HI EVERYONE!!! LU HERE. DAVE'S NEPHEW CORY (RITA'S SON) HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY LAST MONDAY AND IS DOING FINE. HE'LL PROBABLY BE DOWN AT CHILDRENS THIS WEEK YET. HE HAD A LOT OF STUFF DONE.

THE ECONOMY HAS HIT W/S. 20 OF US GOT LAID OFF. WE ARE HOPING TO BE CALLED BACK BY END OF MAY, EARLY JUNE BUT I GUESS WE'LL WAIT AND SEE. I AM WORKING PART TIME AT CSF (CUSTOM STAINING AND FINISHING) IN WAITE PARK. ACTUALLY I SHOULD SAY TEMPORARILY, AS I AM GETTING UP TO 40 HOURS FOR NOW. I AM ALSO GETTING SOME HOURS IN AT KELBER. THE CAR SHOW STARTS IN MPLS THIS SAT THE 21ST AND RUNS FOR 8 DAYS. I'LL BE WORKING BOTH WKDS AND A COUPLE DAYS IN THE MIDDLE. I QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BASICALLY IF I WANT TO SETTLE FOR ABOUT HALF OF MY WAGES. SO WHILE I'M WORKING FOR CSF I'M WORKING FOR CASH AS A TEMP LABOROR AND THAT WORKS FOR BOTH OF US. KELBER THO IS A REG PAYING JOB SO IT ONLY PAYS TO WORK FOR THEM WHEN I CAN GET ALOT OF HOURS. (MORE THAN 35 IN A WEEK AT 10 BUCKS AN HOUR). IT'S INCOME ANYWAY. I WAS PRETTY LUCKY REALLY. I WAS LAID OFF ON TUES, WENT BACK IN FOR AN HOUR (PAID) ON WEDS. TO DISCUSS WHAT TO DO W/WORK STUFF,ie 401,MEDICAL,FLEX PLAN $ ETC. I WAS WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THURS.

SO TAMMY, ABOUT THE NON-MOM PHONE CALL,I HAVE YOU KATHY AND MYSELF ON HER SPEED DIAL AND I MUST HAVE BUMPED #2. SORRY I FREAKED YOU OUT-REALLY. THAT SUCKS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AS FOR WHY I HAD HER PHONE? I HAD LEFT MINE BEHIND SOMEWHERE AND BORROWED HERS FOR THE DAY. I WAS HOPING IT WAS ACTUALLY IN MY CAR BUT NO SUCH LUCK. SOMEONE DID FIND IT AND TURNED IT IN (TO THE SALVATION ARMY) THEY CALLED ON MOM'S PHONE THAT SAME NIGHT AND I PICKED IT UP THE NEXT DAY.I HAD CALLED MY PHONE FROM HERS SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO FIND MINE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED MOM'S # 1ST.

I STARTED A WALK EVERY DAY PLAN. I ONLY DID A FEW BLOCKS TODAY BUT HOPE TO START WALKING DURING MY LUNCH BREAK. WHEN I'M AT KELBER I GET IN LOTS OF WALKING! I'M AT MY HEAVIEST WEIGHT-EVER.(BY FAR-LIKE 15 LBS MORE THAN MY HEAVIEST GO-HAVE-A-BABY WEIGHT, YIKES!!!) INSTEAD OF SETTING MY ORIGINAL GOAL FOR 40 LBS I'M STARTING W/18. THAT WILL GET ME BACK UNDER 150.
TTFN, LOVE YA ALL, LU