me" but anyway.

As for my grandpa, he's a christian and is a retired pastor. His heart is right with God so he knows where he will be if he loses his cancer fight. He's a stubborn man and he says he's not having surgery. They are in the process of scheduling app't to see if it's in his bones, lungs or lymph nodes. That's my scare. He's had this 1 1/2 years but the dr. didn't go deep enough into a biopsy back then to see it really was cancer and the biopsy came back yesterday, positive. He's a heart patient, diabetic and has asthma. When he had his heart surgery it was back in 1996 and he nearly died after it. He had a stroke and smothered from anesthesi due to the asthma. He was awake while he has the breathing tube and really traumatized by it all. I understand where he's coming from but at the same time, if it's only in his prostate, he has to have that removed. If it's spread, then it's certainly his decision to live as comfortable as possible and not have treatments. It just scares me right now until I know different. i watched my other grandpa die when I was 17 yrs old and he's the only close relative I've lost.

The positive news and I promised I would do this until pilates was done today (it's in the dvd and waiting for me to start) before I posted this but after weighing 3 times this morning in disbelief, I lost 3 pounds. I certainly can't give up on pilates after seeing that. Well I need to exercise before it gets time for the phone to ring all day. Hope you all have a great wednesday and Donna, Bon Voyage!!

Hi everyone..gee what a funny day.. we had company all day..it was fun but by the time he left it was dinner time and had nothing planned so sent my dh for take out..i was really hungry hadnt eaten since early am which is abig no no for a diebetic..after supper i fell asleep and just now woke up.. this is the first that i had time to check e-mails etc..im not as grumpy today and apolgize for venting..dana.. am so sorry for your grandpa..and didnt know brett was on insulin..boy what a challenge for him and hes doing great..wtg brett..hello to everyone else..i feel half asleep yet..ill bet ill have a hard time sleeping tonite..the drs have scheduled my dh surg for next friday..nether of us is anticipating this but know in the long run he will be better..will check in later(((((((hugs))))))))) rosey:wave: by the way wtg dana on your loss thats awsome

Hello....I am so sorry that I have been in here today. A friend stopped by today and asked me to go shopping with her to get a outfit for a Dance she was asked to.. Of course anything to get out of housework..Right..:lol:
We went to the mall and laughed all day long it was so much fun..
She is dating again..She has been divorced for about 3 years and just now getting out to date.. I think its good for her..She is not looking to get re-married..just a friend to do things with other than women..Never know what it might lead to...I wish her all the best..so when I got home Jim was home..he got off a little earlier..it was so nice out he wanted us to take a walk..so we did...Huffing and puffing..but we did..Then I fixed dinner and the phone starting ringing...well you all know what I am saying..its been a full day..and I am pooped and ready for bed when I get done posting this..

Rosey.. I am so sorry that you are having some bad times with DH..They can be such babies due to us spoiling them..I know where you are coming from..
You Need some "Rosey Time"..ASAP...I sure hope that you can get some.
Maybe your DD can come by and you both go shopping for awhile..anything to get you some time for you...Yes you are so right about eating...
You need to eat to keep you sugar right..but I still had to laugh at what you said..: :rofl: that was too funny..
I hope that American Idol makes you feel better and that things get better soon...at least you can laugh at it all and I think thats great....Your sugars sound like they are doing good..I am so glad for you..I wish I lived near you..I would come and get you and we could go to Walmart and have a ball..
I am here girlfriend..I do relate...Hang-in there Sweetie...It will get better..:wave:

Dana..Sounds like you are having a bad day of it tooo. I know that you are tired and all the things you do and do them alone with no help... It so hard.. I wish that I could help you in some way...Please try to get some much needed sleep..as soon as you can Sweetie.. its hard I know but oh so important..I hope that things get better for you real soon...:grouphug:
I am so sorry to hear about your Grandfather.. I will keep him in my Prayers.. I can understand what you Grandfather is talking about with the breathing tube still in him and he is awake. That happened to Jim and I went crazy on them..Its a very long story..but he has been through alot due to that and has medical problems to this day because of it.. and it was a horrific ordeal so I am sure that your Grandfather is scared to death of surgery due to what happen to him..
God Bless him and you...I know that is so hard not to worry about him..but he is in Gods Hands and I am sure he knows that being a Christian and Pastor.....God Bless him...He and you all the famliy members are in my prayers....:grouphug:
I hope that Bretts sugars get under controll again. What a brave little guy he is..having to endure all of this.. That was a real scary story about that lady that almost died. I would be worried too..but I am sure with all the checking you do on Brett......He will do great....He has a wonderful Mom that takes Great care of him..I am so glad that you got the Blazer back.. I wish they didnt charge you anything..cause they never fixed it right the first time..I hope that it runs forever now..Funny story about you Dh not seeing you getting gas...
WAY TO GO ON THE 3 LB LOSS....THATS GREAT...YOU GO GIRL!!!!!..I am so happy for you..All you hard work is paying off.. Thats great....I hope to start the gym next week.. I am going to if I have to walk..:lol: :wave:

Kris... Thank-you for your story..I really loved how you put it with station breaks and all....You are a great story teller..
That was almost like a movie..going to the dance and seeing someone you had a crush on...Wow..and you looking so good...Doesnt sound like the rain slowed you all down any..Thats great...we always see things and people different when we are younger. When I was in my 20's I thought that 50 was way old..Now thats young to me..:lol:..
Listen to me Yall..see I'm getting ready to move South one day soon....so I am turning Southern..Yall...:lol: Love it...
Thats great about the dance lessons.. You both will have so much fun.
Have a great time with the beach trip too with your folks..
Anytime at the beach is great..You will have fun I'm sure..:wave:

Donna...I dont know if you are there yet..but when you do get there..
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME......And take lots of pictures.
..I Miss you already..but I am so happy that you are going on the Fabulous trip...:wave:

Daphne..Where Are you????? :mag: I Miss you :cb: :cb: :mag:

Mr. Ken?????? The guys are out.... :cb: :cb: :cb:

Sheree..I hope that you are better and that you will post when you can... to let us know how you are doing..We all Miss You..
You are still in my prayers :angel:

Hi y'all I am still here. I am going to follow Summer to the South! Well I do like in Southern Washington does that count y'all? It really is funny how different areas of the States have suck different ways of talking. My friend in New Orleans makes Sphagetti and Red Sauce.... meaning sphagetti and a meat sauce.....I make Sphagetti and don't have to mention the sauce. She says other things and then has to explan what she means to me. She says Nay for no and it just cracks me up. She says they all do that down there.:lol:
Summer how fun to go shopping with a friend. Isn't it amazing what we can find so funny?:lol: Did you buy anything for you yesterday? How is Buddy doing today? Give him my love and well wishes.
Rosey it sounds like you needed that extra sleep. What kind of take out did you get? I just say fast food unless it is Chinese then it is take out!:lol:
Kris I loved the way you told the story it was fun to read! Please do more like that for us cause it made my day brighter.
I will post more later but am off to get groceries in this house. Daang kids want to eat!:lol: Oh we have food but they claim I don't!
Daphne

Hi everyone..its snowing..i feel like singing jingle bells :lol: dont plan to go anywhere today so let it snow..now tomorrows another story..my dd and i are going to a grand opening of a store called the Stamping Pad..they are having free demos of new products etc so we want to check it out..its not a new store but where they were located before there was no handicap access..not even a railing on their steps so it was difficult for me to get in the store..so never went much..they have moved and now have handicap access so want to see all the new card making stuff..dont understand why stores dont realize that some people need a little help like a railing on steps :?: the dh had a really bad nite ...am so glad the surg been scheduled as i hate seeing him like this..as for the take out we have a resturant about 7 miles from us..actuaaly its my favorite place to eat.. we just ordered burgers and the dh went to pick them up..and grumpy gramma needed the nap.. and i slept fine most of the night too :D i have been exercisiing every day.. its a workout i found in womans day magazine..there are 4 moves.. marching in place.. side steps.. squats..and kicks.. it says if you do these at amoderate rate for 15 min..its the equivalent of walking a mile..its the first exercise that ive found that i can do..ive been doing them in the bathrm with the door shut so i get no comments from certain other people :lol: i dont need an audience to watch me huff and jiggle.. altho everything hurts and determined to do this..it also helps that the dh is watching what he eats to.. so theres no junk in the house.. no temptations..(except if you order out :?: but since i had not eaten all day i just ate all my pts at once :lol: :?: :lol: )am getting ready for the trip to anch next week.. as we dont know how long we will be gone want to make sure everythings done here before we go..well the dh finally up..so am going to have a cup of coffee with him and then get at it for the day..((((((hugs for all))))))rosey :wave:

OK going to try this again....... Rosey you make me laugh all the time! I wouldn't want to do the exercising my bathroom cause there are big mirrors in there!:lol: DOes DH know what you are doing in there each day? I started to laugh thinking if it is like my house I get a knock on the door if I am in the bathroom over 5 minutes asking if I am OK!:lol:
I have a couple of questions to ask of Rosey and Dana. What kind of eyelet punch do both of you use? I want to buy one but am lost as to what to buy.:shrug: I would like to know what you use for the cards windows as well? I saw on a stamping page that they use acetate paper but at my stamping store she told me to go to Office Max and buy transparency film. I bought some of that and it looks like it will work. OK ladies help me out please??????
Daphne

Daphne I will post more on this later but in short, I've never used any windows in cards but it's a route I want to explore real soon. It takes longer than anything that i have done so far but it does add a lot to the card so rosey can offer some insight on that subject. My eyelet kit was about $10 and it came in a small package at walmart. It says M'Bellish on the tool so that was probably the brand. I like the one in the CTMH catalog cause it comes with a dainty hammer rather than Kevin's that I use which is large and I feel like I"m beating the card. :lol: Well I need to run to walmart. Mama has been wanting a new tv and we are going to try to get it for her this morning.

Morning everyone..its sure pretty out today.. cold and sunny..the chickadees have been devoring the seed on the bird feeder..i love watching them..do any of you watch survivor?? and what did you think of last nites show??daphnee..i havent explored the eylet thing yet..i got one on e-bay but sorry to say i havent used it ..i have made window cards tho and got the acetate at the stamping pad store..you can also make shaker cards if you have double stick tape and foam mounting tape that comes in a roll..you can makea double window and put beads or whatever between the sheets..kids like them..am suppose to go to town today.. and check out the grand reopening of the stamp store..they are having demos and will let you know if i learn anything new.. daphnee..my dh does bother me when im in the bathrm but i wont be jiggling and wiggling in front of anyone while im exercising:lol: not even him im self conscience enuff without putting ona show for anyone..hope you all have agreat day everyone.. drink lots of water..((((hugs)))))))) rosey:wave:

Hello Everyone.. Sorry that I wasnt in here in awhile..Jusy busy..I have had alot going on..with friends and things to do..it never seems to be enough time in a day..Yesterday I tried to get in here and I could not.. I dont know if it was on my end or in here...I never know when that happens :lol:

Daphne..You are so right about people talking different in different parts of the states... I loved how your friend said Speg & red sauce. and Nay....Most Italians say Gravy..for Speg and Sauce..so I guess its like that all over..I think that goes right along with Yall be good or Yall take care..etc..but I think the South is the best..I have never been your way or Roseys so I am not saying the people there are not nice.......They would have to be..
Yall all live there..
I laughed when I read Southern Washington..but yes that does count :lol:
Buddy said to tell you hello and thank-you again for your prayers and kindness..He mentions you to me when we talk..What a wonderful person you must be..and I tell him thats right...You Are... :yes: I told him that I was very Blessed in having you for a friend..I told him about 3FC and how very very fortunate I am to have found this place and all the wondeful people in here..That was so sweet of you to send him that card..I didnt buy anything the day I went with my friend shopping..I guess I was to busy looking for her I didnt look that much for me..but we had alot of fun being together and laughing..Next thing on our list to do ..is go get one of those make-overs at the make-up counter..
That will be fun...Sounds like you are really geting into the card thing.Thats great..We all need something that we like to do and enjoy..I hope you got your groceries and had time to do something just for you..
Have a great weekend :wave:

Rosey....I hope that you and your DD had a great time at the new Stamping store..I agree with you that ALL Stores need handicap access..Thats only right..I cant get over that its still snowing there..Is that usual?.It was beautiful here yesterday..I wore my sandels and no jacket..I hope that it stays this way..but I know it wont..They are calling for possible snow flurries Tues or Wed..:cry:..I can understand about you not wanting to exercise in front of people..I feel that way about going to the gym..but I cannot let that stop me..I will feel it the most in the Water Arobics class. I dont want to put on a bathing suit right now and I will have no choice..I am not looking forward to that one..I think its great that you found a exercise that you can do comfortably and that it gives you alot of benifit from it..Thats wondeful Rosey..You keep doing it in the bathroom or where-ever you need to..It will pay off later down the line..I am so proud of you Rosey..You are doing so good..You have wanted to get to where you where when you came home from the hospital and you are doing it.. I want to just get started on losing something anything..will be good :lol:..Glad to hear that its pretty out your way finally and I can picture the birds eating out of the feeder..Its not pretty here today..Raining..not as nice as it was yesterday..but atleast its no snow :lol:..I am happy about that. Have a great weekend :wave:

Dana..I hope that your Mom got her a nice TV at Walmart. I am sure she will find something nice.. I Love Walmart..Good prices and quailty things..
I am going there today..Got some things to get. I want to find a couple "Strawberry Shortcake" outfits for my friends little 3 year old Granddaughter's birthday.She is a little cutie..Hope that Bretts sugar is doing good and that you are doing good also..Have a great weekend :wave:

Donna... I am sure you are basking in the :sunny: right about now..
Have fun..We all miss you but we are happy you are there..:wave:

Kris..How are things with you??? Have a great weekend :wave:

Mr Ken..Where are you??? Have a great weekend..They Guys are on the hunt :nag: :cb: :cb: :cb: :wave:

Sheree... I hope that you are better and that we all hear from you real soon.
We miss you...Have a great weekend :wave: