Saw this on Best Friends. I'm sorry Gary has to go on to dialysis. It's not always a fun thing. Was doing peritoneal not an option for Gary? Mom had to do what Gary will be doing when she had the cath removed. She did not like it, because she was just exhausted afterwards. I know there were a lot of people there when Mom was. She had fluid overload once in awhile too and we would just have to adjust the fluid for her overnight. Going to a center will be easier, just inconvenient. Mom wanted nothing to do with inconvenience...lolol. She did hers while she slept.

When will Gary start? I will pray that it all goes well for him and that he'll be feeling better in no time. I'll be praying for you too my dear friend.

That's an idea! If Gary hates going for dialysis, can he do it at home?

Yes Judy, I think he can do dialysis at home.

The balloon pump comes out about mid morning today, then he'll have to lie flat for a few more hours. They say he should be out of bed by dinner time. YAY!

He's getting a little squirrelly being in ICU so long. There is always something going on, always lights, beeps and bells. People who have to be here several days usually begin to hallucinate a bit, see or hear things that are not there. I think when he can get up and around a bit, the better he will be. Still don't know when they will start dialysis though.

Another Gary update. They are going to place a catheter in his chest tomorrow morning for dialysis access. Then they will start with a 2 hour treatment in the afternoon. On thurs they'll do a 3 hour treatment and then go up to 4 hours on Friday, if all goes well. After that he will go to dialysis three times a week. I'm sure hoping we can get out of this danged hospital by the weekend or early next week!

I do hope that all of this helps Gary to feel better. Dialysis is a big step but a must-do for his health. You're so good to keep on top of everything with Gary!! Will you take care of me when I get old and have problems? LOL

Well......we had an interesting development last night!! Amy works with all of the kids at the Alley and hugs so many of them.......and now she's got head lice!!! She was itching so bad and had some others check her but she came over last night for me to look.......and sure enough there they were! The girls have it too and they're NOT happy about it. So.....we're all feeling itchy now!!! I told Dae Lynn that I would feel better if we were all treated but she hesitated with Dean. But.....in talking to Glen this morning we have some of the Diatomaceous earth stuff that he had bought.....in checking on the internet Dae Lynn found out that it can be used to treat head lice!! So we're trying it. There are different grades of the stuff and Glen has a food grade quality so there's no risk to people. So we're all treating our hair with the stuff!!! And the girls are going to be taking some to the garden for the squash bugs. Also, the quality that we have is such that we don't have to worry about breathing it either. Glen sells grain that is organic and where he sells it to uses it to control insects around the plant and in the grain. Very interesting.

My Brother, Delaine, just called and is wanting to come out this afternoon. I wonder what this is about? I'm not looking forward to it. My brother's on drugs and has a drugy girlfriend that I REALLY don't like so I haven't had much contact with him lately. I guess we'll see!!

Gayle I hope dialysis works out for Gary and it's not too inconvenient. I'm sure it would be nice if he can do it at home!

Diana, I feel badly for your family having to deal with lice now!!! I'm lucky I never had it even as a kid when it was going through school. I remember the health nurse would come in and teach us about lice and then comb through our hair and inspect our scalps. I would just be PRAYING that they wouldn't find lice in my hair! Not only because it would be lice, but mostly because it would be so embarassing in front of everyone!!

I had my shower and stagette this weekend. On our way home we picked up my friend Stacey and she decided to buy our supper halfway home as we drove through a city, so we went to a drive through at Burger King. I don't like Burger King to begin with, but she was buying so I said sure! We both ended up with food poisoning that night. We both had a chicken sandwich while Scott had chicken nugget things... he was fine. Stacey and I were both up all night, as I found out the next day at my shower. I fought my way through the day and the night and was feeling quite a bit better near the end of Sunday. Monday I felt fine until we were driving home in the evening. This morning I've been feeling queasy again, but who knows if it's from that or anything else!

So yes, back to the shower and stagette. The shower was great and I got so many awesome gifts!! We didn't play anything too embarassing lol. My best friend (matron of honor) came over earlier in the day to ask me some questions. It turns out she asked me the same questions in 1999!!! Who knew they'd come in handy?? LOL! So at the shower everyone got these sheets and had to fill out information about me, and give themselves points if that answers were right. Then, just for fun, she would read my answers from 1999!!!! Lol! So right now, what I want to be "when I grow up" is what I do now, an engineering designer. However, when I was 15 years old in 1999, I thought I could get through life just fine being "Josh Hartnett's wife" hahahaah... he is an actor I used to love! My friend gave me a nice printed picture of him from some teen magazine as she read out the answer. I also learned I had "considerably more hobbies" when I was 15 lol!

That night, we went to the bar in my town and it was pretty much dead lol. There were only 4 of us for most of the night. I was feeling quite sick still so we didn't do much but sit around and talk! The girls have decided they want to have a do-over here in my city maybe next month.

Sunday we headed out to the lake when all of the company left. We didn't do much that night because we were so exhausted! Monday we spent most of the day on the boat and I have a terrible sunburn on my face from it! I was freezing so I didn't really think of the sun being so strong, but we were on the water so it makes sense. Scott and I bought caught one fish (well I had another but it broke my line just as my dad grabbed it from the water!).

Now I am needing another weekend because I feel like I've had no time to relax!

Head lice is just something that can happen when you're around kids. I personally give each of my kids a BIG hug every Sunday when they leave my Sunday school class......and I know that 2 little girls have a problem at home with it......always so I know that it's always a possibility. Amy works with the same kids. We don't actually know that we have it but are treating ourselves anyway. We spend a lot of time with Amy and the girls and they hug on Dean a lot so it's just a precaution. I have had it before and I just feel crawly with it.

Food poisioning? Wow.....that's a bad break!! Was your meat undercoked? Did you have mayonaise on your sandwich? We ate at Red Lobster once when the girls and I were out for the weekend once. Dae Lynn and Amy ate the same thing and they both woke up in the night really, really sick. It ended up ruining our weekend because they were so sick. That had to be what it was because no one else got sick and they both got sick at about the same time. They had shrimp. That is such a bummer that you didn't feel good during your shower......but I'm glad that otherwise it was fun.

I hope you didn't get any sun burn stripes anywhere on your body.....because that will make tan lines and you don't want that with your wedding dress. Good thing that the wedding isn't soon......you'll have time to get over the redness......you'll have to be more careful!!!

Mike left for the ranch yesterday, so I have a week to myself. Of course he calls about 3 times a day to let me know he's ok, so I really don't have time to miss him, lol! I haven't got much accomplished, so I need to get with it.

I spent a couple of days last week just riding around with my friend Jan, and we had the top down on my car. We wore tank tops so we could tan. Judy, I WISH I could have taken my top off, I would do it in a heartbeat as long as nobody could see, lolol!!

A whole week to myself sounds like so much fun!! I hope you enjoy it!! I'd love to be there with you to drive around as well!!! Cool!!!!

A week to yourself....sounds wonderful. :)

Yep Betsi, I bet you have a great time.

We had a busy time here at the hospital this morning. They took Gary to another floor to a shower room with a chair. It's the first time he had been out of bed since last Fri, so he was very weak, but he did really good. He was able to transfer from bed to wheelchair and then when we got to the shower room, there was a toilet inside, so he sat on the toilet and had a bowel movement (he's been on the bedpan since last Fri -wouldn't he just DIE if he knew I told you that. LOL!). Then he transferred to the shower chair, did his shower himself, and then transferred back to the wheelchair. Needless to say, he is passed out asleep back in his room now, but he sure feels a lot better after a good shower and head scrubbing.

His procedure to place the catheter is at 3:00 and they will do dialysis after that. He will have to stay in ICU at least till tomorrow, and maybe till Fri. It just depends how he does with dialysis. The plan is to have cardiac rehab get him up and around tomorrow and through the weekend and then get him out of the hospital the first of next week. His cardiologist would like him to go to a rehab center for a week of rehab, but he probably won't go for that. We'll see.

Diana, there was mayonnaise on the sandwich. The meat was cooked well (I checked that with my first bite!) so it must have been the mayonnaise. I don't even like mayo and I normally order things without it if I know it comes with it! But I didn't know, because I never eat at Burger King.

Luckily my face was all that burned! I was wearing a hoodie with the hood up , and sunglasses on. I do have a sunglass tan now! You can't see it too badly when I wear makeup so it should be easy to keep covered until it evens out lol! Luckily there was no tan on my neck or my hands lol! The rest of me was well covered in a bunch of other sweaters, and a sleeping Kash :D It was his first boat ride!

Gayle, what sort of rehab would Gary do in a rehab centre? Would it be just to get him up and moving?

Whew! Lindsey, I'm glad your tan is easily managed! I know you will be spectacularly beautiful, no matter what.

The rehab will just be to get him stronger, just walking, showering and the like. He had not been doing much of anything for a few weeks before he came into the hospital so he is very debilitated now. He just needs to get his strength back.

Gayle, I hope Gary is doing better tonight. That has to be hard on you too.
I am keeping you all in my prayers.

He is doing better tonight. They pulled off a lot of fluid from the dialysis so he should feel better soon. He had some trouble breathing this evening, but I think that is resolved.

That's good to hear. I'm sure Gary feels better with the fluid off. I hope that he's able to get his strength back quickly and get back home. I'm sure he's very weak after being in bed for several days.

Gayle, make sure you're taking care of yourself. Start drinking some Ensure and carry some granola bars or something like that with you. Thanks so much for the updates on Gary. Just remember that Gayle is important too!!!


We had our last Alley with the kids tonight. It's our last for a couple of months. We went to a park and played the Mass Organized Chaos game!! It's so crazy!! Everyone has a card that tells them something to do......like find three friends and play leapfrog.......or pretend to make a phone call with your shoe......or get shaving cream on you and give someone a hug!! There's lots of shaving cream, water, bananas, and other things!! Even the adults are part of the game so......yes, I ended up with shaving cream all over.....I did miss out on the water part because I was in charge of the camera......taking a video of what was going on and also the kids had to come to me and act like a monkey while eating a banana!! It was a perfect evening for doing it and I had a blast!!

So glad Gary is feeling better and they got so much fluid off. Has anyone from PT been in to exercise his arms and legs? Praying for you both and wish I could be there with you.

Diana...you always have so much fun doing the craziest things with the kids. I don't think I've been anywhere even as a kid that did what you all do. I'm glad you have such a great time.

Hi All! Gary is making progress! He got up in the chair for about an hour and a half. He was really tired but he did good. They got off another 2 liters today. His abdomen is still pretty distended, but it should go down in time. He gets his IV stopped tomorrow and gets to move to a regular room.

Yes Janet cardiac came by today and gave him some chair exercises to do. They will probably get him up to walk tomorrow. He's finally making progress!

Yay!! I'm so glad! Doing the chair exercises will help build him up. Mom would always refuse unless I was with her and made her do them.

Janet, we do have fun!! Glen and I have both tried to be fun when we were raising our kids and now it's our kids who are fun.......and we tag along. The game we played is just that Chaos!!! There's nothing like having a kid come up with shaving cream all over him and he wants a hug!!! Cool!!

Also, in the Alley skit I played an old woman who continually was harassed by some young kids. I loved it!! On the last skit I took three other older women (my Mom was one) and we got the skit kits back with silly string, wet toilet paper balls, and a squirt gun.....that had LOTS of water (I had that one!!) The kids loved it and we got them as well!!

Karley and Kiley go to Wichita tonight to run one of their races. Glen and I aren't going. I would love to but Glen's busy working and we have other things going on.

I worked on the hosta beds yesterday and was so sore that I didn't sleep well last night and took ibuprophen first thing this morning. In a little while I'm going to Jaci's and we're going to plant a few hostas in her yard. She's really gotten into flowers and planting things. I'm planning on spending some of the day at her house.

I went to the pee dr. this morning and they did this test where they fill my bladder up and make me cough to see about leakage. Looks like I have to have that mesh thing put in to hold my bladder up. Not really looking forward to it. Once the dr. gets the results then they will call me with the details.

I have to go to a funeral viewing this evening. Our neighbor (my husband's life long friend), his father passed away. I knew him very well and it is just going to be so sad there. His birthday was the day before mine so I always remembered it. He was a very nice man.

Janet, I have some mesh in me. After Jaci was born I had my tubes tied and a few months later I developed a hernia......after a year it came back......it was soooo painful!! Anyway, the doctor put mesh in so it wouldn't happen again. I don't have any problems with it.

Sorry you had to have it done, but it's great you've not experienced any problems. I know I will have it done, this peeing everytime I turn around is getting old. I want to be normal again....well for me anyway...lol.

Yesterday I had such a great time. I drove up to Logansport (about 30-35 minute drive) to my friend Diane's house. From there we went to Kokomo shopping. She is getting ready to go on vacation next month and her son is getting married in September and she was wanting some new clothes. I'm surprised she didn't fall exhausted on the floor. We went to quite a few stores and she tried on soooooooo many clothes. We just had a really great time. We also went out to lunch at the Outback. I really screwed up too...I ate almost a whole bloomin onion myself, ate my tilapia and veggies and drank a really cold beer. I felt fine the rest of the day, but boy this morning.....I feel so stuffed. Don't know why I do that. Seems like if I'm going to pay to go out and eat...I get what I want and suffer later. I'm learning that this feeling is not of my liking and it's just not worth it in the end. I had finally broke 240 and weighed 239, now...I'm back up to 242...what a dummy I was. Hopefully I will remember how I feel this morning and not let that happen again.

I had such a busy weekend!

On Saturday we got the flower girls measured for their dresses, and did tons of shopping! We had them help us pick out some kid toys at the dollar store for some kids' activity baskets at the wedding :) We got little plastic maracas, feather boas, animal masks, some coloring books and crayons, and we have some glow bracelets at home for them too!

After we dropped the kids off at home, we went to the mall for some power shopping lol! We had two hours on the parking meter and managed to get gifts for the bridesmaids, flower girls, groomsmen, a little tux for our ring bearer, and a gift for another friend's wedding in a couple of weeks!

Then we stopped at a spa for another set of gifts for our MC's (two female friends of ours, about my age)

There was one more stop for our wedding cake topper and thank-you cards for my bridal shower, and then we decided we had another hour to spare, so we test drove some vehicles :) We were not interested in the Buick Enclave anymore but the salesman had one at a "great price" so we gave it a try. We still love the ride but are unsure about the issues!!! We also test drove a Ford Edge which was more comfortable for me because I feel like the Enclave is gigantic! I'd be more comfortable in the Edge to drive in the city for sure. But at almost the same price, the Enclave has so much more room and luxury. So we'll keep thinking about it!

On Sunday I went through all my shower gifts finally! I wrote all of the thank-you's which took a couple of hours because I tried to make each one personal. It's tough when you're writing 30 of them one after the other! Anyways, then I washed all of the kitchen items and put all of the new towels in the wash. Scott and I spent the evening going through the kitchen, rearranging, and taking out old stuff to throw out or put in next year's garage sale, to make room for all the new stuff!!

I'm proud of you, Lindsey, for taking the time to send thank you notes. It's something that is dying out here. Personally I think that it's a very appropriate thing to do so Good for You!!!

It sure sounds like things are coming along rather quickly!! The wedding will be here before you know it!!

Yesterday afternoon Amy and Dae Lynn planned an afternoon at the river. So they went with the kids, Feyn went with Elijah, and Glen and I went. I went late because I ended up taking a nap with the house being empty!! They swam and cooked foil packs in the coals.....plus smores!! Yum!! It was so nice outside!!

Today, I went and took flowers to the cemetery. I have my Dad, and both sets of grandparents at our city cemetery. It's so hard to believe that they've been gone as long as they have. I miss them all so much and I wish that they could all see the kids and grandkids and how we're doing. I had the greatest grandparents except for one grandpa that I really had no respect for and don't miss. I also have a baby that I miscarried before I had Jaci and it's buried at the old farm house so I also took flowers there. Glen went with me to the cemetery where his parents and grandparents are buried. They had just set a headstone for his parents that looked really nice.

Dae Lynn's with Damon so I have the whole house to myself!! I'm working on laundry.......and in a little bit Reuger's getting a haircut!! I gave Jazzi one on Saturday and she doesn't even look like herself!! I cut her short because she was so matted. Everything was catching in her hair and was making it a mess. I've got a dress on her today and she looks so cute......like a girl again!!

Glen and I went out to eat on Saturday evening at our favorite steakhouse. Our 38th anniversary is on June 1st and since we were dressed up (we went to a wedding) we decided to just go ahead and celebrate. The steaks were yummy!! And then we went to Wal-mart (you always go to Wal-mart if there's one nearby!!!). Oh.....and then we went to Cherry Berry!!! It's an ice cream store!! So good!!! Today......it's back on the diet!!!!

What a nice way to spend your anniversary weekend Diana!

Lindsey, you are always so energetic! The wedding is sooo soon!! Did you post any shower pix yet?

My friends were here for the weekend. Lesa was 50, and her hubby made a big party. It was so much fun. I loved seeing all of my summer friends, and they will be back in a month. The weather has been beautiful, so we have been at the pool. The kids slept over and went swimming too. In fact, I went to the pool today, visited with a couple of people who are still here, and came home before the storm we are having.

I also get to read my Kindle at the pool, which is so relaxing! We have a book club over the summer, and guess which book we are doing first.....

Fifty Shades of Grey!!! It is pornography! It's terribly written, very repetitious, and I would not recommend it to anyone. There are one or two parts of the story line that I do want to know, but I could wait a year or two, and then Google a summary of the book and be just as happy!

I'm also reading "The Night Circus," which I am really enjoying. I have an audiobook on my gps, something like "Before I Go To Sleep," which is okay. I have another one ready on there too. I forget the name.

I have been cleaning out closets for the last two days. I am going to have a booth next month and try to sell as much as I can. I did the 3 closets in my room and then helped Rick go through his clothes in his closet. He's not big on cleaning anything, but did help. We're still not done with it..he has so much stuff stuffed in there it's unbelievable. It's going to take quite some time to get his done.

Tomorrow I'm planning on getting to Ricky's room, but I think I'll run to town first and get a few groceries.

Sounds like you're enjoying the warm weather Judy. So glad your friends are coming back.

Hi everyone! It's so nice to hear what everyone is doing. Today has been a really hard day. I had to talk with one of Gary's long time friends here in Austin. He had not kept in close contact with Gary the past few years, and so he was heartbroken about his death. He was a blubbering mess and so was I. That is just so hard. It just makes me feel so badly and I still feel weak and nauseous. I don't think I could ever have gotten through a funeral. I know the gathering on the 23rd will be hard too, but I think some time passing between now and then will help.

i've been cleaning my house, it is very bad since I was at the hospital so much these past few weeks. I absolutely can't stand to see any medical equipment at all, it makes me so sad. Seeing Gary's things is fine, but medical things, medicine, and the like just sends me over the edge.

Brooke and the girls will be here Friday afternoon and they will stay several days. Bryan and Abi's boyfriend will come Sat/Sun to help sort through some of Gary's tools and things. His shop is a mess since he has not been able to take care of things for such a long time.

I have a kingsize TempurPedic bed that Brooke and Bryan are going to take home with them. My bedroom is kinda small and I don't need a king size bed. Hopefully, we will get lots of things sorted through this weekend.

I'm going to go sit down and watch the NBA basketball playoff game. I need some distraction.

Gayle I'm glad your family is going to be with you and you will be busy for a while.

I'm sure you'll be running into quite a few people in the future that won't know of Gary's passing. It's really hard going over it so many times. You're right that it may be a bit easier on the 23rd, sometimes it helps waiting, sometimes it doesn't. I just pray it's not too hard for you, if it is..let someone know.

Gayle, except for the mattress and Gary's medical things...I do wish you'd wait some time for letting anything else go, including the tools. You may find out that you'll need them sometime. If there are 'doubles' of anything, it would probably be okay to let it go, but you really need to not rush into anything yet. As hard as I know it is, please wait for a little while yet, at least until the fall.

I wish I was there to help you. I wish I would have waited a bit longer instead of being rushed by my brother. There are still some things I think about that I wish I would have kept, but it's too late now. So my advice to anyone is to not rush into going through everything. Take your time.

Today I went to town for a few groceries. I get so upset at how much everything costs. Ricky loves Banquet Popcorn Chicken and now the bag is smaller, weighs less and costs more. I honestly don't know (between gas and groceries) how much more our budget can take. Leaves little for anything else.

I was going to start in on Ricky's room, but I'm just not feeling it today. I feel like my mind is running and I just can't seem to settle down. I want my Mom really bad today...my heart aches and I cry at the least little thing. Glad I'm here by myself so I can just let it all out.

Gayle, I can't imagine how hard this all is for you. I'd be a real basket case. I'm glad that your family is being around.......helping you through this. I'm sure that Gary's memorial service will be hard but you'll have a little while to prepare for it emotionally and maybe by then it won't feel quite so bad. Hugs!!

Janet, you are such a busy person!! I wish that I could clean like you do......but then again you don't have little kids around......to help!! Right!!!

I did get a lot done yesterday and the day before. I cleaned my bathroom completely yesterday which took quite a bit of time......and the day before I worked on laundry and some other cleaning.

Today I have to drive to another town and get some combine parts for Glen. He's getting ready for wheat harvest.

Judy, I hope you have a good time with your friends......and sitting by the pool!! It sounds so relaxing!!

Gayle I can't imagine how hard this all is. I just want to be able to give you a hug!!

Judy, I am not even sure who was taking pictures at the shower! I don't have any though lol. I wish I could be sitting by a pool every day!! It hasn't been that kind of weather though!

It's finally warming up again here. We've had frost the last few nights, and a few rainy days! We're lucky though, there was SNOW in the south of the province on the weekend!!!! I think I will buy some flowers and seeds and do some planting this weekend! I hope the frost is gone for good!

I am going to be really busy in the next few weeks! Only 5 and a half weeks left until the wedding and tons of stuff left to do there! On top of that, we've been keeping busy with training the dogs. Their final obedience class and test is this Monday and I'm sure they will FAIL with flying colors lol!!! Kash just will not lay down on that cold concrete floor, and when I force him into the position, he will not let his little boy bits touch the ground, so his back end is twisted around and legs spread for the world to see lol!! He is supposed to hold the position for 3 minutes but he gets up probably every 30 seconds. Oh well! The floor really is cold lol!

Janet, I completely understand and I agree with you. The only tools I am moving out right now are the huge saws and the like. I won't have a pickup for very long and I need to get them moved now or I will have to ask someone to help me later. These are not things I could ever use, these are professional things like a huge table saw, sander, grinder, band saw, jigsaw, chop saw, and things like that. They need to be given away to Bryan or to other family or sold. I will keep Gary's hand tools, at least some of them.

Today was a better day in some ways. I went to school and thankfully, there weren't a lot of faculty there. Everyone was so kind and so supportive. I got lots of hugs and lots of support. I know there'll be lots more to come. I won't see some faculty till August, so it will be a long time before everyone gives me their condolenscences. There was only one blip. One faculty, had been on vacation and had not yet read her email, so she hadn't read the notice of Gary's death. She came in to my office and asked if he was still in the hospital. That was not easy, but we got through it.

Lindsey, will Kash lay on a rug maybe? I can understand if the floor is cold but maybe a nice rug will help.

Gayle, I'm sure that it's going to be hard for awhile.......meeting people who haven't heard about Gary and having to retell. That will be part of the healing process though......and having people love on you as well.

Yesterday was interesting!! I had to run to another town and get combine parts for Glen. It ended up that I had to pull a trailer because one of the parts was a sickle bar for the combine........it was the width of a combine header!! It still ended up hanging off the end of the trailer.

While I was in this other town I went to some flea markets.......you know it's compensation for helping out!!! I found a lot of stuff I liked but actually bought very little!! Still it was nice to go!!

Then I stopped at Wal-mart because Dae Lynn had a whole big list of things we needed. It ended up that I was gone over 6 hours!! It was nice to NOT have the kids around for awhile!!

Last night we finally got some rain......well, we actually got some the other day but it wasn't much. We got a little over an inch.....YAY!! The corn was really needing it.

OH.......and most importantly.......I got a text message.......and Feyn and Tammy are having a BOY!!! Feyn called later to tell me but I told him that I already knew.......Kiley had sent me a text. He said that they had probably sent out a million of them already!!! I ran into them at Wal[mart and everyone was excited about a boy......and Elijah had a HUGE smile!!! How exciting!!!

Dae Lynn's cleaning at the church today so I have the kids and it's too muddy outside at the moment to play out there. so we'll see how it goes. They may have to go down and play in the basement until things dry out a little. Dae Lynn put training pants on Dean so that means that Grandma has to stay on top of taking him to the bathroom. Bummer!!!.......but I will say he's doing pretty good.........as long as I remember to take him!!! LOL

I had a good day at school today. I had my first class of summer school. My students brought me flowers, cards and lots and lots of hugs. I felt so loved and supported. The girls will all be here tommow. I can hardly wait.

YAY!! I'm back on the forum! It was making me crazy not to be able to post. Thanks so much Janet for getting Admin to fix things for me! You are the BEST:D

Gayle, I'm so glad going back to school wasn't as bad as you thought. I know your family will be glad to get back to you.

I'm getting my house ready for our family reunion next weekend. We have it at the community center here, and there is always quite a crowd. I will have 6 house guests from Houston staying the weekend. It's my cousin Debi and her family, and she's been staying with me during family reunion for years and years. It's kinda fun, but a lot of work.

I picked out new flooring last week. I won't get it installed until I get back from Seattle the end of June, unless I can talk Mike in to getting it done while I'm gone. I would sure love to miss that mess, lol!

Gayle I am glad that you are keeping busy like Janet mentioned do things slowly at your own pace. I don't blame you for getting rid of the medical stuff you don't need those reminders. You have a loving family and your job keeps you busy. In time you will know when your ready to pack and give things away. So happy your students made you feel good yesterday your a good person. :)

Diana congratulations on the great news of a future grandson :) When is she due ? Happy Anniversary too!

I am not always on so it will take me time to read what everyone is up to. So if I leave anything important out forgive me lol

I mentioned on FB in the Best Friends forum that I am having an eye problem. I had a procedure done two weeks ago called cryogenics . I was bleeding in my retina and this procedure is done to stop the bleeding, actually they froze the retina. I go back to retinal dr next Wed. wish me luck. He did tell me I may have to do it two more times it is suppose to shrink the tumor and stop the bleeding. I have a few blood vessels that formed a knot in my eye. I cannot stay on line to long for my eyes get tired and I have floaters and the screen makes it more visible. NEVER A DULL MOMENT!! GEESH

Glad that your back in Betsi !

Gina, I'm sorry about your eye. That's a big worry! I hope that everything goes according to plan and gets well.

Betsi, It's good to have you back on!! I want to say that's happened before but I don't remember if it was me or someone else!! Memory is getting so bad!!

Gayle, I'm so happy that your students were so kind to you!! It shows how much you're loved and cared for!! I know that you'll enjoy having your family around you. I'm sure they help you keep your mind off of missing Gary. Hugs.....Girlfriend!!!

The baby is due in October I believe......early October but I don't have a date.

Dae Lynn and the kids, Amy, and I went in to some garage sales this morning. It was a lot of fun going with the girls. We found some pretty good stuff......of course, it helps to be at the garage sales early instead of waiting until Saturday. There's a few more tomorrow but I don't know if I'll go or not. We'll see.

It's been rainy and cool today so I haven't gotten much done. I notice that when it's cloudy I don't work well. I must need sunshine!! The temps got down in the 40's last night!!! I can't believe that after it's been so hot!! Weird!!

Hello everyone!! I'm trying to make a comeback on 4WT. There is so much to catch up on! Everyone has been so busy! I'm afraid to comment on too much for fear of leaving anyone out, but her goes.....

Diana, congratulations on your new grandson, due in October! And on your anniversary!

Lindsey, I'll have to catch up on your wedding? It must be very soon! Hope all in going very well!

Gayle, you know you are in my thoughts and prayers. I can't imagine the emotions you must be experiencing. Sincerest hugs to you!

Janet, so good to reconnect with you! So sorry about your mom. Mine passed in 2000, and there are still times when I'd like to talk with her, and I'm sure she would love to see Emma. Time does soften the hurt.

Judy, sounds like you are in for some interesting reading! I've read part of the Vampire Huntress series by L.A. Banks. I enjoy vampire stories, and these are very interesting but there were so many pages I had to skim read due to all the graphic intimate scenes that I stopped after the sixth book. I'd like to follow the story, but it would probably be considered porn and it was just too much!

Gina, so hope your eye problems are resolved very very soon! Our sight is so precious anything that threatens is so concerning!

I worked today as usual. I have to travel to New Jersey about 4 times a year, and next trip, probably in July, I may need to go to Philidelphia, too. There is a prospective new customer with US headquarters there so may have to go convince him how wonderful we are. :). In a couple of weeks we will begin a push into the Eagle Ford Shale Play in south Texas, so will get to learn a new industry and different way of doing business? Never a dull moment! After work today I went to a coworkers home and picked some fresh sweet corn. They planted about three weeks late so it's just getting ready. Yum! Wish y'all could join us and have a feast!

This weekend is marathon clean! Karen, Carlton & Emma are moving to Texas next week! To San Antonio actually Selma, a suburb. They won't close on their house until the 14th, so will be putting their things in storage and spending a few days with us. We are soooooo excited that they will be so close! Carlton has a month of leave before reporting to Fort Sam, so we hope to get lots of Emma time!