Betsi, I'm so glad that you got the tickets and have a date to see your kiddos! I know you will enjoy yourself so much! But, will you please to go the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa and Monet's paintings for me, pretty please. I want to visit the Louvre so much, but probably never will.

Lindsey, so sorry you are feeling badly. Hopefully it will be short lived!

Diana, I know you love having snow. We had a few flakes on Sunday too, but only for about 5 minutes! LOL! I hope the trailer works out for you. Gary and I lived in a trailer for a while also when we were first married. It's cramped, but not bad.

Janet, your renters sound so wonderful. We have very good renters in our house too. They want to buy our house and we will sell it to them if they are ever able to get enough credit to buy it. I don't think that will happen though, the wife now has breast cancer and I think this is a reoccurrence, so that is not good. It is very sad.

Judy, we use belly bands for our boys when we travel. They don't like them, they act like they have been beaten when we put them on. LOL! Our boys both mark, even though they have a doggie door and can go in and out at will, day or night - they still tinkle in places in the house. But I have tile or wood and it doesn't hurt either so I am resigned to just wiping it up.

Sandy, I'm glad you had the CT scan. I know you are worried about what might be the matter. At least you've had the test and it won't be much longer and you will find out what is going on or that nothing is going on. I'm glad the kidney stone hasn't bothered you any more.

Sandy, along with you, I'll be glad when you get all your results to know what you're dealing with so you can get better. I don't want you feeling bad.

My boys are so use to belly bands because the wear them all the time. I just tell them we need to change the belly bands and they'll turn around so I can change them...lol

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I'm on my way to Shreveport to shop a bit and have lunch with my Valentine. I hope you all have a sweet day:smlove2::1luvu:

Happy V-day! I am feeling much better today. Scott made me some chicken noodle soup and I napped on the couch last night before going to bed. I am feeling much better today!

I don't think we have any plans for today. We might order some KFC for supper tonight so I don't have to cook. Scott brought home flowers on Friday for me so I think that counts as his Valentine's Day gift!

I had brunch with my mom and my valentine ;) this morning after my valentine went to the doctor. Brunch was nice. The restaurant gave us a chocolate truffle for dessert. My valentine got me two little bird figurines, a blue bird and a cardinal. They are so adorable!

Lindsey, I may pick up some fried chicken on my way home tonight. NOT a dinner we eat very often, but I wont have time (or energy to cook tonight) and it IS valentine's day after all!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!!! Glen, Dean, and I ate Mexican at a local restaurant this afternoon. Tonight I'm going to the girls' basketball game because Karley (one of the twins) is being crowned Sports Royalty. I'm not sure how it works anymore but I'm excited for her!!! Plus getting to watch her play is always fun....even if I don't understand all of the rules......Gayle, I need you here tonight!!! So that takes care of our Valentine's plans!!! I guess I'll just have to cook another night!!!

Glen and Dae Lynn drove over last night to look at the mobile home and it was in really rough shape. The floor was weak and the walls weren't good. He said that it had been treated very poorly in the past so it's not anything that we're interested in. I guess the ad said that it was in "good" shape!!! Ugh!!!

Sandy, I hope you hear good news on all of your tests. I'm sure your health is a big worry for you!! Hugs!!

It's too bad the ad for the mobile home was exagerated. Don't know why people just can't be truthful. Hopefully something will come along so they can have their own place to live. I get the impression Glenn really doesn't want him to move in with you guys, so I hope a place is found before he is released.



Today I had to go to town to the County Clerks office to get a copy of our marriage license. Seems, even though he's been on my insurance policy for 10 years, they want proof we are married now. Duh!!! Such a hassle. They needed a copy of the license and a bill or something that comes with both our names, address and a date showing within 60 days of when it's suppose to be rec'd be the insurance co. I also had to send a copy of Ricky's birth certificate and a form that had to be downloaded from the insurance site. Then I went directly to the post office and mailed it along with a couple other envelopes.

Also had to go to the bank. The attorney in Florida sent the check for the sale of Mom's place and another for a prorated bill so I needed to get them in the bank. Don't like having that kind of money in the house...makes me nervous...lol.

I also sat and went through all of Mom's files to make sure things were in order so when the time comes to settle everything in April, all the "i"s" are dotted and "T's" are crossed. Nothing too strenuous.

Good job of taking care of yourself, Janet. I'm glad something is working and you feel a little better. Cool that you get a massage at PT, lol! I mostly do bending and weight lifting to strengthen my thighs. I have 2 1/2 weeks left, then I go back to the doctor. I think I still may have to have surgery when we get back from France.

Mike gave me a Valentine card this morning, then we went to Shreveport for lunch. He had looked for a special place for us to go online, and found a great, quiet place called Wine Country Bistro. He wouldn't tell me where we were going:rolleyes: The food was delicious, but we didn't have any wine, lol!

Gayle, I promise I will go to the Louvre for you:D Michael says that there is a museum (I forgot the name) across from the Louvre that houses more of the famous paintings. I want to go there, too. He also said the top floor of the Louvre was Napoleon's apartment. I can't believe I actually get to go! I keep telling myself that I don't have to do everything at once because as long as my babies are there, I WILL be going back!!

Betsi you know we're going to live vicariously through you for your trip right? Hope you can take lots and lots of pictures. I know I'll never make it there. You have got to be sooooo excited.

Today is physical therapy, tomorrow is the injection Dr. Not sure if I'll get an injection or not, just have to wait and see what the Dr. thinks after his evaluation. Took my last of the prednisone yesterday.

Janet, I'm glad you will see the injection doctor tomorrow. If he agrees that injections may help you, I think it needs to start right away, since you've finished the prednisone.

They usually don't do the injection the same day as it is normally done in an outpatient surgery site and needs to be scheduled. Also, if you take any aspirin or advil or other drugs that increase bleeding, they usually take you off those for 4-7 days prior to the injection so that there will be less chance of any bleeding at the site.

I am running around like a crazy women right now. I think I forgot to tell you all that Gary and I are going to Kansas City this weekend, Friday-Monday. Diana, you won't be in KC this weekend, will ya? LOL! Gary's sister who lives up there is the director of a casino charity event Saturday night. Gary's 2 sisters from Oklahoma City are going up to help her. They called us about a month ago to ask if we wanted to go and not tell his sister who lives there, that Gary is coming, so he could surprise her. Of course he wanted to go, so of course I have to go too. I love his sisters and am looking forward to going, but it's hard being gone from school - I'm pretty busy right now. And packing for a 5 day trip with Gary and his drugstore and medical supply house is a real chore. I think I have everything under control, but who really knows. We are leaving tomorrow afternoon about 5:00 when I get out of class. We'll drive to Oklahoma City (6 hours) and then ride to KC on Friday with his sisters. We'll come back to OK City on Monday and I don't know if I'll feel like driving on home to Austin or not - we'll see. If not, we'll drive home Tuesday morning. One other variable in this mix is that we are having a dog sitter come stay with the boys (she stayed with them in Sept when we went to Colorado), so that means my house and especially her room, has to be perfectly neat and clean when we leave. I don't ever leave my house a mess when we leave for a trip, but neither do I have to make sure everything is perfectly tidy and clean before we leave. :rolleyes:

How are you going to KC? Do you take I-35 from OKC to KC? If so then I could meet you in Wichita sometime for......like supper.......My Tahoe has to go into the shop on Friday morning but I could probably borrow Dae Lynn's car. Or I could drive up to KC on Saturday or something. I'll have to make sure that I don't have anything else going on then. Let me know what's going on!! Either way it's about the same drive for me. KC's a little bit further but not much!! Sounds like fun!!!!

I don't know how we are going to KC from OKC?? :o We will be with Gary's sister so I'm not sure they would want to stop along the way. The charity event is Saturday, and we are supposed to decorate for it and get things ready during the day Sat. I'm sorry to say I don't have a clue what time or where we will be on Saturday :(. I'm so clueless!!! I may find out on Friday and I could let you know, but since my whereabouts are so sketchy, it might be hard to plan anything definite. I would love to see you but I'm not sure how to make it work.

Oh I hope you guys can meet in person and share pictures with us!!!

I made Scott buy a lottery ticket today.

Two weeks ago, we went to a comedy show. I have been to many, MANY of those comedy shows at the same comedy club. I have filled out every comment card and have never won. That was Scott's first show, he filled out a comment card, and won 4 free tickets to the show we went to last weekend.

I have been a "VIP" member of a local radio station for oh about 7 years. I enter contests constantly. Last week I decided I should sent a request to Scott so we'd have double the chance of winning. He entered two contests that day, and today he got a call that he won. So on Friday, we are going to the pre-grand opening of a new pub downtown - it's invite-only. The actual grand opening is at 8 pm, but the radio station is hosting a pre-party from 5-8. Two of the big names from our CFL football team will be there, so my friends are super jealous that I get to meet them! We also get free appetizers and two free drinks each.

Soooo yeah Scott bought a lottery ticket on our way home today lol. Fingers crossed! :D

Good Luck, Lindsey!!!

Gayle, when you get an idea of what's going on you can call me and we'll see what we can work out. If I can find someone to teach my Sunday School class on Sunday then I can drive up on Sunday. I'll pm you my phone number just in case you don't have it. Hopefully we'll get something worked out!!!

Well we made it to Ok City, but we are not going on to Kansas City. Gary's asthma is just too bad for us to go on to KC. We are worried about being so far from home if he gets in trouble. We are going to spend the weekend in OKC to visit Gary's sons and grandsons, if he does OK today, if not, we'll just head back home. I'm sorry we won't get to meet this weekend ,Diana. We'll be back to KC I'm sure, and we'll make better and earlier plans.

I was thinking that with all you had going on that this might be better if we waited until next time. So sorry to hear that Gary's not doing well with his breathing. We'll definitely make plans for another time!!!

Karlie had a kindergarten program last night. They sang songs and did little dances!! It was so cute!! Dae Lynn stood at the side to take videos so Karlie saw me and I saw her wave to me!! You can always see their face light up when they've spotted the person who is there to watch them. I always felt that for that reason it was important to always be at the kids' programs or what ever they had going on!!

Of course.....Karlie had to do things that none of the other kids were doing!! At one point she completely ducked behind the people in front of her......and later she stood on some bar that made her a head taller than those that were on her row. Everyone else stood pretty good!!! I will say that she did sing out well......while the others mumbled around.....and she re-sang the songs to us on the way home!!! Cute!!

Glen's headed to a foot doctor this morning. His heel still causes him problems and he has problems walking. I think that he's just being impatient but he wants to know for sure. He did have problems with his heel once and the doctor made a pad to go in his shoes so maybe that's flared up again with his broken heel. I hope he gets some relief because I get tired of him complaining!! Then he has an eye appointment later today......this is definitely Glen's health check day!! I think that soon he's going to schedule an appointment for a hearing aid. He needs one so badly.

Well, the Tahoe's in the shop!! We had new tires put on recently and they must have broken a tire monitor because we've had a message showing up.....Glen's tried to reset it but it won't reset......also something with my 4-wheel drive is wrong and we're getting a message on that as well. Glen talke to the repairman and it may just be the buttons for the 4-wheel drive which he said will be fairly easy to fix. So....I'm without a vehicle.....unless I really have to have something then I'll borrow Amy or Dae Lynn's cars. I hope it's back by Monday!!!

We've been potty training Dean. Not real seriously but he's really caught on and goes almost everytime you take him.....then he gets a small piece of candy for going. This morning I was at the other end of the house when I heard the toilet flush!!! Then Dean came running in......Naked.......saying "Poppy....Poppy.....Tandy.....Tandy!!" That's the first time that he's taken himself!!! He's turned into a candy monster lately so I'd guess the candy bribery is working!!! He'll be two on March 5!!!

Diana, I know we can get together another time. We are having a good time with Garys kids. His breathing is OK but not good. We are going to stay tonight but probably go home tomorrow.

Gayle, sorry Gary is feeling bad! The weather is so crummy..warm and humid one day and rainy and cool the next. It's hard when you really want to go do something but you have to come home because you just don't feel like it. *sigh*

Mike had a colonoscopy today and all was well:) Now he needs a cardiac check up, and we'll have all his bases covered before we leave for Paris. He is supposed to get a knee replacement when we get back. I am going next Friday for an upper and lower GI. Mike's doc reminded me today that I should have had one at 50...I'm 54. I hate the first of the year trying to reach our deductible on doc visits and meds. Mike's medicine is sooo expensive, but I'm thankful for the crummy insurance that we do have:rolleyes:

Dae Lynn has gone in to visit Damon at the jail so I have the kids. Being on the computer while watching the kids just doesn't jive so I'm going to have to get off. The kids have been in the office while Glen's been in there and so he's growling and I need to run interference!!! I hate mornings like this!!!

Oh....I got my Tahoe back last night!! Yay!! It still says that the tire monitor needs to be fixed so it will probably need to go back.

Amy's family came over last night and Jaci and Nate and we all ate pizza and played with the Wii. The dance things are really kinda' fun!! Then Jaci, Nate, Glen, and I played Spades. Nate loves to play cards and is always bugging Jaci to call us to play!! We love playing too! Anyway, Glen and I were partners last night and we lost.....TWICE!!! Not too good but it was a lot of fun and laughing!!! They are such a fun couple to be around!!!

Sorry your morning hasn't been exactly the greatest Diana. How long is Dae Lynn gone for when she goes to visit Damon? Hopefully not too long and you can salvage the rest of your Saturday.

I'm so glad your family gets along so well and enjoy being together. You make it sound so wonderful!

I hope Gary is feeling better, Gayle. Betsi...Paris!!! It is so beautiful, and you get to see the children. I can't believe poor Mike needs a knee replacement on tip of everything else!

Diana, you are so busy with the kids! How about a quick video of Dean? He sounds so adorable!! I'm glad you got your car back.

Janet, how are you feeling? How are the treatments working? Has the doctor said anything new? I am praying.

I have been running around. The weather has been so warm that I can get out, which is not normal up here in the winter. I was talking to somebody and we both were laughing because all of the chores we stored up for winter are not getting done! I am not cleaning out closets when I am not snowed in in February! I am getting things done, but slowly. Truth is, if I never do them, life will go on! I just hate clutter.

I love the gym; should go today! I think I am going to Jessie's to visit, and then have a new pottery workshop tonight. I may skip Jessie's and do some glazing of some pieces I already finished. I can bring them to put in the kiln. I am also learning to make wire wrapped jewelry. It is so easy! I don't know if I a going to really get involved in this though. Unless I can sell them, how many earrings do I need? It costs money for the beads and the wire. I also have to write something for Tuesday, for my writing workshop. You would think I was an artist! I enjoy doing all of these things, but have no plans to make a living from any of it.

I am on 2 dating sites, and have gotten a lot of emails, flirts, winks, and so on. Jessie took some really nice pix of me. Nobody has peaked my interest yet, but I think this may take some time until Mr. Right comes along.

Brandon (my 10 year old grandson) is being a real pain in the neck, although we are not sure what, if anything is wrong with him. Jessie is going nuts from him! He has internal hives, and had one epiode where his throat began to close up. They have an epipen now. He has terrible stomach aches all of the time recently, won't go to school, and won't sleep without Jessie. She is ready to pull her hair out! She has taken him for all kinds of tests. She is really good about that. Until she knows if there is anything wrong physically, she is afraid to really put her foot down and put an end to this behavior. She has made arrangements with his teacher for him to go to school only in the mornings, when the academics are done. I hope he goes and stays all day soon. We will just have to wait for all of the test results to come back.

You are one busy lady Judy!!! My goodness you're making me tired and I haven't done a thing all day...lol. When you get some jewelry made I would sure love to see some. I've got more than I know what to do with since I have all of Mom's besides mine, but I love looking at jewelry.

That was nice that Jessie took some good pictures for the dating sites. I know how you would like to share things with a partner so I do hope someone wonderful comes along.

It sounds like Brandon feels just horrible. The Drs don't have any idea what's going on yet? That poor guy, he's probably being a pain in the neck because he feels so bad. I hope they get him feeling better quickly.

Really haven't done anything today except a couple loads of laundry. Mostly sat in the recliner trying to sync my iPad to computer. I have my pictures all in nice folders on the computer, but they came on the iPad in a mess. Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth it.

Judy, you are so busy with stuff that sounds so fun!!

Poor Brandon.....I hope they find out what is causing his problems. My granddaughter, Kera, had been having trouble with her stomach and the dr. thought that it was an ulcer......well, a c/t scan was done the other day and they found out that her problem can be solved by using a stool softner!!! Amy said that she has been feeling sooo much better!! I hope that Brandon's problem is that easy to fix!!

Good luck on your dating sites!!! It sounds like an interesting way to meet men but a little scary too. Please be careful!!

Dae Lynn didn't have to go to work today so she's been home and taking care of sick kids. Karlie's been sick all weekend with a fever. She perked up last night and we thought that she was over it but it came back and now Dean's got it too. Poor little guy.....he just lays around sleeping. He'll perk up after he's had some Tylenol but not for long. Dae Lynn called the dr.'s office and found out that this is lasting 5 to 6 days!! That tells me what I'm going to be doing this week!!

Oh my! Not a good week for you, Diana!

I am busy! I really have been very lazy since I retired in 2007. I don't know what happened, but I like going out, being active, and meeting new people lately. Well, whatever the reason, I sure am both surprised and having fun!

The online dating thing is nice, but you are right Diana. It can be a bit scary. I have had a couple of people contact me who sounded a little off to me. Some of my deal breakers are if they are legally separated, not divorced yet, live too far away to meet in person (I'm not sitting here chatting with a stranger about who knows what!), if they have never been married, look rough and tough, and, if I don't think they are at all cute.

Sounds like some pretty good guidelines, Judy. You can't be too careful. There are so many crackpots out there!!

Well, Karlie is better but she can't go to school for 24 hours after running a fever so she's home and driving me crazy!!! Dean's still not well but is much better than yesterday. With Karlie being more active Dean's following suit so he's not just laying around today.....but is driving Grandma crazy too!! I'm glad that they're better. Yesterday they were both so sick and Dean finally got sick to his stomach but at least it wasn't something that we dealt a lot with. I just hope that this doesn't spread to adults too!! I don't care to have it!!

......Had to take a break because Dean came and crawled up on my lap. His temp is up to 102.7 so I gave him some Tylenol. Poor little guy!! And Karlie just took her temp and hers is back up to 100. I may have her again tomorrow. Guess I better get off of here because I have a little guy that needs held!!

It's horrible when little ones are sick. I'm glad that you can be there for them and give them the comfort they need. Hope they start feeling better soon and that no one else comes down with it.

I had a pretty busy day. We are getting a new metal roof put on, so my day started with lots of noise, lol! Our roof was in terrible shape. I've been waiting for a good hailstorm to damage it so the insurance would pay for part of it, but noooo!!! Then I had to call Direct TV to move my dish, and they said they can't come until the 28th:eek: The roofers have to take it down tomorrow. I'm sorry, but if Mike has to go without TV for a week, this is not going to be a happy place:rolleyes:

I also took Kirby to be groomed, little Layni to the vet, then physical therapy for me. Tomorrow I'm keeping my great niece, Landrie for a while. That will be fun!

So far today I've gone to physical therapy, spoke on the phone with a friend and then printed out the installation instructions for a stove. The oven at my mom's quit working and it was going to cost a fortune to fix it so we used the rental house money and bought one like Mom had (just a newer model since she bought hers in '98) for $314. It's only a 20 inch but Mom wanted more cabinets and less stove...lol The stove top still works so it should be in on the 28th and Rick will install it.

Not planning on doing much else today. I go tomorrow to the spine Dr again. I'm so sick of all this. If the injection on March 2nd doesn't help I'm not sure what I'll do.

Betsi, you sounds soooo busy!!! I hope you get your TV up and going soon!! I can't imagine how grouchy Mike would be without it!! Have fun with your great neice!!

Janet, I hope your therapy works for you!! How nice that you were able to find a nice replacement stove.

Well.......today I have Dae Lynn AND the kids home sick!!! The kids are still running fevers and Dae Lynn is home with a sore throat........and grumpiness!!!! Dean is whiney.....which he does for mostly Dae Lynn's benefit!! I'll be glad when all of this is over!!! I guess the schools are being hit really hard right now with sickness.

I was going to go shopping today to get away but I really have things to do so I decided to stay home instead. I bought some tomato seeds a few days ago and I think that I may try to start some. It seems a little early to me but Glen said to go ahead and try it.

Last night I went to Karley and Kiley's last basketball game that they'll play much in. I enjoyed it.....still wish that I understood the game more!! It was nice to get out of the house for awhile.

We have the Alley tonight and I'll need to be there in case a lot of the helpers are sick. I have a feeling that the attendance will be down in the kids as well. I think that if Dae Lynn's home again tomorrow that I may go shopping then. If I go then I won't have to worry about being home by a certain time. I sooooo need some time away from home!!! Maybe I should call Marva........

Hi Guys, sorry I've been MIA. It's been such a hectic week after our weekend in OK. I've been so busy at work and Gary is having a terrible time at night with his asthma, so neither of us is getting much sleep. I'm so tired, I just want to cry like a little kid. I think he's a bit better this evening, so maybe he's turned the corner. I don't know how many more all nighters I can pull.

Oh My Goodness. You all are so busy with so many things. Betsy hope all goes well with the TV. Janet I hope you are feeling better soon. Diana I hope your home front gets to feeling better and you get that shopping trip. Gina I hope you can get rested.
I did my normal routine, Get up go to work come home do some work around the house and work on my genealogy (sp) I have gone all the way back to Wales in the 1500's on my fathers side and to Ireland 1600's on my mothers side. So i guess I have some blarney in me. LOL. Going to Wisconsin this weekend with my youngest daughter to visit with my hubby. His company is putting us up in a hotel and we have passes to go to Chula Vista indoor waterpark at the Dells. Hoping the weather is good for the drive there and back.

YAY! we tried some avoidance strategies of things that might be aggravating gary's asthma, AND, he started back on Prednisone. VOILA, he slept all night and is breathing much better this morning!!! YAY!

I'm getting my hair cut after work, which is two weeks overdue, so I look pretty shaggy. I have class today but have a guest speaker for half the class so it should be pretty easy. I'm looking forward to a better day.

So glad you and Gary were able to sleep better last night. I hope you both feel more rested.

With our hair cut short, you can sure tell when we are overdue can't you. I try to schedule mine before I leave the salon and usually schedule every 4 - 5 weeks. Depends on the time of year and if I got it cut on a new moon, sometimes I forget to check.

Glad that Gary is feeling better Gayle.

Have a good time, Linda.

Diana, I hope the kids are feeling better.

Janet, how is your neck?

I went into town with my friends today. I am getting a rental car in the morning.
I will, hopefully, not need it past Monday!

The kids are sleeping over tomorrow night. Mackenzie doesn't want to come. She has play rehearsals and some essays to write. This is why you must enjoy children and or grandchildren every second you are with them. They grow up, and do not want to hang out with Grandma so much anymore! She is a sweetie though, and this is the natural way of things.

My neck is doing okay I think. Went to the spine Dr today and he said I could try driving the bus, but if it hurt, I was to call him and he would get me off work immediately. I'd only have to drive 4 days (starting Monday), but next Friday I'll be off for the injection and also the week after.

You know Judy, I'm beginning to really dislike the natural way of things. I'm having a really hard time with Ricky planning to move out soon. I don't let on to him, but this is gonna be a hard one.

Your kids and grandkids do outgrow you. But then you get to have a relationship with the adult that they become, and that's neat too!

I have listened to banging on my roof and a power saw cutting metal for 2 days, and I am about ready to scream, lol! So tonight I am doing the prep for my colonoscopy tomorrow. My day just gets better and better:rolleyes:

Lord Betsi, what a day. I really feel for you on both counts, the noise and the prep. I was a real whiny baby during my prep, I hope yours goes better.

I got all of the liquid down... and it's working:p

Oh my! :eek: don't forget the vaseline! :D

I'll have to catch up on the posts later. I'm still dealing with sick kids.....mostly Dean. He wants held ALL the time.....and Karlie is bored so I'm about to lose my mind this morning!!!! I'm meeting a friend for lunch and I can't tell you how ready I am to go!!! Amy's going to come over and watch the kids for awhile for me!! Yay!!! I can't tell you how thin my patience is getting today!! I've had them ALL week!!!

I called Jaci and we MAY go to some flea markets tomorrow. I may just go ahead and go even if she can't go with me. I'm going to get away from the kids!! I need to!!