I am very HAPPY to welcome Jamie of Chosen Choas today! She is a super sweet mom of 4, including a set of twins. She too has a weekly Friday meme, "If I could turn back time", which I have written for, and I love reading others' as well. Jamie also shares a love of quotes with me, and shares some of them as 'Weekend Wisdom". She's totally someone I wish I could hang out with in real life.
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But as a current stay-at-home Mama I much more prefer the TGIF. There are so many things to be thankful for when it comes to FRIDAY! Most importantly… in my house, Friday’s mean NO COOKING! All six of us pack up and head to a restaurant that has electronic babysitters and serves cold draft beverages. It’s my favorite part of the week and usually the first time I actually talk to Babe for the week. That’s what four kids do to marriage!
This particular Friday I have even more to be thankful for.
$3226.70 more to be thankful for exactly. That awesome number is the value of the items my sister and I have accumulated for our 3-Day Fundraising Party this coming Saturday. Everything from haircuts to jewelry to rounds of golf to one-of-a-kind art pieces will be up for auction and raffle at our party! That awesome number doesn’t even include the donations of food and beverage by various friends. The response has blown us away!! And given us a lot of work to do!
’ve been amazed at the response, not just for our party, but for the fundraising in general. You never know who has been affected by Cancer and how willing people are to help until you ask. I’m thankful for the giving hearts that said Yes of course, sure how much, absolutely what do you need, when I asked for help.
Give something to someone this weekend, you’ll be surprised how happy it makes you!
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The Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day isn't the only philanthropic venture of Jamie's. She is currently invested in a little something she calls Run. Blog. Give. Jamie has recruited other bloggers (and non-bloggers) to run a combined total of 2,429 miles, the equivalent of running coast to coast. The idea is to run (or walk), blog about it and give to a charity of your choice.
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In closing, I want to thank you all for your wonderful, supportive comments on my Wednesday post. I was nervous about being that frank, but you guys let me know I'm allowed to say whatever I need to say here. I did before I had all you lovely people reading me. But once I knew I had an audience, I began to worry about turning you off. And now I need to apologize for underestimating you - I'm sorry, and thank you so much! Blogging is my form of therapy and it's such a relief to know you get that.
OK so! Got some HAPPY to share? Please do!
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Thank you for having me here today Jen! It's made me so HAPPY!
ReplyDeleteI'm very HAPPY to have you!
DeleteI'm jealous of your Fridays! My Fridays used to mean the same as yours but now it is all about the social lives of my kids or going to baseball games. Not to mention a two year old whose only need is to be tied to my leg. So happy for you that you've raised so much money for a great cause!
ReplyDeleteI dread the Friday nights that mean kids sports - is that awful?? We have tball every Sat and Sun and I have to try hard not to make a pouty face about it! And OMG I have an 18 mo old that won't let go.... I don't know what to do about it!!
DeleteJamie, I was a total TGIT teacher, too.
ReplyDeleteFor over 16 years.
And you are my fundraising, 3-day-walking, four-kid-mothering hero.
For always.
Now everything about that makes me feel a lot better, and I wasn't even feeling bad! XO
DeleteAlso a SAHM and I struggled to find a way to make Friday's special - to create a real TGIF mood instead of it being just another day. The No Cooking thing was kind of impossible with limited budget, so we made Fridays movie/pizza night. Tossing a couple of pizzas in the oven isn't really cooking, right? And the kids are occupied with a movie, so I might actually speak to my DH. If he's not working that is.
ReplyDeleteoh, and I almost forgot. wine. yeah, wine sure helps with that TGIF feeling :)
Good luck with the fundraiser!
We have those same struggles at times and yes pizzas alwasys seem to scream FRIDAY!! I even make a calzone which is totally NOT cooking! We need to invent TGFW instead, agree?!
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