~*~*THURSDAY ROLL CALL~*~*

1. Do you have any plans for 4th of July? Probably go to our local lake and watch fireworks - our family is weird - we're doing fireworks tonight, because my nieces and nephews will be leaving tomorrow for a month to stay w/ their dad. 2. What's one thing about yourself that we don't already know? I was a home economics teacher before I started working w/ special education. 3. What's something that you have gained by finding OH? Support and commonalities w/ others going thru what I'm going through. Karla

1. Do you have any plans for 4th of July? Not really, I will have my son that day, he's been having a blast spending the summer at grandma's house 2. What's one thing about yourself that we don't already know? I start school part time in the fall to get my Master's Degree in Social Work 3. What's something that you have gained by finding OH? A whole group of people who know exactly what I'm going through, having the groups by surgery date is ingenious!

1. Do you have any plans for 4th of July? I'm hoping I'll be scheduled to work.... time and a half! 2. What's one thing about yourself that we don't already know? I was a piano teacher for 10 years.... 3. What's something that you have gained by finding OH? Many new friends who are going through many of the same things I'm going through; a place to share my innermost feelings about my life struggle with my weight; support, support, support! ~Teri~

Hola Aurora!!! 1. Do you have any plans for 4th of July? Normal day for me!!!! 2. What's one thing about yourself that we don't already know? Well yesterday I did comment this at the chatroom, but some years ago, I was in danger to be a deaf man. I lost 80 % of my right hearing and 60% of the left. Terrible experience, comunications becomes so difficult......I was almost deaf for almost a year..... A surgery saved me. After that I became a singer and love music..... 3. What's something that you have gained by finding OH? Oh my goodness. I feel a lot of love and respect for so many people now!!!. For me is a wonderful experience to share our succecess and failures with every body here....To feel that I can be of some use to the people here. To have the confidence to share my feelings and experiences with people far away from me.....physically and so close in soul and heart.....It has been a whole new experience to experiment honest friendship, care, for somebody I have never been in front of..... Alex

You sing??? How about that...so do I!! I sing solos ALL the time!! Dawn

Can you imagine me taking a shower and singin LA DONNA E MOBILE???? Well my kids are a little bit sick of it believe me!!!! I studied bel canto (opera singing) for almost ten years Alex

I didn't know that, Alex! In college, I majored in music theory/minored in vocal performance. In fact, I belonged to a choir called "Bel Canto" at one time. I used to teach theory and piano and have done a lot of singing, both as a soloist and in various choirs. o/~ "me me me meeeeeeeeeeeeee" o/~ Chele

Hey Chele!!! We should sing the Boheme duet some time!!!! Do you know it??? at the first act of Puccini's La Boheme???' Tenor sings: "Che gelida manina...." After this aria the soprano sings: "Mi chiamano Mimí" And after this aria both sing a duet with "O Soave Fanciula.....". By the way I think that you are soprano.....(perhapa Mezzo?) Dawn is evidently soprano for her voice in her recordings Alex

Actually I am stronger as a tenor believe it or not. Dawn

I don't doubt it Aurora. In fact when I say that you are a soprano is a compliment (and a fact) believe me....Soprano voice is the highest female voice reachest in the highest register. Mezzos have a more rich medium and low registers. Both are beautiful. There is no better voice than other. You will find beautiful and skillfull voices in all the registers male and famale. By the way you have a very sexy, beautiful high pitch very female and soprano voice.....ooooh sorry......and very powerful too.... Best Regards Alex the tenor.....