What is wrong with you people????

Monday, November 08, 2010

Every day, all I hear is how you want to be smaller! How is that gonna work?

You have HUGE hearts!!!What will contain them if you are tiny?

How will it be possible for me to feel your HUGS from around the world or cry on your gigantic shoulders (Thanks T!) if you guys shrink?

Your legs HAVE to be so big to stand beside me like you do! Your hands have to reach out sooooo far to get to me!

You are larger than life, massive forces in my life, solid ground beneath my feet, today and every day. I cannot imagine any one of you smaller. In fact, every day, you grow. In my heart, my esteem, my respect, my fondness, my gratitude.

I guess it will be ok if you lose weight, just dont lose who you. Some things are not replaceable.

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Today's surgery update

Monday, November 08, 2010

Well good news and bad news: Kady got through the surgery and is home and resting. The surgeon was able to open the stricture but then they found another one higher up. Because of the location, it was too dangerous to try to open it up.

Which means, she will have to have the colostomy bag. We are waiting till next week when biopsies come back but within the next few months, this will be her fate.

I wanted to thank you all for your prayers and support. I will back on spark later. Love Jan

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Sunday Night Update

Sunday, November 07, 2010

The buffet was gross. The food wasnt good, they hardly had anything (the good buffet had lines out the door so we went to the other one in town), the servers were crummy (they bring you your drinks) so I was pretty safe! I had a plan to have a big plate of fruit before I ate anything else. It was all canned and frozen and soggy. I didnt eat any. So (sorry Team Maia), I did not kill myself with food today!

We went to do some shopping but Frank started feeling sick so we came home and watched Nascar and Football... Hey, wait a minute! Is that a scam????

Kady started her liquid diet after that. She is a champ. She really is.
A bunch of my family is going to the surgery tomorrow. Nobody is worried but there are like 10 of us...lol. Glad nobody is worried! lol. We appreciate the support and I know that there will be about 100 sparkies and other friends with us in spirit so we are in good hands.

I will write tomorrow and let you know how easy it was and how great everything turned out and how much better she is going to be. Cause MAMA says so!!

Love you guys!

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Smaller size, side bet, breakfast and prayers. Yep, covered it.

Saturday, November 06, 2010

Today, I am wearing the size 20 jeans I bought. I started in a 26! I also have officially lost 55 pounds as of this morning. I am not putting it in my tracker till tomorrow AM cause that is my weigh in for the Lose 11 by 1/1/11 team.

I also have Friday weigh-in's for a little side wager with Maia. Who ever loses the most weight by December 8th gets treated to lunch.
We have never met in "real life" so I am looking forward to it. I figure no matter what, we both win. She only lives about an hour and a half away and we both came from the same hometown so it will be fun to meet face to face.

Tomorrow we are taking the girls (and the boys that come with the girls) to breakfast. It will be Kady's last meal for a few days cause then she has to start doing the prep for her surgery Monday which is all liquid diet.

So we ask her where she wants to go and she tells us the BUFFET. (OH man, this cant be good!). I have a plan to keep myself under control which is to start with a big plate of fruit first and stay away from desert section.

Anyway, thank you all for the prayers for her (and the rest of us). It has kept me sane and I sincerley do have peace about it. I will let you all know how it went Monday when we get back from hospital. I am sure it will be good news. How can it not be. Right?

Enjoy your families, friends, Pets and weekends.

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Thought for the day....

Friday, November 05, 2010

Heard a song on my IPOD today by No Doubt. I havent heard it in a long, long time. Here are the lyrics or google the song. Thought for the day: PERSEVERE. KEEP GOING. IT IS WORTH IT.

"The Climb"

Step by step
I've come closer to reaching the top
Every step must be placed so that I don't fall off
Looking down to see about how much higher I am
Another cool wind comes through and brushes my skin
The harder I push the tension does grow
I gather my thoughts the further and further I go
With some luck I just might keep on climbing
So better to climb than to face a fall
So high the climb
Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds

Pulling myself up by a rope
I better my view
The only thing in sight is what I must do
As I turned I could see myself falling
Which in return save me strength for the climb

So high the climb
Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb
Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds

Although many failed I must now prevail with no question
Have no time to stop
Onward to the top of the mountain
And I can't turn back now
Its so very high but I can't turn back now
If I keep it up, I'm gonna make it

I'm so very close can't you see
So high the climb
Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb
Can't turn back now
Must keep on climbing up to the clouds
I'm getting closer

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