Hi,
I know, I know. I haven't been on here in over a year!! I just saw a thread I started back in January 2004!! What a year it has been.
Right after I started WW again, I found out I was pregnant. I think it was the night I did that post in 2004! Anyway, I had a miscarriage at 18 weeks in May 2004. It has been a hard year ever since. I also lost my beloved step-mother in April last year. I make frequent trips to Oklahoma to check on my Dad now. He is in poor health and all alone. He does have some family there, Thank God.

I have gained about 20 pounds since my miscarriage from just not caring about how much or what I eat. I have tried the South Beach Diet, and many others since. I always come back to WW. It is just the most realistic.

I had surgery in February and found out I have stage 4 endometriosis. Both of my tubes are blocked, thus I cannot get pregnant again. It was a devastating blow. I have been battling depression ever since finding this out. I am so thankful for a loving and faithful God. I am seeing a new fertility doctor this Thursday to find out about embryo adoption. I would be implanted with an embryo from someone else who went through in-vitro fertilization and they no longer want or need their "extra" embryos. I could experience a pregnancy this way and be saving a life in the process. I am very excited.

Anyway, I am glad to be back with you all. I have missed you. I remember the good old days when this Night Owl thread was so busy you could hardly keep up with everyone! We have all gotten so busy.

I was reading past posts. Is PJ okay? Has anyone heard?

Freddie, if you didn't see the other thread, I was wondering what the Red Hat Society was?

Talk to you all later. Have a happy OP day!

Hi :

I think I answered you but can't find my answer so here goes:
The Red Hat Society is composed of women who desire fun and friendship and refuse to conform to the old-fashioned image of older women. Red Hat ladies can be spotted as they go in groups to restaurants and theaters dressed in purple outfits with red hats (if you are young enough, you can wear a lavender outfit with a pink hat). On your birthday month you wear a red outfit with a purple hat.I belong to a group (chapter) of about 33 women. There are other chapters in my city. My group have also entertained several times in nursing homes. They really like us to come see them. I am so old, I ought to be in one of those homes myself!!!! I have looked at a couple of retirement homes but they depress me. Some of my friends went into them.

I wonder where Pamela Jo is. She had said she was coming to visit me in Virginia. Then I heard she was divorcing. I could hardly believe that. Brenda will visit her daughter (I think in July), who lives in Virginia Beach, about 40 miles from where I live. I don't know why we haven't heard from them once in a while. I understand about you and am so sorry about your miscarriage.

I was in an automobile accident in 2001 and haven't been the same since. In just an instant my life was changed. I was in two hospitals and a rehabilitation place for 43 days before going home.

I hope I can post this because I think I have trouble doing that.

Love, Freddie