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| I would love this time of year. But seriously, a heat index of 103 by noon today? Have you seen my skin? I'm not designed to handle this type of climate. I'm glad my flowers love it.
There's less than a week left until my first "official" 5k. Which means there's still time to donate to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation.
You can donate directly through my fundraising page:
http://www.active.com/donate/KC2007/malyndaeshleman
And to clear up any confusion, you don't pledge per mile/km. It's just a one-time donation in whatever amount you choose. Even $1 is greatly appreciated. I would like to have at least $100 by Sunday (race day). I only need $25 to make it, and it benefits every woman. | | |
| My first 5k is only a little over 2 weeks away. My only goal at this point is to have fun and run the entire course without walk breaks. I'm not going to focus on speed yet, considering that back in May I could barely run for a consecutive 60 seconds. Part of me still doesn't believe I'm actually doing this, but I'm officially registered and ready to go.
Please feel free to contribute (secure, fast, and easy!) to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Great Kansas City Affiliate through my fundraising page:
http://www.active.com/donate/KC2007/malyndaeshleman
You'll be able to choose an amount to donate and receive email confirmation of your donation. Any amount, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help and generosity.
And of course your continued prayers and positive thoughts for my mother-in-law, Vicki, are appreciated as well. She is well into her series of chemotherapy treatments, experiencing hair loss as well as the other usual side effects. There was a scare several weeks ago when her white blood cell count dropped to dangerous levels and she had to be hospitalized for 2 nights. (Hospitalization would have been longer had there been health insurance.) Other than that, she's been in good spirits and seems to have a positive attitude through it all.
"Breast cancer knows no boundaries be it age, gender, socio-economic status or geographic location." | | |
| I'm aware that it's been over a month since I last posted. I've stayed away because...well, you know how if you don't have anything nice to say, you're not supposed to say anything? Let's just say that I haven't had anything nice to say lately.
I will try to summarize the last month without whining too much. Okay, who am I kidding? I have to whine. So I'll just keep it super brief. We're in financial crisis mode, we lost our health insurance yet again, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer last month (and she has no health insurance), and now we have no car (it needs a $600 repair).
When I told my mom that I hadn't been blogging because I didn't have anything positive to write about, she suggested that I blog anyway. To sort of challenge myself to find the positive right now. So this is how I've been self-medicating here are some of the things I've been up to, besides whining about our current state of crisis:
Ramona and I have been baking. Lots and lots of baking, actually. I currently have this book from the library and I just took a "wacky chocolate cake" out of the oven. Last week we made Ann's No-Knead Bread. I found the recipe here. We devoured an entire loaf in nearly one day. It's a good thing crisis mode speeds up my metabolism!
I've updated my flickr.
My roses are blooming. My dianthus from last year came back three times bigger, and it's already attracting butterflies. We also planted celosia and pansies in the front yard. My granny gave me a sack full of hens & chicks on Saturday...need to find a place for those, too.
I'm currently on week 3 of training for my first 5k race in August. I'm using the Couch to 5k program and I am amazed at the progress. I've never been a runner and I always dreaded "the mile" during elementary school and junior high. PE was torture. But I've worked my way up to running for 3 solid minutes...and though that might sound pathetic, I can't believe I can do it!
And lastly (this one is more of a discussion-starter than anything) I came across an ad for this website on Craigslist. I had no idea how much compensation a surrogate mother received. I've joked for some time that I loved being pregnant, but I'm not good with infants...so I would be a surrogate and then adopt a two-year-old or something. For $30,000? Plus helping a fertility-challenged couple? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't halfway interested. So my question is: would you be able to do it? To carry a baby for 9 months and not take it home? Xanga now allows non-registered users to comment, so please - discuss! | | |
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