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5/18/13 9:45 A

Good morninging everyone,
Hope that everyone had a good day yesterday. I dropped my son (Robert) off at school and then went over to the fitness center for my morning workout. Spent 95 minutes working out and listening to the personal trainer work a couple of ladies. She told me that she couldn't help me today because she has to get the church ready for her son's wedding the next day. I told her that was okay that I would just do what we did yesterday. But I also saw that as I was walking out of the fitness center one hour later that she was with another client.

I returned to the school and found out that a lot of kids were being picked up 2 hours early. The nurse asked me if I have had chicken pox or the shingles. I told her yes to both. I asked why the school is sending some of the kids home early. She said that one of the teachers have come into contact with the shingles. We are sending home the kids that hasn't received the shot for the chicken pox.

So I am glad that the day is over with and get ready for a early morning. My son is going with the beginning band to silver dollar city for their end of the year band trip.

I hope everyone has a good time today with whatever you do.



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5/15/13 9:54 P

Today went good. Hung out with friends while working out. It makes 90 minutes go by fast. My husband took me out for a late Mother's Day dinner. My son got a laugh at the waitress. She thought that I was my husband's sister. After I told her that I was not Steve's sister but am his wife, she apologized for the mixed up.

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5/14/13 9:27 P

Good evening everyone,
Mothers day went as well as to be expected. This is the first Mothers day since my mom passed away. After church my awesome son took me out for lunch. Monday night I attended my son's choir concert and it was good. It would have been better if the choir director had remembered to turn on the microphones. It was noticed at intermission and was turned on. After the concert my son and I went out for a couple of coke zeroes.

Today went good. So far I have been good at making all my appointments this week with the personal trainer. I am feeling better and not craving any junk food . My son came to me and asked why is it called a lifestyle change when you don't change anything. And why do you weigh and measure everything. I told Robert that I weigh food and measure drinks so that I know how much I have taken in. Robert asked if there is a web site for teens. I told him yes Spark teen. So I think that Robert is going to sign up tonight. He is a little upset because his girl dumped him because Robert is on the heavy side. So I am trying to teach Robert how to know how much you take in in a month without keeping track of it.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do today.



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5/12/13 11:31 A

Hello All,

I am so sorry for your loss. It is really tough to make decisions like that. I am sure that he had a great life and lived a long time too. 14 is a long time. I know you will miss him but he is probably in a better place.

My heart goes out to you.

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5/1/13 10:47 P

I'm so sorry for your loss. Those little furbabies really become part of our lives, don't they? I know you'll miss him.

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5/1/13 8:50 A

There is a sad up-date to my kitty. I got him inot the vet yesterdaya fternoon. They sent us home while they did blood work and called us back with bad news. Big Guy had severe diabetes. His blood sugar was 700 and his liver was failing. the doc said maintenance treatment would be very costly, if they could even bring him through this time. HIs kidneys were starting to shut down too. So we decided to euthanize him. He was very sick and I didn't want him to suffer. The house is very quiet now. He was 14 and we found him as a little baby dumpster kitty. he had a good life with us. I know he is in a better place and is now frolicking as a kitten again.

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4/30/13 10:05 A

One of my kitties is sick I think. My oldest, Big Guy, has been mewoing a lot and drinking lots of water. also sleeping a great deal more than he had been. Today he is wanting to spend time in the bathroom and is sleeping in the tub. I think he may have diabetes or even kidney failure. He is seeking out cool places to sleep. Odd. I don't think it is a urinary tract infection I think it is more systemic. I got an appoiontment with the vet for this afternoon. Wish him well.

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4/29/13 10:21 A

Hello All,

Sharon, I hope that you are able to start with a clean slate with the new doctor. Hope all went well.

Hope you have a great day and week. I will say some prayers for you.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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4/24/13 11:32 P

Good evening everyone,
Today I have taken the advice from my Spark friends and have made an appointment with a different doctor on May 8th. With the reduction of the meds the feet still tingle and my right leg still burns. I plan on not mentioning what the other doctor has done and start with a clean slate.
Today went good. I spent most of the day sitting down, but I am looking forward to a girl's day out with my cousin from Tennessee. We plan on going out of town to shop and eat at an great Chinese restaurant.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do today and forward to a much better tomorrow.



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4/19/13 1:04 P

Hello All,

Sorry for not being on for a while. At first it was because we had to go and get the wood we needed to build the foundation for our new shed, but then just the other day I wasn't feeling very good. I don't know what it was but my stomach hurt and I didn't want to do anything. It lasted a couple of days. I feel much better today.

Sharon, I have been on Lyrica for a long time and none of my doctors said that it caused High Blood pressure. It does cause you to gain weight though. Hope you were able to get some answers about it.

Our weather has showers in it for the latter part of today and then almost all weekend. Our temps so far are in the 70's for a change. It actually doesn't feel that warm either because of the wind. I hope everyone has good weather for their weekend.

I was wide awake this morning at 4 am. I came out into the living room and started to read a new book. It is starting off ok. It is called "Criminal" by Karin Slaughter. I think that I will really like it. I just wish that I could read faster. It takes me a long time to finish a book. I have plenty more to read too.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day,

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4/17/13 7:45 P

Hi Cat Lovers,
This morning we went to the Grange to buy a flea collar and met the woman who gave us our Princess in 2012. She rescued the kittens from a man who planned to drown them in the Rogue River, so sad, but it took her 7 months to find us. Princess was originally named Trouble, which she can be, thus Princess Trouble, from time to time. But for us, she is the sweetest cat. We spoil her, we love her and it was very nice to share that with her first owner. We are a very happy family. I can hardly believe that on June 12 she will be 2 already!

Have a great day Cat Lovers!!

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4/15/13 1:53 P

Good afternoon everyone,
Hope everyone has had a good weekend and is having a good Monday as well.

I went by the school nurse's office to get my blood pressure taken again. The blood pressurse was 140/80. I called the doctor's office back today to see what I'm supposed to do with the meds. The doctor's office said that they haven't heard of Lyrica causing High Blood Pressurse. I asked the nurse what I should do. She said that she would have to get with the doctor and see what action needs to be taken. The doctor's office called me back and said yes the doctor said that Lyrica does make the blood go up and asked if I was still taking the meds. I said yes. I asked if I should take a lower dosage or what. She said that she would have to get with the doctor and see what she wanted to do. To call her back before leaving the school.

I went for a walk in the park this afternoon in the warm Sun. I walked 3 miles round trip. Yesterday was a much better day than Friday was. I had been on the new meds for 3 days and on Friday I had a setback. I couldn't concentrate or think straight then the left arm went numb and then my chest started hurting. I excused myself from the class ROOM and went to the nurse. This was 2 hours before school was out. I asked the school nurse if she could take my blood pressure. She said sure. The blood pressure was 160/90. The nurse asked me if I had any heart problems. I told her no. I told her that I was on new meds. She asked what it was and how much. I told her Lyrics 75 75 and 175. She called the doctor's office and asked to speak with either the doctor or the nurse. The receptionist said that both was tied up with patients and couldn't be pulled away. The school nurse asked for the nurse or Dr to give her a callback. By the time school was out the doctor's office didn't call. I finally found a ride to the mechanics shop for the car. I received home I asked my son who arrived home before me if the doctor's office called. He said no. So I took the school nurse's advice and lowered the dosage on the night time meds to 150 mg.

Since Saturday I haven't had any pain or numbness at all. I am going to take my husband's advice and go to a different doctor and get a second opinion. Since my current doctor don't care about her patient's enough for her or her staff to return a phone call.

I hope that I can get on the same team the next season.

I hope everyone has a day with whatever you do.



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4/10/13 3:11 P

Hello All,

Sharon, I am sorry that your back is giving you such a lot of pain. I know exactly what you are going through. Not to scare you or anything but I have had surgeries done on my back and I still cannot use it that much.

Hope things get better for you.

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4/9/13 8:00 P

Good evening everyone,
I went to the doctor today and found out that my bulging discs are pressing against the sacatic nerve. She has increased the dosage of the pain medications. She also said for me not to push, pull or bend excessively. I have to go get fitted for a lumbar brace and not to lift over 10 pounds. So I guess I will have to stay at home and play with the cats. I f the pain doesn't improve in two weeks then the doctor will order a MRI and then talk about surgery on the back.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do and have fun with it.



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4/8/13 10:32 P

Good evening everyone,
Thought I would pop in to see how everyone is doing. I am still having problems with my thigh burning. I received a call from Robert's school asking if I could fill in on three hours of recess. I told them that I would if I'm not the only person out there and if I could sit down the whole time. The receptionist said that she would have to check in to that. She called me back and said yes that would be fine and to tell the other person if I see something wrong.

I am hoping that the doctor tomorrow will tell me what I can do to stop burning without any surgery.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do not have fun doing it.



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4/7/13 2:28 P

Hello All,

I went to bed last night about 9 pm and I read for a while and then shut the light out and went to sleep. At 12:30 am I was up again and really not tired anymore. I stayed up for a while and then I went back to bed around 1:30 am and I went back to sleep and much to my surprise I slept until 7:30 am this morning. That makes 2 days in a row that I have slept late in the morning. That is about 8 hours of sleep, which is very unusual for me. I hope that I continur to stay in this routine. I like it a lot better.

Our weather is getting a little bit better. Today we don't have the high winds, which helps with the temps. Our temp is still in the 40's so far. It is cloudy too. I will be staying in today anyway's.

We had a boiled dinner yesterday and it was just wonderful. I haven't had one of those for a long time. I was craving it for a while, now I am happy to have gotten it.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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4/6/13 11:27 A

Hello All,

Sharon, I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your legs. I know how that feels. I am a Diabetic and I have Neuropathy which gives pain but also numbness. I am hoping that your doctor can get you back together and fix the problem on Tuesday. I will say some prayers for you. Make sure that you listen to the nurse and doctor.

Our weather for the past two days has had very high winds and the temps are only in the 20's. With the winds it feels so much colder. I am hoping that part of the weekend will have good weather and temps. There isn't any rain or snow in our forecast yet, which is a good thing. Hope everyone else's weather is better than mine.

We are in the process of trying to get a new riding lawn tractor. For about 3 years now, Scott has been trying to cut our almost acre lot with a push mower. Needless to say it took more than one day. When the temps get to be really high during the day he can't go out in that heat so he waits until early in the morning or in the early evening when it cools off. It has been really hard on him to do all of that.

We are trying to get a loan so that we can buy a new one and also a nice shed to be able to keep it in out of the weather. If we take good care of it it should last us an awful long time. We figure that we can get both and also put a slab foundation in, for at least $4500. That isn't an awful large amount. We are going to try to get a loan at our Credit Union on Monday. Hopefully it will go through. We are going to keep our fingers crossed and say some prayers too.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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4/4/13 11:28 A

Hi everyone,
I have been having some problems with my legs going numb. So I called the doctor yesterday and was told to stay off my legs until I see her on Tuesday. I am hoping that this is going to be a fast turn around and I can get back to working out. The nurse did say that I could walk, swim, or yoga for 30 minutes but no pushing , pulling or lifting greater than 10 pounds. So I guess I will put in walk away the pounds or biggest loser yoga and enjoy it.



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4/4/13 11:20 A

Hello All,

Here's hoping that everyone is well and hopefully enjoying your day.

Our weather today is so far sunny. The temps are in the middle 40's and the wind has died down some. We are suppose to be getting another cold front moving through for the weekend. Next week it is going to be colder too. I am so hoping that Spring type weather gets here soon.

I am having sort of a good day. I have woken up 3 times during the night but forced myself to stay in bed. I was able to fall back asleep after a while. I hate it when I can't get a good nights sleep. It makes me feel bad and then I am tired all day but can't take a nap. My internal clock won't let me sleep while it is still daytime, even if the room is dark. I am hoping that I will be able to sleep better tonight. Taking the sleeping pills doesn't work all that well either. I wouldn't even think of increasing the dosage without the doctor's permission.

For those that are having a bad day, I will pray that it gets better. It isn't any fun when you start your day off in a bad situation. Best wishes to all.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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4/1/13 11:36 A

Hello All,

I hope that everyone had a very good Easter day. Mine was quiet, as my daughter came on Saturday with her family. I really enjoy seeing my grandchildren. My other 2 grandchildren couldn't come over, so they will come next weekend to get their Easter stuff that I got them. They told me that they had a great day and got a lot of Easter eggs. I look forward to seeing them next weekend.

It poured really hard early this morning around 2 am. It stopped around 6 am. It is now 11 and the temp is 43 and it is cloudy still. I think it is going to stay that way for the whole day.

I got up at 2:30 am because I was having some pains in my legs. I got up and walked around some until they almost subsided. I didn't go back to bed though because I was wide awake by then, I did some stuff on my tablet and read some too.

Glad that everyone had a good Easter.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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3/31/13 7:32 A

Happy Easter,
Dropping in to wish everyone a Happy Easter.Our church has grown so fast over the past year that we have had to go from one church service on Sunday's to four services just to get everyone in that want to worship with us. It's a great feeling to be part of something so wonderful. I love seeing the work of GOD around and through us. Jesus has arose indeed.

Hope everyone has a Blessed Easter Day with all that you do.

Until next time,



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3/30/13 11:07 A

Hello All,

I would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day today.

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3/27/13 11:40 A

Hello All,

Hope everyone is doing ok. I know everyone is really busy. Good luck to you all.


Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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3/25/13 5:52 P

Hello All,

Susan I went and read your blog. Thank you for the info. It is important that people be careful with their info. Facebook Facebook has really taken over. Most people think that that is their new way of commicating with others. I still feel that a phone call or visit is the way that you should talk to family anyway's. It makes it more personal. Well that is what I feel anyway's.

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3/25/13 10:18 A

I wanted to share a blog I just wrote "PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY ON FACEBOOK"

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Like or dislike, agree or disagree, with what I’ve posted my reasons for doing so was purely for your information and so you could make your own decision as to what to do.

Thank you for reading this and, if you have found it to be informative, please feel free to share this with your friends and family.

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3/24/13 9:55 P

Good evening everyone,
Imaging pro for the well wishes.

Good evening everyone,
Please pray for a 7 year old Emma in our community.  She has a lump on the brain and found that out after doing a cat scan.  She was having a hard time seeing. The eye specialist came in and looked at her. EVerything is fine there. THey are going to do another MRI tomorrow and compare the two. Her mom is an old high school friend of mine. 

Please pray for a friend of mine. He was laid off of the job he had. Now he is putting in applications everywhere hoping to get a good job.

Praise Dad's arm has finally healed enough for him to go back to work. 

Robert and I went to church today and it was kinda weird.  I didn't know until the Pastor started telling a story.  The person who was sitting next to me wad released from prison this weekend.  Eric said I would like everyone to welcome this person into our family.  Eric said that none of the other churches wanted him.  He didn't say what he was sent to prison for.  It still made me feel uncomfortable.  I know we are to love one another no matter what the person has done. 

The rest of the day went well.  I did one load of dishes and two loads of clothes.  I still have a mountain of both to do to get caught up.  I wish now that I would have gone ahead and did a load of each every day. 

Tomorrow starts back to the normal routine with school starting back.  So my plan is to take Robert to school and then hit the gym for strength training and cardio.  After that go to Russellville to pay some bills .

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.

Until next time,



Sharon


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3/23/13 2:06 P

Hello All,

Sharon I am so happy that your son is doing better. He is probably out of the woods now. It is too bad that you gained a couple of pounds. You are right though, if you would of exercised you probably wouldn't of gained any. Hopefully they will come off as easy as they went on.

Hope you have a great evening, and if you aren't on until after Easter, I wish you a very Happy Easter and the week too.

Today our temp at 11 am is 42. The sun is shining really nicely and I hope that it melts the snow nicely too. I am really anxious for spring to finally get here. I think that all week our temps are suppose to be in the 40's during the day. The night temps are suppose to be in the 20's.

Last night I went to be around 9 pm and fell asleep around 9:30 pm. Then I woke up at 2 am and stayed up until 3 am. Then I went back to bed and went back to sleep at around 3:30 am. I slept right through until 7 am this morning. I actually feel better having got some sleep finally. Staying up all night and not able to sleep really takes a lot out of you.

Hope everyone is doing ok. I know that you all are very busy and can't make it on all the time. Best wishes to you all.

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3/22/13 9:39 P

Good evening everyone,
I want to say to everyone who for my son. Robert is now 36 hours fever free and looking forward to tomorrow. I have gained a couple of pounds this week. But I haven't worked out any this week either. I haven't worked in the house either.

So now I feel like I can leave Robert at home with his dad and go to the fitness center. Hopefully I can get the extra off and continue to lose weight and get back on track.

I don't think that Mother Nature has told old man Winter that Spring is here and to go away.

If I'm not on here before Easter I Hope everyone has a Blessed Day.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.

Until next time,



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3/22/13 10:57 A

Hello All,

Our temp right now at 10:30am is 40. I hope that spring is going to get here real soon. I too am so read. We are suppose to have a chance of some snow flurries today. I don't think that we are going to get very much which is fine with me. Our snow is melting away really good and I think by next week we would be seeing bare ground again. I know that some of our flowers are trying to come up.

I have been up since 4:30 am. I was getting Sciatica pains in my right leg and lower back. I really do hate those thing and they last for a while too. There isn't anything that the doctor's can do either. I definitely don't need any more back surgeries. When I get the pains I try to do all kinds of things to make it stopped but I haven't found any position or movement that relieves the pain. I just have to live with them and deal with them any way I can .



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3/20/13 6:16 A

Hello All,

Sharon I am so sorry to hear that your husband and son came down with the bug that has been making it really bad for a lot of people. I am going to pray that they get better soon and you don't get it.

Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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3/19/13 11:04 P

Good evening everyone,
I have been up most of last night taking care of my 13 year old. Last week my husband brought home a bug from school. My son caught the bug last night and I have been up every 4 hours to check temp. Not a great start to the spring break. I heard that this bug can last up to 6 weeks. I hope not.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.



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3/18/13 11:17 A

Hello All,

Catlady, I went and read your post about the Fiber One brownies and the Special K snacks. I love both of those as well. I will have to give them a try. Thanks for sharing.

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3/17/13 3:30 P

CATLADY THANKS for the healthy snacks. I like both Fiber one and Special K . I'll have to try it out



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3/17/13 3:27 P

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone,

Spring break started Saturday . My son says don't forget to wear GREEN today.

We went to church this morning to do four that we are going to 4 services. The pastor came up to me and asked if my 13 could help with the 1st to 5th graders and also we need an extra parking attendant. He asked if Robert could help with that also. I sure those are two areas that Robert has been wanting to help with. Eric said we need you to step up also and help with the pre k and k class. He said that the teacher back there hasn't been able to attend the service because no one will step up and take her place in the second service. I told him I would think about it.

I hope everyone has a Happy Saint Patrick's Day with whatever you do. And may you find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow



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3/17/13 12:44 P

Hello All,

I am so sorry for not coming on in a long time. I was having a hard time typing after my thumb surgery. My thumb is getting better gradually. It will take a little time and I have to make sure that I don't try to over use it. If I do that it hurts really bad, so I have to be careful.

I too haven't been sleeping very well either. I have only been getting anywhere's from 3 to 4 hours a night. My doctor told me to take half of my sleeping pill after I wake up. That way it will help me to get back to sleep. If I wake up close to the beginning of daylight then I shouldn't take it because it would interfere with my daily awake hours. I tried it the first night, I woke up at 1:00 am so I took the half of the sleeping pill. laid back down and finely got to go back to sleep. Before I knew it I was awake again at 4 am. So I guess that didn't work very well. I will just have to keep trying to get as much sleep as I can.

Our temps today is only 22. It is going to get colder tonight. It is suppose to go down to 10 tonight. We are suppose to be getting some snow on Monday night into Tuesday. I am hoping that we don't get a lot. I am totally done with this snow. Our yard is just about bare and all the snow is going away. I want it to stay that way.

Hope everyone is doing ok. Hope that no one is sick.


Hope everyone can enjoy their day.

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3/17/13 7:10 A

About Maen Coon skin diseases:
any of you ever experienced crusts as if cat was in a fight or somehow scratched but actually without having been in either of such situations?
Tnx!

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3/14/13 1:17 P

GINGERPAWZ - got you ocvered on wanting soemthing "good" to eat while DH has the junk food...oreos and Pepsi. I tried the Fiber One chocolate brownies yesterady. they are only 90 calorie s and have fiber in them. they are soft, chewy brownies with chunks of chocolate in them topped with chocolate icing. They are delicious!!!!! I also use Special K pastry crips. They are like pop tarts and ahve a light frosting on them. They are a little crunchy and sweet so I get my double craving taken care of in one treat. They are both good choices for the sweet tooth without too much damage to your healthy habits.

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3/13/13 9:06 P

Good evening all,

Today I didn't do much because of miss-communications. I had told my son that I would pick him up after school. So I stayed at the schools so that I didn't have to drive in the school traffic after school. Well school was out and went over to the Jr. High to pick him up and he wasn't there. I went in to see if he was in after school tutoring. He wasn't there. So I told myself that I would go to the bus stop down the street from the house and wait for him. Sure enough Robert was on the bus. He told me that I didn't tell him that he was going to be a car rider. I told him that he had a doctor appointment at 4pm and since it is 10 minutes to 4 I would call and reschedule it. If I would had known that Robert was going to take the bus I would had stayed home and worked out some. I did walked 3 miles today though walking a round the school. But it didn't get my heart rate up though so I didn't know if it counted or not.

Hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.



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3/10/13 8:18 P

Good evening all,
Finally returned home on the 8th and then had to turn around the next morning and take Robert to Little Rock for Pepsi Tournament. I am glad that all of that is behind us now. The kids on the bus sang to my son on the way home. Yes Robert is now 13 years old. He had a good time Saturday but didn't make it to finals. I heard one of the score keepers tell another parent that if your son or daughter did not have a series of 500 then the bowler didn't have a chance. The rest of the team wanted to go to either Golden Corral or to Burger King to eat. I told both of the drivers that me and Robert are not going to eat supper out. I haven't had home cooking for a week and am tired of fast food. One of mine New Years Resolution is to not eat out at fast food places as much.

So today went good until about 2 hours ago when my husband said to go out and get some oreos or doughnuts and a 2 liter pepsi. He said that he is wanting something sweet. I just wonder what he did when I was gone for a week with the Choir. I cannot go out and get him something without getting me something too. I still haven't jumped over that hurdle yet. So here we are watching nascar and eating oreos and drinking pepsi. I do have to pat myself on the back though because I talked myself out of the pepsi at the house and got me a glass of water. My son says really mom. Water doesn't go well with cookies like Coke or Pepsi does.

I haven't done my fitness test yet. Is there some kind of exercise you do for the fitness test.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.



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3/10/13 10:55 A

I am so sorry for you. I hate it when I don't feel good!

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3/10/13 4:58 A

feeling low after slipping and falling in the bathroom. Went to ER but Tanzania is not a place to find orthopedic doctor at work on sunday. Sure can use a hug....

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3/7/13 7:33 A

This week has been crazy for me. My 12 year old son is on a choir trip in the eastern United States. There are so many students we had to take two buses. One thing for sure I had to learn to tie a tie. The trip started last Thursday morning and ends this Friday. I was told that I was to help the beginning Men to get dressed. I told the Choir director that a man should do this. She said no fathers signed up for the job. She said that your son said mom can do the job because I have 3 uncle's. 6:30 is wake up call for the students so thought I would have a little quite time before. We are to perform today in New Jersey at the American Boys Academy then head home at noon. I also received a call from Robert's bowling coach that Saturday is Pepsi tournament in Little Rock Arkansas and Robert has to be there or his 4 member team will be disqualified.

That is. Why you haven't heard from me this week. Sorry to say I haven't kept up with how much fluids I've taken in. One of the hotels internet connection is weak. I also don't know how much walking I done this week also. There are three volunteers and the teacher. So that makes me in charge of 30 students.

Hope everyone has a good day with whatever you do.



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2/28/13 10:52 A

Hello All,

I am sorry for the long time of not posting. I just went back to the doctor yesterday. He says that it is looking good and that I only need two more weeks in the cast. After that I can start therapy. I have put up another blog explaining everything a lot more details. It is called Dot's Updates.

Hope all is well with you all. I say prayers everyday for all of you. I hope that you all are doing ok. I am still just typing with one hand, anfd that one hurts as well.

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2/26/13 10:09 P

Tomorrow I'm going to get started with spring cleaning through out the house. I figure I will do one room at a time no matter how long it will take.
I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.

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2/25/13 11:13 A

Good morning everyone,

I took my son to school and then I suddenly realized that I have left my fitness center key at home. Robert told me that he guessed that he would probably have to ride the bus home. Even though he hates to. So I am back home getting ready to work out with the biggest loser challenge on the WII. I didn't check in yesterday, but it was my day off from working out. I did do some house cleaning though. I spent one hour at the laundry mat drying clothes. I had a teenager come up to me and asked for $ for a cigarette. I told her no. She asked me where she could get a cigarette. I told her that across the street is a stop and go, then there is Wal-Mart and several dollar stores. When she said a cigarette, the thought that came to mind was a joint. I told my son to not go anywhere near her. A couple inside said that she has been hitting people up all day for $. The couple said that person is trouble. I liked the cat video. I'll have to show it to my son.

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2/23/13 11:11 A

I love to watch cat videos!!
This one is really funny and I have never heard of a cat doing this!!
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2/22/13 10:05 P

Good evening everyone,
I stayed at home today instead of going to the gym. I did worked out on the WII instead. I did the biggest loser challenge for 100 Minutes. I received my new scale today and am happy about it. I went by the radio station to pick up my husband's check. While there the owner asked me if I knew anything about running a radio mixer. The owner is also my son's English teacher. I told him that I minored in radio and tv and majored in Accounting. He said that we are short handed and am looking for some afternoon help. He said Robert could ride over with me everyday or the school bus could drop him off here. I told him that I would have to think about it and let him know. I retired from Wal-Mart back in 2004 with full benefits and haven't worked since.

I hope everyone has a good evening with whatever you do.


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2/21/13 10:22 P

Just received a call from a great Aunt from New York another Great Aunt from Wisconsin died yesterday. I asked Mary where to send flowers. She said that the childrens were not wanting flowers but wanted people to make a donation to a charity in Delores's name. I asked Mary which Charity. Mary said that she wasn't told which one. So I asked my son which one would he like for me to send a donation to. Robert asked about Make a Wish. Other than Red Cross I cannot think of any.

Spent the day at home with my son and husband. The school was out today because of the snow and ice storm from yesterday. Had fun watching my son playing out in the snow. He asked if I could come out to throw snow balls with him. I told him that I would be need to make a run to the drug store to get his dad's meds filled.



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2/21/13 7:53 A

Tuesday I spent 2.5 hours working out on the elliptical and the treadmill. I then came home and worked out on the biggest loser challenge for 30 minutes. Yesterday I worked out on the elliptical for 35 minutes and the treadmill for 22 minutes then went over to the bikes and rode one for 40 minutes. It started to snow and supposed to get worse so I left the gym and went shopping to get supplies to eat just incase the electricity goes out we can still eat. While at the grocery store a parent came up to me and asked if the school is letting out early. I told her that I didn't know that I haven't heard anything yet. I called the receptionist in the transportation department to see. Kelly said that she hasn't heard anything yet. I went on about the shopping and another parent came to me and asked if Clarksville is getting out early.
I told the person that I haven't heard anything yet. Before finished shopping the phone ringed. The school district was calling saying that they were getting out at 1. I checked out and loaded the car and decided that since I have missed lunch I would go by a new short order coffee house that is owned by a local radio station. I placed my order and the person was working on someone elses order. I thought that mine will be out in a minute. I waited 30 minutes and went up to the counter. I asked the waiter if he has started on my order yet. He said that he was getting ready to. I told him to forget it and give me back my money I have to go and pick up my son. My husband works for this radio station on the weekend and told me that the food is good. So I went and picked up Robert and said that he wasn't allowed to eat lunch because he had to go to the help center for math tutoring. So I asked Robert if Sonic would be okay for lunch. He said that he would like to try out the new coffee house. I told him no you don't. The service is lousy. The owner of the coffeehouse is my son's Advance English teacher. Robert told me that his english teacher told him that the kids that have all A's in his class each nine weeks gets to work for him this summer at the coffee house. I told Robert that the owner can have you work for him but cannot pay you because it is against child labor laws. That didn't go over good for Robert. We are suppose to have ice coming in after midnight today and lasting until tomorrow night. So I will try and get back on. It will depend if the ice breaks the lines and we have power outage. Today I'm taking it easy and not getting out because of frozen rain. I will probably work out on the WII later.

Hope everyone has an snowy with day whatever you do.


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2/18/13 1:10 P

Oh yes!! Mine two love to wake me up too. And always much earlier then I want to get up.
And like you said, when I do finally get up then they jump on the bed again and go to sleep! LOL

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2/18/13 6:55 A

aren't they thoughtful!!
L C makes sure I'm up in the morning (I'm talking anywhere from 4am on) If I don't get up, she goes on the dresser and starts knocking things off--today it was my husbands pliers in the pouch--heavy thing, but she knocked it to the floor.
O K--I'm up! now I'm at my computer, and she's laying on my lap sleeping!

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2/17/13 5:23 P

My cat CeCe is so funny!!
We have been talking some about how our cats know when we need extra loving......

Well, I had cataract surgery on one of my eyes the other day. I am doing fine but at night I am suppose to wear this plastic protector over my eye so I don't scratch it or something during the night.
It is driving CeCe crazy! She noticed it right off when I laid down. She started putting her nose right on it and sniffing and going all over it. I kept telling her it was all right. LOL
I thought if I let her do this then she would stop and forget it.
I guess she decided there was something wrong and it did not belong there!! She tried to pull the tape off using her teeth!! LOL
When I put my hand over it and started saying no, she just pushed with her nose really hard trying to get under my hand.
It took her a long time to finally go lay down.
But she did the same thing tonight!!
It just drives her crazy!! LOL

Thank goodness I only have to wear it four nights!!
I don't sleep as good trying to hold my hand over my eye!!!! LOL
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2/14/13 11:32 A

Hello All,

Happy Valentines Day to you all.

I am doing a little better. Today the pain is better. I just hope that it stays that way.

I have put up a blog, titled "Dot's Hand Progress". If you have the time you can find out what is happening with me.

I am still typing with one hand so that is why I can not answer the posts for right now. I am hoping soon that I will be able to come back on full time.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Best wishes to everyone

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2/12/13 8:37 P

I have been working out everyday for 3 to 4 hours a day. I am taking a break today to let the sore muscles to settle down. My 12 year old son came to me last week and asked if he could join Sparkpeople. I told him that he would probably have to wait until March 8 when he turns 13. I think that I had read somewhere that the kids have to be 13 to join Spark Teen. One of the the othzer teams that I am own has told me that they would be happy for Robert to contact them and they would put Robert on the weight loss spread sheet for the Winter Challenge. My scale broke two weeks ago so I have to get another. I am hoping that the weght doesn't creep back on.

I hope everyone has an
Dot hope you recover with little pain.

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2/10/13 2:13 P

Glad you are home Dot. I am also praying for a speedy recovery for you.

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2/10/13 9:53 A

Dot, for a speedy recovery for you.

Yes, cats are remarkable. When I use to have migraines, Gidget would lay with me. When my son had a serious accident (age 15), Gidget was less than a year old but she stayed with him night and day. Izzy & BeBop don't seem to be as intuitive as Gidget was. She was a remarkable cat.

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2/10/13 8:57 A

Hello All,

I would just like to let everyone know that I have had my surgery on Friday and am home trying to get through the pain.

I have put up a blog titled, "Dot's Hand Surgery" to let you all know how things are going. I am only going to be able to type a little with just one hand available. I have to be careful with this one too because it also has the same problem and chances are that I am going to have the same surgery on it as well.

Best wishes to all.

Hope you all have a great day.

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2/9/13 12:39 P

Cats make the best nurses!!!! When I had my stroke one of my kids sat up by my head for several days. He knew something was wrong and so I guess he was comforting me the only way he knew how.

As for the nose kisses. Mine do it occasionally. I usually spark them with static so it doesn't happen often. oops!!!!

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2/9/13 11:16 A

Recovering from eye surgery. As I lay on the couch, Smokey jumped up & started to knead my feet. So sweat & comforting. My 2 cats are such good nurses.

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2/8/13 10:57 A

Mine do that to me, and I take it as a sign of affection

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2/8/13 6:28 A

My L C does that, too, especially when I'm on the computer and she is on my lap, she has to put her paws on my face and touch me. And if I put my head down, she'll put her nose on mine.

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2/7/13 6:58 P

KoKo does that to me to also.
I don't know but I assumed it is a kiss!
I have noticed when one of my cats get scared or hurt, the other one comes up to give comfort and they touch noses like that.
They don't usually actually touch, but almost.

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2/7/13 1:34 P

My Siamese Ma Ling loves to smell of the tip of my nose @ night when we are in bed. Can anyone tell me why?

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2/5/13 10:17 A

Hello All,

Thank you very much Deb. I will let you know how I do. I don't know if I will come on that day or not. I will have to decide on how I am feeling. I will however keep you up to date.

Hope you have a great day.

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