New life change. Going in on the 22nd for the gastric bypass. Just received my call from the hospital that it's a go! I am to be there at 12 noon. Surgery will be at 2pm. I went there yesterday and had my ekg and labs. Went shopping today  so I can start my liquid diet first thing in the morning. Will be on that for approx 9 days. I weighed 225 yesterday. My goal is to lose 100 pounds. I am so tired of being over weight and not feeling good. I am praying that God helps me through all of this and it be a smooth transition! These are some of my before pictures. I will post more as I start to lose!

Coffee Mocha Spoons 001

2014 Update !

Here it is September 2014 and I am just now writing this. I need to do this more often!!  Well Gary and I made it to 40 years being married !   Wow who knew we'd make it this long.
Kids (Tonya and Mark) are getting older, and we have six (8) grandchildren: Joshua, Aidan, Kelsey, Nicolas, Josiah and Caleb plus Cheyene (Shiloh's) and Mark Jr who is waiting for us in heaven.
We still have not gone nowhere this year due to financial problems due to BEE loss other than me going with Tonya , Kelsey and Aiden to the beach.

We are still in the lawsuit. It's coming along but not fast enough for us! Gary is still having breathing problems and my feet are still hurting. Found out that I have a bone (heal) spur and was told I need surgery. I hope to get it taken care of soon. Plus I hope by December/January I can get the gastric bypass done and eliminate the majority of my problems. My daughter and daughter in law have both had it done and are doing great!

I know I can do this too! Just need the insurance which I am working on! 

In May of this year I had someone I have known for years ask me if I would teach a painting class so I got with the Lathrop Senior Center and started having classes there. I called it "Painting with Patty"
I would teach the class every Tuesday from 4 to 7. It became a problem with me carrying all my stuff back and forth from home with my feet problem so I am having them at my house now. My last class was the 2nd Tuesday in September. Now I am going to hold off till October and that's a maybe.

I am currently attending a watercolor class at the Manteca Senior Center on Mondays. It's a lot of fun and there are a lot of ladies there to compare and chat with. My mom even joined too, but I don;t think she likes it. I am excited because I get to hang two of my painting there for about 3 months and I can sale them too !

I have a feeling that Christmas is gong to be like last year.....no money!  I have managed to start on some gifts that I an making. Sorry though, can't post just yet because my family might read this.  I think they will like it.
As far as Gary and I, I don't think we will be buying for each other, again. How depressing !!!

I try to stay busy, painting keeps my mine off a lot of things and lets me just enjoy life one day at a time.
I believe God will come through for us through the lawsuit and then we will be able to pay off all our bills and then Gary can decide what he wants to do as far as keeping this house or moving to Alaska, As for me I don't know what I want to do.  I still need to pray about it and make my request known to the Lord....but even I don't know yet.  Time...I still have time. So for now, this is all and hopefully I will keep this updated.  Toodles and God Bless!

2013 Overview !

I haven't been on here for almost two years...Wow didn't realize. Probably because facebook takes up so much of my time.  So here goes. Where to start ?  Okay first I can start by saying this has been one hardest financial year for us. Gary has lost 95% of his BEES due to pesticides. We are currently in a lawsuit so I will not be talking about it....Period! But because of it we lost our medical insurance, which is hard because we need it so bad. I basically didn't buy any birthday present in 2013 because of no money. Christmas I did manage to buy 12 towels (2 per grandchild) and embroidery their names on them. Gave a 2 1/2 lb jar of Honey to everyone else. This was the first year in our 39 years married that Gary and I didn't buy each other any gifts. Christmas is my favorite holiday and it just broke my heart that we are going through this.  But it will pass and we will prevail !!!!  God will bless us, I know it.  We have struggled a few times to pay our mortgage so Gary had to sell a lot of stuff to make ends meet. But God has seen us through. We didn't go on any trips this year, no camping trips, no fishing trips!  Gary's health is not the best. He has be having a breathing problem all year, so he doesn't do much. I have feet problems to add to all my other problems and it sucks because no insurance! I am able to go to Jackson Medical group, so a least I can keep my prescriptions going. Just praying our lawsuit hurry ups!!!

GOODBYE 2012

Just thinking back on 2012 and all the events that has happened in my life in 2012. Don't really remember some dates, and some I do. Well of course two happy date are our birthdays Gary's the 29th and mine the 30th of January....coming up fast ! Didn't do anything special and probably will be just another day in 2013. Of course we had a lot of Grand kids birthdays to celebrate this year, they are always fun. June 15 Gary and I were married for 38 years. Just went out to dinner. Had some sad news this year, my older brother Clifford Sturges passed away on September 16th and that was really hard. He had just turned 62. I got a job taking care of an 87 year old lady named Lydia. Basically all I do is make her breakfast and lunch, and a few things around the house. Very easy job and believe me I think it's the only job I can do right now, because of my physical condition. I am out of shape, and have many health things going on. Besides being overweight, diabetic problems, neurophy in my feet, kidney failure, fibermylgia and of course good ole back pain. Have I listed enough ? Oh yeah, high blood pressure. But all that being said I hope to get rid of a lot of those problems in year 2013 just by losing weight !  I only went one place this year and that was to a cabin in Lake Tahoe with my daughter and her family. Gary stayed home. Made lots of  jewelry and sold some. Had a Boutique at the Lathrop Senior Center right before Christmas. After reading over all I did, I'd have to say it's pretty pathetic...I can basically sum up a whole year of my life in a 1/2 page. Is this it ? Next year has to be better !!!!!!!!!

GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR: 
Go to more places... even if by myself.
Say "I Love you" more
Do something to make a difference to someone
Spend more time with GOD !!!
Get involved in something...church, bingo (not someone)
LOSE WEIGHT !

Christmas 2011

WE HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS DAY. OUR DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND AND THREE OF THEIR KIDS, PLUS OUR SON AND HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS, AND ALSO MY MOM AND BF CAME OVER FOR DINNER. LATER, MY SISTER AND HER BF CAME OVER. THAT WAS A BONUS !

 Kelsey Grace......My Princess !      

My Grand Daughter ! How precious she is. I pray God will use her for his purpose on this Earth and that she will be obedient to him. I pray that God Blesses her way beyond her dreams and keeps her safe all the days of her life. I pray this for ALL my grandchildren. In the Name of JESUS ! Amen !

 DRESS UP !!

It's a new day !

It's a new day !
 
So much to do today and don't feel like doing anything ! 
Got up this morning & was running into walls, what's up with that ?  Was gonna lay around in pj's today, but someone wanted to come by and get honey, so much for that idea. Oh well ! 


It's funny how somethings we like to do 
                 and then there's things we don't:  like .......
I love to cook, don't like cleaning up the mess:
I love to do laundry, don't like putting them away:
it's fun putting dishes into the dish washer, 
                don't like putting them away:
sleeping in my bed, don't want to make it:
taking a bath or shower, but don't want to clean it:
like spending money, but don't want to work for it:
it's always easy to let someone else do it for us!
We all can use change !
see trash on the ground, pick it up:
a chair needs pushed in, push it in:
taking your dish to the kitchen, offer to take theirs too:
put your shoes where they belong:
straighten up the hand towel you just used:
wipe your feet !, or offer to sweep:
don't expect someone else to do what you can do for yourself.

ask yourself "What can I do to help?"


or how about manners, try to always say
      PLEASE or THANK YOU !
OR tell someone "I love you" 
          without expecting the same back !

Everyday we have to make decisions 
and some we like and some we don't, 
but that being said with God's help, 
we can make the right decisions. 
The rest is up to you !

Baby Caleb's Baby Shower

 Caleb's Baby Shower .... July 24, 2011

 

Tonya and I make a Diaper Cake, filled with

Diapers, Homemade Burp Clothes, Blanket

And a stuffed Monkey and Lion Toy. Also

some letters of Caleb's name. 

    Chris is the one who gave the Baby shower for
    Mark and Becky.  She did a wonderful job !!!

   Due Date: August 24..... Can't wait to meet my
                        New Grandson !!!

New Years at Lighthouse Church

I started the 2011 New Year out at the
 "Lighthouse Church" in Lathrop. Hopefully my home away from home now. I just started going there and love the messages, new friendship and hopefully new growth in the Lord for this new year and forever. I am looking for my relationship with the Lord to grow even stronger and learn more about him. Fellowship is sometimes hard for me, but making myself be out there because I know God wants me to get involved ... he has a purpose for me, just not to sure what is in store for me yet. The night was fun, sat around sharing, playing games and getting to know some new friends.

CHRISTMAS 2010

 

 

CHRISTMS THIS YEAR WAS A LOT OF FUN SPENDING TIME WITH OUR FAMILY. WE

SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE WITH MY MOM, MY SON MARK AND DAUGHTER-IN -LAW BECKY AND TWO GRANDKIDS, NICK AND JJ.

THEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY I COOKED A TURKEY DINNER AND MY MOM HAD SPENT THENIGHT SO SHE WAS THERE TO OPEN PRESENTS WITH US. OUR DAUGHTER TONYA AND HUBBY, SHILOH AND FOUR GRANDKIDS, CHEYENNE, JOSHUS, AIDAN AND KELSEY WERE THERE. MY BROTHER ERNIE AND SISTER IN LAW LINDA CAME AND THEIR SON RYAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GINA AND HER TWO KID, ETHAN AND LILY ALSO CAME. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE WITH FAMILY. WE ALL GOT STUFFED AND PLAYED THE GAME BS FOR AWHILE.

KELSEY'S BEDROOM

I HAD SO MUCH FUN PAINTING ON MY GRAND DAUGHTER KELSEY'S BEDROOM WALL !

PLUS SEE TOTALLY LOVES IT ! NOW TONYA IS GOING TO ADD SMALL PINK PASTEL FLOWERS TO IT FROM HER CRICKIT MACHINE...IT WILL LOOK AWESOME !

Christmas Boutique ♥














Saturday, December 4, 2010



From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm



9653 S. Manthey Rd, French Camp, Ca











Honey Gift Packages



Holiday Wreaths



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Scarfs, Jewerly & Avon







plus much much more !







There will be Refreshments and Raffles. Come and do some



Christmas Shopping or just come to look....Just come !



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Directions: From Lathrop, go North on Manthey Rd,



pass Roth Rd and Briggs. Turn left on Bowman Rd,



go 1/2 mile turn right on dirt rd. Follow signs for Boutique !







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Tonya's 34th Surprise Party

Surprise Tonya !! Mark and Rebecca threw Tonya a Surprise "34th" Birthday Party, and Wow was she ever surprised !