tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66209669721117148412023-11-15T19:13:08.925-08:00Nanny's NonsenseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-75493597717743270742016-07-21T15:58:00.000-07:002016-07-21T15:58:29.867-07:00Stores to price match to (refreshed)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thought I would make up a refreshed list of stores to check price comparison and match to Walmart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This list contains my main stores I check on Wednesday which runs through Tuesday eve, which are mainly "grocery" store type stores.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-23002914075841958762016-03-15T21:36:00.002-07:002018-01-24T16:26:59.908-08:00Panic pitty party time<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Excuse my Pitty party time I guess. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I am feeling each day is a little deeper in a failure with this ongoing battle with this Monster of mine. He is such an ugly beast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know I keep rolling around the song lyrics that are way too fitting for me today to parts of a John Denver song. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some times the hard times won't leave me alone. "(My Monster)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Some times the cold wind chills in my bones."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Some times the monster makes misery in my bones)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is slowly but surely taking back my life no matter what steps I have done and continue to try to do to fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The harder I seem to fight and work and try new tactics, the scales of the weight of this monster are taking over once again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took such drastic measures just over 2 yrs ago, to try to gain a really supurb tool to help me fight this beast. And was winning. Until the "newleywed" phase of that was over, then the work had to begin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The real work of my tool of Rny had done its part now my turn to do my part and fight, fight, and work work, each step each bite being causiously thought out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But to no avail, today, I crossed the +20 mark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">20 lbs of regain! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once again my blood pressure is starting to rise, my aches and pains of the weight are returning able to sleep less and less and only a matter of time and the big ugly Type 2 "D" will begin to rear it's vicious head again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am working so hard each day on all sorts of directions to make sure I am getting the maximum amounts of calories burned in a variety of ways, watching each and every bite - protein - carb - liquids I put into my body are carefully considered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I pray, I eat, I care for, I try to sleep, then the next day I start all over with: I pray, I eat, I care for, I move more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I could and would be kicking my own monster self if I was eating things I shouldn't! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I even track my lil no'no's just to try to reach the minimum 1000 calorie intake a day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spoke with the weight loss surgery team's nutritionist a couple of weeks ago, she even agreed with my typical day - to not be a reasonable explanation to it and to try something different and increase my carbs a bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I did and I think didn't help any. :(*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I invested in a fitbit to stay on track and motivation help with gettting more movement in my day as most days I am not even out of my yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have stopped any medications that can possibly contribute to any type of stress controlling that might be causing slowing of metabolism. (which since stopping is probably adds to the reason for the pitty party)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I do also, realize as tears drip onto my keyboard as I type this, that I am doing NONE of them great, probably not even considered well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is day 3 of a terrible allergy gone wild making it totally miserable head, nauseous time which I know probably another reason to feel so down with this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The old saying - muscle weighs more than fat - well, think about that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">NOT true. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully somehwere in my body a bit of muscle is forming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But since working out steadily I have now gained 4 lbs and not changed one single bite of food except for really trying to reach my goal of 1000 cal a day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hard for me to do! I have one thing on my side (so far) that, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">shhhhh </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">(</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lets speak of very softly as my monster doesn't know I don't have much of any real hunger yet, just head hunger)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back to just totally freaking my butt out with this weight thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suppose to eat right, watch what you eat, drink liquids and LOSE 1-2 lbs a week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have done the TOTAL opposite! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having once again, to do some re-evaluation to see how and what is and is NOT working. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Obviously, the progress is NOT working. Now how to change it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Obviously another things is wipe that monster face, and pull up those big girl panties and get my butt busy even more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think I am going to begin, once again, to do the all liquids a couple of days to maybe jump start something, anything in the other direction!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we will see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Surely won't be even worse! Praying anyway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If this keeps up - I will be right back to the fat - miserable high blood pressured, type 2 diabetic taking all sorts of meds, and insulin shots just to get through one more day of misery that My Monster of me is going to become again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Damit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not to stop!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have GOT to find some sort of answer here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I keep praying! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I keep working!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I keep tracking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I pray some more!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-37463500171108676162016-02-18T14:35:00.002-08:002016-02-18T14:39:27.208-08:00Playing blog catch up<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wowza. I didn't realize just how long it had been since I was on My Monster blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So . . . to do some catching up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This month (February 2016) marks 2 yrs since I had my gastric bypass surgery, RNY. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been an interesting journey which has been so very successful in getting enough weight off </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that I have NO need for any diabetic medicines, including shots, NO blood pressure meds, (although some days around here I need a chill pill. Eek! <80 ( that is suppose to be me freaking with a pointy hat. lol!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel so extremely fortunate to be successful in my choices and the support I have through all of this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had my 2 yr mark checkup with my Bariatric dr, which anyone who meets this guy would instantly like his fun personality and his main nurse also. So extremely helpful and so supportive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At my weigh in, I was totally straight with him and yes, I have seriously slipped and gained some back. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My dr was not too concerned about it as most people do have a bit of regain when their body settles from the surgery and rapid weight loss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, he did agree with the med I had been taking the past several months, is a super slower downer. (lol) of the metabolism. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He said to not worry, just go back to basics of which I keep so very simple anyway, and I am perhaps fortunate that my lil "pouchie poo" is pretty particular and I don't very too much with the foods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, I am very fortunate that my appetite hasn't returned yet. Practically all is only head hunger. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And still habits from associations creep in from time to time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still have a challenge many days, to make sure to get up to the 1000 calorie mark with appropriate foods, that I should be doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After several times checking with "Mrs Google" she keeps stating if one eats too little, the body can stay in survive type mode. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Guess that might be part of the problem too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But to be totally honest with this, I am very quick to point out though, to myself that I have GOT to move MORE. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What's that commercial say about a body in motion stays in motion and a body who doesn't wont.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that's my new philosophy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Every bite - every sip write it before you bite or drink it!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I keep reminding myself I have come way too far to slip back again. I will NOT let this monster back in my life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, now back to the basics. And proof that surgery only allows us with an extra tool, not a cure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Easy, heck no! One of the several hardest things I have ever done in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But worth it - heck yes. We all have heard so many times, age is an enemy in a way to controlling weight. Our body naturally slows down as it ages. Makes sense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ok, the basics of "after surgery" life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>#1</b> - Focus on protein - protein and more protein. Lean protein that is. For me - I rely a lot on protein drinks. Probably too much is a bit of my problem also. Body doesn't have to work as hard with a liquid as it does something to break down. So, I will try eating more protein here and there and perhaps a bit less on the shakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>#2 </b>- MOVE! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No matter how much, <b>any</b> movement is some!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So - to start the motivation, I have heard a lot about Fitbit being all the rage for tracking movement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perfect - got it ordered and received a couple of days ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Totally love gadgetry. Lol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am quickly reminded of the same sort of idea to price matching/couponing idea with this new </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">gadget. #1 thing - Awareness! Key!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I could watch every single drink and bite carefully, BUT - gotta move. Move Move Move!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not just a stroll, but also need the higher heart rate/fat burning moving and for hopefully over time, be able to do it for a longer peroid of time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #141823; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well . . . I just sort of rocked another 1st time for me.</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6d8p6-0-0" style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And keep coming up with reasons not to get to classes, which much of the time is a challenge.</span></span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A while back, I picked up a beginner instructional type Zumba dvd, and when I finally found out where I put it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #141823; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Guessing it was a bad day so me and my monster hid it well. :P) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">he dvd was even still sealed. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, I fixed a glass of kiwi strawberry Propel water and </span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #141823; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I not only opened the wrapper, but I also went as far as putting it into the dvd player and . . .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I actually DID my first ever Zumba program. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I survived the tutorial/101/beginner type program. yay! lol! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not that it was at all pretty. I was waiting for a knock on the door from officials to tell me to close the blinds. :0</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was an instructional/beginner intro at first, then onto a somewhat simple workout, but geez, my legs were jelly. </span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a LONG way to go!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will try to check back tomorrow and see if I can roll out of bed. - And this was jjust the beginner instructional type. Lol!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, lessons learned and conquered today - 1st step into serious cardio work. Which we all need to do more and more. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am thinking of the old phrase we all have heard way too many times but don't live by,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We all need to eat to live - not live to eat!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-46023170326548732072015-06-29T09:44:00.002-07:002015-06-29T10:33:57.196-07:00My personal opinion - take it or leave it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have tried to remain neutral on this flag news, new rules of marriage, civil disputes, along with quite a few varying opinions of history - <i>which remember - there are ALWAYS 3 sides to ALL stores - mine, yours and the truth.</i></span><br />
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I tried not to add to the frenzy for as long as I can.</span><br />
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Whether anyone cares or not, here is my opinion.</span><br />
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I just finished hearing and reading yet MORE stories about arguing and controversy about which flag this and which flag that.</span><br />
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<b>But OMG!!!! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Enough is enough!!!</b></span><br />
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First of all, I am proud to be a northern born girl adopted and raised by deep rooted God believing, Arkansas parents.</span><br />
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I was always taught that:</span><br />
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NO ONE - whether they be rich or poor, black or white, pink, purple or zebra stripped, and no matter your history or my history, or our personal version of our history, no matter of religion background or no belief of any, or even whichever sexual preferences, - NOT ONE of us are in ABSOLUTELY NO way, shape, or form, one single bit better than ANY other one of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are so close to yet another anniversary of our Nation's most tragic "human" initiated event ever - which we all know as 9-11.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do we too quickly forget just how all of every type of man woman and child, banded together to bury our lost ones, and all greive for them TOGETHER?</span><br />
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Do we all seem to forget too quickly, that we are suppose to be the <u><b>UNITED</b></u> States of America?? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Land of the Free and home of the Brave? Thankful for those who did fight for and lose their lives and family to enable us to live in a free land to make the choices we all have?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Isnt' that exact freedom of life, liberty and choices what the UNITED States of America is to be all about being the "great melting pot" of all types of people from all around the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I always was lead to believe and in my heart still do, that we are suppose to be setting examples of how other countries should strive to be. Not to run from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can we NOT just become <b>United</b> in our country and celebrate the upcoming birthday of this freedom on 4th of July together?</span><br />
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Isn't that what we were all reminded of on the tragic September 11th? </span><br />
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I so very much hope and pray we, and our children never have to see another event such as this but for EVERYONE to become as one again!!</span><br />
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It so deeply hurts saddens my heart to see such a display of confrontation between so many various groups. </span><br />
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Can we not all be ONE Nation together to help and support all? </span><br />
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Shouldn't we be lifting each other up instead of criticizing and knocking someone over to make our excuse seem bigger?</span><br />
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Don't we all have enough hatred, sadness, loss and struggle in our own daily lives to try to deal with the best way we know how, that we allow others that don't seem to have enough of a personal life, have to take it upon themselves to cause others sadness, loss and hatred and turmoil?</span><br />
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Please for whatever your reason or belief or history that your opinion is, PLEASE stop feeding the crazy nonsense frenzy and get back in touch with the basic HUMANITY of ALL!!!!</span><br />
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God Bless EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-17924276718995228822015-05-01T14:22:00.001-07:002015-05-01T14:24:39.054-07:00Weed Killing Potion that ACTUALLY works!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to the - creeklinehouse.com for a great recipe that works for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">killing those pesky weeds around our area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And about all of us already have these simple ingredients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://creeklinehouse.com/2013/06/magical-natural-weed-killing-potion.html#_a5y_p=619996">Magical, Natural, Weed Killing Potion - The Creek Line House</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-85828965288218204002015-05-01T13:45:00.001-07:002015-05-01T13:47:00.115-07:00DIY Car Vent Air Freshener - Frugally Blonde<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just ran across an awesome little trick I am definitly going to be doing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here it the tip. And thanks bunches over at Frugally Blonde website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Head on over to:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">list of store items to check out and seeing if it's the best deals </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(or sometimes not).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a lot of fun and each time learn quite a bit each time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All went very smoothly without incident as my previous adventure was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, had Haylee with me, (which is a fab life lesson for our homeschool hours),</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so she uses one cart to have regular priced items/and coupons matches only, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and I have a basket with price matchups and/or coupons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had very close to $60 of coupons. And LOTS of price matchups. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many weren't but a few cents here and there but all adds up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a list of a few of my fav's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(please keep in mind, I live near Heber Springs, AR </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so these are prices near my town)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>General Mills cereals</b> (up to 13 oz) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wm - $2.82-$2.98 = Edward's Food Giant - $1.48 + -50c. coupon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Oscar Meyer bacon</b> (1 lb pkg) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wm $4.48 = Knight's Super Foods - $1.99 ea</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Bush's baked beans </b>(28oz) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WM $1.98 = Edward's Food Giant - $1.78 + - 50c. coupon</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Angel Soft bath tissue</b> (24 roll) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WM $ 10.97 = Cash Saver@Newport $5.45+10% = $6.05</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Paper Mate Ink Joy pens</b> (8ct) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WM $3+? = Staples - $1.00/pk</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Planters Peanuts </b>16 oz - </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Wm $3,50 = in store coupon from Family Dollar insert $3.00</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And remember - like I stated earlier, I had LOTS of coupons and many small matchups that add up really quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, I NEVER buy anything with or without a matchup with coupon and sale if I wouldn't already purchase it or want to try it anyway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A hint to help a LOT when you get to the register that will make things run SOOO much smoother, is make sure to carry the smalles size of "post it" notes, and write where you are matching and the price, and stick it to the items. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I saw on a site to do that - it helps sooooo much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, I try my best to group all my "like" items together as I set them on the belt, and try to seperate the price matches seperate from the regular priced items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will be amazed at how easy, and how much fun it could be to play this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you save money at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all the coupons and price matchups I had along with using Ibotta (a phone app)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think I saved approximately $136.00 in all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's like getting free turns on the board of Monopoly and landing on Free Parking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember, have fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">KNOW the rules! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Play fair and enjoy!!!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-23244111079962519602015-04-28T19:52:00.002-07:002015-04-28T19:53:47.984-07:00New updated list of stores I price match to:<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have updated my list for online viewing of all the main stores </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like to try to price match to my local Wal-mart store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(There are a few more, but they don't always </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">post sales in the local paper and/or online.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember - play the game of coupon-ing and price-matching by the rules. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Know all the rules and stick to them and when you are very certain you are right - Stand your ground. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Corporate makes these rules to bring in our business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If our local store wants our business as much as Corporate does - they will </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">play by the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">rules the same as we are suppose to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And remember - Bring your PROFESSIONAL attitude!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-79244703892525968112015-04-28T15:40:00.000-07:002015-04-28T15:40:15.877-07:00My latest shopping adventure! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For lack of a better title at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My latest adventure, as you will soon read, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">was just that - quite an adventure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been price matching (ad match)/couponing for several
years now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From time to time, run into a question or altercation about
this or that, and usually work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it out in a reasonable way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday (Monday 4/27) was different!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a list of several items, an aide with my mom for a
couple of hour, and had Haylee with me, which she is so good at this too in
checking ounces, etc, sort of math lesson.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She usually has a basket with the regular items in it and I
take care of a basket with the price matching items in it. Makes it so much more simple when ready to
check out to keep all straight for me and faster/easier for cashier when doing
so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First of all:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have ALWAYS prided
myself on the honesty and respect I try to use when using this feature as I know
it's a bit bonkers, everyone has an opinion on things, etc. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I try to be extremely certain of the rules of the game, the
item I am after, and the exact size, etc., of that match.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even with Cash Saver adding 10% at their check out, I make
sure to have it already on my list with the price of sale + 10% already added
and really to make sure the cashier even knows both prices so they can see I
did my homework as fairly as possible to make the transactions as smooth as
possible!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know there are several people out there all the time that
are trying to do an extremely advanced job and even not making sure at
presenting all the information or be a little vague on it so they can get the
products through.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WE are NOT a big city with big city stores that have all the
buildup of overlapping stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just want to try my best to save what I can with this
feature that is allowed to us to save time and money not to have to travel
further and to get to many different stores to find the sales.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well as my story continues:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My very first item I tried to "price match" was to
a store that I have price matched to for a very long time and NEVER really had
a problem with. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, I have been asked for sure what store and where it is
located. I have NO problem with that.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, too - I have had the cashier check to confirm what
size/type of item is offered in the sale.
I get that - it's only fair and their job to try to make sure we are
correct also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I EVER have any doubt at all, I either don't get the
item, or pay regular price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, with the very first item, the CSM was called over to
the register. (No names mentioned - for now).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She immediately wanted to know where and what price. No problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It happened to be Edwards Food Giant in Little Rock. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She said she needed for me to show the ad or pull up on my
phone. I refused stating I don't have
to prove it, have never proved it, and corporate policy states I don't have to
prove it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CORPORATE policy states:
(copied directly from: http://corporate.walmart.com/ad-match-guarantee</span></div>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #1a75cf; font-size: 14.5pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*The following are guidelines and
limitations:<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 9.5pt;">We will match any local competitor's
advertised price.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 9.5pt;">We do not require customers to have
the ad with them to honor a competitor's ad, but we reserve the right to
verify an ad at any time; we also require the store to verify the ad if
there is a difference in price greater than 25% from the competitor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She continued raising her voice to me (and Haylee)
determined if I was NOT going to show the ad, she was NOT about to let me have
the item at the price matching price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After standing my ground for a good couple of minutes, and
her continuing to raise her voice to me, shake a paper at me stating it's a new
policy for the store and item to be proven, (but not offering to show me that
paper) I saw I was getting absolutely no where.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I proceeded to get my purse, bag and coupon book and direct
Haylee out the door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WITHOUT ANY OTHER SINGLE item in my hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We walked out with 2 baskets of stuff which much of it was
price matched or coupon to go with it still sitting at the register!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I felt that I had better just sort of retreat as I could feel that I was NOT going to be
handling this very professionally and needed to regain some composure before
proceeding.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I arrived at my car, while still in Wal-mart parking
lot, I called for the manager on my cell phone.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally spoke with an assistant manager, stating the head
manager was out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went over the entire story, what I was doing, what went
wrong and with WHO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also explained how this CSM raised her voice, waved a
paper at me, that was not actually shown to me, and stomped her foot once even.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She clearly understood how frustrated, embarrassed and
totally ticked I was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did NOT go into any excuses of life of this and that - I
stuck exactly to the facts </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of the problem at hand.
My life info is NOT anyone's to know in this event as many bring up to
get more "sympathy." </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep it simple, determined and KNOW your facts!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The assistant manager apologized several times for the
mis-understanding and told me to make sure to ask for her if I had that problem
again with this particular CSM or any other one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When she realized I was still in the parking lot, she put me
on hold and checked to see if my baskets were still up front.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They were except for a few frozen food and dairy items being
taken back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She told me that if I would head back in, to meet with
another assistant manager up front, he would see to it that I was checked out
and no more problems would arise.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which is exactly what happened, my baskets were brought to
me, and someone was getting the items I had in it from dairy and frozen back to
me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While still with one of the assistant managers, and a couple
of other CSM,s (at times) the current CMS that I had the issue with, asked me
if I would mind for her to check me out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I said I didn't have any problem with that. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She proceeded to an empty register, items were loaded onto
the belt by employees as I went over each item to match to, and even made sure
each price match was understood to be as correct as I had stated in the
beginning the first time and every time.
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All info is always on my list. Place/size,/item and if any restrictions, it's on there too.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She asked and I answered every single store, item price to
match, sizes involved and any restrictions on such items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The CSM, herself, found absolutely NOTHING wrong with any
one single item I had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I finished up I thanked the asst. mgr that assisted us,
and the employees for helping </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">too. I left there
being very nice and very professional.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once again, I would like to make sure it is understood that
this is a really super thing that Wal-mart provides for us to be able to
do. I, in NO way want to make this
challenging to cashiers, or other employees of the store. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I DO NOT want to push the rules. I am a good game player.
I want to play fair, treat fair, but I EXPECT - NOTHING less than that
from the stores. In ANY situation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I am ever in any doubt as to a rule on this situation or
any other, I make a call to check on the rules. If not sure or the person I speak with seems unsure, I will call
back to make sure to speak to another person to see their viewpoint on it. I have done this with MANY </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">situations.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If I ever feel, as like yesterday, I cannot maintain an
absolutely professional attitude with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">myself, I will retreat, regroup and go back.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I too make DARN tootin' sure I am exactly in the
right!!!! </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Remember, at all cost, in ANY situation in life, whether it
be shopping, marriage, - Life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in general, make
darn sure you are in the absolutely with out a doubt right - then</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">go for it. STAND
YOUR GROUND. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if it means retreat - regroup and go again. LOL! </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of all days for Haylee who is 8 yrs old and a darn
good shopper already,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">learned a very valuable lesson yesterday. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">** Play fair - know the rules of the game (whatever game it
may be) and STAND your ground no matter what.
And expect NOTHING less from everyone else. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are NOT better than anyone - never let anyone EVER make
you feel that way, but first of all KNOW the rules and stick to them!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.S. New sales come
out Wednesday morning. I WILL be at
Walmart bright and early with an even more lengthy list of price matches (even
for a very few cents which I usually don't match under a few pennies, I will
now, and WILL not give in - when and if I know I am in the right. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, all this being stated.
I DO NOT believe it is my right or anyone else's to go into any store
demanding anything! </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe it is our right as customers to use the rules of
the game as stated by such store whether it be corporate ran or franchise
ran. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Find out the rules - and stick to them - with a TOTAL PROFESSIONAL
attitude!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes they are there to provide product/service for us. Yes, customer is suppose to always be right,
but we are dealing with someone not one iota better or worse than ourselves.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If the positions were reversed, keep in mind how you would
want to be spoken to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">God bless and have a wonderful day and keep those price
matchings and couponing's </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fun and play the game fair!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-39280880441650681522015-04-06T15:11:00.000-07:002015-04-06T15:16:51.298-07:00Updated List of printable coupon sites<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wanted to post a new/updated pic of my fav sites I go to for printable coupons.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Always remember to print 2 times per coupon, in most cases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, most coupons are good for 30 days from print date.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Zip codes are important also. You can sometimes find better value and/or different coupons if you type in a large city such as in California/etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cannot believe it has been one entire year since my Rny (gastric bypass weight loss surgery) Woo Hoo! What a ride it has been. Ups and downs, and spins and twists. Talk about roller coaster. But all is good. Actually all is great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My year in review at 1 yr surgiversary of Rny surgery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, February 3, 2015 is a huge day for me and my journey
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of today, it is my 1 year anniversary of one of the
biggest, most significant decisions </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have ever made.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It
was my choice to take back MY LIFE and MY HEALTH!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One year ago today, I arrived at Baptist Hospital in Little
Rock to have a surgery that is referred to as Roux-en-y (RNY) for short.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a robotic version of a gastric bypass surgery to
re-route my stomach, small intestine </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to help me to gain control of my weight, diabetes, high
blood pressure and many other </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">smaller issues that were contributing to my declining
health.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did NOT enter into this decision to merely "loose
weight". I went into this venture,
to gain a tool that I could fight a better battle, more equipped to take on and
succeed in the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">battle of my life.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I
though long and hard about this decision.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just over a year ago, I was trying to do all I knew I should
do with the help of Dr's and many friends, and wonderful husband and daughter
and grand-daughter, to try to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">get this declining health under control, but was desperately
losing the battle, slowly but surely as each day passed, becoming more and
more, against all the odds of time being on my side.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had not long ago, turned 54, and now in my hand at the
crucial moment of my truth and awakening, my very first insulin shot. Yikes!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my worst fears in my own life, besides the ultimate being cancer,
was to face the truth that I had failed, and failed miserably. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At that crucial moment of truth and awakening, I sat in the
dark, alone, as everyone had gone to bed, and held the syringe in my shaking
hand, it was like you see in many movies.
The syringe grew larger and my hand shaking, trying to get up the nerve
to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stick myself in the stomach, knowing it wouldn't be long and
it wouldn't be just once a day type of shot.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would increase in volume, and frequency with time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I totally lost it! I
totally broke down. Tears rolling down
my cheeks, gasping for air, syringe still in my shaking hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did quite a bit of crying, cursing, and if you know much
about me - a laugh in there too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with all of this - quite a bit of praying too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was I going to do.
I had to have an answer and quick.
Sure I have tried and succeeded before in losing the weight, but I had
to have something NOW to get this under control NOW. I truly felt as though I had no time to waste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WHATEVER it took. I
was to the point, I would have cut off my hand that was holding the insulin
syringe if necessary to get a grip on my life.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What??? What was I going to do???<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once again, as I referred to, as in the movies, an answer suddenly and very clearly popped
into my head. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew instantly that was it!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God had taken my shaking hand. It was a feeling as if it was being held onto and patted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could finally take a reasonable breath again, and suddenly
my desperate question was answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weight loss surgery!
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remembered that my sister in law, had recently had a
surgery called gastric sleeve, and was doing great with it. Losing weight which was helping her gain
control of her health and life also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was it. My
answer and without any single doubt in my mind from that second on, I knew with
all of my heart, and without any fear from that moment on, I <u>never once</u>
felt nervous or scared to go through with it.
I truly felt I was lead to this decision by my Lord and once again
Savior of my life, not just my spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instantly, my faith was renewed in all aspects of my
life. I would do whatever it took and
no matter how long or painful or complicated this may be, I KNEW it was the
right thing.</span></div>
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took my insulin shot, no pain, not anything, just peace of mind that I would
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ABSOLUTELY necessary to get me to the next step of this
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think that was about the longest night I had been through
in a while. I had already </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">written online to my sis in law, all sorts of questions
about what steps to take and who to contact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next morning, while spending a few minutes with Larry
before he would head out to work, I highlighted my adventure, we will call it,
from the night before, to Larry. Not
knowing what he would think, I guess in a way I did already know in my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He instantly patted me and said, lets check this out. And that he would take off whenever and
whatever necessary to get me to Little Rock (as I hate driving there) to do
whatever necessary to get this started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before his first couple of hours had passed at work, he had
an email with all sorts of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">names and links on it to contact the correct people to get
the ball rolling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As phone calls and meetings, insurance approvals, progressed
through all the steps of a not so easy process to reach the surgery day, I
actually felt so much better and stronger that there WAS actually a light at
the end of the tunnel of desperation I was in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was counting down the days on my calendar until the day
was finally here. The day to take back
MY life! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had two weeks prior of surgery to go on a liquid only diet
plan. I had a tough spell a couple of
times. A bit of panic but not over the
surgery that seemed to have slowed time, but the withdraw from chewing I guess
you could say. But with only 2 weeks
until that would take care of itself by my stomach being - rearranged, it was
only a limited time to have to go through.
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piece of "cake" (funny term for "after" weight loss
surgery). But I still had such a strong
un-wavering determination, as I have not had in quite some time that THIS was
my path, my destiny to follow and that all would be fine. Whatever happened would happen. But the alternative was NOT going to happen.
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to check in on an icy road most of the way, he asked if I was nervous and ready
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then as I sat all dressed in the lovely hospital gown and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My back gave me more trouble from having to lay pretty flat
for the first several hours and being dry mouthed. For the first few hours, absolutely not even any ice chips to
suck on. Which sucked. </span></div>
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broth. Woo Hoo! Broth.
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with a couple of other fabulous gals that had the same surgery by the same
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had become "Pouch Peeps" together. By the next day, we were roaming the halls
together to get in our exercise and to work off the swelling from the air and gas
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the third day we all were allowed to head home. Thank goodness for a good dose of pain
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Good meds. hehe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Home sweet home. It
always does look even more awesome when you are away a couple of days. The faces of my girls, Ashley and Haylee,
meeting us at the door was absolutely priceless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My dear hubby, and girls took such good care of me. It was so nice to become a bit spoiled. Although, it never fails, when you aren't
really able to "do" something, is when you want to the most. Wipe the counter, laundry etc. </span></div>
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lay down a bit here and there pretty often, and having to have someone help me
to get flat into the bed, it was all tolerable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have grown to know so much about health, diet, good and
not so good foods in disguise, and so on.
I have learned thorough trial and error, that "one more bite"
WILL make you pay with only a small "egg" size stomach.</span></div>
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the time to get those liquids down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And like all the others who followed this path, the dreaded
part of about 4 months after, hair starts coming out like crazy. LOTS of it.
There were days that I would just stare at the hair in my hand instead
of my head, and then panic a few times, but it's hair. </span></div>
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your life. YES!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And thank God, it's not the type of hair loss associated
with any type of cancer and its treatments.
So this is a minor detail process to go through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And no bangs! OMG no
bangs! Ugh. That part got me a couple of times, but it was still way better
than the dry stringy scrunchy mess left behind to deal with . </span></div>
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hair. And it's so amazing how all of my
life, I have pretty much fought with my hair, needing it to be so-so and most
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not having it to fuss over has actually become quite liberating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's the silly saying, No muss - No fuss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I might actually keep it short for a while. Although bangs will be nice at some future
point in time. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are growing, just extremely slowly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for my health, one year later you might ask? I have lost over 80 pounds since surgery and
even more than that from my highest weight, which I have a pic or two of but
not actual weight as I wouldn't get on the scales for months to try to avoid
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I traded all my prescriptions for high blood pressure, out
of control diabetes and all sorts of meds to counter act all the other meds -
for a handful of daily vitamins. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And . . . .my blood work looks amazing.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so full of enlightenment, blessings, excitement and graciousness of all of my special people that have helped me to and through this journey.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-9070391916714954902014-03-08T13:16:00.001-08:002014-03-08T13:25:41.271-08:00To my monster<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, well Mr Monster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's been a while since I stopped by here to have a bit of a chat with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know it' been an up and down road the past (almost) 6 wks but I feel like </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">you are </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">grip is just a little more lose on me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know at times I have to still buckle under the pressure of this new little tool in my </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">arsenal especially </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">when you throw a curve ball of being sick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You will do just about anything won't you. Even cheat like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, I went to see my newest allies yesterday, and we re-evaluated our progress </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">so far and have even a tougher plan in the works for this war with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yes, I know you have had such a tough hold on me for so many years, but enough. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Enough with the foods that I am not suppose to have and would buckle under the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">bullying peer pressure </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">from tv, society, nerves, boredom, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's MY time. I am taking it back! Taking my life back under my control!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's only a small matter of time, a it's a slow, daily stragegic process </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and with all healed and tolerances built back up . . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You are NOW on notice!!! I'm coming for you!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-69761067742987994692014-03-02T09:33:00.000-08:002014-03-02T09:33:24.610-08:00My rant on weight loss surgery being cheating<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have hooked up with a couple of Facebookpages and are gaining some great friends that have had weight loss surgeries of all different types. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so saddened and disgusted when I see many posts on these pages that people always accuse them of cheating by having this surgery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think it's pretty dam sad that one has to make fun of another for succeeding in whatever way possible to lose this weight and win the battles against food and ALL of the health disease issues that come along with it just to justify themselves for not doing something about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In doing this, have we really outgrown the school days of bullying one because they have something different than us? We fuss about so much bullying going on in our schools with our youth's today. What about ourselves????????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since, following through with my extremely thoroughly investigated decision to try to get a grip on my own health, by having the gastric bypass surgery instead of loosing battle I was not winning with the diabetes and facing insulin dependency, along with all of the sad and terrible ongoing things that are associated with this terrible diabetic society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am not usually one that uses non-nice language on here, in this case, I really need to!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So to whomever says it's the easy way out - <b>Bullshit!</b> and try it if you think it's easy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Would you consider, having to be careful with <b><u>absolutely every single choice of bite</u></b> you take, size and what it is along with <b><u>every single sip</u></b> you take in?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If each and every bite and sip are not just right, I am in pain and totally miserable for a bit that makes that tiny sip or tiny bite soooo NOT worth it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My stomach pouch is now my extremely strict Sergeant with arms that will put me on my knees if it doesn't approve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Counting each toward each and every protein you are suppose to carefully get along with each and every vitamin I will be continually be changing according to what I am low on, for the rest of my life also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I cannot have a choice to cheat for that meal, that bite or that drink!!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This surgery is a TOOL! A tool that can be used or abused. I have one shot at using this tool to my health benefit my personal life quality and expectency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many are younger, more active, ability, etc, and so with that, you have a tool of advantage. So we are not so unequal after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't challenge anyone to just lose the weight. I challenge each and everyone to <b><u>GET HEALTHY! </u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes I am succeeding, but it's a lifelong decision that can't be undone like dropping of a diet for a meal, or a day or an impulse or splurge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's something that affects my family as much as myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which I have the most fab family and friends that is all for this, seeing what the alternative of not doing anything is doing to me/us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many people who have made this decision of surgery, have even lost many life long and close friends, and family members due to their choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It would break my heart for that to happen as we never have enough people in our lives anyway. But so be it if that be necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My life - my health, and my immediate family are the people I am answering to. And my God. That's it. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-63344268961991732002014-02-13T15:54:00.000-08:002014-02-13T15:57:52.986-08:00Thursday, January 11th, - 4 days left<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Counting down the days.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>to help me kick your butt!!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As of today, only 4 more days, till my life - our lives forever! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My surgery is scheduled to take place at 11 am Monday morning in Little Rock</span><span style="font-size: large;">at Baptist Medical Center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My life will sort of start all over again with a whole new angle and lifestyle. I am so very ready. I have been pumping myself up a lot for this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am soooo ready to toss those insulin shots into a tree as hard as I can and then stomp them also. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will also be so very nice to be taking Vitamins (even if it might be several) that will help my body not polute it with medicine that helps one thing, but hurts others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today marks day 11 of the 14 days of Liquid diet that was given to me by Dr. Off and on times it's not fun at all and really tough, but it's so normal now, I think I have it made the rest of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And on a very inspiring note, I started on it weighing 217.8</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As of this morning - I weigh 209.2! Yes my dear - single twenties. Woo Hoo to that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have also been working on trying to get everything in order. Larry will be with me of course. He's not allowed to leave. lol! Perhaps to go to cafeteria to eat once in a while. haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ashley is taking the week off from work and staying here with Haylee, and our aide for mom will be here during the days.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So think the people are handled. :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have saved leftovers here and there so that Larry doesn't really have to cook all that much although he is actually a good cook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished up shopping (I think) with regular price matching stuff, and stocking for them also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have all my liquid vitamins and other vitamins, shake mixes, etc all purchased and ready to go also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is so much to it over all, but with anything, it will be overwhelming at first, but later be fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I even got me a new simple gown to wear hopefully the second day out so it will be sort of normal feeling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hair trimmed up, and as my sweetie suggested to make me feel better about this - got new mani w nails and pedi also. Love that!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and Love that man of mine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I am going to soon start the nervous part of all of this - but for now - I am just counting the days and trying to think ahead of anything to make things easier for all the people involved in this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I plan on just trying to nap. lol! I know they are going to have to see me walk and I am going to do my darnest to do so. But nap in between times. :p</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am scheduled on Monday and should be home on Wednesday - some time during the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of all things, the weather is calling for snow or at least wintery stuff off and on starting Sunday night till Tues night. Ugg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Would be sort of cool to see some flurries while there, but not knowing it's on the roads. Oh well, just hope Doc is spending the night as he and his associates have 4 of us to work on. lol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I met a couple of great girls at our Dietian meeting. Some of us had a chance to exchange phone numbers to text. What a hoot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess tata for now. Signing off until next time.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-10806061891328737262014-02-13T15:53:00.001-08:002014-02-13T15:57:08.040-08:00February 1st (surgery month) is finally here.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seems like I have been waiting forever for this new month to arrive. I first began this process just before Thanksgiving and had to put it off for a bit to get all the ducks in a row.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And so finally. . . OMG it is here. I am 36 hrs from surgery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have officially lost 10 lbs so far on the 2 weeks I have been on the required liquid type diet. Have done extremely better than I thought it would be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now we have one other issue to work through.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The weather.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The forcast is calling for a bit of a mess on the day we have to travel to Little Rock for checkin and surgery, and again on the day we are to be released and travel back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interesting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully it won't be as bad as they are suggesting to be. Number one in this step is to get Ashley here. She is coming tomorrow to go over stuff easier before we leave Monday morning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the weather is going to be an issue for that too. She has decided to come much earlier in the day so she can avoid some of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We do have a 4-wheel drive truck that can possibly do better to get us to Little Rock. But may be a problem for me to get into once I am ready leave the hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So keeping fingers crossed and eyes on the weather - greatly anticipating the hours clicking by to head to start my new beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-40764266953926349012014-02-13T15:42:00.000-08:002014-02-13T15:59:27.535-08:00One more week to go!<span style="font-size: large;">Oh yay, eek!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">One week from right now I will be checking in to the hospital to begin the process to transform</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my life from here on. So excited and anxious. Not nervous yet. Probably once I get in there I will be</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but I am so very determined.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I had an almost mishap yesterday with food. And such an odd one. You know how you go to get something and grab this or that and not really thinking, well, while making mac & cheese for my</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">family for dinner, I was slicing some Velvetta to put into a bowl to soften for it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Before I knew it, it was almost in my mouth. YIKES!! I quickly put it down then nearly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cried because of wanting some so very bad. Such an odd thing. Ever since my daughter,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ashley was little, when we would slice it to use, I would always holler for her and we would</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">have a slice (or two lol). But . . . I will have it again. Just a taste here and there, but a taste</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is all that it actually lasts anyway.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">You know the old saying that's been around forever - a moment on the lips - forever on the hips!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking, touch your tongue with a lick of something, and enjoy, but only swallow what's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">healthy. lol! Some things you can do that with and some have to be devowered. lol!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-26275431436707522792014-02-13T15:40:00.002-08:002014-02-13T16:00:20.077-08:00Day 6 - moving right along with this pre-op step<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today is day 6 of my 2 wk. pre-op liquid step part of the program.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So hard to believe I have actually made it for this many days in a row without even a nibble.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow actually makes it the 1/2 way mark on this first step of the program. So excited.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday I will be meeting with the nutritionist with loads of questions and have my hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">blood work done, then just a matter of waiting till the next Monday for surgery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I had a pretty miserable day yesterday for most of the day. My stomach was not wanting to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">cooperate. I remembered later on, that just about every senerio, websites and facebook pages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">on this subjects, says drink more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So I downed a couple of glasses of peach tea and water sips in the next hour or so, and it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">actually did help. Perhaps a mind thing too, but I felt better by about 4 or so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I weighed this morning when I got up and so far in 5 days I have lost 7.5 lbs. Woo Hoo!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That puts me at 210.4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Nothing like loosing a bit to make it more motivational. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have been trying a few new mixtures of this and that so maybe I won't get too bored</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">with and to find out what I might be open to since cutting out all the other stuff available.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have actually gotten to the point I like V8 veggie juice. Not much at a time, but </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">beginning to be pretty tasty. I usually have about 4 oz just before I have my protein</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">shake so that I feel like that's dinner and the protein shake is dessert. lol! I know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">it sounds silly. It's my mind game. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today I was reading again for the upteenth time on my list of things I can have,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and it states that I can have oatmeal, grits, and cream of wheat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Never really cared for oatmeal texture, but after jellos and shakes, might</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">be worth a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I blended the oatmeal so it would be more ground up, then added some splenda and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">cinnamon and fat free milk. Oh Yumm!!! Nice and warm something for the tummy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It was a very happy tummy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I also added a bit of the chocolate flavored protein shake to it which was even better!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After that, I made up some banana cream pudding (sf) and thought it would be an</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">interesting idea to try puree'ing a banana and adding to it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Note to self: pudding doesn't work as well with puree'd stuff added at the beginning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And although pretty tasty even though runny, tummy didin't like it!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As we wrap up day 6, my tummy is about to settle from the banana pudding fiasco,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and I still have a protein shake to go before bed. Then on to day 7. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-85550198524825069932014-02-13T15:38:00.003-08:002014-02-13T15:38:48.992-08:00Day 2 of pre-op all liquids<span style="font-size: large;">Woo Hoo! I survived the first day. Hopefully that will be the toughest!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now on to tackle this that is Day 2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6 am:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Woke up with just a bit of a headache, which isn't abnormal for me, but not from</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lack of foods. I was very hungry though.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Just for fun, I thought I would weigh to see if anything had happened. I was 217.8 yesterday</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">at my official start weight for liquids.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I lost 3 lbs! 214.8 exactly!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes yes, I know it's liquids from getting so serious on this thing. But it's a dang minus.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am so ready to see LOTS of those. Nice way to start day 2.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Had my shake while visitng with my honey before heads to work for the day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">7:30 am.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So very tired from not sleeping very much last night, so rested a bit this morning, while</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Haylee watched tv and worked on her morning list of "to-do's" before we start our</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">homeschooling day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10 am:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tried to wait a bit before my 2nd shake. Don't want to get to many in from all the calories.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So mixed one to have now and had it in the freezer a few minutes to really slush it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yumm! Great idea!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Also have tried my best to get use to V8 vegetable blend juice. NOT my fav, but not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">too bad either. I had a couple of sips here and there. I think it can grow on me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Oops, forgot that anti-diahrrea pill this morning. Better grab it NOW!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Thank goodness that settled down soon. Haven't had too much trouble with that so far.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But it's only middle of day 2.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Haylee and I had a pretty successful day of working on homeschool. Yay!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In between times when she was working on something I would go and pick up, fold clothes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">etc. I am thinking I feel pretty good today.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I kept at the liquids - sips of V8 tomato juice, peach tea water, and my protein shakes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">By mid afternoon, I actually do feel pretty good. Maybe this isn't so bad.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So pleaded with my head - to PLEASE behave itself so that it didn't hurt like yesterday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Keep thinking - drink, drink - drink.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Is it drink that Alice did to shrink? Ironic. "Drink to Shrink" And very true.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think I found myself a new motto! also drink to drown my monster. lol!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, here it is, 6 pm and while Haylee and hubby are at Taekwondo class, I still have</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no headache to speak of and feel pretty good. Winding down a bit but pretty good.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have actually gotten a few extra things accomplished today. Yay!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to try cream of chicken soup for dinner. Don't know about how good or not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">good it might be, but what the heck.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking I had 3 shakes today. Don't know if I can skip the one before bed or not.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Do know I made some chocolate sf pudding and it's chillin' in the fridge right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I nearly stuck my face into the bowl and sucked it without firming when I was whipping it up.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Just read on Facebook about a girl making this type of pudding so think I am going to have</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to try that laterl</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Copied from a post::</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;">"Just made the family and I sugar free protein pudding! 67.5 cal, .68g fat, 1.5g sugar and 4.75g protein per 1/2 cup! Just mix 1 premier protein shake and skim milk with box of sugar free pudding mix and viola!!"</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-33034600941196362822014-02-13T15:37:00.005-08:002014-02-13T15:49:30.663-08:001/20/14 1st day to beginning my journey - today!<span style="font-size: large;">Hey hey hey - the day is finally here to get started. May not be fun at times, but it's going to be successful</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one way or another.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Today I start my pre-op 2 week all liquids program. Surgery is exactly 2 wks from today. Yay!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Starts out not too bad. Had my protein shake. It is rather tasty. Chocolate of course.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have been drinking it off and on for a few days so that my stomach won't have a total</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fit with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It's now 12:30 - my stomach thinks I totally abandoned it. Geez!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Quickly downed a small cup of ready made chocolate pudding (sugar free of course).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and a glass of my fav peach tea water (sugar free too).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Please settle down stomach. We gotta do this!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Aaa! finally had some warm chicken broth which seemed to sooth my stomach and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">trick it into thinking it had something to eat.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Couple of hrs later, developed a terrible headache and stomach seems not happy once again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Drink more!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-6189819111731213732014-02-13T15:36:00.000-08:002014-02-13T15:36:01.364-08:001/19/14 Last day to chew for a while<span style="font-size: large;">Woke up with a wonderful smell coming from the kitchen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Larry and Haylee had been working on a big breakfast for all of us but mainly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">because of me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Today is my last day to chew in quite a while. I am soooo ready to get this started.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I know the all liquids for 2 wks is going to be next to impossible. But then the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">big day will hopefully hurry up and get here.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am expecting the worse and hoping for the best.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed a fabulous breakfast with my peeps, then took it easy with the foods the rest of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the day. I worked on having lots of liquids and even ended up not having but 1/2 a burger</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and a few chips for supper.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I will have a snack in a bit while watching a couple of my fav sitcom shows.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Then tomorrow morning - all liquids.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yikes. I have waited for quite a while now for this to get to the point of tomorow morning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to get this underway, and after months, it's finally here. Yay and Yikes!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">My head is spinning with all the things to get ready - have ready, foods to try to have handy for Larry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and bug but not me, to have things done ahead of time, to have ideas of stuff to take to hospital,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and on and on.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-73685441948885412842014-02-13T15:33:00.003-08:002014-02-13T15:50:46.248-08:001/16 & 1/18/14 Last week before pre-op liquids begins<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday Jan 16, 2014</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have 3 more days that I can chew. Then on Monday I begin my all liquid pre-op diet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Time is going by so extremely slow with getting this underway. But it is finally about to take the next step.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday Jan 18,</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Well tomorrow is it, the last day to chew for a while.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I had a nice quiet day at home while Larry and Bug went to a gun show.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">btw - he bought me a 38 lady smith & wesson revolver - totally LOVE it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">We all went out to China Delight for one final dinner out that I can totally enjoy the amts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow morning, he is gonna make me bacon, eggs, homemade biscuits and gravy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for my final big meal. Then light the rest of the day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Also, even if embarrassing - I don't care - I am going to let Larry and Bug measure me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all sorts of measurements so that I can chart it (which I have ready) and see the results</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in inches along with the pounds.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Larry is being so very supportive of all of this. It's actually kind of funny that the very first time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I brought up the subject, the next day during work, he emailed me all sorts of info along with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a phone number and website of a contact in Little Rock that does surgeries routinely.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Such a mess. gotta luv him.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-50363909782501144732014-02-13T15:31:00.001-08:002014-02-13T15:51:34.451-08:00Steps are about to officially begin<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jan 14, 2014</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am only a few days away from beginning the process of my 2 weeks full/only liquid diet to head to surgery on February 3rd. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have so many thoughts running through my head good, bad, scared, excited, nervous, anxious, and anything else to throw in there too.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought it would be a good idea to start putting all my thoughts down on paper - well sort of, since it seems to always help me sort things through better and later on I can look back on where I was and where I am heading.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-29566494843248067742014-01-05T14:32:00.000-08:002014-01-05T14:32:49.897-08:00My favorite online coupon sites to print from<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is a list of my most reliable sites to find and print at home, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">coupons that I will be needing </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">to use for regular use or my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can print 2 times from each coupon (normally). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As 2014 begins, so does my journey to fight my personal monster </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">my schedule is set to take it to the next level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It has taken what seems like quite a while to get all the ducks in a row to get </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got all my instructions via email today on when, where and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am getting butterflies now as if a teenager about to go on her first date. lol! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know that's silly, but I have needed and wanted this for so long now </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and it's finally about to happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In spite of all the good, bad and ugly of it all at the beginning, </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201199918846186301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620966972111714841.post-54315445384843605602013-12-07T09:28:00.001-08:002013-12-07T09:30:45.989-08:00101 Household Tips<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I run across some great tips and tricks for our homes all the time, but this article I have linked to has many new ones along with some I have seen before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are all such fab ideas. I am going to work on many of them today. (and in the future). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be sure to take a look and even save the link so you can get back to the website to check on more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ideas. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to www.glamumous.co.uk for a really great list of ideas!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(And thanks to Renee for passing along!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Link is:</span><br />
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