Good Morning! 

I am with you Karrie! Freedom sure didn't come free, honestly, I see all the affects having a father who served for 14 years that it had on my family! God Bless all who served and their families! 

Karrie, You sound like you are in a really good place right now, it was great reading your post, I actually have a picture in my head of your porch and your park like yard! 

Carol, did you sell the house, I read that you had a buyer? I hope things are going well with that! I also read that you had a little struggle, You are so strong you will be back to your norm in no time! 

Boston, Good for you for facing the scale, that was step 1 How are things going with you, will you have to have surgery on your hernia? and YES many many tears were shed! Thank God she is going to our community college I'd be a mess if she were leaving! 

Well, as for me, I have never been busier than I was the past few weeks, especially the last 2 weeks! Sara is all graduated now and it was wonderful seeing and hearing her do introductions for the speakers on the stage during the ceremony, Pat and I were very proud parents! I'm off of job 1 right now and just waiting for my background check to clear for job 2, I found an awesome job for myself, I will be a care taker for the elderly, so I will be assigned 1 person, for the summer I will be working full time, then when school starts back up I will be working part time, I'm very excited about this, I hope it works out, we are going to use the money to pay off all of our debt! Sara will also be working for the summer, her bf's Dad will have her working in his office, he owns a machine shop and he hates doing paper work, he is going to teach her how to do it, she is going to answer phones and organize the office, file, and whatever else a receptionist does

I haven't even had time to garden lately, my yard needs tlc so bad, my housework has taken a hit too, so it looks like a busy week ahead of me, today I'm going out to weed the whole front yard and fix that up, I need to wash my car, that took a hit too, thats my first focustoday, I need to take this whole week and get this house done before my full time job starts! Pat is at work today, its ok, he's making triple his pay Sara is gone already, Erik is at work and Patrick and Tiff are sleeping, just a peaceful morning here!

The other day I went with Tiff to check out this bridal place, we thought we would just be walking out the door but nope, she found her dress, it is so beautiful and she found a great deal, I felt so honored to be the one sitting with her and helping her decide! it was a special moment!

Yesterday we went to my nieces house for a bbq/bday party for her son, we had so much fun, food was a temptation but I got through it! I'm doing really good right now, I bought a juicer and every morning I replace my regular breakfast with a juice, I'm feeling good and doing the best I can right now! I'm feeling everything fall back into place with me, eating has been very healthy! 

Ok, so with all that said, I have a prayer request for those of you who pray ... My niece had a lump on her chest, they removed it and the dr was very concerned b/c it was feeding off of her body, today or tomorrow the results come in, please pray that it is not a cancerous tumor! she has 3 kids and is the bread winner! she is like my own daughter to me, I helped my single brother raise her, she is the first born from my siblings, she is so special, please say a prayer for Rachel! Thank you so much! God Bless!

Ok, I am off to make my juice and then hit the yard! Have an awesome day today GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!! 



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