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[Guest guest]

Hi

Checking in again ................. my house is now painted and I'm working

on minor fixer-up projects, like cleaning lol it amazes me how my house can

fall apart (the cleaning part) while I'm stuck in a shower grouting the floor

for

2 days or how laundry piles up while painting ceilings and walls and wow my

email heehee when I tuck Sara into her bed, I fall right next to her in

exhaustion and I havent had the engery to get online to check mail. Well, the

only

strenuous stuff I have left to do is the attic and garage ............... the

garage, oh my this is where all of my clutter has now gathered. Ive been waiting

for a few cool days so I can work out there and I heard last night a cold

front was coming so I'll work on the garage clutter next week. Hopefully I'll be

able to put the house on the market in a week or 2. Then I will be able to sit

back, daily clean and have some type of normalcy going on.

Sara's doing great in school, her new teacher should be cloned. The Lord has

really taken care of me in this area, I guess he knew I needed a break from

IEP policing so I could work on the house.

Well, I just wanted to say hi, I hope all are healthy and happy. I'm calling

tomorrow to see if we have any more flu vac left, Sara got the flu last DEC

and this sent her into 2 days of seizures ........... surely this will qualify

as her being labeled high risk.

Thank you all for being here

Kathy mom to Sara 12 ............ OK I'm going to catch up on mail now

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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

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In a message dated 11/10/2004 7:38:39 PM Central Standard Time,

tcasten@... writes:

> > Checking in again

>

> wonderful I have missed you!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I knew you missed me

Kathy mom to Sara 12 ............... who will be 13 at the end of the month

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,·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ \__\ ,·´º o`·,

```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | | | ```)¨(´´´

¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°²·-.¸

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/10/2004 7:38:39 PM Central Standard Time,

tcasten@... writes:

> > ............... the

> > garage, oh my this is where all of my clutter has now gathered.

>

> And this is a problem, or are you one of those narrowed minded

> individuals that believe a garage is for vehicles?

Oooops forgot to comment ........... nope, Mike is the narrow minded

individual who thinks TWO vehicles should be parked in the garage. Truthfully Id

rather have it used as a wood shop or something. I strip furniture and when I

have

a project going on the vehicles are in the driveway. Also my garage tends to

get used for storage for one of my family members who has left their junk

............ The old line " I'll be back to get this stuff " is heard a lot.

OK the exercise ................ you are right heehee but the grouting took

all day and then the next to buff and in a tiny cubby

Kathy mom to Sara 12 ............... HGTV is my Fav channel right now, I'll

be ready to build my own house soon ........... just need a few more episodes

¸...¸ ___/ /\ \___ ¸...¸

,·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ \__\ ,·´º o`·,

```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | | | ```)¨(´´´

¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°²·-.¸

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

[Guest guest]

Kathy

good to hear from you. I am so sorry about everything you are dealing with, and

the Mike is dealing with. We will keep you in our prayers.

Sharon H.

Mom to , (13, DS) and , (9)

South Carolina

Checking in

HI

I thought I would check in The past 3 weeks have been crazy lol we are

still showing the house and have had quite a few lookers. Right now it seems

most want more for our asking price ..................... the next

neighborhood

over has the sz they want but for 100,000 more. Yesterday I had to leave for

a showing and was told I could come back at 5:30 (the appt was for 4:30-5:30)

well Sara and I came back at 5:45, I turn the oven on to preheat for a late

supper and then went upstairs to turn all the lights off. While upstairs a

car pulled in the driveway and I realized it was the agent that was to show

the

house. I turned the lights back on, went down stairs to tell Sara " get your

coat on we are leaving again " (not to her liking) the doorbell rang and the

agent at my door I knew heehee she has an 18 yr. old with DS. She laughed and

apologized for being so late and then told me the perspective buyer has a 11

yr. old son with DS. This family lives in another city in TN. Anyway I met

the man, he met Sara and we were off. I was thinking how ironic that the

agent,

a buyer and me all had a child with DS lol well no feedback yet but I sure

wish this was a sign I thought keeping the house clean would be the

hardest

but it isn't ..... leaving the house for showings is lol

Mike is at the cardiologist right now, the pulmonary specialist has

determined his problems are not lung related. His tests showed extensive

damage to

his heart muscle, he speculates from years of high blood pressure. The DR

left

Mike with orders that he must lose weight and to not allow his blood pressure

to rise because he's a heart attack waiting to happen. This news was given

to him last week he was then sent to this cardiologist that he's at now.

Im

praying this cardio will give him better news and a list of things to do and

not do, to live with this situation. It hasn't helped Mike that his dad

suddenly has fallen ill and had emergency surgery this week. FIL had a

strangulated hernia and his bowels were obstructed his dad is not and was

not a

surgery candidate because of his BP and clotting factor. With God's will

surgery

went great but he's now suffering a lot of post surgery problems

I think what everyone (family and friends) is thinking about concerning

Mike's dad's health is that this is the week my Mom fell ill and died on the

22nd. Here a year later we are again facing health issues with a parent. I

feel

so bad for Mike, he's in Nashville working Sunday through Thursday and

worrying about his dad, his own health is at risk which is another burden to

carry.

Thank goodness the girls and I are healthy (well Im stressed lol but not

complaining to Mike) and Im helping his Mom deal with his dad. Sara is beside

herself right now as she is not liking the hospital. She over the year has

associated hospitals with pain and death so she is soooooooooooo scared for

her

PaPa. Im really feeling confident that everything will be OK, yes a tough

recovery for FIL but I feel so strongly that he will be around for a while

longer

I did though skip buying tickets to a concert and making arrangements for

a night out (my bday is this weekend) because of what happened last year (I

had concert tickets then too and reservations to a hotel that I had to

cancel)

I told Mike we will be spontaneous with our Bday celebration heehee who

knows where we will end up but for sure not far from the hospital lol most of

my

friends have told me to pick a new BDay date lol really ... this is the third

time someone has been hospitalized during MY time.

Good news .... school is going great, and Sara and I will be moving kicking

and screaming lol the teacher should be cloned, she really gets it.

Sorry this is so long, lol to much has gone on since I last posted lol miss

you all

Kathy mom to Sara 13

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,·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ \__\ ,·´º o`·,

```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | | | ```)¨(´´´

¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°²·-.¸

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15