Life Sucks
November 6, 2009 3:18pm
I don't know why I ever quit smoking. It's totally screwed up my weight-loss program and I really think that was more important to me …
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About Me
My name is Beth. I have BP, Migraines, Fibro, Diabetes, Panic Disorder, RA/OA and recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. Because of these I am on disability although I try to stay as active as possible. I am retired from the Air Force. I really enjoyed my time serving in the military.
My name is Beth. I have BP, Migraines, Fibro, Diabetes, Panic Disorder, RA/OA and recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. Because of these I am on disability although I try to stay as active as possible. I am retired from the Air Force. I really enjoyed my time serving in the military.
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I do some gardening and hang out on the computer. I've also become a football fan for our U of AZ team, we've got season ticket and it's a blast to go to the games. I try to go to aerobics a couple of times a week and I cook and clean when I absolutely have to. Lately I spend a lot of time on the computer here at DS. I love talking to friends and helping out people on the boards. Just recently the husband and I joined Weight Watchers on-line so that we can lose about 50 pounds each and get healthy. So far so good.
I do some gardening and hang out on the computer. I've also become a football fan for our U of AZ team,
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I hav not felt safe since 911. I don't know what can be said to my son, he will go if the call comes. Maybe its the way i raised him. there is a strong military influnce in my family.guess he is just living the example set from those before him.
guess i should have used common sense when asking about those types of people living there. but it is a well known fact that we have the largest amount of muslims living here in the US. I dis-like those kind of people more then I can find the words to say. its because of the way they have treated me.
You are right something is going on, something big is going to happen when we least expect it to. just like 911. I hope Obama doesn't get relected. we will not have acountry by then, I fear we will all become MUSLIM !!!
guess we had better keep our fingers crossed for the national health care vote today.. I can not believe how things are being run, and how the democrates can just say and do whatever they want. I have not been turning on the news for a while now, it just gets me so upset.
so how are doing with out tim around? its going to be warm today in the 60'2 I still have a few things let to do b-4 winter sets in so I am going to be outside today after billl gets home from work. then we are planning on cooking lamb chops in the fire pit. I think its warmer outside then it is in the house, lol.
I got 35 pages done yesterday well I still have to write on them. but I wait and look at them for days sometimes even weeks until I figure just the right thing to say about it. I have photos from a sun set on hudson beach, in fla where my grandparents use to live. they are special to my kids, these are the last ones I took so I need to find meaning full words because we will ( I) never will go back there again. no point in it now.
see ya later, hugs and kisses me
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Hope things are looking better today. Sending a little sunshine to make you smile. Don't give on your quit, things always get better. (((hugs:)))
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Good on you Beth. I know its hard I find it hard too but we are doing it so dont forget to reward yourself, cos you deserve it
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Nathan is in the air national guard, and has been since 02. he has been to iraq 2 times. for 6 months the first time. I was scared as hell the first time. But I went to school with many of the people in his wing. so they kept me well informed.. if I hadn't heard from him in a few days they made sure that he did make contact with me.
the last time he went wasn't as easy. but he was at a much improved base and some one heard from him all most daily. he is a crew cheif for the f-16's, and we would whatch the news and I would tell bill that was nathan's plane, he would tell me yea right.. we learned how to talk in code and he would call and tell me it was his jet. My cousin got me all worked up thinking that the base where he was at had been attacked, sent out an email and with in mins heard back from him that it wasn't his base. he never will tell me the exact location, I usally find out from the grapevine, but they have all retired now.
rotation is coming back to our base with in the next year, guess it will be afgan, and that scares the hell out of me. I hope that because he is a teacher and on the fire dept dryden he will go. he has never been forced he goes because he wants to go.. his last stint wasn't as long. But I was just learning what was wrong with me, and the stress of him being gone didn't help me.
in fact the morning he came home, I fell down the basement steps and broke my ankle.. guess it was the excitement of him being home, lol!!!! the worst part was I couldn't get up.. thank god the boys were all home, bill carried me up the steps..
well after what has happen at fort hood I think all people from that part of the world need to be deported and sent back to their own countrys. I use to have them for patients and they are the nasty people, the men have no respect for woman.. you can see that all of the woman are badly abused.. do you have many living near you? just outside of det. there seems to be alot of them, but in they seem to be invading us.. buying up all the gastions, and party stores !!! I use to refuse to shop or buy my gas from that type of owner, but now they own them all.. shame on me I know, but I can not help how I feel, they have taught me to feel as I do about them.
well hope you find something to keep your self busy so you will not worry about tim so much. hes a big boy, and I am sure he knows how to take care of himself. hes army after all !!!!! you don't forget your training.. Just like when I was on the fire dept here, the stuff just comes back to you..
lots of love an hugs me
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