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[kelmac284]

Morning and happy hump day/wednesday all!!

Sara (1) good luck on whatever you decide to do for WOC. We booked AG because I wanted to be sure and have SOMETHING and we needed to eat anyway plus the girls have not been there since it changed to the 3 course meal and I really enjoyed it on the ladies trip. I just hope it is worth it but I figure we had to eat anyway BUT it is a tad expensive and I don't know that we would have done it (esp without the princesses) if the seats end up not being worth it. Once I hear how it all works, or find out for myself I may try the picnic option the next time we go since Shane is not going with us this time and eventually he is going to want to see it. If you DO get it let us know how the food is and how the tickets were!

I have been checking on all the updates each day and it sounds amazing! All the stuff they are going to do and the merchandise. I fear I am going to go broke cuz the girls are going to want it all!

Yesterday ended up being a bit interesting. I just hung out round here and did my chores and then Shane ended up having to work late so we went over to swim and they had cancelled practice again. This time not for rain but because the chlorine balance was off in the pool. That has been happening a lot lately. I didn't mind though cuz I wasn't feeling all that hot and would not have gone anyway had Shane been home. Our pics were in and they were awful! They had the girls looking right into the sun and Shelby's wasn't TOO bad except she is squinting so her eyes almost look closed but Katy's is AWFUL. Her hair looked funky and they had her stand and she was slouched over which looked weird, she was squinting which made her look like a cross between being mad and crying and lately she has been making this really weird forced smile, think Chandler in friends if you ever saw that episode LOL. She usually is pretty photogenic but that was horrible. I was pretty bummed but don't want to try and bother with re-takes so I will just deal. I may try to take some better ones myself with my camera though!

Anyway then we just came home and we have been on a Disney fix (getting ready for our trip I guess ) We watched Ratatouille this past weekend and all the pirates movies and then we started the High School Musicals and finished up with the 3rd last night.

Anyway today I just have more chores round here during the day and then as SOON as I pick up the girls I will be bringing them home to change and then dropping them off at dad's. I hope my post-op is just her asking me how everything is going. REALLY don't feel like an exam. I STILL have not been able to shake this stupid headache and was up most of the night again. I am hoping I can just go and tell her all is well and be done with it! Shane will be taking the girls to swim since I won't get back in time and otherwise that's bout it. The girls are SUPPOSED to finally get their yearbooks so I hope they do.

Anyway then tomorrow I am going in to work and I will be taking the girls to swim myself since Shane leaves tomorrow for his golf tirp and then Fri I am volunteering for Katy's field day. After school I told the girls I would take them to a movie to celebrate the last day of school and I gave them a choice of Shrek or Letter's to Juliet and they picked the later! AH my babies are growing up!! So we will go see that and then go have dinner after and it should be a nice day to celebrate the end of school.

Saturday I have the meet and Sunday is Girl Scout party. So LOTS going on this week but it should hopefully be fun.

Hope everyone has a GREAT day and is having a good week and for those going to see WOC sooo jealous and have a BLAST!!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Just wanted to share some pictures I took with my new camera:

This is Pearl

Diamond, this is where she sleeps every morning while I shower and get ready for work

I tried to put this on Diamond first put she wasn't letting me so I put it on Pearl and she totally didn't even care.

 

[kelmac284]

Awww! They are SOOO cute! Love the pics! Esp the first one! Gorgeous eyes!

 

[Funball]

omg sara.. cat clothes.. wow they are pretty like a

ooo we should all share photos of our pets today!!

 

[kelmac284]

I don't have very good pics of my babies but this is my kitty piper.

And this is the only pic I have of our dog Cody. I need to get one where you can see ALL of him LOL.

And these are just because.

I found these in my neighbors yard and thought they looked cool. They only bloom one day a year.

And my attempt at being artistic

 

[Funball]

this is Jesse, she is a 9 year old black lab. She is my girl!!

This is Kodiak,my 10 year old Pure Bred Samoyed. He is my big boy!

if you google "samoyed" and then look at images of the breed, you can see that they have massive amounts of hair. this photo doesn't do justice!

 

[Funball]

HEY KEL!!! nice photos. they were good! i love the flower one

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

omg sara.. cat clothes.. wow they are pretty like a

ooo we should all share photos of our pets today!!

Not really cat clothes. I was looking for some batteries and found this old shirt from when my boyfriend's grandma used to have a Maltese. It looked like it would fit so I had to try it.

I really like this picture. I tried taking some close ups of flowers too:

 

[Funball]

ooooooooo i am loving the flower pics!! it's cool sara,it looks like cat clothes an it does fit!! lol its too darn cute. i wonder if kodiak would let me put a shirt on him, probably not-he is to darn big!

here is my submission!! lol

i use this program online., its free its called www.picnik.com you have to sign up i think to use it.but anyhow you can edit, add things make a collage etc on there, and sharpen photos and lighten them if they are too dark! in case you were wondering.

 

[kelmac284]

Oh I am loving all the pretty flowers! We are such a talented group. Sara (Moto) I LOVE that pink and white flower. What kind is that??? I've never seen one like that before. SOOO pretty!

Sara 2 Love your pups! Soo cute! And I like your purple flower too!! Pretty!!

I was just playing around with my new camera. Can't wait to try some more fun stuff. I am going to lug it to DL for our trip! It is worth it to me to get better pics! I am thinking I am prob never going to want to use my little point and shoot again

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Oh I am loving all the pretty flowers! We are such a talented group. Sara (Moto) I LOVE that pink and white flower. What kind is that??? I've never seen one like that before. SOOO pretty!

Sara 2 Love your pups! Soo cute! And I like your purple flower too!! Pretty!!

I was just playing around with my new camera. Can't wait to try some more fun stuff. I am going to lug it to DL for our trip! It is worth it to me to get better pics! I am thinking I am prob never going to want to use my little point and shoot again

Um, I'n not sure what kind it is ...it's growing in my front yard.

 

[Funball]

Um, I'n not sure what kind it is ...it's growing in my front yard.

it looks like a mini carnation.. i am just guessing by the look of the petals and how small they are.

 

[kelmac284]

Well whatever they are they are pretty!

Back from my appt and all I can say is hmmmm???? She said when she did the procedure there was some things that were not necessarily bad but not normal and she is not sure if it is going to work. So now I am really skeptical. I STILL have the tumor of course and she said that I won't know if that is a problem unless I have more bleeding or pain but as far as the problems I was having before she just isn't sure at this point. It will either take or it won't. Only time will tell. GREAT! So THEN what! All I can say is if it DOESN'T take then I am going to DEMAND the hysterectomy because I am NOT going through this again! I just want it over with! Knowing I have that stupid tumor in there bugs me enough and I don't want to keep messing around if this isn't going to work and I am ALREADY on hormones so it is not like that is going to make any difference.

I guess time will tell!

Anyway I just got home and Shane took the girls to swim so I am going to chill till he gets home.

At least for now I don't have to worry about it and I can just hopefully get through the next few weeks and hurry up and get to my trip!!! I'm so excited. Can't WAIT to hear about WOC tomorrow!!!!

 

[funnygarcia]

ok just so we dont have any mistakes..
there is two sara's me and the other one.. ok the other sara i saw we start reffering to her as "sara1" and the me, we can reffer to me at "sara2"..that way when kelly or anyone else replies back i will know who she is talking too!! and of course the other sara also!! just a thought..

last night was awesome! saw the 80's allstarz. they were fun to watch the guitarist that wears the DEVO hat Is super H O T!!!!!, and well the band is good at what they do witch is play 80's music. and of course a crowd favorite they played footloose!!

or maybe sara/moto and sara/funball? My aunt and my mom had the exact name (first and last), my aunt always laughed, rolled her eyes and said "I'm always the other Barb" I never knew if she thought it was funny or if it kinda hurt to share a name. It was odd when she died, everyone called thinking it was my mom when the obit came out.

woohoo I love the 80z all stars!
i try to schedule my trips at the same time they are playing at dl. Love when the characters come out and dance too.

I can't believe my time in scotland is over.

B thanks for the thoughts and you are right I am not dwelling it is just something I think about once in awhile. My dad has had a LOT of health problems in with this sudden passing of his brother it makes you think but honestly the irony in all this is my mom is very overweight, eats bad and has a VERY stressful job and I always think the irony would be that she is going to die first and THAT actually scares me more than anything because she is the one that works and takes care of everything! I am always on her about taking better care of herself but she doesn't listen. Hopefully that doesn't happen but it is def something in the back of my mind!

My parents are the same way, my dad has had lots of health issues and manages to keep on going (though he is getting closer to his end now).
My mom is his primary caregiver, she gives him his insulin every day. He doesn't even know how to draw it up. He can't drive, needs a scooter because his walking has become even more difficult. She tries to take care of herself, losing weight and keeping an eye on her own sugars so she doesn't progress to diabetes. But I worry about her as she is under so much stress and has to do EVERYTHING. They finally asked for a Realtor to come out and see what price they would sell the house/lake property, something they should have done a year ago...

ohh oops i almost forgot, for the last 2 months i have been working soo freakin hard at loosing wieght, i started at 155, and now i am down to 133!!!!!! and i feel great, i feel like a jenny craig sucess story-excpet i didn't use jenny craig! my tip--drink things like smoothies that have acai berry or pomegranite in it!!

CONGRATS!

Loved all the pics, cute bag, cute pets and beautiful pics of DL and flowers.

I will have to find a pic of my Poly to share.

 

[funnygarcia]

DH's school co-workers had their end of year party.
We took over a local bar. Imagine lots of teachers, with some pent up frustration, letting off steam by happily getting soused and dancing/singing along with the band. It was crazy intense! And loads of fun! Keep in mind, these are urban teachers, they deal with some of the worst in terms of behaviors and majority of the students are on IEP's because they are so far behind. Students dealing with some horrible things in their life, it spills into the school day and causes major stress in the staff. It was a bitter sweet end as they had to say goodbye to all of the administrative staff, the principal made an announcement before she left.. we all tried not to cry. The staff are like one big dysfunctional family, makes me proud of dh to be part of it.

For once in my life, I got good and drunk.. like giggling and dizzy talkative drunk (and those of you who know me.. I am not that socially outgoing!)
I wasn't hung over but my body is letting me know that I over did. I know at one point last night my arms started that familiar ache.. a warning sign for me to slow down. I said "heck no!" and downed another drink until I was very numb and bounced away to go dancing.

So uhh yeah.. today was not a good day for pain and fatigue.

Did a crash course on couponing for a friend, he was all impressed with himself at the end. We told him "You have much to learn grasshopper" as we compared our totals ($14) with his ($45 ) spent. Only did two rounds, 10 doubles and only 2 rounds?? BOOOOOOO stupid fatigue sapping my energy away so I couldn't enjoy double doubles.. HMPH! Oh well, there is always another sale and it's not like I need all that much.

 

[kelmac284]

Morning and happy Thursday!

B so glad you were able to have a good time! I can only imagine how stressful it must be working in that environment. I am sure they all NEED that stress relief!

I don't drink anymore so I don't deal with that but I remember those days of just needing to blow off steam and having a good stiff drink!

I am off to work today and the girls are doing a graduation thing at the school for the 6th graders. All the younger kids serenade the older kids. Then tonight I will be taking them to swim since Shane is leaving for his golf trip this morning.

I STILL have not heard from our Girl Scout leader and our party is on Sunday so I am a little stressed because I don't know ANYTHING. When or where it is going to be. I HATE not knowing anything till the last minute!

Anyway that's bout it for me. Hope you all have a GREAT day and take care.

 

[Funball]

For once in my life, I got good and drunk.. like giggling and dizzy talkative drunk (and those of you who know me.. I am not that socially outgoing!)

well good for you! i guess.. hey you know sometimes you got to take life by the horns and blow some steam off, even if it means over a glass of rum an coke!

well it is thursday. tomorrow WOC starts, i won't be going, i have to wait till next week, but apart of me feels kinda left out that i can't make it for opening night, but all is not lost cause i keep telling myself that i can go the weekend of the 19th and see it.but still everyone i know will be at the opneing, my two best friends from another discussion board will be there, and they have special viewing cause one is staying the GCH..oh well like i said there is next week. at least this weekend i can work on my 777 3D puzzle in the shape of a grandfather clock because i have no life-- it stands up and is about 3 feet high, and it has actuall clock movements. anyhow so i wish anyone and everyone that will be seeing WOC opening night a great time!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hello,

I got to read a little bit but not quite caught up on this thread. I did want to say:


*Sarah (Moto)-

I hope you had a great birthday and I'm so happy that you finally got that Dooney & Bourke purse! Your mom is so sweet to get that for you and the Tink pin


I hope you guys are all well. I have been going through some things lately and am trying to just take the steps necessary to heal myself. It's a real battle and mix of emotions and it's definitely not easy. I think I just tried to overcome everything all at once, in one big swoop and it just caused me to stumble even further. A close friend of mine just told me to just try baby steps, that I was just trying to take on too much at once.

I went to DL last weekend and it was hard for me. I was reminded of how he liked Space Mountain and almost left the line. I ended up going on it anyways (my sister and her classmates were there for a trip and they asked me to hang out with them). I went on it and then my little sister said: "Are you okay?" I said: "I think so" but I still felt sad at the park. I don't know why but part of me feels fear of seeing him and the other part of me tells me that I won't because he doesn't like it and he thinks it's a waste of money.

I was a mess a few days ago and ended up driving down to DL after work. I just went on auto-pilot and when I got there, I wasn't happy. I just sat in my car in the parking structure, staring at DCA and talking to my older sister on the phone. I was just trying to figure out how I could reclaim the place I love so much and that brings me happiness. DL has always been my stress reliever and my place of comfort and fun.

I talked to my therapist yesterday and she said I need to reclaim DL for myself. I tried telling myself, this is MY TURF, this is MINE, this is what I LOVE, not you! My cousin's DD8 is coming down here tomorrow and I'm taking her and my little sister to DL & DCA over the weekend. I hope I can reclaim my love of the park for myself.

I have been talking to someone in charge of a support group in Santa Monica, that my therapist had found for me. I am going through a check process to see if my insurance can cover it, but I think it will really help. They have groups for people who feel that they are trying to heal and move through emotions and just feel stuck. I think that would be really good for me and I will most likely hear from them some time today.

 

[Funball]

eatmypixiedust

i already wrote you a PM, but im serious on what i said, i am close by the park and live in orange county so i think right now you need a big hug and a friend! and i will be your friend and help you get your magic in disneyland back!

 

[kari12177]

I have a very stressful life and with my husband having no work and my son out of school,they play the xbox. They were rough housing, and broke it. Now it a total drama scene with both of them. We have to send it out somewhere to get it fixed, and right now they are both driving me insane!! Plus Im having major DL withdrawls cause we have no money to go and I havent been since 2008, and I used to go every year since I was 1yr old. So Im highly stressed!