LIPS ARE ACTIVATED BY FOOD AGAIN!

The computer is acting funky and won't let me do a title for this blog. I know Scott can fix whatever the problem is but it's late so I will do one without a title. Why do these computer programs decide on their own to change the rules?

(SINCE I JUST MADE A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT THE COMPUTER IT SUDDENLY ALLOWED ME TO CREATE A TITLE. I JUST KNOW THERE ARE LITTLE PEOPLE INSIDE THE COMPUTER THAT HEAR MY COMMENTS AND REACT ACCORDINGLY. THAT IS PROBABLY WHY I AM SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY FROM TIME TO TIME.)

Anyway, after a few horrible days with my stomach and a fairly substantial weight loss, my lips are back in action again. Watch out girls!!! I never knew what Lip-O-Suction meant before, but now I have it figured out. My lips are sucking up every piece of food that comes within 6 feet of them. Not too happy about that as I was happy with the weight loss. I think I am getting back into form again. Remember, round is a form! Actually a little over a year ago I was at 260. When I started with MD Anderson I was at 240 and just recently got down to 226 1/2, but that looks like history now. A few years ago my oldest granddaughter suggested she might get me a pair of sweat pants for Christmas with "Good Year" printed on each leg - like Good Year Blimp! Children just don't have any manners today.

Things are going along okay and I am feeling fit as a fiddle - an old fiddle at that. I still tire pretty easily but do a few errands each day. I have even cooked a few meals and washed a few dishes here lately. Hope energy level picks up so I can get to more exciting activities. Going back to Houston for re-staging the last week of the month. It is amazing - they discovered the tumor on February 16th - Scott's birthday, and so far all they have done is torture me. I will die of old age before they get that thing removed.

I have been so lucky and think I have had a pretty good attitude, after I got over the shock of having cancer, and I think that has helped me a lot. In my case it is a matter of "Ignorance is Bliss". Scott understands everything that is going on, in fact he probably could perform the surgery by now. I am a little laid back and don't pay all that much attention to details. I just flirt with the nurses and crack jokes and leave the detail work to Scott. But my dear brother, John in Denver, introduced me to a new book/DVD and while I think I am practicing much of what they talk about, this DVD was so fantastic and exciting I can't get to sleep. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. It is called; "The Secret" Go rent the DVD as I did and see what you think. My next step is to buy both the DVD and the book. In fact I think I will buy at least a dozen copies of the book to pass on to others I think could benefit from it. (Now go buy your own book - don't wait for me to send you one.)

Speaking of my brother John, I have pretty much introduced my whole family but I didn't tell you about John. He is truly Mr. Fantastic! He is the best brother anyone could ever hope to have. He and his wonderful wife Nancy have a beautiful family of three married children and also have some grandchildren. Piper is the oldest child, Austin and Holly are twins and they are all part of what I would call the perfect family. John and Nancy are in the real estate business and have spent a tremendous amount of their time the past few years caring for our Mother, Priscilla. She is a beautiful lady and just as sweet as can be. She had a new house at the edge of the lake that John and Nancy helped her get, but the last few years her memory has started slipping. John and Nancy turned their living room and dining room of their home into a separate apartment and have moved mom in and care for her 24/7. They never have any time for themselves anymore but they are just as pleasant and sweet as they can be about the whole thing. They want to keep mom out of a nursing home so they have committed their time and assets to keeping her comfortable and happy. Sometimes when I talk to John on the phone I can tell he is really tired, but he always has that smile in his voice and never a complaint.

By now you have met my 3 wonderful sons, my beautiful wife and now my brother and sister in law and their children and even my mom. I am sure you have figured it out by now, but there is one black sheep in the family. Hey - somebody had to take that responsibility!

Love you all and hope to be back in touch soon.

AL