You can look at the pictures for the things we did this Christmas but for a quick update on me. I still have 6 stitches in my bellybutton and two in each of the other two incisions for a total of 10 stitches. This time I didn't get the dissolvable kind because it is safer to use the nondissolvable when you are using old incision scars...It just heals better... You know so my bellybutton will look great in this summer's bikini....HA! Anyways I go in Tuesday afternoon to get them taken out and for more details on what is next to come. I do know that I will be going on Depo Lupron again so my uterus can heal and I love those HOT FLASHES!!!! I will try to update more after Tuesday. Ken and I are looking forward to a new year and will be going to Dallas mid-January for a family wedding I will definitely have pics of that trip. Enjoy the following pictures and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS!!!

This was our Christmas card this year if you did not get one that means one of two things....1 you didn't send me one...I lost my old address book and as I got cards in I sent cards out.... or 2 you sent me a card but you didn't have a return address...that means you Aunt AnnaLee. Well anyways this was our Grand Prize Winner for this year's card. Look at the following to see which ones didn't make it... Another reason you might not of been graced by Copper Clause is becuase we ran out of cards.....anyways if you didn't get one PLEASE send me your address.
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Not too flattering...NEXT...
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Ken's favorite
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Good one.
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Copper Anne smiling!
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Busting at the seams... Her chest is busting out of the front...just like her mom...HA!
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The night before my surgery I had my faculty Christmas Party. We were in charge. This is the group that I teach 3rd grade with. Starting from l-r Fran, Kari, me, Beth (she was Fran's sub during her baby leave), and then Patti. I am very lucky to teach with such a great group of girls.
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The morning of my surgery mom and dad came to my class to help with the Gingerbread Party. I needed their help because it was the last day of school before Winter Break and I had to leave early from school to check in at the hospital. Mom and Dad had fun helping my kids build their houses. THANKS MOM AND DAD!!!
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One of my student's Gingerbread Castles. It was one of the best.
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My Uncle Jeb came in for Christmas...kinda ... this is the second year where he comes in for a few days before Christmas with his girls. We went to Magic Time Machine for dinner one night and Tinkerbell found out that Jeb use to work there and gave him a balloon...to wear. Isn't he cute....
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My Uncle Jeb and his ( we love her, you have to keep her, the sweetest thing, and cute too) girlfriend Laura. Tinkerbell is in the middle.
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Josh and his girlfriend Lyssa at Magic Time Machine.
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YOU know we went to Hockey games over the Holiday Break. THis is our teams mascot, T-Bone. He annoys me most of the time but whatever. He is posing for a picture and I guess the girl behind him is too.
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This is our view of the players this year. We are very lucky to sit so close to the penalty box... Thanks DAD. It is a lot of fun.
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This is Boone and his new motorized HARLEY...JUST like POPS (that is what he calls his Grandpa (Ken's stepdad Rick).
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Christmas Eve is always spent with Ken's Mom. We had so much fun this year it was great. We really enjoyed watching our 2 1/2 year old nephew, Boone, open his gifts.
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We couldn't find Copper when it was time to go to bed Christmas Eve and we found her looking out the window. We figured she was looking for SANTA PAWS.
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Santa PAWS is coming!
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Copper is waiting to open her gift.
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SANTA brought Copper a new set of Fairy wings.
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Dad opening a gift from mom.
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Copper with her Christmas ribbon on. She is like...."DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOOOO MANY PICTURES OF ME MOM?"...and the answer is YES!!!!
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Josh loves his custom made "Freeman" figure. Ken spent lots of time making this figure look like Josh when he played football at Judson. YES KEN made it. It is really cool and Josh loved it.
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Mom and Grandma passing out gifts at the Stewart's House.
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Tena opening her gift from us. I made her a custom Scrabble board where I glued down letters to spell out things important to the O'Connor Family...like... Tena, Bill, William, and Andrea
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Well many of you already know that I am going to have surgery #3 THIS Friday. I went to Dr. Garza (my obgyn/ fertility specialist (#1 in Texas)), yesterday because my cycle was way off. I won't go into detail on that but let's just say I should buy stock in Tampax. Anyways went to Garza and had to have an internal sonogram. It showed that I have 2 cysts...What else is new... and my uterus is too thick. Each ovary has it's own cyst... the right one is 19cm and the left one is around 9. Remember that you are suppose to have cysts (follicles) because they contain the egg and then the cyst is suppose to rupture releasing the egg along with helpful hormones. They usually rupture around 15-17. If your follicle doesn't rupture your body doesn't know to start sluffing off the uterine lining (if you are not pregnant) and therefore your uterus just gets thicker and thicker. When you are at the follicle rupturing stage your uterus should be at 3cm thick mine is now at 19cm. My uterus was getting so thick that clumps of it were sluffing off (starting Dec. 1st) I thought it was a normal cycle but it didn't stop and since my follicle didn't rupture my uterus just kept growing. I thought I WOULD JUST GET A SHOT but was wrong and guess what SURGERY again. I was really upset ...I wasn't sure if it was going to be a simple procedure (like no incisions) or the laproscopy...DING DING DING I WIN it's the laproscopy. That is when they go through my belly button and two incisions on my panty line...PAINFUL recovery. OH WELL good drugs help. I was also really upset because they wanted me to have it early Friday morning...For those of you that know the Friday before Christmas is PARTY day. My kids (who are the best I have ever had a TRUE DREAM CLASS) have been working very hard to earn their Gingerbread house party. They had to pass addition tests (0-10) to earn parts of the house...like if you pass your zero test you get to come to the party, if you pass your ones you get a plate, twos you get the icing, 3 gingerbread (graham crackers) and so on and so on. Well our house building party is Friday and I didn't want to miss a thing. I finally convinced the nurse to schedule me for the latest possible time and they did. It is between 2 and 3 BUT I have to be there at 12 or 1. We only have a half day on Friday so I am going to leave at lunch time and will miss the last 40 minutes of the day. My principal okayed it and my teaching team is going to cover my class for the last 40 minutes. As I mentioned my class is AWESOME so it won't be a difficult task. Although I was upset about the surgery, it does fall at a convenient time because I have to have 2 weeks recovery and that is how long my vacation is... I don't have to miss any school...YIPPEE.

OK different news... I haven't updated with pictures or Weight Watchers updates for a while. I will post pictures later...BUT... I am now up to 20 pounds lost. I am very excited and mom has lost over 15. ( ok so I was reading this to my mom and dad and mom wanted me to say she is up to 17 pounds lost and dad wnats me to say he is up to 25 pounds lost. We don't like to talk about Dad's wt loss because everyone knows men lose wt faster..and I told him wait til after my surgery 19cm of uterus should weigh at least 20 pounds ... I can dream and heck what ever makes me happy and it is my BLoG and I can type what I wnat to.... ;))

I will update details of the procedure later and will try to post pictures ... not of the surgery but other things...like Copper's Santa outfit and other fun pics.

I have finally come to the conclusion of how to tell a true friend....

I goto these house parties quite often... you know Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Southern Living.ect..... well I go to one at least every other month. I don't mind going because I enjoy the company and socializing...but... sometimes I offer to be a hostess ONLY because I want to help out the Seller...I don't really care for the free deals and what nots but I want to see my friends (the sellers) do well. Well I threw my 2nd and probably last one today (with the help of Susie..THANK YOU SUSIE). I did it to help a good friend of mine who is now selling Pampered Chef so she can be a stay at home mom. Well I invited the regulars...my co-worker friends who one throws these parties all the time and like I mentioned before I go to all of them..one because I know how it feels to throw a party and no one shows and two because like I said I like the company...ANYWAYS I also invited some other people that I thought would come because I either threw them a party or went to one of theirs or BOTH...or maybe I even gave them tickets to a hockey game...catching my drift yet...NEEDLESS TO SAY... only your true friends show up to your party. TodayI had my mom and Susie of course... it was at her house, Patti ( a true friend) and like 2 other people... I think I invited over 20...the 2 people that I thought for sure SHOULD come didn't...one sent their mom and the other never RSVP ed...


which gets me on another rant...HELLOOOOOOOOOO The term R.S.V.P. comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond". If R.S.V.P. is written on an invitation it means the invited guest must tell the host whether or not they plan to attend the party. It does not mean to respond only if you're coming, and it does not mean respond only if you're notcoming (the expression "regrets only" is reserved for that instance). It means the host needs a definite head count for the planned event and if you don't RSVP it is just down right RUDE... no other explaination no excuses NADA, ZIP, uh uh not going listen


OK BACK TO the pampered chef thingy... I guess I learned my lesson to not do one of these STUPID things again. I also know who I am not going to talk to on Monday at school because they didn't RSVP and I threw their Mary Kay party and went to their Pampered chef Party and then gave them 6 YES 6 free hockey tickets....did I hear the "You just got used police" call...why yes I did and guess what that won't happen again.

WHATEVER... I'll get over it... I guess I forgive BUT I DO NOT FORGET!!!!! OK SOAP BOX OVER


Today was also my Grandpa Stewart's 75th Birthday. We went over to their house for dinner and pie. It was nice. I took lots of pictures of Tena, Mom, and G'pa and ma... it is always nice to get together with family and friends.

HAPPY 75th Grandpa!!!! Love you!!!
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Copper was a Pumpkin Fairy for Halloween this year. She is too cute and matches her little baby. Is she not the cutest dog EVER!!!!????
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THis is Copper taking a nap on her Daddy. They were both catching some ZZZZzzzzzssss. TOO CUTE!!!
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Two little birds flew into our house the other day and I got to get a picture of one of them. Here it is hanging out on one of the pictures.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
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For those of you that are familiar with Wt. Watchers ( which I will now refer to as WW) a Bravo star is a little silver star sticker. Well anyways, you would never guess the excitement I get when I know I am going to get one. At my Ww meeting, you get one of these stickers for every 5 pounds lost. I just got my first star sticker and I was soooooo excited. I felt like one of my 3rd graders. For my first five pounds I got a bookmark. That didn't really matter to me but to get the silver star... now that I LIKE. I am feeling better and have now focused my energy to a new source. Shifting from baby to losing. Ken and I are doing good we are addicted to this soup I like to make called 7 CAN SOUP. It is easy and only 4 points for one cup. On WW every thing has a point value and you have to stay within your point range. It really works. Some foods have 0 points...Unfortunately for me they are the NASTY VEGGIES....but hey I like lettuce and tomatoes which are 0 points. Dad has also been making some soups that are WW friendly. His doctor told him he has to lose some wt. so he got on the WW Wagon. He is to machismo to go to a meeting but he is making better choices about what he eats. The last soup he made was 1 point for one cup. WOW. ANYWAYS nothing too exciting going on here besides TODAY IS MY DAD's BIRTHDAY!!! We have a hockey game tonight...it is mullet night. and the first 1500 get mullet wigs. Will have pictures. Anyways since dad is a regular at the hockey games mom told one of the head ladies it was his birthday and they have prepared him some kind of memorabilia gifts. Will post pics later.

Day one after Wt. Watchers meeting. I like my new group. I feel like it is an AA meeting for food addicts. TECHNICALLY it is.

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This is my first week after Wt. Watchers. I had lost 6 pounds in my first week. Mostly that is water weight. I don't have a Week three picture because ...frankly I forgot to have Ken take one. Sorry. I think I lost like 1.8 or something like that.
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This Thursday, after 3 weeks on Wt. Watchers, down 3 more pounds for a total of 11 pounds. Way to go me!!! My eyes are puffy because I just finished watcing a very sad episode of ER and I cried like a baby.
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Poor mom.. she had to take the whole clan to the Saints game without her LOYAL companion...Dad. He had injured his back and he was unable to go. I was his reluctant replacement. After, making our way through want-to-be Saints fans in the " TAIL GATING" party we eventually made our way into the ALAMO Dome. I was excited to be there even though I didn't really act like it. We were on the 3rd level ...which means climbing stair after stair after stair after stair after stair..ect....ect...ect..... Anyways...thank goodness I went to the ladies room before I made it to my final destination ... the worse seat in the house. You can look at the pictures I have posted to see what I am talking about. After was all said and done...we had a good time..even though the game ended with the Saints losing..it was controversial.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

Today or that day I was thankful for wearing good shoes.

This is the family at the Saints Football game. We literally are in the LAST row in the whole building we almost have the worst seats in the house... but... that belongs to the people next to Lyssa (Josh's girlfriend). They are in the farthest corner.

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Even though our seats SUCKED we did have a good time. I am taking the picture. It is hard to smile and take a good picture. Notice we are all in BLACK. Maybe we knew the outcome was going to be grim.
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I AM sitting down... you can see why I lost 5 pounds just climbing the stairs. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM MY SEAT. I was in a corner and if I looked straight down this was my view. Just to make sure you understand I am sitting in my seat taking this picture.
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This is my view from my seat. Notice I can't see the other goal post because of the VERY LARGE screen. This picture was taken before the game.
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For those of you who don't know TODAY is the first game of the year for our San Antonio Rampage. I am so excited!!! I LOVE HOCKEY!!! Dad got Ken and my seats moved to right behind the penalty box for the opponent. BRING IT ON!!!! I can't wait. This year we have a whole new team which SUCKS because through our friend Serge Payer (sir-gay pi-ay or pie-ee) we got to know a lot of players. Our old affiliate was the Florida Panthers and apparently the panthers and the SA Spurs association couldn't get along so adios Florida Panthers and HELLO Phoenix Coyotes. We have a new group of guys to meet and get to know...maybe. Ken met Serge through his old job at the Bandit Golf Course and that is how they became friends. We don't really know anyone form this team except Brent Cullaton but it looks like he might stay on our farm team of Laredo. If you are confused .... Coyotes are the pros NHL---> we the Rampage are their farm team our guys can be called up to play with them or be sent down to ------> Laredo Bucks they are the farm team for us. Hope that helps a little.

Anyways the cool pictures were taken at the SBC center, where the Rampage play, for our season ticket holder party. Wayne Gretsky is the owner and coach of the Coyotes and he came to the party. As you can see Ken was VERy lucky to get a picture with him..... VERY LUCKY!! I honestly didn't see anyone else get a one on one picture with him. WAY TO GO KEN!!!! I on the other hand got my picture taken with a local sports caster named Don Harris or as I call him Donna Harris. This guy thinks he is the best sports caster EVER....WHAT EVER!! I just took my picture with him as a joke. He never had anything to say about our hockey team in the past 2 years and now that "the Great One" Gretsky is here he is on him like a bee to honey. He was even asked one time why he doesn't report on hockey and he said " I don't know it and I don't plan on learning it"...Our town is Spurs Spurs Spurs.....not enough room for something else unless Gretsky is here. All of the local news crews were there and they never say a word about the Rampage ever. I hope they stay around a while and see how fun and exciting the game can be. ANYWAYS thought I might write a little something because I have been gone for a while.

I am doing fine... I started Wt, Watchers Thursday night. I will update the blog on my progress with pictures and what nots. I will also update the blog on good pics I can get from our great seats....THANKS DAD!!!

Meg and Don Harris
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Ken and Wayne Gretsky
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Ok so I guess I got my hopes up. Even after trying to keep my emotions under control, it still got the best of me. I am the best at fooling myself.... if that makes sense. Last Friday, I had my bloodwork done and my progesterone levels came back at a 14. We would like to have it at a 20 but my nurse, Diana, said that anything in the -teens is good. This kind of set me back, I thought for sure with the IUI and 2 good follicles everything would be ok. Well, my hopes of getting a big fat POSITIVE were quickly shattered this morning. The worse part was holding it in all day. I tried to tell my teaching buddies but got a little teary eyed (that is very common these days... for those of you that know me pretty well I don't cry so easily BUT now I cry at commercials.... what a sissy.) Ken was off today and being the best hubby in the world he brought me some medicine to school ( I have been fighting off a sinus infection...imagine that, I go back to school and get sick... I AM LITERALLY ALLERGIC TO MY JOB) Anyways I tell him and he was very sweet about it..." you can still go get your bloodwork taken tomorrow, right?" I told him I would call my Dr. to see if I need to or not. He left and I was OK... really I was pretty strong today. OK FAST FORWARD TO END OF SCHOOL >>>>>>>>>>> I am on my way home and call DR. who tells me NO I don't have to go for a blood test tomorrow because we already know what the answer is. After hanging up I guess my head couldn't take it anymore and I just let the flood gates go. AND wouldn't you know I hit every single STOP LIGHT... I only have 3 between my house and school BUT I hit every one of them. Ok so now I am at my mom and dad's and Ken, Mom, Josh, and Lisa (josh's girlfriend) left for Austin for Josh's car race. My dad came home from work to be with me... VERY SWEET!!! He asked if I had called anybody or if I had blogged yet...I thought that was funny that he asked if I had blogged it yet. So here I am...

Leaving San Antonio and thought I would take a picture of the tower. OFF WE GO TO CORPUS!
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Ken driving to Corpus to see his cousin get married. We joined almost his entire family down there for this celebration IT WAS FUN!!!
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This was the veiw from our room.
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This was the view from the back of the hotel...when you enter the beach. This picture was taken about 8:00 am. Very peaceful that time in the morning.
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This is probably the record holder for the BIGGEST hermit crab alive. The shell was bigger than Ken's hand and the crab was not shy as you can see. He also had shell mates because there were baby blue crab living inside his shell too. The white blob in the picture is an oyster.
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We saw this one while walking on the jetty. It soon had buddies. THere were jellyfish everywhere.
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This was a common sight to see while walking the beach. Our whole trip I bet we saw over 100 stranded jellyfish. This is the cabbage kind.
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We went to the new Whataburger Field. Corpus Christi is home to Whataburger. This field is home to the new Astros farm team the Hooks. The gift shop was called Hook Line and Sinker...which we thought was very clever. We didn't go to a game but wanted to see this field and it is AWESOME!
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THere were a lot of one way streets where we were staying BUT I still had Ken drive around in a few circles just so we could get a picture of this ... from far away I thought it was a mosaic BUT it is spray paint. OH WELL!!!
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Sight seeing...Ken and I saw these electrical boxes (we think) painted at every corner... this was one of our favorites.
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On our way to the lobby of the Hotel... this is me taking a picture of US in the elevator....doesn't Ken look excited. We are sooooo cute!!!
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