our view at Panama City Beach

CRAB LEGS.....OH YEA!

Yum, Yum..................it is crab legs galore! We always go to Biloxi and spend the night and do the seafood buffet on our way to Florida, so this time I took pics:) Our room was a balcony room so we had a balcony view of the wonderful pool!! Of course we were in that:) then off to Panama City beach the next day:) Our condo is fabulous! and the view is to die for, here are some sun sets pics, we are high up:) This morning we have seen dolphins and some rays, on my!!!!

My niece April and her son Brock and our friend Amy and her son are in the condo two doors down, then Alicia and Bob and Hannah and Mark are here with their families, the four bedroom condo is two floors down, but it is so easy to get to all and to the beach, you just walk out!! so with all that said.....I am outta here!

One more go to sleep and I am off!

I am getting excited baout Flordia!! Just got finsih with work:( andnow Ineed to pack, house is ready for Marty to clean it, I couldnot get it all done and I like a clean home when I come home:)) Everyone is running to get ready to go in my family, allmy girls that is, theboys will all be here. I need someone to hold the fort down!! Gotta run, just wnated to say NITE!

ALMOST VACATION............YEA

Well I did get a new lap top and believe it or not it does something where the page goes out by these lines coming up, then if you turn it upside down it quits!! I guess I will take it back AFTER putting what I need on it! Life is full of bumps right now, little ones but still frustrating! It is going to be a hot humid day here in Arkansas and I have lots to get done today:) Have three inspections I need to finish up and list a home tonight:) Then here comes the beach, by the way I have a house sitter and alarm if someone is reading this who does not need to be:) Today is Steve's birthday!! Nothing planned but just thankful for his birth, he is a wonderful part of my life! In Florida we go to Joe's crab shack and Steve and Victoria have birthdays together and they do a big ordeal at Joe's, last year Steve had to put on a hula skirt and dance around! of course all the grand kids and kids loved this!! well got to get things done! hugs

Lap Band Life:)

the fil goes in the little clear part inside the band

OK, I want to share what I have done to my self, I guess before with my lap band I have not had much restriction, I could eat anything I wanted so I limited my self, when I first got it done there is swelling and I had restriction but then it let up some, well last Saturday I told you I got a fill, look st the pics, the fill is when they put more saline in the tube and it makes the band on your stomach tighter, making a smaller hole for foods to get through, and needless to say, I will for sure get the rest of this weight off! I can eat maybe three chips and cheese dip, last night I wanted to eat because I was emotionally stressed but I could not really eat because I filled up on three chips! Which is a blessing but when your and emotional eater it is real hard, so I am trying to resolve my emotions and that is hard to, it makes me want to eat! I did buy a pie at krogers but of course I got a tiny little bite and could not eat it, then a friend called and ask me to swim with her and I did and that was a great release for me! I can go back and get some taken out if I need too, but if I can endure this then I will, its a fine time to do it BEFORE vacation:) Alicia said I was crazy to do it now but I thought well it will help me keep my focus on getting healthy and it for sure does, I am trying to drink my protein shake right now and it is taking me a while to even get half a glass of mil down! BUT the good thing is I am full:) so pray for me to settle down and continue to cope with my emotions with out using food! Food is not my friend! I am up early this am, its storming and I would love to sit on the porch and rock but the wind is blowing the rain in! I do not have a full day of real estate but I do have so much to do today. My lap top is dead and I need to go and buy a new one:) so I hope to do that, I need to get the house ready to gone, which means I will have it all clean and if I cannot get it done, I will call Marty and have her do it for me:) much better ideal, just trying to save money and do it my self! But who knows! I have a appointment in LR office early then in NLR office so by noon I should be ready to tackle the house and get things ready to leave for Panama City Beach!! I can not wait to go! I have a lot of things going on in my mind and personal life right now that I need some away time so I can think clearer:) When I went to the Dr. I ask him for a anti depressant, thinking my serotonin levels may be low, I did not feel depressed but I have some issues that I cannot go into and I just can not seem to get settled with them, which is a major part of my life:) so it affects me daily. I did get some insight yesterday to some of my struggles with a certain person at work which was helpful, I now know how to pray for me and them, but part of me thinks, its not worth my time to worry about it, but then it totally affects me, so I have to deal with it....does this even make sense???? Anyway when I come to mind pray for me:) I am asking the Lord to give me some resolve in these issues, you know me, I would share them with you but since it is such a sensitive matter, I best not:) All else is good in the Averitt clan, Alicia is hoofing it still in RE, she is excited about vacation too, Sean and Sarah are good, Sarah is going to visit her brother for three days that will be fun for her!! Sean is working 12 hour shifts so he will not even know she is gone and he is keeping Cali for me so he will have company:)Alex and Jill are on vacation:) Hannah and Mark are getting ready to leave on vacation:) Jared and Jenn are back from vacation and holding the fort down, April and her sweet heart broke up so she i sad but trusting the Lord if he is the one, God will bring him back:) Well guess I need to get with it and get my running shoes on!! C tks for the encouragement on this blog, I love reading yours too!! I laughed at the Target one, I am sure glad I am not on his shoes for more reasons then one, or even two!! I pray all have a great day!! HUGS!

Hard working Monday

Today was full of all kinds of real estate!! Barry is gone and he totally takes the pressure off at work, so I was in office most of day till late and did get almost caught on my work and helped others with theirs:) Today it is not raining and it is a Tuesday!! I will enjoy property tour and staying dry:) Its a full day, actually this is Monday night at 11:15 but when I came home I was so tired I went to bed and got up now and it feels like it is Tuesday already:) I have been thinking about this blog which is a daily journal for me and I want to make it more then that, I am just not sure how to go about that:) I may think of some topics and blog about them:) well I am off back to bed for the rest of the night. Since I have had my fill I have not ate much and can for sure tell I need my liquid vitamins!! I will start tomorrow with them, only two more days till vacation!! YEA!!!!

A new week!

Well I had a great week with two listings and three offers:) and no JP the Trammel road has not sold, several offers on it but none have worked out:( This week started with Alicia letting us know after Jack's birthday party they he had swine flu, he went in the dug out at the Texas rangers game and two players had it! How weird is that! He was not real bad sick though, he did run a fever and had a headache and by Tuesday he was better, he did take the tamiful and so did her whole family, the CDC called her Dr. on Tuesday and said it was the real thing:0 so we all have tamiful to take. I decided to wait on taking it in my family because of the hard side effects, I have the script and if we need it can get it filled. My thought is why make my self sick with the tamiful and then if i get the flu i will be sick again, so with my medical decree in tact, that is the decision I made, I did call Susan Averitt and run this past her:) there are so many different Thought's on this, I am not sure they even know how to treat it! a lot of different opinions out there. So far all is fine and no one else has got sick:) I am getting excited about our vacation, alicia and her family and hannah and her family and april bivens and brock and us are all going to be in florida staying in the same condo resort, we have different condos but will do a lot of faimly thing together, I wish sometime all my children could go at the same time, it would be so much fun!! I am so ready fro the beach!!

I went this weekend to Tupelo Miss and got a fill in my lap band, I will be more restricted on what I can eat and will get the rest of this weight off! I was not sure I wnated to do it before vacation but decided nothing taste as good as healthy feels:) ok so maybe it does!! that is why I went before vacation! I am staying in a hotel now waiting to see how I can eat, so far its perfect, will be home in am, I do this so if I have a problem I can go right back to the nurse who do the fill, you have to test it by drinking and eating, its back to baby bites and small drinks:) The nurse who did it for me has had the surgery with the same dr. I did and she is great, she got it the first time, it took dr. L about six or more needles in the tummy to get it and he had the xray showing him where the port was..............I was all bruised! So I was not going back to him:( the drive is worth it, plus she is $250.00 dollars cheaper, she is only $100.00. So I am just getting ready to take s Sunday afternoon nap:) I will miss church again tonight, and I was looking forward to it, but afraid to leave not knowing for sure I can eat:) or get food to go down. SO much for that:)) I hope all have a great week and get to do something nice for your self this week, treat your self to something you want and only you can give your self....so what would that be???? nap time so nite!