Montana

Hey Everyone~

How's life? I'm having a great time out here. It's gotten a little rainy lately, which kinda gets in the way of hiking. So that sucks, cause hiking's my favorite. And I've gotten really good at it. I love it, I'm now able to hike 20 miles a day and work a dinner shift afterwards. It feels great to be so energetic. I feel really healthy. I was hoping to hit 500 miles of trails this summer, but the rain seems to be an obstacle, rain wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that it's snow on the top of the mountain. It's just too cold that way. Wet and freezing.

I'm really getting excited to be in Seattle soon, and I'm coming home for a while in October too, so that'll be really fun. I'm going to try to send out some pictures soon, I'm just bad at computer stuff, so it takes me a while to figure it out.

But congrats on all of the money raising ladies. Sounds like you're going to make it.

Love you all,
Shayla

Yeah, Whippersnappers!!!

Sounds good to me-and fun! Are you finding stuff on line or would you like me to check out craft &/or $$ stores? I would like to pledge $150 to go towards the stuff you need. (I am hopeful that I will still raise this amount from my coworkers and Lion buddies. I haven't done any formal fundraiser but I'm pretty sure I can get $5 from 30 people. Would you guys like me to send it to you then reimburse myself? Who wants it and where should I send it? (bank account or delivered cash, etc.?) I'm working the NRC for Kelber so I'll be in Mpls. Or I can get the money to Jess. Let me know who's doing what. Tammy and Jess, I'll only be popping in to say hi and play a game or two then I'm heading down to Lisa's Tues. nite. I have a 7:30 start Wed morning.
Catch the rest of you later.

I'm down to just over $700, plus Jessi has $105 for me so that'll be about $600, and then grandma said she was planning on giving each of us $50 which will mean either $50 for me, or more if she still wants to donate the same amount (since I'm the only one that needs it), and then Karen was going to do the same thing so I think that is still on its way (?). At the least that will bring me down to $500, and Heidi said at the party that she sent me a check, so I should probably get that tomorrow (I'm assuming she sent it sat since I don't have it yet), and also kathy said she was still planning on donating. so that's where that is...next up is getting what we need for the actual event which includes everything from getting the little things like sunscreen and a sports bottle to buying or making the skirts and everything we need for the tent. Which brings me to my next question, we are thinking about decorating our tent (there is a contest for it, not expecting to win but do want to participate). I was thinking since we are hopefully going to have cheerleading skirts to wear over our shorts or whatever, we could have a "cheer for a cure" theme for our tent and have cheesy glittery signs and pep rally type stuff. so anyway, we are looking for ideas!!!

DOWN TO THE LAST $1,000. :)

Good idea, Jen, and good luck. Actually, congrats to both of you on a fine job thus far!!! I'm in the process of setting something up at work. Hopefully that'll be another 100 for you.
Mom and I went to bingo tonite and didn't win. The Megabingo is up to $31,000. How sweet would that be!!! Another time perhaps. I'm getting anxious for all the gambling fun Freedom Weekend brings us, not nec. November tho!!!
It was sure great seeing everyone at the reunion. Thanks to all for helping me out w/the sites right away! It's greatly appreciated. I think place turned to be pretty neat. Eventho I think I played my absolute worst at volley ball this year. I was thinking maybe I should stop playing but I've decided to play at least once more to redeem myself. (then quit, maybe) :)
What's everyone doing for Labor Day weekend? I'm working at Kelber . I'll be staying at Lisa's, if you're in the n'hood give me a call. We can watch a movie or play cards. Gotta get to bed. It's late. Catch y'all later.

this weekend

so i though of a funraiser that I was thinking the three of us could put together at some point but it never happened. I was thinking we could do a poker tourney (hold 'em) but I don't really know how to do it because I don't raeally have any friends down here so I was thinking maybe I could do it at the reunion but I don't know if anyone would participate. thoughts???
I think Brea is going to drop out. Jessi will be good I am pretty sure; she needs $1000 and has an idea locked in of where it is coming from. Me? I refuse to drop, but I also need $1600. I have a couple people saying that they will donate but I don't think that will get me $1600...I am going to send a fundraising letter (like I did for the marathon) to the family (except tam, kath, con, pam, mom because you all supported us already, and you know how to give more if you want to!) so hopefully that will help, but unfortunately my recipient list is short. I was thinking about adding Uncle Dick to the list, any thought on that from his actual nieces???

We're Baaaack

Just a note to let you know we are back. The vacation was awesome. And a very nice break but now I have to get to work and get the apartment put together. So much left to unpack. I have to get one more load of stuff out of the house, then I'm done.
Tammy- give me a call when you can re camping this weekend. I have a tent. We can bunk together, no problem.
Looking forward to this weekend. Thanks for the pictures, Pam-they are great. etalk at y'all soon.
Kiash

Birthday Photos

Mom, I have a photo album made for you, with all the photos :) Pam

Mom's Birthday

It was so nice to see so many friends & family at the recent celebration. I have attempted to send a link to the many photos from the event to the email addresses that I have. I did receive a response from Jessica that she had received them, but Lu mentioned that she had not. If you did not receive the Kodak link to the photos, please let me know...I will resend it!

Tammy, so glad to hear that you've taken the challenge to quit smoking! Hopefully, more will follow your lead to a healthier life (not to mention a few extra $ saved). Don't give up! How's the classes coming?

What's new with Shayla? Haven't seen any updates lately...hopefully Kathy and Jesse had a safe, relaxing, fun time out in Glacier! Looking forward to hearing about the trip, Shayla, and seeing pictures :)

I am finally working again! Accepted a position, as scheduler, at Southdale Pediatrics in Edina and started on 7/22. The pay is good, but I'm not crazy about the daily drive in rush-hour traffic. I'm going to continue to look for a 2nd job or even a FT position closer to home, that uses the education I'm paying for.

Hope everyone has a fun August! Doesn't seem like summer should be nearly over...not looking forward to the "cold" weather! Anyone planning to go to the State Fair?

Pam

WEIGEL-REUNION

HEY DUDES AND DUDETTES. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET BACK TO YOU TAMMY,HERE'S THE INFO: THE NAME OF THE CAMPGROUND IS AJ ACRES, THE ADDRESS IS 1300 195TH ST NE, CLEARWATER, PH#320-558-2847 DIRECTIONS(from yahoo)-FROM 94- GO WEST ON 24 (AWAY FROM HWY 10) TURN R ONTO 179TH ST NW, GO .2 MI, "CONTINUE ON"C.RD.145 FOR .7, "BEAR" R ONTO 195TH ST E
CHECK IN IS ANY TIME AFTER 2. SO GO AHEAD TAMMY AND TAKE ON YOUR MORNING SHIFT IF IT'D NOT TOO LATE, AND IF IT IS i APPOLOGIZE AGAIN.
IT'S $68 PER SITE FOR THE 2 DAYS, EVERYONE CAN PAY THIS WHEN YOU CHECK IN, OR JUST PAY ME. ANYTHING NOT PAID FOR WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO ON MY CREDIT CARD. SEE Y'ALL FRI NITE OR SOMETIME ON SAT!

8-8-8

hello everybody, i just got off the phone with a counselor from quit plan and decided to share the news. i got a flyer for free gum/patch/or losenge when you sign up with quit plan and i was planning on quitting on 8-8-8 anyway so i figured why not give them a call and get some free help. so it is official. i'm excited, weird huh? oh well, what i really came on here for is to get more info on the family reunion but there is nothing posted LU. as it turns out i do not have to switch weekends because that is my weekend off. i will work tuesday and take friday off. it would be nice to have a little more info though. so kathy, ya wanna quit with me? no pressure just wondering. i am ready. and i know you have to be ready and not just pick a date cause someone else did. you will quit when youre ready and not a day before. to get the free stuff, i had to agree to talk with a counselor 4 more times. i'm confident about this so why not right? plus they will send me the stuff for free. i dont know how much they are gonna give me but that don't matter i guess. i didn't ask cause i thought that was kinda greedy so we'll just wait and see. she said it takes 7-10 days so i will stop at coborns and get a small package to start with if mine doesn't get here in time. so now that everybody knows my plan, i will know it will be a bigger deal if it doesn't work so i will try harder. but, like i said, i have been planning on this date for a while so hopefully i stand tough and stick it out. good luck to me! school is going ok. of course i have a research project on the back burner for med terminology,(imagine that) but a&p is going ok. the first couple chapters were on cell division and stuff like that so i thought this sucks but i finished bones last night when i got home. that was pretty easy. so i just keep plugging away. work just hired 10 new aides so guess what i'll be doing for the next couple weeks. i am training in a new girl this week and i was informed the other day, when i'm done with her, i will get another one. oh yippee! actually, i don't mind it but it slows ya down because instead of just doing something, you have to explain everything and we're very busy on my unit and we get behind. on the third day, i have them start doing the cares and that makes me nervous. you should see me when the new people transfer the residents alone for the first time. i try to let them do it but i usually have my hands in there somewhere. oh well i spose i should try to get another chapter done before i go to work. yap at ya all later.

lu, why don't ya post directions and registration info so i know where we're going and when we can set up. i think me and kathy are gonna share a site.

kathy, how about we share a tent and let the kids have the other one? i suppose it depends on who all plans on going and needs a place to sleep. we'll see when we get there i guess.