We have all ready started fundraising!! My boss agreed if we could raise $1500 by January 1, 2010 he would dress like a hot dog and let us condimentize him! We are having so much fun all ready preparing for the day when we get it. All ready we have raised $350 and we have only been at it for 6 hours :) If you want to donate, even if it is loose change or dollar bills, we will take all the help we can get!!!
Here is the super cute sign Jess and I made:
This past Saturday I did the 5K downtown Seattle for the Alzheimer's Association. We had a blast. I have never done anything like this so it was an experience. We have plans all ready brewing for next year. This year (we started fundraising REALLY late) we made $850. Next year our goal is $5,000. We have a lot of work to do, but it is well worth it.I love this cause for many reasons: Number one: My Grandma had Alzheimer's Disease Number Two: I have a chance of getting it and Number Three: My job. I work with elderly people and I love them. I know hundreds of people with some form of dementia and they bless my life tremendously, why not try and help them?
Anyways, here is to a year of raising $5,000.
This is Jessica, Mama Laurie,and I Friday on our wear purple day... This is my work family, minus Grandpa.
Stephanie and Anna (Two of my roommates) and Tiffany King (my little sister) before the walk.
At the finish line.
... It went great! It is amazing how dishonesty is like a war path... IT REALLY IS. I left court today feeling confident. The lawyers felt that way too... But I do not want to be too confident in case something turns... I do not foresee that occurring though!!
... not enough patience to do it right now so I will start with what I am about to do... I am going to change the air filter in my car... wish me luck!!!
http://apps.facebook.com/quizdoyouknowme/take_quiz.jsp?q=15422817&key=B63H
Copy and Paste :)
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Many more have popped up. We have Red, Pink, White, Yellow, Orange, and Purple Carrots.... They really should grow faster!!!!
Also, I think many people know I have a passion for elderly people... take a look at these amazing men!!!
http://seniorsaloud.blogspot.com/2009/07/real-super-men.html
And then one more...
This is my work grandpa... Awesome that I get to work with someone as AMAZING as he ;)
... My stress level has officially sky rocketed through the roof. Not many people know this so I am hesitant sharing it but I am being sued from my car accident four years ago. The suers terms are skewed and a little hoakie and even the psychiatrist say she is insane.
The mediation session failed and now I have to go to court the end of July for five days (my lawyer told me I wouldn't have to!!!). I am extremely nervous and sick to my stomach. I really need lots of prayers because I honestly do not know how I am going to get through this next month. I think I have watched too many court dramas and I have seen how lawyers can twist things around.
What makes it even more hard is that my parents aren't around. I feel so alone in this matter.
This next month is really going to be a trial of my faith.
I am sitting at the library and I am realizing how much I love it. I love reading... free movie rentals... what more could I want?
On the other hand. I am having a hard time with the Singles Ward. Lately I have only been going to Sacrament Meeting and I am pretty sure I made my mother cry on Sunday because she is worried about me. I guess I am feeling slightly reminiscent and I really miss the University Ward. Single's Ward is just weird and slightly miserable...
Well, I should get home... we have water aerobics for work at 5:45am... I NEED SOME SLEEP!!!
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I was pleasantly surprised when I watered our work garden today and found this little one inch bundle of joy. I shouldn't have picked him but there are so many and he was so cute.
At work when I make adult purchases we joke that I am being a big girl... so I made an adult buy yesterday. It was 80% off and since my mom moved I don't have her Cuisinart. Now I can do anything her Cuisinart did PLUS more. I am pretty excited about it.
My back windshield wiper and washer have not been working since the beginning of December when we had a BIG storm. I thought it had something to do with the snow and just never had the time to take it in. When I had my oil changed a couple months ago (another big girl purchase) I mentioned it and they said I needed to make an appointment and their would be a service charge of up to $150 to check it out. Yesterday someone mentioned I should check the fuse. This morning Grandpa helped me check and sure enough it was the fuse. On my break I ran and got one and put it in. IT WORKS! 
Two big girl purchase in less than 24 hours!!!
...has been really hard when coming to our little garden. Today Veronica and I went to check on it and give it some TLC. We were thinning out the carrots and FINALLY they are taking shape. In the little roots there was an one inch little carrot starting to grow. We are both anxiously awaiting the snap peas to bear fruit being our favorite fresh vegetable off the vine. A new resident comes up with me almost every day to water our “little babies”.
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This is the whole garden. I believe we have snap peas, carrots, tomatoes, and green onions (and a couple flowers rose accidently planted in the wrong place).
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Our tomatoes are also doing pretty well, thanks to the sun these past couple days!
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Carrots, Green Onions, and Flowers
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These are bouquet sunflowers “Grandpa” Rob donated. They were planted about 3 or 4 weeks ago.
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Some of the Snap Peas. We actually have snap peas with our sweet pea flowers and sweet pea flowers with the vegetables!
I am pretty sure I have the best job ever that allows me to play and garden with the seniors. THIS IS THE LIFE! I am starting my golden years early!
This isn't quite important but lately I have heard the term "Peace Officer" used. I thought people were just being dumb and lazy and not using Police Officer in their newspapers. I WAS WRONG. Here is what Wikipedia has to say(I learned something new!!!):
A law enforcement officer (also called peace officer), in North America, is any public-sector or authorized, government-contracted private-police officer, charged with upholding the peace, mainly police officers, customs officers, correctional officers, probation officers, parole officers, auxiliary officers, and sheriffs or marshals and their deputies. A security guard, however, is generally not referred to as a law enforcement officer.
Modern legal codes use the term peace officer (or in some jurisdictions, law enforcement officer) to include every person vested by the legislating state with law-enforcement authority—traditionally, anyone "sworn, badged, and armable" but, basically, who can arrest, or refer such arrest for a criminal prosecution. Hence, city police officers, county sheriffs' deputies, and state troopers are usually vested with the same authority within a given jurisdiction.
Jurisdictions may restrict the powers granted to those who have "peace-officer status" instead of "police-officer status". For example, in New York, all New York State Court Officers,[1] as well as Court clerks,[2] assigned to the 1st and 2nd Judicial Departments are classified as peace officers who can carry a firearm both on and off duty.
... the ghost of Mrs. Johnson moved to Illinois with my family!!!
We think she is right handed because she moved the pot EVERY TIME from the handle being on the right side to the left side.
She must really like my family to move from a house she has been in for over 100 years.
This is how we woke up to Ashlee sleeping one night.. SO CUTE!
Getting in my bag... See how one arm is in and one arm isn't??
One of her new things is to steal your chair or bed when you get up... in this case my book also.
Her again in my bed with my book!
Undoing the seatbelts on the plane.
Today is Monday which means tommorow is Tuesday (I know I am stating the obvious). Tuesday means going to the gym at 5:30am, work, and taking the residents on their shopping trip, or yes, it also means taking the resident to the senior center to go dancing at night... I really just want to sleep!!!
On another note, Friday we drove up to Wisconsin to the Jelly Belly Factory. I have to borrow a second wheeling carry on to hold all the Jelly Belly I got for people and Jelly Bellys my mother got for people. DON'T TELL NAOMI I HAVE THEM!!!! THEY AREN'T APART OF THE DIET PLAN!!!!
Saturday we went downtown Chicago, went to the American Girl store (Ashlee loved it, so did Grandma and Granpa... oh and I did) and Ashlee got her first American Girl doll, a bitty baby. Mom and Dad bought me one too. Someday my collection will be complete. We then went to the cheesecake factory for lunch and then the robbery happened on Louis Vuitton and then we split up for the day. Mom and everybody else went to the zoo, dad and I went to the Art Institute. I hold such a reverance for the works of Art that are there. I was speechless almost the whole time. Not to mention my favorite painting in the whole world is there:
We then high tailed it across town to meet up with everybody else. The bus we needed was slow so we walked. We also stopped at Garrett's Popcorn on the way back (best caramel popcorn ever!) and a CVS Pharmacy because they had CHicago Shirts for $3.33. I also got Chicago Hats for $3.33. Can't beat those prices! Especially because at the gift shops they were $15-$30. Then we finally made it to everybody else, got Cheesecake to go, headed out of downtown and went to one of the biggest IKEAS i think I have ever seen. It was three floors and massive. Then we went home and went to sleep!!!
Well, Ashlee has come into my parents office and wants to play.. More to come later!!!
I knew my trip to Chicago would be exciting, but who knew if would be THIS exciting?
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/possible-police-involved-shooting-near-drake-hotel.html
This happened just a couple blocks away from us and we could hear and the the cops racing through the busy streets to the location.
CRAZY!!! They could have bought my Louis Vuitton off of me... well not with a stolen credit card though!
My parents go an email early this morning that all the male missionaries were okay and accounted for. We don't know about the other mission in Italy. Scary! Chris is there. We should hear this Wednesday if he felt it and all.
Keep Italy in your prayers, especially those mid to down south!!!!
