Relay for Life

Recently I decided to join a Relay for Life Team… some of you might not understand why I’ve been asking for donations or trying to get you to let me babysit your kids for donations only. Any donations given to my relay for life team #7 Hunting for a Cure, go straight to the American Cancer Society. I know we have all been affected by cancer in some way or another. A few of my family members have had cancer and survived due to effective treatment but others have not. I want to make a difference, so I joined a Relay Team. If your one of those people who doesn’t like to give away your cash here are some other ways you as my friend can help me out:

1.       Give me a donation for babysitting your child. I will donate 100% to the American Cancer Society.

2.       If you don’t have a kid, I will pet sit or clean your  house for a donation.

3.       Come to our Dinner at the casino in June…. I know you need to eat.

4.       Donate an item to be auctioned off at the dinner.

5.        Donate your junk to me to sell at my relay garage sale

6.       Come buy stuff from me at my relay garage sale

7.       Volunteer at the event. There are options for everyone.

You can make a difference, even if you don’t have money to donate. Let me know if you have questions about how exactly you can help out, or if you’re interested in any of the following.

For those of you who have donated money or have let me watch your child for a donation, I appreciate your support! Thank you for doing your part to make a difference. :)

Meatless Monday's

I would probably be a vegetarian if it weren’t for my meat loving husband. To try and stay healthier we have agreed upon meatless Monday’s in our house. We started this about 3 weeks ago and I am really enjoying it. This week for dinner we had veggie stir fry with brown rice. My good friend/coworker Kira is vegetarian and shared one of her fabulous cookbooks with me, while flipping through I found a great looking easy stir-fry recipe. After doing some research I found that meatless Monday is actually something that exists and promoted by Peta. Now for those of us who took rhetorical theory we know about Peta…. And no I’m not talking about Pita Pit. J

 I found out that just lowering the amount of meat you eat and going part time vegetarian as some would call it… you can lower your carbon footprint, cholesterol, fat intake, and a whole bunch of other things that should be lowered in all of us.  This made me feel even better about incorporating meatless Monday’s into our lifestyle. It is awesome because Monday’s are always rough for me, and not cooking meat lowers the cooking time of a meal by quite a bit… now only if my rice cooker had a turbo button.