Light the Night 2006

Tonight, Wolfgang’s Walkers and many other folks met at Fraze Pavilion to Light the Night for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Our team of six, thanks to generous donors (yay – thanks you generous donors!) managed to raise $1395! (We were tempted to toss a $5 bill in to get us to $1400, but we never actually did.) Linda, Jared’s mom, is currently in remission for Lymphoma and this year she was able to join us at the walk. Yay! It was fun walking with Jared, his wife, two friends, and mom. And his mom says “Thanks!” to you who donated. The society has been so beneficial to her and she, like many others, is appreciative of the donors.

With the folks in my flist and the others that elsaf, paygem and kiri_l found, I raised $320. That allowed me to get a t-shirt *and* a sweatshirt. Both of which came in handy this chilly night. And apparently I’ll get something else later, but that’ll be mailed to me or something. But the real reward was seeing Jared and his mom get to walk together. There were lots of folks with Red balloons (supporters) but still a fair number of white balloons (survivors). There were free concessions – subs, pizza, bagels, pop, and ice cream. Alas, no Chipotle burritos, but we decided to get some afterward anyhoo. Heh. Despite the threat of rain, the walk was rain free and pleasant (but chilly, as mentioned earlier). It’s about a 2 mile walk around the park and residential area. Linda said it was the most she’d walked since her treatment. She really had no words for the evening. It was such a nice time.

At Chipotle after, the six of us chatted and munched. No freebies tonight, but I still got 2 meals out of mine. Mmmm, leftover veggie burrito tomorrow! Yay!

If you were unable to donate earlier to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society but would still like to, you can do so. Click here to donate.

Happy Birthday, Phlege!

A big Happy Birthday (now probably belated) to phlegethon_vii!

I was looking around my extensive photo collection for something Sylvish, and found this odd little gem. Hope it gives you some joy. It certainly tickles me. Silly man!


Sylvester McCoy and his Amazing Rubber Face! I wish I knew where I found this one. Blame must be apportioned. 🙂

Visual Stimuli

Oh my goodness! My new TV is fucking fabulous. Now I know I don’t swear a lot in print (though I do swear a lot in real life) but that’s what it is. I’ve been watching season 1 of the new Doctor Who series on DVD and wow – simply wow! It fills the TV with Doctory goodness! No idea if the sound on the TV is any good cuz I use a surround sound system. But visually, the picture is superb. And so big!

When I watch something in regular 4:3 mode (like Lovejoy) the image is only 2″ more either way than my old set. (Yes, I measured it.) But watching something widescreen like Doctor Who? Wow, simply wow! 🙂

I’m taking it slow. I won’t get to something Sylvester McCoy oriented until the newness wears off a little, or I’d probably just melt into a pool of gibbering fangurlishness. Heck, I might do that anyway.

Anyhoo, back to my lovely TV and World War III. (Heh, “would you mind not farting while I’m saving the world?”)

Keeping up with the Judis

It’s not always easy to keep up with judiang in technology. But I always do my best to try. 🙂 So today I took another step in Keeping up with Judi by getting myself a new flatscreen TV.

I’ve been doing a good job saving my money lately and decided I’d splurge on a new TV. My old one can go to mom & dad’s cottage at the Lake. I researched LCD & Plasma screen TVs because I knew very little about plasma. And it looked like LCD was the way to go. (Less fragile, lighter, similar response time & quality, etc.) So I visited the Evil Empire Club (AKA Sam’s Club) and checked out their offerings. They had a 37″ Vizio LCD Television for $999.99. Ooooooh! That was even under my price range. The TV is 10″ bigger (diagonally) than my old TV. And it’s so thin!

Getting it into the car was a breeze – two employees of the store put it in the trunk for me. (I’d measured the box & my trunk already to make sure it would fit.) Getting it out once I got home was a slow (and gentle) process. But I managed it just fine. And now I have a lovely 37″ LCD TV in my living room. Lovejoy & Co looked so BIG! The kitties liked it too. They sat and watched Lovejoy with me. (Lucy on the sofa back, Linus in my lap.) I think we’re going to enjoy this new piece of technology!

Generosity Abounds!

Wow – my friends list is full of generous folks (of course, you knew this already!) Thank you to the many folks who’ve already donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through my Light the Night Walk donation page! An extra special thanks goes out to elsaf for advertising for me (thanks Elsa! You’re wonderful!) I’ve hit my goal and then some. And best of all, that means Elsa will need to post about the Seventh Doctor/Ace dream she had the other night. It’s a win-win situation for all! (And I see paygem has followed suit! Thanks, hon! And kiri_l as well! You folks rock!)

Best of all, there’s still time to donate! We walk on Thursday, September 28, so feel free to keep donating until then. Heck, you can even donate after then – the money is still for a great cause. I dunno about you, but today was my payday, so I finally contributed to my own cause (and a few others – heh). If today wasn’t your payday, maybe next Friday will be. Give if you can! As little or as much as you’re able! And thank you so much donors & advertisers!

KittyPicSpam!

My little babies are growing so fast! So much so that I keep forgetting to get pictures as they grow. I decided to rectify that by taking a few photos yesterday. The pair were in reclining mode.


The kitties recline in the gold chair.

The gold chair sits in my den. Originally that was just going to be a temporary place for it before I tried to sell it (or give it away) at a garage sale. But you know, it fits perfectly in my den and is a good place for kitties, cats, and trinas to sit.


Linus reclines.

Linus was sleeping on the chair while Lucy had moved over to the drawers beside the chair. Taking the photo of Linus woke her up, so her photo has her awake, but still relaxed.


Lucy reclines.

Aren’t they so cute? And they’re getting so big! Well, they’ll probably never get as big as Leo, but still! My babies are growing up!

Oh, and just a reminder: Don’t forget to Give from the Bottom of your Hearts to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and help support me on the Light the Night Walk! Give, give until it hurts!

Here with my hat out…

So, I cut down on my posting, and then when I finally DO post, it’s to ask y’all to donate some money!

Last year around this time, I asked for donations for the Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Well, I enjoyed the walk so much last year (and had many generous donors) that I’m doing it again this year. You don’t have to donate much. Heck, you don’t have to donate at all (that’s what’s so nice about “donate” versus “at gunpoint”). But if you can contribute a little, it will certainly help the cause! To donate, go to this page and you can specify the amount you’re able to contribute. (I, for one, like the “other” box – lets you really decide what you can afford.)

Once again, if you can, head on over to this page and send some money along to help fight Leukemia and Lymphoma!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a lovely labor day weekend because Amy & Rachel decided to visit us. They arrived Wednesday night and we spent Saturday-Monday at the folks’ cottage at the Lake. It was fun hanging with the girls and the parental units. Amy’s friend Alissa (pronounced a-lEEsa) and Alissa’s boyfriend Jon joined us for some of the weekend. And Aunt Becky came up some last evening for supper & card games. It was great seeing my sister & Rachel (who’s practically my sister too) again and I hope they had a pleasant flight home & have a great day relaxing with Früvous (their cat) tomorrow.

I’d write more details, but I’m too sleepy (and have a cold – which started up about 4 hours before the girls were supposed to arrive on Wednesday – bleh!) so I’m off to bed. Hope you all have a lovely Tuesday!