Pooches in Pink - COMPLETED

THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO HELPED MAKE THE EVENT A SUCCESS!! Sedona and I raised over $600 to help fight Breast Cancer! Not to mention, we ended up being the number 5 fundraiser out of over 300 doggies! I think that's pretty good!!

In case you are wondering why I am so passionate about the race and finding a cure, a friend and co-worker of mine died about 5 years ago of complications from chemo. Since then, my sister-in-law and best friend's wife have gone through chemo and won the fight. There are many reasons I walk but these 3 rank at the top of my list. A week ago, my mother asked me to also include a friend of hers on my walk. I made sure to wear my sign proudly during the poochie walk (as well as race day):

Sedona and I arrived just a little early so we could walk around to all of the tents and see what types of fun stuff we could find. We got so many doggie treats, that she was pretty stuffed by the end of the day!

There were doggies everywhere. I heard over 200 pre-registered and then 300 the day of the race. You only get to see a few in this photo as we lined up to race:

Since this was the first year for this event, the race length was relatively short (probably only 1/4 of a mile. We walked around a short little track pretty much in the area you see. I took a picture of Sedona while she was walking on the dirt road:

At the end of the quarter mile, they had a watering station. The dogs got a drink of water from a frisbee while the owners got cups. The frisbees were a bright pink just like Sedona's collar. This picture is just before the watering hole:

Once Sedona and I made it all the way around, we had a professional photographer take our picture. Since Sedona hates the camera, we will have to see what comes of it. This is the one I took of her waiting in line:

We stuck around for the awards and a raffle drawing but we didn't win anything. Of course, since we only got to walk about 1/4 of a mile, Sedona and I decided to go ahead and walk around the Garden of the Gods to check things out. (Turns out, we walked much of the same path that the runners would run for the actual race.) Next year, we will most definitely do it all again. Hopefully, the walk is just a little longer so we can be sure to get our exercise, too!

We took a tennis ball to Topos since we were not able to all go. He seemed pretty happy with it so I think it was a good choice by the little girl!

Mike and I did go to the actual race the next morning but that is a story for another day.

C'ya!

Two Days Left!

Good Evening Everyone!!

Only two days left before the Pooches in Pink at The Garden of The Gods! If you have not donated or jumped on board to race/walk, what are you waiting for?? To make a donation, click here.

I mean seriously, how can you resist this face???

Take a quite minute to donate to this awesome cause! Unfortunately, I fell off of the top 5 fundraisers for this event. I'm not far behind though so a small amount will help! It would be so cool to see my name on that list again; the donation I received for $.56 even helps so don't be shy!!

I will have pictures of the race posted for you in just 3 short days!! After that, I won't bug you again for at least 6 months :o)

Mit besten Grüßen,
Jennifer

More Like Home...

I know it is Labor Day and the point of the day is not to labor. However, I spent the day making this house look more like our home. I have pretty much unpacked every box that I am going to unpack. The rest of our is either in the storage space in the basement or in the garage (which is a project for another day!). I decided I would show Mom and Dad just what it looks like with our stuff somewhat organized. The rest of you will have to come out and visit!


Our office/living room in the lower level.


The dining room. Notice the new place mats I picked up at a garage sale (they are leaves!)


Living room - no sofa yet - but if you know of a nice one cheap, I'm game!


The bedroom. No bedside tables other than tv trays. Again, if you know of any...


Another bedroom view...

Lots of pieces missing but this house is much bigger than our last one so it is a little more difficult to fill it. The good news is that Mike is working and so we are slowly getting ourselves back out in front. We simply must remember that all that we have means nothing compared to the gift of Jesus Christ! All that I have belongs to God!

I'm going to go play around with some scrapbooking.

C'ya!