It's Pink Saturday!!

And it is the one following the BIG day...around these parts that means "The Race"...The Komen Maryland Race for the Cure...So, in honor of that Auspicious Occasion, I will post some pictures...I do promise that I will be posting a write up of the beautiful day...but for now...some images from our morning...

MICA students set up for a morning of portrait drawing...in the  Survivor Tent...

(they drew portraits of those survivors that desired one)

Another shot...

We gather for the big photo after the Parade of Pink...

Our very own PINK Fireman...He has lost all 3 of his sisters to Breast cancer...

Um...

Race Official...That's me...

Bang the Drums...The Pink Warriors are afoot...

We have our survivors sign canvasses with the I-words on them...we hung the ones from previous years on the walls of the tent...Can you find my signature?

Here they come! 32,500 Strong!! We are fighting, we will win this fight!

The theme for our Survivor Tent this year...

The signing begins...mine is in the loop of the ribbon...my favorite I-word is actually Imagine...I signed that one too...lol...

The stones...

Our Creations...

Here it is...My favorite...

I will leave you with this...I have already taken up way too much of your time...if you have lasted this long, I thank you!...lol...Just must say that I am the author of the above banner...it hangs on the outside of "my" Survivor Tent each year...Truer Words...

As always linking up...

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and

and OK in honor of the Halloween thing...

and

5 minute Friday...

On Fridays around these parts we stop, drop, and write.

We write bold and beautiful and free. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.

Won’t you join us?

OK, here goes...5 minute Friday...My first time...I am supposed to just start typing and keep going for 5 minutes without stopping. Just type about whatever comes to mind...Well, I am thinking that I need, really need, to post about last Sunday...I am also thinking that that particular post has to be spectacular, because that day was simply very special...Hard to describe...but given the time and the proper frame of mind...I know that I am up to the task...I am also lamenting, big time, the fact that the day after that race, one of my favorite committee members sent me a text that will be forever etched in my brain!


 "I found a lump!"

My time is up...I must follow the rules, musn't I?

I will take the time to say, that after the shock, and responding to her, I thought to myself...you know, it seems that whenever I am weary, or tired, or thinking that I might just have been doing this a little too long...Something happens to make me realize that my time is not done...But Lord, there must have been another way to send me that message this time...insert my tears...

Wordless Wednesday...

It's Pink Saturday...and it is Race Set Up Day!!

What a Day it was...

I will say a little but I will show you more...I chair the survivor committee...I have been very ill for a lot of the summer and today that showed when it came to my patience...

I am grateful to my faithful committee members for their understanding a hard work!

It showed...

A few of my faithful, hard at work!

Our centerpieces...

Slowly coming together...

After we had done all that we could, we went for a walk around the village and look what we found!!

The ford Warrior in Pink Mustang!!

 Again!

There we are...Drooling...

Just Love that background!!

Here is a shot of the background by itself...

Well, wish us luck tomorrow...

As always, please visit Beverly over at

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Pink Saturday!! Giveaway...

Hello There, I am a little late with this but at least it is still Saturday...I wasted most of the morning doing something that should only have taken maybe 5-10 minutes at the most...sigh...

You see that CD down there?...the pink one?...I spent hours, yes, literally hours, trying to put 5 songs on that to be used for play in our survivor tent on the 23rd...

Yes, I know that it doesn't take that long to do something like that! I am well aware! It does not even take me that long...usually...But one of the songs would not show up on my hard drive no matter how hard I tried, and no matter how many times I downloaded it...and yes, I bought it! Several times, in fact...x@#$!!! Eventually my daughter bought it and downloaded it to her computer and emailed it to me...That finally worked...

There, Rant over...

The picture below, depicts the little jobs that I have laid out for myself for today...as you can see they involve pink...appropriate for today...and typical of moi...

Also, typical because these are last minute details that must be done prior to the tent opening on Race Day!

Looks like fun doesn't it? 

Well, I thought so...sigh...

Be sure to visit Beverly at

 howsweetthesound

For more Pink Ladies

And 

For a very special story

my heart goes out to Natasha and her family...


Lastly....Check the following BCA giveaway...over on Mom Blog Society
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