LCBBuddies WERE ROWDY TONIGHT!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AS USUAL, & I'LL HAVE TO POST IN 2 POSTS TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL ... NICK & I WERE A LITTLE LATE (USUAL FOR US WITH NICK'S WORK SCHEDULE), BUT WE WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE MORE "NEWBIES" AT THE MEETING. I JUST LOVEEEEE MS SUUZ CUZ SHE TOLD ME I DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE MY "FAT" PICTURES ON MY PROFILE ANY MORE .... OHHHH, I THINK I'LL ADOPT HER! MS MERLON & MR SOLAR DROPPED IN FOR JUST A MINUTE AS THEY HAD A PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT. THEY TOOK A FEW PICS BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF FILM, BUT THEY ARE GONNA BE OUR PICTURE SOURCE FOR OUR "MEMORY BOOK" ... THAT'S FOR SURE! THEY BOTH LOOKED FABULOUS, AS USUAL!!!! (LOVED YOUR BLOUSE, MS MERLON!!) MS KELLY B WAS SHOWIN' OFF HER SIZE 12 TEENY, TINY SKIRT THIS EVENING! &, IT SEEMS SHE HAS A NEW HOBBY ... DANCIN' IN CLOTHING STORES. AS I GOT THE STORY THROUGH LAUGHS & GIGGLES , SHE TRIED ON A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE SUIT (THAT SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY, OF COURSE) ... &, DANCED ALL OVER THE PLACE IN IT - THE WHOLE THING ... HIPS A WIGGLIN' & ARMS UP IN THE AIR FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN MAJOR EXPRESSIVE MOVEMENTS. THE SALES CLERK WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE NEEDED ANY HELP ... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO , SHE SANG OUT AS SHE FLOUNCED AROUND IN THEIR SIZE 12 SUIT ENTERTAINING EVERYONE!!! I GOTTA GET THAT STORE VIDEO! WE ALLLLLLLL NEED TO SEE THIS! AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MS MARY F IS HAVING A BIT OF A PROBLEM THAT INDICATES SHE MAY HAVE AN ULCER. DR BYRNE HAS SCHEDULED HER FOR A SCOPE THIS COMING WEEK & MS KELLY WILL POST THE FINDINGS FOR US. SHE SAID SHE WAS FEELING A LITTLE BETTER, BUT STILL ONLY ABLE TO EAT A BITE OR 2, SO WE'RE ALL PRAYING FOR A GOOD REPORT THAT GETS HER TO A HEALTHY STATE ! MS PATTI L, HER HUSBAND, JAMES & HER BEST (SKINNY) FRIEND, MS LISA L, JOINED US FOR THE 1st TIME. THEY HAD THE FUNNIEST STORY. MS PATTI FORCED MS LISA TO GO WITH HER TO WEIGH****CHERS. WELL, MONTHS LATER ... MS LISA HAD LOST 80 #s (&, HAS KEPT IT OFF) & MS PATTI HAD ONLY LOST A MEASLEY LITTLE 20 #s ... THUS STARTED A BEST-FRIEND, LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP UNTIL MS PATTI HAD WLS LAST 3/15 & HAS NOW SURPASSED MS LISA WITH AN 86 # LOSS ! A LITTLE COMPETITION NEVER HURT ANY FREINDSHIP, IT SEEMS! POOR JAMES (MS PATTI'S DH) COULDN'T GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE WITH ALL US LADIES YAKKIN' ... WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE FLOOR NEXT TIME! OH MY GOSH, I FORGOT ... THEY TOLD ANOTHER REALLY FUNNY STORY ... MR JAMES SAID THAT HE HAS BEEN SURPRISED AT PEOPLE ASKING HIM IF HE'S JEALOUS OR UPSET BECAUSE MS PATTI IS RECEIVING ALL SORTS OF ATTENTION DUE TO HER WEIGHT LOSS. OF COURSE NOT - HE'S PROUD OF HER ... BUT, HE WAS PRIVY TO A TAD BIT MORE ATTENTION THAN ONE MIGHT WANT FOR A WIFE!!! SHE WORKS WITH JUDGES & ONE DAY ONE OF THE JUDGES SLIDES UP NEXT TO MS PATTI & RUNS HIS ARM AROUND HER WAIST & MAKES A COMMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT JAMES BETTER WATCH OUT CUZ IF HE DOESN'T KEEP HER HAPPY, THERE ARE OTHER MEN WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO PAY HER SOME ATTENTION. WELL, UNBEKNOWNEST TO THE JUDGE, JAMES WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER OUT OF HIS SIGHT & WHEN JAMES & THE JUDGE CAME FACE-TO-FACE ... HIS ROBES MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUDICIAL BLACK, BUT THE JUDGE'S FACE WAS BEET RED ... &, OFF HE (THE JUDGE) DASHED AS FAST AS HE COULD! MS SUUZ & HER SWEET HUBBY, MR BRIAN H , SAT ACROSS FROM US & HAVE BEEN HAVING A TIME OF IT WITH A KNOW-IT-ALL NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO TRIED TO HINDER ( NICE WORD FOR THE SITUATION) MS SUUZ'S EFFORTS TO GET WLS. EVEN WITH SEVERAL SURGERIES LOOMING ON THE HORIZON (FOR KNEE & BACK DAMAGE RELATED TO HER OBESITY), SHE STILL TRIED TO STOP MS SUUZ FROM REGAINING CONTROL OF HER LIFE THROUGH WLS. THEY'VE SINCE GOTTEN ANOTHER PHYSICIAN & ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPROVED BY TRI CARE PRIME. THEY SAT DOWN THE OTHER NIGHT & WROTE THEIR OWN DOCUMENTS RELAYING HER CO-MORBS, LIMITATIONS & THE HARDSHIPS THEY CAUSE IN THEIR LIVES. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL TIME, SHE SAID ... BUT, THE 1st STEP TO HEALING NOT ONLY HER BODY, BUT HER EMOTIONS AS WELL ... WE ALLLLLL KNOW ABOUT THAT! WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE GREAT B-I-G SMILE ON MS SUSANN'S FACE WHEN I WALKED IN ... WE HAVE BEEN NECK-N-NECK IN OUR WEIGHT LOSSES ... BOTH AT 57 #s LATELY. I'M IN MY 12th DAY OF A STALL, BUT MS SUSANN JUST LOST 6 MORE #s & IS NOW AT 63 #s TOTAL! YYYIIIPPPEEE!!!!!!!! YYYAAAHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!! MS DEBORAH S WAS PRESENT, & HER WONDERFULLY SUPPORTIVE HUBBY, MR TOMMY, JOINED US FOR THE 1st TIME; WE HOPE HE WILL COME BACK SOON! WE LOVE SUPPORTIVE SPOUSES & FRIENDS AT LCBBuddies !!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW SUPPORT LIKE THIS MESSAGE BOARD & OUR SUPPORT MEETINGS HELPS SO MUCH IN STAYING FOCUSED & EXCITED THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. NOTHING LIKE IT! MS DEB BROUGHT A BAG OF CLOTHES SHE'S "UNDERGROWN" SO I'M GONNA CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME PANTS I CAN WEAR SINCE I HAD MY MAJOR BACKSIDE/THIGH SHRINKING SESSION LAST WEEK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MS DEB! WE'RE ALL HOPING DEB CAN RESCHEDULE THE REAL ESTATE CLASSES SHE TEACHES AS MONDAYS ARE ONE OF HER TEACHING NIGHTS. MS BARBARA WAS PRESENT JUST AS RADIANT AS ALWAYS ... LOVED THE BOA, MS B. BUT, SHE'S STILL UNDER THE WEATHER A BIT SO WE'RE PRAYING THAT BY NEXT WEEK, SHE'S UP & RUNNIN' FULL STEAM AHEAD. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW ... MS B IS AN ARTIST ... SHE'S DESIGNING JEWELRY/MEDIC ALERT JEWELRY FOR OUR LCBBuddies GROUP ... &, TO SELL ONLINE AS WELL. SHE'S THINKING OF USING A BUTTERFLY AS THE SYMBOL OF OUR SUCCESSES FOR FEMALES & A RISING PHOENIX AS THE SYMBOL FOR MEN WHO ARE REGAINING CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES & HEALTH. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SOME PICTURES/SKETCHES/SAMPLES OF HER DESIGNS. HOW EXCITING!!!! MR DAVID & MS SHERONDA CAME AS WELL & SHE SAYS IT'S LIKE WATCHING DAVID SHRINK RIGHT BEFORE HER EYES! DAVID'S HAVING A BIT OF A PROBLEM AS HIS POUCH DOESN'T LIKE EVERYTHING HE EATS ... BUT, HE'S ONLY 5 WEEKS OUT, ONLY ABOUT HALF HEALED FROM THE SURGERY, SO MAYBE HE'S EXPECTING THINGS TO HAPPEN A LITTLE FASTER THAN THEY CAN ... DIDN'T WE ALLL!!! HE HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR B (I THINK HE SAID) THIS WEEK SO HE'S GONNA ASK IF EVERYTHING IS OK. I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ... &, NOW ... IT'S ONLY THINGS LIKE STEAK & PORK THAT DON'T WANT TO "GO DOWN" & THAT MY POUCH GRUMBLES A BIT ABOUT. BUT, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT DOC SAYS ABOUT IT! WE ALL NEED TO SAY PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING FOR MS SHERONDA'S MOMMA. SHE HAD A STROKE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO & IS FINALLY ABLE TO COME HOME THIS WEEK, THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!! &, SHE'S DOING SO MUCH BETTER! UNTIL NEXT WEEK ... GOD BLESS THE LCBBuddies' TOWN CRIERS ... DAWN & NICK

Sounds as if everyone had a fabulous time as usual. I am still upset that I didn't make it yet again this week. Course with everything that has been going on I barely have time to sit down and relax. Though once I have the house finally way I would like it, It will be all worth it. I'll have to invite everyone over or a LCBB cook out this summer or something, Have to show off my handy work to someone right. I miss everyone dearly. I am even more sad that I couldn't see Scorro off before she left. I do hope to see everyone next week where ever the meeting is. If nothing else I'll have to get Miss Mary to come drag me out of the house!! Enough rambling for now.. have to get started on my neglected homework, get to show my daughter how to extract DNA.. should be interesting trying to explain that to a 6 year old.