Had a blast!!!!

Thanks Sherri & Bill! It was so nice to get my dose of Hoosier Losers! It was nice to see the accomplishments that everyone has made, and nice to meet the new losers to be! Hope everyone had a safe trip home! Carmen, I am so glad that you came! Thanks for being so open and sharing this part of your journey with all of us! I think our inquiring minds were in overdrive! You look amazing, and are such an inspiration! I am so happy to have found this group of people to share my journey with! Thanks for supporting me and each other, we all need it and it is a blessing to have one another! For those of you that couldn't make it- WE missed ya! Worried about some of ya, come out wherever you are! Hope all is well! Have a great night everyone- HUGZ Dawn

Im home now too. I had a great time. The food was wonderful....Sherri please post the crab casserole. I just loved that stuff. Sam....girl thanks for the pants and the bathing suit. What would I do without u and Carmen keeping me clothed. You are awesome and looking so beautiful I might add. I so enjoyed talking with everyone. I better not list all the names cause Im sure I will miss someone. I really had a great time seeing you all and meeting all the new girls. Its been a long time since I was at my last event....I think it was the Kokomo exchange that papa Dan and Anne did. I sure needed the support....THANK YOU ALL Mariah

Hi Dana & I had a wonderful time tonight seeing all our friends and making new ones. Thank you~thank you Bill and Sherri for everything! ! We really enjoyed spending time with you. You are such a great hostess & special friend Sherri.You really outdid it with this Tea & Tub- it was awesome!!!The food, the fun, the tub, everything!! It was so good to meet the "newbies" good luck with your surgeries- you'll be "Hoosier Losers" in no time. We are here for you- just ask away! There is so much I want to add, but I'll just say- thanks "family"~ it is so nice to have friends to share our journey together- you all are the BEST! (((hugs))) Ellen

I just want to say how thankful and blessed I am and feel to have all of you. I know this would be a helluva lot scarier without all of you. Thank you so much for all your support and words of wisom. I am taking them all to heart. I had a great time and it was nice being with everyone again. I am SO thankful to have all of you. Carmen, I'm so damn jealous... but you look FABULOUS... you now look like one of those women you see in the mall or out somewhere and mutter "damn skinny *****" under your breath... CONGRATS!!! Sherri thank you for hosting. You're such a wonderful cook!! All of that was soo good... and yummy... and thank you for the journal it means more to me than I can say... espeically in person, i have a hard time with that, but thank you I appreciate it. It was great seeing you all... See you all in April and those that couldn't be there we missed you Jessyca

Good morning everyone! Thank you all for coming to the tyb & tea! For those who weren't able to make it, you were missed. Angie..had some great shrimp..I hope you & Ed are ok! Jodi..Hope you are doing alright too girl! If I didn't miscount, 14 people came (16 with me & Bill). 3 were pre-ops so it was fantastic for them to be able to socialize and ask all the questions they'd like. And my family did not disappoint! You all are just so terrific in how willing you are to bring a newbie into the fold and mentor & support them! I personally think we have the best board on here! And no, I'm not saying it just because I happen to live in Indiana. You all are truly the best! Sam...You are more beautiful every time I see you girl! Here's a thought is 2007 isn't the year of 'the band'. Tell him that he paid for his new boat, now he can pay for your new body. Brenda & Floyd....You two are so sweet. I am so glad you moved to Indiana and decided to just jump right in there with us Hoosiers. I didn't get one of the latte's but I'll be sure to next time! Jessyca & Melynda...ladies..I'm so glad you came! Next time..bring suits, wear suits! LOL! Honesty, after Carmen showing us her plastics..do you really think you have a need to be shy around this group of people? Good luck on your journies. We're here for you if you need anything. Cindy...I am so glad we got to know each other a little more. I hope your family all gets to feeling better. Carmen..Sweetie, thank you so much for your show & tell! If I can be doing as good as you are within a week, no fears at all! Please do send me Dr. Bergman's phone number. It sounds like I better get an appointment scheduled now if I want the plastics in August/September. Thank you for the yummy bag. I really was going to share. I was waiting for some of the other crackers to go down more so I'd have a spot to put them. Vicki & Jim...It was good meeting you two. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to get to know you better. Bill really enjoyed talking with you guys. If you'd like to get together for dinner sometime, let me know! I hope you get your surgery date soon Vicki... Tania...hon, you look great! Do you feel as good as you look? For being so early post-op, I was impressed! Ok..not as impressed as I was with Carmen at 1 week, but impressed all the same! lol. Pam...I'm glad you were able to come. I will post the crab recipe onto my profile as soon as I'm done here. Dawn..It is always so good seeing you. I hope Mark gets to feeling better. Lovely time of year for that, huh? You know..you both are welcome to come over and jump iin the tub. We're practically neighbors. so please, if you want to get in it, give us a call and if we're home, I'm sure it would be fine. Ellen & Dana...I purposely saved you for last sis. Can you believe we didn't grow up together? Seems like we should have! Every since the first tub & tea, I have enjoyed talking with you every time we get together. Like you, I'm glad Bill & Dana can find plenty to talk about too! LOL! It's gonna make it alot easier getting together more often! Haha! I'm looking forward to some RV'ing this summer. You have been there so much for me, and I do appreciate you so much. now...for those who didn't make it...don't ya wish you did now? I had misplaced my camera in my housecleaning so I didn't get pics. That was the one disappointment about the party. Found it this morning though (of course!) so watch out for the next get-together!! Huggs! Sherri

waaaaaahhhhhh....i was dressed to go....but just did not feel well for some reason...and i kept telling myself to go and i would be ok, but laziness won over...and now i am sure sorry...cos i knew it would be a grand time.....always is with a bunch of losers...

Hi Sherri, I just wanted to add my thanks to all of the others for the great time Saturday night. I really enjoyed getting to know everyone a little better. You are a great hostess. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the clothing exchange! Cindy

Thank You Sherri and Bill for opening your home to all us losers. It was so fun. Sherri is one spoiled lady!! LOL She has all the great toys at her house! Your hot tub room was so nice and I have never met anyone with a slot machine in there house!!! I really liked seeing and visiting with everyone. What a great group of people. I have never been a part of a group of people that made me feel so welcome and like I fit in so well. Thank you all for that! I just love how we all have things about our bodies that we don't like and we can share them and talk about them and not worry about what the other person is thinking or how they may be judging us. I would never have been able to talk about my flat wrinkled breast that looked like a cross between a raisin and a pancake with any one but you all! That just feels so good. And not only can we talk about it, we get excited for each others loss! That is so cool!!! Thank you so much for the ride home Tania!!! I hope you had fun at your beach party! And of course thank you Pamela for coming out and getting me! You are always so sweet to me!! BTW My kids are still all revved up about Easter now!!! The food was so good! For the people that missed the event, you all missed some great food. But I bet if you stop in sometime in the next few days you cold still get some, because she had sooooo much!!! We could have had three times as many losers and still had left overs. LOL Brenda I loved the latté you are a great cook as well! Thank you all for the body compliments, I really needed them. I was feeling like maybe things are a bit too big, and you all made me feel so much better. I guess when you go from 0 to that it just seems huge!! LOL Blessings, Carmen

Carmen, I'm NOT telling Bill you said I was spoiled! The slot machine is our little savings bank for our Vegas vacations/retirement. Bill said to tell you that he could let you know where you can get one at too. Just email me if interested. I can say that since we got it, when we go to Vegas next time, I want to play....poker. If I could have one that did the other change, I would be a happy, happy woman. I love playing penny slots! (Actually, it usually costs me~$2-6 a pull so 'penny' isn't quite accurate). That would be my next 'toy' on my wish list. That, or a bike to go with the treadmill..but the slots would be easier on my knee...lol. Sherri

Hmmm, U blaming me on that your kids being excited about Easter!!!! I cant imagine why......LOL Are they still having a good time playing with all the new bunnies and lamb? I had second thoughts about getting rid of all that stuff but when I saw how excited the little ones got it made me very happy. Im so glad they were enjoying it as much as I used ot. Your kids are so special. They make me smile everytime I see them...who would have ever thought. I thought at first u must be insane to have 8 kids but now I know u would be crazy not to have those wonderful kids. You are blessed!!! Btw you are looking great too...I guess that goes without saying. Keep up the great work. Dont overdo things until u heal.