Lisa,

I've noticed in a couple of posts that you seem down and out about your band. I don't blame you a bit-- you've gone through so much. You've earned every single pound that you've lost and then some.

I just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you and I hope that you feel better soon.

Megan

Hey if I can be in a hot tub with a full Los Angeles film crew complete with a sound person in the bathroom with me when I was at my heaviest, I can do a nude calendar. And I am so completely serious.

WHAT? Cough up the details on this one Penni...I wanna hear it ALL!

I hope you've seen by this thread that you are a very well supported friend to a lot of pretty nice folks.

Megan

Yep! Don't get too discouraged yet.

And I am so completely serious.

I can help take the photos as well. This will be such fun.

Great Penni- I can always use an assitant-BUT only one with good eyesight---SO go to BED & rest your eyes!!! You shouldn't be on the computer today!!! Shame Shame Miss December!!

I was thinking just some antlers & a cute red nose!

Lisa, I'm very sorry about your band. I didn't know about the several years wait for another port. That has to be tough on you. But, try not to give up yet. Just give it a little more time (easy for ME to say) as a solution may surface. Peace.

You girls are Cracking me up..

I volunteer for Ms. June - I can put Flowers in Stratigic Places or can I cause if they wilt?? oh well anyway I'm game

Theresa, I'm so sorry, but since this was originally Bubbame and my idea, I'm Miss April, I'm an April baby, can I please, please have April. I'll throw a big hissy fit, if you don't let me be Miss April? I already bought my yellow rainboots and big yellow umbrella for my pose, boy oh boy I'm really excited.... But we will have to market this oversees, so husband's friends won't see it, wouldn't that be horrible... Hey let me tell you all a funny story, My best friend and I used to tan in her back yard, and because there is a huge great big field next to her house sometimes we would lay out topless, we thought we had privacy (about 8 Years ago, before gravity took over) Well anyways, what we didn't know is that across that fields were some homes that apparently if you had binoculars you could see us quite well. Well one of hubbys friends lived in one of those homes and one day at a BBQ out there, he was one of the guests well when all the guys pulled out their binoculars to look at the girls sunning, he got excited and wanted to look at the girls those boys talked about all the time. boy oh boy ws he surprised one of those girls was me, boy was he red in the face... Well that was the last day that I ever tanned topless, Funny thing is that if that had been someone else he would have been perfectly content to keep looking.... I think that's a riot, every now and then I remind him and he doesn't like that his buddys got to see me in that special way. No but anyways, I'm Miss April, so lets set a date---what works for you all, can we crash at your house Delarla??? Let me know.

Since Babs has July (My B-day is 7-11). April, May and June are taken. Then August is mine. I'm such a summer child. How bout on the beach, or on the boat.

Lisa, I was waitning to hear from Pauline, the lady I met in Mx I told you about who gets fills and doesn't have a port. I put in a search of e-mails looking for her yesterday. I want all the details. Do you still have tubing attached?

Megan, You are so Loved!

Penni, Details on the hot-tub, please!

OK - So Lisa came up with the name Lapband Lovelies! Which is great . We could also maybe do Banded Babes 2007(of course we would have to vote on it). There will be no way to get it all together for 2006-which starts to sell in November. Than we can have a forward about the band in hopes to educate others of this amazing tool. The public will want to purchase the calendar year after year to see us shrinking away!! We can have inamed or the new company sponsor the start up cost because of the write up in the front promoting their product(print advertising can cost upwards of $10,000.+) Not to mention its a print ad that will be avaiable 275 days a year 24/7 for that consumer to constantly see. We can even have the companies LOGO at the bottom of each month(extra advertising)! HOWS THAT SOUND EVERYONE?? Were gonna be RICH & ports coming out our ears!!!

PS Did I mention I have 14 yrs of marketing experience?

I volunteer to travel to see Scotty who I hope will market it in the UK for us.

Signed

Ms.January 2007

official photographer

I'm port AND bandless... But I should be February, anyway...

Those people who buy subsequent year's calendars, though, will wonder why Miss February never seems to get any smaller...

Sigh...

First, I almost peed my pants thinking of tinsel draped across Penni's nipples!

But Megan, your response really pulled me through. The thought of going through what Ms. February did and having to face the grieving process of losing my band was enough to snap me into reality. I have a healthy band today that should be enough. Yes, I am maintaining an ENORMOUS amount of weight loss. 70 pounds isn't anything to scoff about, that's for sure. And I've been binge eating at night, but last night I curbed it just a tiny bit. I still ate too much and got too full, but I stopped at one candy bar and a bowl of fruit. And this morning I walked to the park, which is normally full of people and dogs - but today I was alone due to wind and rain so I felt extra energized, then I lifted weights at home before work.

I am more than thankful for my friendships at LBT, and I feel fortunate that only real people support me. Honestly, I don't have the time or desire for fluff in my friendships, so all ugly things that bring only real women forward are worth it to me. Megan, I hope I can return my shoulder when you need it. Thanks for starting this thread and for ending my dilemma. Now we can move on to the fun part.

I asked hubby if he'd mind me posing nude. He never takes me seriously, but last night he gave me a very strange look (I can't even explain it since I've never seen that look before.) He asked, "Would you let ME pose nude?" I said "YES, for money I sure would!"

But he never responded. But the whole idea of marketing it in the UK is very appealing. Besides, other countries find fluffy women attractive, while the US treats us like losers!

I'm a little jealous that I didn't think of the yellow umbrella and rain boots though. I guess I'll wear my chaps and boots. Maybe some leather braided around my upper arms and some finger gloves with red hooker nails!

Well, this is great, by then I will have all my plastic surgery, and hell I'm posing totally nude, just the yellow rainboots for this girl, do you think makeup cane hide the tt scar??? I say Christiana nows what she is talking about, we will let her handle all the nitty gritty, just tell me when and where I have to show up to pose, I will have to hire a crew to come with me, you know, a makeup artist, hair person, personal assistant to assist me while I do my photo shoot, this is fabulous!!!!

Signed

Miss April 2007

P.S. Since April is the diamond month, maybe we can cover my whole entire body in nothing but diamond studs, well fake diamond studs (remember Britney Spears???) It will take lots of them, but it will be worth it, okay, I like this idea better than the yellow rain boots. I'm on board.

Delarla, you can do the yellow umbrella and rain boots, what month are you??? I'm doing the diamonds.

I'm an April baby too, but since Estela absolutely insists on wearing those rain boots, I'll take October. Since I'm in the Midwest, I can pose behind a giant pumpkin and all you'll see will be my (thinner) wrists and ankles. And a big pointy black hat.

Well now since everyone like the rainboots idea, I want it back, you can't have it Delarla, that's all I'm wearing those yellow rain boots, Oh my--- I'm going to look like a porno star.....a classy, playful porno star...

I want a month! Which ones aren't taken? Would someone with superior organizational skills please put together a month listing and who is assigned to that month?

If no one has December I want it so I can dress up like a naughty Mrs. Claus.

Megan

Wait, I'm too young to be a Mrs. Claus. How about a naughty elf?

M