Breezing in long enough to say I am still here. Things to do, places to go, dog houses to work my way out of.

Hey all! Not doing much today except laundry and maybe pulling the lilac out with my contractors van if he gets some time. I think I am going to leave the hole and not plant grass just yet. It looks so bare and I am exposed to the world now. hahaha Losing the evergreen was bad enough and now my pretty lilac. We'll go buy a bush and plant it.

Does anyone know if now is a good time to plant or should we wait for spring?

Have fun today everyone and stay cool. Trish, tell Aracyn we said hello! Jmiller, please be careful because everything points to this storm hitting Florida. Joelle and anyone else in it's path please be careful and safe.

Still in Long Island watching and waiting. Reading all the comments on our local news, just can not believe all the idiots. Hate to see it but just maybe someday a major hurricane will hit the Tampabay area and then they will not be so stupid. Probably the same people who hide under trees when lightning hits.

Anyhow, were still leaving for Florida on Wednesday, if the storm has moved on land and weakens. Rain and wind will still be a factor, so we will just take our time. Im sure there will be some type of clean up from rain, plus the lawn not being mowed in 3 weeks lol. So see you all later.

Thanks for all of Olivia's bd wishes!!!

Jmiller-Stay safe hope it just "breezes" thru!

Jenn- radiologists and neurologists very frequently have differing opinions, which is why the neuro always wants to see the MRI NOT the report!

My update- been up since 3 am I am wiped out...today was first day at new school for Dayton...most of you know he has a learning disability, so I was worried how it was going to work out...he wanted to ride the bus not be driven in by mom but I insisted on meeting him at school....soooo glad I did, they did not even have his schedule ready nor many other kids, we wandered around for an hour from place to place while they figured out who had his schedule...then got a broken locker..I pried it open with a screw driver and it was filled with chewed gum and had the f-word in it in every place...Dayton was disgusted and refused to put his stuff in it! His first period teacher who seems like a really sweet lady told him he could just leave his stuff in her room. This is a very small country school only 280 students but they all seemed to be helping each other out and very friendly. We missed all of first period and were late for second..the teacher was just coming to search for us! LOL Olivia was a different story, when her big brother got on the bus she cried and cried like I had sent him away forever and then again when we left him in his second class, she cried the whole way home and was shaking she was so upset of course then I am fighting back tears! Sigh, maybe day 2 will be better!

Renee, hug and tell Olivia we said HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I remember when Chris went off to school. I was so worried I would cry but it was Nik who bawled like his big brother was never coming back! Too cute. I was so focused on Nik that I was able to keep it in check.

hello everyone hope your day is going well,


Olivia Happy Birthday

Hi everyone! Well, I had a doctor's appointment this morning for my yearly checkup. It's been 2 years since I've been so I kinda had to keep the appointment!! Everything seemed fine except for my weight!!!!! Can you believe that I have gained 37 pounds in 2 years??!! WTH!!! I knew I had gained some but just not how much.

I gave my doctor a list of all medications I'm on and she said that it's the Gabapentin. She said it does this to some people (apparently I am one of the lucky ones...). Plus, the fact that I'm not nearly as physically active as I once was adds to the problem.

I am totally exhausted so I'm going to go take a nap. Which will probably contribute to my weight gain total for this week...

Is there any medication where the side effect is weight loss?? And if there is can I have some??

Kitty, that happened to Jim with gabapentin. He has now stopped and lost 22lbs!! Can you believe that? Sheesh.

I do believe I will be weaning myself off of the stuff. There's got to be something else that won't cause weight gain.

I was so upset I had to have a bowl of ice cream when I got home!!

ROTF When Jim found out he lost 22 lbs we went out and celebrated with turtle yummers from the local ice cream shop! lol

If you wean off go slow, real slow because the side effects are seizures if you go too fast. Jim was taking 9 a day and it took us a month to completely wean. I may have been over protective but I saw him seize when a doctor forgot to put him back on the gaba one time. 30 seizures in 30 minutes, one grand mal, the rest tremor seizures.