Buddy List July 14-20

[coribazz]

just checking in, everything is well..

[Elsie150]

Hey everyone...will try to get on in the morning and catch up. In the meantime...Val this is for you...have to post here as I tried 4 times to pm you but it would not go through and I am out of time...

Okay...second try!

Val...thanks for pm'ing me I would not have wanted to miss this!!! It is great news! You son will come along quickly with the one on one time I am sure! I am sorry that it is one more thing on your plate at this time but if anyone can handle it it is YOU! You are truly inspiring!

Both my kids did speech. I had one dumb *** worker tell me to prepare myself that my son (3ish) would be diagnosed as being mentally challenged..which would have been fine if he was but I knew he wasn't. It took until he was 9 before he was diagnosed with selective mutism...fortunately we had intutively doing the right things all along and he (now 12) is doing great!

Thanks for sharing with me!! I so appreciate it!! Will try to check in with the list tomorrrow.

[valleriek]

Billl, lol!! You and your smilies! Too much! Hehe! Sounds like the family is doing great!!! So glad to hear it!! Hope you get your appetite back soon, maybe it is gone due to your cold. And holy cats, Bill, look at your ticker, I can't believe you are almost at the halfway point!!! In 5 WEEKS TOO!!! Way to go!!! I dropped back to induction yesterday, cuz, admittely, I wasn't perfect last weekend, and am determined to get out of the 190's once and for all!!!

China, hey, at least you are here and doing something about it!!!! You will be gorgeous in no time!!!! I do know what you mean about the smaller bone sturcture of "Asian" people, if I may use that umbrella. I used to date a Korean guy in HS, and he was skinnier than me in size 28 mens jeans back then! Just think how ridiculous we would look now!! LOLOL

Monie, your poor doggie, probably looks so pathetic!!! Aww, hope she feels better!

Elsie, yep, just wanted to make sure to let you know what happened with the appt, in case you didn't get to read them all, and becasue you were so much help brainstorming what to do with the lil guy! As a parent, you kind of just "know" what to do, I had just been saying that if only he was crawling, he would be so much happier to be able to get around on his own. Just as you intuitively know what to do with your son. The professionals aren't always right! I am really lucky to have a thoroughly competent team that I trust in my case... Well, after they sent me home when my water broke at 20 weeks with teeny burial clothes, predicting I would miscarry, then I made it to 28 weeks with him, then they became competent in my mind.

Did you guys know that a hospital isn't allowed to resussitate a baby that is one day younger than 24 week's gestation??? Because if it managed to live, the complications would be so bad? It is depressing to think back to, I know, but it is just an interesting tidbit that I bet the average joe (sorry joee5, lol) didn't know. So I went home and bedrested on my own and was finally admitted into the hosp for bedrest on that specific 1st day of the 24th week. Oh well, it all worked out.

They also had me buy these jars of baby meat, like canned dog food, gag, to get him to eat, he is slowing down in his growth, only 15.5 pounds so far. They told me to give him the formula first before food, and to get him to eat a whole jar of meat, for the protein to get him to grow a little better, I was thinking he sure seemed skinny lately too. I think that with the protein increase, he may feel stronger too. Started pumping him full of it yesterday. It is so strange for me, my other kids were close to 10 pounds at brith! It certainly has been a life changing experience having a preemie.

And now bf has been bugging me that he wants a daughter!! Ya, buddy, you give me time to get my body back, and then ask me!!! LOL!!! I know he is just excited cuz he only has the one child, who is going to be ok, but he needs a little more time to be the baby.

Ok, I have a test to go fail today, yahoo!!! Seriously, with BF gone, and appt yesterday, I am so behind, it is almost not worth the drive there with gas at $4.03 a gallon. It is one of the 3 tests that I have to go to campus for. I'll catcha all later!! Hope everyone has a great on-track day, I will!!!

[joee5]

Hey Val, cheapest here for the "garbage fuel" is $3.87. There are some videos on YouTube in regards to using the cheap stuff all the time and what it'll do to your engine. I'll pay more now to save on the knocking later. I put the plus into me Lade and the cheapest for that is $4.05. Refuse to use the super that's near $4.20 or so. Just checking in. Been very,very busy. Work, reports and the kids driving me nutz. No honestly summertime is our busiest time. Hope all is well. Things are GREAT here. No problems and am ecstatic about me looser fitting clothing. Sugar free, exercise free and full of confidence. Less posting going on this week. What's going on? God Bless,joe

[billbazz]

Good morning bud's!!

cold left in my nose only--hope it runs it's coarse today..had some turkey and tomato's this morning..think it was the cold stopping me from eating..
will drink lot's of fluids today tho..

Val-you sound upbeat and fired up! good for you..you will get thru the test--you only need a B or better!! lol

Family is doing well soooo farrr...not thru induction yet but down 6 pounds already//think they expected 50 or 60 tho...LOL
SHHH (don't tell Elsie..but I'm still on Rung 1 myself) will slooowly move soon tho...no rush--

hey I'm a baby naming maniac!! Beatrice. Clara, Mildred, Stella--see I can really help name your new daughter!!

[valleriek]

Lol Joe, so you have your wheels on a diet too, hehe! Yeah the prices stink!! That's for sure!

I dunno what happened to everyone, I was off for a bit this weekend, we had a huge half a tree to deal with that the heavy snow broke this winter, and get all cut and hauled away before bf went out of town. So I didn't post for a couple of days.

yeah, Bill, drink a lot of water, I got a cold right after I started induction, no fun. Yeah, you can name the girl, not! LOL!!! I actually like the name Mary, after my gramma. I have decided to tell bf that he has to wait till the current baby is 3 before bringing another drooler into the household. Geesh, gotta come up with a game plan, right? I definitely need to get healthy first, I want to diminish my chances of anothre preemie as much as possible, that last one was waaaay too close of a call!!

No seriously, I am going in to fail that test today, it is a lot on chemistry, metabolism, etc. I have only skimmed over the chapters, that is all I could manage, hey can't win em all. I did get a 51% on one other test, and still am at a 85% overall. I will just have to do the extra credit that he offers. The important one at the very end, I WILL be ready for, more cat guts. It will be ok, I will probably get a B in the course. At least I have more reasons to run to Hibbing today, gotta buy diapers and toothpaste! See, I do have a good attitude!! TTYL!

[Elsie150]

OMG! I just responded to EVERYONE and then clicked on the wrong button!!! AAAYYYY!!!!

[joee5]

Welcome Elsie aka (Momma Hen). God Bless,Joe

[2MuchMike]

Joe, I see you've updated your ticker - you're so close to being under 100 to go! Way to go!

[joee5]

Ja, half a pound difference whenever I near some kinda goal. Go figure. Must be them Jalepeno flavored sunflower seeds. They more carbs then the jumbo regular flavor. Keep on losin. God Bless,Joe