I can't think of a title for this post ..(up and down)

first off, I did get to Curves 3 days last week, and got walking in 2 days. Spent a wonderful Friday night at our first annual "girls night sleep over". at a very old bed and breakfast. it is supposed to be haunted by a young child the website is http://www.jamescampbellhouse.com/ if you want to check out it's charm. I actually didn' t eat too much bad food........ BUT i did eat too much of even healthy foods......and honestly i felt miserable Sat evening. I tried to snack on Shrimp and Fruit. didn't even have the delicious brownies everyone was talking about. I didn't drink Soda, i drank water, and one tiny glass of Martini and Rossi Ausi with OJ, and i did have Pizza, but kept control of my portions. This is how the retreat went... arrived at 5:30 pm , set out snack at 6pm. greeted and met the other woman. at 7pm we had a relaxation hour, had someone come in, and give us facial cleanses, and foot soaks and hand soaks......... everything we needed to get ready for our bed time. we ordered Pizza after that, and sat around a big stone fireplace, talking and playing question and answer games. went upstairs to pick out our bedrooms ( i shared the Bird room with a friend) went back down stairs to play board games and cards until 1:00 am. Up at 7:30 am to get ready for breakfast, fresh fruit, hot tea, vanilla french toast and bacon. A few more woman who didn't sleep over, did come to spend the day with us. We had craft time ..........making homemade cards and jewelry... and then at Noon we had Tea.. we had raspberry and peach tea, bacon Keish(sp), Chicken salad with grapes on some kind of bread, tomatoes stuffed with crab meat and for dessert was a banana split pudding thing........ it was delicious and wonderful. spent the next few hours playing games in front of the fire winning little prizes and games. There really is nothing i would change. I love my friends!!!

Thursday i received my Charm watch in the mail, and after the sleep over, there are several woman asking about getting a "melody's mile" charm. they asked if there was a way that we could do a walk in her honor, and earn money for the Leukemia Society. So i would love to do that, some of these women had met melody, as they go to the same church as her in laws, and they said, she was exactly as her journal portrayed. if not better. She lifted everyone around her up....even during her lowest times. . . what a special angel.

Please keep my Katie in prayer, she isn't doing well, and after this morning, she may need to go to the hospital... she is getting weaker, and began vomiting yesterday, and didn't stop way after it was just dry heaves!!! she is still anemic via the blood test results, the good news is it looks like kidney and liver are functioning fine, and other than her H&H (shows that she in anemic) her blood counts are showing normal levels. Her belly gets really crampy, even after she eats crackers or toast, she gets alot of pain, she is burping all the time, and yesterday she tried to eat a piece of chicken, and that triggered her throwing up, all day, all evening, all night... I'll let you know after i talk to her doctor this morning....


have a good Monday....and smile once