Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Wow don't think I have ever been this busy on the weekends.

Last night I went to dinner with some of the people from work. We tried a new Mexican restaurant. It is called Cantina del Ray.. the salsa was strange and not real good. I had the chicken burrito and it was very good. The location and parking sucked also.. hehe

Today I am getting my hair cut and my bush ripped off my eyes.. then McKinley has a basketball game at 12:40. Hope they win they have lost every game but just by 1 point. Tonight I have Bunko.. cant wait.. Sunday we are going to see Paul Blart Mall Cop for Quentins birthday (I know it was last week but I was broke)

Next weekend it starts all over with the basketball game.. and I have to miss Decovins & Camdens birthday party. That night Sammy's birthday party.. the following weekend is Katrinas birthday.. Oh and in there somewhere I might me having a date.. hehe keep your fingers crossed that his guy isn't a muant..hehe

Ok there is my month!!

Knock Knock Knocking on 2009's door!!!

Where did this last year go? Hard to believe that in 4 days it will be 2009.. Sure hope that this year will be better then last. I am ready for new adventures. Hope everyone has a great New Years Eve!!! Not sure what we are doing yet, maybe the same as last year.. popping open the sparking grape juice and toasting at midnight and asleep at 12:01... hehe

It was niece to see everyone at Christmas. Sorry I didn't want any pictures but you know till this crap is done on my face I don't care to document my looks..

Once again HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!!

Hello out there to all my fellow bloggers!!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while i am suffering not only from Bells Palsy but from computer HELL!! the desk one crashed and the laptops charger quit!! it can make a girl crazy if she can't have her computer.. it is kind of like a drug!! hehe I am hoping to get a new charger by the middle of December. I really need my computer at home!! We can get online with the Wii but have you ever tried to write a letter using a Wiimote and the keyboard on the TV.. you have to zap each letter.. WAY to much fun!!! hehe

Well I still have Bells Palsy but it is getting better. I am in a bit of pain but not much. I still look quite silly though..

Love stinks also.. when did it become proper to break up with someone in a e-mail??? this new age dating something else.. I guess i met him on line guess it was ok to break up on line.. hehe

Thanksgiving was great thanks Gloria!! I was happy all I had to make was potatoes..

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving also!!

Love to all!!

I am my own Halloween costume

Tuesday I felt kind of icky.. but not really bad.. Wednesday I woke up with a killer headache during work I noticed that my food tasted weird.. and my tongue was kind of numb.. so I did the salt test.. Nope no flavor.. GRRRR ... on top of this my neck hurts and my jaw and ear.. So i make a dr appointment.. I kind of knew the signs 20 years ago I had Bells Palsy.. I get to the dr.. and she says well not sure that is what it is we will let you sit over night and see what happens.. she said it could be a bunch of different things none good.. I woke up this morning and the right side of my face was drooping and numb feeling.. I go back to the dr and yep i have Bells Palsy.. I am taking prednazone or how ever you spell that and some pain meds.. My eye wont shut I will have to tape it shut.. you all know how i feel about tape.. AHHHHHHHHH my worst nightmare come true.. Tape on me for a reason AHHHHHHH

So tomorrow I am going to help out at McKinleys school and I look like Quasimodo.. hehe.. all i need is a hump.. I will be with 50 6th graders.. you know at least 1 will pop off with a nasty comment..

Do I smell chicken

Ok so Monday I pulled a dumb blond move... I went into the kitchen and was by the stove.. it felt warm so i put my hand down on the burners.. OUCH one was hot!! so I now have coil marks on my fingers..

Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch in Liberty.. Amanda went with us. We had a good time. We rode the train and then went out to the patch and the boys picked some huge pumpkins.. we checked out and headed over to the corn maze.. We got lost in the corn maze for about an hour and a 1/2. Got back to Amanda's and we carved the pumpkins.. YUCK the gust was nasty...hehe but the all turned out very cute..

Time to get up and start my day..

I got nothing

Well it has been a while since i bloged.. the end

Sunday

Road the bike up to HyVee to get some TP.. I AM NOW SORE!!!! will have to ride again tomorrow to keep in shape!!

My week in review

Monday morning I get to work and my boss says we can work different shifts.. would I like to work 830 to 5.. HELL NO!!! Getting home after 6 does not thrill me!!! so a am still working 8 to 5 Josh on the other hand is working 7 to 4. boo I want that shift... oh well

Tuesday work home

Wednesday work home

Thursday work home dinner home

Friday work home clean sleep

Saturday clean, shop. got a bike at a garage sale going to attempt to start biking!! go out on a date once again YES!!! had a good time ..

Sunday it is 1035 still in bed .. relaxing.. boys will bug me i am sure to go do something.. i will say NO!!

and how was your week...

hehe

Hello again!!!

Hello everyone I am back on the blog!!

Not much has happened really since the last time I blogged.. but here it goes

Ruth came last weekend and we went to the Renaissance Festival.. it rained until we got there and then was just a beautiful day (except for the mud) then started to rain once we left. Sunday I went on a date.. yes a 2nd date .. we had a great time..

This weekend.. I had Friday off.. very sad will be my last. They took our 4 10 hour days away... GRRR I spent my day with Quentin. We had a good day.. Then on Saturday we went to the Bike rodeo at the grade school. McKinley got his bike checked out and learned some safety rules. That evening we went to the Hog Roast. Kathleen went with us along with Brian. Yes he met the kids.. and all went well.. I broke that 2nd date curse.. We have planned a date for next weekend.. so we will see where this road leads.. no matter what I am having fun.. Oh the kids said he was OK and easy to talk to.. they approved of him

Well it is late and i am going to bed.. Over and Out!!!

Depressed and wants to eat!!!

Ok so I need motivation again.. I have hit a wall on my weight loss.. and I am so depressed all I want to do is eat!!!

This last month has been very hard in the money department.. I have not been this broke in ages.. I want to sit and cry and eat .. and eat and eat and eat!!!!!!! I am trying not to but one thing goes wrong and I am like what the heck give me chocolate!!!

My landlord is a BUTT HEAD!! I cant believe what a jerk he is.. I sent him a letter telling him to make an appointment when ever he needs in my place because he is just mean and yells at me.. He had me in tears 2 weeks ago over the dryer and a small electrical fire that was caused by a bad plug in .. according to him it was my dryer.. and he kept beating on my dryer and yelling at me.. I wish I could move because he is NUTS!!! this made me want to eat and DRINK!!! hehe

I know this will pass and all will be better again but for now all i want to do is lay in bed cry and EAT!!!

Friday's off

Today is my Friday off and I am awake at 5:00 am... well it is 5:23 right now... what is my problem.. I hate not being able to sleep... part is stress I am sure.. between not enough money to go around to my landlord to just every day life!!

School has started and so far so good!!

Basically nothing to exciting is gong on here.. hope everyone else is having a good life...

Futons smutons!!!!!

Let me tell you broke SUCKS!!! along with utility company's & target & futons & work dot dot dot...

I send out a question to you.. how do you get a 236 dollar gas bill in the middle of summer when the only thing you are heating is water??????????? Yea I am baffled also..

on to Target & futons.. So I see this futon in the paper for 99 dollars I think hey I could use this .. my little ugly green couch has seen better days and needs to be put to rest!!! So Monday I go to the Target by my house.. they are out.. but they give me the number for the other Targets around the city.. so I call a couple they are out also.. WOO HOO I call the one at 435 & Shawnee Mission Pky and they have 7 .. my lucky day!!! so I go over there about an hour to and hour and a 1/2 later .. I find a associate.. and he looks ... they are OUT!!! WHAT I just called how did you go through 7 in that short of a time... ok i am ticked.. i have drove over here for nothing!!! I am on the phone again.. WOO HOO the Target by The Great Mall has 3 .. they have put my name on one and I have 24 hours.. a bunch of other crap happens when we get home so we don't get to be till VERY late.. i cant sleep it is past 1 and i have to get up around 430 for work needless to say I over slept .. but I was only about 5 min late for work.. Tuesday I have to leave work early because of the crap that happened on Monday. . so cool i will get over to Target much earlier.. I go get the futon.. and I am off for home.. we get it out of the car I cook dinner we watch TV and then comes Wednesday.. I am so pooped from Monday & Tuesday I do nothing with the futon.. Thursday night comes and I think hey tomorrow if Friday and it is trash day .. we will put this together and get the box out of the house.. (plus I have Friday off.. YEA).. we get the futon out of the box.. and how strange .. no instructions on how to put it together..and there seems to be more parts then I should have.. it looks nothing like the picture on the box.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...... so I call Target and the manager is baffled.. he says bring it in tomorrow and I will make it worth your while.... So I take McKinley to school and I am off to Target.. once again.. grrr I walk in and there is one sitting on the dolly waiting for me.. the Manager comes up we go to my car and get the futon.. bring it back into the store.. and we walk back to the one they have on display and hummmm looks nothing like the one i brought in.. oh and he was going to give me some type of coupons but low and behold they are OUT and on order.. SORRY!!! I said story of my LIFE this week anyway.. I was needing some stuff.. but i am so pissed about this whole thing i just get my futon and go!!! I am still kind of ticked so I called their 1-800 number and tell them the story of driving all over KC to get this couch the promises made and not give.. so I will be getting a $15 gift card in the mail... Jaser comes over and he is going to put it together for me.. we get it out of the box and we cant find the legs or the hardware.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. i get on the phone to the manager of Target getting ready to BLOW and I give Jaser the instructions.. he yells WAIT.. there is a secret compartment in the futon where the parts are.. YEA!!!!!!! so now it is together and all is well...

The rest of the weekend has been spent cleaning.. I did take a break and go with Amanda to see Momma Mia!! I thought the movie was good..I want to live in a musical.. hehe

Well here's hoping that my coming week goes a bit smoother.. I am having a jewelery party on Tuesday.. Wish me luck.. not sure how well it will go I have better luck on the weekends.. but oh well it did get me to clean..

How old do I feel???

McKinley is starting 6th grade today!!! How did this happen??? Yesterday he was just starting kindergarten..... Oh and Quentin will be in 8th grade... AHHHHHHH... The older they get the older I have to get.. NO NO NO NO!!! I am refusing to at least act older...hehe

On a different note.. love the 4 10 hour days except for the week (this week) when it isnt your turn.. hehe.. guess it gives me something to look forward to YEA next week I do have 1 whole day to myself CANT WAIT!!!

Got to go see the Aunts last Sunday.. it was great.. They all look so good.. Makes me think that my sisters need to do something all together soon..

Take care... time to take my 2 year old oops i mean my 11 year old to 6th grade.. BOO HOO...hehe

Take a walk on the wild side!!!

Well today is my first day off.. it was nice to not have to get up this morning. However Wednesday & Thursday I could hardly get out of bed.. this moring i was wide awake at 6 am.. BOO HOO...hehe figures!!!

let me back up .. yesterday we went to the school to get Quentin's class Schedule.. he is pretty excited about his classes.. he has 3 that he is really excited about Spanish 1 and performance 1 for the first semester and the 2nd he will have art 2D

Today the boys and I walked up to the school (glad I got McKinley a bike that is quite the walk) His teacher is Mrs. Harris.. she is new so we will see how she is.. then we left the school and walked to the mall.. we walked all over the mall and window shopped.. then we came home i did map quest just to see the miles .. we walked 4+ miles.. I will feel that tomorrow..hehe but it was nice.. think we will try walking more in the evenings... I am wanting to see if the community center has any exercise classes I or we can take that don't cost an arm and a leg..

Tomorrow will be cleaning day.. need to get the basement clean.. it is making me NUTS!!! my Kitchen looks pretty good now just need to mop.. i know you are all jealous hehe...

I am going to have a jewelry party on the 26th of August.. I will be sending out some invites here soon.. hope some of you out there can make it..

I am going to ride with Gloria & David up to get mom.. it will be nice to see all the Aunts I haven't seen Gladys in at least 8 years and Barb in 7 or 8 .. couldn't even tell you how long on Hazel & Helen.. Thank Glo & David for letting us come along.. looking forward to it!!

Hotter then HE(( out

Ok so the weather out side is frightful!!!...

My house is so HOT!! we went down to Gloria's because it was so hot and I knew my house would be just horrible.. it was great I almost froze...hehe

Saturday I went to 1 garage sale and came across a air conditioner for the kitchen for 20 dollars.. so i am hoping that helps out this place.. The boys and i also went to the farmers market before we went down to Gloria's we got some of the most tastiest corn on the cob.. I also made them my own version of succotash.. or how ever you spell it.. it was very good.. all in all it was a great weekend..

I start my 4.. 10 hour days this week.. i am looking forward to having Friday off!! it will be every other week, so next week i will work my regular hours.. but hey every other week will we nice.

Well that is about it for now..

Hello again

Ok so I haven't posted for a bit... but hey my life isn't to exciting.... I am ready for school to start so I wont get the I board calls or what can I have to eat.. I am also ready for winter.. My house is SO hot and my butt head landlord wont fix the air ... not sure what to do about that man.. grr I must of been a bad person in my past life because seems I always make bad choices!!!

McKinleys surgery went well tomorrow is his post op visit to the dr..

Well that is it for now.. hoping I have something fun to report some day.. but please don't hold your breath... it could get ugly...hehe

Another Saturday Night and I aint got nobody!!!

I dont even have money because payday isnt till next week.. but then I still will be broke cause I have to pay for this wonder home I live in!!!!!!!!!

Good news is McKinley is feeling better!! Bad news is my vacation is over and I have to go back to work on Monday boo hoo!!!!!!

I am debating on if I want to spend the gas money to go see Mitzi next weekend (over the 4th) If i dont we will just sit here and I will have to hear the kids tell me they are board.. what to do what to do!!!

Well here's hoping all your lifes are much more exciting then mine!!!

pAiN...PaIn...PAIN!!!

Just when you think all is going well... you wake up in the middle of the night in PAIN.... Poor McKinley had a ruff night last night.. around 2 he woke up in horrible pain.. After the med and a Popsicle he was better.. till around 7...when it happened again.. so another dose of pain meds and and a Popsicle and all is well again!! Needless to say I am tired today!! Wish I could take his pain from him.. you hate to see your babies in so much pain they don't know what to do...

All in all I think he is getting better.. will just take time..

Nothing else new in my life how about yours??

Monday 6/23/08

Well McKinleys surgery is tomorrow.. (Monday) and I know in my heart all will be well.. but you know this is my baby and i do worry.. plus worry is in my blood.. thanks mom...hehe Most know that we go in tomorrow at 915 and then he will have his surgery.. I will let everyone know how he is doing..

On to better things.. Last weekend we went to Branson.. and we had a blast!! Our first night there we went to Rib Crib when the toilet paper incident took place.. what a hoot Ruth came out of the restroom with toilet paper dragging along behind her...hehe .. we went back to the hotel and swam for a bit.. the next morning we went to the Toy Museum.. that was fun to see the old toys and bikes and TVs brought back some memories.. we did some shopping and that night we went to The Dixieland Stampede it was so much fun.. the boys just loved it.. however we did find out that Quentin must have some allergies.. he was all stuffed up and was sneezing and coughing .. did a quick stop by walmart on the way back to the hotel and all was well the next day!!! Sunday we played mini golf with some dinosaurs.. then we went and sat at lamberts for 2 hours so they could through rolls at our faces .. that was nice also..On our drive home we went through some VERY nasty weather.. Ruth was driving.. I was on tornado look out.. yes it WAS that bad!!!

Ruth left me on Friday afternoon.. I was sad to see her go.. we had a pretty good time.. she introduced me to fried green beans.. there is just one word for them YUMMMMMMMMMM!!! yes i turned up my nose at first but wow they are good.. even Quentin will eat them..

Quentin has 1 week left of summer school and he has a B so far in the class.. i am so proud of him!!

Well time to go make some jello & pudding for next week.. Please keep McKinley in your prayers.. (and me i am sure he will be grumpy)

Branson here I Come

I am so ready for my days off!!! I am taking off at 11 on Thursday and wont have to come back to work till Monday.. Looking forward to my trip to Branson .. however NOT looking forward to the HUGE gas prices out there.. grrr

Quentin started Summer School on Monday the 9th pray for him to pass and get to go the 8th grade.. he has to have at least a C in the class.. (he needs all the help he can get)

Ruth got here on Sunday the 8th been nice having her around.. glad she can help out with the boys THANKS BOB!! for letting her come..

Well will update you on the fun we had next week..

Car, Trip, & School....work

Well lets see.. last week my headlight & tail light went out on my car.. so i take it in to the dealership to have them replaced.. 54 dollars later i have 2 lights that are working.. 18 dollars of this was for 2 gommits that they broke taking out the light.. ok i have no clue what a grommet is except that it is a clay dog that hangs with another bald clay man.. so i get to work and this is not sitting well with me.. they broke it and i have to pay for it??? I called and talked to the manager.. and low and behold they should not of charged me.. I was given the choice of my 18 back or an oil change.. ok that cost like 30 so i took the oil change.

Then it was on to our trip to Branson.. Last year i bought a trip over the phone. i know i can hear the groans now.. i was told we would have a condo.. and could upgrade to a 2 bedroom condo when we got there for 50 dollars.... oh and we got 5 show tickets.. I asked does this work for the Dixieland Stampeed. they said YES.. so last year i tried to book this for Mitzi, I and the kids.. only to find out that if we wanted a condo and to up grade it would cost around 150 or more.. i told them that is not the deal i was told.. argued with them and got it put in there that yes we cold upgrade for 50 dollars.. this year i set my trip.. only to find out it is a hotel.. ok fine... Ruth is going with us now not Mitzi.. so we only really need the 4 tickets.. well they call to set our tickets for us.. and another blow.. these are good for like Joes show or a laser show or bumper cars.. at this point i am TICKED!!! why do i want to go see joe nobody in Branson when i was told we could see a good one... anyway they said we will have to pull your conversation with the sales rep.. low and behold it isn't there the recording wasn't working. my idea is that the tick turd erased all the ones he screwed up.. so i am asking for my money back.. i am ticked.. they finally said ok..we are changing your tickets over to an entertainment voucher for 150 .. our tickets for Dixieland comes to 136 .. so we have 14 dollars to do what ever with.. pays to be a bitch sometimes..

School.. it is out.. now the phone calls start of i am board.. i am hungry what can we do!!! Quentin starts summer school on the 9th .. and it runs till the 27th ... McKinleys surgery is on the 23rd.. so we do have some stuff going on..

Work was craptastical on Friday.. here is hoping next week is better!!

Home for the Holidays

Well being home has not been all that bad i guess.. so far.. The boys and I went to see Horton Hears a Who.. for a kid movie this is a very cute movie!! quite funny... Saturday morning.. we were going to go to the farmers market but since we were woke up to thunder storms i decided not to do that..

My friend Jen came over and we went to BD's and then the boys and I went shopping.. we went to the Great Mall may places had 50 to 60% off of their crap!! so I got some good deals.. Oh and their Bath and Body works is now really an outlet store.. love that store.. well then we were off to Kmart.. (really kind of hate that store) found nothing i was looking for that they had on sale.. and of course they don't give rain checks!!! so we left and went to Walmart.. My major purchase was a BBQ grill .. asked if they could put it together.. but they wouldn't have it done till Wednesday.. WHAT!!! anyway .. i braved it bought it with the thought I will put it together!!! we left there and came home.. about 45 min later I have a grill!! and I BBQ'd steak.. pork chops.. hotdogs... brats.. & turkey cutlets.. can i just say YUM!!! I wont be cooking the rest of the weekend and in to next week.. the Turkey cutlets are the BEST!!!

Well tomorrow will be spent lazing around the house and then I have to go to a memorial service.. Then home and more lazing .. looking forward to sleeping in the next 2 days.. lets hope we don't get any storms that will wake me!!!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend..

Well Crap

I will now be home all weekend.. Things came up .. the best laid plans SUCK!!!

Keep blogging along

Hello out there in blogger land!!! Well I am still stressed the people keep coming in and well I am ready for this 3 day weekend!!! I am going to visit my best friend Mitzi.. cant wait.. I can however wait to put gas in my tank..

Nothing to much new going on.. just ready for the weekend.. hope everyone has a good one!!!

StReSsSeD!!!!

Ok so I have had a stressful week.. .. the security officers at my work gave out a gajillion parking tickets.. so who do you think got yelled at!!! yep you guessed it ME!!! I got face to face yelled at over the phone yelled at e-mailed yelled at .. what a wonderful week!!! oh well they were wrong and got caught!!!

On another stress related thing.. Quentin has summer school .. it starts on the 9th of June.. it isnt at our school it is 1/2 way across town.. it starts at 8 and gets out at 11:30 so how do I a single parent get this child back and forth since I work no where near there I have to be to work at 8 .. Can I just say AHHHHHHH and now I can say THANKS to Ruth & Bob!!! Ruth will be helping me.. she is the greatest!!!

On a brighter note McKinley told me he had a wonderful surprise for me on Friday (he told me that Thursday) So I come home today early because oh yes another stress.. I got a speeding ticket and $200 later it is now a non moving violation so it wont be on my driving record!!! anyway back to McKinley.. He wouldn't let me in his room.. he wanted to set up this surprise.. He has a trophy on and a certificate.. he got the highest score in his pentathlon.. it has something to do with Math.. so I a SO PROUD of him!!!

Happy Mothers day to all the Mothers out there!! guess we are trying to meet up with Mom, Gloria, Judy and all the family's.. So any suggestions on where you all want to meet.. I am open to anything...

Well I am closing this with hoping next week is less stressful.. and cheaper...hehe

How does lonely feel

Some days I miss Bill more then others.. I know it has been almost 7 years but do you ever get use to being alone again.. This dating thing is over rated!!! You go out think you have a good time and then they don't call.. don't know why do i have a 3rd eye.. do i grow a 2nd head.. i don't know.. so here i sit on a Saturday night mostly alone.. i say mostly because i do have my 2 boys.. So for everyone out there i have given up on this thing called dating for now.. i am sick of the ups and downs of it.. So now Quentin wont have to freak out for a while.. i am sure some you out there are happy also.. but just know being alone SUCKS!!!

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Nothing is going on right now in my life....

The End!!!

Here it comes again

Well yesterday my throat started to get sore.. and I had a headache!! AHHH don't want that crap again!!! I stayed home today because
1) i was feeling like total dookie
2) Quentin fell and hurt his wrist..

yes that is right he fell on his wrist once again.. went to the Dr today it is not broken just hyper extended.. they put a splint on his arm and if it still hurts in a few days we will go back and get a cast!!! They probably think i am beating this kid.. it is his right wrist once again..

Other then that nothing new is happening in my life..

Just 1 thing!!!

Ok so I was watching a TV show (Ghost whisper) .. and this family was remembering 1 thing about a loved one that had passed.. because if you remember 1 thing you will never forget them..

So I started to think about Bill & Dad and what would be one of my 1 things. My 1 thing for Bill would have to be his laugh.. he had the best deep laugh that you knew he was enjoying something.. and his dimples would show.. and for Dad would be when we were on a trip it was Paula, Me, Mom and Dad.. and you know dad could never take the main roads anywhere.. so we are driving along "Fred's road" and it was blacktop.. then all of a sudden it turned to gravel.. and dad says.. look ma we done run out of road!! Paula and I laughed so hard..

I have many more things that I remember.. but those tonight stood out in my mind..

So now everyone share their 1 thing!!..

All Moved!!!!

well i am all moved in.. and i am brused and battered.. I turn in my keys for the old place tomorrow.. Hope I get my deposit back!!!

Now comes the fun of unpacking!!! AHHHHHHH...

I did get all the shelf paper down today.. so that is a start.. i will unpack a box or 2 every night .. i should be done by Christmas.. hehehe

as soon as i get some batteries for my camera i will send some pictures..it is cute.. Gloria & David stopped by on their way to Jeff's they got to see the before.. so cant wait for them to see the after when i get it all done..

Well time for bed!!

M day is upon me!!!

Well this will be my last night having to listen to the guy up stairs at 2am walking around YEA!!! Just hope I didnt trade one problem for another....GRRR.... I am ready though.. it will be nice to have a somewhat house.. the boys are excited about having their own rooms.. maybe that will stop some of the fights.. HA right!!! one can dream...

I have gotten alot done.. tomorrow my friend from work and her boyfriend will be here to help me move.. i am ready.. Herb & Val are helping also.. he will drive the truck over and fix a few things that need done.. he is one of our engineers at work.. very sweet man .. him and his wife are the greatest!!

Sunday we will go to Gloria's for Easter.. I will have to remember to go get my taters and stuff.. hehe .. My friend was asking for my sausage star recipe.. and now i want some...maybe we will have those also.. what do you think guys???

well time to finish packing and moving.. hope everyone has a great weekend.. think of me and all my bruises i will be getting...hehe

CALLING ALL DECORATORS

I need my place decorated after I move in if you have any wall stuff you don’t want .. And think it will look good in my place bring it on!!! Hehe plus I am just not a decorator anymore.. I haven't had stuff on my walls for ever!!! Maybe I was a man in my former life…hehehe

I am needing some chairs for my kitchen/dinning room table.. I will be scoping out garage sales this summer.. I have those old blue ones from my old work.. They are getting ratty!!

Guess we will be going to Gloria's for Easter.. Unless I win this contest I put in for.. So .. Guessing we will be at Gloria's…hehe not sure what I will be bringing.. Let me know what you want

Looking forward to this weekend Mitzi will be in and we will be moving some stuff then we will go out with the girls!! YEA FUN!!!

Ok time to cut this off.. Take care everyone!!

2 Weeks!!!

I have 2 weeks left before I wake up in a new place!! I have been packing and pitching.. and i am pooped!!! I took a small break yesterday from 3 pm till this morning.. I babysat for Jenny. Those babies are SO cute!!!

Today it back to the packing stone...hehe Mitzi is coming in next weekend and we will move boxes most of the day.. i am sure we will be tired & sore and ready for a drink when we go out with the girls!!!

I have no clue what we are doing for Easter since it is the next day after we move. I am guessing a ham sandwich and some cheezits..hehe any suggestions out there.. What is everyone else doing??

Well almost time to get up and start packing today...AHHHHHHH

2nd Place

Well I am better.. YEA back to work tomorrow!!!

Anyway .. McKinley's team took 2nd place.. he did pretty good.. Still no baskets but he did get 2 rebounds.. Yea!!

Been doing some packing this weekend.. Till I tried to break my finger.. it is swollen and hurts like heck!! and i also ran out of boxes.. so will start up again tomorrow..

Nothing else is new with me..

When will it end???

I came home sick again today!! I am very tired of not being able to breath.... My head is killing me.. when will it end???????????????

Hope everyone else is ok you REALLY dont want this crap!!!!!

still sick

Well I am still sick!!! Going to work monday though.. more later...grrrr

I got my duplex.. I will let you all know my address in e-mails.. this is to public.. My address will officially change on March 15th but not moving till the 22nd..

If anyone has any furniture that you dont want like a couch or love seat or chair.. let me know.. I am going to put my crappy couch in the basement for Quentin.. One of our engineers is going to try to fix it.. if not guess I will be getting a bed & a couch and all that .. FUN!!!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Happy Valentines Day.... Hope everyones is much better then mine!! Laying in bed hacking and coughing..

Alone

So Udderly Alone!!!

The End!!!

Take one down pass it around..

Well I feel like DOOKIE.. so does Quentin & McKinley... so we just keep passing this bug around.. so stay away from my house for now!!! I went to the Dr. he said i have the flu great nothing they can give you for that ... ok there is 1 thing but it cost 1 arm and 1 leg and 1/2 the other leg with insurance it was 80 dollars.. what you might ask cost more then a tank of gas.. Tamaflu.. only the rich and famous can afford that...hehe

Well hope everyone else is well and not battleing this crap...

Defending my life!!!

I feel I am needing to defend what Quentin wrote on his blog.. I want to clear things up.. it isnt like i am going out on dates every night.. as a matter of fact i havent been out in over 3 weeks.. He needs to get use to the fact that yes his mom is going to date.. I hate bars.. church didnt have any single men worth looking at.. so where do you meet them??

His remark on McKinley hurting him.. well they hurt each other equaly.. I know McKinley can be a butt head but you know what so can Quentin. he is now a teenager.. do any of you remember your kids in that stage.. nothing makes them happy!!!!!!!!!!!

So there you have it.. if anyone wants to know anymore on my life just ask.. i have nothing to hide!!!!!!

Now on to other things.. I gave my notice at my apartment complex. We will be moving by March 30th .. I have no clue where yet.. When I know i will spread the word..

things about me to make you go hummmm

I love my job but hate the drive to and from…

I hate working in Missouri & living in Kansas but hate the school district so can’t move to Missouri…

I am addicted to Reality TV!!!

John Cusack is one of my favorite actor.. would give anything just to say hi to him….

I have a secret obsession with hummus.. hated it the first time I ate it..now I cant get enough.

I dream of having a house someday but not holding my breath!!

I hate doing laundry but love the smell of it when it is clean..

I long to be a neat freak but just cant seem to find that side of me yet…

I fear being alone the rest of my life..

I fear gaining back the weight I have lost

Have a fear that the boys will turn out like the other side of the family…

I love when they say something and have the most innocent look on their face when they say something off the wall like “looks like daddy’s getting some quality time..”

I have horrid thoughts of what if.. I hadn’t let Bill decide to be taken off life support would he of made it through and been ok?? Would I still have him with me..

I can still close my eyes and see dad being brought into the ER… sometimes I hate to close my eyes…

A little tired but OK!!!

Fun was had by all.. ok at least fun was had by the boys.. Quentin got transformers.. he love it..They fell asleep around 230.. I however was woke up around 1 and couldn't fall back to sleep till after 4..

Well the busy weekend is now over YEA... Started out at the basketball game.. we lost by 6 in over time.. went to the shower.. that was fun.. Jen got alot of cool stuff.. then home and off to Paula's for Sammy's birthday.. he was so cute.. Now I am home laying in bed trying to warm up since it is bitter cold out...

No plans yet for the coming week.. kind of a good thing.. will be nice to relax..

Busy weekend

I have a busy weekend coming up.. Friday night I will have 3 teenage boys in the house...AHHHHH plus one who thinks he is grown..haha. Then Saturday morning McKinley has a basketball game at 11:50.. I will drop off the kids go to Jen's shower.. then home for a birthday party for Sammy.. wow.. Sunday.. not sure yet... hope relaxing or maybe a date.. hehe

I am so sick of snow.. here's hoping they are lying about what is coming tonight!!!

Oh an my weight finally moved again .. i am 88.4 .. so close to my old drivers license weight.. when I renewed it i sat my goal weight...hehe

Happy Birthday to Quentin!!

I cant believe I will have a teenager in 3 day's AHHHHHHHH how did that happen??

Ruth sent the boys something called webkinz .. well the package was nicely wrapped and had his name on it. He opened it and it was in a box that had a plastic bag holder .. he was all excited and even read the box COOL it hangs on the wall.. I said why don't you try opening it up.. it says O its something else... not sure think he would of been happy with the plastic bag holder.. hehe

Not sure what we will do for his birthday. He wants a cookie cake so we will see. I think we are having a sleep over on the 18th WOO HOO.. wish me luck.. hehe

HAPPY cough, cough, NEW YEAR!!!

Let me clear up something.. the boys were with me.. when I was saying alone I was meaning .. no one to kiss at midnight!!! I love my boys and yes we watched a movie and then turned on the count down. We toasted with water & pop since in my sick stupor i forgot the sparking grape juice.. I was in bed at 12:05

I am a bit better now still coughing and sputtering and sometimes having troubles breathing at night.. last night was a bad night again.. couldn't sleep very well.. plus I was having a very strange dream.. anyway.. nothing to exciting has happened yet in 2008.. had to come back to reality and go back to work on the 2nd..

McKinley's basketball games start again on Saturday.. if anyone is interested in seeing him play let me know I will give you has time he plays. He is having fun..

Good bye 2007

Well here I sit all alone on New Year's Eve!!! This year kind of flew by.. nothing to exciting happened. In someways that is good.. but in others so sad..

Here is hoping that next year I am not sitting alone..

HAPPY NEW YEARS to everyone hope all your wishes come true for the new year!!!

Love to all!!!

Its a family thing

Lets see how has my last week paned out...

Jen brought mom up on that Friday before Christmas. Mandy came that evening. Mom, Mandy & I went to dinner and did some shopping. We got home and we had a quick visit from Ruth & her friend Chris. Everyone stayed in my tiny little house. Mandy was up bright & early to go to work. Ruth & Chris left around 9 to beat the weather. (can I just say I am sick of winter & snow & ice) Sunday was pretty nice so Mom and I did some more shopping. Monday came & I took Mom to work with me she got to meet everyone. Got to leave at noon and Judy & Mandy was at the house. They took the boys out shopping to get me a Christmas present.. I got busy cooking. I had the Strausbaugh family Christmas get together that evening. I left the girls to eat the turkey I baked... Had a great time at the party.. but a funny thing happened ... as I was leaving I started to feel sick ( see a family trend going.. see all posts from everyone..hehe) Got home did Christmas presents with Mandy LOVE the throw she made... it is so warm.. Went to bed got up made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Still feeling kind of icky.. but I have a big day in front of me pushing through!!! Kids woke up Mandy left we opened all the gifts.. The boys were super excited with their presents.. I got them a Nintendo DS can I just say I am now hooked also.. I WANT ONE!!! hehe.. They got me a new comforter thanks Mandy for your help in that decision.. anyway started cooking dinner.. still feeling crappie so I took some meds.. helped a bit.. Get a text from Christy she is on her way.. not even 5 min later I get a call from Gloria.. Christy in a accident .. SO glad she is ok.. Jan & Jaser came over.. we ate did some more presents .. they left.. by this time i am achy feeling like crap.. Judy takes mom home with her.. I go to bed.. get up to go to work I have to get better to die this is how bad I am feeling.. I have to go to work since there is only 3 in our office and Josh has the day off.. I go in Lu looks at me and says as soon as she gets done with her dad for me to go home.. I leave at 12:20 I get home go to bed.. achy snotting all over.. cant breath.. head hurts.. coughing.. Thank goodness I am on vacation oh and what fun it is.. HA!!! I crawled out of bed on Friday and took the boys to a movie.. came home and went to bed again!! Saturday I decided I am not going to let this be a bad vacation so we went to the Mall.. Today I think I will stay in bed most of the day.. my head feels like it will blow off.. I have tomorrow & Tuesday off.. sure hope I feel good by Wednesday .. have to go back to work then... Well hope everyone who hasn't gotten this crud don't.. Talk to you when I can breath again

Christmas Time Is Here

Happiness & Cheer!!! (love that Christmas song!!!)

So sad no honey baked ham this year.. oh well turkey it is.. I will have to have a ham also (just not the best ham in town). McKinley told me mom this is messed up!!! we have ham for Thanksgiving and Turkey for Christmas.. messing with his little world.. hehe

Going to be very busy till the end of the year. Tonight I have to get the presents for my bosses.. (we are having our holiday luncheon tomorrow. on top of shopping i have to make ornaments for the office guys to put in their stockings. Tomorrow night will be spent cleaning a bit since I will be getting mom for Christmas.. Saturday night i have a surprise party to go to for an old friend of Bill's (haven't seen them in 6 years will be fun) Sunday will be relaxing.. Monday i have to work for a 1/2 day and then that night is the Strausbaugh Christmas eve party.. Then there is Christmas day.. i will be cooking up a storm.. have to work on Wednesday and then off for the rest of the year!!!!! YEA!!!

Hope everyone has a great holiday and excited to see everyone that is coming to my place!! (lets pray the weather holds out) Wish only good holiday cheer for everyone else.. take care and be safe and have a great time!!

Love to all

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

It's My Birthday & I will cry if I want to!!!!

Well 45 found me..... AHHHHHHHHHH

Not much changed this is how my day is unfolding

got my licence this morning.. (put my goal weight on my licence didn't even lie to the guy told him I wanted to change my weight to my goal weight since I am loosing weight..... he just chuckled at me.. )

Got to work had to park in the crappy part of the garage because now I am late ..

Had a bagel

opened gifts.. from co-workers got a $60 gift certificate to Bath & Body Works (looking forward to those after Christmas sales!!!) Scone mix & some ear rings..

Had a TV Dinner for lunch WOO HOO!! Oh then a tasteless blueberry granola bar

Was going to go to dinner with Paula but she bailed.. guess I will have a peanut butter sandwich now..

Well I am just to exciting......

Hope the weather stays good so Mitzi can come in..

So over all 45 kind if suck like the rest of the days .. haha..

Hope everyone is good.. looking forward to seeing who ever is coming to Christmas!!! For those who are not coming well be safe

Tonsils, Nose job & a birthday

Well lets see McKinley went to the Doctor on Wednesday for his breathing problems.. They don't want to fix his nose till after he turns 16 because that is about when your face stops growing it is after puberty. So they have decided that his tonsils & adnoids are coming out. he will get that done after school gets out. He wants to have perfect attendance and the Dr. said he has lived this long with it a few more months wont hurt. We were going to do it at spring break but the dr is on spring break with his kids at the same time.

On the birthday.. McKinley turned 11 yesterday.. We had a pretty good evening. Even though it was nasty all day by the time i got home the roads were pretty ok.. so we went to Burger King for dinner and then to see a movie. We saw Mr. Morguriums Wonder Emporium. It was an ok movie.. Saturday he is having 2 friends spend the night.. pray for me.. haha

McKinley has started playing basketball again and they played their first game last Saturday they won in overtime.. it was an exciting game..

As for Quentin ..not much is going on with him right now. Just plugging away he soon will be a teenager.. think he already has the attitude..

Next weekend Mitzi will be coming in for my birthday. I turn .. .... ..... .... AHHHHHHH 45.... anyway.. it should be fun. Christy & Mandy will be joining us on Saturday for some fun.. anyone else is welcome also..

On the weight loss front I am still stuck at 85 lost.. no changes.. grr I hate being stuck.. I want to loose at least 4 or 5 pounds before Christmas.. but wont beat myself up if it don't happen..

Ok time for work.. Till next time

Did we have fun or WHAT!!!

It was great to see everyone this past week. Cant believe we were all able to get together. We must do that again before to many years pass again.

Nothing else is new with me. Just bidding my time till my vacation after Christmas. Oh by the way Christmas is at my place so if anyone wants to come the fun starts at 11 or 12.. Would love to have who ever and everyone there.. just let me know so I can get a turkey big enough to feed my army of family & friends!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Yea it is only days away till we get to see all the family!!! how exciting.. I know this will be a fun day...

Everyone be careful driving .. see you all soon!!!!

A sad happy birthday!!!

Ok so all this week I have been feeling out of sorts and not sure why.. well as i was running some errands yesterday Quentin says today is Dad's birthday.. he says how old would he be..he would of been 40. So we took a trip to see him. we put some flowers and a angel on grave. So today i am still feeling blue.. I guess i am missing him alot right now..

On a brighter note i am looking forward to seeing everyone in 5 days.. it will be great to see everyone again.

Alright already!!!

OK I am bloggin.. the end!!!

HA!!

Saturday night I went to dinner with Chris, Gloria & Mendy.. we tried a new place called Calentie or how ever you spell it.. well anyway food was not so good!! oh well!! Fun to try new places sometimes it is good sometimes it is bad..

Not much else going on right now.. looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving...

YEA

Yesterday Quentin got his cast off!!! YEA I am glad it is gone. He kept raising his arm up and down saying it feels weird...

Well this is what is happening in my life

blah, blah, blah, work, blah, blah, blah, traffic, blah blah, blah, sleep, blah, blah, cast gone, blah, blah, blah, weekend, cleaning, blah, blah, ... more work, blah, blah, more traffic, blah, blah, cooking, blah, blah,

Hope your life if more exciting..

FUN FUN FUN

This was a pretty good weekend. Friday night we went down to LaCygne and it was good to see everyone. Then the next morning we went to the Craft Fair in Mound City. Christy, Ruth & I had a good time. I found some cute ornaments.

Well I am official I have now lost 85 pounds... I am getting so close I am getting excited. I can almost see the end of my tunnel.

Quentin has to wear his cast for 2 more weeks. Wish it would of came off last Friday but oh well.. got to get it healed.

Well another week closer to Christmas AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so not ready for that day.. at least we have Thanksgiving to get through.

So close

I am so close to my goal now I can almost smell it!! I lost 3.2 pounds last week to make my total 84.8. I am SO EXCITED!!

Hope everyone else had a good Monday!!!

Broken once again

For those of you that didn't know.. Quentin once again broke his wrist. He had bumped his head on his bunk bed reached his arm up to rub it and smacked his wrist on the bed. So 200 dollars later (a couple of trips to the Dr a couple of braces and some pain meds) he is in a cast. We had to go a couple of times to the Dr before they figured out it was broken. So next Friday I will take him back to see if it healing ok. So more money to the Dr that I don't really have.. I have insurance but my deductible is high.. so that just sucks!! So we are extremely broke!! hope this clears up some issues for anyone out there!!

Have a great weekend!!

Drivers Licence Weight

You know there is your real weight and then there is your drivers licence weight... I am almost the weight on my licence.. how cool is that!! Guess when I get my new one in December I will have to set a new goal weight...hahahaha I have now lost 81.6 pounds.. only 52 to go.. wow that is getting so close!!!

Hump Day!!!

Well here it is Wednesday!! Not much going on here...

My fridge is on the fritz here. Called my apartment complex.. and well lets just say March cant get here soon enough!!! Cant wait to move I really hate this place. They wont return a call they take forever to fix anything. Ever since this new company took over it has been a nightmare!!! So as a result of the fridge having issues we are having a ham tonight.. anyone want some ham tonight for dinner...hehe just bring a side dish

Well not much else to report in my exciting life.

Oh one thing you all know i will be 29 (OK cough, cough... 45) this year on my birthday.. so instead of sitting around feeling sorry for myself i am going to pamper myself. the plan is to go to a place called Serenity Day Spa it is a $90 per person package you get 2 30 minuet sessions of either a massage, facial, pedicure, manicure and there are other things.. you get snacks and i think wine. if you are interested let me know my friend Jen Scott is trying to get this together for me.. hope to have all join me to celebrate this depressing day...hehe

wooooooooooo hooooooooooooo

At last my I have gotten over my last hump!!! I have now lost 79.8 pounds. I am glad. I was getting very frustrated.

Well really no other news going on. Went and visited mom on Sunday. Good to see her again.

Challenge

I am giving everyone a challenge to update their posts.. here is mine

Nothing much going on .. Took Quentin to the Dr on Monday he sprained his ankle.. McKinley hurt his pinkie toe.. the end...

I didn't get to weigh in because of the Monday visit to the Dr.. so still no word on if i lost any.. well hope everyone elses life's are more exciting then mine

DEEP THOUGHTS BY MCKINLEY STRAUSBAUGH

On yuck mouth:

My mouth tastes like poop because Quentin farted in my face (a day ago)!!! (couldn't be because he didn't brush hit teeth for the last 2 days)

On getting the bathtub first:

why are you taking so long since I want in if I were first and knew you wanted I would go fast (2 days later taking the shower first... Q says hurry .. Mac says WHY...)

Got to love kids!!!

More later..

still at 75 pounds lost i keep loosing and gaining the same .8 pounds that was tucked neatly behind the 75 ...hehe

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!

BLAH-BLAH-BLOG!!!

Well school started and the boys are doing pretty good. Work is going good.. Yesterday a woman who works for one of our vender's came in it is her last day on that job. She is changing to a new company who is in need of an Administrative Assistant. They all looked at me and laughed.. and later I asked her how much it paid.. well it is about 4000 more then what I am making.. humm... I love my job but I am thinking about giving her my resume.. It would depend on insurance & vacation if I really give in and go.. oh did i mention that it is here in Lenexa.. so much closer then St Luke's.. Ok my mind is swimming with WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!

Nothing else happening in my life.. it is DULL.. I need some excitement.. I need a date... I need to win the Lottery...hehe

My weight is staying the same again AHHHHHHHh so close to 199 I can smell it... Please let me break my not loosing..

THURSDAY YOUR ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY!!!

Wow summer is at an end!!! Thursday is the first day of school. We have been trying to get all these school supplies that they schools demand!!! I have been to 3 stores and I still need some junk. Guess we will go tonight and see if we can wrap up this merry-go-round of supply shopping. Last night we had open house at Quentin's middle school. Man is it big.. they said there is like 500 7th graders.. AHHHHHHHH glad I'm not a teacher....

McKinley school will be the same just a diffrent teacher.. Mr. Jahnke (it is prounced like yunkee..) strange name but good teacher. I think he will like him. He will be in the 5th grade. He is all excited I am sure he will do good. His open house isnt for a week or so after school starts.

Last Friday I took the day off and took the boys to Science City at Union Station. We had a blast!!! it is a cool place. We saw their 3D move Dinosaurs Alive it was the best.. I ducked and jumped and had to reach out to see if I could touch them.. I would go to another one there that is for sure...

Not much else to report except that it is HOT!!! but you all already knew that ... well take care and I will see most of you on Saturday...

I AM 75.8!!!

Thats right I hit the 75.8 pound marker today!! It is hard to looking in the mirror and see me looking back. It takes alot to think about!!

Other then that not much else going on getting ready for school. Wednesday I have to enroll Quentin into the 7th grade. School starts on the 16th .. for both boys. McKinley will only have 1/2 days his first 2 days. Quentin will have to go the whole day.

Well time to work.. see you all next weekend at Jeff's

.8

.8 is how many ounces I am away for loosing 75 pounds.. So close and yet so far...

Last weekend we went to the T-bones game with our company. It was fun but hot. Friday we are going to the Royals game.. I really am not a fan of baseball, but free tickets is free fun..

Saturday we will see all of you at the Birthday party... how fun..

Take care.. oh and Quentin updated his blog ..

72!!!

That is right I have now lost 72 pounds!! I am SOOOOOOOO excited!! Less then 50 to go!!! I can almost see the light at the end of my tunnel...

This week has been a nice quite week so far. Quentin is spending time with Jenny and McKinley is with Becky.. Quentin is having fun and McKinley started begging to come home on Friday...

I have nothing planned except for Saturday. I am going to a wedding.. my boss Josh is getting married. other then that not a thing just enjoying my quite!!

MoViNg AGAIN!!

Ok for the last 4 weeks I have been stuck at 66 pounds.. Today when I stepped on the scale it was a blessing!! I lost 1.8 pounds I am now at 68.2 pounds lost!!! YEA!!!

Well hope everyone has a fun safe 4th. We are not doing much. We are going to see a movie and will go park in a parking lot and watch some fireworks..

Thursday I am taking Quentin to Jen's and then Friday I am taking McKinley to Becky's. They get a break from each other and i get a break from them. Will be nice for some quiet.. I am looking forward to cleaning my house.. and the quiet .. oh and did i mention the quiet!!!

Take care all !!

Much fun was had by all!!

Well I got to go to Mitzi's It was so nice to get to see her again. I had a rider with me also. Amanda was needing to go to a wedding in New Bloomfield.. so since it is next door to Jeff City she didn't have to go alone.

Friday night we took the kids and went bowling. Ruth, Bob, Amanda, Stacy, Sean, Abby & Nathan joined us. The kids had fun I think the adults did also. Mitzi and I watched.. Saturday Mitzi and I snuck out of the house while the kids were still sleeping and did some garage sales. For lunch we met our friend Amy for lunch at a place called Arris it is a pizza place and VERY good!! We took the kids swimming and they had a blast. Mitzi and I were gearing up for our night out. Ruth & Stacy joined us at El Jimador it was good .. Margaritas & Fajitas.. YUMMY we then went to see a movie.. Knocked Up.. not the best one i have seen .. Sara joined us for that another friend up there..

Sunday I went out to Ruth & Bob's and joined them for lunch for fathers day.. Ruth made the most TASTY steaks ...

The ride home was uneventful.. Amanda did read a book to us on our way up and back think the trip went faster..

Not a whole lot going on here this week.. Going to see Evan Almighty with Christy on Saturday. Then we will hit the pool here at home. I am sure we will do that again on Sunday..

Hope everyone has a great week.

Oh and I am stuck at 66 pounds lost .. I am hoping that Monday I will have a loss.. the last couple of weeks have been hard..

Holding my breath!!

I have a weekend planned to go see Mitzi again... holding my breath that nothing goes wrong and we get to go this time. I am looking forward to getting away and having fun..

Last week was a great week. Got to meet our cousin Rick from Hawaii. What a great guy. We had a good time talking and getting to know each other. I took him around and showed him Kansas City. The boys enjoyed swimming in his pool at the Hotel.

After my week of partying I gained back the .8 I had lost last week. I guess it could of been worse.. plus I had the best time... This week it is back to the grind stone.. I can almost see the light at the end of my tunnel of weight!! I am still hoping by Christmas I am close to my goal. I still cant get use to my new look..

Well time to go to work.. YEA.. hehe I need a vacation.. I am not sure when we will go but it looks like Banson will be our destination once again.. this time to do other things and not Silver Dollar City..I know we will go see the Dixiestampeed.. I have herd that some hate it some love it.. guess I will form my own opinion.

Ok I am out of here ...

I have a 7th grader

After my whirlwind weekend. I had the 6th grade banquet. I was in charge of the catering. It went well. (after a few issues with Kitty the manager) Anyway the night went well. Food was good the kids had a great time. We got done at 10.. I was pooped!! Oh and one of the kids even told McKinley Dude your mom is HOT tonight.. YEP I STILL GOT IT!!!

66 AND COUNTING!!

I weighed in yesterday and I have now lost 66 pounds!! I was so excited. I wasn't sure how I would fair after the weekend of food and fun.

We went to Omaha last weekend it was great to see everyone. This weekend is the trip to Des Monies to see our Mandy will become Dr. Amanda Camden D.O. Wow a Dr. in the family!!

Tuesday the 29th Quentin will have his 6th grade banquet. Then I will have a 7th grader AHHHH not ready for teenage boy stuff yet!! I still have to go buy me a dress and him a nice pair of pants and shirt. I haven't worn a dress in years.. Not looking forward to doing that, but I want to look good for my boy. I should have pictures next week of the fun..

Alone again!!!

Mitzi wont be able to come in this weekend. She is having issues with her air conditioner. I think I would rather be cool all summer then come to KC for a weekend!!

I have decided to drive up early Saturday morning and come back that afternoon. It will be a LONG day but oh well cant afford a hotel 2 weekends in a row.

Have a great week!!

Do I stay or do I go???

Not sure what to do next weekend. Do I get a hotel room on Friday night?? Do I get up early and drive to Omaha on Saturday? Hotels cost money the drive will cost money the food will cost money??? Just not sure what to do... What is everyone else doing? I also have this worry the following weekend for our trip to Des Monies!!! Mandy if you know what hotel we are to stay in in Des Monies this info will help. I would like to get a hotel with a pool so the kids will have some fun while we are out and about. This will probably be our big vacations for the summer.

On a brighter note I have now lost 60.4 pounds!!

On the move again

I lost 5 pounds this week to make my total 58.8.

In other news... We didn't get to go to Jeff City this week Mitzi was still sick. Instead I went to some garage sales with Jennifer. We had a great time didn't really find much but still lots of fun. Then the boys called me and there was a bike rodeo going on at the school. They got their bikes tuned up and got a helmet. That was about the extent of our fun this weekend.

Friday they have the school carnival. It should be fun for the kids.

Well not much else to say

Have a GREAT week!!!

SICK SUCKS!!!

Well we will be staying home this weekend. Mitzi is still sick and now Nicole & Greg have it. Not sure what we will do now. Just stay home and veg!! Next weekend is the Carnival at the school. That will be fun.

Things have started moving again since my last post!! I was SO excited!!

A Crappie Situatuion

Ok I have now gained 2.6 pounds.... AHHHHHHH and I can't poop!!

The End!!

BOO HOO!!!

I gained 2 pounds this week.. BOO HOO!! This is my first major gain for the last 25 weeks. Guess I was due. I will loose it by next week. I just have to focus and know what my main goal is.

Other then that my week was pretty ho hum!! Not going to go see Mitzi this weekend. We will go next weekend. I am looking forward to that. It will be fun to see Mitzi again.

Well time to sleep

Slow & Steady!!

Well I am creeping to my weight goal. As you see I am now at 56.6 YEA!!

Had a great weekend. The party was a pain to plan but I think it went off great!! Everyone had fun with Mom. It was nice to see all the aunts, uncles & cousins. As well as the sisters nieces & nephews.

Hope everyone had a good Easter. Judy & Mandy came up we had some yummy fondue. It was fun. Mandy had to go home but Judy stayed the night. It was nice to have her here.

This week will be a let down nothing exciting to look forward to for the weekend except relaxing. Next weekend will be fun I am going to go see my BEST friend Mitzi in Jefferson City. We will have our girls night out Ruth & Stacy are going to join us it will be great.

Have a great week

Broke the curse

I finally lost some weight again. I went for almost 3 weeks in a stall. I lost 3.8 pounds. I didn't make my 60 pounds I wanted to but hey 54.8 isn't nothing to sneeze at.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

I will live!!

My day started with me waking up around 3:45. I had to pee and couldn't get back to sleep. I am sure it was nerves. Took my shower and waited on Jan. She got here around 6. We left about 15 min later and went to the surgery center (that is just around the corner )I got all checked in. Jan left and went home and got the boys off to school. I went into surgery around 7:30. They gave me the sleepy stuff and it seemed like I closed my eyes and boom I was being told to wake up. I got back home around 10. Jan went and got my pain medicine. I have 2 different ones. One for cramps and one for just pain. The cramps are regular cramps x 10. I am going to stay home tomorrow also since they want me to take it easy for 24 hours after. I pretty much slept most of the day. I am hoping I can sleep the rest of the night. I will take my pain meds and I should be in slumber land around 10.

April 7th has it!!!

The center is booked for the 14th. We will just have to have it the 7th and who can come will be there who cant wont.

We need to pick a time for it to start and give it an end time. Do we want the pot luck please let me know so I can make some phone calls to the Aunts!!

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR .....

Mom's birthday!! We were going to do it the 7th of April, but I herd that "That's Easter weekend" Ok so does any one have a problem with the 14th of April???? Need to know and fast!! The time span for a birthday party is closing in!! Also do we just want cake or do we want to do a pot luck or what? Please let me know. I am so done party planning it isn't even funny!!

Going Under the Knife!!

Tuesday the 27th I am going to have a DNC and a Endometrial Ablation done. I go in at 6am surgery is at 7 I should be done by 8 or 830. Jan is going to take me and stay with me for a bit. I am sure all will be good!! The doctor said that after this I should either have no periods (YEA) or just a day or 2. That would be great!! I am hoping this stops what is going on. This month I wasn't bleeding so much heavy as it is the never ending period. It has lasted at least 8 days now. I am almost done but there is still a trace. Not sure which is worse!! Oh and the cramps!! GRRR

On a better note. I got my yearly review yesterday and it was good. They said I am doing a good job. That is always good to hear. It also said I am getting good feed back from all the tenants. They like me they really like me!!

Oh and yes Chris I will be there Sunday. Wine and cheese YUMMO!! not sure I should have a glass of wine but I may have a sip!!

I didnt get to weight in this week. Which was probably good since those margariats were just way to good!!

A fun night of bowling!!

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We had a great time!!

small steps

I weighted in today with dread. After the week I had and the food I have eaten I was worried. Well ... I lost .8 pounds so I am now at 51.8 pounds. I was happy that I didn't gain.

Hey girls looking forward to Saturday. What time are we going to start where are we meeting what all are we doing? Jen what time does the bowling start? Who all will be joining us?

The Results are in!!

Ok I answer my phone at work today and to my surprise it is my Dr. Ok my heart drops to my toes. This must be serious since he is calling me himself and not having the nurse do it. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH What is he going to tell me!!!

He says I have your results and you are no longer in Menopause. (ok how is this possible I thought once you are in it you are there for life!!) I also have cyst and a thickening of my urterin wall . I have to see a GYN to see if they want to do a biopsy or something else. He also mentioned endometritis There was a word before that word just cant remember what he said. By this time my head is swimming so I now have a Dr appointment on the 19th with a GYN to see what they want to do next.

Welcome to my mixed up weird life!!

I am getting closer

I have now lost 50.8 pounds!! I am so excited. I am hoping I make my 60 pounds lost by the 26th of March. Wish me luck!! If I don't well I will make it in the next session. It starts on the 2nd of April. I am shooting to be at my ultimate goal by the end of this yea.

I laid on the bed looked down I CAN SEE MY FEET!! YEA!!!

Lonley!!!

Here I sit all broken hearted
cant get a date because I FARTED!!

Ok maybe that isn't quite true but I am just very lonely!!

I got a nice complement today. I ran into a lady that works in my building and she said MAN YOU HAVE LOST A GOB OF WEIGHT!!

Hope everyone is have a good weekend.

SKINNY!! -------FAT!!!

Yesterday I went shopping and I was able to buy a 1X shirt I was SO excited!!

I came home and tried them on. Quentin was in there and says MOM you SO SKINNY in those shirts. (I was in my undies at the time)

He then pops off with but your legs are still FAT!!!

Out of the mouth's of babe's hehehe

(PS keep making plans for girls night out in comments on this one)

Everyone who wants to go have fun Bowling on Saturday the 17th come on and join us. Let us know as soon as possible so we can get reservations!!

Wow what a fun night!!

Mitzi made it in Friday night in all that nasty that we had. She is very brave!! Friday night we had a glass of wine and played domino's with the boys it was a nice time. Saturday we went shopping at the Great Mall it was a good time. We did a little (lot) of shopping and had some lunch. Saturday evening Christy came up and we headed to Manny's a VERY good Mexican restaurant. We had dinner and some margaritas that were very good. From there we went to the Plaza. We decided to valet park our car because there was no parking. The guy CUTE!! any way on to the fun.. We wanted to go to the VIP room to see the movie but it was all sold out so we decided to just go see the movie. OMG you must go see Music and Lyrics it was a great movie. LOVED IT!! I never really noticed how sexy Hugh Grant is. I want a man like that. After the movie we were going to have some chocolate at the Melting Pot but guess what once again NO PARKING!! so we opted to try somewhere else. We came back to my place and picked up my car so Chris wouldn't have to come all the way back here. We went to the Elephant Bar and had some dessert. Christy picked a Mud Pie I have never seen anything so BIG made from ice cream and very VERY GOOD. Mitzi had the Cheese Cake HUGE piece also and very tasty. I picked a cake with hot fudge and raspberry compote VERY good also. Then we parted ways at 11:30. It was a great time. We should do that again Chris but this time make reservations for the VIP room. Hey when is your spring break at school??

Today we will veg and probably get some lunch before we go see the Pirates of the Jellybeaner. At the Martin City Melodrama. Paula and Matt will be joining us today. I am looking forward to it. It was nice to have some fun this weekend. I really missed seeing Mitzi and we are enjoying each others company.

We'll have fun fun fun!!

Mitzi is coming to town tomorrow I am so excited!! We have a fun weekend planned. We are going to go out Saturday night and have some Mexican food then see a movie and do some chocolate at the melting pot. Sunday we are taking the kids to the Martin City Melodrama. Then Monday I have the day off and I will relax and enjoy. Hope everyone else is planning a fun weekend..

My weekend will start off with a party at Christy's friend Megan.. should be interesting!!

I HATE SNOW!!!

Ok why must it snow again. I thought that stupid rat didn't see his shadow!!! I guess Gary Sleestack was right we were going to have several snow events. I am so not looking forward to driving in this crap tomorrow.

On a brighter side I have once again lost some weight. I am now at 46.2 pounds. My goal is to make my total loss at least 60 pounds by the 26th of March. That will be the end of my 12 weeks with this session.

I can feel my hips!!!

I weighted in on Monday afternoon thinking OH MAN I ate my share of that Ooey Gooey Brownie thingey and that don't and some popcorn.. AHHHHHHHHH well I lost 4.2 pounds which brings my total todate as 43.6 pounds. Just think if I hadn't ate all that bad (good tasting chocolate slice of heaven hehehe) stuff how much more would I have lost. You some times you just have to be bad!! Hope everyone has a good week!!

Oh yes the to boney things that are sticking off of me are my hips .. can you beleive it I can feel them and it is good!!!

Basketball, Airport and a Shim

Saturday started like every Saturday has for the last 2 months. The boys basketball games. McKinley's team won. He put the ball up 2 or 3 times but just quite didn't make a basket. Quentin was just to funny ... His team will never pass to him, but he got a rebound and was going to try to make a shot!!! When a member from the other team fouled! So the ref says Blue 3 2 free throw shots!! The color drains out of his face when he realizes this is him and the words of HO MAN!!! Come out of his mouth. He didn't make either basket but he tried very hard. His team lost, not his fault they were beat by several points.

After the games we came home and cleaned house for a bit then we went to the airport to pick up Mandy. McKinley was so excited that her plane was there that he started to run past the guard at the closed in area. The mans says hey there little fella your going to get your self in trouble. So he retreated.. Then I am looking around and Mandy is almost in front of me before I see her. She stops in the the rest room and we are waiting I see this young girl go by with buck teeth and she had a diamond on each tooth NOW WHY WOULD YOU DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT YUCK!!! Anyway we get her bags and head home.

Jenny comes over and Mandy Jen & I go to dinner at American Band Stand. While we are waiting on our food Jen goes OH MY hehehe a SHIM walks by it has a real bad wig, a silver velour skirt black stockings spike heels, a black shell shirt with flecks of gray. I think there was stubble on its face also.. What a way to end the night!!! hehehe The food was good and the dessert was great!! Thanks Mandy I had a great time. It was nice to go out and have some conversation that doesn't contain the word Pokemon, Power Rangers or Yuigo or how ever you spell it.

What a week!!!

Ok I am about to go nuts at work. We are closing one garage and having to move 22 Doctors into another garage that has no room. So we made room... Yes I lost my spot in the garage. I now have to like the common folk and go to the top of the garage.. It isn't all that bad but I have to ride an elevator 2 times a day in freezing cold weather and hope to god that it doesn't break down. How ever I have a direct connect to Karl our man from KONE. I warned him if I ever get stuck he better have either a drink or a valium ready for me when he gets me out of there!!! hehehe.. Any way back to the Doctors that are very whinny. Oh and the office managers who think they are much more important then they are. I drive a Jag cant I have a parking space on an end so I don't get door dinged!! wahhhhhh .. .drive a different car if you don't want a door ding oh and by the way don't go to a store either!!! blah blah blah... Ok so we found the spots in the garage for these Doctors. I had to program 24 garage door openers then make up 20 something names laminate them then tape them to the wall in the freezing cold garage. Ok enough griping!!!

Oh and I have now lost 39.4 pounds YEA!!!

Snap crackle Pop

Ok getting older is for the birds!!! I woke up Monday morning with a horrible pain in my back and front. It went from my shoulder blade to my boob like is someone shot me it was straight through. On top of that I had the period from HELL. I started my mentalpause a few months back so I thought I was through with all of that. I have never had one like I did on this one. Anyway, I was in so much pain by Tuesday that I went to the Dr. I have a muscle spasm. The Dr. Put me on pain pills and some muscle relaxer's and said stay away from stress (yea right has ever met me???) Today I am still in pain and my right had was tingling and kind of numb. I know call the Dr. But I haven't I am going to play the wait game. If it happens again tomorrow I will call him back.

The boys got to go skating tonight with the school ( I sat there in PAIN!!) then we had to go to the store so I could get stuff to make Chili. We have a Chili supper tomorrow night at school. The only busy week I have had in ages and I have to be in SO MUCH PAIN!!

Did I mention that I am hurting...hehehe

On a different note I gained .4 pounds I know that isn't a lot but it made me mad.I am sure it had to do with the period from hell

Ok I am off of here the pain pills are starting to work and I am sleepy

YEA ME!!!

I have not lost 37.6 pounds!!! WOO HOO I have set a new goal for my next 12 weeks of 30 more pounds. I am going to work hard to hit that goal. They opened the fitness center at our Apartment complex this week so we are going to start going there tomorrow when I get home. I am looking forward to that.. Hope it helps

I didn't gain!!

I started back to weight watchers on Monday. I had lost 4.8 pounds over the holidays. Not as good as I would of liked but hey I didn't gain, so I am now at 34.8 for a total.

Last night we celebrated Quentin's birthday at Red Lobster. We did it last night because tonight was going to be a cold soggy one with the possibility of ice. Anyway, we had a good dinner. and our waiter was a bit of eye candy. That didn't hurt hehehe. The waiter bought Quentin a dessert because they no longer give out cake but just ice cream and Q was wanting the cake. Told him that he didn't have to do that but that was very nice of him. Jan went with us said the guy and I was flirting with each other. Hey I still got it!! hehehe

Well have good weekend if you can hope we don't get this crud they are calling for.

Jan. 2007 AHHHHHH

Can you believe that we are starting a new year already. It seems like just yesterday we rang in 2006. New Years was uneventful. Hope everyone had a good one. McKinley and I ran in the New Year with sparkling grape juice in fancy glasses. He thought that was cool. Quentin spent the night at Matt's (Paula's son). I think he had a good time.

Once again I went to the Dr. I have a sinus infection. I think it is getting better now. I don't feel like my head is going to explode.

I start weighing back in at Weight Watchers on Monday. I cant wait to see my progress again. It will be another 12 week session. I'm hoping to loose another 30 pounds. I so want to get my weight off. I would love to see the 100's instead of the 200's. It has been years since that has happened. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I am hoping fun and exciting things are in store for me this year. I need a change of pace that is on the positive side. It is time to start a new page in my book of life!!