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Ten years ago today was a Monday morning. We were on Oahu getting married on a beach near the Mandarin Hotel. In ten years we've had: Three boxer dogs Welcomed four nephews and on niece into our families. Traveled to DisneyWorld, Italy, Maui, and Arizona. We've become friends with some amazing people who we camp with each summer, who we went to Maui with and are planning a return to Maui in 2014. They've been wonderful years. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I'm looking forward to the next ten, and the ten after that and so on... Happy 10th Anniversary D! C. p.s. Sorry I was sick for the big day.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled weekend of friends, fun, and sausage fest to wallop you with a cold virus that strikes to the core forcing you to take to your bed on what was to be a fabulous day... And don't even think about knitting. We're zapping your energy to boot. Meh See you on the flip side

Knitting baby blankets... and more baby blankets and more, more, more. don't get me wrong, I love knowing that my friends and family have warm blankets to wrap their new bundles of love in, and I love seeing photos of the babies with their blankets. But... I should make that bigger because it's a big one BUT... I need a little something more.... A wee bit Of instant gratification and some more time to finish a couple things. So I bring my Ivy Trellis sock to work to knit on and last night I cast on a fingering weight baby sweater for my new hockey buddy Beans.  Beans and I at dinner the other night getting our pre-game funk on... well I was getting my funk on she was just watching me... skeptically  I chose the colors on the Silvertips team jersey's. I even contacted Robin at Buttons by Robin on Etsy to create some very special buttons for it. You know what's funny? I said 'Instant Gratification' and 'fing...

just keep knitting just keep knitting just keep knitting, knitting, knitting what do we like to do we like to knit KNIT KNIIIIiiiiIIIIIiiiiiIIIIIt I'm almost halfway done with baby blanket number three... so I'll keep singing and knitting. happy monday 

I was at Seattle Center with 1,100 other men and women warming up and getting ready to head out onto the 2013 route for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day. Our route that day took us thru downtown Seattle, across the I-90 floating bridge, downtown Bellevue and finally into Marymoore Park in Redmond. It was an amazing weekend. We walked with survivors, family members, friends, and women currently going thru treatment. We walked with a woman who was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, brain cancer and liver cancer. One can't describe the emotion that you feel when you are a part of this event. Its something you need to experience. Amazing. That about sums it up. Reconnecting with my friends was one of the best parts. We met because of the 3-Day six years ago and we've stayed friends. I love them. We're already talking about doing it next year. I hesitate because I think my feet just aren't made for this type of walki...

Till the start of the Seattle 3-Day At 6:30 a.m. Tomorrow we begin the 60 mile journey to end breast cancer. We walk with survivors. We walk with husbands who lost their wives. Daughters who lost their mothers. Mothers who lost their daughters. We walk so that you'll never have to say goodbye to a loved one because of breast cancer. It rips people from our lives to soon. We are making a difference. Every walk in every city, every year brings us closer to a cure. Thank you to everyone for supporting me and my team and people every where who are walking this weekend. Everyone deserves a lifetime and we walk so they will.

The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is only two days away. Two days I'll be picking up my teammates at 4:30 a.m. and heading to the start line. 6:30 a.m. we'll begin our walk thru downtown Seattle and make our way to the eastside. I'm getting nervous. I'm excited also. I'm excited to spend the weekend with my friends. Big crowd gatherings make me nervous. The chaos of them make me nervous. Once we are on our way I'll be fine. I'll settle down and have fun, but right now my nerves are making me nauseous. Day One is the longest day of walking. Day Two is long but not as long as Day One. Day Three is the shortest. I'm getting my gear together. Hoping I don't forget something important. Hoping I pack some fun stuff as well. I found my rain ponchos from the last time I did the walk. I didn't need them then, I will need them this time. It's supposed to rain all weekend long. My camera is charged. My blister kit is packed (this is very ...