well, except for the 16km run/walk we hoped to squeeze in this weekend :)
Apparently we had a crazy notion that after 25 hours of hosting our Gaming Event that we would have enough energy left to fit in our workout....how SILLY!!!
But on to more important things. Just home (9pm) from wrapping up the weekend and a quick dinner with some of the guests (and a pair of sponsors)...and we just had to share our exciting news of the success of BOTH fundraisers this weekend. The Golf Tournament that Mike's dad hosted was a big success with 42 people participating and aprox $1200 raised!! Way to go Marc & Lori. We can't thank you enough for doing this for us. And our weekend long Gaming event was also a big success, exceeding our expecations by far.....Fri nite we hoped/prayed to walk away with $500 after expenses......well.....we walked away with just over $1500 towards our donation!! WOW!! (apparently the most used word in my vocabulary lately) :)
A total of $2700 raised this weekend, topping off our thermometer to a whopping $11,319!!!
YIPPPEEEE......time for bed.....ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
BIG WEEKEND -- 2 FUNDRAISERS & 16km Run!
Wow....I feel like I keep saying that a lot lately!!
Our total raised just went up to $8,519!! In the past 24 hours we have received over $750 in donations!! Thank you!! Also I would like to extend a special thank you to my friend & colleague, Victoria Murphy (Heart & Art Custom Quilts)--Victoria was very generous and donated a beautiful lap quilt titled "The Front Nine". This quilt is up for auction at the Golf Tournament that Mike's dad, Marc is hosting for us out in Chilliwack this weekend. I hope we get some good bids on it....it's gorgeous and worth $125 for retail purchase. Anyone wanting to order a custom quilt, please email us and I will pass on the contact ph#. Also need to thank our friend and fellow gamer, Dan B for doing up a banner to thank our proud sponsors for this weekends' Gaming Tournament. Can't wait to see it and put it up for all to see. We have a lot of talented and generous people in our lives. You are all wonderful!! Spoke to a couple more people today who said they were happy to help us out with our fundraising goal, so we will keep updating that thermometer as the funds keep coming in. If you are free tomorrow come on out to the Marpole Curling Club at 8730 Heather Street, Vancouver (10am to Midnight; and 10am to 6pm Sunday) and play some games $30 for the weekend, $50 for couples and $15 for the day.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Our total raised just went up to $8,519!! In the past 24 hours we have received over $750 in donations!! Thank you!! Also I would like to extend a special thank you to my friend & colleague, Victoria Murphy (Heart & Art Custom Quilts)--Victoria was very generous and donated a beautiful lap quilt titled "The Front Nine". This quilt is up for auction at the Golf Tournament that Mike's dad, Marc is hosting for us out in Chilliwack this weekend. I hope we get some good bids on it....it's gorgeous and worth $125 for retail purchase. Anyone wanting to order a custom quilt, please email us and I will pass on the contact ph#. Also need to thank our friend and fellow gamer, Dan B for doing up a banner to thank our proud sponsors for this weekends' Gaming Tournament. Can't wait to see it and put it up for all to see. We have a lot of talented and generous people in our lives. You are all wonderful!! Spoke to a couple more people today who said they were happy to help us out with our fundraising goal, so we will keep updating that thermometer as the funds keep coming in. If you are free tomorrow come on out to the Marpole Curling Club at 8730 Heather Street, Vancouver (10am to Midnight; and 10am to 6pm Sunday) and play some games $30 for the weekend, $50 for couples and $15 for the day.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Wow!! 2/3rds of the Way to our $$ Goal!!!
I am so excited. We have raised $8,083 so far to date. Today, so far I have received 2 more donations from friends. Thank you Christine & Daniela. I have a few more promises of donations to come in over the next few days and of course our two fundraisers this weekend. One of my dearest girlfriends donated $300 today from her & her husband! Thank you Dani....you Rock!!! I'm still in awe and shock this morning at your generosity. And I can't stop smiling as I look over our totals so far. That is so far our largest personal donation. When Mike & I started out on this adventure....we were so awestruck at the total amount we needed to raise. Now I find myself awestruck at peoples endless generosity and support. I received some great prizes from a buddy of mine yesterday for our Golf Tournament that is being hosted by Mike's dad, Marc Blais this weekend. Some fabulous Golf Shirts and Golf Visors. Thank you so much to everyone out there who have been so supportive thus far. We appreciate your encouragement, your donations, whether it's monetary or prize support or whether you've signed up for one of our fundraisers. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
14 1/2 Weeks till the Big Day
Wow....Time is flying by. We have our first big fundraiser coming up in 4 days. We've got our fingers crossed that we'll have a great turnout, that everyone will have a great time and that we'll raise some decent money towards our fundraising goal. I hope everything goes fairly smoothly for this weekends festivities. It's our first time planning a big event (together or otherwise).
Last week we managed to log a fair amount of kilometers! I logged 38km and Mike logged 41km. Not bad for a weeks worth of work. This week should be about the same given that we have the tournament taking up most of our weekend. Our goal is to make sure we at least fit in Sunday's long run/walk after the Tournament is done.
Not only are the kilometers trained adding up, but so is the money raised!! Just got a few more $50 donations this past week. Still lots of people on our list to hit up. I'm finding that we ask a couple of people every few days and more than not, we are lucky enough to receive more donations. Still a ways to go to reach our total target between the two of us, but it's coming along! Hopefully after the 2 fundraisers this weekend (Mike's dad is also hosting a Golf Tournament on our behalf on Saturday) we will be closer to our target. Soon we will start hitting up our friends and family. My parents have been really supportive and are also hitting up all of their friends!! Thanks you two! We really appreciate the support.
Stay tuned.......
Last week we managed to log a fair amount of kilometers! I logged 38km and Mike logged 41km. Not bad for a weeks worth of work. This week should be about the same given that we have the tournament taking up most of our weekend. Our goal is to make sure we at least fit in Sunday's long run/walk after the Tournament is done.
Not only are the kilometers trained adding up, but so is the money raised!! Just got a few more $50 donations this past week. Still lots of people on our list to hit up. I'm finding that we ask a couple of people every few days and more than not, we are lucky enough to receive more donations. Still a ways to go to reach our total target between the two of us, but it's coming along! Hopefully after the 2 fundraisers this weekend (Mike's dad is also hosting a Golf Tournament on our behalf on Saturday) we will be closer to our target. Soon we will start hitting up our friends and family. My parents have been really supportive and are also hitting up all of their friends!! Thanks you two! We really appreciate the support.
Stay tuned.......
Friday, May 05, 2006
Mike's thought of the day
Has insanity kicked in when a steady 8km run is considered an "easy" day of running?
Only if training for a marathon I guess.....
Only if training for a marathon I guess.....
Cinqo De Maio
Happy 5th of May....
Well we've managed 3 days in a row of our mid week training this week. Both feeling pretty good. Just a bit of regular muscle soreness that comes with stepping up your exercise program. Put in over 25km so far this week. Tonight Mike has softball and tomorrow we'll see if we are up to the 6km workout that is scheduled. If not we'll stick with Sunday's long steady one and get in our 13km. We don't want to over do it and be back to where we were a week ago and being sick and run down. A couple more donations received this week. Smaller ones, but they all add up. One more week till our first big fundraiser. Keep your fingers crossed that it goes off smoothly, and that we manage to raise a nice bit of money towards our donation. Next week will be really busy with last minute preparations, running around collecting tickets and money from our awesome local Game Stores who have been so incredibly supportive! and getting everything ready for a fun weekend of gaming! And of course fitting our training in and a ball game or two for Mike. No rest for the wicked over here. :)
Have a great weekend everyone. We'll update more after our long workout on Sunday.
PS: Craving for a Game in Surrey Central Mall has re-opened in a new location after being closed for the past few weeks!! Be sure to stop in and see our friend, Buck and check out his new digs. We'll be stopping by tomorrow sometime.
Well we've managed 3 days in a row of our mid week training this week. Both feeling pretty good. Just a bit of regular muscle soreness that comes with stepping up your exercise program. Put in over 25km so far this week. Tonight Mike has softball and tomorrow we'll see if we are up to the 6km workout that is scheduled. If not we'll stick with Sunday's long steady one and get in our 13km. We don't want to over do it and be back to where we were a week ago and being sick and run down. A couple more donations received this week. Smaller ones, but they all add up. One more week till our first big fundraiser. Keep your fingers crossed that it goes off smoothly, and that we manage to raise a nice bit of money towards our donation. Next week will be really busy with last minute preparations, running around collecting tickets and money from our awesome local Game Stores who have been so incredibly supportive! and getting everything ready for a fun weekend of gaming! And of course fitting our training in and a ball game or two for Mike. No rest for the wicked over here. :)
Have a great weekend everyone. We'll update more after our long workout on Sunday.
PS: Craving for a Game in Surrey Central Mall has re-opened in a new location after being closed for the past few weeks!! Be sure to stop in and see our friend, Buck and check out his new digs. We'll be stopping by tomorrow sometime.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Feels Good....
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M
to be back to training and back to healthy selves. Mike is feeling much better. He's now over the nasty Stomach Flu he had late last week. Wow, did that ever take its toll. I managed to fight it off with some gravol and a really good nights sleep...which I desperately needed after 10 hours in Emergency after a sleepless night, and of course lots of rest over the course of the weekend.
We've successfully completed 2 days in a row of training after missing a week. Last night we went to Burnaby Lake after a full evening of errands and chores. We both managed to get in our 6km workouts and a little bit extra. I really enjoy walking to and from the Lake together. Once we get there, Mike starts to run so we are on our own for a good portion of our workouts. My IPOD keeps me company and my GPS keeps on track for walking a good pace. Tonight we stopped on the way home from work along Kent Avenue at the foot of Victoria and worked out along the seawall there. It was great. Mike managed to get in his 10km run, and I walked just over 9.5 km. I met a really nice couple who I chatted with for the first half of my workout. Managed to even give them one of our donation forms at the end of their walk. :). Bill & Nancy--it was great chatting with you and who knows....we may bump into you again.
Tomorrow night it's a few errands on the way home from work in preparation for our fundraiser next week and then our 3rd training workout this week. A medium length one, 8km.
A note for anyone wishing to donate on line....please see the link we have set up on the far right hand side--Under LINKS -- Click on Support Us, fill out the form on CDA's website and when it prompts you to pledge a participant you can either type in Waleah Cook or Michael Blais and the city we live in is Burnaby. Make sure when clicking on a race it's Iceland 2006. By looking us up that way, it will allow us to receive credit for your donation towards our fundraising goal. We are getting closer, but we still need lots of help. Thank you to all who have supported us so far, and thank you for continuing to encourage us and cheer us on.
Till next time......Stay active, stay fit and keep healthy.
M
to be back to training and back to healthy selves. Mike is feeling much better. He's now over the nasty Stomach Flu he had late last week. Wow, did that ever take its toll. I managed to fight it off with some gravol and a really good nights sleep...which I desperately needed after 10 hours in Emergency after a sleepless night, and of course lots of rest over the course of the weekend.
We've successfully completed 2 days in a row of training after missing a week. Last night we went to Burnaby Lake after a full evening of errands and chores. We both managed to get in our 6km workouts and a little bit extra. I really enjoy walking to and from the Lake together. Once we get there, Mike starts to run so we are on our own for a good portion of our workouts. My IPOD keeps me company and my GPS keeps on track for walking a good pace. Tonight we stopped on the way home from work along Kent Avenue at the foot of Victoria and worked out along the seawall there. It was great. Mike managed to get in his 10km run, and I walked just over 9.5 km. I met a really nice couple who I chatted with for the first half of my workout. Managed to even give them one of our donation forms at the end of their walk. :). Bill & Nancy--it was great chatting with you and who knows....we may bump into you again.
Tomorrow night it's a few errands on the way home from work in preparation for our fundraiser next week and then our 3rd training workout this week. A medium length one, 8km.
A note for anyone wishing to donate on line....please see the link we have set up on the far right hand side--Under LINKS -- Click on Support Us, fill out the form on CDA's website and when it prompts you to pledge a participant you can either type in Waleah Cook or Michael Blais and the city we live in is Burnaby. Make sure when clicking on a race it's Iceland 2006. By looking us up that way, it will allow us to receive credit for your donation towards our fundraising goal. We are getting closer, but we still need lots of help. Thank you to all who have supported us so far, and thank you for continuing to encourage us and cheer us on.
Till next time......Stay active, stay fit and keep healthy.
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