From the Mind of AlphaBetsy

At work I am a member of the committee for our area to raise money for  Pelotonia  , which is a bike race for cancer research that my company, Huntington Bank, sponsors. As a group our area put together a bowling event, which we called Pins for Pelotonia. Besides helping to get people signed up and such my family also formed a team Seth's Strikers, lol. We had so much fun playing, and here are the photos of the fun and festivities.

I finally got my hands on some of the Relay for Life photos. The first is our whole team. back row: Shmoo, Seth, Mom, Pete and Jean front row: Sarah, Donna and me Seth is a Viking with attitude. Me in Garb. Walking with our banner. :) We were assigned our new WWP swap partners today and I have my first international partner. She is from Switzerland, which is kind of awesome. I'm so excited to get started crafting. I'm already getting some ideas. Though I am still stalking away.

The relay for life was this past weekend. It was so much fun. The Wench Team raised approx $1800, and the whole relay event raised over $42,500.00 for the American Cancer Society. I will have to post pictures as I get them because I didn't manage to take any at all. Way to go Betsy. I am going to steal them from others as they get posted. But among the fun was vertical apple bobbing, stuff that glows, lot's of garb, dancing crazy, Sarah's first energy drink and much much more. I'm already planning and plotting for next years relay. I am going to sell jewelry to raise funds, and Seth may sell some chain mail. Lots of planning and plotting. A big thanks to Pete, Sarah, Jean, Donna, Mom, Shmoo, Seth, Travis, Jean's mother and father and everyone else involved. Another amazing year. :) Tomorrow is Seth and I's 3 year anniversary. I am going to make him a 52 things I love about you book using a deck of cards. I will post pictures tomorrow. He has to work his usual ...

I have had an absolute blast this evening figuring out how to personalize my blogger and how to create my own button. In general I am not the best person in the world with computers, though I am a quick learner and pretty damn eager, so I am proud of my new found abilities. And I really like the blogs new look. Seth and I had a little date night yesterday, and we went to dinner at On The Border which was yummy as always. After that we went to see Iron Man 2 in IMAX. It was a great film, of course I loved Iron Man so... In general though it's a fantastic action flick. Robert Downey Jr is still smarmy. Mickey Rourke was a great villain. Sam Rockwell cracked me up as the competition. And also definitely worth the extra money to see in IMAX. Seth also surprised me last night with tickets to see the musical Wicked when it comes to town in August. I'm so excited. I was going to major in Musical Theater once upon a time and I love to go see shows. The fact that this is based off o...

I had a great weekend with my mother. We went to a couple of antique/crafty stores on Saturday. I got some great ideas, as well as found an amazing antique store that had antique keys, wooden spools, cigar boxes, and a lot of other amazing things. I am definitely going to have to remember it for the next Jar of Whimsies swap (which should be soon, w00t.) On Sunday we went to a couple of garage sales where mom and I got some awesome vintage jars, which I am going to use to organize my craft room. I also got an old 45 case with 45's for $5!! I had been looking for one but they were always $20+, so I feel like I got a deal. Beyond that we just had a good time running about and laughing a lot. I get to see my mom and sister again this coming weekend because we are doing the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. We are walking with some of my sister Wenches in West Chester Ohio. This will be the second year for me and technically Seth, though he wasn't officially a team me...