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I feel blah today too! I read some for school then fell asleep on the couch for a few hours. Now I just feel funky. Ugh.

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My day was packed of course. Spent most of it steaming my floors. Wood floors are a pain in the butt. Then we had a family dinner; it was nice to see all of my out of town relatives. Tomorrow we are having another family function so I have to do the bridge early morning.

Donna I meant to call you in the car this afternoon but it completely slipped my mind.

Go Tamra, you may be banded in October.

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Hey all - just a quick check in before tomorrow - I had spent ALL day yesterday checking out wineries, wine tasting, mexican food, chocolate - hope I'm not over my limit LOL.

Cleaning and doing laundry today - FYI Jes, not a good idea to take the milk of magnesia then head out to Walmart for some last minute items LOL.

Just wanted to check in to let you all know that I haven't chickened out yet. hahaha - I'll check in with you later.

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Yea Candra!! I was first in the morning too........I got out by 12 noon!! Will be thinking about you all day tomorrow.......check in as soon as you can!!

You will be fine!! So exciting!! This time tomorrow you'll be banded!!

And yep that MOM is a killer!! Works everytime!!

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I'm so excited for you Candra! I was also first in the morning and was there at 6:30 and out by 2pm. I had to wait a while to do the barium swallow and slept in the wheelchair in the hallway until they wheeled me in. It was really pathetic looking actually, haha!

GOOD LUCK! You're gonna have us all thinking amazingly positive thoughts for ya.

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Candra, here we go girl! I hope you are using your "successful surgery" CD it helped me relax SO much. Jes you are on deck!!! Heather you're going to be soon - sorry you feel funky-blah, I think it's all the negative ions in the air! It's been raining here for hours, we totally need it so YAY :tongue2:

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Holey cow Tamra, you are rockin' it!!!!!!!!!! woo-hoo!!!!

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Good Fall Sunday Afternoon, everyone!

Tamra, rock it girl...those last few lbs, you will do it, wow, with Heather and Maria, u def will be 09ers banders!

Candra and Jes, wooohooo, it is here! Let us know anything we can do, as Chris says, awesome quick no pain recoveries to the both of you with great thoughts and prayers!

Riley woman, just as I got home yesterday it began to rain, it really was so cool, went out again today to prep for the 5K, awesome sky, nice and cool fall breeze to move in! You inspire us, walkin momma!

How is our sweet T, welcome home, hi Pam, Nicole, Reggie, Chris, Candi, John and all!

By the way, got just about all my blood tests back, from what I can tell, everything is lookin good! Now for Doc to ck out, and let me know how doin. Will be good to hear how you all do on your 6 month lab tests! (The Vitamins do show!) hehehe Also, our exercising and of course, cholesterol.

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ok, so I just finished my "last supper" I had a hankerin for KFC - grilled chicken and slaw - isn't that silly - this MOM is making me now want to eat so this is the first thing I've wanted to eat all day - go figure! glad I've been piggin out the last 3 days! scared to see the scale in the morning!!!

Riley - haven't really listened to my CD - funny thing is, you guys have made me so calm & excited about this I'm not nervous at all - more like I can't wait! that may change once I get there LOL.

thanks, tina & chris - I'll definately be thinking of all of you tomorrow.

Jes, how are you feeling about all this?

Heather & Tamra - you two are so so so next! You nervous at all? Don't be! I'm not!!

Donna - what's the word? Sorry, i'm just not into walking the bridge LOL Had so many other things I needed to do - actually, with all the eating I've been doing, I should be walking that darn thing.

I'll check in with you as soon as I get home.

Nicole - how are you & yours - sick my poor auds!!

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Speaking of Walking....

I would like to invite all of you to our Annual Mercy Ministries 5K, in Lincoln on Saturday, Oct. 10th! This is the 3rd year I will be doing it, it is a local fun Family Run/Walk, only 5K at 9:00 in the morning.

Please come to walk, cheer on or just even hang out that Saturday morn! Since we will probably be done by 11:00 AM, would like to also invite you all to a BANDSTERS BRUNCH at my home afterwards! Thought this would be a great way to get together, activity and brunch, with families!

The walk is really a blast, growing each year, one of my son Roller blades it, hubby and other son run it, I walk it...many strollers, little kids all kinds of family to enjoy!

If we have enough, perhaps we can do a team? PLEASE Personal message me, as soon as possible, if you would like to plan on it, if not for the 5K, just even the brunch...(you can start cooking the eggs, hehehe). See the link below...

P.S. Let me know if registration fee ($20.) is too much.

With u movin' mamas inspiring me, I am calling this my

ComputerChair 2 10/10/09 5K, in 30 days!

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Donna that sounds like a blast! Hey if I can travel to Lake Tahoe to do a 10K, I sure should oughta be able to travel to Lincoln for a 5K, right? Maybe I can l hook up with my NEWLY BANDED buds Candra & Jes on the way & carpool like we did for Reggie's! They will be SO ready by then - can't wait!!

Candra glad you are calm . . it was all just surreal for me once they got me in - which was within like 2 minutes of arrival - I just kept sitting there in the "spa" with warm towels and fluids and SMILING! I was SO excited :-)

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So I went out "Nicoling" today, shopping for clothes & trying them on (no pics tho), and you know our girl is really onto something! I am TOTALLY motivated now! I was like looking at these little holiday dresses & trying on the 12s, of course they all fit and I was thrilled but then I thought, wait a minute . . . I won't be a 12 at Christmas! So I stared trying on some 10s, and you know some of them almost fit! So I said to myself, self, your mini-goal is going to be to get into a 10 by your birthday, which is toward the end of October. Do-able! And THEN I started thinking, well if I can get down to a 10 by my birthday, where might I be at Christmas 2 months later?? Pray tell, could I be in an . . . . 8???? Isn't that was comes after 10? An 8?? :thumbdown: BUT THATS TINY!! WOW this is WEIRD.

So I actually bought a "birthday" outfit (both pieces on clearance at Penney's for 4.99) that's a 10 pants and M sweater, the sweater kinda fits now but will look better when I'm down another 10 lbs. The slacks are a true-to-size 10, I need to lose another 1.5 inches or so off my hips to fit into them (I have 12s in the same brand/style that fit me great now but didn't exactly fasten 6 weeks ago!)

So my clothes-goals may be unrealistic, but I now have faith that I WILL get there! Thanks Nicole for the motivation!!

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Yeahhh Riley! Shall we pick a team name? Banded Buddies (for guys too) or Banded SOS, BOW...Band of Walkers? I really wish I could come cheer you on, what time does the 10K start? Dont know if I could get there in time...then parking, perhaps next year when I am a track walk star like u! hehehe

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OH! Donna & everybody, I see than Run for Mercy has a full marathon in Sacramento on December 6th, too! I'm going to need something to train for ladies!!! Nicole you in with me???

Band of Buddies, Banded Buddies, depends on how "out there" we want to be! You pick the team name, Cap'n Donna!

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I can speed-walk a whole 5K now, 12.5 minute miles and I'm shooting for 12 minute miles . . . that's truly amazing considering that when I started walking my goal was to be able to do a single 20-minute mile without stopping :-) Aren't our bodies amazing things?