Tina’s Treasured Thoughts

I am still trying to get my Christmas tree decorated.  I got all my lights out that were on it last year and guess what?  they didn’t work this year.  Only 1 string was good.   I spent hours putting in new lights that I knew were good and even changed fuses, but NO… that didn’t work either.   I really don’t get why they were working when I took them down and now they don’t.   I threw them all away finally and went and got new ones today.   Hopefully I will get it done tonight.   I am leaving on the 20th, so if I don’t get them done soon, won’t be any need to do it.    One reason I haven’t gotten it done earlier is because of the surgery I had done on Oct. 30th and just couldn’t seem to get the “get up and go that I needed”.   Went to one Christmas party that was given by the Bariactic Hospital and staff and that was really nice.   We are going out to eat with our friends, Karen and Lynn Moser tonight [what little I can eat] and I’m sure that will be a good time.   They have been very busy and we haven’t seen much of them lately.   Any of you who know her from “The Pond” know she is a busy person.    I hope you all have a wonderful week and oh yes, Thank you Karen, for putting Ben Sparks link on my blog page.   Ben, she got it done.   Talk to you all later.   Thanks for all your comments and good wishes.

I wanted to add the photo a day from Ben Sparks site to my site but couldn’t figure out how to do it.  I am such a greenie.   Maybe Ben could do it for me.  Let me know.

http://www.thenykazafamily.blogspot.com

I just visited this site and it has such interesting reading on it.  I wanted to be able to find it again, so am putting it here.   She has another one and I hope to visit it tomorrow. 

 http://www.genkidesuyo.blogspot.com

Her husband is a chef which was interesting and he had a good recipe for Red Snapper that I am going to try.  Thanks!

I really like this one too http://www.benspark.com   Ben is an interesting person and has beautiful photos.  I go to his site, but don’t comment and so I guess he probably doesn’t know I visit there.

I haven’t written for quite a while.   I’ve had quite a few days that I have felt weak and just didn’t feel like doing anything, but am better now, that I am getting a little solid protein.   I am at 40 lbs lost now and it is soooo wonderful to get into a lot of my clothes that I couldn’t wear before.   Someday, I will get some new clothes, but not for a while.  I have another afghan put together now to send to Shelley Tucker at http://thiseclecticlife.com/  She is the one who has the “share a square” afghans for the children victims of Cancer who are going to camp again in the summer of next year.   I love reading her blogs.  She seems like such an interesting person.   I’ve got to vote for her for best blogging I think by the 15th if I can figure out how to do it from her instructions.   I have a brother in Prison in Elmore, AL and I am going to see him on the 22nd of December.  I haven’t seen him for 3 years.   I am really looking forward to it.   He is one of those few who is in prison for something he did not do.   Believe it or not, there are a lot of people like that.    If I don’t get back here soon, I wish all of you a wonderful, blessed Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2008.   I hope to get back here soon.   God bless all of you.

Hello all,

I am doing so good after the Bariatric By-Pass surgery.   It has been 2 weeks ago on this past Tuesday.   My stiches are almost totally healed.   I had about a 2 1/2 inch incision and it is fantastic how I have healed.  I am diabetic and I was concerned about how I would heal.    But my sugar has also come down and maybe that is why I am healing well.

When the pre-op class instructor said I would not be hungry, I thought “sure”  but honestly I have not been hungry at all.  At this time, I am getting 2 oz. of liguid per meal which is 3 times a day and 2 snacks in between.  

I actually have to make myself eat because it is for my health and I must get the nutrients that my body needs.  I have lost 28 1/2 lbs in this short time and it feels great.

I drink protein shakes and calcium supplements, thiamine and B-12 to keep healthy.   As you can probably tell, I am very excited about this new lifestyle and new journey I am on.

I have spent a lot of time crocheting for the “Share A Square” program and am putting together another afghan kit together for Shelly Tucker.   This is such a great time to just relax and enjoy the time I have to do this.

Well, I pray that all of you will stay well and thanks for all the comments.

Just wanted to let all of know that my gastric bypass surgery went well on Tuesday and I am still in the hospital at St. Vincent’s Bariactric hospital and hope to go home tomorrow.  I will come back and post some more when I get home.

It seems as if I hardly cook anymore. My husband, Jack, says our stove is just a decoration. LOL I used to love to cook and I was good at it. I have so many things going on that there just isn’t enough time to plan menus and get to the grocery. We eat out often. In fact, we meet our friends and get to visit with them because they eat out too! I guess everyone is busy these days.

There is nothing worse than being out with friends and having a tooth break. I was eating Mexican food with our friends and all of a sudden, I felt something hard in my mouth. I thought that maybe it was a hard piece of rice but it felt bigger than that. I found out that part of my tooth had broken.

It was very uncomfortable to try to eat without getting food into that tooth. I wish I would have had some Dentemp OS. It is a great temporary fix when you get into trouble. It would have given me a 60 minute solution to get me through dinner at least! I need to carry this temporary dental repair with me to avoid the situation next time. We live and learn!

Well, I had my second laser eye surgery yesterday and oh my goodness, how great it is to see again.   I had cataract’s removed from both eyes about a year and a half ago and the covering over the implants clouded over and I was almost blind and couldn’t see, so had that taken care of last week and this week.  We don’t appreciate our eye site untill it goes bad on us.  I couldn’t believe all the brightness of the colors again.  

I forgot I have been working on putting an afghan together for The Share A Square for Children who have cancer and will be in camp next summer.

This is the link for that also.  http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/10/01/october-sas-update/

Mailing the one I put together for her today.

Had to put black around all the squares and whip them together and then rim it with a couple of rows of crochet.

It has been such a blessing and rewarding to do this.

I haven’t forgotten I have a blog, but it probably seems that way.  I see I haven’t posted since september 20.   Too long!!

I have been so busy.  I am having Gastric By-Pass Surgery on the 30th of this month and there have been so many things I had to have done before the surgery.

Clearance by my heart doctor, a cath, much lab work, gallbadder untra sound, x-rays, visit to 2 different doctors, a physicologist meeting for 1 hr. to evaluate why I want this surgery.

Guess I am all clear and will start on this new jorney next week.   Oh, in the middle there, I had cataret surgery over 1 1/2 years ago and the covering for the implant clouded over in the past 6 months and so had to go have lazer surgery on my left eye last week and tomorrow I go for the right eye.

Hope all of you are doing good.  Thanks for all the comments on my last post.

I know God is good and I know He is with me through all of this.

I’ll try and write again before the surgery.