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[Guest guest]

Ah, Gena...it must've been so wonderful to hear from Niki I'm sure both

the Army and her new career in nursing are going to catapult her into

adulthood. It's lovely to hear she was inquiring about your c-sections. Keep

us

posted!

And now to answer this question I keep seeing -

>>What is your biggest challenge as far as getting motivated?

The motivation is my right hip Either years of weighing 210-225 or an

injury have caused it to become painful and then more painful over the past four

or five months. An X-ray my internist did was normal, so he's sending me to

my orthopedist...who told me to lose weight a year ago (sometimes I

procrastinate . I weigh myself at the beginning of each month and am at 198

right now,

so the motivation is there in abundance! Hip-hip hooray? (bad pun!)

[Guest guest]

Ah, Gena...it must've been so wonderful to hear from Niki I'm sure both

the Army and her new career in nursing are going to catapult her into

adulthood. It's lovely to hear she was inquiring about your c-sections. Keep

us

posted!

And now to answer this question I keep seeing -

>>What is your biggest challenge as far as getting motivated?

The motivation is my right hip Either years of weighing 210-225 or an

injury have caused it to become painful and then more painful over the past four

or five months. An X-ray my internist did was normal, so he's sending me to

my orthopedist...who told me to lose weight a year ago (sometimes I

procrastinate . I weigh myself at the beginning of each month and am at 198

right now,

so the motivation is there in abundance! Hip-hip hooray? (bad pun!)

[Guest guest]

Ah, Gena...it must've been so wonderful to hear from Niki I'm sure both

the Army and her new career in nursing are going to catapult her into

adulthood. It's lovely to hear she was inquiring about your c-sections. Keep

us

posted!

And now to answer this question I keep seeing -

>>What is your biggest challenge as far as getting motivated?

The motivation is my right hip Either years of weighing 210-225 or an

injury have caused it to become painful and then more painful over the past four

or five months. An X-ray my internist did was normal, so he's sending me to

my orthopedist...who told me to lose weight a year ago (sometimes I

procrastinate . I weigh myself at the beginning of each month and am at 198

right now,

so the motivation is there in abundance! Hip-hip hooray? (bad pun!)

[Guest guest]

Hey,

Just got off the phone with Niki. She wanted ideas to get daddy for

when she comes home next week. I mentioned about her doing ob/gyn stuff

right? For the new folks, she is in the Army training to be a nurse in

Washington DC. Well last week she got to watch a c-section and she

e-mails me to tell me about it. I had both girls c-section. She says

after watching that " Oh mom, that had to hurt!!! " . LOL I laughed and

said well yes it did! Now today talked on the phone about it more and

she says after seeing that that thee is no way in hell she ever wants

to have a c-section! That it looked horrible! I just had to laugh about

that. As I told her, I had no choice. The doc's said my pelvic is so

small that I couldn't even deliver a normal size baby normally. That

both baby and I would have died if it wasn't for c-sections. It is kind

of cool her seeing it from this perspective though. Kind of giving her

a new respect for me! Heck some respect for me for that matter! All

seriousness, before she left for the Army she and I were not getting

along, at all. Could not be in the same room for 2 min without

fighting. I felt she hated me and had no respect for me. It was a very

very bad time. Then when she went in the Army, against my wishes, I

thought how can we ever have a relationship now? It was really

devastating. I went through a really bad depression. And now here we

are a year and a half later and I am hearing respect in her voice! She

has never sounded like this towards me! Ok, getting teary eyed.

Now about my whacky husky...... I took the dogs out a bit ago and

found a chewy that Misty, the husky had brought out side. When we first

got her we figured she was abused and was under weight. She used to

hide bones and chewy's and stuff but hasn't in some time. We've had her

8 yrs. But sometimes she wont put them down when it's time to go

outside. So I saw this chewy on the ground and picked it up and brought

it in the house. The other dog Sitka ignored it. Misty picked it up

and has been frantically running around the house with it in her mouth,

whining and acting like she wanted to hide it?!?!?! So I put her out in

the kennel. I guess she didn't want me to bring it in. Goofy fluff

ball! Belle, my calico is following me around all hunched up and

rubbing and meowing. It's so cute! She hunches up right before she rubs

like to really show me she's there or something. She puts her whole

little bod into it! Ok, not so little bod, she's 15 lbs and has really

long fluffy fur! She's such a sweetie. :-) They all are. Last night

after Cassie and Mike went to bed I was sitting on the couch, feet on

the coffee table, blanket on me, Belle on the right, Rusty on the left

and Pepper on my lap. I couldn't move, was totally pinned! Ahh but what

a way to be pinned, by 3 purring fur balls. :-) Ok rambling now.......

Gotta get ready to go drop off that house payment and now get Cassie

too. She went to a friends house after school

Gena :-)

[Guest guest]

Gena,

Me and you talked about this alittle on the phone the other day. I

was never outright disrespectful of my mother. I was the only girl

of three and the youngest so I was always with my mom and mom was my

best friend even as a small child. However there are times with most

all kids when growing up when you think in order to be independant

and adult like you need to distance yourself as far from your

parents as possible. I am not even sure we do it consciously. I

think it just something that is. In some kids it is worse and in

some very mild. Sometime after that many of us have a moment of " OMG

they aren't out to get me..they understand and I respect what they

think " ..you understand how important they are in your life. Like I

said I never was disrespectful to my mother but my lack of talking

withher openly and kinda putting up a wall from her hurt her. I

think it comes with maturity.

I am very envious of you and your girls. I have two boys which I

love dearly but I know how I loved my mother as a girl and how

important she was to me and I was to her. Part of me would like to

have another child because I want to pass on things to her and share

things with her that my mother did with me. Like the Cookie recipes

and baking at the holidays. My little one wants to help me this year

and the other day he was in the kitchen with me and he asked how I

know how to make cookies. I told him my mommy taught me. He is only

4 and was born 2 months after she passed away so He did not get to

know her and does not understand really where she is. he sees

pictures and I talk to him about her. So anyways I tell him since

Mommy has no girl to teach how to bake cookies like my mommy did

with me he or his brother are gonna have to learn how to bake them.

he jumps up and down and throws his hands out and yells " I will " .

Like I said I love my boys and that brought tears to my eyes that he

said that even thou he is only 4. But the truth is down the road he

won't have much interest probably.

So enjoy your girls and enjoy that they are learning to love you not

only because you are mom but because of the woman that you are and

how special you are.

Rhonda

> Hey,

> Just got off the phone with Niki. She wanted ideas to get daddy

for

> when she comes home next week. I mentioned about her doing ob/gyn

stuff

> right? For the new folks, she is in the Army training to be a

nurse in

> Washington DC. Well last week she got to watch a c-section and she

> e-mails me to tell me about it. I had both girls c-section. She

says

> after watching that " Oh mom, that had to hurt!!! " . LOL I laughed

and

> said well yes it did! Now today talked on the phone about it more

and

> she says after seeing that that thee is no way in hell she ever

wants

> to have a c-section! That it looked horrible! I just had to laugh

about

> that. As I told her, I had no choice. The doc's said my pelvic is

so

> small that I couldn't even deliver a normal size baby normally.

That

> both baby and I would have died if it wasn't for c-sections. It is

kind

> of cool her seeing it from this perspective though. Kind of giving

her

> a new respect for me! Heck some respect for me for that matter!

All

> seriousness, before she left for the Army she and I were not

getting

> along, at all. Could not be in the same room for 2 min without

> fighting. I felt she hated me and had no respect for me. It was a

very

> very bad time. Then when she went in the Army, against my wishes,

I

> thought how can we ever have a relationship now? It was really

> devastating. I went through a really bad depression. And now here

we

> are a year and a half later and I am hearing respect in her voice!

She

> has never sounded like this towards me! Ok, getting teary eyed.

> Now about my whacky husky...... I took the dogs out a bit ago

and

> found a chewy that Misty, the husky had brought out side. When we

first

> got her we figured she was abused and was under weight. She used

to

> hide bones and chewy's and stuff but hasn't in some time. We've

had her

> 8 yrs. But sometimes she wont put them down when it's time to go

> outside. So I saw this chewy on the ground and picked it up and

brought

> it in the house. The other dog Sitka ignored it. Misty picked it

up

> and has been frantically running around the house with it in her

mouth,

> whining and acting like she wanted to hide it?!?!?! So I put her

out in

> the kennel. I guess she didn't want me to bring it in. Goofy fluff

> ball! Belle, my calico is following me around all hunched up and

> rubbing and meowing. It's so cute! She hunches up right before she

rubs

> like to really show me she's there or something. She puts her

whole

> little bod into it! Ok, not so little bod, she's 15 lbs and has

really

> long fluffy fur! She's such a sweetie. :-) They all are. Last

night

> after Cassie and Mike went to bed I was sitting on the couch, feet

on

> the coffee table, blanket on me, Belle on the right, Rusty on the

left

> and Pepper on my lap. I couldn't move, was totally pinned! Ahh but

what

> a way to be pinned, by 3 purring fur balls. :-) Ok rambling

now.......

> Gotta get ready to go drop off that house payment and now get

Cassie

> too. She went to a friends house after school

>

> Gena :-)

[Guest guest]

,

It really was wonderful! I can't even begin to describe how badly we

got along before! She and her new boyfriend got here a week ago and we

have been on the go since. Having a good time. :-) He seems pretty good

so far. :-) He, Arturo is 26, she is 19 so that was a bit of a surprise

but they get along really well and have tons in common so all is good.

I hope you have a happy new year! While they are here I have not been

eating good at all nor exercising much but I'm not going to worry about

it right now. I will be getting serious about things when they leave

though. I have 15 months until I am 40 and hope to lose 50-60 lbs by

then.

About the hip, I can totally relate. I have arthritis. Was diagnosed

at 13. At my heaviest, 284, even now at about 218 my hips bother me

sometimes but especially when I was heavier. Strange as this sounds,

exercise helps. If I don't keep active, I hurt more. Supplements help a

lot too. The main ones are MSM, glucosamin and chondroiten. Those

things and lots of water. But when I first started on the treadmill, I

could only go 2.5 to 3.0 mph. Now I can go as much as 5.0 mph but don't

very often because it does hurt so I mostly walk at 3.6-4.2 and have

added incline lately. Just build up gradually like maybe 10 min a day

and increase a couple min each week. You can do it!

Gena

> Ah, Gena...it must've been so wonderful to hear from Niki   I'm sure

> both

> the Army and her new career in nursing are going to catapult her into

> adulthood.  It's lovely to hear she was inquiring about your

> c-sections.  Keep us

> posted!

>

> And now to answer this question I keep seeing -

>

> >>What is your biggest challenge as far as getting motivated?

>

> The motivation is my right hip   Either years of weighing 210-225 or

> an

> injury have caused it to become painful and then more painful over the

> past four

> or five months.  An X-ray my internist did was normal, so he's sending

> me to

> my orthopedist...who told me to lose weight a year ago (sometimes I

> procrastinate .  I weigh myself at the beginning of each month and

> am at 198 right now,

> so the motivation is there in abundance!  Hip-hip hooray?  (bad pun!)

>

>