spring break

WOW where did spring break go
its already thurs and it seems like we just got off for spring break
We have had a busy week rodeo, shopping, outdoor fun and just enjoying each other. Folks dont forget we arent on this earth for ever .. SO remember tomorrow isnt a promise so make sure your heart is where it should be. and always give your loved ones HUGS and tell them what they mean to ya .

Tomorrow i go to the dr (bladder) i am praying and hoping for ANSWERS tired of running to the bathroom every two minutes(YES on bad days ) . Then i might take kids to the park . What pretty weather we are having here in houston reason to not be indoors.
Friday we are having a yard sale told kids what ever we make they will spilt it so they are getting excited .

Well as you can see i really have nothing certain to chat about cause i cant sleep so i got up and got online lol


so over look the grammer and just enjoy


have a great THURSDAY
juliet

12yrs march 9th, 2011

Just something i wanted to write and get off my chest I hope you all love your loved ones every day cause tomorrow is NEVER a promise neither is a second.....




Daddy,

Its been 12yrs tomorrow that you left this earth. I miss you every day. Wish i could of had one more hug one more kiss.... But i cant i can only hang on to the 21yrs of wonderful memories you left with me and my heart. I wish you could see your awesome grandchildren. They ask about you from time to time and its so hard to know they will never know you until they get up there in heaven with you and grand paw. I know with everything that has went on in my life good and bad you have watched over me from up above and i know with your love in my heart its what keeps me going in the rough times.As i sit here i am flooded in tears i miss you so much.
I know you were a stubborn man and sometimes didn't have a big heart on some issues. But deep down you ARE my father and was the best father you could and was to me and the family . Nobody is perfect we all have our ups and downs we must do the best to be the best we can with what we have. We weren't rich in money or material things back in the days but we were very RICH in love, and family and that's all we ever need in life. I LOVE YOU so much and i know one day when god is ready for me i will see you ... until then i hope you died knowing how much you met to me and how much I LOVE YOU even during the very ROUGH things i went threw and we went threw as a family ......

REST IN PEACE

I LOVE YOU DADDY
love your baby girl
Juliet

Part 2 of whats going on with Juliet

Ok so the lump was problem number ONE.. yeah you know how it is when one thing happens something else does too lol

Well i went to doctor in Jan cause i just couldn't stop peeing and having a discomfort so i went thinking i had a kidney infection well it was also time for me to get all my lab work drawn for my gastric surgery (suppose to have it done ever year or so ) . SO i told him i want lab work done plus i have minor dizzy spells pretty often.. SO he did 6 vials of blood YIKES i hate needles ...


well i get a call in 72hrs saying i was positive for LUPUS DISEASE and that i needed to come give more blood so i did 3 more vials get report LUPUS well when i talked to the wacky doc office they said oh no treatment nothing needs to be done ... WELL YOU ALL KNOW THIS SO DIDN'T GO ALONG GREAT WITH ME i was freaking out i have a DISEASE WHAT HOW etc so i cried my eyes out to mom (LOVE YOU SO MUCH MOM) i was again thinking of the worst things etc ) started searching online etc .... so finally went to a lupus workshop giving by lupus foundation etc Then talked to my family and decided i would go to a specialist to get this all figured out and plus i am still having the bladder/kidney issue(not sure which is yet)


SO i went last week to the dr and he claims i dont have signs of lupus but i am a CARRIER for lupus he said doesn't mean i wont or will get it right now. SO he wants to follow me and in july (every six months) to do blood work for him etc to see where this goes .. He is referring me to a doctor that does treatment on kidney/bladder to see whats going on with that so i am still not out of the woods completely but i feel REALLY good that things are looking GREAT ...


He mention it could be extra skin that is hanging that is pushing down (WOOHOO if it is know what this means TUMMY TUCK LOLOL) or i have a overactive bladder

SO please still keep me in your prayers i know my god is going to open doors and keep my health perfect


so may 1st i will be walking at the lupus walk i so cant wait never done one before



HAVE A GREAT WEEK
love always
juliet

3months has been very testing for me

ALOT of you don't know this but 3months ago i felt a lump in my breast. Well i had one already on the other side and its been there for years was told it was NOTHING. well getting this second one and being older just kinda of made me scared.yeah i know don't be like that god has power over all but you know you would be the same way .


SO i had a apt last week and they were planning to do a mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy .. yeah i wasn't too thrilled Plus i was going to the apt by my self so that even made it more scary ...

Weill they did the mammogram and they told me the Dr wanted to see me....YEP I WAS SCARED TO DEATH at this point and i just kept telling god i am not done being a MOMMY (my kids are my life and reason i live every day ) ...

well doctor tells me to sit down my legs started to shake he starts telling me all this stuff in medical term i am looking at him like he had lost his mind.... so he tells me i will see you in 7yrs and no ultrasound and biopsy WOHOOO awesome but what is the point to all this medical stuff so i walk out with the nurse and she tells me NO CANCER just calcium build up which is from your breast reduction (11yrs ago ) and NO worries you are fine...............i went to my car and CRIED YES I DID i know i should of not worried my self to sickness but i did so i am going to stop worrying so much.

SO GOD DOES ANSWER PRAYERS

THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING and those that didnt know i am sorry i just felt it was best nobody knew until i found out the details and if i had to break news to family i would be first



LOVE JULIET

GOODNESS its been a long time lol

I hope you are all having a wonderful new year. Lots have been going on so i will catch everyone up soon on us . until then enjoy this awesome day

Juliet


ps will post a blog tonight

WOW long time

WOW i havent been here in a long time.

Any body still reads my blog?

I am doing well just non stop busy with kids and family and work ...


i am still holding on my weight at 162 so i am excited


well i will return soon
love juliet

Good MOrning

Just stopping in to say HOWDY . I am alive and well lol .. I read everyones blogs but i never get to updating mine much lol.. I am working raising the money for my trip to ISRAEL and i am so excited that i get to go . Please keep me in your prayers that i can raise the money and be able to go .

HOpe you all are doing well .


My diet Well its going i have slacked off on eating things i am NOT suppose to eat. Yes i have fallen off the wagon but i am getting back on it . I went to the vitamin shop and got some protein mixes . I am ready to start back on protein shakes for a while . Since the weather is getting warmer i been going out side more and hanging with the kids soon it will be going to the gym (just too hard on us with kids going to bed so early and getting up that i just cant get to gym right now ) but looking forward to a awesome work outs during the summer.



WEll off for now
yall have a great day

please keep me in your prayers for my trip .

Love
Juliet

HOLY LAND HERE I COME

Well on Sunday i decided i WILL go on a MISSION TRIP with my church. I have always dreamed of traveling and seeing the other side. WEll our group is going to Israel to work on a Jerusalem School for 12 days.........yes 12 days ..... I know this is what i am needing to do not only for my self but something i feel very strong about in my life. Well I dont go until Aug 3-14 i have to raise the money so for i have One sponsor and still have to get the deposit done and passport. Plus probably buy a few new clothes as in august over there its 108 plus. YIKES

Please Keep me in your prayers that all this goes well.....OH might want to ask one BIG FAVOR PLEASE PLEASE pray for me for the fact I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A PLANE>>>>>>>>>>>YEP thats what i just said and for me to take a trip that will have me in the air for 15 hours is a bit much BUT MY GOD WONT LET ME DOWN>...




SO between now and then i have alot to do and if this trip goes as well as i know it will I MIGHT go on the AFRICA trip but thats a BIG MAYBE LOLOL




diet well its going my last few days has been CRAZY and i keep falling off the band wagon (if i didnt i wouldnt be a normal person we all fall off ) but I WILL NOT GIVE UP


Love always
Juliet

SO what is going on with Julie ?

Well heres the scoop

For a while now i been having DIZZY spells and when i eat 10 mins later i am so tired i barley keep my eyes open i have to nap . and i been tired and i am not eating like i should and the list goes on . SO i made a appt today and went took 5 tubes of blood (results friday ) and ekg (it was good) .......... Got two meds one for when i eat and one for dizzy to see if they work ....

I am ok but we need to find out whats going on so maybe on friday i will know more. Please keep me in your prayers .......


SIde note is i asked the nurse to look up my last time there it was Nov of 2008 a month before i had surgery and i weighted in at 301lbs
so if we went by the last doctor visit i have lost 136 lbs ...
if we go by my surgery date dec 08 i have lost 132 lbs so not a really big difference but i like the 136 lol

Still working on the last 25lbs i want OFF


Have a great spring break

LOVE YOU ALL
JULIET

I am still alive lol

Did you wonder what happen to me lol.. I am well and doing great.

Well i will be honest with ya up front i haven't been honest on my new life eating and healthy habits lately ....... But i am now back on track and working on it .

Starting April i will go a full month for lunches on bento box lunches. (look up bento boxes if you don't know what i am talking about .) Each day i will record what i am eating on this blog. I am still sitting at doctors goal of 165 but i would like to loose 25 lbs more and stop for good and maintain a healthy eating life.


SO be watching for up coming meal planning. I will do bento for lunch and fruits or oats etc for breakfast and soups or light food items for supper. Plus when i don't have errands etc to do after work i will hit the schools track and walk for 45 mins. Also until school lets out i will try and get to gym at least twice or once a week not including my track walking. My schedule is so chaos that it will be very hard to get work outs done but i will find a way .

I am doing well over all but i have notice i am not eating the way i should or want to so i am going to kick my self back into it .


I will not be counting calories etc on this diet plan . I will be watching HOW MUCH and WHAT i eat . I think alot of us watch too much the calories etc then the amount now i am not saying i am not going to watch calories at all i am just not going to focus on it as much as i will on what and how much i eat and the sugar intake ( i cant have much sugar intake )


SO i plan to start in april but until then i plan to start walking track and eating healthier things now but going to start hard core in april .



Juliet

valentines dance with bailey

Please dont ask what i was doing i look crazy with that smile lolol..........wait it must of been the money i couldnt find in my purse and i was a nervous wreck until i got home and found it in the chair............Only 900 worth for girl scout cookies lolol...........now you know why i was ready to go and not smile lol

sharing some pictures

Hope this post finds everyone well..


Valentines day, Karleys girl scout event, Bailey event for food bank etc

What ever !!!

Yes that's how i feel when i hear about folks who are over weight. They fuss about their rolls of fat (remember i was there a year ago ) and say they are doing this and that on their (SO CALLED DIET) or better yet their diet is going to start Tomorrow ................HELLO START IT NOW the sooner the better. GEES i get tired of hearing oh i am watching what i eat etc and then you see them eat a foot long subway etc.. Yes i was there i did the same thing but now if i knew what i know now i wouldn't have had to have surgery i wouldn't be over weight but i was and now i am paying the price.. YOU say HOW you had surgery you should be healthy and happy ... Well i am both but i have sagging boobs, got extra skin, thin hair, i can only eat a very small amount of things or i get sick, i will live on vitamins the rest of my life. and many more issues. The one i have the hardest trouble with is THE MENTAL part.. i find my self wanting to still wear 3x clothing when i am in a small 12 size now i find my self eating things i so shouldn't be eating... i find my self FREEZING to death nowadays every bone in my body aches now (yes i have bones finally ) lol. So guess what i am saying before you do this life changing surgery make sure you know all details. Because some have the surgery and then they fail ..(gain it back) I re fuss to fail after surgery i am going to stay healthy and my children will too . My fat life started when i was a child my family didn't care they cooked and cooked and cooked ..........and i ATE ATE ATE and nobody told me different. I don't want that to happen to my kids.


Ok i am done fussing lol

ON good note

I am still at my doctor's goal ... but i so want to loose the last 25lbs of my goal but i am taking it slow.

Here are a few goals i want to do this year (if they happen great if not no big deal i have a full healthy life to do it another year )


1. Ride a rollarcoaster with my kids
2. Walk for a cure
3. Ride a bike (both kinds)
4.maybe take some college course (still debating)
5. Learn more healthy recipe cooking
6. Do yard work with out dieing (yep being over weight can kill ya when you plant flowers ........or did me )
7 Be a better mom to my sweet kids
8 Bea better friend
9 Stay healthy
10 FIND HAPPINESS AND LOVE (and i will leave that subject like that lol)


Well what are your goals.


Have a blessed day
Juliet

GOAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!I hit my goal this morning 164lbs doctor wanted me to get to 165

132lbs gone for LIFE


loving my new life

HOWDY

i am still here. Just busy
WANTED TO TELL EVERYONE HELLO


Will post later


Juliet

Coon Balls

No, this Coon Balls recipe has nothing to do with real coons. Actually, we have no idea how it got its name. If you know, will you tell us? We hope that you enjoy this Coon Balls recipe. "Coon Balls"

Ingredients:

3 cups of Bisquick
1 lb. of Jimmy Dean sausage (hot or mild, your choice)
1 lb. of shredded cheddar cheese
3 tablespoons of Tabasco
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of onion powder
Instructions:

Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
Roll into small balls that are about the size of a ping-pong ball.
Place the balls on a pan and cook at 350 degrees F. for about 10 minutes.
Flip the balls over and continue cooking for about 10 more minutes.
Enjoy your Coon Balls!

HAPPY ONE YEAR TO ME

One year seems just like yesterday i started this new life . My list of things i can do now that i couldnt do a year ago has grown so much i cant even start to write everything. But i can say i feel GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

125 lbs GONE FOR LIFE and counting

Christmas Cookie Rules...





1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie free.

2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories.

3. If a friend comes over while you're making your Christmas cookies and needs to sample, you must sample with your friend. Because your friend's first cookie is calories free, (rule #1) yours is also. It would be rude to let your friend sample alone and, being the friend that you are, that makes your cookie calorie free.

4. Any cookie calories consumed while walking around will fall to your feet and eventually fall off as you move. This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.

5. Any calories consumed during the frosting of the Christmas cookies will be used up because it takes many calories to lick excess frosting from a knife without cutting your tongue.

6. Cookies colored red or green have very few calories. Red ones have three and green ones have five - one calorie for each letter. Make more red ones!

7. Cookies eaten while watching "Miracle on 34th Street" have no calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel.



8. As always, cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breaking Causes calorie leakage..

9. Any cookies consumed from someone else's plate have no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to their plate. We all know how calories like to CLING!





10. Any cookies consumed while feeling stressed have no calories because cookies used for medicinal purposes NEVER have calories. It's a rule!







So, go out and enjoy those Christmas Cookies - we only get them this time of year!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY (RIP)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

well can you see the difference

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