Beware: More Info. Than You May Really Care to Read

So yeah, I've been busy lately. That being said, here's a Top Twenty listing of some of the latest abridged potential posts, including titles, that I've meant to share over the last couple months, many from just the last 2 weeks:

1. "Mah Flash Drive Woes & Regrets" - On May 6th, my mostest favoritest, most frequently relied upon flash drive inexplicably quit, and it was confirmed today by a reputable 3rd party recovery co. (the one and the same co. that had saved our pictures of our honeymoon in Ireland), that I have, indeed, lost 30 hrs of work-related work, and everything else that was on it. My last backup was March 30th, but apparently, that's not recent enough. The next couple weeks will now be a repeat of the last couple weeks. [insert gurgling inner rumbling noises of deep sadness]. [SEMI-RELATED TANGENT: I don't think I ever posted any pics here from our honeymoon, did I? Well dang! I should do that! END OF TANGENT.]

2. "Movie Time with Mah Honey-Man" - We have at least 4 borrowed DVDs (well, like, 8 if you count all the included discs for the extended version of Two Towers), some we've had for months now, all from the angel boy-O's mom, Wendy. In the last 2 weeks, we've been trying to make sure we watch them all by June 4th, so they can all be returned to her. Some of them, we've stayed up until 1am to get 'er done [SEMI-RELATED TANGENT: I may still be a night owl, but my honey-man, he is not]. The other night, we watched Once (I so loved it!), and have some thoughts to share on it, but I'll reduce 'em to this: I so thought this movie was a documentary! I bought the whole thing, hook line and sinker = yes, because I'm a gullible sap, I know. And now, I intend to buy the movie soundtrack!

3. "Gone With the Wind" (referring to our Vegas weather) - I finally bought some flowers for potting (half-price at Target! - which is good since about half of 'em will be dead by summer's end), and I set them out around our home's outside entry door. When planting them, the wind was so nutso-strong, I wound up with about half the potting soil up my noise, in my hair, down my shirt, and plastered in a thin, clearly visible layer over every inch of exposed skin. It's been INSANELY windy here for the last week. Oh, and we went from 105 degrees on Sunday to a balmy 74, today...

4. "Losing One's Great Elders of the Family" - The husband of my Grandpa Farrell's only surviving sibling, his sister, Ramona, he died of a heart attack this past weekend. He has an enormous family (a very active, prominent Mormon family with gobs of grandchildren and great grandchildren)! There's a lot to be said about this uncle's life - - what a very good life, he had. I've only focused though upon what I know my mum would have said about him: She always knew he loved her very much.

5. "No more Pink, Gone is the Orange" (referring to my hair color) - The short of this one is I'm now a dark brunette once again, despite all the positive feedback I'd received. Oh, and while we're on the subject: I haven't let a professional stylist cut my hair since my last haircut in December. I've been on my own - - however, I may soon have to give in and let a professional take over. My weekly maintenance (read here, 'obsessive') trimmings have become tedious in the last couple weeks!

6. "The Real Reality of Postpartum Depression" - I have a dear sweetheart in my family who had been struggling with untreated postpartum, and although she's on the mend finally, I'm afraid she hasn't been given the full range of empathetic understanding she deserves. I simply wanted to write here about my own understanding of such situations and the power of hormones and chemical imbalance, and how the whole "buck it up and tough it out honey" approach is the last thing a mother with postpartum needs to be given.

7. "A New Kind of Chicken Pot Pie" or "Not To Be Repeated" - Round this time of year, there's party that I have a major hand in planning every time, and this year (it was last Friday), we had resurrected an old favorite: The Iron Chef Competition. The key ingredient this year was peanuts. [SIDE NOTE: Last time we had the Iron Chef Competition, the key ingredient had been graham crackers, and the submissions that year were truly inspired.] Anyhow, I created a Thai-inspired, peanut based roue for a baked chicken pot pie. I had slow-cooked the chicken with ginger, garlic and white pepper... and the roue, well, I used peanut butter. Now, it did NOT win as an entree entry, but no one tossed their cookies either; it was remarkably good. It was, really! Nonetheless, it was also a one-time thing, not to be repeated.

8."Green Light Giv'n to Hire Me a New 'Sistant" - K, yer not supposed tah blog about work, I know - - HOWEVAH - - I was given clearance last week to hire a new assistant, and this news almost makes up for the last year's worth of daily torture!!! Hallelujah and Amen. Praise all that is good and precious.

9. "Oh Zee Folly of Youth" - There's a possibility that one of my younger cousins, my mum's own namesake, may be moving to Vegas in the fall. She was here over the weekend of my MS Walk, and I spent some time with her - - and I am admittedly envious. When I was her age, I was a mess (she'll be 20 in July). The short of it: She's so darling and super sassy, in a relaxed, down to earth, easy, confident, uber-cashe, very comfortable kind of way, I could eat her whole. I hope she moves here.

10."MS Fundraising Shortfall" - Our Nevada Chapter of the Nat'l MS Society hasn't met our minimum fund-raising target --- I helped count the final donations brought in on walk day, and we knew then that we don't have enough. This makes my stomach feel ill and knotted - - and it's hard to continue pleading for more support, but man, we need it. The minimum amount that's needed to provide minimum services to those in Nevada living with MS, we just don't have it. Consequently, although the event was May 10th, our MS Walk fund-raising deadline has been extended until June 1st. I intend to post more on this before the week's end, but I've felt too nauseous about it to do so just yet.

11. "My Final Tally for Zee 2008 MS Walk" - see #9 above... or for now, go visit HERE

12. "Gargantuan Public THANK YOU to all my MS Sponsors" - This will come soon, but also see above, #9...

13. "I Love My FURminator" - Blatant product plug for The FURminator, which I'd read about on Dooce.com and bought that very same day, no joke. Both Otis & Owen have never been fans of brushing = Despite four different cat brushes over the last 5 years, they always have hated it until now! This is from Oatie's first 5 minutes of time with the FURminator.

14. "Are you Preggers?" - This post, if written at greater length, I would offer multiple, extensive observations made in the last year regarding today's latest fashion trends for the ladies, plus the simple fact that it's no secret that I'm jones'n to be pregnant, and it's in the not-so-distant plans, but not yet in the works, but I digress. I've acquired a good handful of new tops in the last few months, and I'm absolutely certain that for any observant bystander, each one I wear begs the question... "Is she pregnant?" For future reference until further notice: No, not yet, but my wardrobe is sure ready for it, yes.

15. "White & Nerdy" - Because I do so love and ahhdore our delightful angel boy-O (plus I'm a relatively decent, semi-cool step-mommie), I got us tickets to see Weird Al Yankovic in June. Yup, and since the purchase of these aforementioned tickets, all four of us devoted parents will now be escorting the boy-O, all of us together - - and I fully intend to learn all the lyrics to "White & Nerdy" by then, among other Weird Al favorites... Various random lines from "Eat It" have plagued a number of private moments in our home as of late...

16. "Summahtime Plans" - For the first month of summer with the angel boy-O here in Vegas (yay!!!), we have two out-of-state weddings to attend, plans to camp in Zion Nat'l Park over Father's Day, and Weird Al that last weekend of June... and for the month of July? The summer hasn't even begun, I know, but I fear it may be over in no time! We've got LOADS of stuff planned already. The short of it: For the last month, I've been trying to mentally prepare myself, to savor this time we'll have with the angel boy-O, and not think about how soon he'll be gone. [CLARIFICATION: Although we've reached 3-digit temps already, summer doesn't officially begin for me until after the Memorial Day weekend.]

17. "My Heathen State" - This is something I've long wanted to address, but haven't ever... and this will certainly be nothing more than a touch 'n go, oversimplified treatment of the subject: A dear college friend of mine from my days at Ricks College (blak!), now known as BYU Idaho, she gave me a surprise phone call. It'd been a while since we last talked and I was so flippin' excited to simply hear and instantly recognize her voice, I was squealing and giggling for the call's duration... and once I got off the phone, and my honey-man and I had sat down outside for dinner together, he asked me what the...? and I promptly burst into tears. See, I'm a heathen... Not many of my college friends from my days at either Ricks or BYU [double 'blak' - involuntary gagging - - Choking now! - - Pardon me, clearing my throat... No offense is meant by this, but ewww! (hee, hee = I do this to aggravate the very person I'm about to name)] have kept up with me for this fact. Of course, as Mikie stated later -but in my own words- "Screw 'em!" Anyhow... Mikie has always been a friend I can trust, and I have always had such profound respect for her. I hadn't realized until this most recent call from her, that I had begun over the last couple years to unconsciously fear she would soon decide like others had, that I was too lost by Mormon standards to warrant any continued contact with me. But I know better than this... I love you, Mikal!

18. "Happy 5th to Mah Fuzzy Babies" - Their actual birth date is an unknown, however, when I'd adopted these two lil' bros, the vet said they'd been born around end of April, early May, so we celebrate their birthdays on May Day, the 1st.

19. "How 'Bout a New Rotation?" - I've had the same CDs stashed in my car's sun visor's CD holder for the last two years with the exception of two additions over last summer: 1) Wicked, the Soundtrack, after I'd seen the real thing in London (and don't you dare dis Wicked, cuz I'm a enormous sap and I shamelessly love it, and I KNOW ALL OF THE WORDS), and the other [deep inhalation], 2) Fergie, The Dutchess (or whatever it's called). Yes, Fergie - - and I am so ashamed. It was sent to me via an unwanted BMG auto-mailing! I both emailed and called BMG to complain, and I supplied the proof of my online-submitted decline for that month's Featured Selection! The unwanted charges were credited back to my bank account... but I was told to keep the CD - - and not only did I do so, it's been in rotation for nearly a year now. *sniff, sniff* I need serious help, I do. I know. Oh, so what's been in the rotation, you ask? 1) Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits, 2) Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man," [SIDE NOTE: To the angel boy-O's dear mommy's horror, I got the angel boy-O into "Uptown Girl" a few years ago, and he and I sing it in the car together, so it will stay in rotation until the day he tires of it.], 3) the red one is Fergie, 4) the orange is the Garden State Soundtrack, then 5) Putumayo's Brazillian Lounge compilation CD, 6) John Mayer's Continuum, 7) Ferry Corsten's L.E.F. and lastly, 8) "French Behind the Wheel," Disc #6... oh, and I'm certain that Wicked was in the car CD player at the time this photo was taken.

20. "Health Matters: An Update" - Long since the imaginary femoral hernia and the supposed spastic colon, plus a multitude of ridiculous, worthless prescriptions, followed by my personal favorite, the colonoscopy scare, the latest and ahhlmost final verdict is this: I've just got nothing but bad ovarian cyst issues. I do have another scan scheduled on May 28th to rule out one last theory, but we're pretty sure I just have a dreadful cycle is all. I've been charting all sorts of things on the calendar in our bathroom (and we'll leave it at 'all sorts of things'), and I've determined that on average each month, I have about 5 pain-free days is all. Yup. And the proposed solution to this? Either get back on The Pill or get pregnant. So unless we discover something new next week, that's where we are.

P.S. There are more than twenty other potential posts, yet to be posted, but twenty is a nice, clean number for now.

"walk MS" Update Comin' atcha!

Real soon, I'll be posting a final 'report' for last weekend's MS Walk ~ In the meantime, if anyone happens to want to visit my personal MS webpage to help me hit the $3,000 mark, it's not too late!

VISIT NOW ~ right HERE!

Soooo Close, BUT Not Close Enough Just Yet!

MASSIVE 'THANK YOU's
to the latest, glorious additions
to my fabulous list of MS sponsors!

Annette Amdal, Jackie Camp, Mike Chiafulio, Eric Drachman, Kristene Fisher, Seth & Karena Hamilton, Erin Hannon & Joel Snyder, Chris Heavey, Kim & Charles Huot, Jeff & Deb Kinney, Glen McBride, Duane Neillson, Amanda Pasinski, Laurel Pritchard, Janeen Reza, Adrianna Wechsler

If you haven't done so already, please visit my personal MS webpage!
(LINKED HERE)
Go RIGHT NOW and sponsor tomorrow's Las Vegas MS Walk!

Wouldn't it be awesome if I can announce as the event's own emcee that I'd met my fund-raising goal of $4,000?!?

We've reached $2,850 already!
But I STILL NEED YOUR HELP!
PUHLEEZE!

P.S. And those names of donors written in BOLD TYPE (who gave $50 0r more), are eligible for the drawing exclusive to my MS sponsors for TWO BLUE MAN TICKETS, ANY NIGHT, at The Venetian in Las Vegas (link here)!

My Awesome MS Sponsors, Thus Far!

Those who've pledged their MS donation in just the last 24 hours: Daniel Allen, Barbara & Richard Ballingham, Jonelle Cachuela, Coreen Carter, Rolanda Chung, Mikal Davids, Anna Huddleston, Lessel Hutchins, Elizabeth & Darrell Kahre, Jane & Michael Karwoski, Ryan Larsen, Andrew Leman, Michael Noh, Laurel Pritchard, Roger, Jennifer, Martina & Dylan Rennels, Jim Rohrig, Andrea Schoen, Rhea Watson

And those who ran first to the donation plate! ~ Michelle Carro, Gillian Chapman, John & Daly Costanza, Lindsey Harrington, Lois Heaton, Robert Koettel, Pascal Marcotte, Anne Mong, Jason & Suzanne Poulsen, Mary Jane Powell, Carol Randall, Jenna Silverman, Rebecca Thomas, Susan Thompson, Don Trottier & Leslie Trottier, Sangeeta Ullal, Diane Villa, Wayne Weiten

BRAVO, PEOPLE! BRAVO!!!

And my sincerest gratitude to you all!

P.S. And those names of donors written in BOLD TYPE (who gave $50 0r more), are eligible for the drawing exclusive to my MS sponsors for TWO BLUE MAN TICKETS, ANY NIGHT, at The Venetian in Las Vegas (link here)!

Just Past the Half-way Mark!

Okaybee, we're juhhhst past the half-way mark!!! Yuppers, indeedy!
We've got $2,200!!! WOO-HOO!

We've got $1,800 more to goooo - - and in just two days?!?
Before THIS SATURDAY!?!
(nervous shaking of the head)

So far I've got only ONE blogger/lurker on the sponsorship list:
btw, YOU SO ROCK, ANNE M.!
You were my FIRST MS sponsor! ~

Although $2,200 amounts to a fabulous response thus far (hell yeah!), I still need your help!
HELP ME, HELP MY POPSTAR!

Please be a peach ~ an ORANGE peach ~ tee hee ~ ORANGE for MS Awareness!!!
and visit my MS page
right now to pledge your donation!

And THANK YOU soooo much!

P.S.
I guess I should mention TWO more things:
#1 - If I reach my goal of $4,000, I'll be nationally recognized by the Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society as a high achiever in MS fund-raising,
and #2 - I'm the emcee for the Las Vegas MS Walk this year!?!

What was Once Pink, is Now Orange ~ Orange for MS!

You may not know this, but a few years ago (and for years before that), the awareness color for MS was red. Well, we all know what "RED" stands for these days [SIDE NOTE: While semi- on the topic, I'll letcha know that I do also donate to the Las Vegas AIDS Walk every year, for the last 5 years now]... Sooo, about a year 'n a half ago, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society made the move to ORANGE!

Yeah, so the idea is ya see ORANGE, and ya think of MS! Soooo, my hair that was once PINK, it is now an orangey-red! I had been hoping for an orange that would be practically day-glo orange, but apparently, 'ORANGE' is not a popular depositing color choice in the world of hair color. My options were purty stinkin' slim, but the nice lil' chicky at Sally's Beauty directed me to a semi-permanent wash I could try (and I did), and so here's the final results... but first, for the sake of comparison (for those who haven't already seen this), the used-to-be-pink:

NOW ORANGE! (or at least the closest I could get to it) (Notice I'm sportin' an orange shirt? For MS, of course!)

Please visit my personal MS Webpage
Go RIGHT NOW and DONATE ~
Good karma is guaranteed to come your way!

Pre-production for the 'Orange' Hair

We're Ready for Your MS Donations!

My personal MS Walk webpage is finally up and I'm ready for your MS donations people!

And this year, I'm aimin' higher than ever!!!
[drumroll please]

For each year my Popstar and her family has had to deal with her MS, I want to raise $1,000 in sponsorship to be given to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society = that's $4,000!?!

Yup. THAT'S FOUR GRAND! And I'm sooo not even kidding!

AND so that means I REALLLLY need A LOT of HELP from EVERYONE!

AND we've got only TEN DAYS from now to do it!!!

Please donate now
by visiting my MS webpage
right now!

LINKED HERE

If you don't want to submit your own email address, you can use <annejelynn@yahoo.com> and just be sure to email me your contact info, so I can happily forward your donation receipt to you.

P.S. I've added a lil' somethin' special this year to further encourage your sponsorship generosity! See my MS webpage NOW!

Working Lots 'n Lots - But It's Time to Walk!

So, um, it's been hard to nail down some bloggin' time lately because I've been working a lot... AND I'm on the Las Vegas MS Walk Committee again this year and the MS Walk is only a little more than a week away, not this weekend but the next! And I've yet to start my own fundraising efforts?!? EKK!!!

So be forewarned, if I get it together by tomorrow's end, this blog will turn into a "Gimme' Your Money So We Can Find a Cure for MS"-themed blog for at least the next week! Although, do please note, I will be able to accept National MS Society donations for at least a week after the official MS Walk date of Saturday, May 10th.

The GRAND Tally for My 2007 MS Walk

$2,714!!!
(I'm speechless)

CORRECTION:

$155 more today (4/25/07), which brings the grand total to

$2,869.51!?!

For My Lovely MS Walk Sponsors: A big, fat THANK YOU!

Although I haven't yet reached my goal... CORRECTION!!! In just 3 hours since I'd first posted this massive Thank You listing (11:09 a.m.), not only have I met my 2007 Las Vegas MS Walk fund-raising goal, we've exceeded it by $469 dollars and I am soooo very happy, I've been tearing up about every 5 minutes since I first received my email notice from the Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society, announcing that I'd met my fund-raising goal!!!! YAY!

Some More Drippy Honesty (since I've just admitted I'm a total cry baby sap n' a half!): I was working in my office when I received my email notice nearly an hour ago, and I screamed, shrieking loud enough for everyone on my floor to hear me, and I did so REPEATEDLY!

I gotta offer lots of gushing-ALLLL- OVER- YOU-with-truly-heartfelt-gratitude 'Thank You's' to all my most awesome MS Walk sponsors, who've helped me thus far (UPDATED on 5/11/07 to reflect all the lovelies who gave donations for my MS Walk!):

Dan Allen, Annette Amdal, Bryan Andrews, Mark & Mary Ashcraft, Leslie Baldwin, Barbara & Richard Ballingham, Andrew Bell, Mark Bennington, Jonelle Cachuela, Jackie Camp, Michelle Carro, Rolanda Chung, Daly & John Costanza, Ed Crossman, Shelan Davis, Bob Dippner, Kashmir Dixon, Robyn Donaldson, Eric Drachman, Sherri & Garrett Draper, Carla Eagleton, Samantha French & Mike Weller, Peter Garbett, Roni Glover, Melissa Halls, Lindsey Harrington, Pam Havig, Lois Heaton, Chris Heavey, Russ Hurlburt, Cliff & Dannie Johnson, Sharon Jones-Forrester, Elizabeth & Darrell Kahre, Jane & Michael Karwoski, Bob Koettel, Chris Korose, Ryan Larsen, Brian Lech, Andrew Leman, Pat Loosbroock, Liz Marave, Pascal Marcotte, Rebecca Marcotte, Aaronell Matta, Steph Morris, Duane Neillson, Mary Potter, Suzanne & Jason Poulsen, Mary Jane Powell, Carol Randall, Martina, Jennifer & Roger Rennels, Mark Schwartz, Jenna Silverman, Rachel Simmons, Southwest Auto Glass Co., Randall Stiles, Kristine Stone (Yes! a fellow blogger!), Stephanie Stowman, Susan Summers, Michael Sy, Rebecca Thomas, Don & Leslie Trottier (THREE donations between the 2 of 'em!?!), Kati Trottier (my very first sponsor, yay!), Jen Vecchio, Diane Villa, Carolina Villar-Mendez, Cortney Warren, The Gwen Weiss Family (my 2nd most generous sponsor!), and Wayne Weiten (my most generous sponsor, Hallelujah!)

YOU ALL SO ROCK! THANK YOU AGAIN!

And if you're NOT on my list?

Fear not! It's not too late!

Go visit my MS webpage right here, right now!

MS Update!

Okay ~ it's my last full day to receive donations for tomorrow MS Walk, and I'm happy to say that I'm much closer to my fundraising goal than I was just yesterday, for sure, but we're still not there yet!

I still need help! I need YOUR help!
Puhleeeeeeze?

Help me out and in turn, you'll be helping my dearest gal pal, Poppy Johnston, and helping everyone else who must deal with the uncertainty MS causes in so many lives... You're donation will do some good, guaranteed! It'd be something you can absolutely feel good about, 100% ~ and I promise, you'll have some fabulous karma comin' atcha! Pronto!

I have only $365 left to go

to make my goal of $2,000,

but I absolutely cannot do it without your help!

Please? ~ Visit my MS webpage and make an online donation right now, easy as pie! It'd be a great start to your weekend!

And thank you to all those who've pledged
their donations thus far!

I cannot express how touched and pleased I am with all those listed amongst my sponsorship! THANK YOU!

The Fundraising Countdown is on...the MS WALK is this Saturday!?!

Alrighty, between now and this next early Saturday morning, by 7:30 a.m. [SEMI-RELATED TANGENT: Speaking of 'early,' working as a member of the MS Walk Committee, I gotta spend this Friday night doing preliminary set up for the walk from 6pm until midnight!?! and then, Saturday morning, I have to be there by 5 AM for final set up. No one can say I don't love my Popstar! END OF TANGENT], I've got to drum up $520 to meet my $2,000 fundraising goal for this year's MS Walk - - and I am soooooo close, but not quite there with little time left!

Soooo, if you haven't done so already, be an absolute dearie and pledge a donation, and in turn, there will be some uber good karma comin' atcha for it! And, of course, I'll be forever grateful to you for your help and support! REMEMBER: Every single dollar counts! NO amount is too little, not ever!

To donate online, use my MS webpage!
You can also use this link:
http://tinyurl.com/35nnxm

~ And here's the entire webpage address in case:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/
plus the next line...
TR?px=1989971&pg=personal&fr_id=2980

And if you don't want to use your personal email contact info., please, please, please use mine and I'll happily email your donation receipt to you, if you'll be sure to email me and let me know yours:

annejelynn at yahoo dot com
OR
annejelynn at gmail dot com

ANNNND
If you don't want to submit your donation online (although it's very secure), but ya do wanna give, you can either send me an email or look via the NMSS Nevada Chapter's Home Page for instructions as to how you can mail in a donation! Just let me know ~

For a more personal glimpse into the life story of someone who's dealt with MS her entire life, see my adorable friend, Melissa's own MS webpage right here.

It HAD to get done! or else!

One of the cutie chickies who used to work for me had come by the office this morning to ask for some help. She was wearing dark sunglasses and explained she had the worst hangover and felt sooo tired from last night's festivities with a visiting out-of-town friend... I explained I was also very tired, having stayed up until 1 AM... quilting!

How about that contrast, eh?

Yeah. I'm quite the party girl.

My aunt Radeane, who has soooo graciously and fervently worked as my realtor and our head cheerleader in helping us secure new diggs in Las Vegas (who successfully fought for $10K from the seller towards closing costs with buydown to secure a 6% interest rate for a 30-yr fixed home loan), she has a new grand baby who will be blessed this coming Sunday, so I had to finish the binding on the baby blanket we'd made for the lil' guy's big day, and I HAD TO GET IT DONE before I left town this afternoon... or I'd face her rath, had I not finished it ~ hence, I was up handquilting until 1 AM to get 'er done. Can you imagine?

"Oh, Radeane, I know you've been running yourself ragged these past few weeks, but that baby blanket for your grandson's baby blessing? yeah, I just got too tired."

Oh and did you read already? I got an OH MY HOLY GOOD GRACIOUS $500 donation just yesterday for my MS WALK fundraising efforts!

Go visit my MS webpage right now!

Holy Whoa! ~That's Alotta Dough!

For each online-issued donation I'm given for my MS Walk this year, I receive an immediate email notice. The only one received today thus far, I opened and scrolled down to see the usual, as in what I always want to know when I receive a donation notice: 1) from who, and 2) for how much - - [SIDE NOTE: That's what fundraising is about, right? = dah money! = Raising funds for a good cause!] And today's email notice? OH MY GOODNESS - - It's an all time fundraising record ~ the largest single donation I've ever received:

Five hundred of the green stuff!

Yes, that's $500 from one sponsor - - and I'm beside myself as to how I can possibly thank him for such an enormously generous donation! When I read the email notice, I shreiked and sat there in my office absolutely dumbfounded for about 10 minutes or more. $500 is a quarter of my entire fundraising goal, ya know?!? That's a lot!

With $500 now thrown into the 2007 Las Vegas MS Walk sponsorship pot, my fundraising total has reached $785, so we're almost half-way towards my ultimate goal of $2,000! Soooo, let's keep it goin'! Help me get there, people! Only $1,215 left to go!

If you haven't done so already, go visit my MS webpage and help us fight MS - help us find a cure!

KATI Kicks Ma-maa-MAYJER MS Booty!

Can I tell ya that Kati Trottier kicks major Multiple Sclerosis bootay?
Can I tell ya, just how much Kati rocks?

KATI TOTALLY RAWKS!

THANK YOU, Kati ~ Thank you sooooo much!
And thank you for such an uber generous sponsorship donation at that!

And my VERY FIRST donation!
WOO-HOO!

Kati ROCKS it,

double-time, baby!

Go Kati, Go! You soooooo ROCK!

Hey everyone, let's follow
Kati's most excellent example,
and help fight MS!

Visit my MS webpage
right HERE and kick some MS booty,
today!

Did I tell ya already, Kati rocks?

Thanks again, babe!
Mmmwah! ~ me!

P.S. YOU SO ROCK, KATI!

Let's Kick Some MS Booty! Help Me Fight MS!

FOOEY! In the midst of working with an understaffed office and trying to buy a home and preparing for the angel boy-O's 1st ever trip to Vegas that's longer than 2-3 days - - He's arriving tomorrow and he'll be here an entire week! WOO-HOO! - - I'm also trying to help plan the 2007 Las Vegas MS Walk and I haven't yet raised a freakin' dime cuz I haven't prepared my announcements... *%?!?#?#

March 8th, I'd created my MS webpage first... and then I had only five minutes here and here and five minutes there, working to create an uber-fancy-cutesy, full-of-details blog post to announce my new 2007 MS Walk fundraising efforts... and then today? Blogger froze and I lost it allll.... dammit!

So for now, desperately needing to get the damn ball rolling, here's the short of it: One of my bestest gals, the most awesome Poppy Johnston, was diagnosed with MS in November 2004 at the age of 26... My Popstar [a nickname for her that I came up with, thank you!] is an adorable mommie, a loving wife, a devoted daughter and rockin' cool sister - - and a fabulous friend, who I love and adore, but she's sick and she needs help, and I desperately want to help her.

And so, wanting to help, I'm registered for the 2007 Las Vegas MS Walk to be held on April 21st, and like last year, I'm working on the MS Walk committee, but this year (minus the crutches), like last year, I've once again raised my MS Walk Fundraising Goal to a higher height...

[insert growing in intensity drumroll please]

I hope to raise $2,000 smackeroos!
My biggest fundraising goal yet!
And one month to reach it!

Please, pretty puhleeeze, visit my MS Walk webpage
and help me meet my goal! Sponsor me!
~ Help me help my Popstar! ~

And if you don't want to use your personal email contact info., please, please, please use mine and I'll happily email your donation receipt to you, if you'll be sure to email me and let me know yours:

annejelynn at yahoo dot com
OR
annejelynn at gmail dot com

ANNNND

If you don't want to submit your donation online (although it's very secure), but ya do wanna give, you can either send me an email or look via the NMSS Nevada Chapter's Home Page for instructions as to how you can mail in a donation! Just let me know ~

REMEMBER: All donations are tax deductable - - AND NEVER FORGET: If you can only give a little - even 5 dollars or the cost of your next Starbucks drink - it all helps!

Five bucks or $50 ~ Every single dollar counts!

And lastly, but not at all the least:
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
I certainly could not do this without your help!

A Final Thank You! Mah Final 2006 MS Fundraising Results!

A most belated announcement -I know, I know- BUT I just wanted to let everyone know that not only did we meet my $1,500 fundraising goal for this year's 2006 MS Walk in April... we EXCEEDED it!

THE GRAND TOTAL: $1,610!

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH for supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and FOR HELPING ME, help my Popstar ~ the wonderful, Poppy Johnston! She, her family and her friends and myself - we all THANK YOU for your contribution!

You guys RAWK! Barbara & Richard Ballingham, Jim & Radeane Blackwell, LaVerne Boe, Jackie Camp, Mike Chiafulio, Shelan Davis, Robert Dippner, Sherri Draper, Jamey Garbett, Tim Garbett, Lindsey Harrington, Pam Havig, Chandra Huntington, Dannie & Cliff Johnson, Seorin Kim, Bob Koettel, Kerri Ladish, Ryan Larsen, Brian Lech, Julie Loiacano, David Maas, Tracy Manford, Pascal Marcotte, Rebecca Marcotte, Aaronell Matta, Janice McMurray, Stephanie Morris, Suzanne Poulsen, Charles Rasmussen, Jenna Silverman, Daly Sorvongsavanh, Ike & Shanna Thomas, Amy Sloan-Forderer, Stephanie Stowman, Rebecca Thomas, Leslie Trottier, Katherine Trottier, Jennifer Vecchio, Diane Villa, Wayne Weiten

THANK YOU ALL, AGAIN!! OVER AND OVER!!!

NOT Too Late to DOUGH-NATE!

Well, counting online donations and checks/cash received, I'm now at $1040 - not quite $1500 (my fundraising goal), but not bad at all, eh?

Even still, it's not too late to donate ~ The 2006 MS Walk doesn't begin until tomorrow, ya know... LINK HERE! And although I won't be in a position to make it, not even to work the registration tables (still chillin' with a badly swollen foot and a mega-angry back) - -* sniff, sniff * - - Can I tell ya, I will be so proud to report that I was at least able to bring in a purty dang good wad of moolah! ya know? WOO-HOO!

Thanks again to all those who've donated ~ family and friends, and fellow bloggers -- and I gotta say, I'm particularly proud of my fellow bloggers -- people who've never met me in person, but want and feel the need to help out an awesome organization, helping people with MS! helping me, help my very own Popstar! It's just sooo awesome!

Another thing of important note is this: From my honey-man's former spouse's family, I received 4 donations - ?!? - I just opened a check from her mother - ?!? - Wendy, your family sooo rocks ~ thank you for sharing them with me!

It's ALLL about the LOVE, I tell you!
Love makes the world go 'round and 'round!

3 More Days until the MS Walk! NEED your Moolah, People!

Things have kinda been set back in the last few days for the fact that last Sunday, I had a minor motorbike accident... No one was seriously hurt, but I've been at home for the last 3 days with my left foot up, occasionally daring to maneuver about the house on cruches, but generally restricted to either the couch or my bed. It's real fun (total lie). I don't yet have any pictures to share -- 'member, I don't have my digicam anymore, for now... But my honey-man took some pictures with his very antique digital camera the first day, when my lovely contusion was about the size of a plump plum. I took a few more pics on Monday, when my whole foot had swollen up, skin all tight, like a blown up surgical glove, except we're talking about my left foot here. Once my honey-man can upload the pics, I'll happily share.

I'm hoping to be back to work tomorrow -thank goodness for sick leave and job security - and hopefully then, I'll have my friend Daly take not only a picture of my lovely black n' blue foot, but a picture of the pants I had been wearing on Sunday. The pants are the best!

For now, if you haven't done so already, pretty please donate for this Saturday's upcoming 2006 MS Walk - - I'm no where near my fundraising goal right now! We're stuck around $590!?! I need your help, people! <-- Link here! I can't do this without you! Help me keep my Popstar and others like her around! Check out my earlier posts, telling my friend Poppy Johnston's story ~ THANK YOU!

ADDITIONAL LAST NOTE: No, I won't be walking in the MS Walk this year, with or without my purply, swollen foot, but it's okay because I've been working on the MS Walk Committee and will most likely be dealing with walk registration and behind the scenes stuff on Saturday. That doesn't mean though that I can't try to drum up some funds to support the cause!