What Women go through to be skinny..my girdle story

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Are you ready for another good laugh...John and I were in tears over this incident. I peed in my pants and tried to stop laughing!

I told John it was time to wash my abdominal brace. It was getting dirty looking from the blood and drainage that I've been having through my naval. So He handed washed it and put it in the dryer. So I asked him...to help my stomach stay together and feel more tight should I put on a girdle. He said that would be good idea. So I told him I would need help putting it on. So he came to the bed room and I handed him this girdle. He looked at it and said to me, "I don't think you can fit this. It's too small." He starts to laugh.. and so I said, "Watch Me! I can fit this girdle, I have a dozen times."

He wasn't convinced. So I told him to hold the girdle and I would put one leg in at a time. I could see on his face that this just wasn't going to work. So I put my right leg in first. It got caught on my heel. He is trying really hard not to laugh, but can't contain himself...I told him to unhook the heel, which he did. Then I pull the girdle all the way up. Next came my left leg. And he's looking at me like...lady...this an't going to work.. how do you think you are going to get this leg in that hole. Again I told him..watch me, pull it down so I can lift my left leg in. So he does...again my heel gets caught and he has to pull it off the heel...I then wiggle the girdle up and over my stomach...and we are laughing so hard...I said, "See, I told you it would fit!"

He then with tears in his eyes laughing and so am I...you had to have been there to see me shove my stomach up and in this elastic girdle. He says to me, "No wonder you guys can't breathe wearing those things." We were rolling, literally rolling on the floor laughing. What a feat that was to put on. I could hardly wait for my brace to come out of the dryer. lol Life is full of funny adventures isn't it!!! Have a great weekend! Love mom

Passing Gas....

Couldn't sleep tonight so I got up to write in my blog....to tell you my story for the evening. Last night we were reading scriptures as a family. In the middle of reading, my mom got off the couch and was going to bed. So John told me to take out her dentures. So I quickly grabbed her tooth box and went to the bathroom near her bedroom. After I finished taking out her teeth, I came back to the kitchen table where we were reading our scriptures. It was Steven's turn so he started to read aloud. As I sat down a LOUD fart came out from under me. Everyone busted up laughing. Including me...cause I haven't been able to pass gas like I use to. They had plotted to put this whoopie cushion under my chair cover. We were laughing so hard I had to hold my stomach so that my stitches wouldn't come apart. I kept hitting John for making me laugh so hard. They were bad! But it sure got a good laugh out. Steven said it was hard for him to start reading when he knew what was going to happen. Too funny...yup this is my family...we like to play gags on each other.

My recovery...

Well...I'm doing better. I try hard not to over do it each day...but's hard to keep Taz down when the Taz is so use to running around doing so much. Since I don't sleep at night it makes it even more difficult. I would have posted a picture of me with Steven and Stephanie, but I looked pretty wiped out...not a good picture.

Last night, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. John decided he needed to exercise and lose some weight. So he got out Grandpa Joe's wheelchair and told me to sit down. He was going to walk 2 miles pushing me. So I was game...but I felt every bump as he walked down Broadway to the new Target on Euclid. We did some shopping. We bought more kitchen towels for me to monogram. The food keeps coming and when they drop off the food I give them a monogrammed towel with their name on it and a thank you note. After we left Target he went up Lincoln past the old Target through the neighborhood...jay walking across Broadway (I should say jay running...caus he was running) to get to Valley street. I am just holding me stomach so that it doesn't jiggle so much! We were a sight to see.

My stomach has been so tight since last night. I don't know if that's because I was holding it so tightly. I didn't sleep well either. I took a tynenol PM to help me sleep. It worked for the first 2 hours. Then I had to use the restroom. I got up and I couldn't fall back to sleep. My body was so restless...very jittery...like I had to move and get up and not lie down. John tried to get me to come back to bed. I was on the couch. But I just couldn't get up. I finally went back to bed at 5:30 when Steven left for seminary. I slept until 9 a.m. My mom came to my room early to try and get me up. She said she would help me get up because there was going to be a flood and we had to leave now. I told her, the flood can wait...so come and lie down with me until I'm ready to get up.

Well....I sat at the computer too long...but I had work to do. I also went into work per my bosses request to do an airline ticketing and a teacher packet. Came home and did 4 more school itineraries. I have all of April through June yet to do....so I am busy. Glad I can work out of the home.!! Thanks to Baba.

Edible Fruit basket

One of my good friends who is a tour guide sent me an Edible Fruit Basket. Isn't that beautiful! We took pictures before we devoured it. Baba ate most of the strawberries. She loves fruits!

Grace back on the road to recovery

Flowers make my day. I love to look at them and smell them. The placemat under the flowers was made my Sharon Hudson. She mailed it to me. The opposite side has a Christmas theme. It is really beautiful and adds to the decor of the table. We finally got a glass top to put over the table cloth to save our table. I'm really happy about that.