Hello again bloggers!!

GO TEAM OZ!! Oh - if I didn't mention. Our team name is "Team Oz" since we have so much courage, heart and of course brains!

I'm sorry it's been a full week since I've "blogged". I figured it was time to get back on here when I started receiving threatening e-mails (Michelle again ;)-haha) So yeah, let's see what's new with me and the running.... The knee's/knee is getting better I believe. Still a little sore but I was able to run the full mileage on Saturday. I kind of took it easy to make sure that I didn't have any major issues like the week before but it was nice. We ran from Walnut Creek which is where I live, all the way to P-Hill by Don's old house on Norse Dr. For those of you who don't know where that is - sorry, I can't explain. Regardless, it was a good run, I was pretty tired at the end but who's not after running 12 miles!?! Towards the end of the run it did start to rain a little which was forecasted but we didn't even care because we NEED the rain!! It was looking like it was going to be a good day to put on PJ's at noon, go buy Sex in the City and have an excuse not to do anything all day but...it stopped raining and actually turned out pretty nice so Clara and I walked around downtown WC passing out flyers for her fundraising party and planning our fundraising ideas and what not. We drove around collecting all of the supplies we would need to set up our own TNT table at the farmers market the next day. We bought 96 bottles of water for $20 and each made a batch of cookies. The three of us (Don, Clara, and I) stood outside the walnut creek farmers market selling water and cookies by donation. We couldn't stay the whole time since we kind of threw everything together last minute but surprisingly made around $200!!! We plan to do this for the next...countless Sundays because although $200 is great, split it 4 ways (we cut Kyle in on the deal since he was sick) and that's not that much. Still very optimistic but I'm going to need some more help. That's right...from YOU!! I can't stress enough how anything will help. We don't realize how many things we waste $5, $10, $15 that are SO much less important such as....Those trips to starbucks, renting movies, cigarettes (i guess there are still some smokers out there), going out to lunch vs. packing a lunch - for ONE day, etc. I'm guilty of these simple pleasures too - don't get me wrong - I love me some carmel macchiato as much as the next, but I also know that this is much more worth it.

Please,

http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/honolulu08/sverbeke

I'm now up to $455, which is better than last week - and mainly thanks to someone who anonymously donated $175!!!! So THANK YOU to whoever you are - truly an amazing thing you have helped and I really appreciate it. Also a HUGE THANKS to everyone else who has donated no matter what the amount! You guys are helping me make it happen - yay!!

Haha - other than that..I don't have any pictures from this past week but I have some from two weeks ago. These are from our run in San Francisco. It was absolutely amazing. Take a look:

Ahhh...the Golden Gate at 7:30 in the AM!

Then that's a good one of me shoving something in my mouth. I was like 'Carol, I have my mouth full' she's all 'It's ok!!' haha - but it's not, as we can clearly see from the image on the right ;)

Everyone have a good week and I WILL blog sooner - if not I might start getting threatening phone calls!! haha

peace!!