Good Morning Y'all!

I can't believe I am the first one here! It is so hot in my house this morning, our A/C went out last night and I can't even get my makeup on for for for sweating it off!

I am going to either leave early or go out in the car and put it on! lol

Darcy - Please know we are there with you this morning, please let us know how things turn out. By the way, I am the one sitting on your shoulder, (the right one) in case it feels a little heavy on that side! Hugs!

I don't have time for personals this morning, but I am thinking about each of you too! I'll try to get back with you tonight if I can.

Later!

Kat, she needs to give some notice. Planning a Disney trip as far in advance as possible is always best. Some of the best (most fun) dining places fill quickly. Also I can get some great deals if she gives some notice. ~Mandy

Hi everyone

welcome msmary glad you were finally able to join us!!!

I have never been on a chat site before - so forgive my naiveness!! LOL Are you still waiting for your insurance approval?

Welcome msmary, pull up a chair and a keyboard and tell us all about yourself.

I'm Kat, and I chat with these fine folks---some actually from Jersey, even though I am in New Mexico!!! I love these guys!!

I am married, with 3 kids, and 6 grandkids...who I rattle on about endlessly!! I got my band in April of 06---and love it more than I can say! We look forward to hearing about how things go with yours!!!

Welcome!

Kat

MsMary, Hi I'm Mandy. Also not from Jersey. I live in Chicago and also love all the people here. We are a great little group, welcome. I am a mom to a 6 year old, and a total Disney nut. I was banded july 2005. ~Mandy

msmary

Im 29 from nj single no kids - im a little more boring then the lively ladies and gentlemen here.

I should here about my insurance by the week of the 29th. I just had my first consult with the surgeon yesterday so they will get my file together and submit all the paperwork no later then monday. but they schedule a date with the mind set that insurance will give an approval. I dont have any reason to believe i will be denied but I am still a little worried. I am even more worried that the surgery is in LESS THEN 3 WEEKS!!

now tell us all about yourself!!

ok so i tired to edit my last post because of spelling error and WTF was that about?!?!?! I have never tried to edit before and I never will again. whats with all the smiley faces???

I apologize for any and all spelling errors from here on out because I will never edit a darn thing

Jess, those happy faces are a pain in the a$$, can't imagine why they can't fix it, wasn't like that in the first years.

MsMary, welcome, most of us here have our band, with the exception of a few, ie, signgirl, she's to be banded Oct 31.

ILUVHarleys and myself are old timers :mad:..(ok well at least in my opinion)

Good Luck!

Hey ladies! It's been a while since I've posted but I've been lurking. Things have been so busy lately, so today I took a "mental health day" from work. I hadn't been feeling all that hot the past couple of days anyway so I figured I needed it. Not much else new here except that I finally joined the gym. Hopefully that will keep things plugging along. I'm still out there dating too. I have a date Sat night with a guy I went out with a few times right before my friend got really ill. I think our timing was off, but we kept in touch. So we'll see how that goes. It's been too long since I've posted for personals, but I've been following along and am thinking of you all.

Hi msmary, I'm Chris, from MA. 33, single, no kids, had my band just over a year. And, like everyone else, think this group is great. Welcome!

awwww copycat aye? hhahaha hmm I could use another mental health day myself. It was wonderful and really needed this week. I hope you have a wonderful day off my friend!

Good morning, girlfriends!

Msmarymac, welcome! I hope I spelled that right, but like we were saying...NEVER go back to edit!!!! It is not worth it! Those smilies are just plain evil in that screen, and I have no idea why that happens.

I'm from North Texas, way north...pretty close to Oklahoma, actually! I stumbled upon the Jersey group by clicking on a chat thread and jumping in...about two years ago! Nope, I haven't left yet! I was banded July 2005, like Mandy. I'm also a Disney nut like Mandy, but don't get to go down there as much as I would want to. LOVE the gals here, and would have most likely dropped off the site if it were not for these wonderful women on this thread, and that's the truth. I suppose I'm an "old-timer" also, since I am rapidly approaching my 52nd birthday....but maybe that applies to how long we've had our bands...but either way, I might fit in that category! LOL! Hope you can come here to relax, chat, ask questions, and enjoy your time here!

My DD is home sick today...her cough developed into something that involved a fever...and she is missing a field trip today, and she isn't one bit happy about that. I can't blame her. She has missed two days of school due to being sick and she's in 5th grade...one was a snow day anyway, and now this one which is a field trip! Bad luck, huh?

Her birthday is this Sunday! She'll be 10...the years fly by, don't they, moms? I know we all look back on our kids' birthdays, and I see her little tiny baby self in the picture of me holding her the day she was born, and it does NOT seem like a decade ago. In another decade, she'll be in college (well, that's the plan anyway). Okay, that's freaky. Back to the present tense...LOL!

Kat, thanks for keeping us in the know on your tests...I'm still praying for you!

Hugs all around,

Cindy

Cindy, snow this year? In Texas? So sorry she missed her outing, I barely remember that far back, but field trips were always fun.

Chrispy, can't believe it's been over a year, it seems like just a few months ago you were banded, yikes time flies. Chris maybe you'll bet lucky .

Oh yeah Cindy, my two sons just had birthdays....drum roll, one turned 30 and the other 34, talk about OLD!

Kat, any results yet?

Sherry, just take a day, we won't tell :eyebrows:.

Hey girlies, Eileenie gave me this # for opting out of Verizon's plan to give out cell numbers, ty ty ty Eileenie, just called and because I've got 11 phones on my plan, I had to call another number, but could you imagine if all my phones were getting slammed with advertising calls, :omg:.

The number to call if you're a Verizon customer is 1-800-333-9956, stop them in their tracks :biggrin1:.

So nice to meet all of you!! My name is Mary and I am 40 yrs old. I live in Wayne NJ and I have a 17 year old son. I was banded in April 07 and I am down 40.5 lbs as of today!!! So far I love my band and I think it is the best decision I ever made.

Can someone explain to me what PB is? I see that a lot but I am not sure what it means.

hi mary

I am not to far from you in NJ. I work in Fairfield so we are very close by!!

congrats on your 40.5 lbs!!!!!!!! who did your surgery if you dont mind me asking?

from what I understand PB is a nice way of saying throwing up - I could be wrong and I am sure the others will chime in to better explain it. I am not banded yet so I am not 100% on the meanings of everything.