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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
My Testimony
I have been trying really hard to put my heart & soul into the challenges at Faith Sisters. Really stretching myself & am so proud I've been able to get some of these emotions & thoughts down on paper.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
4th Annual Crop for Cancer Results
Aside from the fact that I wasn't there to help with the event this year, I'm so proud of these girls! I just received an email with this years numbers and am blown away!
Drum roll please....
$25,837.52** (doesn’t include 10% from store)
132 attendees brought in $11,351.40 in pledges!
$14,162 away from raising a total of $100,000 for the American Cancer Society!
Can't wait for the 5th Anniversary next year! If you'd like to know more about this awesome group of women, or to find out how to have an event in your area, please visit www.cropforcancer.com.
Congrats again girls!!
Drum roll please....
$25,837.52** (doesn’t include 10% from store)
132 attendees brought in $11,351.40 in pledges!
$14,162 away from raising a total of $100,000 for the American Cancer Society!
Can't wait for the 5th Anniversary next year! If you'd like to know more about this awesome group of women, or to find out how to have an event in your area, please visit www.cropforcancer.com.
Congrats again girls!!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Pre-K Pictures
One of the hardest things for a parent to do is pick which pictures you wish to buy. They have it down...multiple poses with multiple backgrounds for you to choose from...hoping that at least one of them will be 'good' enough for the parent to choose.
I arrive at school today to pick up Amanda with a big note on the door "Picture Pickup Today!" So before I enter the building, I go back to the truck for the credit card. Just inside the front door is the table setup, anxious parents ready to feast their eyes on their precious little ones picture perfect faces.
Last name?, she asks. Aldridge, I reply...few seconds later she is laying out 3 different poses where there is usually just two. Puzzled, I look down at the poses. Ohhh.....right...that day Amanda happened to have a cute matching jacket with the outfit she wore, hence the reason for one extra shot!
As I browse the images, trying to hard to figure out which ones I should get for the friends & family who I know are eager to see a recent picture of the smiling beauty, I am once again perplexed. How do I choose?
I like the way her skirt is laying in this one, oh but I like the way her head is tilting a bit for this one, the eyes aren't open as big as in these other two...etc etc.
This goes on for a good 5 minutes, meanwhile other parents are paying quickly & heading out the door, suddenly I look up & realize I'm the only one left...uggg now there's pressure!
$75.00 for all 3 poses? I ask. Oh no, she replies, $75.00 for 6 sheets, 4 magnets & 2 4x5 (which is just 2 poses)....$15 more for each sheet. GASP...decisions decisions.
So I look back down at the pictures of my sweet 4.75 year old & then back up at the women who's making a killing off of all us, then back down again.
OK, how much for all of it...give me a deal! I said to her. She thinks for about 2 seconds, $115.00 and thats with an extra $10 off, she replies. Gee, doesn't seem like much of a discount, I think to myself.
Ponder, pause, look them over again. OK, I'll take them all. The pressure! Its SOOO hard!
3 poses, 3 8x10, 6 5x7s, 3 4x5, 24 wallets, & 6 wallet magnets later...
Oh & did I forget to mention that 2 4x5 & 4 wallet magnets were black & white? When I asked, she informed me it was done by mistake & rather than reprint them they decided to see what the parents reaction was. Gee, thanks for adding more decisions to the ones I already have to make!
So, all my friends & family out there...the pictures are up for grabs...which ones do you want because I've made enough decisions already!
I arrive at school today to pick up Amanda with a big note on the door "Picture Pickup Today!" So before I enter the building, I go back to the truck for the credit card. Just inside the front door is the table setup, anxious parents ready to feast their eyes on their precious little ones picture perfect faces.
Last name?, she asks. Aldridge, I reply...few seconds later she is laying out 3 different poses where there is usually just two. Puzzled, I look down at the poses. Ohhh.....right...that day Amanda happened to have a cute matching jacket with the outfit she wore, hence the reason for one extra shot!
As I browse the images, trying to hard to figure out which ones I should get for the friends & family who I know are eager to see a recent picture of the smiling beauty, I am once again perplexed. How do I choose?
I like the way her skirt is laying in this one, oh but I like the way her head is tilting a bit for this one, the eyes aren't open as big as in these other two...etc etc.
This goes on for a good 5 minutes, meanwhile other parents are paying quickly & heading out the door, suddenly I look up & realize I'm the only one left...uggg now there's pressure!
$75.00 for all 3 poses? I ask. Oh no, she replies, $75.00 for 6 sheets, 4 magnets & 2 4x5 (which is just 2 poses)....$15 more for each sheet. GASP...decisions decisions.
So I look back down at the pictures of my sweet 4.75 year old & then back up at the women who's making a killing off of all us, then back down again.
OK, how much for all of it...give me a deal! I said to her. She thinks for about 2 seconds, $115.00 and thats with an extra $10 off, she replies. Gee, doesn't seem like much of a discount, I think to myself.
Ponder, pause, look them over again. OK, I'll take them all. The pressure! Its SOOO hard!
3 poses, 3 8x10, 6 5x7s, 3 4x5, 24 wallets, & 6 wallet magnets later...
Oh & did I forget to mention that 2 4x5 & 4 wallet magnets were black & white? When I asked, she informed me it was done by mistake & rather than reprint them they decided to see what the parents reaction was. Gee, thanks for adding more decisions to the ones I already have to make!
So, all my friends & family out there...the pictures are up for grabs...which ones do you want because I've made enough decisions already!
Pose #1
Pose #2
Pose #3
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Memories....Stuck
I've finally jumped on the bandwagon & started my own personal blog! Don't get me wrong, I've "blogged" for some major life events before blogging was really popular, so its not completely new to me.
As you begin to check out my new site, you may have noticed there is a ton of information for 2002 & 2005...thats from my other blogging days where I documented some major life events that were happening at the time.
Its funny the way my mind tends to think of life events. As I copied these entries from their previous location to include them here, I realized how much I have not done for Amanda and how important the 'other' life events really are.
As I attempt to remember the bits & pieces of her life the last 4 years, I feel as though I have totally cheated her! Where has the time gone? Where is all the important information that I've laughed, cried, & rejoiced in over the years?
I'll tell you where it is...its somewhere in the back of my mind...stuck...just waiting to be remembered, written down & shared with others, but most importantly, Amanda.
So this is my humble attempt to begin digging up the lost facts that surround my life & sharing recent ones as they come along before they too 'get stuck'.
Come along & enjoy the Journey with Jamie!
As you begin to check out my new site, you may have noticed there is a ton of information for 2002 & 2005...thats from my other blogging days where I documented some major life events that were happening at the time.
Its funny the way my mind tends to think of life events. As I copied these entries from their previous location to include them here, I realized how much I have not done for Amanda and how important the 'other' life events really are.
As I attempt to remember the bits & pieces of her life the last 4 years, I feel as though I have totally cheated her! Where has the time gone? Where is all the important information that I've laughed, cried, & rejoiced in over the years?
I'll tell you where it is...its somewhere in the back of my mind...stuck...just waiting to be remembered, written down & shared with others, but most importantly, Amanda.
So this is my humble attempt to begin digging up the lost facts that surround my life & sharing recent ones as they come along before they too 'get stuck'.
Come along & enjoy the Journey with Jamie!
Monday, October 1, 2007
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