Thursday, September 17, 2009

Oregon Humane Society Telethon


On Sunday October 18th I will be one of twenty-six people volunteering to answer phone calls and accept donations for the Oregon Humane Society Telethon. It will air on our version of ABC (Katu) from 1p-5p. I get to bring one of my dogs with me to the telethon. I think I will be bringing Gemmy.
Last year, the telethon raised about $220,000.00! The goal this year is $230,000.00. OHS found homes for 9,229 animals in 2008.
I am excited to participate for this cause. You may even seen me on TV (if you got Portland channels, lol)

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Labor Day Weekend w/Stephanie










Last weekend I went to Pleasanton, California to visit my best friend of 21 years. Steph has a 6 1/2 mo old baby named Sean that I hadn't seen since he was a few weeks old.
Steph and I got pedicures (thanks for the treat Steph). We also went to about 4 different yarn stores in 3 days. Steph learned how to knit a few months back. She is really good and has completed a lot of projects, it is really fun to share my favorite hobby with her. We went to a yarn store in San Francisco called Imagiknits. It was huge! Floor to ceiling yarn- two rooms of it! After we made our purchase and came out of the shop smiling we headed to dinner. We ate at Plant Organic Cafe where I had the best panini with mozzarella, tomato, & pesto basil.

Sunday we hung out for most of the day knitting with our "souvenir yarn" from San Francisco. Around dinner time we headed to the city Walnut Creek and ate at the San Francisco Creamery Co. a restaurant known for good food and large sundaes. I had a sundae called "Brown & white" it had two large scoops of ice cream (coffee and vanilla) hot fudge, marshmallow cream, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry. It was SO good. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish it. I was full from dinner.

I had a great weekend, it was so nice to see Steph, Sean, & Justin.
A special thanks to Steph and my Justin for purchasing my plane ticket. Thank you thank you!

Football Cupcakes!



Justin is very excited about opening day of football and months of football ahead of him. I don't love football but I have learned to accept that this is something he loves. To show my support I made him football theme cupcakes. It's chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese and milk chocolate frosting.