Last year, affiliates for Komen for the Cure provided more than $58 million in resources for screening, education, outreach, case management and treatment services in communities around the country. They also used that money to help secure an additional $10 million in state funding.

Please help me do my part to help Komen support this and many of the other programs for women and men touched by breast cancer! And maybe there’ll be a little something extra in it for you.

If you donate $10 (US) or more, I’ll send you one of these bookmarks, made by me. I am not a beader, but I’m pretty darn proud of the way they turned out. Each one has a ribbon-shaped charm, hanging from a wire-strung chain of Swarovski crystal beads. You’ll need to email me your mailing address after pledging; the Komen site doesn’t request it. (Sean/Kelly and Monique, make sure to send me yours!)
EDIT: Okay, it may ask for your address, but it doesn’t send it to me. Please email!

My fundraising goal is a very conservative $250, and I believe we can reach it. Please help?

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If you click on the first picture, the Flickr page has notes identifying everything that was inside. (Well, everything except a stuffed sheep, which Gabe spotted and immediately claimed for his own.) My partner was Pati of Yarns, Needles, Books, & Life. She did a great job putting together a cheerful package! Thanks! I love it!

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I don’t think there’s any question at all that a long, long run would have to be involved. I might go down to Lake Michigan, where there’s a trail that runs near the water, and do at least 5 miles, stopping only when the sweat had stopped coming and my muscles had moved beyond tired into that zone of deliciously buttery and loose.

I’d take the kids to the playground and let them run and shout until they were hoarse and ready to drop from exhaustion.

I’d get lots of grillable vegetables and meat, and we’d cook outside. (Probably not eat out, though; I’ve never been a fan of the flying insects that congregate about food aromas.)

I’d change the bed linens, washing them and letting them hang outside to dry in the sun so they could pick up all the fresh air scents. I’d leave the windows wide open while the beds were stripped so that the mattresses could air, too.

Mostly, I’d probably sit around outside with a goofy grin on my face, taking advantage of every bit of sunlight I could grab, filling up my inner stores to get me through the rest of the winter. It’s zero degrees Fahrenheit outside today, as deceptively bright as it appears, and those inner stores are rapidly depleting, if not pretty much empty, as of now.

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I have a million things to do today, including getting my dishcloth swap package finished. Trouble? Well, it’s snowing, and the temp is dropping, slowly but steadily. There’s not supposed to be much accumulation, though, even though my car, driveway, and street already appear to be quite covered. No storm warning or anything. Venturing out should be okay…good thing I have a few things to do at home before going. The snow is supposed to be “scattered,” so we’ll see if that’s true.

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All this to say: sitting here with a glass of wine, feeling more relaxed than I have in a while (Eric is finally home again!), but still somewhat tense and irritated by things that shouldn’t be bugging me.

Sam is working on a project for the PTA Reflections contest, and I keep having to force myself to walk away from him while he works. Some people seem to really have a knack for letting kids do what they wish with projects, which is really admirable; a small part of me, though, is competitively gung-ho, and I keep wanting to offer advice and suggestions. I can’t and shouldn’t, of course, and I know that, so…wine and blogging.

Funny how everybody else in the family is happily absorbed in projects right now. Gabe is building a train track, Eric is cooking (perch en papillote with leeks and tomatoes, a squash and mushroom gratin), and Sam has his art. I’m browsing around, thinking about what to do for the dishcloth exchange, but the comparative idleness is making me itch. I foresee much knitting after dinner!

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Now with link!

I must have at least half a dozen projects on needles right now, but that has never bothered me. Anyway, it’s dishcloths! Easy! And I have a ton of cotton just sitting here! Maybe I can convince a local friend or two to join me…

In other news, if anybody has me in their address books at my KJSL.com address, you should probably change that to carrie@redhairedgirl.com. (Email obfuscation, for the win, there.) KJSL grows ever-more buggy…

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