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For me I would probably only need one sip. I rarely get a drink unless it's a Lava Flow LOL I like foo-foo drinks. LOL Sounds great, I'll be watching for you.

Yes in the Delta wing of the terminal (same one Frontier flies in according to McCarren airport's website) there's a food court, I'll be at a table in front of Burger King, my plan (but I haven't packed yet) is to be in jeans and a gray Tshirt with a gray leopard print sweater on. Then I thought we could meet Karen at her flight and Julie's is just 15 min after that both Delta. Then hopefully connect with Arlene by bag claim as she is coming in at a different terminal. Okay gotta go pack so I can go to bed early, I gotta rest up for Vegas! No sleep last night due to colonoscopy prep, getting up early tomorrow and clubbing tomorrow night. I'm too old for this! LOL I told my DD I was going clubbing in a limo and she was so shocked she had to call my son and he called within seconds. LOL I have strict orders not to get a long island iced tea or something called an Adios. LOL

That was my whole reason for getting a texting phone and plan, it's to stay in contact with my kids. They text all the time and usually always answer a text. I'm getting pretty good at it on my new Droid phone. LOL Well I am home from my colonoscopy and totally clear. So that is good. I am good for 10 yrs unless I find out my dad had polyps then they want me back in 5 yrs. I kindda think he did and just emailed to find out. The procedure was nothing but the getting ready sucks. I drank my stuff about 5 and by bed time was feeling pretty good, but then had to drink it again 4 hours before my report time this morning so had to get up in the middle of the night and drink it again and haven't slept since. So think I am going to go try and take a nap. DH is working from home and has tons of emails and conference calls to make so I'll be quiet. Then he may take me to the movie this afternoon. Then I gotta pack! So excited. Karen, do you know what time your flight arrives in SLC tomorrow? Maybe I'll see you before I board mine.

If Janet can zipline she can bull ride! LOL I'll even chip in for that drink to see it! Apples, I'd love to be there driving those country roads with you! You live in such pretty country. Are your leaves changing yet?

I'm Home!!! I got my new credit card just fine and tried it out on the dogs boarding charges to be sure it worked. We rarely use it but the only time I ever call the company is when we leave the country. I've never had trouble travelling in the US or anything. And even then when I called for out of the country, I still got calls from the fraud dept to verify all my charges. Just got my concoction all mixed up and chilling to start drinking tonight for my colonoscopy in the morning. Just dreading it. But I'll be all cleaned out and ready to go to a buffet in Vegas. LOL Oh this is sounding so exciting. Phyl how low is this limo? Will I have trouble with my knees? I can usually do okay might need a pull or boost getting out. LOL Sounds like we all need a getaway, girls weekend! New Orleans was fun but didn't see much. We went to a place called the Gumbo shop and they ordered a little of many diferent things. First thing I tried was half a bit of alligator sausage, didn't like it. Then a blackened catfish nugget, that was yummy. Then a spoonful of chicken gumbo, okay nothing to write home about. Then my entree was some type of catfish with crab stuffing and a shrimp sauce over it. That was extremely good but could only eat about 1/4 of it. Then had a few spoons of a praline sundae. They were very stingy with the pralines so figured it wasn't worth the calories to eat more as I can get vanilla icecream any where. I flew home via Atlanta and after a light Breakfast wasn't to eat all day. So the hotel had a free breakfast but when we got up to leave this morning it wasn't open yet. So I thought I'll get something at the airport. Not open due to construction. So I was supposed to have a layover in Atlanta but my flight was late so no time. So my light breakfast was the itty bitty bag of pretzels on the airplane. I am starving! Laura, I was a perfectionist in school too. I'd cry if I didn't get an A or 100%, think it went with my all or nothing type thinking.

So what happened to innocent til proven guilty? We got a call from Visa fraud protection last night. Seems someone in Lansing, Michigan tried to buy some electronics at a Best Buy for $900 with our Visa number. So now all our cards are shut off, this on a day we are leaving town. Luckily we bank at the credit union at the airport and can stop in there at the airport before our flight and get a new card, etc. Just such a hassle. I understand why they turned them off and am glad they are so vigilant but it's such a hassle for someone who did nothing wrong. Interesting how they catch that stuff. There were no fraudulant charges on our account when I looked last night for anything else. We carry a zero balance on the card and mostly use it for hotels etc. so it doesn't get used much so not sure how someone got the number. Julie, glad your pain went away. Now no lifting! Gotta keep you healthy til Vegas. Karen, thinking of you.

Pack? I haven't packed for New Orleans yet and I leave at 1pm. LOL But I have an idea of what I am taking. I will think about packing for Vegas as I am sitting at home preparing for my colonoscopy. LOL Apples, hoping some daylight and hugs from everyone here help you get through the day today. Whenever I've had issues with my kids they always seem to pile up in my mind at night when I am trying to sleep. I'd have a sleepless night and first thing the kids would ask, which one of us is it? As I'd be fretting about one of them. God gives us no more than we can bear, but sometimes it seems that he thinks we can bear than we think we can. As Laura, said the ball is in his court now. Good luck at the dentist today. Your favorite what? did you forget at the lake?? Laura, hugs to you on the yellow card at school. I got many a note, phone call from school with my son as well. Only one for my daughter and that was to tell me she got hurt. Arlene, back away from the bars!

Happier stuff: We're going to Vegas, BABY!!! Bought a pair of black slacks to bring today, got my white capris, jeans and sweater so far. DS, just called, this isn't so happy, seems him and his g/f are having problems. Drats, I really like this one. Hope they can work it out but if it's meant to be it will, want him happy in the end.

Ahhh, Karen, sorry the lunch with DS didn't go well. I think you did the right thing by setting up the ground rules, at least he knows where it went bad when he insisted on crossing that line. You told him you loved him and left it at that. Our kids can sure break our hearts at times, I've used those exact words a time or two with my two kiddos. Will he listen to DH or other DS? I'll have to try the pout for another lunch. LOL I did get him to postpone going into his office tomorrow til the boarding place opens for the dogs to help me drop them off. They forget all their manners when they get there and it's so hard to control 2 strong labs by myself.

Julie, sorry I must've missed your original post. A hot and cold pack should be fine just no liquids or gels. Double check at www.tsa.gov and it's all spelled out there. I know some of those packs are gellish inside but gosh I can't imagine that not being okay but tis the gov't. LOL Sorry your DD is feeling yucky. Now what are you doing lifting??? I know sometimes you just gotta. Linda, my DD is having no morning sickness what so ever, also no appetite though but is forcing herself to eat. I was never techie either but learnt to text just to keep in touch with my kids, now I do it more and more. It's easy and actually I kindda like it at times better than phone calls. LOL I got a phone now that has all the letters I hated it when I had to push a number key 1, 2 or 3 times depending on the letter I wanted. Well DH is home.

Like what I got in the mail today. Scumbag, aka Carjacker Dude, got a total of 44 1/2 yrs for DH's carjacking incident last year. WOOHOO! I heard more of the details after the trial was over and those were some hard core scary dudes! On a sad note, got an email from my mom and the 24 yr old daughter of a childhood friend of mine in Wisconsin was found dead of natural causes this weekend. How tragic. I have lost touch with her but through the miracles of the internet found an address and sent a card. Our parents are still in touch.

I wouldn't mind the pecan bar recipe if you don't mind sharing. Always looking for something good to take to places. I wonder if pecan pie was more a regional flavor and that's why many of us never had it? Apples, I don't know too much Wisconsin speak anymore but remember you betcha's a lot and 'in so's'. You'd say like, 'it's really hot out today, in so?' Utah has one I never hear anywhere else. It's 'oh my heck'. Guess DH is still making up to me, he called and asked me if I wanted to meet for lunch. Ahh.... Think I'll keep him after all. LOL DD called and is having dizzy and faint like spells. She hasn't passed out yet. I know for her last OB appt that she has low blood pressure and isn't gaining weight. They weren't too concerned yet but she has a call in to them today. Hope all is well.

How about.....In so?? or was that more a Wisconsin thing. Yaaah, Ya Betcha, in so?? Well DH got home from hunting last night with nothing but stories to tell, the elk live another year to get bigger he says, though he did get a deer his first time out and has all that meat processed and in freezer. (he has his own freezer for his game meat). We talked and all is blissful again around here. LOL He has to go to New Orleans for that dinner that got cancelled 2 weeks ago tomorrow and I am invited along so think I will tag along. I am a little worried about getting home in time to start drinking my stuff for my colonoscopy the next day but should be okay am going to look at flights next, if too bad, I will stay home. Laura, sounds like a fun place for the kiddos. Wish you were coming too, hop on a plane and bring Nels along. Though Vegas isn't too kid friendly. Apples, good luck, hugs, and whatever else you need for your lunch with DS today. My thoughts and prayers are with you that it goes well. Is Tanker going along on all the road trips? My Lucy would be loving it with her nose out the window. So what happened to fall? Gosh it's been hot here and supposed to be record heat all week.

Pecan Pie, I just had my first piece ever at Bunko the other night. She had several kinds of pie and I had never had pecan before so had a sliver. YUM! I was probably better off not knowing how good it was. LOL

All is well with DH, I knew it would be but it just hung over me all weekend and just added to the perfect storm of my breakdown on Friday night. Okay so what is a pecan bar? Apples, sounds like a fun night, you need to let lose and enjoy after the summer you've had. DH was hunting with his brother and I heard some talk of a S. Dakota trip again. DH's just isn't sure he wants to make the drive from Utah, we about double the drive and he would want to drive vs flying. PJ, come visit us more often!! Melissa, hope you get your band issues resolved soon.

I have been seeing on the news about the flooding in MN and WI, are you having any of that by you Apples? And you betcha you have to not do the closed mouth smile any more, we are going to have to see those beautiful pearly whites!! Well DH called and is about an hour from home. And you bet he's going to have to take me to dinner tonight! LOL I've gone stir crazy this weekend, but not the kind that wants me to be busy doing something. Think I am still in somewhat of my funk and I just have been sitting around like a slug bug. I could clean, do laundry, etc. but want to do NADA. Truth be told, DH & I had a little big of a disagreement before he left and it's been nawing at me all weekend too, I'm not entirely faultless, but more so than him! LOL

Apples, what an unexpected surprise to see green today. Welcome home. Is the lake place closed up now? I know how difficult that is for you. HUGs on the DS issue. Is this the son that lived in Atlanta? I forget which is the older/younger one. We are here for you in any way you need. Phyl, what kind of wine? LOL Eva, is this the final week of work? Any big retirement party planned? Oh forgot to mention DH got his region changed at work and so far I know he has Palm Springs and Tuscon in his new region! Portland, OR too but think that is far from Phyl. They actually asked him already if he was willing to move. HUH???? but they didn't make him move but changed his region up.

Joyce won the page 900 award!! Oh good on the white, I will bring my white capris too! I think I will bring those and dodge the dress pants, I am all for casual too. Julie, if you can't lift your bag I would check it. The flight attendant may or very likely may not help you. It's not really part of their job to stow your bag and some of them willing will do it, but many other grumpy ones will point that out to you in a not very friendly way. Their feeling is if you carry it on it is your responsibility. When I worked the gates for the airlines I saw many examples of that. I don't want to freak you out but if you are worried about travelling alone I just don't want you to have any unpleasant surprises. Many times I've had a nice person in the aisle next to me willing to help me with my bag though and have seen many nice flight attendants who will but during boarding they are busy a lot. Just wanted to put that out there to you to ponder. Well DH just called as I was typing this and is on his way home from the hunt empty handed. But had a really good time with his brother. It's been a long weekend. Just heard last night on the news as well that they have that fire near me 100% contained now and are just keeping a watch out for hot spots now. So that is good. The Army which was ultimately responsible, they were doing machine gun practice on a red burn day and a spark caused the fire has been awesome in settling claims with the families who suffered losses and has accepted full responsibility. Well I didn't do the quote thing as I knew what I was going to say to each person then the phone rang and now I am blank. Can't wait til Friday though! I feel so much better after my confession and am glad I didn't cancel.

I think 80's is pretty cool estimate for Vegas, I am thinking 90s at least. Are we bringing bathing suits? Just went and checked www.weather.com and Fri is supposed to be 101, Sat 97 and Sunday 94 and the low is 70 at night. And from my experience living there, yes they over compensate with the a/c or it is just such a drastic difference I always carried a sweater in the summer. Think I am going to wear jeans on the plane, bring capris and a pair of dress pants (if they fit after my 20 lbs) and that's it and interchangeable tops that match everything. Jodi, I am game for anything as long as I don't have to dance or do kareoke but I love to people watch. No beer for me but I'll have a diet coke or Water. LOL That is nice of Jeff to arrange a limo for us. Just got home from my football party. They said they liked my mushrooms but I brought about half home, but there was a lot of food. I had a piece of beef and some Beans and did sit too close to the M & M's and had a few of those. But not bad considering all the food there and what I didn't have. I am trying to think more positive thoughts after last night. It's been a rough weekend. Think I let my mind get going and then it just keeps on a going. Then my mom called today and she's so negative it's just all so stressful. I really need my lap band girls weekend. I so appreciate all of you that had such great things to say to me since last night. Thank you for holding me up. Love ya all!

Arlene & Cheri, you gals will do great flying alone. It's really quite easy, check in on the kiosk if you haven't online. If you can check in online do it there, if you are carrying your bag you are set then to go straight to security and your gate. Remember the rule on fluids & gels, 3 oz containers and those must fit into a ziploc quart size bag. When you get to security take out your ziploc and put it in the tub so they can see it. And Cheri if you aren't offended by the body scan machines at security it makes it soooooo much easier to go through those with artificial knees otherwise you gotta get wanded all over, at least I do as mine always set off the metal detector so I always look for the body scan machine. Janet, I was so self focused this morning, I didn't comment on your DS issues. I hate it when my DD calls because her and her DH had a small arguement (they are newlyweds and usually it's something very trivial), I don't want to know this stuff. But I always don't want to say don't call because I like that she feels she can come to me and don't ever want to stifle that. Do you think DS was serious about a divorce? or was it just the heat of the battle? I don't blame you not wanting him to move back in. After my kids first moved out, I wanted them back so bad, but now that I am used to my silent haven, it would be so tough. DD moved in for 6 mos while planning her wedding and even though she was 28 we still fell into the parent/child relationship. One time DD called DH from CA while we lived in Philadelphia stranded on the freeway with her car. Like what could he do from there? I think it is taking so much longer for this generation to grow up and sometimes I blame myself, guess we tried to make things too easy for them growing up. Melissa, I agree with Eva, you need to give this job a chance, it's only been a week, you need the job and the benefits. Talk to them ask for more to do and if nothing ask if you can read a book or surf the internet etc. If you still don't like it, don't quit til you find something else. It's always easier to find a job when you have a job and don't have to take just anything. Good luck to you. How's your pain issue been? Well this party I am going to tonight is a college football party. it's Boise State vs Oregon I think, some of the folks going are alumni of each school. I personally have no interest but am just going to be social and get to know folks. We are to bring something orange for food as I guess that is a common team color to both teams. I googled and found a recipe for some 'buffalo hot wing' flavored stuffed mushrooms. Safe bet for me as I dont care for them. LOL I hate bringing something I've never made but guess I have an excuse if they taste awful. LOL They have shallots, blue cheese (gross, yucky pooey) and Franks Red hot sauce in them.

Cheri and I were posting at the same time, think we got it all now. Bumping this - updating Great - arriving on DL 2223 at 855am Apples - arriving on DL 2057 at 1010am Julie - arriving on DL 1751 at 1025am Cheri - arriving on F9 (Frontier) 9765 at 906am Arlene- arriving on WN (Southwest) 1573 at 1120am. Linda Thurs evening staying with son Joyce Thurs evening staying ??? Eva around 1 on Fri driving from PHX Janet/Phyl - Around 1 on Friday Jodi - Will be there

Bumping this - updating (now just missing Cheri's arrival time - sorry I misplaced it) Great - arriving on DL 2223 at 855am Apples - arriving on DL 2057 at 1010am Julie - arriving on DL 1751 at 1025am Cheri - arriving on F9 (Frontier) at ???? Arlene- arriving on WN (Southwest) 1573 at 1120am. Linda Thurs evening staying with son Joyce Thurs evening staying ??? Eva around 1 on Fri driving from PHX Janet/Phyl - Around 1 on Friday Jodi - Will be there Well Linda, I'd have felt a whole lot better this morning if I woke up 20 lbs skinnier. LOL But I do have a better perspective on things and no I won't cancel. Nothing to be ashamed of now as I admitted it all. :smile2: And I truly need this weekend, I need to breathe in all the successful lapband air of you all, or as Arlene would say y'all. LOL I read one time about the top stressors of life and moving is one of the biggest ones and I let it get to me. I suppose if I was a drinker or a drug addict I might have relapsed into it. But no I am a diet coke and Frito addict. LOL There are no Fritos in the house. I have to go to the store today to get something for an appetizer to take to a party tonight and I will avoid the chip aisle no matter how loud it calls my name, gosh it is going to miss me. I have a very busy week ahead of me, I am going to Denver, I think on Monday or Tues. depends on my kids works schedules, then to New Orleans on Tues to Wed., colonoscopy on Thurs. and Vegas on Friday. I may have to cut Denver from the list but I feel so darn guilty, I vowed I'd see Grandma every 2 to 3 weeks and it's becoming more like every month and I know how she misses me. It's a catch 22, the more involved I get here and try and plug in and make this home, the less time I have to go to Denver and I need to plug in here. But the next week is more open so it may just have to wait a week, and this sounds horrible but with her being 101 I always fear that she won't have next week and then I'll feel even guiltier. My kids went and checked on her this week and took her to lunch and shopping for me. My sisters were in Mexico. Sorry my posts have been all about me the past day or two. I think that movie last night also opened some old wounds about not being accepted or popular in HS and well I just had a grand ol' pity party and you were all invited.

Oh Janet, how I love you! The time you took to write that post to me and look up some of my previous ones, I am so touched that someone even cares. You are so right, I can do this. I opened up my mind to some stinkin thinkin because I was feeling down about losing my 'grip' and it just got me spiralling downward. When I turn this around, I can look back and feel good about how I did and what I learned. I had such a grip on things in Denver before I moved. I had my routine, moving and starting afresh in a new place just threw me for a loop, I felt sorry for myself and well you know the rest. But I can make a new routine and I need to dump the all or nothing type thinking. I was white knuckling it too much instead of enjoying the journey. Yeah, it's me and the stupid Fritos. They are gone. I really don't have any junk in the house, I would just go buy a bag at a time. DH is gone for the weekend, so it's just me to feed this weekend. Thanks for taking the time and thanks for caring! You don't know how close I came to cancelling Las Vegas because I was so ashamed, but it's just what I need right now.

Good evening. I just went to the movie by myself. What a disaster. I shouldn't be allowed out alone. LOL The movie was great though, You Again. First I got there about 30 min early for a 4:05 movie. I get my popcorn, go to the ticket taker, he looks at my ticket and says you are in theater 10 but they are cleaning right now so you may have to wait a minute to find your seat (this theater has reserved seats, you pick your specific seat when you purchase your ticket mine was D-5) So I wait, they finish cleaning and I find what I think is my seat (aisle seat behind the bar with extra leg room so my knees don't cramp up). But as I go to that seat I notice it is row E not row D and D is actually a row for wheelchairs. I get the gal that was cleaning and she said to go back to the sales desk. I do and she says not to worry I was definitely in teh row behind the bar. Still feeling uncomfortable (I didn't want someone to come it after the movie starts and tell me I was in their seat), I see the manager, he assures me I am okay and says they will even block out E-5. So I go back in. JUst as the movie starts some old _itch comes in and complains I am in her row that she bought the whole row for her grandkids (that should've been my first clue why are grandkids all coming to see You Again). The previews start late (so I think) and then a short cartoon of Roadrunner. WTH?? Then the movie starts it's some Disney owl movie. HUH???? I am in the wrong theater. GRRRR It's now 4:20 and my movie was for 4:05. I am ticked at this point. I go back to the ticket taker of course he's no longer there but I remember his name as it's the same as my dad's. I complain and they get the manager again. I feel partly like an idiot as I should've read the ticket closer myself but I just assume you buy a ticket for a movie that's what you get. He apologizes, gives me a free pass and a ticket for the 5:25 so I don't miss the beginning. Now I have an hour to kill. How did I kill it? By refilling my popcorn and eating the WHOLE thing. I feel sick now. GRRRRR In the end it was a wonderful movie and I could relate to it so well. My HS years were not great. I had very few friends (other than the year I dated DH then suddenly I was popular til he dumped me LOL, DH was popular I was not). I felt like an ugly, fat duckling when in reality at 5'9 and 125 lbs I was not fat and I wasn't even ugly. But in my reality and how I was treated I felt it. It's funny how we can carry HS issues with us through adulthood. I highly recommend the movie, I liked it a lot. So, Janet, you noticed I haven't mentioned the gym, eh?? Oh how wise you are. I've not been since Hawaii. I gotta get my a$$ in gear and my mojo back. I feel myself slipping and here it is as you will see me in a week, I am up almost 20 lbs. Sooooooo, there you have it. I am tearing up as I write this. I feel like such a failure and like I am going to fail this band too. But I can turn this around, I think. It's only 20 lbs and not all 126 if I stop it now.

Sorry didn't mean to exclude anyone coming to Vegas, I was making a list of just those arriving on Fri morning that were going to meet in the airport. But it would be good to have everyones arrival time. I would think those of us arriving in the morning would be to the resort by 1 and drop off our bags if we can't get our rooms. Perhaps we could then all meet for lunch some place?? Not Jodi's $100 buffet though, never heard of one costing that much, wonder if they serve on plates of gold. LOL Linda's buffet sounds nice but Henderson is a bit away. Well DH got back from Houston last night, I saw him for about 45 min. before I went to Bunko and he leaves after lunch today to go hunting again. Thankfully this is the closing weekend of the archery season for deer and elk in Colorado. Next weekend is my turn. VEGAS BABY!! I may have a chance to go to dinner with him in New Orleans on Tues. night but am concerned about getting home early on Wed. as I have to start ummm.... preparing for my colonoscopy. UGH!! Oh and I won a prize at Bunko. Glad Phyl is safe and sound at 'home' in CA.