Eat less so others can eat more.

It has been over a year since last I posted, and I felt that I should bring folks up to speed, my weight is up,(imagine that!) to 334 lbs, and my diabetic A1c is at 7.2.

I have joined a weight challenge, this one requires the participant to acquire pledges, for every pound lost between not and August 1st. I plan to lose 12 pounds. Mom has pledged 5 dollors per pound. The money then goes to charity to help feed the less fortunate.

Well this had better end this for today, I need to go get some sleep! good night all!

Marc and Matthew

Are visiting this weekend and we went up on Petit Jean Mountain today and to the petting zoo up there, we also went to the paper mill and learned how paper is made.

A fun day.

Tomorrow I am taking Mom to SVI north for her third and final epidural.

sleep

Just got mama home from the sleep study, the technician said that she will be getting her results in about a week.

Mama said it was about a normal night for her, boy am I sleepy. She really doesn't sleep much. Now I'm about to head home and go to bed.

Have a great day, love y'all, annabanana

more on mama

her back is really giving her fits this morning. Thankfully, she has her third and final injection on 3/4/08. She is going for a sleep study this Thursday night.

Really looking forward to getting her better!

Up to about 45 feet on the running. Trying to take it fairly slow. Race for the cure, here I come!

cows gotta eat.....

Even when your house burns down and the only clothes you have left in the world is your Sunday best suit that you are wearing, still the cows have gotta eat.

Too fantastic!

Tornadoes may flirt with us, but fire destroys us.

Yesterday, 2/28/08, My in-laws house burned. It is gutted, it is a total loss.

Thankfully Joey's parents weren't at home, but his brother and our niece-in-law and the babies were there.

Brenda was about to give the boys a bath and was in the bathroom when Terry(my brother-in-law that has PKU) broke down the bathroom door and told Brenda they had to get out that the house was on fire.

So with the boys safely in the car, Brenda and Terry got buckets and ran back into the house, trying to put the fire out. After the second flare up, Terry grabbed Brenda by the arm and said "We gotta get outta here"

The fire chief of Jerusalem, who is a Volunteer himself, told my mother-in-law that they were lucky no one was inside, she told him about Terry and Brenda and the kids and he said it's a miracle that they got out. He should be out today to determine the cause, either the flue to their wood burning stove, or electrical.

There were firemen and women from Jerusalem, Appleton, and Saint Vincent on scene. And where was I you may ask???? Sleeping soundly as the firetrucks with sirens blaring went past my house and stopped less than 30 yards from my front door.

All this started a noon, and Joey got home and woke me at 2:30. That is the second fire I've slept through, I'll tell you about the other one later.

There is a blessing in all this, no one was seriously injured. Although the fire was hot enough in Pop and Alma Jean's bedroom that it blew out the windows and knocked one of the firemen off his ladder, but; he wasn't seriously injured, thankfully.

For now, Pop, Alma Jean and Terry are staying in Pam and Terry Mcghee's camper. Pam is Joey's sister. They have no homeowners insurence of any kind, and can of course can use whatever household items anyone can spare. They are going Friday to look through some of the stuff that was donated for the tornado victims for everyday clothing, Joey and I got them some underwear and socks and sleepwear last night. Marilyn Hawkins who owns the store in Jerusalem sent them some toiletries. Our nephew Jason and his wife the aforementioned Brenda gave them $400. Calls have been pouring in for them. Joey and I stopped at Pop's brother's Oscar and we told them They called their sister in Texas and so on.

I can't think of anything else to say, except please pray for them.

Love y'all, annabanana

I am not a runner.....

but I really want to run the race for the cure, it is a 5k, so yesterday I was watching the noon time news and saw a story about how the dioces here are telling the catholics to not participate in anything to do with the Susan G.Komen foundation, because supposedly they support planned parenthood?!?

So, no offense to my catholic friends, but if they can't do it, you bet I'm going to. So yesterday I streched, and got out of breath doing it, not very strenuous mind you, I get winded walking across the room. I started out walking, and broke into a VERY slow, VERY short jog, about 30 feet, then walked some more.

Not much by anyones standards, but that was 30 feet more than I do any other day.

Pray for me, it took me 2 hours to get back to normal respirations!

Love yall, annabanana