Everything posted by mini_me
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Dr. in Houston?
check out this thread, read it through the end. there are some names thrown around... http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=18556&highlight=dr.+speigel+mad
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Lampe Berger? Who knew...
daughter is fine, thanks for asking. turns out it was the class pet bird that bit her. my co-worker paid $27 and some change after taxes, and she go the lamp and a big bottle of oil. the oil is normally 12.99 for the bottle. (i spend $30 a month on candles and such--i'm getting one of these boogers)
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Lampe Berger? Who knew...
my co-workers is about 6-8 inches tall, very dainty and pretty, but she said that there were some in there that were big enough to serve as centerpieces. she said there some that were large enough to even set on the floor. ((that is a bit much for me, but i would love to have one of those little ones.))
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Lampe Berger? Who knew...
my co-worker got one of these at the hardware store. i had never seen one before. her's is beeeeee-yoooooo-ti-fulllllllllllllll!! i MUST have one... www.ScentimentalIndustries.com here are my favorite ones: http://www.scentimentalindustries.com/handblownlamps.htm i hope that link works right.
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Can't Handle This
tickerfactory.com create the ticker copy the bb code copy and paste the part that looks like this --- www.tickerfactory....etc.... let us know if you have trouble and we will guide you. please know that this frustration is something that nearly all of us can relate to.
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Can't Handle This
Cherg, i cannot even START to tell you how many times this type of message is posted. i think this is a common occurrence. it happened to me too. you will get LOTS of support and advice in response to your post. until you get your second fill, i would not suggest that you get your hopes up. until you get the first fill, you MUST concentrate on healing. i did not lose ANY weight during this time. when i finally got my first fill, i was only two pounds from the start weight...and that is only because i did not feel well the day before, and i did not eat normally. the first fill tends to disappear in an ironic twist of fate. about half of mine had disappeared by the time i went for my second fill. my second fill was 3-4 weeks after the first and that is when i had my first taste of restriction. unfortunately, it did not last long, but i did manage to lose down to 190. the loss was really fast, but stopped as dramatically as it started. so now i am scheduled for my 3rd fill on monday, 19th. i have been banded for right at 3 months, and i have lost 17 lbs(from consult date) and 13 lbs (from surgery date). it isnt much, but it is a start. hang in there, it will happen for you too. this is a very emotional time for you. i think many of us want instant results. this whole banding thing takes time. give it 3 or 6 months before you decide whether it was worth it. and remember, this is the best place to come for support!
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
thanks tidge!! and carrie, i know you are right. the lady from CPS told me that it is VERY hard to invoke an involuntary parental rights termination in texas. i am not sure if that surprised me or not. i mean, texas is republican right? conservative right? i would think that would mean it would be easy to terminate rights in this particular case. NOPE. just the opposite. and with all of the bad publicity that CPS gets, in this part of texas anyway, well...i dont know. but thanks for the advice. btw-their lawyer is on vacation until monday and she has not returned their phone calls. AAARRG!! THAT really aggravates me.
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Thirtysomething's
HERE HERE to bag girl clothing...hiccup...I mean BAD girl clothing
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Thirtysomething's
i did it!! i toilet paper'd the 20 somethings...i told them to respect their elders...hehehehe:heh: http://http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?p=237328#post237328 ok, that link isnt working for me, let me try it again... http://http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=19529
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Twentysomething Bandsters
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Lizard in the house
i was not aware that there were any "poisonous" species of geckos in north america. hmm, that one looks just like the ones we see here from time to time. i think it is safe.
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Lizard in the house
ok, geckos are COMPLETELY harmless. in fact my middle child was 8 months old when he was somehow able to get his hands on one in my livingroom. by the time i realized it, the dern thing did not have a single in tact bone in its little body. it was just MUSHY. anyhoo, let the critter live in your house. it will eat any bugs that find their way into your dwelling. i would rather have 1 gecko that i see from time to time than have bugs that run from me when i turn on the lights. by the way, our pest problem was ants. the gecko ate all of them. kept them at bay.
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This will blow your mind
WOW--isn't that just the way it goes?!
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Thirtysomething's
:cry good to see everyone, but is anyone going to help me toilet paper the "twentysomethings" thread????:spy:?
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
bumping for more advice... the SIL kept calling last night. she said she was going to pick up the baby. she never would commit to a time of arrival. the couple had been in contact with cps, who would not be able to open an investigation until monday. ((figures, when you need them they are not there...but i can think of a hundred instances{maybe not a hundred} where they intervened without valid cause)) the couple asked sil to be there by 10 pm, as they had planned an out of town trip. when the sil did not show up by 10, the cop that was helping them told them to go on the trip, and take the baby. so...sil showed up at the cousins house at midnight last night...according to the neighbors...and she was banging on the door, but noone was home. called my dh who was in D.C. for the night, with a flight departure of about 4 am local time. she ordered him to call the cousin and tell them to open the door. he told her that this was her problem, handle it. so...she had her little friend take her back home...approx 100 miles...maybe more. so now CPS is going to be involved. SIL still has no place to live. she seems to think that she is going to tell CPS that she lives with her dad, who lives in a 16 foot airstream trailer that is about 30 years old. he has one bed in there that is about equivalent to something between a twin and full. i do not think she realizes that CPS will NOT deem that appropriate housing for them...2 adults and 2 small kids in one bed? i dont think so. so, who knows what tomorrow holds. dh and i have bowed out of it all. as much as i want to help, i have my own family to worry about. there is a family member to worry about the baby(cousin) and SIL is going to have to fight her battles WITHOUT me or my support on this one. we will just wait and see what CPS does. if the kids are safe with her, then, well, who am i to say anything else...as long as i do not have good evidence or knowledge of anything other. i am still VERY upset with her for putting the cousins through this, i may never be able to forgive her for this.
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Thirtysomething's
Roni here... 32 yo with three kids...boy 13 boy 7 girl 4....married for about 90 lbs(or 14 years in layman terms) banded march 13 2006. slow going right now, but i just started seeing some action. 17 lbs so far, which was 23% of the weight i want to lose, so i am 1/5 of the way there...almost 1/4 of the way there. funny that you started this thread...i was thinking the same thing when the twentysomethings rung their bell. maybe we should go toilet paper their thread!!
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Chris Daughtry - Abesent Element
i got mine a couple of weeks ago. i love chris, but there was too much screaming on there...way too much. too much of a good thing...way to much..((haha-had enough yet?)) also, the acoustics were poor. there are times that i cannot hardley hear chris over the instruments. this cd DOES demonstrate talent. i cannot wait to hear what they put out with the help of true professionals in the field. Chris Daughtry for President!!
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
this poor couple has been through so much, and bonded so deeply with this baby, that i am not sure that even a miracle pregnancy would offer FULL salvation for all they have been through. but i am praying that by the grace of God that she will turn up pregnant. They have tried for years and finally gave up trying and focused their efforts on adoption. they do not have the resources for fertility assistance. thanks for everyone's support, keep praying for this little baby!
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
hey tidge, thanks for the response. i am not just terribly offended by your posts. it is simply frustrating because there is no way i can convey all of the intricate details of this ordeal. i cannot equate drug addictions to food addictions. i could/would/ and have surrendered food to my children when God knows i wanted to eat that treat myself. my food addiction does not hurt anyone but myself. food is not illegal. food does not impair my judgement. food does not induce a state of mind that is psychotic at times(at least not for me). the grocery store manager is not going to do a drive by shooting at my house because i decided to shop at HEB this week. i do not miss work because of my food addiction so while i understand your sympathy for my SIL, i do not completely agree with your comments about not understanding how this community does not have more sympathy for SIL and her addiction. i have worked diligently for almost three years to help this girl as much as i possibly could. i never turned my back on her emotionally or financially, no matter what happened or how bad things seemed. she gave this baby up. she called me up and told me to come get her now. tonite. or she was going to leave her with a stranger(CPS). she handed the child over. she called and said come get this baby, i can't take care of her. when she was forced into therapy, it was a sham, and she mocked it. she refused to take things seriously and she refused to acknowledge that she had a problem. i understand that this is all stuff that she needs help with, and i understand those who would be sympathetic to her plight. but at some point you have to take responsibility for your own actions. you cannot let your problems be the sole responsibility of other people for your whole life. the bottom line is...the baby is not best served with SIL. this isn't a contest to me to see who is the best mommy. it is about the welfare of the child. if SIL choses her addictions over her child, she should not have the child in her custody. if she refuses to accept the help that is offered, she should not ever have the child. as much as i understand your point that this girl needs help, and i agree that she needs help, i hope that you understand that there MUST come a point in a persons life where powers must intervene and start some damage control. sil is ruining the lives of everyone she comes in contact with, most of all, she is disrupting the baby's existence. regarding your comment about if my child had a baby, etc. well, regardless of her being my child or not, my #1 priority would be keeping the baby safe. then i would make sure i could get my child the help she needed. i am against ripping a child from a mother's loving arms. but SIL did not have the baby ripped from her, she gave the baby away. she perpetrated this fraud for weeks, allowing this couple to keep, love, and bond with this child when she knew she had no intention of allowing the adoption. the cousin now loves this child as her own...and she has no children, cannot have children...and sil is ripping the child from her arms. in essence, sil is now ripping this baby from her mother's arms. so, in conclusion, i am not vehemently disagreeing with you. i knew when i asked for advice that there was a distinct possiblity that i would read some things that i did not want to read. but i wanted that to happen, it makes me think of other perspectives. it makes me rationalize every aspect of this horrid scenario. tidge, i am grateful for your comments. i hope that if we still disagree, it can be a peaceful disagreement. this is not the thread for ANY type of flaming. emotions are running high for me, and i am dealing with enough drama in real time life. i do not need any extra drama on this thread, a thread that i check each day...for support.
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
Amen, Sarah... I talked to SIL again today, and I reminded her of this. She would not even acknowledge the issue. She acted surprised that the cousin was upset. I did not know she was that stupid!! I told her(SIL) that she gave the baby away, the cousin is having her child RIPPED from her arms. Cousin would NEVER dream of allowing this child to go to someone elses home to live. My DH has decided that we are not to be involved anymore. CPS has been contacted and they have all the info that i know. I do not know if what i said will make any difference. I am so helpless in this situation. All I know to do at this point is to be a shoulder for this poor woman to cry on. She loves that baby every bit as much as i love my own children...that i birthed and nursed. ((emotional wreck to be continued some other time)) thanks everyone for the support!
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Child Abuse - what do I do?
a similar situation occurred with my best friend. it was her adult child who hit one of the younger kids. this was reported to cps, and cps monitored. it was never established that the children were in danger. they concluded through interviewing the kids and adult acquaitances of all involved parties, etc. if the wife calls, then i do not think there would be danger of the kids being removed. cps here would probably mandate that dad not be left alone with kids until the investigation was over. in my friends case, the adult child could not be at home alone with the younger kids.
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If it were up to you, what laws would you create?
hey wheets, they should have to eat the cigarette while it is still lit....
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ancestry...dna analysis
Jenna, I agree with your sentiment, but DH is very interested in his heritage. that is why i chose to do this.
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
thanks Dody, i need people telling me to do that so that i do not feel like i am doing something that is wrong. you're right, i would NEVER forgive myself if anything happened to that sweet little girl, and let me tell you, she IS SO SWEET(makes my teeth hurt!)
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Adoption Drama-advice needed
RE: She tested positive for THC when she delivered the baby...prematurely. RIGHT THERE WA STATE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE BABY AWAY ASAP!!! I HAVE A FRIEND THAT FOSTERS DRUG BABYS. THEY GO FROM THE HOSPITAL RIGHT TO HER HOME. the state stepped in, but did not take the baby away from her. they required that she and the baby be in the company of a responsible adult at least 21 years of age with no criminal history. my mil stepped in and let her stay with her until the state cleared sil to have the baby without supervision. they sent her to two counseling sessions that lasted about 20 minutes each, and drug tested her on each of those occassions. well, the drug tests were planned, so she just stayed clean for a couple of weeks. btw, i am in texas and there is a LOT of bad publicity about cps right now, but i am not really seeing any changes being made. RE: She had written out a statement that she was handing over legal guardianship of the baby to the cousin, and that she intends to allow the adoption. DID SHE ACTUALLY WRITE "INTENDS"? yes i think it said something like she was doing this with the intention to allow the couple to adopt the child. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING Thanks!!