Corned beef

[jayfurr]

I, who went vegetarian during Lent a year ago and went vegetarian "for good" in July, just put a giant mess o' corned beef and vegetables in the fridge for my wife to eat tomorrow. Me, I'll be in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, so I won't have to face the stuff, but she wanted some for some reason. No cabbage, though -- she had her fill of purple cabbage slaw tonight while we watched NCIS.

I'm finally feeling mostly better, although not enough to go back to my happy little routine of an hour jogging on a treadmill set to 13 degrees incline. Maybe by this weekend. Saturday is supposed to be mostly sunny, high of 58 -- awesome weather for the first day of Spring 2010. I've talked to Carole about maybe just walking home, 15 miles, from the mall after our four-mile indoor training walk for the 3-Day. Maybe we'll do that, or maybe we'll do a 35-mile bike ride. Either way, what bliss! :)

On another 3-Day note, the video blog entry (http://bit.ly/jf3day) I wrote was posted to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Facebook and Twitter feeds today by the 3-Day staff, so I got a lot of new friends who saw it and friended or followed me. No donations yet -- the new audience was mostly people who are raising funds for their own 3-Day walks. But I still hope. :) I'm $235 shy of the $2300 I need to raise to get into the Tampa Bay 3-Day, and who knows? Maybe some angel will look down and help me out between now and the weekend. It'd be splendoriffic if I made my minimum by the beginning of Spring. (If anyone wants to help out, my donation URL is http://www.the3day.org/goto/jayfurr. And thanks!)

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good news!

[marith.livejournal.com]

A ninja lizard team staged a raid on the apartment office this morning and rescued a package which almost certainly contains the bear, safe and sound. I will open it when I get home, and deliver him to his new owner on Sunday. Thanks! :)

(Is this weekend the deadline for fundraising to get in to the 3day? Or is it later?)

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[jayfurr.livejournal.com]

Yay bear! (By the way, although it's obviously completely up to you and the new owner, the bear is sold as a "she" -- and named Hope, but you can reclassify and rename the bear.)

The deadline is artificial -- the real deadline is October, but I wanted to try to get the minimum raised early so I could push on toward a higher number over the spring and summer.

Re: good news!

[jayfurr.livejournal.com]

One other random note: the bear comes stylishly equipped with a pink ribbon lapel pin. It is meant to be removed (and worn by an adult) before the bear is given to any small children. :)