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10/27/06

I can't belive it's been 1yr since surgery and 4mths since I've updated. I'm doing good. I'm down to 156 - which was my goal so that's 115# gone. I still want to lose 10-15# more but I need to exercise more to get that off. I still stick to the routine and stay within the limits. I have cheated - I will admit that. My husband bought me cheesecake for my birthday and I ate it. It was good but I only ate about 5 bites. Afterwards it made me sleepy but not sick. I'm down from a size 24 to a 12 (some 10's just depends on who makes them) and I went from a size 2xl shirt to a small & medium. I look like a total different person and feel wonderful.

6/15/06

Boy it's been almost two motths since I updated. Time flies when your having fun, I quess. Well I'm down to 176. So 5 more lbs and I'll be at the 100# mark. Whoo Hoo!!!! Everybody keeps saying I'm going to fly away that I'm so skinny. Then I tell them I've got 25-30lbs more to lose and then they say I'm crazy!!!! Haven't had any problems. I can tell I can eat more but then there are times I take a few bites and I'm full. I don't get it. I still watch what I eat and I've cut down on my popcorn night snack, boo hoo!! But it wasn't doing me any good. I've gotten on a watermelon & strawberry kick now. Can't get enough. Work is keeping me busy. Having to learn a new job and it's going to take up alot of my free time I use to have. Guess I need to ask for a raise now, HAHA! Right!! Hope everyone is doing fine. Hi ANGEL, I'll miss you but keep in touch!!

4/20/06 Wow! It's been a while since I updated. I've been doing good. I'm still at 190 and getting in lots of protein but I've got on a popcorn kick and I need to get off of it. I know it's slowing me down. I need to snack on better things or I'll be back where I was. Well since my last update I had to rush my son to the ER to have stitches put in his eyebrow. He fell at school on a table and busted it open. That was scary but he did very well for a 7yr old. He never cried when they were giving him shots to numb it or when putting them in. I have two more weeks till my 6mth check up with my surgeon. I went and had my blood work done and all is well except my Iron it's at 11% and should be 15% - 30%. That's probaly why I've been so tired, irratiable and dizzy. Need to get that up. Other than that I've been great. I need to also up my exercise. Hopefully when soccer is over I can do that. But I'm at soccer games or practice everyday except Wednesday and Sunday. Hope you have a good week.

3/2/06 Today was not a good day. My father n law passed away at the age of 69. He was fighting lung & brain cancer. He was a very good man and my family and I will miss him dearly. Love ya Pops!!!

3/3/06 - Heading towards Mississippi to Visitation of my Father-N-Law. It's tonight from 4pm - 8:30pm. My husband seems to be taking it ok. I mean we were expecting it anyday but it's still a shock when you get told he's passed. Visitation was long - My feet hurt from standing. He had a lot of trucker friends show up - that was nice. After visitation we went to my brother n law's house to eat. Afterwards we went to his neighbor's house. Boy what a house. His garage is carpeted and has nice pictures hanging in there. He has beautiful furniture through out the house and a huge Grand Piano that plays by computer. He's 75 yrs old but he acted like he was 40. He flirted with the ladies that was there. He danced for us, that was funny. He was having a good time. When he would sit down I would wipe his head and he would pant like a dog. It was cute! We left there about 2am but he cheered us all up.

3/4/06 - Today was the funeral. They played When I get where I belong, I believe by Brad Pasiley and Dolly - I cried my heart out and so did everyone else. It was a sad day for us all. But he's in a better place now and not in any pain and I'm sure he's telling GOD alot of trucker jokes. He was good at that. Went back to brother n law's house to eat and change clothes. Once again we headed to the neighbors house. Actually the guys did the girls stayed behind and talked.

3/5/06 - Took the kids to see Pink Panther - It was alright - but my son loved it. Got a call around 6:30pm that my brother n law and his neighbor was in a car wreck. My husband arrived there and brother was bruised up and has a broken hand. His neighbor did not make it - He passed away at the scene. Another sad day - I know I just met him but he was such a nice guy. He was like a 2nd father to my brother. He is so devestated. What an awful weekend!!

3/8/06 - Finally back at work and sick. My MIL has the flu, my nephew has the flu, my husband has a really bad sore throat and I think I have a sinus infection. If it's not one thing it's another. Paper was piled a mile high on my desk. I don't think I'll ever get caught up. I'm so tired. I didn't eat very good over the weekend. I did have 2 dumping episodes. The first was from eating a blueberry donut. I only ate 1/2 of a 1/2 but that's all it took. The next was from very buttery popcorn at the movies. I told my mom next time I come down I will bring my protein shakes. I'm not eating like that again. I did weigh myself this morning and I did make it to onederland - I weighed 197. So I'm proud of that. I don't know how with the eating I did this weekend, but I'll take it.

3/29/06 - Well I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 191 - yippie!!!! That's a total loss of 80lbs so far - I have upped my protein and fluid intake so that maybe helping me. I haven't had time to really exercise with both my kids in soccer we have practice and games everyday except Wednesday's (which is church night) and Sunday. So I am running everywhere but to the GYM!!! My MIL came down to visit last Thursday until Tomorrow. It's been nice having her around. She said it's so quiet at her house since my FIL died and she just don't know what to do now that he's not there. So it did her some good to get away. Heck she had dinner ready when we got home and even did my laundry. It was nice for me to be able to sit on the couch and relax when I got home instead of having to rush to do dinner and clean. I've been doing good no problems. I'm loving the way I'm beginning to look in clothes. I'm in a 16 but they are getting a little loose. I bought my Easter dress already. Found it at Walmart on the Clearance rack. It's a brown skirt with a lace hem on the bottom and a green shirt with sequence around it. It's cute and I got them both for $6. Actually when I checked out the skirt rang up for $8 and the shirt rang up for $7 - she had a price check done and she said somebody just started marking things $3 instead of the correct price but they honored what was on there. Yeah for me!!!! Have a good day!!

1/6/06 - Well once again it's been a while since I updated. So far as of today I have lost 51 pounds from 271 to 220. I feel great except for being so sleepy in the evenings. If I sit down and be still for more than 15mins I'm out for the evening. I made a resolution to take my vitamins everyday instead of just once in a while when I thought about them. I'm thinking maybe this is why I'm dragging. I'm glad the holidays are over. I really enjoy them but it seems like it will take me till March to get caught up money wise. I hate that!! I received 2 $40 gift cards from Kohl's for Christmas. I think I'll hold on to them until March or April and get some cute Spring clothes. Thanks Mom & Shannon- I have gone from a sz 22 to 18's and some 16's depending on how it's made. I've gone from a 2x top to XL - My husband asked the other day where my butt went? I told him I didn't care as long as it was gone!! We went out to eat the other night and I ordered Catfish (i'd been craving this) and when they brought out our plates my 4yr old told the waitress that she brought her mommy too much food. Her exact response was "That's too much food for mommy, she can't eat like she use to but that's ok she'll give it to daddy or we can take it home, right mommy?" I just smiled and said yes and thank you. I'm sure the waitress was wondering what she was talking about. And she's gotten to where when I sit down for dinner she ask Are you going to eat all that mommy? She's so worried about what I eat and how much. I don't know exactly what to say to her. I'm hoping she just grows out of it, soon!! I know it's kind of late but Happy New Year to all - I know it will be a good New Year for me. Hi Angel - I'm sure your looking good and I hope your feeling good - Keep up the good job!!

1/17/06 - Well I can't believe I weighed myself last night and it showed 211- woo hoo!!! So since New Year's I've dropped 9 lbs. It feels good and I'm looking so much better. A lady at church thought I had been sick cause she hasn't seen me in about a month but I just told her I was watching what I was eating and I've dropped around 50#. She told me I looked great and she was glad I hadn't been sick. I thought that was funny. I really need to take my pictures but my camera doesn't take good ones and right now I can't afford to get a new one. Maybe I'll take some at my mom's house and download onto my picture website and do it that way. My husband says I look good, but he misses my big round butt! It's sort of getting flat now. Oh well he wasn't the one carrying it around. I've started on some protein shakes that I like. I've been adding fresh fruit or yogurt to them and they taste pretty good. I didn't like the chocolate one but the strawberry and vanilla are good. I can't think of the brand. It's some samples that I picked up at our local health store. My kids think they are shakes and have been taking my cup away from me. Anyway, Everything seems to be going good with me - Hope things are well with you all!

1/30/06 - Well I guess I'm at a stall - I haven't loss anything but my clothes do fit looser. Dummy me didn't take my measurements when I had surgery and I wish I had. I am losing alot of hair though. It's kind of scary when you wash your hair and then look down and the drain is covered or you brush and dry your hair and you swear you could make a wig out of what just fell out. I don't think I'll be bald but I know it is going to be very fine. I thought about getting it cut short and maybe it wouldn't be as bad. But I've always had long thick hair so I'm scared to cut it short. Everyone says I'm looking good, but you know how you look in the mirror and all you see is the fat person. My husband told me I was getting shape. He said before you were the same size from your shoulders down, now I see curves. That sort of made me feel good. I'm not good at taken compliments. Not much to update on - been taken my vits and drinking my water and trying to get in a lot of protein thats about it.

Going to a seminar on August 26th with Dr.Gibbs office

Received Letter from Dr. Gibbs nurse Carrie that she has sent a letter to my insurance company on Sept.15th - Now I'm waiting to see and hoping I get approved!

9/19/05 - I'm Approved!! - Kay said she could get me in on the 29th of August but that's too soon, I don't have anything ready so she said Carrie would call me on the 21st with an October date - OMG - Thats only a month or less - I'm so excitied!!!!

9/26/05 - Got a Date!! October 12th will be my new birth day - Actually that's only 3 days after my real one! I'm scared and excited at the same time. My dad is worried, he says he know a person that did this last year and has been sick since. He didn't think I weighed as much as I do. I was like, "Do you know how much I weigh?" And he was like yeah, probally around 200, I wish is what I told him, I said it's more like 275 - Thats close to 300 - too close and I need to stop it NOW! So maybe he understands better now ---

9/28/05 - I sit here today at work and read alot of profiles and the message board- I have alot of what if's- I saw a profile where one of our members had her wls at the same hospital I'm going to but with a different DR and she passed away from complications. I'm scared now - I'm I doing the right thing? I'm I being selfish for wanting to feel better and look better? Everytime I think about my kids I cry, I want them to have their mother for a very long time.

9/30 - Getting ready for the weekend. Me and the kids are going to my Mom's in Memphis. Her work (Smuckers) is having their company picnic. We go every year. The kids love it and so do I. Been going since I was little (age wise that is). It's at Putt-Putt this year so my son is so excitied that he gets to do the go-carts and me too, I'm going to race him. Also we play Bingo for lots of nice prizes, so I'm looking forward to that. Still counting down the days - 13 more to go - whoo hooo!!!! Still haven't bought my vitamins - but I will look in Memphis this weekend and see what they have. It's hard to find anything in a small town like I live in- Have a Good Weekend!!!!!

10/4 - What a week already and it's only Tuesday. My son is sick with a 102 temp and last night at work my husbands right hand got smashed with an 2000lb machine. It crushed his ring finger and tore the skin off of it. The dr stitched it and wants to watch it over the next week. If it looks like the blood is going thru it he will let it go, if not the will have to cut it where the bone is crushed. My boss asked if I stepped on a black cat because I've had to do something everyday. My son had to come to work with me on Monday - I don't have anyone to watch him. Good thing I have my own little office and he can stay in here on the floor with a blanket and sleep. I'm praying for the Lord to take care of us and watch over my family. I need it! Talked to a lady at Bunko last night. I noticed she had been losing weight over the last few months and someone asked her what she was doing to lose it. She said she had WLS and had lost 62lbs in 3 1/2 mths. WOW! I asked her afterwards about protein shakes and she said she found a good one and will call me with the name, she couldn't remember it. She said she hasn't been exercising like she should. I told her about this website and she said it sounded great and she was going to come take a look. I told her this was a great tool for me and could probally help her out with any questions she might have.

10/10 - Well, Yesterday was my 35th birthday and it was great. My kids made homemade cards and gave me flowers, My mom gave me some money which I will save for a new smaller outfit and my dh parents tooks us to the casino and we had the buffet dinner with shrimp, catfish & steak and my last piece of cheesecake for now. My father-n-law won $800 from the casino in free playing money so he gave us some to play on- My husband did well and we brought home $150 which is good because we went with nothing.

It was a good weekend and now I'm waiting for Wednesday to come because that's the day of my surgery. Scared still but excited - I'm ready to be healthier and able to walk without huffiing and puffing. Tommorow will be pre-op testing from noon till 4pm - I can't believe it's this close - time has flown by.

10/11 - Ok, Tomorrow is the big day! Today is my last day at work until next week. I'm going to try and come back 1/2 days for a little bit and work my way into full days. I'm so excited I can't wait for the new me but neverous too! I know I have a excellent surgeon and I trust him and put my faith in God to watch over me and guide my surgeons hands. Thanks to all who posted on my surgery board it has given me strength and wisdom. See ya soon on the losing side.

10/12 - Surgery Day!!! - Everything went well - Got to hospital at 8:30am and was in pre-op until 10:10. Everyone there was great and encourging. They had a hard time finding veins to put my IV in but after alot of tapping on my wrist they found one. The nurse there named Billy was really great and funny. His mom had this surgery last year and he said she was like a wild woman now. Doing things he never thought she would be doing. At 3:30 I was sort of awake and remember them moving me to my room. I shared a room with a lady named Cindy who also had the surgery several months ago but was back in due to a spot on her kidney. She and her husband gave me alot of encourging words and helped me thru the day. The first time I got up was around 11pm to use the rest room and I thought did he do the surgery because I feel great so in the bathroom I raised my gown and sure enough there were bandages there. Must be the pain killers working good on me. Off to bed I went.

10/13 - Husband and kids showed up to check on me and had lots of phone calls. My work sent a beautiful arrangement, that was so nice. Went down the hall to meet Angel. I had met her at the pre-op testing and our surgery dates were the same day. Went to her room and she was still sleeping so I walked the halls myself. Wasn't feeling any pain. It felt more like some threw a bowling ball into my stomach. But it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. At 10am I was to get some ice chips. At 10:05 my roommate said if you want ice chips you better call and get them. So I called and they brought them right away. There was a LPN there forgot his name but he had the surgery 10yrs ago and was doing great. Also 3 nurses on that floor also had the surgery so I felt in good hands. Walked with my daughter down the hall and walked with Angel and her husband a little that afternoon. Boy those ice chips were the greatest!!!

10/14- Broth for breakfast. Tasted like steak, HA!HA! but better than nothing. Up and moving down the halls at 6:30am squeaking everywhere I went. Dr. came in around 8:30 said everything was looking good and I was doing great and I could go home after lunch! Whoo Hooo!!! Husband and daughter showed up and I walked the halls agian to try and pass time. Still no pain just sorness. Ate a little broth and jello and the nurse came in and let me go. Went to say by to Angel and she had already left - She didn't say bye :-( !

10/15 & 10/16 - At home with the kids, husband had to work 12hrs both days. They drove me crazy. All I wanted to do was sleep and all they wanted to do was wreck the house. Made snow cones with crystal lite and it was pretty good. Didn't do much of nothing but lay on couch. I did do a few loads of laundry just to get up and move but thats it.

10/17 - Went with husband to get stictches out of his hand. That was a long trip. He stopped for coffee and I got a SF Cappicuino and when I got to the Dr. Office I had the worst upset stomach, hot flashes, chills and pain in my stomach. I thought this is dumping and that cappicuino was supposed to be Sugar Free. No more of that for me! UGH!! Well we sat at the Dr. office from 9:30 till 11:45 - I was so tired. I did go to Taco Bell and get some beans and it seemed to settle my stomach and they were awsome!

10/18 - Back at work - don't think I'll stay all day - I feel alright I'm still tired and my stomach is sore when I sit straight up for a long time.

10/24 - Gosh, It's been a week since I updated! I've been at work since the 18th and been doing great. Haven't had any problems. The only problem I've had it deciding to take that "one more bite". It hurt bad for about 15min and stopped! Ok, Learned my lesson the hard way. Work has been great. It's getting colder so it is slowing down. So this winter will go by so slow with hardly anything to do. Having a tough time drinking all my water. I seem to get down about 32-40oz and that's it. I sip all day long, I just can't do it! I'm trying. I've been buying 32oz ice cups from Sonic in the morning and afternoon and eating that during the day. I love their ice and it gives me something to chew on. Food wise I've been good. Staying with the soft foods although DH did make Liver & Onions yesterday and I ate some. He cooked it all day so it was really tender. I took little, bitty bites and chewed well. It was good! and went down well! DH was so sweet yesterday. He works odd days so he was off but since surgery I've gotten behind on washing clothes. Well yesterday he washed all the clothes and hung them up where they belong, whooo hooo! And cooked dinner what a great guy!! That helped alot. I was able to switch the summer clothes out for the winter clothes and get it all put away without having to wash other clothes are cook dinner. Got to see my grandson Sunday. Seems like every time I hold him he goes to sleep. Am I that boring?? or does he just like my soft belly? (ha!ha!)

So far I've lost 20lbs and I couldn't believe that so I took a bag of 10lb potatos and weighed it on the scale. Sure enough it said 10lbs. So I guess I have lost 20lbs. Not bad, but I can't tell a difference in my clothes yet. Waiting for that WOW moment.

10/31 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Well it's pouring down raining and I can hear my kids(even though I'm at work and they are at school) just crying because it's storming. We won't be doing a lot of trick or treating tonight. I have an appt. with my surgeon tomorrow for a 3 week check up. The last time I weighed myself was last monday so I'm going to wait and see what he says. I feel great - Like I keep telling my husband - I'm not sure he did anything. I did notice on my insurance's website that my bill was around $36,000 - It said pending payment approval so I'm waiting to see what all they pay. ugh!!!!!! Anyway - Saturday I took my kids to a Haunted House that our local Sonic was putting on - My 4 & 7 year old went thru there like it was spongebob & barbie in there. I was up front and screamed a few times from people jumping out in front of me when it was pitch black. They both laughed at me. I asked my 4yr if she was scared and she said NO I've seen worse! What did she mean by that. She hasn't watched any scary movies or anything - My son wanted to go agian but not me - I was ready to get home. Early we went to a Halloween Carnival in town and played games to win prizes. The money of this goes to Relay for Life - American Cancer Association. My kids wanted me to bake brownies so I did. I let them cook longer then they should have and they were kind of hard (which I'm glad they were or I would have been eating them). My son loved them - My daughter asked when were they going to get soft? ROFL - What a girl!

11/1/05 - I guess you can say I had a WOW moment today. I took out a pair of pants that were very tight last time I wore them. Today I put them on with ease. No sucking in. I was so excitied. My husband said "pretty soon you'll be throwing weight". When we met I was 150lbs and he would always throw me over his shoulders and spin me around or throw me on the couch or bed. This is what he means by that. My daughter (age 4) this morning told me I was gettting pretty and she liked what I had on. My son said (age 7) ditto to that mom! That made my day even brighter - better than the pants fitting. Kids sure know how to make you feel good. Well today I go for a check up - I still havent weighed myself but I asked the husband what he thought I had lost and he said maybe 35lbs - I was like yeah, right I wish - I told him I thought maybe 25 but we will see today and I'll post who won tomorrow!!

11/2/05 - And the Winner is - ME of course!!! The doc says I have lost 21.5 pds in 3wks - Good Job!! He also said my Vit. D was low so he gave me a precription to get filled and take 3x a wk for 6wks - YUK! But everything else was fine and my incisions have healed very nicely- He said in another month I wont be able to notice them. My husband said I had a smiley face on my stomach.

It does look weird when I look in the mirror! Hi Angel if your reading this - Congrats on your weight loss too! We will have to get together in the next few months and do lunch or something - so I call ya! Have a good Day!!!

11/11/05 - Boy, Time sure does fly - It's been over a week since I posted. My Supervisor is gone this week so I'm doing payroll and my job and I've been bussssssy!! I did weigh myself last night and it showed a loss of 30lbs. Whoo Hoo ! My clothes are getting looser and I'm liking that. I'm still not able to get all my protein in or water - I'm trying I just can't do it. I have found out that I don't dump on anything sweet. I had 1/2 an oreo the other night and it didn't bother me - I had a bite size almond joy one night and it didn't bother me. OH well - I have to learn to stay away from them, NOW!!! My husband did find my favorite ice cream in sugar free. It's Blue Bunny Turtle Sundae - It's so good and he even agreed the SF kind was alright. WOW! Maybe there is hope for him.

Not much to say, Waiting for work to be over so I can go to Memphis to visit my mom this weekend- Dropping off Boy Scout Popcorn that my son was selling. Have a Good Week End!

11/22/05 - Well it's been a while again, but I've lost a total of 37pds so far. I've got some pictures I need to put up but haven't had time to do it. I'm still working on getting my water & protein in but other than that I'm fine. My husband fixed dinner the other night and he knows I love spinich so he fixed some. I ate some and it came back up. Oh Boy what a feeling. It's very hard to chew spinich well but I tried - well it didn't work. I threw up my dinner and after that I didn't want anything else. I just sipped on water. I never want to feel that way again. That was worse than the 1st time. UGGGH! I do have a terrible taste in my mouth and just nothing taste good. I'm hoping this goes away. Thanksgiving is in 2 days - Well I know I'm going to eat turkey/ham but I want to try some dressing but only if it's moist. I don't really care about anything else besides some cranberry sauce with the dressing. Hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving. I'll be travling to Memphis to see our folks. My husband is thinking about moving back there so that he can be closer to his father. He has 3 brain tumors and suffers from lung cancer so he wants to be close by. They use to live here but moved to be closer to a hospital and other family members. I sort of want to move back to be closer to my family, but we would be moving away from our grandson. Money would be better for us so I don't know for sure what I want to do. HI Angel. Your doing great. After Christmas, like end of Januarary or Febrauary let's get together, it should be time to by some new clothes by then.

12/9/05

Boy, Time sure flys when your having fun! Whatever - I've been working and trying to get Christmas shopping done along with cooking and cleaning and running here or there. This week a good friend passed away. He was loved by all he came in contact with. My daughter thought the world of him and so did I. His name was David Gachot and he was a local police officer for our city. He also headed up the Car Seat Safety Program along with KidsPrint and he was also a volunteer fire fighter. He was only 38 and died suddenly - they think it was pneuminoa(sp). He left behind his wife and 3 kids. The whole town is in shock and saddened. My daughter would always run to him when she saw him and he would just hug her tight and call her "beautiful and his little princess" but he made all the kids feel this way and most of the parents too! His 4yr old son his in my daughters class. They are always calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend. At Thanksgiving Lunch at their school we were in front of them and they both kept kissing each other on the check and saying I love you. We thought it was so cute. That was the last time that I really spoke to David. I did pass him in the hallway with a hello or smile while my daughter was hanging off his leg of giving him a high five. We sent him a get well card two days before he passed and we said a prayer over the card and for his family. Two days later I had to tell my daughter that he died and she said no, he couldn't have - we gave him that get well card it was to make him better. I just cried. I didn't know what to tell her. So I just hugged her and said he was real sick and God wanted him to be in heaven so that's where is he is and he's alot better up there. It's hard to explain death to a 4yr old. I took her to visitation and he's wife and daughter gave her a big hug and told her that he loved the card and that he loved her and they did too! I think the whole town was at the funeral - well at least 1000 people was there. They said during the ulogy that he would never write a ticket for speeding or running a stop sign, instead he would offer kind words and tell stories of what could happen if you continued doing it. That's just the type of guy he was. I will miss him dearly. In other items - I've lost 4lbs since last time I've updated. I'm down to 230. And it's been nice to put on pants with out having to feel like I'm putting on panty hose. You know what I mean. Pulling the pants up, squating, reaching in the back and shoving your big butt into them and laying down to button them up. Now I just pull them on and button. No jumping or pushing or stretching. Yeah! But they are getting a little big so I need to buy a size smaller - but then I'd probaly be back to the pushing and shoving game. Anyway Have a good weekend.

12/20/05 - Well I weighed myself today and I'm down 5lbs - yeah!!!! I feel great and everyone keeps saying I look great. I really don't see that yet but hey I'll take the compliments. My company had a Christmas Party on the 16th in Cape Girardeau, MO. Anyone from out of town (like me) got a free room and free breakfast so we went to have some couple time. It was great. They had it at the country club and they had an open bar for everyone. Boy my husband took advantage of that. He surprised me with a glass of wine - I only took about 4 sips and put it down. It just didn't taste good to me. So I stuck to my water. They served us Clam Chowder, Salad and Filet Migion(sp) with twice baked potato. I had a small portion of my steak and a few bites of potato and was full. My husband was happy because he got 2 steaks and 2 potatoes. The guy across from us looked at his wife and she was like "what" - He said you going to eat all your steak - she said well yes, and he was like well ok it's not fair, his wife gave her's up to him. I told him that we had a late lunch and I really wasn't that hungry. He took that for an answer as to why I didn't eat alot. Anyway we had a great time. We had to drive to Memphis right after that for my dh family get together. My father in law isn't doing to good right now. He has brain tumors and having seziures with them. He also has lung cancer for the past 2 yrs that he has been battleing. Keep him in your prayers for us. My daughter had her Christmas program last night at pre-school. They sang a couple of Christmas songs and she was the loudest one. I was so proud of her. Everyone after the program said she did so good belting out the songs. She was proud of herself too! She was like MOM I did great! Didn't I?? I was like you were wonderful and MeMe will be proud of you too when she sees the tape. Well I'm thru Christmas shopping, all I need to do is get stocking stuffers. I'm so glad. I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christ-mas and a Happy New Year. Angel see ya next year!!