Hi there! You may have noticed that I changed my chickie. I weighed myself when I got home from our trip and saw I gained almost ten pounds so I had to take away my 30 pounds lost status. :shrug: :cry: :stress: :lol:
Well, yes we took pictures. Only 100. So, I'll post a link to them when I get all the editing done.
It's such a nice area where my sister lives. There is something for everyone. We took the kids to a park called Deanne Rose Children's Farmstead that was like going back in time. There was an old fashioned school house, indian teepees, pony rides, hayrides, mining for gemstones, playgrounds, lots of gardens, animals and plans for more little exhibits of old timey dairy farm and so on. It was FREE! Of course you had to pay for the mining of the gemstones or the pony and hay rides but it was all very reasonable and Elena loved it.
We went to see a Kansas City Royals baseball game and there was an outstanding fireworks show afterwards. Good game but the Royals lost! :lol: :rofl: We took the kids to a movie when it rained on Thursday and first there was a childrens mall that they had a great time in. That evening my sister and I went to a Italian restaurant to eat and shopped then went to see a movie called "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks. It was good I thought. I think we would of liked the Notebook though better. But we didn't choose that one! :lol: Friday, we went into the city and took the kids to a Crayola shop that had a Crayola Cafe where we ate lunch and shopped. It was cute. I was amazed at how much things they have for kids. I was glad to say the least. On Saturday we went to a airshow that was out of this world but they didn't plan the transportation very well from the event back into the city to where we parked. We waited nearly two hours for a bus. It was total chaos. It was so hot that a man passed out and one lady was so concerned about her baby getting dehydrated. We would be told to go to one area to wait for the bus and then told no and it was back and forth like that and the frustration was definately felt by all. Good thing there wasn't alcohol there because we probably would of witnessed a fight. LOL It worked out though finally.
On the fourth of July we hung out at their neighborhood pool and saw a fireworks show that evening at a business park and yes.. ELVIS! He is alive... I hate to tell you all. LOL :lol3: They had some bands playing and lots of things to eat. I ate and ate the complete time I was there I'm afraid. That explains the ten pounds. (lol)
On Monday we went to "The Plaza" in KC. It is several blocks big of different shops and restaurants and many fountains, statues and the buildings had European flare to it. Very nice. I had gone there with Mary and my then stepmother before she gave birth to Bethany and I wanted very badly to show Jim. It's beautiful area.
Our flights to KC went smoothly. Elena did real well for her "first time" on the way home from Cinncinnati we ran into some storms that I thought would ruin her experience of a good plane flight but she did good. A young boy sitting behind her got air sick. Not a pretty sight.
Well that is what I did on my summer vacation. LOL Sorry if I lost you... LOL
:blah:

OH BTW! My sister's pool is finally finished. We have been swimming today and the day before. :) :D

Hi everyone..our weather has been breaking records.. 82 here today and its sooooooo hot..we need rain really bad..have been trying to get things done for our trip but being so hot all i want to do is sit in front of the fan(we dont have a/c have never needed it)am glad my mom has a/c tho..one good thing is when its hot i cant eat :lol: :?: :lol: still have sewing to do but almost done with that then just have to pack..donna your vacation sounds like such fun and so many things for kids to do.. am glad you are home safe.. summer hope you are getting lots of neat pictures at the pool party..dana are you home yet??mr ken kris and daphnee hello hope you are having a great weekend.. will check in later..that is if i havent melted yet..((((((hugs)))))rosey:wave:

Hi everyone.. we are still having record high temps..its really miserable here in the afternoons.. i feel like a limp noodle :lol: ive been working on a pair of jeans to take on my trip..and cant seem to get them to fit right..dont know if thats a good thing.. depends on how you look at it.. so far i have re -done them 4 times and they are still to big..but i dont want them to be tight either so i sew some and then try them on.. and sew some more :lol:..i took some clariten for my allergies and it gave me an awful headache :( ..my dr suggested i try it..i think id rather have the runny nose to a headache :lol: so what are you all up to today?? its awful lonesome in here :lol: ill be back later to check(((((((hugs)))))) rosey :wave:

Rosey, when do you leave? I know you are excited! How cool about the pants. :dancer: Hope you feel better.

Rosey I am laughing about the Claratin. It hasn't been helping me and just makes me want to sleep. my nose is still running none stop and last night was bloody as well. I am thinking I have a sinus infection as well. I am impressed that you can sew jeans. I am going to try and make Megans pillows this week for her bedroom. When do you leave on your trip? Is that DH going to go elk hunting this year? What about fishing?
Donna yea!!!! Welcome back woman we missed you. That trip sounds absolutely wonderful. I think it is just what you all needed. Next time can I go with you? I will be Elenas nanny.:lol:I am sure the 10 pounds will come off so fast now that you are home and able to eat normal and drink water like normal.
Summer how was the pool party? Did it rain or was it nice? How was the food and what did you eat? Did it wear out that DH of yours? I think I want to spend the summer with you and the pool! What do you have planned next party wise? How is Buddy doing this week? Let him know he is in my thoughts as usual.
Dana when do you come back? Are you back today?
Kris when do you leave again?
Glen how was your weekend?
OK did you all know it is hard to type with a runny nose? I had to take a break to go get Kleenex. Oh and I hate Puffs and that oily feel to them. Makes me feel like i have snot all over still.:lol: I know I am full of TMI for you all today. Sorry but snot is running my world this month I belive. Jason got home on Saturday around 5ish I think. We slept imn until 10:45 on Sunday so we were to late to go to Church. We then took a nap from 2ish to almost 4ish. I sleep so much better when I have him to touch even if it is just his arm. OK my diet is none exhistant so far. I start out good and then just go pooey and give up.This week I should be able to stick to it a bit better being as there is nothing here to eat!:lol: I want to go thru my diet food Lean Cuisines etc... I should have enough to get me food all week. OK I sneezed and have to go change.....:lol:TMI again I know:lol:For those that have had kids you should know what I mean!
Kisses and hugs ya all!,
Daphne

Hi everyone.. its cooled off some becuz theres a nice breeze blowing..i leave for anchorage tomorrow and fly out of anchorage wednesday.. to say im excited and nervous is an understatement..those jeans i tried everything to make them fit.. so washed them in hot water.. well they are rolled up in a ball and i threw them in my closet..maybe i can make something from them for the grkids :lol: :?: :lol:anyways im about all set to go.. just need to run dishwasher tonite and pack the last few things..daphnee you make me laugh and yes i have that problem when i sneeze :lol: :?: :lol: i didnt take the clariten today.. am trying to see if the headaches worth it..so i wonder too if danas back and had fun.. what kris's trip was like.. the pictures were awsome..if summers pool party was fun and how her weigh in went..if donna has recovered from her trip and is elana bored after all the fun kid things..if mr ken having a fun summer.. so the guys are on the hunt :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: hope to here from some of you before i leave..will check in later((((((hugs)))))) rsoey:wave:

Have a great trip, Rosey!!!!! :dancer: :hat: :cp: :cheers: :cp:

Hey guys!

I am well. Finals are starting and I have lots to do, so.....I will be laying pretty low for the next couple of days. I posted a couple of pictures from my trip a week or so ago, but I think most of you were gone. Take care and I'll check in when I can.

Hello Everyone....Its been cloudy all week and very hot and humid..I hope it blows out of here soon.. I have been busy with just about everything..
Cleaning laundry and took Bert for a haircut and lunch...Had her carpets cleaned and trying to get her family to see the light..
Hope that happens soon..
Tonight Buddy wants us to meet him for dinner.. He has been really tired with this past round of chemo and I hope he is not over-doing it trying to go to dinner.... I told him not to push himself if he wasnt up to it..It will be just me and hubby and his ex wife having dinner..Its os wonderful that he and his ex-wife have a wonderful relationship..She has been there for him durring all of this and he really does rely on her.. I am so happy they have each other.
Everyone else is either on vacation or univailable right now....He wants to do it again when everyone is back and can do it....
I hope everyone can do it then.
The Pool party was loads of fun.. and yes I ate but not alot.. I gained 4 pounds back.. I think it was from..to much salt.. trying different snacks..
Like baked cheetoes and party mix etc.. TOOO much salt..anyway.. I weighed at the gym and saw that and was not a happy camper.. :eek: :(
So its back on the straight and narrow..I have to take the pictures to be developed this weekend at Costco...and get a cd of them to put on here..
I will hate to see the pictures of me.. My roots are grown-out tooo much and I cant get in to have them done untill the 29th of July...My hair-dresser went on mini-vacation and I didnt know she was going....She will be back then..
I look like Scary-spice.. :fr:

Rosey....Have a safe and wonderful trip....I am sorry if I have missed you before you left and that your jeans didint turn out right....When you go to Walmart next time..try on some jeans..I bet you will find a pair you like.... I hope that your weather is better today and when you leave....and that you have good weather where you are going..
Have fun with your family and enjoy..I hope that your allergies get better and your headache goes away before your flight...
We will miss you girlfriend...:love: :wave: :grouphug:

Daphne.....I am sorry that you have a sinus infection....Runny nose is a really big pain...I sure hope that you feel better real soon...I am so envious that you too can sew.. I cant sew anything...I bet Megan's pillows will be really nice. Come on down anytime and we will go to the pool and have a great time...That would be such fun if you could do that.. They are thinking of having another pool party in August..I hope so. This one was such fun..Both me and hubby were tired the next day..I had a hotdog with slaw on it and tried a little of everything....pot salad...mac salad..reg salad..speg salad....but didnt over-do-it.. The food was really great.... I think the salt didi me in..I tried different snack things and I dont use salt or cook with it..so I think I gained from that not the food..cause I really didnt eat that much...
I will work harder at getting it off this week...
I will tell Buddy what you said..We will see him tonight at dinner...
He will be so pleased to hear from you..Thank-you Daphne for your thoughtfulness and kindness..You are such a Sweetie...
I sure hope you feel better real soon..I dont like Puffs tissue either..
Give me the good old scott tissues anyday...
What are your plans for the rest of your summer?? Anymore trips???
Dont worry you will get back on track with your diet.. Its harder in the summer to diet..so much going on and things to do and more food..:lol:
Atleast for me it is.. I try to be good..but somedays..what can I say..Ihave to get better..cause the wedding I will be going too is in September and I have to be able to find a decent dress to fit in :lol:..so...I have to try harder and with all the support from all my YAYA girlfriends here plus Mr Ken..we ALL can do it....I hope you feell better real soon...
Have a great day :love: :wave:

Donna... Your trip sounded really nice.. All the things you all did and saw. Thats great.. I know that Elena must had a great time..Thats wonderful...
Dont worry you will lose...I know its so easy to gain on vacation..Look at me.. I gained and I didnt go anywhere..:lol:...Just to the pool party..:lol:..now I have to buckle down and get it off....:crossed:
I had to laugh about Elvis lives....He seems to be all over these days..:lol:
I am glad that your sister's pool is finsihed and you all can have fun in it.
These hot days you need a pool to cool off..I hope that the humid weather we all are having dissapears soon...I cant wait to see your pictures.. WOW.over a hundred.. I only took 28...I hope mine turn out..
Have a great day and We ALL are so glad your back....:love: :wave:

Dana.. I dont know if you are home yet..but Thank-you so very much for the postcard from MB.. I loved the couple on the front.. They look like me and Jim on the beach..:lol: :rofl: :lol3: Not you and your dh..Hope that your weather is good where-ever you are....if you stillin MB Enjoy and if you are back..looking forward to hearing all about your vacation and hope for some pictures..Have a great day :love: :wave:

Kris....Sorry I had to start another one.. I was affraid I would lose my post..
I understand about finals and I am sure you will be real busy with that.. I saw your pictures.. They were great.. I could tell you and hubby were having a wonderful time..
Please let us all know how things are going with you when you can...
Have a great day :love: :wave:

Hello Everyone....

I recieved this from Dana today and she wanted me to post it to everyone to read.. She is having alot of probs with her server and she is in the process of changing servers and she cant get on her...I hope that she can get it fixed so she can post soon.. I am sure its so flustrating for her.. I know how it feels not to be able to post...or do anything...
I know that Rosey is gone and Kris is busy with finals..but where oh where is everyone else ??????????????? I am missing you all
:mag: :mag: :cb: :cb: :cb: :shrug: :shrug: :gossip: :blah: :comp: :dancer: :cb: :wave: :love:

Hi Summer. I"m emailing you from my bellsouth email cause I can't get online for more than 30 seconds at a time to use my hotmail. I'm having awlful server problems and I may change my IP later on today to someone else. You can email me back on this one today if you'd like and I will get it at least today. (any of the 3fc gals are welcome to email as well).

I just wanted to let you know why I couldn't get on 3fc to post. By the time the pages would load, my internet would hang up. We got home at 3:45 a.m. early sunday morning. We have a very nice time and only had one t-storm on thursday. It was very severe and heavy and even flooded the campground in places and over flowed a lake. It was terrible for the fish and ducks in that lake. We had 3 ducks who stayed around our camper a lot especially at night. It was neat. I'm not sure if I got pictures of them or not but I do have about 100 digitals I took and when I can get online long enough I can upload them to a album to share. I'll let you know when that happens. I'm going to upload them anyway when I can to get prints of them. Other than that thursday storm, it didn't rain on us at all the rest of the time.

I came home to loads of laundry of course as well as having to see after my grandparents garden. We have corn, beans, tomatoes and okra to my ears. Not really but in bags all in my kitchen and I need to cut the corn off to cream it and break the beans. Kevin is working today in place of someone else on vacation so he will be getting in some much needed overtime but I miss the help here. He had to work 12 hours yesterday as well. I have prescriptions waiting to be picked up as well as one needing to be filled and some post office stuff to mail but can't get away today.

My grandfather had his 21 radiation treatment today and is halfway home with his 42 total. He wanted to quit but I think I encouraged him to hang in there. It's working and he needs this to get rid of the cancer. He has diabetes (type 2) which is making it more difficult. He has sugar in his kidneys and a bad infection that they can't get rid of. He was put on his 5th antibiotic yesterday.

I hope everyone got their cards from beach. I got them all alike and mailed them on friday. My grandmother got hers after we got home but most everyone probably did. Everytime we got near the post office in the campground, I would forget to take the cards with me.

I never got to make any of those beach bags out of the caprisun pouches to sell but did make 3 for us to use and they would have been a hit. They got the most attention and were the only ones I saw there. I figured they would be everywhere but they were so neat to take to the pool and ocean and to even carry your clothes to the bath houses for showers.

Well please share this email with everyone or post it on the site if you can and I hope everyone is doing ok and I miss you all very much. I will post just as soon as I can get online long enough. I'm typing this offline to send to my outbox cause it usually will stay online about 30 seconds just long enough to send it.

Love ya,
Dana

Good Morning "Chickies"....

Its so strange for me to be the first and last to post in 2 days...Where are all my YAYA "Little Chickies"??????????????

I guess that some of you are busy and we all know that our faithful poster Rosey is on vacation...I miss her already and that Dana is having pooter probs......I miss her too... I hope she gets all that fixed real soon....but where are the rest of you???? Its lonely in here..Rosey is right..Its loney....
I Miss You ALL....Where are all my YAYA "Little Chickies"???????
:( :cry: :shrug: :cb: :comp: :mag: :cb: :mag:

Its another hot and humid day.. Was gonna try to get some pool time in but the sun is in and out....if this keeps up my tan will be gone..:lol:..
So I will finish up afew things around here and get ready for class tonight..
I sure hope that the weekend will be nice..I am looking for better snacks to have..does anyone have any suggestions??? It so hard to know what to buy..
Fruit is not always wanted.. I am talking about some crunch..like chips..but is there a good subsitute for them????? Help..:lol:

I hope that all of you are having a great day and good weather..
I miss you all...Hope that you will pop-in and say Hi..if you can..

Donna... I am sure you are busy playing catch-up from your vacation..
So much to do when you get home from vacation...
I miss you..:love: :wave:

Rosey....Hope you are there safe and sound..
Have a wonderful vacation with your family..
I miss you already :love: :wave:

Dana.. I hope that you get your pooter troubles fixed real soon..
I miss you....:love: :wave:

Daphne....I hope you are enjoying yourself doing what-ever you like to do
I miss you too..:love: :wave:

Kris.. I know you are busy with finals....I miss you too :love: :wave:

Mr Ken.. Where are you?????? They guys are on the hunt...:cb: :cb:
I miss you too..:love: :wave:

I am here! I just keep forgetting to post. Summer how did the dinner go with Buddy? Did I miss how it went some where? It is sunny as he** here again today. We have been in the upper 80s and 90s all week. It is amazing how it drains your energy level at that temp. Remember I am in the NW where 80* is a heat wave! I am still having to stick at home with my trash talking daughter. I am getting cabin fever at this point though.
I hope that you sun shine will stay out and play for a bit Summer. I wanna see a tan hot mama come fall. Have fun at class today well I mean tonight. Snacks??? Crunch??? Popcorn, celery, popcorn cakes... Yippie! That is a good one. They come in flavors even have chocolate if you can find them. Jello, pudding, make a soda cake. All you do is add one can of diet soda to a cake mix, stir it up and pour into a 8 x 8 pan. I made a rootbeer cake the other day and it was hecka yummy.
Donna i am waiting to see all those great pictures thatyou took. What is Elena up to now? Have you lost those few pounds of vacation food yet? I know that you will cause I will kick that butt if you don't!:lol: I am joking ya know I love having ya flufflier. Makes me feel less fluffy! I am just rotten today ain't I?
Dana hope u get back online soon, Rosey fly safe and we miss you, Glenn get that bootie back to posting, Kris hope that finals fly bye with ease for you.
Daphne

Good morning!

Daphne, you crack me up!! :lol: :rofl: I am losing it slowly but surely. But not fast enough. So, you can still have a very fluffy Donna friend! ;) I like you I forget to post. And even now, have to already stop because my child requires assistance. She is driving me crazy. :hyper: :dizzy:

I hope you all are doing well. Kris, I did enjoy your pictures. Forgot to mention it. Dana, I did receive your post card yesterday. Thanks!

I'll talk to you all later when I can.

:wave:

Hello....I have been so very busy today.. It seems there is never enough time for me to do what I need too..:lol: went to class tonight.. it was great.
There were only 4 of us and we had the whole pool..I was really good...
I hope to go to the pool tomorrow with some friends if the weather permits..
We have been under thunderstorm watches today and this evening yesterday it rained in the afternoon..we didnt get any rain this evening..but at times it sure look like we were gonna get it.. Who knows about this crazy weather???:lol: I have some things to finish up before I go to bed..so I have to make this a short post.. Sorry.. My "Little YAYA Chickies"

Donna... I had to laugh at what Daphne said..We all are Fluffies. :lol:
I am glad that you are back and please dont forget to post when you can. :lol: :lol: It gets lonely in here..:lol:.....How has your weather been????
It's Hot Hot Hot Here.....My Little YAYA Chickie...
:hot: :hot: :sunny: :love: :wave:


Dana.....I hope that if you can read this you got your phone lines fixed.. :callme: :goodluck:
I know that you emailed all of us to let us know you are still having probs so you cant get in here.. I sure hope you can get back on line soon..
I miss you My Little YAYA Chickie :love: :wave:


Daphne.. I am working on my tan..:lol:...I hope that I wil still have it when we go to MB.. I get my pictures this weekend at Costco.. I can wait to see them.. I ordered a cd of the pictures so I can put them on here.
We didnt go to dinner with Buddy..He called and canceled..he was just too tired and I understand.. Today he got the results of the cat scan..All that Chemo didnt help.... That was not good news.. so they are looking into some new meds for him.. For now they will try to build him back up with blood tranfusions and Procreit.... Poor man..
Thank-you for asking about him.. Thats always so thoughtful and sweet of you Daphne..I will tell him you asked about him and that really makes him happy..he still cant get over all the people that care..I told him that everyone in here is a caring loving person..That we all are praying for him.
You sound like its Hot Hot Hot there too.. Yes the heat can drain all the energy we have.. Thats how I feel after a day in the sun. I hope that you get some good weather real soon..Now how did I know you were gonna say popcorn cakes..:rofl:..what can I say.. I had to laugh cause thats the stuff I dont want.. I want the good stuff.. Give me chips....:lol:..oh well I can dream.:lol:.That cake sounds good.. Do you use any cake mix..White..Choc..etc?????? and any soft drink???
I dont bake much as you can tell..:lol:
I hope that you can get out soon and get rid of that cabin fever.. A good trip to Walmart is in order Girlfriend..Have some fun..and stay cool.......
My Little YAYA Chickie :love: :wave:

I am so saddened about Buddy, Summer. It just doesn't sound good to me. Not that I'm giving up hope but it just sounds all too familiar. I am glad your classes are going so well. With my sister's pool finally opened we are finally enjoying the life with a pool. Elena and I were there most of the day today. It was so nice to have Elena get exercise while I read. So relaxing. It was hot today but you could get in the pool to cool off. I can see how you love the pool life so much. I am reminded how it was when I was younger and I would ride my bike to the neighborhood pool and stay there till I had to come home. I would buy snacks out of the snack machines for my lunch of course I was much thinner then. LOL :D

Sorry my earlier entry was so short. Elena was so demanding at that point that I couldn't concentrate on what I wanted to say. Guys, I spoke to Dee on yahoo messenger today and she is so busy with her job. She is hoping soon she'll be able to post. I was glad I could talk to her some.

I wonder how Rosey is doing. I bet she is having fun with her mother and family right now.

Dana, I hope soon you will be back online. We are thinking of dropping our cable after some recent trouble with them and I think we may go with satelitte tv and dsl for the internet. I thank you for the post card you sent from MB. I hope to be there soon.

Daphne, how are things for you. You crack me up. LOL I thought for sure you would post more today.

Ken,,,,, :cb: where the heck are you? What' up?

Kris, I hope all your school work and all is going well. Would love to hear when you can what your favorite part of your recent trip to Europe was.

Well, this old fat girl is going to bed now. I hope you all have a great Friday

Bye!

:wave: the boys found my booty. wedsday night my parents took me out
to supper and to see the glenn miller orchestra for my f**th bd. you dolls are
too young to remember him. get well soom buddy. i would be good if we could snap are fingers and make everyone better. :coffee: :) glen

Happy Birthday, Glen!!!!! :hb: :gift: :bravo: :cp: :encore: :cheers:

Hi guys. I'm here now. The transition isn't quite over just yet but I'm running on Netzero right now. We did determine the phone problem is out in the box that our jacks run to. Before I call to get that all fixed, DH has to cut our 3 week old grass. He's having trouble with his lawnmower so I don't know what his plan is. he's off this weekend so I don't care if it has to be cut down with a pair of scissors. :lol: I have got my digital pictures uploaded to have the printed. There was nearly 100 of them. I actually used my video camera more than cameras. There isn't anything too exciting to see but if anyone wants to see the ocean :lol: they are welcomed to. I can see about doing the album invites.

Reading about Buddy reminds me not only of my grandfather who I lost to cancer in 1990 but also my grandpa that's living. I'm like Donna, I'm not giving up on him either but it is familiar. Miracles can happen though. My grandpa had his 24th treatment today with 18 to go. His kidneys are killing him and nothing can be done. His culture came back negative and the pain is due to the radiation he's receiving on his prostate. He is hallucinating terribly. My grandmother found him in the bathroom floor one night this week and he claims his dead brother helped him back to bed. He sleeps all the time and is very weak. They won't see that doctor until monday but if he's ready to give up treatments then I would agree with him. I hope it's not damaging the rest of his body in the process.

Summer what kind of cancer does buddy have? How old is he? I read that you're getting ready for your vacation plans coming up. That's exciting. My cousin and her family are leaving for MB in the morning. I'm envious of course. When we went to the Pavillon this year I talked to a lady at the ticket counter and she told me that about a month ago they had a bad storm and most of the rides were destroyed and had to be fixed. She said some of the most popular ones were down for 4 weeks waiting on parts. Laken rode some rides for the first time in her life. She rode the bumper cars with Dh and she rode the Tilt-a-whirl with me. Then we rode the merry go round and haunted hotel together. We had fun and it had been 3 years since we went that far up the ocean Blvd.

Donna I don't blame you about cable. I'm not sure about the DSl savings but have you looked and compared the prices of your package compared to Dish network or Directv? We've had directv since 1997. I compared it with my grandma's cable and it's unreal the channels she could get for the price of her basic cable. I have a small dilema approaching me today. My mother bought laken her first bras and considering her language delay and whatever, I have a feeling it will be hard to get her to wear them. I could imagine what she may tell everyone and the announcements she may make. :lol: That's why mama wanted her to now so it would be old before school starts back in a few weeks. Have you even begun talking to Elena about that part of life?

So when did rosey leave and when does she come back? I've missed so much and I certainly have missed everyone.

Daphne when does your family get back together and when does school start for you guys? Ours is August 10th and I have to register Brett at middle school July 27th.

Glen how is the weight coming for you? I need to change my chickie here in a minute. I gained 5.5 pounds while on vacation and did lose the .5 but don't know about today cause I was afraid to see it.

Well I am watching the Martha Stewart sentencing now and have loads to do but wanted to touch base with you all and let you know I miss you. BTW thank you for updating us on Dee, Donna.

Off To Do A Few Errands But Wanted To Make A Comment To Dana. We Bought Megan The Sports Bras To Begin With And She Didn't Seem To Care One Way Or The Other. She Now Has A Sports Bra But With The Skinny Adjustabe Straps. I Would Go With That Over A Training Bra That Looks Like A Bra. Walmart And Target Sell What We Have. The Last Ones Came From Target In A Set One White And One Pink And They Are Called Freestyle. Sorry About The Caps But I Was Typing And Saw They Were On And To Lazy To Retype It Today!
Daphne

Daphne I think those are what Laken has and she doesn't care either at this point. They do look like sports bras with bra-like straps but they aren't padded at all. Like my mama said, it's more like the old timey undershirts that girls used to wear under clothing. When Dh came home lastnight I heard him say "no not yet!" when he went in laken's room. He came out and told me that "she's just a baby". :lol: Well the baby is going on 9 1/2 now and because she is a little chunky in the stomach, she's ready to start training for a bra before she definately needs one. Anyway, I told him "thank you for bringing it up cause she hasn't said anything". Maybe she won't when she gets to school in a few weeks.

My mom got her hair cut yesterday and the lady who cuts it told her about another lady coming in the day before. She said that lady (Mrs. Rogers) is going to be laken's new companion aide. It's funny cause I haven't heard anything about the one she has leaving. I emailed the current one yesterday but haven't heard yet. I hope it was a misunderstanding cause laken had just adjusted to the current one this past year. It takes a while for someone to understand her needs.

I got booted off of ebay once again for having 2 user Id accounts. Of course I don't but they haven't responded to my email appeal yet. Last time I had to fax in my drivers license to prove my address. I don't know where this came from. I didn't have anything on auction anyway and haven't in over 2 weeks now but it's time to start again so hope they clear it up by monday at best.

Donna did your dad and sister get a new pool? I thought you were saying your dad was getting a pool with his new house? We really enjoyed the pools while at the beach. My cousin's family who lives up behind us has an in-ground pool and they left for MB this morning. Maybe I can take some advantage of that one this next coming week. DH informed me that he will be working all this next week including his off days. I like the overtime but some things around here just has to be done by him. He's working on my mom's grass right now with my grandpa's mower and then he will be down here. I want to get some sun soon. My tan I had is nearly gone and ladies if you've never noticed, you don't look quite as "FLUFFY" with a tan as you do snow white! :lol:

Summer I hope you get some good news about Buddy soon. Let us know what you hear and enjoy your pool while you can. It will be time to close it up before you know it but then again, I don't have to tell you that.

Well I'd better send this before I get cut off line again. Hope you have a good weekend.

:wave: daphne my weight loss is like a yoyo. :coffee: glen

I sure hope Rosey is having the most wonderful time!!!

Glen, I hope your b-day went great!

Summer, when is your birthday? :hb: ?? :?:

Daphne, Can you send me some of your veggies??? I am wanting a nice FRESH salad.

Kris, Where ya be???? :write: :?:

Dana, my Dad helped pay for a new inground pool that is on my Sister's property. It is on the side that his house is. He helped pay for it so that it will be our family pool. I don't feel real comfortable using it as such but Elena is enjoying it. It's so nice to just go right next door to swim. I know I have a while before Elena will start developing since she is so small. I remember my first bra. Still got it in my drawer. :lol: :lol: :rofl:

Well, we are going out to eat tonight. I don't know where yet. LOL

I'll talk to you all soon...

OH!!! Dee, I hope you are not working too hard.

Bye! :wave:

Hello Everyone..

Sorry that I have not been in here.. Its been a hetic weekend.. We had unexpected company and we all went out and I am beat.. We went to the pool but the weather wasnt that good sun in and out and it looked like rain on Saturday and Sunday more of the same.. Crazy weather...:lol:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone and I will be back after class tonight..got to run to the the grocery store and prepare for class..
Buddy is off all chemo and the Dr's are thinking about trial meds.. I dont know what will happen.. We didnt do dinner last week..He is still weak..but I do know what all of you are saying about him and I agree.. I just pray that a miracle will happen for him.. It so sad to me and for anyone that has been through this with loved ones and family you all know about it just like you said..I wish I could do more for him but all I can do is be there for him and pray.. God Bless all of you for being such Wonderful Loving and Caring people....Much :love: to All of You... :grouphug:

Glen...Mr Ken..................HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.... HAPPY 40TH TO YOU...I HOPE THAT YOU HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND HAD ALOT OF FUN.. :hb: :hb: :cp: :gift: :balloons: :flow2: :dancer: :hat: :bravo:
I do know who Glenn Miller is and I Love his music..I bet the concert was really good.....This is a old Chickie..:lol: Thank-you for the get well wishes for Buddy and Yes that would be great to snap our fingers and all is better..What a great world this would be if that were possible..
Have a great week :love: :wave:

Donna...Dana....Daphne....Kris......I will write to you all later.. I am sorry that I am in a hurry today..I am glad that Dee is doing alright.. Hopefully she can post soon...I know Rosey is having a great time visting her family.. I am not sure when she will return...and Dana..where can I see your pictures??? I didnt understand..and I am so glad you can post again....Donna where are your pictures????? well gotta run.. I will be back this evening after class..
I hope all of you have a great week...:love: :wave:

Hi...........
I am back... Tired and wore out but I am here..:lol: I am like Rosey..does it ever get easier..:lol: 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 :cry:..:lol:
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..:lol:


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 :rofl: 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..:lol:...and hope it will come off soon...
I stopped having BD's..:lol: I will stay the same age forever...OLD...:lol:
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...:love: :wave:

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.. :angel: 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..:lol: 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 :T 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 :love: :wave:

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

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

Mr. Ken... What are you doing this week???? Still celebrating?? :lol:
I miss you :love: :wave:

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

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

Rosey.. Have fun...and enjoy...We all miss you :love: :wave:

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

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

Hi everyone just a quick post Ihave a diaper to change. YECK!:nono::nono:
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.:shrug: 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!:lol::wave:
Daphne

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 :cry: :no:
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.. :hot: I was playing with the water hose while I was sun bathing..it was fun :lol:..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.:crossed:

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..:lol:..
Have a good evening :love: :wave:

{{{{{{Daphne}}}}}}}....:grouphug:..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 :grouphug: ..:love: :wave:

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

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

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

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. :lol:

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. :D

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.

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?:lol: I was thinking that you were like 25 this whole time!:lol::lol::lol:
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?:nono::nono::nono: I HATE FROGS!
:wave: Daphne

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..:cry:..Maybe the weekend will be better..:crossed:
I will try to check in later today...when I get back....
You All have a great Day..and good weather..:love: and :grouphug: :wave:

Hello Chickies...
I am pooped..:lol:..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..:lol:..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..:yes:
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 :dancer: in hopes it will help..:lol:

Dana.....I can smell that veggie soup from here..Yummy.. :T :T
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 :lol:
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.. :yes:
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...:bravo: :cp: :T :hun:....I dont know when Rosey is due back.. I miss her.. Maybe Donna knows...
Have a great evening :love: :wave:

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... :faint: :fr: .....
I know how that frog must have scared you..:yikes:..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.....:faint: :fr:
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..:yes:..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 :love: :wave:

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

Mr Ken....Where are you?????They guys are :cb: :cb: :mag:

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

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. :) :yes:

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

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!

I hope everyone is doing good.

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

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. :lol: 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!