COME ON DOWN! NY OH CONFERENCE ROCKS!!!!

Are you kidding me? after this AWESOME meet and greet and costume party... the excellent spread... the goodies added to our bags ,, the clothing exchange... the AWESOME speakers and EQUALLY AWESOME members and the list goes on and on and on ,,, if you are in the area or close enough DON'T MISS IT!!! WOW ... I HAD AWESOME FUN!!!!! 

CAN YOU IMAGINE? My OH friend Marcia (MSW will not Settle) and I drove to Long Island from Connecticut in 1 hour and 45 minute making excellent time ... we left a bit after mid day as Marcia had to have her chemo treatment for her MS and she was already here the day before having plasmapheresis ... so together we drove and TOGETHER WE ARE POSTING THIS.. Marcia took most of the pictures with my camera .. (disclaimer: I am not disclosing ANYTHING that Marcia is not telling me to write)... we made in a bit after check in and we settled ourselves ... we missed the last speech but we were able to register and I dropped off a suitcase of gowns/dresses and suits at the awesome clothing exchange.  Marcia got an awesome pair of silver sandals (heels) to wear to the closing tomorrow night ,,,they fit her like gloves....

Rested and refreshed we proceeded to don our costumes to go to the meet and greet that started at 7 pm where we met AWESOME PEEPS THAT WE HAVE MET ON HERE.....

Of course I, THE COUGAR and Marcia the Zebra snapped a few pics in our hotel room before meandering downstairs ....

We even sharpened our claws...

and we went downstairs and had nothing but tons of fun with the most awesome and friendly peeps all decked out in their costumes at the tables... others not in costume had equal amount of fun in this all inclusive event...

A few of TONS of pics taken...



Maria and I


Beautiful OH Sistas ..



Heather and her handsome fiance


Mr. & Mrs. Father Don


Mr. & Mrs. MM



Beautiful OH Sistas and AWESOME OH members and others having the best time...



I met this AWESOME sista who speaks FLUENT Spanish and we exchanged the most pleasant conversation



We took pics with OH sista username Hope and her son...


 Erin, Marcia and I


Beautiful Yvonne McCarthy and I


MaryEllen and I


There were sooooooooooo many awesome BEAUTIFUL sistas like this tiny beauty telling me how good I look... I told her how much more AWESOME she looks and she did too...

OMG OMG OMG WHO WOULDA THUNK? THERE WAS A COSTUME CONTEST .. THERE WERE THREE CATEGORIES AND OMG A COUPLE SISTAS SUGGESTED I COMPETE IN THE MOST SEXY CATEGORY TEE HEEE HEEEE MY OLD FART ARSE IS PUSHING 54 AND HERE I GO ... LIKE A COUGAR lol...

AND guess what???? Nope I did not win but better yet .... there was the line up... then five finalists were picked and guess what? surprise surprise I was one of them



my old fart arse was one of the five finalists LOL ... I was tickled pink ... and was not even bashful when we did the cat walk at the rhythm of applause ... so I grabbed my cougar tail and I sashayed




I even added a little shake of the tail ... LOL

and I clapped and rooted for the other finalists they were all awesome and beautiful everyone shone...and the beautiful sista dressed like a sailor won... there goes the beautiful winner in the center and I forgot her name ...


I hope others post more pics.... the most original was Annie and her dog that was AWESOME ,,  I have more pics to post but right now I am cross eyed and going to bed ... Marcia is on her Nook and I am calling it a night... the Conference has a start time of 7:30 a.m. and we want to be on time...

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE ... THERE ARE AWESOME SPEAKERS AND SOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING TOMORROW AND THE CLOSING ALWAYS AWESOME ... we will be having much fun and driving back to Connecticut on Sunday...

Have a happy one everyone ..... will post more tomorrow night... to all whose pics I have I will post more I just ran out of steam ... 

Hey Martia!

Your pics are GREAT! THank u so much for sharing them. Even though i met u briefly, it was such a pleasure! You are simply beautiful sista! U have done an amazing job with your WLS!

I am one of the Support Group leaders on OH that you took a pic with in the finalist line-up (the litte red devil!) lol...

There were so many beautiful people there who have worked long and hard to get to where they are now and that made me proud to just be a part of it all.

Hope 2 talk more 2 u 2morow, love ur aura! Be blessed!!!

Well I'll be OMG it is YOU CHANGED!!! I get messages from your group almost every day AWESOME .... who would have known that the beautiful little red devil was you ... I KEPT TELLING YOU THAT YOU WERE THE WINNER AND YOU KEPT TELLING ME I WAS lol ... but we certainly rocked that cat walk and oh my WHAT A BODY YOU HAVE SIS!!! I made me happy to see soooooooooooooooooo many beautiful people there too who HAVE worked long and hard there ware soooooooooooo many of them who have worked hard very hard to get to where there are now ... I was so happy to see that....

Here is one that you can have .... YOU LOOK AWESOME my beautiful sista! Awesome and a sweet spirit I felt in you... I need to go to sleep... took a long shower and have a second wind and a hard time sleeping in any bed other than my own LOL ...but I am turning in now... it was such a pleasure meeting you!

One sexy Kitty!!!!

Greatly looking forward to all the discussions today. Lots to learn, share and discuss. Its been an incredible journey into and throught the world of Bariatrics. Tomorrow is my Surgiversary. Three years and 200#. Gone baby Gone.
Without this site and the friends I have made and the advice shared I would never have been successful.
Nice time last night at meet and Greet, my batteries dies in my camera so i missed out on many pictures.
In case you did not know i was the "Poop_A_Nator" silly, maybe gross but a daily occurance in our world of belching, flatus, constipation, etc. my friends and family have endured this almost daily topic for three years and I know you all have it too. So i paid homage with my gas mask, pooper scooper, toilet brushes, Emergency poop kit ( ruler, hanger, laxatives, creams, sprays, perfumes, candles etc etc) to us all.
Here is a picture to share.

 

Thank you for Dr. feel Good for standing by my side Embarrassed and all. You are the best!


Heres to another great day!!!!!
Jennifer

oops as usual I am clicking to fast before editing two more pics......


My hunny



Ok thats it for now....see you all in a few minutes!

Hip Hip Horay for the Clothing Swap. I came , i saw, I Gave, I Received!. I couldnt be happier!
Nursldyjen, Jennifer Colvin Hall, POOPANATOR

 I loved your costume ... ORIGINAL indeed ... it was just awesome!!!! and you my dear look more and more fabulous each time we meet!!!

You look fabulous! What a great costume! Much love to you- hope to see you at the next one!!!

 I was looking for you wondering where you were .... Hope to see you next time too... today was awesome all the workshops were excellent.  We are on brea****il 8pm for the dance and the fashion show .. I did not plan to be in the fashion show and now I am in it LOL ... I am having soooo much fun...

 Martita,

One of the many highlights of the conference for me was finally meeting you!

I just wish we had more time to spend together!

(((HUGS))