Happy Sunday afternoon everyone! My honey just left after spending the weekend together. Had a great, productive weekend. Getting ready to clean my bedroom very,very well before my surgery. I don't want to have to spend the month in there looking at the dust bunnies and whatever else may be lurking under the bed. Have a great week ahead.

I got a windchime in the mail yesterday and I am assuming it is from ladyliz by her reponse up there. It is wonderful and is hanging on my front porch. Everyone have a fantastic weekend. Love and hugs are being sent you way in each and every direction!

Lex is one smart cookie. He knows most of lifes answers.

a fountain Mt. Dew....that is about it...not hungry today....

No appendix here either. Burst when I was 5 years old. Still remember the nasty lime jello! YUCK

8 lbs. removed total in breast reduction. I know I will catch some flack over that one.

No more babies=tubal

Half a stomach

2 of my wisdom teeth

Thats is for now.

Thank you all for your kind words on the subject I brought up earlier. You answers were very enlightening to me. Robin I think you said it when you said you loved both of your husband but different love for both. My youngest daughter looks so much like my husband not just physical but in the way she stands, her feet, the way she perceives things. Sometimes it is hard not to just stare at her. I know she feels this because everyone tells her, "You are so much like your daddy, you even walk like him." She is coping with it but it has to be hard to look in the mirror and see her dad looking back at her. She has a lot of issues she is working through about his death.

Thank you all for your kind words on the subject I brought up earlier. You answers were very enlightening to me. Robin I think you said it when you said you loved both of your husband but different love for both. My youngest daughter looks so much like my husband not just physical but in the way she stands, her feet, the way she perceives things. Sometimes it is hard not to just stare at her. I know she feels this because everyone tells her, "You are so much like your daddy, you even walk like him." She is coping with it but it has to be hard to look in the mirror and see her dad looking back at her. She has a lot of issues she is working through about his death.

Thank you all who have shared. It mean a lot to me. People in the town that I live in know just about everything I went through and kind of have pity in their eyes. I don't want pity. I just want to move on with our lives.

I just got my oldest daughter signed up for college. She took almost a year off due to our house burning down and her dad's passing. I took her to purchase some items for school and I can't tell you how happy she was. She said she feels like she actually has a purpose each day now. She works and has never stopped during everything that has went on this past year. It felt so positive last night watching her looking over her books and getting her stuff ready for classes. Life is starting to turn around for us, I believe.

Anyone else have any positive things happening for them?

I believe I have many callings in life, wife, mother, daughter, sister, and to be all that I can to each title. The one that I hold truest is mother. I am raising my two daughters to be productive citizens who contribute positively to society as a whole. I don't want them to be selfish and cruel to anyone. I do want them however, to be able to stand up for their rights and convictions. So far I think I have done this very well. I have two amazing young adults.

The other purpose in life is probably writing. I have always wanted to write since I have been very young. I am going to start on a book about my mother and her siblings growing up next month. I want to write childrens books though.

I have a special "attitude" with working with children who have special needs. That is what I have been doing for the past 11 years. I understand them and I know when to tolerate and not tolerate behavior. I have been educated in all aspects of special needs. I have a sister who is special needs but we didn't find this out until way later in life. She is 6 years older than me but I knew at a young age that she didn't "get it". While reading she had a reading comprehension problem major. She has since been diagnosed with Bi-Polar and extreme adult ADHD. She has Lupus and is a mess. However, I knew something was special about her before anyone else did. I am the one that talked her into getting tested. Now that she takes her meds as directed she is better.

Thank you very much. Most know on here that we had been seperated for the past two years due to his drug use. I won't tolerate any of that. He was a prison guard and cracked is all I can figure. I KNOW he was the love of my life. I do have major loyalty issues lying there. I can feel his presence around daily. I don't feel he is unhappy with who I am seeing I think he kind of guided me in his direction actually. Jeff knew I didn't want anyone who smokes, does drugs, has children, and had been married. NOW that is a lot to ask for when dating someone at the age of 40. Well this guy just emails me and he meets all of my expectations. Strange, right?

I am a capricorn and so true to what it says about me. My oldest daughter is a Taurus and the younges a Pisces and they are what describes them in their zodiac sign. Do I believe?, to an extent. Do I live my life by them?, No. Fun reading, Yes!

Happy, wonderful, terrific, great Friday to all my beloved friends on here. You guys are the best group of people I think I have run across. I want you all to know how much you mean to me. Thank you all who email me personally and wish me well wishes. One never knows what kind of day someone is having and an getting an email just saying hello and they miss seeing them or look forward to their posts is such an uplifting gift in itself. I hope and pray that all of you have a wonderuful weekend. I am rarely on when the weekend rolls around because I spend every moment with my two daughters and my honey bunches of O's! He loves me sooooo much. I love him too. Question for you though. I was in the shower this morning shaving my legs and I thought I don't know if I can love anyone as much as I loved my husband. What does that mean about my current relationship? Sorry for the book just some things on my mind. If we were all in one state (somewhere nice and sunny) we all could get together for lunch and discuss our issues. So I am bringing this one to the table. Feedback welcomed. Sherry HUGS AND SMOOCHES TO YOU ALL!

Patti and Liz I am glad to hear Paul (Bert) is talking to you two. Was getting worried. I am his secret pal for May and have sent out a package and a get well card also. I am fixing up another package and sending it out the first of the week. Sending him all my well wishes for a speedy recovery and that all goes well for him.

S unrise! I love the start of a new day and a new beginning. I start off each day this way.

well said

I am a capricorn and what it describes as a capricorn is right on the money for myself. It is amazing how accurate they are at describing the type of person.

Prozac mixed with another drug is what claimed my husbands life.

I taught 3-5 year old children in pre school for 5 years. I taught a lot of basics. The fundamentals before going to school. Socialization is a big one and sharing.

I now teach sp. ed. 6-8th grade. It is challenging. I have children who range from LD to Severe. Most of the time when you speak to them as you do your own children at home they will listen. If you try to tell them but not show them they will shut you out.

My own children, two wonderful daughters, have grown into productive and active citizens. They know right from wrong. They both can keep house, work, go to school, balance a checkbook, budget, and take care of themselves. They are very independent yet loving.

You always are learning. People learn in different ways be it visual, hands on, or be classic text book there is something to be learned daily.

The Amish religious group always talk about these. They like to get them when they are young and tender then of course dredge them through flour and fry them. The eat the young leaves in salads. They don't waste anything from anything. Myself so not eating them.