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Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Corrections Institutional Division Offender Grievance Analyst/Investigatore

:usa2: :usa2: We need to have a song, a sort of ... anthem:usa2: :usa2: OHHHH say can you eeeeat, by the bands early diet.... When so louuuudly weehee belch, in the twilights last P B'ing.... And the weight is going down, and the belly's less round... Gave proof of the fight, cause the fat was not there... Oh say does tha-at lap-band port nee-eeeddle save the dayyyyyy-ayy... In the shrink-ing of our butts, and the down sizing... of ourrrrr-rrrr gutsssssssssssssssssssssss.

Roni, addicted, and proud of it!!

you guys are great. i really thought alot about vines words...thanx sister! wow, crossing my legs? you mean without having to prop my foot against a really strong wall to hold it in place........hmmmmm.... i have faith that the band will condition my body and mind to have different responses to certain foods...kinda like pavlov's dogs right? ......i LOVE Peanut Butter, thank goodness someone said they eat that to get their Protein....yummmmmy!

i would've given him one of those chuck norris, round house kicks to the throat...then i would have poked him in the eye...

hey sister! i am going to be banded by dr. spivak on march 13. i am self pay, so i do not have to deal with the insurance politics. (but the paperwork said that one year of fills at the surgery center are covered) can you tell me where the surgery center is?:couch2:

NOW I HAVE RESORTED TO GORGING MYSELF AT EACH MEAL, AND I HAVE TO START THE PREOP DIET SOON... THIS CANT BE HEALTHY!!!!!!!:couch2: :help:

now that i am scheduled :clap2: ((hold your applause please)):ohwell: each day, each meal, i contemplate the bands effect of limiting my portions. i am certain that i can comply with the band rules of meal engagement. however... i am absolutely terrified of the idea of not being able to just stuff myself with rice-a-roni. my logic tells me that i will be fine with limited amounts of the san francisco treat, but my stomach's alter ego is in denial. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MANY OF YOU TO NOT RULE OUT ANY food PREMATURELY...BUT NOW I HAVE STARTED THINKING IN TERMS OF... HOW IN THE HELL CAN I NOT EAT THE WHOLE DAMN BASKET OF chips AND SALSA...ETC... DOES ANYONE FEEL MY PAIN!!!

jack, your humor makes me want to take a crap! omigod! you crack me up you sick son of a 7 tittied female mutt!!

:croc: that's what i think about yer a-doo-be photo mambo jambo... i had to take to free install that came with the computer in 1993...

i wonder how many of these cartoon songs we have been singing incorrectly...makes me think of a few months back. at work, we turned the radio to a classic country station. a song was on, i think it is called, "i love a rainy night" well something about rain anyway. the song must have been out when i was 4 or 5 years old or something. well, it never really occurred to me, as i was singing along, that i was singing the words that my mind heard when i was 4 or 5 years old. so, on karaoke friday in the office, i busted out with a big- "windshield wipers slapping out a ten-four keeping perfect rhythm with the song on the radio-yo" hmmm...if you know the adult style lyrics, then you would have been singing it like this... "wind-shield wipers slapping out a TEMPO keeping perfect rhythm with the song on the radiooooooo..." lmao:pound:

It has come to my attention that there are some mommies out there who may not know the most important lyrics to the Dora the Explorer song. I do not know ALL of the words, but I am thinking we can all put our heads together and come up with all of them. so here is my contribution.... and just so you know, in an effort to keep this discussion related to wls, i will be dancing as i sing this, for exercise, of course... We did it, We did it, We did it, HOORAY! Lo Hicimos! We did it, We did it! Hooray! :clap2:

hey kathy, lemme break it down for you sister! close the internet window down. this resizing has nothing to do with lbt being up on your screen. go to where the photo file is saved on your computer. double click, and it should open in a window. somewhere on that window there will be a little icon that has a pen on it. it may be camoflaged (sp?), when you drag the pointer over it, it should say "edit" when you find it, click it. you should get some editing options, and one should say "resize" click it. one of the options should allow you to do a resize that looks like "web small 480x800" (these numbers might be off a little or a lot, i do not remember what they were). experiment with the different sizes to find the size you like. you might have to click a button to apply the change...i have to click a button that says "ok"--my pics open with microsoft photo manager. when you finish, go to file, click save as, i made a new folder and called it "resized pics" and then give the photo a new name(i just added an "r" to each photo name), and save it to the new folder. now when you upload, browse and find the photo in the new resized pics folder. hope this helps!!

lots of crazy stuff gets emailed to me by my wack-job friends. i have a rather large booty for a white girl...they call me "bgb"(short for big ghetto booty). i also have a shot of a juicy booty that is so big, that the woman jumped up in the air---and got stuck! (please do not get offended at the joke...it is just for kicks, you should see the pic i am talking about. maybe i will find it today!)

Noticed a crack in my windshield the other day... :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :eek: :grouphug: :pray2: :D :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :usa2: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :tsk: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle: :juggle:

Dr. Spivak and his assistant------------->$5,800 Surgery Center and Anesthesiologist----->$9,200 That is a total of $15k This covers office visits and fills for a year.:usa2:

Here is my re-sized pic of Hanna and here is my brand new Dooney and Bourke:dance: Thanks Donali for the instructions, I hope you don't mind me copy/pasting your words! :cheer2:"We did it, we did it, we did it, hooray! Lo Hicimos! We did it!" If you're using windows XP, here is what I do (this probably will work with any Windows program): Open up the .jpg file by double-clicking on it. My .jpg opens with the default program "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer". In the bottom righthand corner, there is a picture with a little pen - if you mouse over that, it should say "Closes this program and opens the image for editing (Ctrl+E)" Click on that little picture, or hold down the control button and then type the letter E. The image should now display in a window that has "Paint" as a part of the title. On the file menu, under "Image" click on "Attributes". Now you should see how high and how wide your picture is. You can choose your prefered measurement - I would use inches. If you change the size here, you risk deforming your picture, because this program does not automatically reduce the width to match the reduction in height. But now that you know how big the picture is, you know about how much you want to reduce it. For example, lets say the width is 10 inches, but you want to make it only 5 inches, and you want to keep the height proportionate with that change. Cancel out of the attributes window. On the file menu, under "Image" click on "Stretch/Skew" Under "Stretch" you see two boxes with 100% in them. Since you want your picture half the size it is now, put 50% in each box (height and width) and click "Okay". I would now save the picture under a different name, so that you don't permanently change the size of your original. I usually add the letters "sm" for "small" to the original title, so I know it's the same pic, only smaller.

This is me, Roni and DH, Jerry(tssssss, tsssssssss watchout, he's hot!), i was a brand new mommy, for the third time...approx 6 weeks after my only girl, Hanna Hanna and mommy at bedtime i dont think i have mastered the resizing thing...

congrats!! i cannot wait to join ya!

Thanks everyone, that really helps. The lady at the doc's office did not really give me strict instructions, just low fat/low carb from now until the surgery. She said if I stick to chicken, fish, and veggies, I can't go wrong. She told my I was worrying myself too much, if the doc did not give me specific instructions, then I would be fine. I do remember the doc telling me that my abdomen was very small. Maybe this is an indicator that my liver doesn't need to do a lot of shrinking? Who knows? Thanks again for all of your help!!

The lady gave me a list of veggies, and said I needed to go low fat/low carbs to prepare for the surgery. Problem is that she did not say when to start, nor did she tell me what low fat/low carb means to this doctor. I will definitly be calling the office to ask, but I am curious about any input ya'll can help me with. :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: I want to appreciate each large meal like it is the last, but I really need to know if this one really is the last.

David, 6, Hanna, 3, Dustin, 12 Hanna being silly Hanna being cute

So last night my dream starts out with my trying to make arrangements for a babysitter. Don't really know why, but I can tell my friends are different, don't know why.:mad: So the dream progresses, we get rid of the kids. My friends leave the house. That is when I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror(a dream mirror of course). I put on my new lingerie, my first real lingerie, that won't double for a fishing net.:kiss2: :shade:DH looks really happy...the rest is x-rated.

So last night my dream starts out with my trying to make arrangements for a babysitter. Don't really know why, but I can tell my friends are different, don't know why.:nanahump: So the dream progresses, we get rid of the kids. My friends leave the house. That is when I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror(a dream mirror of course).:nanahump: I put on my new lingerie, my first real lingerie, that won't double for a fishing net.:kiss2: :shade:DH looks really happy...the rest is x-rated.

hey roxanneroll, i met with dr. spivak friday. we scheduled the surgery for march 13...yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! mrycrltn...the self pay is 15K, and dr. spivak gave me an itemized list of what the 15k covers. (which is everything i can think of concerning the surgery) he did tell me that any pre-op testing would be at my cost, but that he would provide the list of required pre-op testing and i could take it to my pcp and the pcp could order the tests, and my insurance would cover it. luckily, i did not require any pre-op testing at all. good luck to you on your journey...