Good morning, ladies,

Angie - I'm thinking of you and Brandon today - and you're in my prayers, too, that all goes well. Mary and I weren't Christmas shopping, just regular old grocery shopping. Except for Katie's, I am just about done with Christmas shopping.

Julie - I usually have my Christmas cards done before this, except for the ones I write a long note with. Glad your classes are going well.

Marti - how's the training going? Is this your last week for that? Bet Jhanai is getting excited about the holidays, isn't she? Has she said what she wants for Christmas?

Cristi - I think you were smart to not sign up with Direct Buy!! Any company that wants you to sign right now gives something to worry about. Your wreath will be beautiful when you're done!

Susan - stress is not a healthy way to lose weight, missy!! But still, yay to you for your loss, lol!! I, too, would never put a 3 year old on a plane. It would depend on the child as to when she would go by herself. Some kids could do it w/o batting an eye at 7, others, like Mary, couldn't do it at 23, lol. Sounds like you're getting some good advice, setting things up as though you are already in Hawaii. Maybe Rocky could come visit you over Christmas?

Shanna - wish you could find time to post!!

Hi to Ellen, Katy, Sue, Mindee, and the others!

Well, since I was here yesterday, I got a touch of the flu! Felt terrible, and couldn't keep anything down. Finally kept down some toast last night. I just hate being nauseated!! This morning, I am still a little woozy and unstable, but wanted to check in with my buddies... The worst part is, little Madison has it, too. :( Hope the other DGDs escape it!

BBL, (I hope)

Susan~sounds like you are getting things taken care of, good for you. So what are you going to do with that big check?! :) You mentioned the stress diet, my cousin went on the stress diet going through their divorce. She was so shocked that he wanted one and she tried everything to work it out because she didn't want one. But he was through. He had lost a lot of weight before that and I think it went to his head and he didn't want her anymore, of course he was a snotty jerk from the beginning. She lost a lot of weight and told everyone she does not recommend it. Of course not, stress takes it's toll on ones body but I think sometimes it can't be avoided, as in her case-she was a basket case, upset all the time over that. But good for you for the loss, just be careful and take care of yourself.

Angie~special thoughts to your family today. :grouphug:

Jane~hope you get to feeling better. I am hoping I don't get the flu this year, knock on wood. I think I can deal with just about anything except a stopped up nose and nausea-don't like that at all. Yeah, I agree about Direct Buy. I asked the woman even though it said it on their video, if we could have a day to think things over and she said they can't do that that they need an answer before we leave. It's something that needs to be discussed more than just a couple of hours in their store. She didn't try to pressure us but still...

Hi to everyone else, Jen, Mindee, Julie, Katy, Marti, Shanna, Sue, Ellen, Kathy, Katie and anyone I may have missed.

That's about all I have. Getting ready to head out to Hobby Lobby to see if I can find a ribbon for the wreath. Wal-mart had plenty but they had a big one and a smaller one and I need one in between of course. Going to look at all their Christmas stuff also. Went this past Saturday but there were so many people I really didn't look at everything good, couldn't get through the isles. Hoping there's not a lot of people today. Need to make a grocery list for Thanksgiving dinner. Bought a few groceries Tuesday evening and did get the turkey but nothing else so need to get that done tomorrow. That's about all I have to do today. Got the house cleaned yesterday and laundry done, so kind of a lazy day for me. Anyway, hope everyone has a nice Thursday. Take care ladies. :wave:

AAAaaaarrrrrrrGGGgggggHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


awwwwww. feel so much better! lol


Ticked, royal.

I joined this lawyer site. Talk legal stuff and all. Thought to ask for thoughts on a parenting plan.

So...........I have heard a lot of " he has his rights", "you are taking her 5000 miles away(actually only 2000) what kind of parenting can he do??", "you will be paying for the airfare!!!!" " who are you to say for him not to pay child support, you don't have that right"......."oh, no.........you can't move"

lol

Mean people!!!! Geesh...........he is a ding bat!! What kind of parent HAS he been??? whatEVER......

Stressful......

Oh,..........and the "ex" took it on himself to call Mike and assure him that Gbay is fine *roll eyes*.....and they talked and male bonded and ................aaaaaaaaaAAAAaaarrrRRgGGGHHHhhh... ....lol

Mike goes " Is she doing drugs?? Is she sleeping around having sex????"

I am sooooooooooooooooooo ...................just pissed.

Gaby is really great though, so sweet.

ta ta

(((((HUGS))))) to you Susan. Sounds like someone is trying to dig up some dirt on you Susan. Hope the ex didn't say much to him. About him having rights, yeah, hate to say it but he does and apparently he knows he can make it bad on you. I have even heard of cases where the judge wouldn't let the person take the child that far-totally depends on the judge. Things could be a little different since you guys were never married. :dunno: All I know is from hearing things from my cousin and two of my friends who are going through and/or went through a divorce. Of course theirs was more about child support and dividing stuff. But I know my friend in CA whose ex has been carrying this thing on for three years now does pay child support and he pays for the kids to go see him in AR. I would think that if Mike is the one starting this that he would have to pay to see Gaby and I really don't think any court would expect you to send her on a plane by herself, not at that age. I mean he wasn't seeing her on a regular basis or paying child support so...he hasn't been the best at being a father to her surely the courts would take that into account among other things, ie doing drugs. At least this is happening now instead of a month before you leave, so it is taken care of before then. What does Rocky think about all this? Want me to come up there and beat Mike up? LOL Just kidding..... :devil:

Bored so I thought I would see if anyone posted. Made it to Hobby Lobby and picked up a few things. I am amazed at all the stuff they have now, so much better than Michaels, or the one here anyway. Of course then I headed to Michaels, there is a swag I am debating on getting, just not sure and had to look at it again. They have it marked down 1/2 price, which is a good thing but still not sure. Anyway guess I will go find something to do. TaTa again ladies :D

Hello ladies…..how are you all doing?

Well, nothing really new here today. Things are the same as they were yesterday….so now real change there.

Tommy’s mom stopped by here on Monday. Tommy was going to make it look like we weren’t here, but since he split one of the two pairs of jeans he had, he answered it because his dad sent over some of his old pants. Well, she knows that Tommy doesn’t have a job, and she said that when you get fired from your job, that it takes 6 to 13 weeks before you get a check. And from the looks of it, we are about 4 weeks into it. So hopefully we can get this all settled soon! And to top it all off, I got a letter in the mail from FIA telling me that me and Brandon no longer have Medicaid. So Tommy called the worker yesterday and she called us back before we headed out the door to look for some more pants for him at the thrift stores. She left a message and said that she wasn’t the one that had closed the account, it was the other lady that we had talked to last week. So now we are going to call her and find out why in the heck she is doing that.

Brandon has always been our little nature boy. My grandpa who passed away a week exactly before our wedding, was a nature guy. So we are thinking that that is his great grandpa coming out in him. Well, that and Tommy likes nature as well. Brandon has also been playing with his mouth lately. He has been moving his mouth like an old person who forgot to put in their dentures. Then he will give me a BIG gummy smile. He also likes to be a little goofy boy. When we tell him “shhhhhh be quiet” then he will scream or yell. The more you tell him to “shhhhh be quiet” the louder he will get, and then he will start to laugh because of it.

Jane~ My hubby has seen commercials for that and has said that he wants to get one! I am sure that your son will like it! I hope you feel better soon!!!!

Cristi~ That duck costume, is actually a half size of the smallest size the pattern made. So as long as Brandon doesn’t grow too much, that will be his costume again next year!

Angie~ I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers during the day of Brandon’s surgery.

Ellen~ His teeth still haven’t come through yet, but he is feeling better. He isn’t as grumpy as he has been. He is sitting on daddy’s lap right now drinking some juice out of his sippy cup.

Susan~ I hope things get a little less stressful with you soon! YAY on the WL!

Katy~ He really hasn’t been that fussy with his teeth. He has been a drool bug since he was about 2 ½ months old. Now you can see the whites as they are just under the skin of the gums.

We did find out though, that he can’t have applesauce anymore. At least not when his plumbing is fine. When he is all backed up (which is never with him) then he can have it…cause applesauce works just like prunes on him! We also tried him last night to see if he has outgrown his milk allergy and it is looking like he has. We gave him a little bit of ice cream and a little bit of yogurt and no reaction like before. I am still waiting for him to give me a big diaper explosion from it. He loved the yogurt, and got mad when his Auntie Anna stopped feeding it to him.

Marti~ I will be sure to do that. As long as you ladies don’t get over whelmed with me sharing! LOL

Oh, and we are debating if we are going to take Brandon to the Thanksgiving parade next Thursday. We were going to go last year, but since we went to bed at like 2:30am, then got up at 5:30am to go to Meijer’s because they were having a sale on a jump box that my hubby wanted, we just decided to come back home and got back to sleep. And we ended up sleeping right through watching the parade on tv. The best part with the parade is that where we sit, by the time Santa makes it past us, and we head for him, we get home just in time to watch Santa hit the end of the parade route and get the key to the city.

hmmmm, Rocky is waaaaaay too nice.....lol
He said that Mike needs to prove he isn't doing drugs and he wants him to be in Gaby's life if he can clean up his act.
He said "he can come see her in Hawaii and if he is real nice I will even take him fishing"........lol
I think we both agree that Gaby is the main focus. I am not against her knowing her dad but I want her safe and he can't be doing drugs......geez.....

I am SOOOO tired of hearing about his rights. -lol

Rocky thinks Gaby needs to be escorted to Oregon and he is willing for me to come with her.........or he will.

He is so sweet and easy going.

My mom said "make your wishbone your backbone"

Listen to people that support you and I am not out to "trash" Mike......I just really want to go to Hawaii..........haha...........jk.

Trying to laugh today!! :)

Evening ladies--

Well I'm home for this evening since I've had my orientation day. I'm glad I get to sleep in tomorrow! James called me this morning at 6:00 from work and woke me up....thank god he did, because I had my alarm set for almost 7:00 and I had to be there by 8:00!! (he must have sensed something was up)

I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I didn't get to bed until 1:30 last night and then I tossed and turned......I am so not a morning person! I really prefer the 6-2:30. And once they get it settled that I want to have every other friday off early....it will be perfect.


I hope you all had a great day. I'm really sleepy at the moment so I'm going to wait to do individuals for another time. I spent some time writing in the proposal thread. I may check in later to see if anyone is in chat....that's if I'm awake! :D

Take Care!

I'm back, :)

Angie - hope everything went alright with Brandon, and with the play, too. Let us know, ok?

Cristi - Hobby Lobby is a dream come true! Anytime I've gone there, I don't want to leave. But I've made myself stay away from there recently, though, until I use up some of the stuff I've already got, lol.

Susan - oh, I just love your mama's saying about the wishbone! Never heard that one before, but you oughta use it in your signature. How clever of her! So have you talked to an actual lawyer or not? I wouldn't take the word of some doofus in a chat room. Is Mike listed as Gaby's father, legally? If not, he may not want to go to the expense of proving that he is. I do think, though, that he could really make trouble for you, and that's why you need a good lawyer. What about the paternal grandparents? Will they try to stop you? Also, if he's the one who asked for the recent counselling you had, that could work in his favor, unfortunately. But what do I know? Don't listen to doofus moderators, either, lol!! I truly do think it will all work out in the end one way or another.

Mindee - so was Tommy working in a union job? Is that why he will get checks? Your little sweetie will be all grown up before you know it - time flies!

Marti - so sorry I missed you! I read your post about how James really wanted to propose, and it was so sweet. Now you just never know when he'll do something like that. Liked your families stories, too.

Well, ladies, I feel a lot better now. I got some extra sleep in today, and now here it is, past 11PM and I'm wide awake. Neal and Katie are in bed, and the house is so quiet. Guess I'll go read for awhile....

Hello again gals.....

Just wanted to pop in and say "OMG----I mentioned I would come in to see if anyone would chat and I didn't pop in!" so I'm sorry if I missed it again tonight. What do you girls say to an afternoon chat? Same day but much earlier? I usually get up around 10:30-11:00 Oregon time.....so I'm not sure what time that would be for all of you......


Just a suggestion. I figured it "might" be easier to chat with some since it's not during the night when we're all ready to settle down and relax or someone (that would be me :lol: ) is out working.

Lets throw in some idea's......I miss the chatting....get's fun AND confusing!! And we all need a little confusion in our lives! :D

Well, I have a headache due to too much coffee and not enough sleep. So I'm going to join my hubby and get some shut eye.


Night all!

Hi Ladies
how is everyone , sorry I haven't been here for a few days but I didn't want to stop the decorating process for fear I wouldn't get restarted ,I feel lost now so much chatting has gone on here in the last few days .I haven't had a chance to read everything yet but I wanted to say hi .I didn't want you to forget about me . Angie I wanted to say that Brandon is in my thoughts and prayers and I hope everything went well and he isn't in to much pain. Jane sorry to hear that you and Madison aren't feeling well , hopefully you will soon ,so take care of yourself, I will catch up with the rest of you girls tomorrow I am just to tired right now to focus , I hope everyone is well and I will talk to tomorrow ,night everyone *ELLEN*

Just a quick note, got home from the hospital a few minutes ago, am eating dinner,,,its past midnight.
I came home so someone will be home with Tanner during the night since Monte works at 2 am.
I have to say this day was one of the worst Ive had. Woke up to Tanner sick with the flu,,,vomitting, and all.
We got to the hospital an 1/2 hour late...no biggy..
he went in at 10:15 ,,,was to be a 2 hour surgery she booked off 2.5 hours but said she wouldn't need all that time. Well 5 hours later she comes out! I was freaking,,,paralized in fear. I couldn't talk to anyone cause I knew I would break down...even now thinking about is bringing me to tears.
I knew something was up accidently...teach me for eaves dropping. A woman next to me was upset that her daughters surgery was put off a few hours...she went and asked why,,,and the nurse came back and informed them that the surgeon had an emergency and would be with them after that. Like a fool I asked who their surgeon was...and then found out that it was our surgeon and the emergency was Brandon.
What the surgeon told me when she finally came out was,,,they had just finished and closed him up when they realized through the camera it was working,,,,insert medical jargon here,,,, so she had to redo the who thing over again,,,unscrewing the hip bone piece off his foot...
So finally at 5, I got to see him....he left me at 10:15 thats alot of hours inbetween
plus Tanner being sick...Im exhausted
This parenting business is brutal
I will post again soon...need sleep

Hello. Sorry I haven't had time to stop in. We have been really busy and running around. It is sunny and warm so we are walking and enjoying! I do think of you all, especially Brandon with his surgery, Susan with her "love life" j/k and all the ones who have the flu bug. (Keep it at your houses please...don't want it.) I hope things get better for all who are ailing.
I will pop in again soon.

Hi Angie
I am so sorry that you are having such a rough time, parenting is
brutal isn't it, I am so releived to hear that Brandon's surgery is over,now the healing begins.I hope he isn't in a lot of pain I know even with the medication there are difficult times and he is so young to be going through this .I'm sending Brandon and you hugs and prayers.How is Tanner feeling today, there is no escaping it seems ,when your handed one full plate thats hard to finish , they fill it up again, I hope your doing Ok Angie , take care of you to . I hope your day is calm

Hi and Happy Friday Ladies~
 

(((((HUGS))))) Angie :grouphug: I worked in the hospital surgery waiting and anything that can go wrong will. Seen it to many times where the surgery started late because another went longer than anticipated etc. for the most part the people waiting on the family member having the surgery were pretty good about it but then would get some that couldn't take the dr starting late and not understanding that once in there that other things can arise. Of course when you are on the other end it is hard. I know when DD had her gallbladder taken out it seemed like it took forever and me being the worry wart that I am, well... when DS had it done it took only two hours. Anyway, I am glad that it is over for you and now you can breath. Hope Tanner gets to feeling better. You know they never tell us how stressful it is being a mother do they? I wouldn't trade it for anything though.

Susan~I too love what your mom said, sounds like a very smart woman. You do need to get an attorney for sure girly. We are here for you just remember that. :grouphug:

Marti~a daytime chat would be good for me. 10:30-11 your time is 8:30-9 my time and 9 am would be good for me on a Thursday or Friday. Usually go to the show on thursday but not till about 12:30 or 1 so that still gives me time to chat. I really would prefer a day time chat.

Hi Sue~know you are enjoying the beautiful sunny weather! :sunny:

Ellen~you're killing me lady, already have your house decorated for Christmas! You want to come and do mine? Pleeeeaaaasssee! LOL We are going to do ours next weekend. Of course DH just informed me that he will be working next weekend. I told him then I guess you will have to do the outside on Thanksgiving day! So do ya want to share some pics? Would love to see all your hard work.

Jane~glad to hear you are feeling better. Yeppers, gotta love Hobby Lobby. I am just amazed at all the new stuff they had, more furniture and accessories for the house now.

Mindee~hugs to you and yours, hoping everything works out for the best. When the kids were small we did that with costumes. My mom had made a couple clown costumes that were really cute and one was big so Jason wore it twice and then they were passed on to Josh and Carrie. She is actually very good at sewing and it lasted well beyond Carrie using them. I always liked the clown costumes when the kids were little, they were so cute.

Well, ladies I am headed to the grocery store in a little while to get stuff for Thanksgiving dinner. Still can't believe it is almost here already and that we have been in our house for 9 months-geez, where does the time go? Will be our first holidays here so it makes it a little more special. Anyway, other than that not much else to do but clean, clean, clean. There is always something to clean isn't there, or wash?

Have a good day ladies! :wave:

Good Morning Ladies
I just popped in to say hi during a break in the process, now that the decorating is for the most part finished , now I have to clean up the mess. you know all those little green peices that fall of the garlands and wreaths, and there all the sparkes that land everywhere I 'm glad my living room floor is brick,so much easier to clean than carpet .I don't know if its just me that makes such a mess or if everyone does ,maybe its just part of the process ,well thats my story anyway,Now I must stack all the bins and take then back to the basement for 7 weeks or so,and then do it all over in reverse. oh I shivered just now at the thought , so I will let that thought go for now and enjoy the present. I have one task to do though it never fails when you get it all done and everything in place the darn mini lights blow out ,I don't know yet if a bulb fell out, but it means back up on the ladder on top of the cupboards I have to poke all through the garland and decorations to find out , you ever notice it only happens in the most difficult places to get to LOL Oh well the joys of holiday decor.I see everyone is busy Christmas shopping and such although I think some of you girls need a special shopper to help you have so much to do and to deal with, thats why I am thankful for the calm when it presents itself to me.I know there are a lot of flu's going around in your families, so I hope that everyone is feeling better soon and that the rest stay well .
Its kind of a dull day here ,still some leaves hanging on to the trees,some a lot some a little.I don't like the drabness right now I'd much rather have the soft white glisten of the snow everywhere (except on the roads)Is everyone getting excited now for the holidays ,I know that some of you ladies still have Thanksgiving to celebrate ,and then begins the Christmas season. Well you girls must get tired of listening to me go on and on about Christmas and decorating when you are all dealing with so many day to day issues ,that make all this decorating stuff seem trivial I'm sure.I am just thankful for this being the most stressful thing at this moment in a day in my life, for sure the rest will come soon enough as it always does.I hope that you wonderful ladies are having a great day,inspite of the day to day stresses , I will do individuals when I have more time,I really need to clean up this mess I have made ,and find me some coffee,and clariton not necessarily in that order though,my allergies have been really acting up the last few weeks maybe its all this activity .Again Everyone have a wonderful day and I will try and pop in later to see how everyone is doing. *ELLEN*