[summer1]

Hi...........
I am back... Tired and wore out but I am here.. I am like Rosey..does it ever get easier.. Nope I dont think so..I guess these old bones just cant take it...but I will keep pluggin...I hope to go to the pool tomorrow.. it rained here and stormed a little we had to get out of the pool for about 15 min and then we had the class..good thing it was before class actually started...so I got in the full hour..I have things to do in the am tomorrow and hope that by the afternoon I can get some pool time in..Before I know it summer will be gone and the pool will be closed and I will be ..
Before I forget....I am waiting on Costco for my pictures.. Seems there was a prob with the CD....I dont exactly know what but I will be going there this weekend and they are suppose to have the CD for me...Does it ever fail..


Donna.....I agree with you about Buddy..Its so sad that he is going through all of this.. Its very familiar to all of us one time or another..It is just so hard to see it happen and know there is really nothing I can do...but pray for him..and be there for him...
I will never give up hope for him and I know that none of you have either but its so hard...Thank-you Donna for all your kindness and caring and prayers for my Dear friend Buddy.. I will always apprecaite it so very much...
I am sorry that you feel uncomfortable about your sisters pool... I hope that in time all of that can be better.. I do love the "pool life" like you said..even as a child I loved going to the community pool...They had to practically drag me home...and werent we all thinner back then Oh those were the days
The only thing better is sitting on the beach at MB... I am so glad you were able to relax and read while Elena played in the pool..
I bet she loves the pool too..I hope that you can do that more often and relax..Did Elena's summer camp things end already?? When does Elena go back to school? School starts here after labor day in Sept...Water classes are doing good except sometimes I am really wore out.. I havent seem to lose anymore weight and that really bothers me.. I keep thinking how much more food do I need to cut out??? I guess I need to adjust something food wise...it just so slow...I get upset at times..but I have to keep pluggin along.....and hope it will come off soon...
I stopped having BD's.. I will stay the same age forever...OLD...
Ok.. its July 30th...Jim is taking my BD off and the following week too..We hope to go to Ocean City Md for afew days.. Not sure yet..or day trips to Baltimore Harbor and Annapolis MD...Not sure yet..but I am looking forward to what ever we do and I hope that the weather is nice for our trips and some pool time together.......Thank-you for letting us know about Dee.. It sounds like she is so very busy....I am glad that she is doing alright...Maybe she will get a chance to post one day soon...
Have a great dinner out tonight and enjoy...

Dana.. I am so glad you are back on line... and that you know what the prob with the phone is and can have it fixed.. I hope that your hubby can get the grass cut too...It grows so quick..especially when it rains..
I agree with you about Buddy..and you are right Miracles can happen but its all to familiar also... I do understand... Buddy has Cancer of the Lymp-nodes..
I think they call it Lymphnoma..( SP ) I am not sure but I think that means it can be all over his body as we have lymp-nodes everywhere in our body.
I am not sure if the cancer is all over his body...but it has been in his lungs and toncils and back.. he never smoked..I think he is 68..Not sure but thats pretty close..There is a picture of Buddy on our Yahoo buddy site..He is one of the nicest people in the world..I am so sorry about your Grandfather going through so much pain... Bless his heart....Thats terrible.... I will keep him in my prayers.. Your poor grandmother is going through it too.. Finding him on the floor and all..I am sure she is upset by all he is going through.
I pray that all the chemo has not hurt his body either.
I am sure they will make what-ever decission it best for him.
God Bless both of them
Your other Grandfather may he rest in peace is in a better place and in No pain..but its still so very hard to lose a loved one to cancer..
Thank-you Dana for all your kindness and caring and prayers for my Dear friend Buddy..I will always appreciate that so very much..
I cant wait to see your pictures of the beach trip.. It sounds like you all had fun at the Palvillion.. We never went on the rides there but we have walked all over down there..went to the Ripleys Believe It or Not.. and in all the other t-shirt shops and walked the board-walk area..
I cant wait to go there in Sept... I am so envious that your cousin is there now LOL LOL LOL...what can I say....
I am so glad that they got everything back together at the Pavillion after the storms last month.. I didnt know that..I am so glad that Laken enjoyed the rides.. Thats wonderful for her. I hope that her companion for this year at school is the same one from last year.. I am sure its a very hard ajustment for her with new people and they need to get to know what she needs to be taken care of properly.... I hope that you hear soon about that...
I hope that Laken will ajust to her new bra....She may surprise you and want to wear it.. Something new for her.... I can understand your concern about that..I had to giggle a little about what you hubby said.. Every Father says almost the same thing.....They are to young.. where is my little girl..etc...
You are so right about the pool being gone to soon for me..I want all the days I can get..and I loved what you said about being tanned "Fluffies" instead of white..and that is SOOOOOOOO TRUE..thats another reason why I Love a tan....Year-round if I could do it.. I hope that you get your Ebay account straight soon. I am sure its been a big pain for you...I can understand that..I am sure you will lose the vacation pounds.. I know I will gain when we go.. Cause I will eat when I am there.. I always do.. Cant help it.. to many things there...Sounds like school will be back in soon.. I forget that you all start back sooner than here and get out before they do here too..How are Brett and Logan doing???
I am not sure when Rosey gets back.. I am so glad she got to go see her Mom..I know that she missed her so much..
Do you think Martha Stewart will really go to jail???
Have a great evening

[summer1]

Had to start another post..the other one was long and I know what happens when they get tooooooooooooooo long..

Daphne.. Hope that you are enjoying good weather and some "YOU" time..
I miss you..

Mr. Ken... What are you doing this week???? Still celebrating??
I miss you

Kris....How goes things with you and your finals??.Cant wait to hear all about your trip
I miss you

Dee..Hope that you can post soon.....We all miss you..
Glad to hear that you are doing alright

Rosey.. Have fun...and enjoy...We all miss you

Well Little Chickies.. I am beat and its bed for me..
All of you have a great evening Good Night and God Bless...

[hefty1]

summer thanks for making me 10 years younger and i'm not celebraating any more. glen

[dabrat]

Hi everyone just a quick post Ihave a diaper to change. YECK!
I went to the County clinic yesterday being as cough is getting worse. She thinkis I have asthma now. She gave me an antibiotic and a RX for an inhaler. My blood pressure was up very high 150/100. It has never been that high before. I did say it had to somewhat with me waiting there for 3 hours! I am not joking. I was in the waiting room with Megan for 90 minutes, they took me to back room shut the door and it was another 90 minutes. Megan was cussing up a storm the whole time and I was doing some major stressing. I was so irritated that I didn't even ask why I was given an antibiotic. I was also tested for stress and used the breathing machine while there. I told Jason that I was shaking so bad after the treatment and he said that yeah being as it is steroids that I was sucking in. Don't you think she should of told me that I was taking steroids? Oh well c'est la vie. OK I will post later today after that diaper is changed!
Daphne

[summer1]

Hello Everyone.....Sorry fo rnot posting yesterday..I got so involved with phone calls and doing things around her that time got away from me..
I have been doing my usual around here..Laundry and cleaning..The sun has been in and out..so instead of dragging all my stuff to the pool I sat out back of my patio with a neighbor for a couple hours...I hope that I can get some pool time in tomorrow but the weather report looks like showers...
I have class tonight..and so it goes..Before we know it the pol will be closed and I will be
I spoke to Buddy today and he is feeling a bit better..I was so glad to hear that and he does sound like my old friend..I sure hope it lasts for awhile..
He will not know about the trial meds untill he sees the Dr next Thursday....so its a wait and see...
Thank-You again to ALL of you for your kind concern and prayers and cards..
Its greatly appreciated..YOU ALL ARE THE BEST...
I have somethings to finish up today before class.. and hopefully I can get it all done....Its Hot Hot Hot outside.. I was playing with the water hose while I was sun bathing..it was fun ..It was toooo Hot without it..
I hope to get my pictures from Costco this weekend..The Picture CD is suppose to be ready..I hope so.

Mr Ken... I guess I read your post wrong..but its always good to be younger...Right...You are welcome.. Me and Jack Benny never get any older either..We will always be 39....
Have a good evening

{{{{{{Daphne}}}}}}}......You poor Sweetie.. I am so sorry that you are feeling so bad..They should have NEVER treated you like that and didnt explain thing to you.. Thats not right....Whats wrong with people???
I sure hope you feel better real soon.... Please lay down and get some rest if you can.. I know its so hard with taking care of children to do that..I wish I lived near you..I would come over and help you so you can rest..
I hope that your Dh can help you so you can get some much needed rest..
Feel better real soon Sweetie..and please try to rest..
Have a good evening ..

Donna......Dana.....Kris.....I am sure you all are busy with things to do...
I miss you ALL..Have a good evening

Rosey..I miss you too..I am not sure when you get home??
I cant wait to hear all about your wonderful trip..

Dee..Hope all is well in your world..
We all miss hearing from you..

[lakelog]

This may only be short and sweet but had to check in anyway. I've been gathering my grandparents garden and having to deal with all the veggies. Have a big pot of fresh soup cooking now and still more beans to break. As long as we get rain showers and you gather it, it will produce longer and give you more to freeze and can for winter time.

Dh has worked everyday and still is planning to until tuesday. We have to register brett for middle school on tuesday and then he goes to his dr. for app't. I guess his sugar is a bit better but it needs to stay as it until they see how it does in school. I don't want it too near perfect and then it stay too low while he's at school. This new school (only new to him of course) is 2 stories not counting the gym that he will have to go to every day for PE that's in the "basement" so you're looking at a lot of steps. It took me a while to ever get used to them when I started a fresh year.

I've made reservations to go to Cherokee next friday through monday. We haven't been since 2000 but rather than take the camper, we're staying in a bunkhouse which is just a wooden structure with one room and has bunkbeds in it with water and elec. You provide linens and everything else. It's actually cheaper than taking camper but I think we will be without TV. I dont' know if I can stand that.

My grandpa didn't have his treatment today but had scans and x-rays to see his progress. I don't know if he knows the results now or not but I figured if they did, granny would call soon. I went in to see him lastnight and we talked about 30 minutes and he seemed much better to me.

Donna when does elena return to school? My MIL took brett school shopping today and he got a lot of nice stuff. I think we just need to get him some socks and his actual supplies which we don't even know what he needs until tuesday at best. That's a big help for her to do that but it's become a tradition sort of anyway and they can afford it.

Daphne when does your youngest child return? What kind of inhaler did they give you? I don't think ALL are steroids but some of them are cause they open up the tiny airways that are constricted. The twins used to be on them as infants/toddlers. I even had steroids while in labor with them. It takes adjustments but if you have asthma, you need it. Have you noticed a problem with your lungs? You could just have allergies like my grandmother does. She cant be in public and smell cigarettes or even shampoo on someone or she will cough until she wets her pants and struggles to get the inhaler out but she doesn't actually have asthma. My grandpa has asthma though.

Summer how's the tan holding up? Have you seen Dale Jr. since his burning accident? I'm curious to see him this weekend to see how bad it looks for myself. I felt so sorry for him when I heard that. He's lucky to be alive. How is Bert doing? Can you tell me the name of that low carb pasta again? I forgot it and it's not in this months diabetes magazine. I looked for it in Bi-Lo this morning but ended up getting the Muellers brand instead.

Does anyone remember how long rosey will be gone? I"m gonna have to scroll back to see. It seems like forever if she left when I was at beach.

Well this actually got longer than planned but I have clothes to get out of dryer and it's supper time. Hope you have great evenings.

[dabrat]

Dana what happened to Dale Jr.? My brats return to school the day after Labor day. I was thinking asthma before I even went to the Dr. with how my breathing is lately. I can not take a deep breath at all. I have been wheezing and having coughing fits to where I finally barf coughing so hard. It is scarry when Jason isn't here and I get one of the fits. I feel like I am running out of air and end up gasping to breath.
That is cool that your MIL took Brett school shopping. Does she ever tale Laken or Logan? Does anyone in your family ever take Laken? If not how does she feel about that? I know with Megan it really pi**es me off how they are all afraid of her. Where are our pictures at anyhow? I loved the postcard that you sent it is on my refridgerator! How are you liking that new fride that you have by the way?
Summer i am sorry you are missing out on pool time. I hope it was a good visit with your friend today. How did the pool class go today? Give Buddy my love when you talk to him next.
Donna how is Elena doing now that Summer is in full swing and vacation time is over? Is she doing any workbooks over the summer? How is my fluffy Sister feeling? Losing any of that fluff?
Glen OK so you are 50? I was thinking that you were like 25 this whole time!
Rosey post soon we all miss you. Does famil;y not have a dang computer??
Kris how did finals go and where are you off to now?
OK ya all know how I am terrefied of frogs.... I went outside to dump the cat litter and I hear this plop into the creek. THERE WAS A FROG!!!!!!! I ran back inside and then was thinking OK I am a lot bigger than that damn frog and I am afraid if it? We are talking I hope tree frogs and not big frogs... This happened a few weeks ago when i was mowing but I thought it was a stick that go shot out from mower. Now hubby thinks i will mow back yard again? I HATE FROGS!
Daphne

[summer1]

Hello Everyone..
Just a quick note.. I have to ge to the Store and pick-up some RX's and do some errands before the thunderstorms get here this afternoon.. another No pool day..
What can I say....Maybe the weekend will be better..
I will try to check in later today...when I get back....
You All have a great Day..and good weather.. and

[summer1]

Hello Chickies...
I am pooped....Had a good workout tonight..We got some thunderstorms late this afternoon.. I was worried that they would cancel the water class but thankfully it stopped before it was time for class..I wrote a letter to the manager of the gym about some of the things we ( women of the class ) think that needs to change to make our class better.. How I got this assignment is beyond me....so every one signed it and we shall see what happens...I hope that we get the changes we need to make our class better.
Tomorrow I get a much needed haircut.. I look like Scarey Spice right now with my roots grown out so much and my hair is to long.... I get my roots and hi-lite done next Thursday.. I will be like a new woman..
I always love it when my hair is done..It makes me feel good..
Buddy is doing alright at the present and I spoke to Bert today...
One of her sisters is there with her through the weekend.. Thats good news..I hope they continue to be there for her..
I sure hope we have good weather over the weekend..
I want to go to the pool....so I am doing the good weather in hopes it will help..

Dana.....I can smell that veggie soup from here..Yummy..
There is nothing any better than fresh veggies from the garden..I know you are glad that there will be plenty to freeze or can for the winter...
Thats great..I hope to go the the farmers market next Wed..I love thier stuff.
I sure hope that Brett's sugar stays good while he is in school and out and that he adapts to his new school without any problems.. I am sure he will do great..He is such a little trooper.. Bless his heart he has been through so much and has done so well..Thats cause he has a Great Mom to help and guide him all the way... Have fun when you go to Cherokee.. I had to laugh about what you said about having no TV...You can do it..I know you can
I am so glad that your Grandpa is better.. I will keep him in my prayers..
I sure hope and pray that his scan results are good..God Bless him..he has been through so very much.....Bert is doing good for now...
I pray it stays that way for her.. Her family is with her for now.
I hope they stay longer.
Thank-you for your kind concern for her and Buddy..
You are such a Sweetie..
Dana..did you put any pictures on the Yahoo group place?? I scrolled back but I cant tell if thats what you meant or if you had already did it..
I cant seem to find that yahoo group??? I dont know why??
I am working on my tan.. I am afraid if our weather doesnt clear up soon I will lose what I have...I havent seen Jr..but my hubby did and he said he was alright compared to he could have died..and he is so very lucky...I agree with you..Hubby said he will be fine..I guess he will drive Sunday... he is just like his Dad..you cant keep a good man down..
I wish him all the best in his recovery..and hope he wins...
The Pasta you want is "Dreamfields"..go to thier web site and it can tell you if any stores near you carry it. Our Safeway store has it..2.00 per box.. Thats only a dollar more than regular Pasta..
It is the bomb... Looks like..cooks like and tastes like regualr pasta.. You will never know the difference except the carbs are not there like reg pasta. It has 5 grams of digestable carbs per serving... I cant say enough good about it.. I hope you can find it and try it... ....I dont know when Rosey is due back.. I miss her.. Maybe Donna knows...
Have a great evening

[summer1]

I had to start another post..I didnt want to lose the other one..


Daphne.... I sure hope that you are feeling better..and that your meds are working..I hope that you are getting some rest too...I hope that your hubby is helping you so you can rest..
I am afraid of snakes like you are afraid of frogs... .....
I know how that frog must have scared you....I have been so lucky not to ever run up on a snake.Thats my biggest fear..Iknow I would have the big one if that ever happens.....
Its awful to be afraid of things like that..but we cant help it...
What are tree frogs?? I never heard of them??
I will tell Buddy what you said..That is so nice of you...That lifts his spirt..
Thank-you for all your very kind concern and caring for him.. You a such a Sweetie....I had a nice time with my neighbor yesterday on the patio..
The water classes are going good.. All the ladies plus me want to make some changes to make our class better and I sure hope we get them...
How are your children doing??? What will they be doing untill school starts back?? They start back when the kids here do..Sept after labor day..
I sure hope that I can get to the pool more..Summer will be over soon and I will miss the pool and al the nice people there. We have so much fun..
Have a great evening

Donna....Where are you?????? Are you at the pool???
If so I dont blame you..Have fun...
I Miss You..

Mr Ken....Where are you?????They guys are

Kris.....How did your finals go?? I miss you too..

[dlzbth]

I'm so sorry I haven't posted.

It's been one heck of a week. I have spent every day (except today) at my Dad's hauling containers/boxes etc to store in my sister's garage because he is to be out of his house on the 30th. We were to have a truck this weekend and haul the furniture but because the electrician isn't done and inspections we will wait till next week. We can't put it off much longer though.

Summer sorry the pool and the weather have had some conflicts. We have been next door to "the pool" most every day or every other day. I am actually going to have a tan! LOL

Dana, glad your grandfather is doing better and that vegetable soup sounds heavenly for sure.

Daphne, feel better girlfriend! YES I'm still fluffy after all these years. Getting fluffier too.

Kris? KRis????

Glen or Mr. Ken I would love for someone to make a ten year mistake on my age as well. You are one lucky dude. LOL

Rosey, I hope you are having a good time with your Mom .

NOTE: no I don't know when she is return.

Dee.... We miss you!!!

Well, I'm going to go now. I have a great weekend if I don't post before.

See ya!

Donna

[dabrat]

OK I was going to post but it is too hot in office and it is makingme sick. It is 97* outside right now and it is just after 2. They said it is a possibility that we will pass the record of 107* today. I will try and post when it cools down.
Daphne
PS I can't even go out in the sun with the meds they have me on!

[dlzbth]

I hope everyone is doing good.

[hefty1]

i guess everyone is in a pool keeping cool. i gained again.
glen

[lakelog]

Not really much to report here.

Daphne it's not as hot here as it is there. I was shocked to hear it gets so hot in washington. It's 75 at 10 a.m. right now. It wasn't too bad yesterday even. I only recall maybe 3 or 4 hot days this summer. We've been spared it seems. Hope you feel better. Where's that hot tub? Can you cool it down??

Donna, my sister is moving into her new "digs" today. She's taken today and tomorrow off to try to accomplish that. She only moves 2 houses over so it shouldn't take a lot of time for her. I"m proud of her for doing what she's accomplished from having a baby at 16 to being married for 6 years (not to childs father) and building a house. I wish I could move into something bigger but like I told her, we have 2 vehicles to make payments on, taxes and insurance, they only have 1. Her Dh is a cable guy and has the company bucket truck. They don't pay for satellite like we do due to having the biggest cable package free for working there, they don't have internet bill or only 1 working with 3 children. I hope I didn't offend her but our situations are a wee bit different. have you heard anything from Tracy?

Summer to tell you the truth about yahoo, I signed on with my name last week and it had cancelled my email cause I hadn't used it in 90 days so I wouldn't doubt if they didn't shut our site down but if I can recall the link, I can try as well. I haven't put my pictures anywhere other than on clarkcolor.com I'm not sure how Donna does it the way she does or I could try that. It does take a while to upload pictures with dial up. My grandpa is doing well. I don't know results of scan but granny told me it was actually more for them to tell if they needed to change the angle of the radiation or not. He has 15 more to go and his strength is up some from where it was.

Rosey I miss you! When are you going to make landing in alaska??

Glen I've been on that up and down diet myself. Did manage to lose 2 pounds in last day but I know it's water from all the watermelon and tomatoes I eat.

Today is Dh's last day in his 8 days straight of working and his legs and feet are killing him. He has next 2 days off and friday we are scheduled to go to Cherokee for 4 days. I'm looking foward to that but it will be first time without camper. We have to think of everything we use and take it and hope there is room in car. We have to take our own towels, sheets etc. too cause it's not furnished with nothing more than bunks with mattresses. Tomorrow Brett goes to register for middle school and then the afternoon he goes to dr. His sugar isn't in quite as good control as they are going to like. He still runs in 200's for the most part. I know it's because he is so independent now. He can calculate his food and does his insulin himself and so I don't know much of anything about it unless I get the meter and check the memory to get his results.

Well I am going to post this before I lose it with it being so long. That's funny that I thought I didn't have much to say. I have one of my big tanks set up for some fish I won off ebay. I had no idea they sold fish and I've even found an auction site for nothing but aquatic animals and supplies. We still have our turtles that the boys got at the beach. they haven't grown too much in 2 weeks. They are about size of half dollars. Daphne, by the way, I'm terrified of frogs too. I guess it's the slimy fact and that they can jump to your face when you don't need them too. YUCK!