TGIF! Have an awesome weekend everyone!
I have some personal news I find rather exciting. This month marks two years since my cancer diagnosis. Can you believe it has been that long! Well, I am 1.5 years cancer free at the moment. I hope I am not getting too cocky posting that! I still think about all the great people I met during treatment and of course I have gnarly scars to remind me everyday that life is a precious thing. Well, as I got to thinking about this today I decided that my kids and I are going to do something for children affected by cancer. I am directing my efforts at kids so I can involve my own and get them excited about it. But of course adults are also victims of this horrible disease. So I will also be volunteering to provide “Chemo Rides” for those who may be alone and need a lift to their weekly chemo sessions.
For the children I was thinking about sewing crayon rolls and then giving them to children at The James, a cancer hospital in Columbus, Ohio. I need to speak with them about it but I soooo hope they will agree to let us do this. And oooh, if I could get soy crayons at wholesale rates…hmmmm. Anyway that will be my little project to work on. I am just looking for a more reliable sewing machine and I will be set.
Other interesting things:
My good friend Carrie at Natural Moms Talk Radio has a great post up about eating cooler in the summer. Cooking in the summer and heating up an already hot kitchen presents a problem for many folk but her post has lots of great suggestions.
No Impact Man is talking about how religion and faith in God can’t be used as an excuse for being environmentally lax. Awesome post!
Re-purposing marbles to make lovely marble suncatchers. Which reminds me that I am now using Flickr to document our family adventures. Check it out if you have a moment!
It is yard sale season!!! I have been yard sale hopping 3 weekends in a row now and have scored some great things. Just today I found 3 handmade costumes for a little girl. They were worn in school plays and are so adorable. Now my daughter can be a renaissance lady, a pilgrim, and wear an Asian Kimono. My son also got a pair of roller blades for a $1….they just need new wheels. It got me thinking about some of my posts here about yards sales. See budget and style on a cheapskate budget.
Well, I am off to enjoy my weekend! See you later!
Those were all really great links! As always! That’s one of the things I love most about your blog, every tid bit of info and link seems to resonate wtih me! I’m excited to read no impact man’s post. I recently finished a book called “Serve God, Save the Planet” it spoke out Christians responsiblilty to stewarding the earth. I don’t have time right now to read his post, but I’m interested! Have a great weekend!
Oh and conrats on being cancer free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you’re idea to give rides is awesome. What a treasure you are
Awwww….thanks Mary. Just motivated by the special people who helped me. ;)
Thanks for the mention Tiffany.
In regards to the No Impact Man post, I read an article recently that said there were 3 main groups that were most concerned about the environment. Moms were one group – no big surprise there. And another group was Christians, because of their belief that the Earth was given to them by God. Personally, I understand the Bible to say that those who through their greed are ruining the earth will also come to their ruin. So agreed – belief in God is not an excuse to harm the earth, it’s a reason NOT to. :)
Cool!
Thanks for mentioning my marble suncatchers! I love your site and will definitely be subscribing.
And a huge congratulations on being cancer free for so long. My mom passed away (breast cancer) 11 years ago and this March, my sister, cousin and I all shaved our heads to raise money to fight childhood cancer (St. Baldrick’s). Keep up the good work. We’re all in this together.
Congrats on your cancer free! I just hit my five year mark! Whoo hoo!