W-O-W!

About week ago I was excited we only had $800 left to raise... Well, now, I am even MORE excited, honestly, jumping up and down excited, because we are about $170 away from our goal! That's it! Wow... we have come a LONG way! We have raised over $10,000 as a team! Wow! I'm not sure you get how incredible this is... let me spell it out for you... TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! DOLLARS! TEN THOUSAND OF THEM! Insane. Really.

I can not WAIT to post pictures from the Walk and send out thank you cards! This is an incredible feeling.

Keep thinking dry, warm, breezy thoughts... no rain, snow, sleet, hail, tornadoes, monsoons, or anything resembling a natural or unnatural disaster. *fingers crossed*

Long time no blogging...

Above is a typical screen shot of my work computer. Can you spot the one thing that is NOT typical and would cause me to be EXTREMELY happy today? (You will have to read this entire blog post to figure it out! I know, I'm sneaky... Click on the image to see it larger.)

Walk update:
My team is about $850 away from our $9,000 goal! There is a little less than a month left and we are SO close! I am so proud of us... I know we are doing a wonderful thing and it feels good. Thank you to everyone who has helped us get this far. You are all truly generous with your wallets AND your time and we are incredibly grateful for your help. Honestly, you deserve some warm brownies fresh out of the oven from me (however, if you ever really tasted my cooking you would know that is not such a treat after all!)

A little bit of randomness:

Jason and I are making healthier food choices in an effort to live healthier lives... so far I have developed quite the addiction to raspberry yogurt and baby carrots.

I really like Taylor Swift's song "Our Song." I haven't loved country lately but this song makes me want to take the boat out into the middle of Long Pond and either cast out a line or jump in and swim for hours knowing that I am not strong enough to pull myself back into the boat if I tried. I feel inclined to sing it with my best "Redneck" accent and secretly hope that no one other than Jason (sorry for already making you endure this honey) has to hear me sing it... ever.

I am starting Weight Watchers at Work soon. I wonder how many calories I will burn walking 40 miles... hmmm. I also wonder if Nutty Bars and Chewy Sweet Tarts are really THAT many points. Haha, I think I will have to get used to my baby carrots.

I had a great idea for Jess' wedding present the other day and will be taking (dragging) Jason to AC Moore tonight to get supplies.

Jason and I went Geocaching in Jamaica Plain on Sunday with some friends (it was their first time!) So much fun and some interesting places these caches were hidden in. One was near an old bear cage that used to be part of the Zoo. The Zoo moved and they (apparently) turned the area into a park and didn't take down any of the cages. I little creepy though, I must admit.

I am wearing mascara today and it's bugging the crap out of me. That's what I get for trying to be a girly-girl.

Last weekend when we were home I helped Jess dye some fabric rose petals blue to match her wedding colors. They came out really nice. I love being crafty. Rit Dye is amazing I tell ya.

I actually got a chance to scrapbook this past weekend a little and created a nice mosaic page using a picture from Camp in Maine. I will have to post a picture of the layout soon.

To answer the above riddle:


Yes! It's 85 DEGREES in Cambridge right now! Mr. Spring, thank you for finally showing your beautiful face. It's amazing how us New Englanders forget what it is like to go outside without a coat. I am currently welcoming the warm (and even humid!) weather with open arms and people are looking at me weird because I look like I want to hug my computer. :-D

And just for emphasis (and because I love screen shots!)

Unbelievably Unbelievable

Today I had the pleasure of sending an email to my team to tell them how much money in donations we have so far. Now I get to tell you! The 5 of us have raised $7,462 so far! If we are all able to meet our goals (which we will!) our team will raise over $10,000 to help fight Breast Cancer! That is a lot of money! If someone handed you $10,000 right now, you would be THRILLED! You may even cry, because that much money can go a LONG way! Our team is doing amazing and I know we will be able to reach our goal and walk together in May. Only 43 days until the Walk! It's all really unbelievable when you think about it.

An update from home... Our friend's Mom who lives in Vermont had a masectomy this past Monday and is now home doing well. Please keep her in your thoughts as she recovers.

It is bittersweet to me that we are working so hard to fight this disease but we still have to deal with the pain it brings. There are too many people who know how real the struggle can be.

I recently added the date of the Walk to my weather.com page (I did this with my wedding day as well, but it didn't help to stop the rain, so I don't trust it that much.) It does say however, that the average high temperature for May 17th is 67 degrees and the average low is 51 degrees. I have my fingers crossed that it will not rain... which makes it quite difficult to type, but it's worth it if it helps! Everyone keep thinking "sun" and please don't remind me that it has snowed on Mother's Day in the past. I'm going to pretend that didn't actually happen.