Hi skinnies. Cindi - I have been thinking about you and your family...wondering how everyone was doing. I will give you a call - maybe this weekend.
I have been very busy too, with school and the custody battle coming to a head. We have our hearing tomorrow (Friday). It has been a long, emotional ride, and hopefully, it will be over, favorably, by this time tomorrow.
The custody evaluation went well. We met with our attorney today, and he said he could not have written a better recommendation himself. Hopefully, the judge will go with the social services recommendation. After all, it was ordered by the court & they are employed by the court.
I am exhausted & ready to go to bed. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.
Kathy
CINDISTBS 4/11/07 10:20 A
It's been awhile since I have been on here. Just wanted to let you all know I am still around, but I guess no one else is.
Randi~Good to see you.
Lance is keeping me busy. Right now he is trying to pull my hands off the keyboard. The kids are at my mil's and my Mom is supposed to come get Lance. I don't know where she is, but I need her. IT's spring break and I am trying to get my house back in order. I got way behind the week of the funeral and haven't had the motivation or energy since to do much. SO, I need to get caught up on everything, especially laundry.
I have been sad a lot, but trying not to think about it too much. My sister and her husband and son went to Fl for spring break just to get away. Easter was rough, but they made it through. They are at my aunt and uncle's in Pensacola, so it was a different Easter for them, luckily. We are all doing well, just getting through this one day at a time. It will be a long process I am sure. My nephew makes his First Communion on Sat. so I am trying to do everything for my sister as far as food and preparations, etc. I am just trying to make things go as smoothly as possible. I am also not taking Lance around her yet, because I know it's hard. Eventhough, Kathryn was a yr older than him they were still right at the same stage of development. Lance was a little further along, but still he says Momma and she was saying Momma and different things like that. So, I got a babysitter for the First Communion.
I hope everyone is doing well. I guess I might need to give someone a call since we aren't communicating much on here:)
Speaking of which, Kathy, I got your message. I had called to tell you about Kathryn. I also called Michelle, but she wasn't home either and I didn't want to leave a message like that on your recorders. So, that's why I didn't leave one. I might try to give you a call again soon. I miss talking to you all.
Have a great day, week, month.lol
Cindi
LADYDREAMER 3/29/07 3:52 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Sorry I've been away again. Been a bit stressed with the counselling, and we've been rearranging the house to move Jeremy into his own room (my old hobby room).
I've got to find a way to start exercising! That would help with the stress & my weight! Unfortunately I can't go anywhere right now without Rusty with me due to seizures. :-( My stress & not sleeping well is increasing my seizure frequency. I can't see my doctor until April 5! All of this means no walking at the bike park until then or until Rusty thinks I'm okay. I guess I could go without his "permission", but that would upset and possibly worry him, so I won't.
Cindi~ Sorry to hear about Kathryn.
Debbie~ I totally understand about the vacation! We're in the same situation. We've never been except with my family for weekend camping trips or me & the boys to Bibleschools. We've never been on a week long vacation anywhere as a family in our 14 yrs. of marriage (unless you count the Bibleschool about an hour from here). I'm hoping to go this year for a week vacation this summer.
Here is a link to Kathryn's obituary if you want to look at it. You may have to copy and paste it.
KATHYSTBS 3/26/07 11:17 P
(((HUGS))) Cindi
I am so sorry.
Kathy
DEBBIESTBS 3/25/07 10:10 A
Oh my gosh, Cindi, I will keep everyone in prayer concerning Kathryn. I'm so sorry for yours and their loss.
CINDISTBS 3/25/07 6:21 A
Sorry, it's been so long since I have posted. I have been very busy.
I have been wanting to come to tell you all Kathryn's bday was March 4 and she was 3, but unfortunately, I didn't and now I have to tell you all she passed away last night.
They things she had some type of a virus that maybe attacked her heart. They don't really know. SHe has a well check up on Wed. She was throwing up w/ diarrhea on Thurs. and Friday morning she had a seizure and they called 911. Her bp was 50/30. THey put her the Epinephrin to get it back up. They did everything they could for her but nothing would get it up. I don't know what all they did to her but when I got there Friday night they were discussing taking her off the ventilator and meds and letting her go. She had arrested twice already. My sister was totally numb and just holding her and going through every emotion imagineable.
Another dr. came in to look at her and thought she saw her pupils react, so they reassessed her and for about 2 or 3 hours that night we had reaction from her when we would touch her, talk to her and sing to her. We all sang her favorite song "I love you, You love me..." and she kicked her arms and legs and fluttered her eyes. It was amazing. We thought we might get her back. Then she arrested again and we never got any response from her after that.
It all happened so fast. I was thinking about you all and how you were with me through the not knowing when she was born. Thanks for all your prayers then and please pray for my sister and her husband and son right now. They are at a hotel tonight and will probably go home some time in the morning. She needs so many prayers to get her through this. My bil was home w/ her all the time. She was his life 24/7. He took her blood sugar every 3 hours and constantly thought about her care. So, now his days will be empty w/ Austin in school all day. So, please pray for them and all of us, so they that we may know how to help her deal. I haven't told Sarah yet. My cousin still has them.
I can't sleep right now. I woke up suddenly and am now getting tired again, so I think I will go get some rest. We hav ehas very little of that the past few days.
Evan's bday was Friday, so I am glad she made it through Friday. I wouldn't want to think of that on his bday every year.
It was just a year and a week ago that Danny's sister's granddaughter passed away and they had to decide to take her off the ventilator too. Why do we have to go through this twice? It just isn't fair. Just please pray for us and hug your babies no matter how big they are.
Thanks, Cindi
DEBBIESTBS 3/23/07 3:29 P
Hi Everyone, I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. Sorry you had to talk to yourself for a while Randi! You cracked me up with the "pointy ears" comment. :) Mark & I are going to the family Life Marriage conference next weekend. It's going to be interesting. We are dealing with a few things right now and it's not fun.
Mark & I have been planning his vacation time. He has about a week left so we have rented a cabin in the Smokies for mid-April. This will be our first, nonworking paid vacation we have ever had as a family in 13 years of marriage. I would say we are long overdue! I am so excited to get away and just have a little fun.
Tomorrow a friend of mine from jazzercise and the homeschool group is going to take me shopping for some new clothes. I'm down to 115 now and none of my shorts fit and all of my tops are...well..pretty ratty looking so I need to go. She loves helping people with their wardrobe, makeup, etc. and I definitely need the help! lol! I'm planning on blowing my bday money with a big smile on my face. :)
Becky ~ Great job losing the 4 lbs! It's good to see you on here again.
Kathy ~ I'm glad your exam is over. I will pray the home evaluation will go well.
Kelley ~ I agree..you look fantastic as a brunette. I'm going to see if I can get a hair appt next week w/ a different hairdresser. She's about 20 mi away, but supposed to be pretty good.
I need to get off of here and start researching some work-at-home jobs. The whole diabetes thing really stalled our debt snowball and we are so close to being debt free I just want it done. So, as the bumper sticker says, "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go!"
Talk to you all soon and hope you are all doing well.
Debbie
LADYDREAMER 3/12/07 11:50 A
Good Morning, Skinnies!
Well, I'm back from Branson! I had a great time. I just blew it majorly on the meals! I gained 5 lbs in about a weeks time!!! I'm at 203 right now! I did do pretty good on Saturday for lunch though...veggie soup, 2 bowls of salad, & some breadsticks. But the other meals, although delicious, were too calorie loaded that and we hit a candy shop & a fudgery. What were we thinking??? This was supposed to be a reward for losing weight and we go and add to our weight!!! We did get in a swim Sunday morning. Too bad it wasn't enough to keep those 5 lbs. away. :-(
Okay, so I have to learn to better plan my meals when I'm out of town. There's got to be a healthier way to eat out & still enjoy the meal. And I'd better figure it out before Rusty, the boys, & I all go back.
Well, if I intend to get anything done today, I'd better get started. I've got a shopping list to make, then shopping to do (as if I didn't do enough in Branson), and there's the never ending house cleaning to do, and dishes & laundry....and so on and so on!
Hope you ladies have a great day!!! {{{HUGS}}} to all! Catch y'all later!!!
Randi (200/203/130)
LADYDREAMER 3/7/07 3:19 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Sorry I didn't show up the past couple of days. Things got a bit hectic around here. Yesterday was mine & Rusty's 1st marriage counselling session. I found out a few things about dh I didn't know! And the counselor seems to agree with me, my husband has very few emotions!! I'm married to Mr. Spock!!!!! He even has the pointy ears. ;-) But I really like the pointy ears. He reminds me of an elf like the ones in Lord of the Rings (not Santa's).
Becky~ Good to see you again too. I haven't read Bob Greene's book, but I really got in to Flylady's (Marla Cilley) book Body Clutter. She deals a bit with emotional eating too. I found out my comfort food is just about any carb. Mostly ice-cream or pasta. Not exactly sure why though. I wish I could get myself going on the exercise. This weekend I plan to do a lot of walking and some swimming (indoor pool at the hotel) on my trip with my mom to Branson. So after Thurs. I won't be on until Monday.
Cindi~ Where did you go? I come back and you run away! :-( Hope you're doing well.
Debbie~ How are you doing?
Joce~ Are you still here?? We miss you.
Kathy~ I'm glad you survived!!! I totally agree about being ready for spring. It's kinda here but still a bit chilly in the evenings. Right now we've got sunshine, but I think I see some gray clouds on the edges of the sky.
Kelly~ How are things your way?
Michelle~ Haven't heard from you in a while. How's it going?
Sandy~ Where are you? Haven't seen you here in a while either. :-(
Well, I've gotta go for now. Need to go shopping to get something to take to our Hymn Sing & Potluck tonight at church. And Jeremy wants to play a game so I've gotta go. Catch y'all later.
Randi
BGMOMMY2 3/7/07 7:20 A
Hi Kathy and Randi!
I finally remembered to pop in here and see what's up with everyone. What happened to Cindi? Maybe she gave up on us, lol! I've been doing really well with my exercising and changing my eating habits for the past 1 1/2 weeks. I got the Bob Greene books from the library and his approach is common sense stuff, but he deals a lot with emotional eating or eating from boredom. Anyway, I lost 4 pounds so far just by eating a better breakfast, cutting portions, not eating after 7pm and more intense workouts in the mornings. I know if I increase my water intake it would really make a difference! We are going to Disneyworld in April, so I have another month to lose a few more pounds. Even 10 pounds makes a difference, moves me down a size! I know I can do it. Kathy~ hope you are feeling better. Did Rick have back surgery? Hope you got your fridge yesterday. Randi~ thanks for keeping the thread going! good to hear from you. Talk to you all soon Becky
KATHYSTBS 3/6/07 9:35 A
Hello again.
Randi - I survived the exam. That is as far as I will go on my comments! LOL See, I was sick all week & had a horrible headache. That doesn't make it too easy to study. Oh well...I've done well on all the others, so if I bombed this one, it's ok. I think I gave Rick my bug, so on top of the surgery recovery, he's got that. He is moving around pretty well. He is already itching to get back to work. I tell him he is crazy. He's getting paid, he can do most of his work from here anyway, so why rush it.
Our refrigerator died the other day, so today the new one is to be delivered. I hope they come before too long because I need to go buy food to put in it! We have snow in the forcast for tomorrow, so the stores will be mobbed. YUCK! I am so ready for spring!!
I'll be back soon.
Kathy
LADYDREAMER 3/4/07 4:58 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Well, I got out yesterday and played "soccer" with the kids & Rusty, then we hit a ball around a bit too. On Thurs. or Fri. I got out and raked about 1/3 of the backyard before I got tired. Not used to doing much work lately. I'm also getting more water and starting to feel better. Now just to get the exercise into a habit and I'll feel even better! That and if I smile more I feel better. It's amazing what a smile does for ones attitude. :-)
Kathy~ Hope all goes well with the custody battle. Hope Rick feels better soon! Good luck on your exam tomorrow!!! And thank you for not letting me continue talking to myself I was beginning to worry I'd run everyone off. ;-)
Kelly~ I agree with Kathy you look great as a brunette!
Hi to Becky, Cindi, Debbie, & Michelle. Joce & Sandy, if you are still here stop in and say hi. :-) {{{HUGS}}} to all! Hope everyone is doing great! Well, I'd better go; got lots of stuff to get done today! :-)
Randi
KATHYSTBS 3/3/07 6:42 P
Hello.
Looks like the cat has drug a lot of us in!
It is great to see everyone!
Randi - I just couldn't let you go on talking to yourself! lol!
Debbie & Cindi - WTG on your weight! You are doing great! Everyone else, me included, we can do it too, if we want it bad enough! Guess that's my problem...
Life here has been hectic & stressful. We are coming in on the final month before this custody crap goes to court. We are in the midst of a home study & evaluation. It is just nerve wracking. Elisabeth got wind of what was going on & just had a complete meltdown, which started Hayley going. Everyone keeps telling us there's no way they'll let that #$#@$ take these kids, but it is still so scary. Especially as it gets closer.
Rick had his back surgery on Tuesday. It was done at John Hopkins. He is home now, but still in a lot of pain. That is pretty normal. It will be handy having him home while I am doing my clinicals. I am on an oncology floor this semester. It is very different than the geriatrics last semester.
Kelly, how is your school going? Are we about the same place? I will finish a year from this May. Hey, by the way, you look good as a brunette!
Angela was home last week. It was good to see her. She is still loving Toronto.
Well, I better get back to my books. Big exam on Monday. I will try to be better about keeping in touch.
Kathy
LADYDREAMER 3/2/07 1:05 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Looks like I'm talking to myself again today. I come back and everyone is gone. :-( So who all is still lurking around from the group anyway? I've seen Becky, Cindi, Debbie, & Kelly. What about Michelle, Joce, Kathy, & Sandy? Have they been checking in at all lately?
Becky~ Hope you had fun at Disneyworld!
Cindi~ I hope you get past your plateau soon. I know I need to get past mine. Lately I've been floating around 200-202. I need to get my butt in gear and exercise. That is my main problem. I'll have more time for that in the fall after Jeremy starts school, but so far I just haven't found or made the time. :-( I can't believe my baby starts school in the fall!!!
Debbie~ Congrats on the 117! How tall are you?
Kelly~ Nice to see you again!
Michelle~ Hey, Girl! Where are you?
{{{{{HUGS}}}}} to all!!! Hope everyone is doing well. And I hope I'm not talking to myself all day! ;-) Catch y'all later!
Randi
LADYDREAMER 3/1/07 6:51 P
Good Evening, Skinnies!
Well, I just wanted to check in to see who all was here today. Guess I'm just talking to myself today. Hope to hear from the rest of you ladies later!
Debbie~ Happy Anniversary late! #13 right?
Kelly~ How are the girls? Growing up fast I bet! Jeremy my younger child is about to be 5!!!
{{{HUGS}}} to all! Catch y'all later!
Randi
LADYDREAMER 3/1/07 3:01 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Sorry I've been MIA so long again. I seem to go through these spells that I'm here and then leave for months. I plan to try to stay this time. The plan is to spost at least once a week hopefully once a day like I used to do. But there are no promises here.
I missed you all! I hope to get back into the flow soon.
I've decided to start from scratch pretty much. I've gotten up to 200 (as of Monday). I want to get back down again, and I now have my mom helping me (sort of). Although we live in different cities we're kind of each other's weigh loss buddy. We've decided to challenge each other. Each month the one who loses the least amount buys the other one something. This month (finishes on the 9th) it's a game of putt-putt golf in Branson, MO. Next month I think we may go for a new pair of jeans! I'm hoping to need a new pair very soon! Now for the hard part... getting the exercise I need to actually lose the weight.
Well, I've gotta go for now. I'll check back later tonight. {{{Hugs}}} to all!
(200/200/130) Randi
LADYDREAMER 3/1/07 2:50 P
Good Afternoon, Skinnies!
Guess what! I'm back! I thought I'd start us out for March if that's okay!
Randi 
(200/200/130)
Randi 
