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[PhotoNut]

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Idaho Bandsters Soup Night

With the holidays upon us, we have decided to forego soup night in November in favor of a night midway between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are currently debating where and when to have the next soup night. Join in the discussion by joinging the Yahoo group at

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/IdahoBandsters/

Final plans will be posted here.

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St. Al's Support Group (Second Tuesday of every month)
December 12th, Tuesday, 7-8:30pm

White tent behind St. Al's on Hartman St. (where seminars and other support groups are held)

Facilitators: Licensed psychologists

This support group focuses on the emotional issues and challenges associated with obesity and weight loss surgery.
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Living With the Band Support Group
December 21, Thursday, 7-8:30

White tent behind St. Al's on Hartman St. (where seminars and other support groups are held)

Facilitators: Debra Shell, RN (Dr. Cahn's nurse) and Richard Froshiesar

Activities: Facials/Skin Care/Holiday Make-up Tips with Sara LaVoie, Mary Kay Consultant, and one of our own Bandsters

[SheryBery]

Thanks for posting this, Susan. I'm going to be at the Thursday meeting. I hope you & Dawg will be there as I'm looking forward to meeting you in person. You too, IdahoBeauty & LindaV. I really wanted to come to your bbq last month, but my youngest has football on Saturdays and we needed to be there for him. Looks like you all had a wonderful time!
Thanks for ALL you do and for the inspiration you are to me!

[PhotoNut]

We will see you there, Cheryl! It will be nice to finally meet you in person!

[Idahobeauty]

I will be there too! It will be nice to see you as well Cheryl. I wish you could have made it to the BBQ. Maybe some day I can go to a meeting and ACTUALLY be banded...

[dawg]

Maybe in spring there will be BBQ 2 - return of the killer BBQ! I know a few of the out-of-state-ers have discussed plans for next year already and I'm up for it.

Kind of a shame that you had to leave early Susan - you actually missed me relax and actually SAY something :p

Shery, I hope you get to the next meeting. It should be a good one. The more personal (and in my mind practical) are so much more fullfilling than the standard support group (but still worthwhile).

I'd just like to state - for anyone who visited the BBQ, thanks so much for coming! It was a great event and we hope to stage many more.

[Idahobeauty]

Dawg, LOL.. I see you and P'nut enough that I will "catch" you actually having a conversation someday! I am looking forward to the next meeting. I really like the 3rd thursday ones much better.

[shackdog]

Hey all, just wanted to say yo. Hope to see you all at the Thursday meeting, I am looking forward to the quest speaker talking on the issues. Please if any of you have a topic for one of the meetings just let us know and we will make it happen, remember "It's your group"

Have an awesome day today and call or email another bandster to give them an encouraging word for the day, my word for you all is "Outstanding".

[PhotoNut]

----------------------REMINDER----------------------
(this Thursday night)

Idaho Bandsters Monthly Dinner
October 26th, Thursday, 6:30pm

Goodwood BBQ by Edwards Theater on Overland Rd/Interstate

Goodwood has a nice selection of bandster friendly foods, so bring your tiny appetites and your spouses or significant others and join us for a relaxed evening of friendship and bandster support!

Note: The Idaho Bandsters have a Yahoo group where a lot of this information is sent out via email. It never hurts to broaden the scope of support, so check it out at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/IdahoBandsters/

[Idahobeauty]

GRRRRRRRR dang it... I am going to be on the road the next three days...I will catch one of these dinners yet!

[PhotoNut]

Idahobeauty - Yay! You've had a change of plans so you'll be there tonight! You buying? *grins*

Who else is going? Idahobeauty is buying! *cackles*

[Idahobeauty]

Plans have changed that have kept me in town!!! I will be there.. buyin? dunno about that...LOL

[Idahobeauty]

Are P'nut, Dawg, my DH and I the only ones going tonight???? Come on fellow Idahoans where are you?

[cjyoung61]

With 2 more (Idaho Beauty and DH), we now have a possible 16 in attendance! (Most have RSVP'd utilizing private e-mail or Yahoo IdahoBandster list). There will also be several long-time bandsters banded and receiving their fills in Mexico, that should be able to answer any questions you may have about banding outside of the US.

[Idahobeauty]

Yeah!!! Thank you Carla! Look forward to seeing you there.

[PhotoNut]

------------------Reminder------------------
support group meets tonight!!


Living With the Band Support Group
November 16th, Thursday, 7-8:30 pm


White tent behind St. Al's on Hartman St. (where seminars and other support groups are held)


Facilitators: Debra Shell, RN and Richard Froshiesar


Guest speaker: Stacy Beeson, RD,LD dietician with St. Luke’s Hospital will be offering helpful tips on “Holiday Survival”


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Also, the Upcoming Events Page has been updated.

[cjyoung61]

Anyone up for dinner at Applebee's again before tonight's meeting? (I had a fill for Tuesday's dinner and only had french onion soup.)

[PhotoNut]

Sorry, we wont be able to make it to dinner. In fact, we are seriously considering staying home tonight and missing the meeting. We are both so tired. If we don't make it, someone take notes and post a summary of the meeting here for us. In fact, someone should share the ideas with the entire b2g community since we will all be facing the challenges of holiday eating. Aw darnit, now I feel guilty for not going. I might make it yet. heh

[PhotoNut]

*grumbles as she hauls her fat bum out of the chair and gets ready to go*

Fine.. fine.. we'll be there. But I'm sleeping through the meeting! :P

[Idahobeauty]

I am planning on being at the meeting tonight who else is with me?

[LindaV]

This thread is confusing as far as dates go. Today is December 12 and I'll be at the meeting tonight. Carla, Jerry and I are planning on doing the usual dinner at Applebees before the meeting. We meet around 5:45 at the restaurant on Emerald by the Mall.

Let me know if anyone else is planning on being there and I will get there a little early to reserve a table.

Susan...? Paul...? Anyone...?

[Idahobeauty]

LOL.. we will be there.. you can disregard my pm now... I know wich one.

[LindaV]

Too late--I already answered! Glad you guys will be there though.

[PhotoNut]

Oh shoot, I wasn't going to go to Applebees. I was going to try to be good, but I can't stand everyone getting together without me! LOL!

The dates are confusing? Did I get them wrong? *goes to check*

[PhotoNut]

I took off the November events. Did that help?

[Idahobeauty]

OH GOOD!! P'nut and Dawg are going to dinner too!!! We are really getting good at this partying thing huh? LOL

[PhotoNut]

Actually, we have decided to forego dinner. I'm too tight to each much today, so we are going to save the money and eat at home. See you all at the meeting tonight. :)

[Idahobeauty]

Yes, and where were you??? I have 7 pink pointsettias for you and several other plants...Call me when you can.

[LindaV]

What was confusing was I didn't know which meetings people were refering to. I figured the last post was probably tonight's meeting but it was a little hard to tell.

By the way...where were you guys? They didn't have a facilitator for tonight's meeting. They are changing the night to the 4th Monday of the month and will have a new facilitator for the January meeting.

We all missed you!

And Susan (Idahobeauty) and Pat--Thanks for the beautiful Poinsettias!

[PhotoNut]

Sorry we werent there. I seem to have developed a bad case of um.. tummy problems. *chuckles and blushes* I needed to be home near the bathroom. :P

And you have poinsettias for me? How awesome! I'll call you tomorrow!

What did you all do since there was no facilitator?

[Idahobeauty]

We sat around and chatted with a new member and the lady that is still waiting for insurance approval. And we also missed you.

[Idahobeauty]

P'Nut, yep, call me today. I will be helping out at the greenhouse but I can bring them over after work if you want.

[PhotoNut]

Carla posted this on the Yahoo groups. I hope she doesn't mind me copying it here. I think it would help if we all responded on the Yahoo groups message board, since the group that does Soup Night is typically on that board. Here is Carla's message. If you wish to be part of the soup night, sign up with IdahoBandsters@yahoogroups.com and post your response.

Of course, we can always discuss Boise events here too, and I'll update the main page of this thread soon.
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Happy Holidays everyone!!
>
> What night of the week and which week do we want to hold our monthly
> "Soup Night" meetings during the year 2007? Our St. Alphonsus
> Idaho-banded therapist-facilitated support group has been moved from the
> second Tuesday to the fourth Monday (and is being reformatted to address
> the issues of those non-banded or newly-banded) and is held in the large
> white tent next to the Liberty Medical Building behind St. Alphonsus,
> and our second non-facilitated group for everyone with or without a band
> (and no matter where they were banded) is also held in the white tent on
> the third Thursday (on January 18th Dr. Cahn will be answering all of
> our questions). I suggest that we take a poll so we can decide which
> night works best for most of us and set our schedule. Also, we had
> talked about meeting at a set location. Once we get the dates set I'll
> call around and find our best option ("free") for a restaurant meeting
> room we can hold our meetings at.
>
> I would suggest any day of the week except Wednesdays during the first
> or second weeks of each month. What would the rest of you prefer?
>
> Carla

[PhotoNut]

Attention: This thread is out of date. The meeting dates and times no longer apply.
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