My friend Cynthia and I have been out asking the business managers/owners to help out with our fund raising efforts. We have been fairly successful so far and feel like we are ready to do more! Thanks to all of the businesses who have donated and offered to have a day of fund raising for us! See the calendar to the left for more information and if you have any questions, please ask!

Today my letters went in the mail. Yay!

I have been training in this humidity...I know the weather is not as bad as it will get, but what's an Alaska girl supposed to do? I think I am going to melt away this summer, literally. In this heat, I run slower, I need more water when I run (lots of it) as it just turns to sweat and I have to get up really early, which isn't a bad thing. My ipod has been great, tracking the many miles I am running. I think I need to buy one of those cool water belts. However, I don't want to look too professional when I run! (like that can happen!)

Marathon Fund-Raising for Ursula

I am going to run in the Nike Women's Marathon and I need your help and support. I am raising funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) as a participant in their Team In Training program and I'm asking you to help by making a donation to my fund-raising campaign. I am running in honor of a wonderful woman and family member who's name is Ursula. Ursula is one of the sweetest people you will meet. She has such a giving heart and a perpetual positive attitude. Ursula has always enjoyed helping others and she has worked in many facilities in order to give care where it is needed. Ursula was recently diagnosed with a malignant myeloma- cancer of the plasma cells. Currently she is undergoing a chemo treatment for her illness. Each of you most likely knows someone who is selfless with their time, love and energy, well this is Ursula. Please help me in finding a cure for myeloma as well as other blood cancers. Here is how you can help:

The goal of TNT is to increase funding to support the Society’s mission while promoting fitness and healthy lifestyles. TNT uses the medium of endurance sports to raise funds for vital patient services and life-saving research.

Please click here to donate online quickly and securely plus learn more about my progress. You will receive a confirmation of your donation by email and I will be notified as soon as you make your donation. You can also click on any of the links to the left to support my campaign.

Each donation helps accelerate finding a cure for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. More than 823,000 Americans are battling these blood cancers. I am hoping that my participation in Team In Training will help bring them hope and support. Any size donation, great or small, makes a difference. I really appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress.

On behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, thank you very much for your support. I greatly appreciate your generosity.

Katie Johns - soon to be marathon runner

IGP Quilts

We accomplished great things last Thursday. With the quilt sets given from our day of service at church we were able to get all of them layered and the edges sewn. Next month we will learn how to machine quilt and tie them. Thank you to Shirley, Cynthia, Felicia and Heidi for coming and helping! Please join us in June.
  
 

IGP for March!

Lyric came and taught us all about applique! We had a great time learning and sewing. Thank you Lyric. I'm sorry I am such a slacker in posting so late, but I had lost the pictures and finally found them again!
  
  
 

Sadie's quilt...at last!

Here it is. I have been working, slowly but surely and it is finished. Thank you to AmandaJean for all of the great tutorials to help me finish this quilt. And to Randi for her great fabric shop where I purchased the fabrics. I love how it turned out. It still needs a washing and I'll post more pictures when it gets on her bed!
   

Quilt Along

Elizabeth of Oh Fransson is hosting a quilt along. She is a self taught quilter and her work is amazing. I like her patterns too. For those of you who are interested in learning more about how to make a good quilt, this is a great opportunity to learn. I have bought my fabrics and am excited to quilt right along! Let me know if you join too.

 

IGP Aprons!

Thank you to Cynthia, Melisa, Julie, Kristel and Katrina who showed up for our IGP night! We had a lot of fun. Cynthia brought scrumptious treats and we had all sorts of aprons being made. They turned out really cute. I hope you ladies all got a good nights sleep!
  
   

To the First 5 People that Read This Post........

Thanks Krista Lou for a great idea! I love knowing when I am a winner! I don't even know if I have 5 people who read my blog, but here it goes. The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.

The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!!

I don't actually care if you post this on your blog or not. I just thought it was a fun and cute idea. So leave a comment!

Fun giveaway...

Randi of Fresh Squeezed Fabrics and Melanie of The Fabric Shopper are hosting a giveaway! Head on over to The Fabric Shopper to learn more!

Success!

The first brownie batch I made I used unsweetened baking chocolate and they were good, but not that GOOD. Last night I made another batch using dark semi-sweet chips and was worried because I had melted the chips and then it hardened in the batter before I could get it into the pan. Again, the brownies are good. After school today, my kids ate 2 brownies each which I was surprised about because they are not super sweet. I am making strides getting spinach and carrots into little, growing bodies.

 

I also made this on Saturday. The kids (husband included) loved it. Spinach and tofu are the two ingredients no one in my house would even think about eating separately. I did end up adding some ice cream in the end, but hey, at least those little bodies are getting some greens. I'll do this again.