Im in the mood to ramble.......

First off...thank you to everyone for the sweet comments about the fundraiser. It went beautifully!! It was such an awesome night. The atmosphere of friends and family coming together to help another in need was truly a sight to see. I was hoping that we would raise easily over $10,000, sadly we only raised over $6,000. Now, i realize that they will be able to use that money, but i was hoping it would have been more! I love the Karren family so much and i was so honored to put it together! So here's to seriving your fellow man!





...Ive found out the meaning of following through and sticking to your word. I had many people volunteer to help with finding donations or making donations. I asked some people to help with donations and got a "sure", but never recieved anything from them and was basically ignored. I know the value of family and of helping others even if they aren't your own family. My sister Steph was my right hand throught this and i couldn't have done this without her. I had 2 cousins from the other side of the family, Korri and Katie (they know Holly as an aquaintance, but that's it) that pitched in and did a TON of work and got LOTS of donations. Maureen camed and helped set up, take tickets, deal with the madness and mostly importanly dealt with the swealtering conditions. Jackie and Ben were running back to their house constanly to get things that we needed at the last second, thank you both. Jackie is Holly's sister, she did an amazing job helping and organizing, thanks jack for all you did. My mother and father, brothers and sister in laws for sacrificing to help make the event so wonderful. My wonderful mother in law who helped out a bunch!! My point?........if you say your going to do something then do it. Its terrible to depend on someone when you ask for help and they don't come through!!





....I have learned so much about service. The feeling that i had, knowing that i was helping, maybe only a little bit, made me feel so great, in so many different ways. I am excited to try and head more serivce for others in need, i truly did forget about my own trials.




Secondly......STOP THE OBAMA-NATION!!!!! HOORAY for SARAH PALIN!! I am so impressed with her. She's so well spoken. I love that Barak is SOOO threatened by her and Oprah, too!! Im not much into politics, Nick is crazazy about them and has been following them for along time now. He listens to all the am stations and he knows his stuff. He has recently gotten me interested. I have always had the attitude that i don't want to know, but the more i listen to my hunny, the more i want to know. So as of now, i will be voting for the very first time for the Republican ticket!! Go me!! Go Republicans!