Here are pictures of me six months after weight loss surgery. I have lost over 77#s. I even bought myself some shoes with wedged heals! Wow, I haven't worn shoes like that in 15 years!






Amazing the difference in 6 months! I feel so much happier.

When we made reservations for our trip to Orlando, I requested a handicapped access room. That was to make it easier to get the power chair inside the room and easier for me to shower. I usually sit on a bench because my back hurts to badly for me to stand while showering.

We got into the room and it was large and the bathroom was large too. It was nice and clean and nicely decorated. But when I went into the bathroom there was a bathtub with a bench and a shower head. No shower curtain and no rod for one to go on. The shower head was fixed, and they are supposed to have the hand held type that attach to a post half way back into the tub.

I called the front desk about the problem and the girl said "you asked for a handicapped room, right?" I said "yes, but there is a bathtub in here and no shower curtain." She said, "Ma'am, we don't have bathtubs in our hotel." I said "What? No bathtubs?" I am thinking, are we supposed to take our soap and towel to the pool to bathe or what~!!!! I told her that I was sorry she was misinformed, but that I was looking at a bathtub in my room. She finally called Maintenance about our problem (no shower curtain).

The maintenance man, finally brought a hand held shower head, but his supervisor's solution to the lack of a shower curtain and rod, was "just put towels on the floor to catch the water that escapes the tub while showering." WHAT??????????? NO! That is unsafe, and we are not doing that. Tom and I had to go to Wal-Mart and buy a shower curtain, curtain rings, and a rod and installed our own curtain. The hotel would not reimburse us for those things either.

As I said it is probably anti-climatic now, but I promised I would explain it to you guys. I am thinking I will ask my attorney about their lack of supplying what we needed and then refusing to re-imburse us for our $15.00 purchase.

By the way....it was the Clarion Waterpark Resort in Kissimmee Florida. It was so noisy there, you could hear everything from the room next door, the stair cases and the floors above us and outside noise too. I will NEVER stay there again.

The only nice thing was the furnishings and the bed. It was a good bed with a nice lightweight comfortor. I want to get one like it. And they had it between the top sheet and another sheet on top of it. Nice! But I still won't ever stay there again.

Later folks.

I know you all want to hear about the bathtub at the 'resort', but you will have to wait until I get back for me to let you all in on the story....sorry. I just don't have time right now.

We had our last day at Disney today. We spent it at Animal Kingdom. It was awesome! I have enjoyed most every minute of this trip. This week was spring break for Orlando however, so there were thousands of people here. At one point, I couldn't even see further than those folks that were right in front of me. The parade was going on, and we were packed in like sardines. I did NOT like that, but the ambience of the place is amazing. I don't know why I waited until I am 56 years old to come here.....

Tom has enjoyed it as well, but since he is walking and I am using the power chair, he tires out sooner than I. He has been very patient with me and has waited outside the shops when I have wanted to go in to see what they had. He has even joined me in many of them.

Today we rode a roller coaster at Animal Kingdom and now we can say, "we rode that thing, and never will again!" I haven't been on a coaster since my early 30's and this thing went up a mountain, and then came down going backwards inside the dark mountain. UGH! That was wild!

Tomorrow is SEAWORLD for a few hours and then we are on our way home! I miss my babies, my dogs that is. I won't get to see them until Monday afternoon and I really wish I had them in my lap right now.

More later folks.

We were washing clothes at the resort where we are staying and met a family from northern Australia. Her name is Lucy and his is Terry. They have 5 children. I can't remember all their names, but I do remember the two younger ones...Dale and Emma. I remember Emma because of froggiemom's Emma. Dale is the youngest one, so I remember him because he spent the most time helping Lucy with the clothes she was washing.

They are a great couple and family. I hope to keep in touch with them. I have their email address, so I plan to write them. They own a camper park in Australia and an amusement park. I really enjoyed talking to them.

When they 'croak', that means they are sick......when WE croak, we DIE! What a difference. Their government took away all their guns (at least from the honest people) after a shooting spree like we have in the US almost on a daily basis. The government destroyed many antique guns. Sad.

Lucy and Terry and family, I hope you have/had a wonderful trip to the US.