See's Candies Overload - 2009

Calob was a fundraising monster again this year when they were asked to sell See's Candies to support the Music Boosters. He didn't sell as much as last year but I think it was more than the year before that. Regardless, he did a good job & I'm proud of him.

See's Candies Overload - 2008

Calob sold See's Candies for choir again this year. Just like last year, he did a great job & earned the most of any other choir student (including the high school kids too). He sold over $700 worth ... wow. The picture below is all the candy he sold. It might not look like much but the candies are stacked up behind the boxes. Needless to say, he worked hard

& did a great job fundraising.

Unlike last year, they had a plan to recognize the student who sold the most candy. Through emails with Calob's choir teacher I knew he'd be getting a $50 Best Buy gift card. What I didn't know was that he'd be getting the gift card in front of everybody at the Christmas concert. Calob didn't know either & was very surprised.

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Here's the music booster president

"singing" Calob's praises

Calob getting his gift card

Way to go Calob ... I have no doubt the money you helped earn (and the other's too) will help the music boosters to support the music program locally!!!

Walk On Donna!!!

My sister, Donna, that lives in San Diego came to Seattle to participate (for the 2nd year) in the 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. She participates in San Diego as well (coming up in November) and puts a lot into it. Unfortunately for Donna, this just was NOT her year. She spent most of Thursday sick. I don't need to give you icky details, just know it was NOT good!!! She wasn't feeling well enough on Friday to participate in the 1st day of the walk & decided to let herself rest & try to get better. She got up Saturday & checked in with Jerrie and I while we drove to meet up with her. She wasn't feeling great but she was "walking on." We met up with her at the lunch pit stop and she wasn't feeling up to par. We were going to take her with us but the medics wanted to check her out first. This is Donna getting the royal treatment.

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Temperature: Normal

A little rest: Great

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In the end she was fine to leave so after completing 1/2 the Saturday walk (around 11'ish miles) we checked Donna out & headed back to the hotel.

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Donna, Jerrie & Me

Donna & Me ... we look NOTHING alike!

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After hanging out at the hotel & giving Donna time to shower we headed to dinner. We went to The Cheesecake Factory and indulged on dessert as well (of course)!

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Donna

Donna's, Mine & Jerrie's
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This is Sunday morning before Jerrie & I headed home.

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Donna in all her pink garb

Me & Donna
Awwwww, sisterly love!
One last shot of Donna walking on!
These are the little "treats" that Jerrie & I got for Donna to congratulate her on a job VERY well done! The trip didn't go according to plan but she sucked it up & did what she could. This was the least we could do for all she has done!!!
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Jerrie & I then headed to the same mall where we ate dinner the night before to do a little more shopping and we had lunch at P.F. Chang's. We ventured across the street & saw this fabulous display that I, of course, LOVED!

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At this point Donna wasn't sure how much, if any, of the walk she'd be able to do. She had to get in a long line to head to a 2nd destination for the beginning of the walk. Her plan was to check in with the medics and have them check her knees and ankles as they'd given her quite a bit of trouble the day before. We heard from her at the first 2 pit stops but then didn't hear from her again. I didn't know if she was ignoring my calls, passed out on the side of the road or what. I was worried. We finally heard from her around 4:30 and SHE WALKED THE WHOLE DAY! Yay for Donna! I know it wasn't easy for her being sick and definitely not 100% but she was able to complete the day and it's saying something about her that she could do it. Trust me, if you had seen her hobbling around Saturday night you'd have never thought it was possible!!!

CONGRATULATIONS DONNA ON A JOB WELL DONE!!!

A (Sweaty) Day at the Fair!

On Friday I took the kids to the fair for a bit even though it was just SO dang hot. We were sweating a LOT (so NOT attractive) but we were able to check everything out & I ate lots of ice. ☺ We ran into one of Calob's friends, Alex, who said he was getting ready to go to the dunk tank & he wanted Calob to come "try" to dunk him. Oh, if only he knew! HA Calob actually dunked him twice!!!

Callie giving it a try

This is Alex going down the 2nd time Calob dunked him!

So, when I left the fair w/the kids I went to get my van only to see that I was blocked in. Oh yes, just lovely huh? Well, Gord & Sharon were nice enough to wait with me until Terence could come to get me & the kids. While we waited Gord decided it would be a good idea to try to move the truck. Notice I'm not helping?!? Yeah, I know, that's a BIG surprise! HA ... I was the official picture taker.

Sharon in all her "bootylicious" glory ... and I ♥ the look on Gord's face!!!

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I signed up to work the P.T.A. food booth for the 7-11 p.m. shift to raise money for D.I. We are NOT going to be getting funding as we have other years & are now responsible for funding pretty much everything every step of the way. Working the booth was a good opportunity to raise money. I really had NO idea what I was getting myself into. Wow, it was SO busy for at least the first 90 minutes that I couldn't even get a drink. There I was, taking orders in the blazing sun, dripping with sweat and TRYING oh so hard to be nice. I was very much out of my element. Oh well, I made it through & eventually even had a good time. Granted, that was once the shift was almost done & the customers stopped coming, but still. ☺

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Sharon & Me
Starbuck's workers ... working hard or hardly working?!?
Jenny, Sharon & Me