FRUMPY FEBUARY

WELL THIS WEEK HAS BEEN BUSY. CLINT AND I STARTED WORKING OUT. YUK, ITS WORK LOL. IVE ALREADY SLACKED OFF. BUT BACK AT IT TODAY. WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TAKE OFF AND SOOOO MUCH EASIER TO GAIN IT? I QUESS ITS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE...NO PAIN NO GAIN. MY MOMS BEEN A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT AGAIN ITS BACK TO THIS WEATHER BEING SO UP AND DOWN EVERY OTHER DAY, SEEMS EVERYBODY IS SICK. MY SISTER DIANE IS SLEEPING ALOT AND STILL HANGING IN THERE, BUT SEEMS TO BE NEEDING MORE FOR PAIN AND IS THINKING ABOUT TAKING MORPHINE NOW. POOR THING IS SO DRAINED EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, I HATE TO SEE HER LOOK SO WEAK. I KEEP PRAYING GOD WILL TOUCH HER AND TAKE THE PAIN AWAY......THIS MONTH ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A DOWNER FOR EVERY ONE, THERES NOT MUCH TO DO AND THE WEATHER IS CRAPPY AND WORK SEEMS TO BE BLAH. I CANT WAIT TILL SPRING COMES ROLLING AROUND OR AT LEAST SOME STEADY SUNSHINE. THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WE ARE GOING TO A WEDDING ON VALENTINES DAY, JUST TO GET OUT AND MINGLE WITH PEOPLE AND MAYBE DANCE A FEW DANCES WILL BE FUN. NOW JUST WHAT TO STUFF MY BODY INTO IS THE NEXT QUESTION. A BLACK TRASH BAG WILL LOOK THE BEST ON ME SINCE ALL I ATE THIS PAST MONTH WAS GARBAGE. LOL. LAST WEEKEND FELT GOOD TO GET OUT AND PLAY CARDS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. CLINT WON THE LOSER POT OF TWENTY BUCKS SO WE GOT OUR MONEY BACK AND HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT AFTER STAYING UP LATE AND TAKING A FIVE MILE HIKE EARLIER THAT DAY I FELT LIKE A CRIPPLE THE NEXT MORNING GETTING OUT OF BED. YUK. TALK ABOUT A GOOD WORKOUT TRY PICKING UP YOUR LEGS IN A FOOT OF SNOW AND WALKING UP AND DOWN HILL WITH HEAVY BOOTS ON..WOW THATS A TRIP... MIGHT TRY IT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND, MUCH LESS SNOW AND MAYBE MY LEGS WILL BE SOME WHAT USE TO THE HIKE,,,,,WELL SEE. ANYWAYS ALMOST DONE WITH LAUNDRY AND ITS OFF TO WORK TILL EIGHT TONIGHT, FINALLY GETTING BUSY AGAIN AND MAKING SOME DECENT MONEY. GOT THE INCOME TAX BACK AND PAID UP ALL DOCTOR BILLS AND INSURANCE JUNK, SO ONE LESS STRESS TO WORRY ABOUT. IT SURE COMES IN HANDY THIS TIME OF YEAR. WAS THINKING OF TAKING A TRIP, BUT WE DECIDED AGAINST IT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE REALLY DONT KNOW HOW CLINTS JOB IS GOING TO PAN OUT. EVERY WEEK THEY LAY OFF MORE PEOPLE. ITS GETTING PRETTY SCARY, SO ITS WISE JUST TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE SAVINGS IN CASE WE NEED SOME BACK UP FUNDS. TOUGH CALL BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY WE DID IF ANYTHING DOES SHUT DOWN. ANYWAYS, NO SCHOOL FOR THE KIDS FRIDAY TILL NEXT TUESDAY. GAVIN IS HAPPY. MAYBE WE WILL GO BOWLING AND CATCH A SHOW TO OCCUPY THE LONG WEEKEND....OR NOT..LOL

WINTER MONTHS....BLAH

WELL THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT I HATE MOST OF ALL. ITS SOOOO COLD AND NOTHING MUCH TO DO BUT EAT.I HAVE BEEN TRYING(AND NOT TOO HARD) TO START WORKING OUT. IM NOT DOING MUCH BUT ONLY 15 TO 20 MIN. A DAY BOY AM I OUT OF SHAPE. I NEED TO INCREASE MY WORKOUTS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY HUSBAND TO GO ON A HIKE OUT IN THE WOODS, BUT THE FIRST DECENT DAY WE HAD WAS SUNDAY, AND WE REALLY NEEDED TO DRAIN THE HOT TUB INSTEAD. THEN I GOT COOKING AND BAKING AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE DAYS GONE. WE DID HAVE SOME FRIENDS STOP OVER SAT. NIGHT AND PLAYED PHASE 10, ITS BEEN AWHILE, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME. NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT. THE HOT TUB REALLY IS A LIFE SAVER ON WINTER DAYS IT FEELS SO GOOD ON THE BONES, IT IS USED ALOT IN THERAPY WITH ARTHRITIS, AND I HAVE PLENTY OF THAT. (THANKS MOM) LOL. WELL ON A BETTER NOTE WE DO HAVE A WEDDING TO GO TO ON VALENTINES DAY, WHICH SHOULD BE ALOT OF FUN. AND THEN CLINTS BIRTHDAY IS THE END OF THIS MONTH WHICH HE WILL BE FOURTY. SO I QUESS I SHOULD HAVE ALITTLE PARTY FOR HIM. I BETTER GET PLANNING, IT WILL BE HERE BEFORE I KNOW IT. ANYWAYS WORK HAS BEEN REAL SLOW THIS YEAR SO FAR. EVERYONE IS WATCHING THEIR MONEY AND CUTTING BACK ON LUXURIES LIKE COLOR AND PERMS...I SURE HOPE IT PICKS UP SOON, MAYBE WHEN PEOPLE START GETTING THEIR TAX MONEY BACK IT WILL PICK UP. I HAVE HAD SO MANY CLIENTS THAT IVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS JUST SAY THAT THEY CANT AFFORD IT RIGHT NOW, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. SURE WISH MY BOSS WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE OUR RENT DOESNT SEEM TO BE LESSENING. IM GLAD WE ARE GETTING A GOOD AMOUNT BACK FOR TAXES, JUST ALITTLE MORE SECURITY TO FALL BACK ON IF CLINT SHOULD GET LAID OFF OR MY BUSINESS GOES UNDER. I HATE TO THINK OF THAT, BUT ITS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. LETS ALL PRAY THAT THE ECONOMY GETS BACK ON ITS FEET AND FAST. MAYBE WE NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE WHERE THINGS ARE A LITTLE PROSPEROUS. JUST AN IDEA. WELL IVE STALLED LONG ENOUGH, I NEED TO GO DO SOME DONKEY KICKS...LOL WISH ME LUCK@DOING 50 MORE...WHO AM I KIDDING IM LUCK TO DO 50 LET ALONE ADD 50 MORE.....SOON I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO BURN THE FAT FASTER.....CARE TO JOIN ME ANYBODY?

DIANE HOME FROM HOSPITAL

WELL FINALLY AFTER ALMOST THREE WEEK STAY, DIANE GOT TO GO HOME MONDAY. PRAISE GOD, I TRULY THOUGHT SHE WOULD NOT BE RETURNING HOME. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU GOD DOES ANSWER PRAYERS. SHE IS SUCH A SWEET SOUL, SHE NEVER COMPLAINED THE WHOLE TIME THERE, EXCEPT FEELING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE LAYING IN THE BED. SHE HAS LOST SO MUCH MORE WEIGHT, BUT STARTED EATING THE LAST WEEK BEFORE LEAVING. HER CANCER IS NOW IN ALL HER BONES JUST LIKE SHE GUESSED A WHILE BACK. HER LUNGS FILLED UP WITH FLUIDS AND HAD TO BE DRAINED, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TALC (POWDER SUBSTANCE) PUT INTO HER LUNGS SO THEY WOULD NT DEFLATE, BEING ROTATED EVERY 15 MIN. FOR SIX HRS. THAT DAY REALLY TOOK ALOT OUT OF HER. BUT SHE IS SUCH A TROOPER. WE CONTINUALLY PRAYER OVER HER AND APPRECIATE ALL THE PRAYERS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVEN STRANGERS. GOD IS LETTING US HAVE HER FOR AWHILE LONGER. SHE TOLD ME SHES NOT LOSING FAITH IN GOD THAT IF HE WANTS SHE COULD BE HEALED WITH A BLINK OF AN EYE. BUT KNOWS THAT GOD WILL HAVE THE PERFECT PLAN FOR HER LIFE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. SHE REMAINS ON OXYGEN AND HOPEFULLY WILL KEEP FLUIDS IN HER ON HER OWN. THE DOC HAD TO TAKE HER OFF FLUIDS AT THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE IT WAS GOING STRAIGHT TO HER LUNGS, IT WAS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD THERE FOE AWHILE, GIVE HER FLUIDS FOR DEHYDRATION OR NOT GIVE HER ANY BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO HER LUNGS. BUT GOD SETTLED THAT SITUATION AND SHE IS DOING WELL AS EXPECTED AT THIS POINT AND TIME. SHE IS MY INSPIRATION. GOD HELP US ALL TO BE MORE LIKE HER...IN TIMES OF TROUBLES. AS THE BIBLE SAYS LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING BUT TRUST IN THE LORD GOD, FOR HE WILL SEE US THROUGH.....AMEN TO THAT

FEELING FESTIVE

WOW I CANT BELIEVE THE TIME IS JUST BUZZING BY. I'M GLAD I AM A FAST SHOPPER BUT ALSO A SMART SHOPPER. IT WAS JUST SIX WEEKS AGO I WAS DOING A WEDDING WITH NO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT ALL DONE (WHICH IS NOT AT ALL LIKE ME) BUT WITH THE PRESSURE ON I HAVE MANAGED TO BUY FOR ALL THE KIDS THEIR SPOUSES AND THE SIX GRAND KIDS, AND PARENTS AND FRIENDS...IT NEVER ENDS. AND TO ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE I ENTERTAINED A PARTY OF 40 SOME PEOPLE THIS PAST WEEKEND. TALK ABOUT PUNISHING MYSELF...WHEW....ITS WAS A GREAT TIME THOUGH, EVEN IF MY FRIEND STEPH WAS TOO TIRED TO MAKE IT..LOL I VENTURED OUT AND INVITED A WHOLE NEW CROWD OF PEOPLE WHICH WAS ALOT OF FUN, OF COARSE THE OLD REGULARS WERE HERE ALSO. MY FRIEND STEPH WOULD BE MAD IF SHE KNEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FOODS THAT WERE HERE...LOL I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AT WORK....BUSY BUSY BUSY I AM BOOKED TILL AFTER CHRISTMAS AND THEN ONLY APPOINTMENTS DURING THE DAY TIME. THE MONEY WILL BE NICE BUT MY FEET WILL ACHE FOR DAYS..I CANT WAIT TO TALK TO MY SISTER DIANE THIS COMING WEEKEND AT THE MOAK CHRISTMAS PARTY, I JUST KNOW GOD IS WORKING THROUGH HER BODY AND HEALING IT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HER. WELL OFF TO GET COMFY AND WATCH A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.....MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY// REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON....

LAZY WEEKEND

WHAT A LAZY BUM I HAVE BEEN THIS WEEKEND. I DIDNT WORK FRIDAY AND REALLY DIDNT ACCOMPLISH MUCH AROUND HERE AT HOME BUT THE BASICS. I DID GET TO PURCHASE A FEW CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE KIDS THOUGH. THATS ALWAYS FUN TIL YOU RUN OUT OF MONEY..LOL. SATURDAY I WORKED TILL 3. HAD A POT OF CHILI ON ALL DAY WHILE I WAS WORKING SO DINNER WAS DONE. AND THEN MANAGED TO RENT A COUPLE OF MOVIES FOR THE FAMILY TO WATCH. CLINT DECIDED TO STAY IN LAST NIGHT FROM THE HUNTING DUE TO RAINY WEATHER. MEAN WHILE THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO DO WENT UNDONE FOR THE TIME BEING...... IT FEELS GOOD TO JUST FORGET EVERYTHING ONCE IN A WHILE. BUT THE BAD THING IS IT DOESNT GO AWAY WHEN YOU RETURN TO REALITY. THE DOWNSTAIRS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED AND READY FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. I LOVE COOKING AND SETTING A BEAUTIFUL TABLE SETTING FOR THE KIDS WHEN THEY COME HOME FOR DINNER. I MAKE THEM ALL WRITE DOWN ONE THING THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR, AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO READ IT. THE LITTLE KIDS GET A LITTLE SILLY BUT ITS STILL A FUN THING TO DO. I TRY AND KEEP THE LITTLE PAPERS FROM THE YEARS GONE BY JUST TO LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING YEARS. THIS YR THE HOLIDAYS ARE ON THURSDAY BOTH DAYS . AND I HAVE TO SPEND ALL DAY WED. WITH MOM AND I HAVE TO WORK BOTH MONDAYS BEFORE TO MAKE UP FOR THE DAYS I TAKE OFF AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, SOOOO.. I HAVE TO HAVE MOST THINGS DONE AND PREPARED THE WEEKEND BEFORE. ITS GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME BUT THATS THE STORY OF MY LIFE BUSY BUSY. I GUESS I GET BETTER UNDER PRESSURE... BECAUSE JUST SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT IT GETS NOTHING DONE..LOL. I REALLY WANT TO HAVE ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FOR OUTSIDE HUNG BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO WHEN THEY ALL LEAVE THAT NIGHT I CAN TURN THEM ON AND LET THE GRANDKIDS GET ALL EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS TIME AT GRAMMAS. IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW I LIKE TO DECORATE AND MAKE IT A WINTER WONDERLAND AT THE HOLIDAYS... TIMES ARE TIGHT NOW A DAYS AND I HOPE THIS WILL MAKE ALOT OF PEOPLE REALISE THAT ITS NOT THE MATERIAL THINGS THAT MAKE IT CHRISTMAS. ITS CHRIST BIRTH, THE TRUE MEANING OF THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST JESUS. WE ALL NEED TO GET BACK TO THE TRUE REASON OF THE SEASON THIS HOLIDAY. SURE ITS NICE TO GIVE A GIFT, BUT EVEN NICER TO KNOW THAT THIS TINY BABY THAT WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM MANY YEARS AGO, IS OUR ONLY HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. LETS ALL PRAY THAT THIS WILL BE THE YEAR THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL OPEN UP THEIR HEARTS TO THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS....AMEN ANOTHER IDEA FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE... DO WHAT WE ARE DOING AT OUR SALON....ADOPT A FAMILY IN NEED THIS CHRISTMAS, ITS A WONDERFUL FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODYS LIFE THAT IS HAVING REAL HARD TIMES . GOD HAS BLESSED US ALL WITH SO MUCH ITS WEIGHS ON YOUR CONSCIENCE NOT TO GIVE BACK. IF ANYONE HAS EMPTY SHOE BOXES, FILL THEM UP WITH SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE SENT TO THE STATES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY HURRICANES, PERSONAL NEEDS, SEWING ITEMS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, SOCKS /GLOVES, HATS, ANYTHING THAT WILL FIT THAT CAN BE OF PRACTICAL USE. HOW DEVISTATING IT MUST BE TO HAVE A HOME ONE DAY AND THEN THE NEXT HAVE IT COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED BY A STORM. WE NEED TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ALSO. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE THIS CHRISTMAS...AND DONT FORGET THE OLD NEWSBOYS OUT THERE . LETS ALL MAKE A PROMISE TO PUSH OURSELVES A LITTLE HARDER THAN USUAL TO HELP OTHERS THIS YEAR.......REMEMBER WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.....

PRAY FOR DIANE

I TALKED TO DIANE ON WEDNESDAY. SHE SOUNDED GOOD BUT I COULD TELL SHE WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN. SHE WAS DOING LAUNDRY, JUST TRYING TO FEEL AS NORMAL AS SHE CAN WITH EVERY DAY LIFE. GOD BLESS HER. I CHATTED A WHILE AND LEARNED SHE IS TRYING TO CONTACT A CANCER CENTER OUT OF TOWN THAT WITH PAY ALL COST FOR HER TO FLY OUT SO THEY CAN SEE IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING MORE , THEY ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT THINGS AND HAVE HAD A DECENT SUCCESS RATE. SHE MAINLY WANTS TO GO TO THE HEALING CHAPEL THERE. I HOPE THEY ACCEPT HER AND IT WITH BRING GOOD NEWS. SHE HAS LOST MORE WIGHT NOW DOWN TO 110 LBS. AND HAD 4 LITERS DRAINED FROM HER ABDOMEN AGAIN THIS WEEK. IT TAKES A BIT OF DISCOMFORT FROM HER BUT ONLY FOR A COUPLE DAYS. THE PAIN GETS SO INTENSE AND LAST FOR HOURS. PAIN MEDS DONT SEEM TO HELP MUCH IF ANY. AND SHE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE PAIN TO MORPHINE JUST YET. SHE SAYS JESUS IS HER PAIN MEDICINE. SHE WAS A LITTLE DOWN AND THINKING ALOT OF THINGS, DEPRESSION, LACK OF ENERGY, SAD, AND LONELY AT TIMES. THOSE OF YOU WITH CANCER CAN RELATE IM SURE. BUT IN THE SAME BREATH SHE PRAISES GOD FOR STILL ALLOWING HER TO BE WITH HER FAMILY. SHE IS SO BRAVE AND SUCH A WITNESS TO US ALL BY STANDING BY HER FAITH IN GOD. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE BELIEVES GOD IS HEALING HER BODY THIS VERY DAY AND SHE WILL NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE. I LOVE HER SO AND PRAY ALSO FOR GOD TO CONTINUE TO CLEANSE HER BODY. PRAY THAT THE CANCER FACILITY WILL CALL HER WITH GOOD NEWS ON ACCEPTING HER THERE AND THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO SURROUND HER WITH COMFORT AND LOVE.

LIFE IS BUSY

WOW, ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE BEEN ON HERE SO WHERE DO I BEGIN.....MY DAUGHTERS WEDDING WENT GREAT. EVERYTHING FELL IN PLACE AND IT WAS A NICE DAY (WITH NO RAIN) THANK GOD. SHE LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL, AND MIKE WAS SO HANDSOME, THEY MAKE A GREAT COUPLE. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TURN OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. EVERYBODY THERE HAD TO TRAVEL BETWEEN 4 TO 6 HRS JUST TO BE THERE. AND THERE WERE AROUND 165PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED. WE REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME AND THE MONEY TO ENJOY HER SPECIAL DAY. THE FOOD WAS DELISH, & THE STEAKS COVERED HALF THE PLATE AND WERE COOKED TO PERFECTION. I THINK EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW BIG THEY WERE. THE MUSIC WAS FUN AND THE BALLROOM WAS GORGEOUS. ILL TRY TO POST A FEW PICS BUT DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT IM DOING YET AS FAR AS THAT GOES. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE SUN EVEN CAME OUT FOR SOME FALL PICTURES OUTSIDE, WHICH IS WHAT SHE WANTED. SHE TOLD ME, MOM I FEEL SO BEAUTIFUL, JUST LIKE CINDERELLA. AND SHE WAS AND IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. I COULDNT BE MORE PROUD OF HER. THEY HONEYMOONED IN MEXICO AND HAD A BLAST. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEO AND ALL THE PICTURES. THE PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK OVER 4,000 PICTURES, UNBELIEVABLE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN WITH EVERYONE TO SEE THEM.