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Jetti, welcome to bandland. Check in here for support, and keep walking and sipping. ~Mandy

Sonia, tell him that mentos are too sugar loaded, it has to be sugar free. Altoids work great, so does fresh expressions toothpaste. ~Mandy

Sonia, tell him that mentos are too sugar loaded, it has to be sugar free. Altoids work great ~Mandy

naso gastric tube needs to be done with a scope to guide it past the band. ~Mandy

Jessica, I'm sure all is well. Check in when you can. Welcome to bandland, it's really a great place to be. Remember to take it easy, sip your fluids, and use a heating pad. ~Mandy

I guess I'm thinking the wipes would be better than a bottle of bleach in your purse. ~Mandy

hi guys, I started my new job today. I love it there. I work with 6,7 and 8th grade. I am in the lunch room, simply keeping it at a controlled chaos. It's not at nutz as it sounds. I dismiss the kids in small groups to toss their trash, and line up to go to the next class. Other than that I keep order, keep them seated, and keep them in their assigned areas. Simple, easy and the pay is good. It also gets me into the district so I can become a teacher aide next year. I'm off to a board meeting for our subdivision. Tonight we hand in the petition papers that I have worked on the last few days. Tomorrow is no school, so we have a vets appointment, and Abi is seeing the doc. She has a nasty cough. No fever but the cough is getting worse, and nothing has helped. I'm off, be back later. ~Mandy

Most of us are not from NJ at all. I am from Chicago. We all just get along really well so here we are. ~Mandy

I discovered the mushroom allergy first. It's really bad, I go into respritory failure. I have had multiple surgeries without problems, I just make sure the facility is aware of my allergy. ~Mandy

You know they make wipes just for this purpose? And there is much less rick of stuff in your bag getting ruined. ~Mandy

paramedics usually don't check the ankles. But they also don't do NG tubing. I have a severe mushroom allergy and some anestetics (sp?) have the same fungus in them so I have been wearing that on an id for years. I was told the same thing, paramedics will not see an ankle id, but they also don't do anestetic. ~Mandy

For the $25 I spent on my bracelet I find that much value in the peace of mind it provides. ~Mandy

This weekend is going to be pretty calm. We have had a few crazy weeks and we all need a break. I have to collect 50 more signatures for a petition that our community is working on (mosquito abatement, fun huh?). I'm going to roast a chicken tonight for dinner, then make chicken and dumplings tomorrow. I will eat the chicken and sauce and I add peas, my family makes the dumplings disappear pretty quickly. I have avioded the hallowen candy pretty well. I did eat 2 boxes of milk duds, but they had like 3 in each box, so really still ok there. My weakness is the damn egg nog that I bought, is there anything better than egg nog? I also had a bottle of witches brew wine last week, it took me a whole week but I managed to drink the entire bottle. It was a nice dark smoky spicy wine. It was already mulled. I will be getting a few bottle of that to put up, it's seasonal. It was cheap and really good. I'm not a big drinker, but I like a nice sweet or spicy wine on occasion. I didn't make my apples yet, maybe today? I have everything out and ready to go, just no time. I'll be back later, if my feet don't freeze off from all the petition walking. ~Mandy

Kat, I signed up the the email updates, that's how I get the info so early. They have had ads posted for almost 2 weeks already. ~Mandy

New month, new thread http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f51/nj-november-thread-44310/

Kat, here ya go : Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com - The Official Black Friday 2007 Deals Site

Last year we had 4 trick or treaters, this year we had about 40. The weather was great, and kids were everywhere. Tonight we carved pumpkins, they are all Nightmare before Christmas. Mine is on the far right. ~Mandy

I'm making southern candy apples (the red ones) tonight. I can't wait. I have a friend that just came back from Texas and he bought me 3 kits. (36 apples) I plan on making a batch tonight, one for Christmas and another for New Years with sparkly sugar for the center piece on the table. I can't believe that they don't eat that kind of apple here. If you order a candy apple, you get a caramel apple. (yuck!) Today is the big class party. The teacher called and ask if I would mind if the kids assembled the worms and dirt graveyard. The mom that was supposed to make a craft with the kids flaked out. So now they are going to make an edible craft. I'm taking my camera so we can get some good shots of the kids making them. Tonight we make our grand carved pumpkins. It's a big event in my house, we spend several hours carving, then lighting our masterpieces. I have cider to heat and I also found pumpkin egg nog already. I bought a half gallon of Nog, I had a glass for dessert last night, it was soooooo good. I will use it in my iced coffee this week and I will also add some to my vanilla Protein shake LOL! I'm off, I have no candy in the house. I used it all to make goodie bags for Abi's class. If I had extra I would have eaten it so I'm going to get it now. ~Mandy

I got the job!!!!! I am so excited, now I have to wait for a call from the school district office to fill out paper work. Looks like I start next monday!! ~Mandy

Hi all, we had a crazy weekend, I'm glad it's over. I made 25 treat bags this morning for Abi's class. Tonight I'm making a worms and dirt graveyard. Her party is tomorrow and the whole school does a parade around the block so the moms have time to set up for the parties. It's cold here, but I'm not complaining as we normally have ice by now and today the low was 42, so it's warmer than normal. We will actually get to wear costumes without big heavy coats woohoo!! I bought a beautiful roast for dinner tonight. Other than that it's pretty calm around here for the moment. Diane, I'm sure tomorrow will be fine, the band surgery is a simple procedure. Keep us updated on your progress. We are here to help and support you after surgery. I agree with Sherry, the EAS is good so is the Atkins chocolate. I like the sour apple or green apple nectar, it's good but a very strange color. ~Mandy

I like TheGh0st myself. I think that says alot about you and how you feel. ~Mandy

Is this better? ~Mandy

It all transfers. ~Mandy

You have the option of changing your screen name. It's in the user cp. ~Mandy

I'm told that as we get older it takes more to overheat our bodies. I have also noticed that as I get thinner the more heat I can stand. ~Mandy