~Leggy Photos~ :-)

Yesterday a comment was left about a photo of me with legs...

which I know Ive put here before, but I do know its been a long

time...and I hadnt looked at these photos since then myself..I

love photos and I need a better way to keep track of them.. I

would like a file cabinet I think that would be a big help. I need

to spend just one day putting them all back into the photo

albums I took them out of.. :-)..THEN put them into the filing

cabinet.. :-)

That photo..... look at it.. I have legs..that was taken in 90. We

were camping..my friend Diane is sitting next to me, my ex,

David is in the foreground and on the right you can just see

Diane's son Daniel. Now..look again..what am I doing in that

photo? Do you see that cigarette in my hand? That tiny little

thing is what took my legs ... I smoked those things for over

30 years..cost me dearly.. My legs bothered me when that

photo was taken, I couldn't walk any distances..and steps

were agony even back then..but I didn't know I had PVD then.

Not till I moved back to Indiana was I diagnosed with PVD...

that was in 93 I think.. sometime about then..I was told I have

PVD, but I was NOT told the outcome would or COULD be

amputated legs.. I had no idea...
I scanned these photos this time.. I think before I didn't have one..I

used my webcam..big difference in this and the one I posted be

fore.. lots clearer.. I was standing in my favorite lake ..up north in

the UP of Michigan, the lake was Indian Lake where I went to

summer camp right across the lake where I am standing.. Camp

Ba-at-WA-Ga-ma...its still there too.. Where my shorts are is about

where my legs were amputated..except the right is shorter...I had

nice legs..went all the way from the floor right up to my butt ! :-)

This was taken in 90 too...
This is an older photo..back in the 70's..but do you see a

pretty nice pair of legs right there don't ya? My ex, Willie,

and that's his grand, Diane. we had gone to Florida to

visit his daughter and granddaughter..I didn't look too bad

I don't think... See whats in my hand in that one too? yup..

a ciggie..im holding a photo and a cigarette.. That's not

our car..ours was the truck behind..you can just see the

front of it.. a chevy gray and black...was brand new then..

we broke it in driving to New Jersey to see them.. I dressed

up back then too.. we were going out to dinner..

So there you see, I did have legs at one time..and some

really nice ones too ... I do miss them.. well no..maybe what I

miss is what they provided for me..an easier way to get

around..to get there easier..to reach things up higher.. That's

what I miss... I looked GORGEOUS back then.. and I am

STILL GORGEOUS.. just no escaping beauty :-D im still

me..the best part is still alive and kicking so to speak :-D

Speaking of dinner, I tried a new chow mein ..the same as

that Ramen soup mix..that's so cheap to buy, but its really

good..They have this new stuff called chow mein..all flavors.

I tried the teriyaki beef and then the shrimp.. I have to say,, well

was so good I went to the site and sent them an email..that's

how good this stuff is..and theres a lot of it.. and less than one

dollar..worth every dime..to me anyway..That's what I am going

to fix myself for dinner as I havent eaten anything all day..well

I was fixing myself some tuna fish for a sandwich.. I opened the

can..drained it..some got into a spoon that was in the sink..

While I was cutting up the onion and putting the tuna in a bowl,

Dutch got up on the sink and drank some of the water off the

tuna fish.. he sat there for a second.. then he started to get

the erps.. as in puking? I looked and watched this poor cat,

throw up..and then run like crazy away from there.. I thought ..

"hmmm, that's not good".. so I smelled the tuna..it had a kinda

faint ..well..icky smell.. I flaked the tuna, and was kinda mushy

too..so.. I dumped it ALL in the trash.. My food taster prevented

me from being just like he was. :-).. I felt bad for him. he gave me

such a dirty look like I deliberately tried to poison him or some

thing.. :-) he avoided me for awhile, but hes fine.. LB? well he

doesn't eat people food..sniffs it..then gives you a look as tho

how dare I expect him to eat THAT ??? Kids.. :-) Time for

food..TV and to say "Nitey Nite"

Y'all have a good one, now Y'hear? love ya..and thanks!!
Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..