Relay Season... starts soon!

Today I got an E-mail from Kim, our Highline Relay for Life Co-chair. It's time to sign up for the "Western Regional Summit" (aka: Summit or Relay Rumble).

I could hardly believe my eyes when I got the e-mail, is it seriously going to be October soon?

I got all signed up and I am excited!

I went to the Relay Summit last year for the first time as a one day event to learn goodies to use for our Relay committee planning. I spent most of the day like a deer in the headlights looking around in awe of all the Relay energy one place could expel.

I am a little timid to go to the event this year as there were lots of videos and stories to evoke tears. I'm thinking after the past year, it won't take much for me to start crying like a 6 year old.

However, I'll survive and I ended up taking the "Team Development" Chair this year instead of the "Team Retention" Co-chair position, so I'll be there for TWO days instead of just one. I'm really excited to be more involved. I'm not really sure if I'm going to be setting up a team this year or if I'm just going to rock the committee, but either way there will be Relay, and lots of it, because she is my reason to Relay... And I Miss her so much.

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My Happy Place

I have a lot of happy space in my world - but the happiest of all is Marvista Park in Normandy Park, just a few short miles from my house. It's the one place where I can go, be a kid, and then feel completely refreshed afterwards. Vacation is coming... T minus a few weeks now, and I feel like I've earned the crap out of it this year! But until then, a weekly trip to my happy place with the furry one should do it! I love his little feet trying to take on the leaves! So cute.

The Wreath

It all started with Pinterest - yes, that rant about Pinterest still stands, but this was inspired from there. I wanted to recreate a wreath of bulbs, I hate buying wreaths since they expire year after year, this one will hang in my home for a LONG time, possibly till I die... that is how much I love how it turned out! So, being my crafty (and somewhat frugal) self, I set off to find the materials to make it. Finding that bulbs are not quite as cheap as you'd expect, I found them for 80% off. This wreath, at cost would have run me about $125. ACK! I made it for under 35%! So pretty! So pleased! Many have asked me to make one for them - my answer - you buy the bulbs and materials and I'll glue it together!

Thoughts of the American Pride Persuasion

I sat, mesmerized as I watched the “Breaking News” of the past 24 hours – Osama Bin Laden, Dead. What? I can’t really deny my mixed feelings about posting today. I don’t normally jump into the political rings but I can’t deny the HUGE news that swept our nation yesterday. So, this post has been thought out, a lot, typed really slowly, every word, intentional. Which is a huge leap from my normal ramblings of a Monday morning. We were sitting on the couch watching a movie, the movie ended and Eric turned on the news, and we watched, in awe. Just like September 11 th , I’ll always remember where I was when I heard the news. I can’t say I was ready to strap on a flag superhero cape style, and run up and down the street chanting “USA… USA… USA” like hundreds and thousands of other Americans in DC and New York, but then again, I wasn’t near ground zero, in Pennsylvania or at the pentagon the day that Osama Bin Laden became a household name. The American in me wants to be happy and

R is for Ronnebeck!

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