soniacan

hmmm u bring up a good point... i had a blender once... what the heck did i do with it?? i dunno it was just gone one day and then i was getting the band and needed the Bullet... now i need something to blend my nectar protein, frozen strawberries and a bananna.. i like the MB becz of the handy cups you can blend in and go...

i suck, cant go saturday. being dragged to see the inlaws in WI. ugh.

Ghost dont feel bad about posting the pudding comment!! Heck even i thought ooooo wonder how you make that! i found myself last night since i dont want to lay there mentally talking crap about myself - that i have started thinking crap about the hubby!! ... sheesh! i think i was a nicer person when i just critized myself! Now no one is safe.... hehehhe

next weekend works for me,

oooo i'm on their websie now - they have a fund raising program! I'm so one sided! teehee Can we meet closer to 1?

whats Go Roma?

i;ll be heading into the city tomorrow evening to make pinewood derby shaped cars out of cake for my nephew - so lunch tomorrow works better than sunday, Should we try for the panera on boughton in romeoville tomorrow?

I'm still available for lunch - just give me a where and a when!

Picking there was easy - I had family that worked there. I didnt research anywhere else. Preop liquid diet 2 weeks before. Surgery date i think i got there at 9-ish. Surgery around 11 maybe if i kinda remember right and we left around 4...?

Hi Nana. I'm in Aurora but fairly close to Romeoville. Looks like we were banded around the same time. Let me know if you want to get together for coffee or lunch.

Hi friends! I need all the good vibes i can get - I'm heading today to my zillionth interview in the last 6 months or so... Today its at Benedictine University for their Alumni Relations! We'll see!!! :smile:

Exactly! I am so glad I wasn't alone!

I'll travel where ever on Saturday. i got a GPS for my birthday and i LLOVVEE it!! Gina i do the Avon Walk which is only 2 days. Personally i think its easier than the 3 day but i am just speculating since i have never done the komen. The 3 day is in August Chicago humidity and you're walking 20 miles a day. plus raising 400 bucks more. ouchers! My first AWBC was in 2005 and i trained for CRAP! I walked/hobbled Saturday til a little before the 9 mile marker. was literaly the last walker on the trail. Then i hopped on the sweep van to lunch and then took the van to the wellness village. I stayed at my moms cuz so not a camper. The next morning I could barely walk but went back. I think i made 3 miles on Sunday, mostly in tears cuz my legs and ankle wanted zip to do with me! But at no point did i feel like i didnt belong or was alone. the people and the volunteers at the AWBC are amazing. each yr gets better. My second year we just walked 10 miles on Saturday andn couldnt get up on Sunday. Last year we made i both days and walked a bit over 22 miles for the weekend. This year i am training to do all 39 miles... we'll see! I think next year or the year after i would like to do the Komen 3 day - just not in Chicago in August! maybe somewhere in the fall....

hi friends so this week was actually pretty good. I stayed focused, drank oodles of Water, focused on my Protein, logged what I ate and didn't eat just to pass time. And the scale finally moved! Plateau busted?!! Then last night i'm laying in bed and the stupid crap pops in my head... "Why am I in such a hurry to get these last 30 pounds off, i can't afford to buy new clothes let alone new unders or bras." WTF! Why do we try to stall ourselves with loads of mental crap. :thumbup: This morning I told myself to shut it - these last pounds are done. i dont care if i get so healthy that i am safety pinning clothes to fit better! So i figured maybe we need a thread to post the stupd crap we think. We have all thought it. We're not alone. And once its posted - its out of our heads and holds no power. anythings possible.... :biggrin2:

Today my Magic Bullet Blender croaked! :thumbdown: I should have known the end was near when yesterday it wouldnt unscrew from the cup. Its been such a part of my band-journey! I'm so bummed! Well Valentines Day is around the corner... Nothing says love like ... a new Blender? Sonia

Hi Spice I had my surgery at DayOne and really like the staff there. There is a new center in OakBrook called Synchrony Health. I've met some of their staff at their support group meeting and I really felt comfortable there. Depending on where you are located, they may also be somewhere to consider. Sonia

Morning! So who's joining Mandy and I for lunch next week?

i buy the 8 ounce blocks of mild chedder and mozarella and then cut them into 8 peices each and individually wrap them in aluminum foil. then i can take an ounce with me when I need to.

i have seen Wicked in Chicago twice. Its amazing! u will love it

i measure alot of my food and try to stay at 1/2 a cup. i live out of these glass one cup containers with measurements from Pampered Chef. Also for work I put lunches and snacks in 2 ounce containers. Everytime someone in my family buys new packs of containers I always swipe the tiny ones!

i love Dr Andrea Jones - she's at Rush Copley in the Dupage county

Hi friends Ok some of you may know my work drama over the last 6-7 months. Yesterday I counted and realized i had been out of work for 28 weeks. I'm temping but its not the same. Just made me cry. Quit my job to work for a nonprofit and ended up getting screwed 3 weeks later. So glad i quit my job with a retirement plan and benefits to persue a dream... Granted i was miserable but able to pay bills on time.... sigh... Anyway - I applied for a job that i think I would be very good at (alumni relations). i drag my best friend and husband to 2 alumni events to meet the new development guy and the president. Hit it off and really like them both. In December we have a phone interview - I think it went really well. Then the holidays came. and the silence.... silence... And the reposting of the position. Great. Evidently I wasnt what they wanted. But just to be sure I sent my resume again on the 23rd. Still nada. Now today as i see whats new and exciting on their website I see a new posting... Development Officer. This is in line with what I want to do and actually matches my fundraising experience better. While I have sent my resume (twice) now for the other postion - which i really really want but do concede I may be lacking somewhat in experience - just by a teeeensy twinge.... :frown: Do i send my resume for this and somehow word something to say - Although I have recently applied for the Alumni postion please consider me for this position if you think my qualifications are better suited here?? Help! what do you think? Sonia

oh i forgot about hannah! cant on the 3rd - how about after you birthday? the 16th?

How about the 2nd? I'll be in Oakbrook that morning but can lunch after...

knee high boots!! i came so close to ordering some today but still didnt feel... ready...