Been off for a while, but hanging in there.

April 4, 2007

HI,

Been gone for a while, but still here. We moved in January and since

have messed with my meds, as well as other things. My Daugter

Krystle, is graduating from Navy Boot camp on the

13th. We are soo proud of her. Not to mention following her step

dads footsteps. Her biological asshole isnt going to chcago for her

graduation. he is too busy going away to hawaii with wife number 3.

which, I expected. hell he didnt make either of our kids high school

graduations. So we go next week for 5 days.

We moved up to the mountains out here in san diego. The house is

great built in the 1930's. Even had some snow! have had some bad

days cause of the cold but I like the quiet so I deal. We also have

added some new family additions. we have 3 puppies! in December we

got Fergus a Shar Pei mix. can be a bully but getting better. Then

we got him a playmate. That was PRincess Sophia. We let my daughter

name her before she left for bootcamp. She is 6 months old and a

black lab /irish setter. A sweetie. planning on training her as a

service dog for me, just got to break her jumping habit. Well, that

was all we planned on having. but, had puppy kindergarden one

weekend and they had an adoption going on at the petstore. they had

bull mastiff mix pups. well that was what hubby had wanted all

along. when he told me he had that two year old face of the kid in

the toystore wanting a certain toy. so we filled out the app but

cause we had 2 puppies they turned us down which, I dont get. he was

really disapointed so, I went searching.knew he wanted a bull but

started looking at the different types of Mastiffs. I found one that

was about a 4 hour drive for a pure bred Cane Corso Mastiff, aka

ItaLian Mastiff. emailed the breeder and they emailed us a few pics.

Fell in love. he is whats called brown brindle in color. The only

condition was I get to name him. Huby said ok. well, I decided to be

a smart ass. since we had 2 dogs the first with one name and the

second with two, so he had to get 3. so named him Zeus Maximillian

Hercules. When picked him up saw mom and dad well, dad was oh about

250 and mom 135. He was pick of the litter and only one left. The

breeder wanted to keep him but as he grew, his wife realized he was

bigger than dad at the same age. So, wife said has to go. Lucky us!

he is now 4 1/2 mths old and 46lbs! Got him for Earl but, he is

attached to me. our trainer said honestly, he would likely be a

great service dog or get a female cane corso. because of his size

will be able to support my weight as far as getting up and down,

etc. So not sure which gonna do. Did tell Earl that maybe after he

gets out of Navy, we could either Breed Cane Corso's or have a cane

corso resque. They really fit there names, the gentle giants. having

a few potti training problems but just being patient. have a friend

house sitting while we are gone and puppy sitting. I know im gonna

have seperation anxiety when leave him though. will be calling home

to check on him.

THey have soo helped me as far as my depression though. was pretty

much staying in bed before the move, just didnt want to get up. with

them. have to. Zeus usually sleeps in our bed, gets a bit crowded

when they all do! in the mornings before earl leaves for work takes

them all outto go potti then puts them all up on the bed with me.

THey have been probably the best medicine of all. were tring to drop

the neurontin and swith to the lyrica, seems to be working well

though., Also put me on Effexor for the depression. pain has been ok

but in the mornings when cold is hard. some days still in bed till

like 11 but force myself to get up. doing some sewing and litle

things to try and keep busy.

Hope everyone is doing good and pain is staying under control.

wondering if anyone else is having a good result with the lyrica.

right now taking both but since started taking the

lyrica the spasms have really seemed to e under control.

Take care

Blessed Be

Deb

April 7, 2007

In a message dated 4/7/2007 10:27:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tommie_jones@... writes:

Another doggie lover! You have some big ones! I have a boxer, a black lab

and a beagle. They are all my babies and sleep with me when Danny isn't home.

He works the grave yard shift right now so I get to sleep with my babies. He

will be going back to days soon, so that'll end. But my 15 yr old now has a

queen sized bed so they'll sleep with him. They aren't missing out that's for

sure. lol They are so spoiled. Kind of like yours it sounds. lol

I hope your pain is at a manageable level and you had a great day. Happy

Easter, hugs!

Tommie

are you all talking about Great lakes naval training center? I volunteered

there at the hospital during the Vietnam way from 67 to 70 mostly marines

from combat in the hospital but all the corpsmen were naval personal.. my best

friend married one of the corpsman loll she just was week for all those

uniforms.. just brought back memories the hospital was often a sad place but

we

also had tons of funs what a great group of men so much courage

Rose

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April 7, 2007

Hi Debbie,

Nice to meet you as I don't think we have met! Or I just don't remember since

you haven't posted in a while. It sure sounds like you have a lovely home up in

the mountains. How peaceful! You're blessed! I'm sorry your pain was increased

with the weather. We just had a cold front come through, still in the middle of

it now and my body was screaming as well. We are having Spring return to us the

first part of the week, so once I'm over that change back, I'll be ok I hope!

It's been so bad that the pain meds haven't even fazed the pain.

Congrats to your daughter! My son is on his way to Chicago come May 23rd for

boot camp in the Navy! I'm so proud of him, yet I don't want to be away from

him. But he has to grow and he is so excited, I'd never express my not wanting

him to go other than letting him know how much I'll miss him. He has been

spending LOTS of time with me since he enlisted. He even spent the night last

night and spending the night at my sisters tonight. He plans to move out of his

apartment a month early and come back home so we can have more time together

before he goes. I'm so happy about this. And it was his choice and idea to do

so! Just warms my heart. Where will your daughter go next? As it sets right now,

is suppose to go to Mississippi for " A " School for 16 wks. Then back here

for a short time, then off to Hawaii. He will be so far away <sniffsniff> I

will miss him so much! He has enlisted for 8 yrs. He is thinking of a career of

20 yrs in, but not sure yet, so he only bit off 8 to start with.

It's a shame your ex won't be at her graduation That is a real shame. That

happened to my ex with his parents. They were so selfish. They didn't want to be

in the same room with each other so neither of them went It was so sad.

Everyone had someone there except him. I know that had to hurt. We weren't

together then.

Another doggie lover! You have some big ones! I have a boxer, a black lab and a

beagle. They are all my babies and sleep with me when Danny isn't home. He works

the grave yard shift right now so I get to sleep with my babies. He will be

going back to days soon, so that'll end. But my 15 yr old now has a queen sized

bed so they'll sleep with him. They aren't missing out that's for sure. lol They

are so spoiled. Kind of like yours it sounds. lol

I hope your pain is at a manageable level and you had a great day. Happy Easter,

hugs!