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Thanks Bubbame......I called the other union guy today (I had two contact names) and he is out on vacation till the day after Labor Day...thats the 6th I believe. Thats when students go back to school here. I was supose to start work on the 2nd. I will just wait it out and see what they say. This can go either way, and my husband is actually all right with what ever happens. I would be home more. I could get our son to and from school...I dont want him on a school bus yet...He is disabled and I dont want him on a bus till he can tell on people.. I would be home to do all the house work...as if I dont do it now.....but it would be more scheduled and controlled...things are outta control now. Sooo we will see what happens. Theres a postitive and negative side to this. I gotta concentrate on the positive...I will keep ya posted... Thanks again for the support! TTYL

Hey guys. I just needed a place to vent~. I just found out today that I will not be going back to work at the high school. I was trying to get into a Hall Monitor position and I was to fill this one spot that was going to be great...the times worked perfectly for my son....7:00-1:30....When the job was posted, the Vice Principal of the school almost had me assured that the position was mine. Then all of a sudden, she calls me two weeks ago (maybe not a full two weeks) and tells me, your going to have to go thru an interview process for the job. She appologized to me, she didn't know, yadda yadda yadda. Well, the process consists of two interviews, her and Human Resources. I thought for sure that the position was mine, I got my salary agreement in the mail from the Super intendents office....well I get a call today saying, we are offering you the 12:30-7:00 position. Now...the guy that I am talking to was just transfered to the high school from the elementary school...I said WHAT? I had applied and thought I was interviewing for the other position...Brian, you came from my sons elementary school you know me and my situation, you know those hours aren't going to work for me...He said, oh well lemme check into something and I will call you back...He calls me back and tells me that they had to give the earlier shift to someone who "Brought more to the position".........and that a change wouldn't be taking place. I said, how in the hell am I supose to care for my son? Its bad enough that my husband works till midnight...so now he is supose to do without his mother AND his father? The guy that I was talking to didn't know what to say or how to respond.... So I said, Can I atleast be afforded the courtisy of having a few hours to let you know if I can work some thing out? I have been under the impression that I had a job come Sept 2nd and I was relying on my hours to be set. He said, well we are going to treat the job as if it is still open but if you can call me back...Call me by tomorrow and lemme know. I am thinking that I need to call our union. I dont even know if I am protected under the union any more since my job is a contractual position....I dunno...I just dunno what to do!!! In one way my left side of my brain is saying put up a fight, but the left side is saying....Just let it go, this is the door openning for a new opportunity. I am sooo upset because of all the kids I got close to....I wont be seeing them in September! I am just really beside myself! I counted on this all summer! Had I known it was going to be like this, I could have used my summer alittle wiser! I feel like I was raked over the coals though and Im not liking it. And another thing about the whole situation is that I live in New York....in the Hudson Valley...and jobs are not too plentiful out there. I dunno Ill figure something out Thanks to those who made it thru this posting! Really helped to vent! TTYL

Thanks guys!! I will do my best, but I have come to grips with this situation...Thank you so much for listening... TTYL

And carrying a baseball bat they wont get outta line...so i wouldn't have to use it! ehehehe....You see a 230 pound woman walking towards you with a baseball bat, your not gonna get out of line...ehehehe I called my union rep and left a voice mail. I dont know if it will get me anywhere, but hey, at least I wont feel like I rolled over for anyone! I know there were kids that I reached, that weren't exactly reachable!! So I belong in that job. They deserve me to work there!!! Sounds pretty egotysical, but ya know what, I know I was good at what I did... Mutual respect and thats what you need when your trying to maintain order. And hey, lets be honest....I need to work! I need the $$....In a state where jobs are few and far between,it would be stupid for me to roll over without contacting the union.... TTYL THINKING HAPPY THOUGHTS!

Well, there that just proves I would have brought more cause I was planning on bringing a baseball bat and a bull horn! That certainly out does a sling shot!!! THERE I WIN....(as if) This is messed up, the whole situation and I am going to contact the teachers associated union later today.......Thanks for listening!

BUBBLESSTINA~ My band`day sista!!! You sound like you are doing phenomonal! Good for you! And your ex is just being hurtful! You can absolutely tell when someone loses 33 pounds!!! Good for you! You rock! Im with you in the fact that your belly is finally smaller than your boobs. I was just completely ROUND at one point! Couldn't tell where some things started and other things ended!!! I do feel better now that the weight is going away! Energy is coming up a bit. I have been in a funk these last few weeks so once that lifts, I will be more energetic then. PLUS fall is coming! That is the time for me to shine! I always do everything better in the fall....maybe cause I am a fall baby? I dunno.....But I expect my weight loss to pick up a bit then and my energy to really go thru the roof. I have been loosing pretty steady since surgery....I am down just about 50 pounds and I have about 60 to go to reach goal!!! UGh! I will get there though!!! I am only at 2.0 cc's right now as far as fills go. I have been having some problems over these last two weeks...almost PB'd for the first time, been getting stuck...eatting the wrong things....stress is a killer boy!!!! But I am back on the wagon and I have to face my surgeon on Tuesday...No fill for me that day, but I am okay with that. I need to stay right where I am till I get all these things under control ..... Tina~ Typically the moderators of the board update these lists...I think an edit just needs to be done and your info just added to the list. BEST WISHES TO YOU BOTH!!

Jack, thank you for that little blue face at the end of the quote...too cute....Thats what I should remember the next time Im tempted to buy one of those cakes. Does sound like a lot of stuff going on there, but all the flavors and textures complement one another. Dont get me wrong, I love fried dough and sourdough bread w/butter (and many many many other things)....but that cheese cake had me under its spell....If I hadnt thrown it out, I would have killed it all by myself!! I can't have that....sooo in the gar~bage it went....damn shame too..

CHOCOLATE...CHOCOLATE...CHOCOLATE...Anything in the form of chocolate is not safe around me. I am finding out that I have control over these temptations and my band has helped me remember that...but recently I have been caving over certain things. I just threw out a cheese cake...I bought it to celebrate our wedding annaversary...and well it just was in there and every night I was taking a slice, and a cup of coffee to the couch. It wasn't JUST cheese cake..were talking topped with chocolate chips...caramel...cookie crumb crust...pecans...Turtle Cheese Cake...YUMMY...but OOOOOO SOOOOO BAD.. I think two or three nights went by and I realized what I was doing, and I threw it in the garbage. Then I had company coming over and I wanted to have something to serve to nibble on...sooo I bought a box of Pepperhage (SP?) Farm Chocolate Delight assorted cookies. Well, I kept eatting and eatting and eatting them.....So they ended up in the garbage too. I haven't been eatting as I should as a bandster either. I have been woofing my food down, been getting stuck...almost PB'ed for the first time the other night. Soo I am taking it back down to mushies for a couple of days till I get myself in check. I go to my doctor on Tuesday and I know he is gonna yell at me if I tell him all this...however, I have been able to continue to lose weight. I have not added anything to the scale. I have been under constant stress these last few weeks AGAIN.....and my stomach just can't handle the stress....I haven't been eatting but maybe two meals a day if that...and then some junk in between. It feels better to talk about it, cause I have been holding it all in....cause I know I was doing wrong......but now I am going to regain control and keep those tempting foods out of my house for good. I just went food shopping and did a good job at it. thanks for listening!

Judy... Hey there....There are three support groups that I am aware of in my area (Hudson Valley) The one I go to is in Goshen NY...There is one in Middletown, and one in Port Jervis I believe..I have never been to the Middletown or Port Jervis meetings. I could try and get you phone numbers or addresses to the support groups if this is where you wanna go....I dont know where you are in New York.... Hope this helps a little... EDIT: Maybe your surgeon can give you lists of local support groups too.

I live in a very wooded part of New York. My friend and I desided to go see Blair Witch Project together...yea very creepy movie. When the movie let out, it was close to midnight...the roads were pitch black...trees lined the street I was driving on...it was a summer night. My windows were down and the radio was on. As Im driving (I drive a Windstar Minivan) I see something flash in the back seat behind me!! OH MY GOD SOMEONES IN THE CAR WITH ME...So I look and look, cant find anything or anyone. Phew, just my imagination. About two minutes later I see it again! HOLY CRAP WHATS BACK THERE... This time I phsyically turn around and look....Nothing. No one in the back back....all is good...but what do I keep seeing??? Just my imagination....A few minutes later I SEE IT AGAIN! All right, now all bets are off! My blood is pumpin...Im scared....Thankfully I just peed before I left the theater.... I pull my van off into a store parking lot...now Im hitting civilization...and I search my car ...NOTHING!! I get back in the car and start on my way...and I see it again, but this time I CATCH IT! It was my hair!!!! I had really long hair at the time and I was wearing it in a pony tail. The wind from the windows being open was whipping it around in circles behind my head and I was seeing it in the rear view mirror!! muuuaaahahahahahahahahah KILLER HAIR OH MY!!!

Good luck to you Alex!!!! Wishing all will be well for you and your band!!

One of my jobs at the haunted house I work at was a story telling witch..One year I did it in a field over a warm kettle of apple cider and served donuts. The next year I had a little cave looking hut. Very cool! I was in this hut all by my self during a slow time and I hear a scratching. I said HUH? Whats that? I look around, and hear it again...Dammit, whats that noise...So I look around the place and see this critter trying to get into the hut! I HATE critters I am not a country girl by any means...and I can see its little leg over the wall!! Its coming in. I go FLYING out of my hut and ran across the grounds like the devil is chasing me to get my boss, who was dressed up in costume, entertaining our guests. I grab him...KEEENNNNYY Theres an animal comin into my hut come kill it! He said, is it IN the hut yet? I said no...He said Come and get me when it is! So i stomp back to my hut...and I checked on it...and dammit, now the critter has its little tail over the wall along with its little leg!!!! I go flying back out of the hut, where a line was forming, told them all technical difficulties. I grab a security guard...he comes into my hut..and sees this animal crossing the line. We started throwing rocks at it, tryin to get it to go the other way....it teeters on the wall a little bit....swore we heard it growl at us. The security guard is getting pissed. He moves in closer...and closer...OH MY GOD DONT MOVE ITS GONNA JUMP....so he comes flying backwards. This went on for a good 10 minutes if not longer trying to keep the critter out of my hut. Well we said, theres a line out there now, they hear all this crashing in here...we gotta get this in control! So we go in for the kill now....Well, upon creepin up on it...we realize...its A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT LINED THE ROOF!! OOPSIE!!

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS THREAD! WE ALL KNOW I LOVE TO BE SCARED...I LOVE TO SCARE...AND HALLOWEEN IS MY HOLIDAY!!!! One night I was laying in bed with my husband.He was asleep and so was our son, who just started sleeping in a big boy bed at the time. As I was laying there...I heard our front door fly open! I heard someone walk into our house and go into the kitchen. I laid in bed wide eyed listening to whats going on. The person then walked into the living room, which is now getting closer to our bedrooms. Now the person has stepped into the hallway, and I can hear the souls on the shoes tapping on the hardwood floor...I shake my husband JEFF JEFF SOMEONES OUT THERE...He rolled towards me because the person is now standing right outside our door! I can feel him stareing into my room. My husband whispers really really low...ROLL OVER ROLL OVER ROLL OVER!!!! So I roll over and face the wall...I can feel my heart in my throat..I am afraid to breath, show any movement. I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes!! Just as the man in the hall way starts to move again, I hear my son start to cry. I PANIC...what do I do...why isn't my husband getting up! I can't let him cry! I can't let this man get to him before me! So with every ounce of courage and energy, I go FLYING out of my bedroom...I ran like I was racing Lance Armstrong without a bike!! I get to my sons room...phew, the man didn't see me! I settle my son in, he went back to sleep...so I go creeping out into the rest of the house. I checked bathroom, shower, closettes... and my husband appears behind me...Hope, what the hell are you doing? Why did you run out of the room like that? I said THERES SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE THERES SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE....well, upon further investigation...NO ONE WAS IN THE HOUSE...No one ever came thru that front door....I was half asleep and was in twighlight sleep and imagined THE WHOLE SITUATION! My husband never told me to roll over.. My son was never cryin!!!! And there was no man in the house!!! TALK ABOUT A PANIC ATTACK!

Didn't Red Hot Chilli Peppers re-do that song?

BIG DADDY got banded on my wedding annaversary! it was our 10th year...or was that our 100th year.....God it feels like forever....anyway....from now on I will always wish BIG DADDY a happy annaversary too!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

In my opinion, I wouldn't tell him what type of surgery you are having. I would just tell him "surgery". I wouldn't want the added stress of wondering what this guy is thinking about me. Also, since I worked for this company X amount of years...I have sick time...Im taking it and its no ones business why Im taking it....If something should occur and you would need additional time..."complications with surgery" should satisfy his curiosity. If he doesn't wanna hear crap then he shouldn't ask whats going on with you. I consider myself a pretty private person. I didn't tell a lot of people about my surgery. I just didn't want the questions and prodding...I didn't even tell a lot of my family members...just my parents and my sibblings. Keep em guessing!! I hope this has been helpful....this is just my opinion on the subject..

Hey May Bandsters.... I am dragging this thread up from the archives to check in on everyone...Hows it going?? I had surgery 5/5/05....(I like saying that date.) I am down about 48 pounds. I go for a check up and possible fill on 8/30...I am in between clothe sizes, so most of my jeans are too loose, then some of them are a bit too tight. I don't like anything to be too tight on my port scar. Shirts, I am still wearing a size 22-24 but my boobs are shrinking. Hopefully the shirt size will change soon. I have about 60 pounds to go till I reach my goal. I will be under 200 by the end of October...soo its going slow and steady. They say thats what wins the race, slow and steady......I have had two fills so far...I am up to 2.0 cc's right now. I think I need a touch to be added to that. I can eat regular portions right now. We will see what Dr Kwon thinks..... All right guys...I look forward to hearing about you/from you all.....Hope all is well! TTYL

I haven't motovated anyone towards surgery. However, my mom wishes she could have the surgery. She would qualify and she does have co-morbidities. She is a very high risk though and her PCP wont even entertain the idea. She has started to eat better, so I guess I have helped motovate her that way. She has lost I think like 6 pounds since I have had surgery. We are going to start walking very soon hopefully! Once fall comes. She doesn't deal well with the heat of summer~

bubbame... lizards are high maintence and aren't too sturdy.. i dont know much about animals, and i dont have any pets, aside from our fish,, but if i were to get my son a pet (which wouldn't happen cause he is scared to death of animals) i would get him a ferret. they are obnoxious and demand a lot of attention...but they can be litter trainned and are a lot like cats from what i hear. they get into everything so you gotta ferret proof your house... on the down side, they like to bite and chew..so while playing with your little one they may nibble on little fingers, which may be scarey... good luck when you venture out for a new pet... ttyl

Along the same lines, I took a survey to find out which type of mythological creature you are... Check it out if your interested http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=21002 The survey says I am a Demon....Go figure.....

Okay...As a Hobbit I am Sweetpea Chubb...Sweetpea is one of my favorite Bath and Bodyworks scents. As an Elf I am Finduilas Melwasu'l...I can't even pronounce that.

Thanks for this thread cause I was wondering the same thing. It seems everyone has been told something different. I LOVE coffee...can't be without it. My Dad was/is a huge coffee drinker, and he has switched to decafe...and is trying to get me on board with him...but I dunno...Maybe one day....I have given up so many things and this is one Im not ready to give up yet. I threw out the regular sugar even and am now using Equal. I dont get Starbucks coffee anymore...and I don't get Dunkin Donuts coffee anymore...Just plain ol' java made at home....Folgers coffee bags..so I make it by the cup rather than the pot! I love it in my blue spider coffee mug (Yes, everyday is Halloween for me!!)

My Maiden name is Liotard (French/Italian) pronounced like "Lie o tard" however everyone pronounces it Leotard....My first name is Hope.... I would get "Leotard reotard...Nice one huh? Hopes a dope, Hope does Dope, and various other Hope jokes. Everyone always asks what is it short for...Its short for nothing, its just HOPE... Now my married name is Thorpe. Yep, if you say it quick enough my first and last names rhyme..Hope Thorpe..(Gotta slur the R a little in the last name...) My mother is part Indian, Cherokee and the Cherokee people usually have last names of their occupations (from what I understand) Her last name is Skinner....YIKES!!!

Awe Bubbame...I hope your son doesn't stay too upset too long. That stinks for the little guy! Maybe ask your son his feelings...If he would like another pet now or would he like to wait a little bit....Go with what he wants...

I have heard of the Exotic Halloween Ball! I sooo would love to do that!!! Just once! Maybe when I am comfortable enough I will do it for sh*ts and giggles for myself! Loopylou ~ WHAT no Halloween... I am so sorry!! Well maybe you could celebrate it in spirit...and you DO have the Wiggles....My son loves them!!! Keep the halloween stories coming! Im lovin this!!