Checki-in/RANT/Missed my MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM/OFHOF

Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
still here....

I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:

Cigs not smoked: 11000

WOW! Who could have imagined....

In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking
banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us
money to do it there! And I'm totally offended that all the
churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
church! (I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
it for $200, but it just didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl
Scout corporate training facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
(They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).

So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're
just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
one else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
wallet. That's IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)

Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't
know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
the churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I
could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".

Cindy
Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
Cigs not smoked: 11000


PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
are hosting...
http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

On Jul 13, 11:58*am, Cindy Murray <c1ndyl...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. *And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
> still here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: *11000
>
> WOW! *Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. *My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. *We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. *I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. *Fricking
> banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. *It would COST us
> money to do it there! * *And I'm totally offended that all the
> churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
> church! *(I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
> it for $200, but it just didn't work out). *We wound up at the Girl
> Scout corporate training facility. *THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
> (They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. *But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. *Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. *We are not that. *We're
> just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
> one else will. *My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
> and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
> guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
> wallet. *That's IT. *And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
> I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
> write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
> businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. *I don't
> know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
> * But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
> the churches. *THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
> attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. *I
> could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y *6M *0W *5D *0H 21Mns *$-Saved to date: $2172.50
> * Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
> are hosting...http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

Keep walkin' the walk!

On 13 Jul, 17:58, Cindy Murray <c1ndyl...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
> still here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> WOW! Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking
> banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us
> money to do it there! And I'm totally offended that all the
> churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
> church! (I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
> it for $200, but it just didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl
> Scout corporate training facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
> (They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're
> just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
> one else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
> and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
> guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
> wallet. That's IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
> I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
> write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
> businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't
> know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
> But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
> the churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
> attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I
> could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
> are hosting...http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

Nice One Cindy !!! Well Done !!!
Your the Gal.
Regards Chris

Yeah, what David said, and keep walking without puffing. 11,000 is awesome

--
AZ
"DavidL" <Dvd716@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:95af59ee-ba9a-40c8-a8f3-3d659844446c@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 13, 11:58 am, Cindy Murray <c1ndyl...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
> still here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> WOW! Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking
> banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us
> money to do it there! And I'm totally offended that all the
> churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
> church! (I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
> it for $200, but it just didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl
> Scout corporate training facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
> (They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're
> just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
> one else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
> and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
> guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
> wallet. That's IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
> I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
> write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
> businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't
> know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
> But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
> the churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
> attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I
> could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
> are hosting...http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

Keep walkin' the walk!

nice catch
that's a lot of cigarettes and so hard to believe how much we could smoke in
18 Month.

HappyPolarBear
me proudly announces the following:
two weeks, four days, 17 hours, 10 minutes and 18 seconds. 187 cigarettes
not smoked, saved $76.73 for her Vii.


--
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too


"Cindy Murray" <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:g5dc7q$hdq$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am still
> here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> WOW! Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking banquet
> halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us money to do it
> there! And I'm totally offended that all the churches around here
> would not help us since she doesn't go to their church! (I lie, there
> were two churches who were willing to let us use it for $200, but it just
> didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl Scout corporate training
> facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE. (They could teach the churches
> a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're just
> some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no one
> else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday, and we
> got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice guy who
> worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN wallet. That's
> IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which I will not forget
> when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to write
> a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those businesses
> and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't know that I
> could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me). But they
> really do need to know how people feel about that, especially the
> churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that attitude
> that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I could teach
> those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we are
> hosting...
> http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:58:32 -0500, Cindy Murray <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr.com>
wrote:

>Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
>been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
>worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
>still here....
>
>I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
>opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
>Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>WOW! Who could have imagined....

Biiiiiig numbers. Really big numbers. Congratulations, Cindy.

>
>In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
>on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
>scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
>medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
>the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
>that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking
>banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us
>money to do it there! And I'm totally offended that all the
>churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
>church! (I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
>it for $200, but it just didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl
>Scout corporate training facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
>(They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
>So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
>weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
>location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
>donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
>help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're
>just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
>one else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
>and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
>guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
>wallet. That's IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
>I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
>Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
>write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
>businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't
>know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
> But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
>the churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
>attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I
>could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".

I'm not a church goer either. You point out a good reason for that.
Sue - hoping your cropping is successful (I'm not sure what cropping
is, but I still hope you raise lots of money for your friend).

>
>Cindy
>Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>
>PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
>are hosting...
>http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

what is a benefit crop? I understand the benefit thing but what is a crop
and does one normally pay $50 to do it?
the rest of the day seems like it would be fun.
we had a benefit dance for dad and it was just donations at the door. I
went to many places to put up fliers and since dad was a fire chief and he
used to hit up alot of stores for donations for their fire department
fundraisers he knew everyone and their dogs anyways. we came away with
enough prizes from dinner for two's to cases of motor oil. It is 2 months
today that cancer took him.
I hope you all have a lovely day and keep hitting those stores. do the
little mom-pop stores and show them a picture of your beautiful friend and
just keep talking . tell them how any donations will put to use and a people
will know where it came from.
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"Cindy Murray" <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:g5dc7q$hdq$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am still
> here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> WOW! Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking banquet
> halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us money to do it
> there! And I'm totally offended that all the churches around here
> would not help us since she doesn't go to their church! (I lie, there
> were two churches who were willing to let us use it for $200, but it just
> didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl Scout corporate training
> facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE. (They could teach the churches
> a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're just
> some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no one
> else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday, and we
> got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice guy who
> worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN wallet. That's
> IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which I will not forget
> when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to write
> a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those businesses
> and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't know that I
> could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me). But they
> really do need to know how people feel about that, especially the
> churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that attitude
> that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I could teach
> those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we are
> hosting...
> http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

Cindy, when we start getting this far in our quits it is a lot easier
to miss a milestone and certainly from what you write, I get tired
just reading of it. <G> But 11,000 sickerettes NOT smoked is amazing
and the Gnomes & I are doing a happy dance in your honour on that
milestone!

KEEP ON KICKING BUTT!!!

FlatironMike
One year, five months, two days, 20 hours, 1 minute and 34 seconds.
10376 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,112.75. Life saved: 5 weeks, 1
day, 40 minutes.

Instead of taking 55 puffs of smoke, Cindy Murray spoketh upon us:

>I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
>opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
>Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>WOW! Who could have imagined....

If anyone missed anything here it's us missing you Cindy.
Congratulations both on 18 months and on eleven thousand crapsticks
not smoked!

Huge congratulations on what you do for those who need help!

--
Tihomir 1Y1M, Knin, HR 44°N 16°E
http://www.quitbuddies.org

Quote 5337 of 8964:
.... A wok is what you throw at a wabbit.

In answer to the question, "What is a crop"... A crop is another term
for scrapbooking, generally used to describe when two or more
scrapbookers get together to work on their scrapbooks. Think quilting
bee, but with paper (or something like that). The term comes from
"cropping" photographs. It's a hobby art. I've been doing it for about
6 years

Some samples of my work can be found at
http://www.craftyneighbor.com/ideaga...apgallery.html

or on MySpace at
http://www.myspace.com/craftyneighbor

Cindy
Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 1W D 21H 25Mns $-Saved to date: $2183.86
Cigs not smoked: 11058



Cindy Murray snipped everything that's not important:


> I am still here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000



>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
> are hosting...
> http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html

Apparently it is my question that deemed an answer ( thanks for answering)
but it was not important enough to be left.

you do nice scrapbooking Cindy
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"Cindy Murray" <c1ndyluhu@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:g5i7mb$5h8$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> Cindy Murray snipped everything that's not important:

Lynn wrote:
> Apparently it is my question that deemed an answer ( thanks for answering)
> but it was not important enough to be left.
>
> you do nice scrapbooking Cindy

Weird! I *SWEAR* your question was in the quoted material I left intact!
LOL

Congrats on both OFHOF and 11,000 *not* smoked Cindy!

"Cindy Murray" <> schreef in bericht ...
> Okay, it's been basically a month from hell around here, and I've barely
> been able to keep up with the newsgroup. And then late last week it got
> worse, so I haven't been here at all in a couple of days...But I am
> still here....
>
> I missed one milestone: my 18M (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM) or OFHOF, but when I
> opened my meter a minute ago, I caught this:
>
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
> WOW! Who could have imagined....
>
> In the mean time, I'm still terribly busy. My partner and I are working
> on a fundraising benefit for a breast cancer patient. We're hosting a
> scrapbooking crop with some silent auctions/raffles to help pay her
> medical bills and hopefully give her an assist in raising her funds for
> the Dallas 3-Day walk. I spent 6 weeks just trying to find a location
> that was big enough and cheap enough to hold the event. Fricking
> banquet halls wanted $5000 PLUS the cost of food. It would COST us
> money to do it there! And I'm totally offended that all the
> churches around here would not help us since she doesn't go to their
> church! (I lie, there were two churches who were willing to let us use
> it for $200, but it just didn't work out). We wound up at the Girl
> Scout corporate training facility. THEY gave us the spot for FREE.
> (They could teach the churches a thing or two about Christian Charity).
>
> So that was a total headache (nightmare!) that has kept me stressing for
> weeks now because it basically became a full-time job trying to find a
> location. But now that is squared away and we are trying to collect
> donations of raffle items. Well, here we are again that no one wants to
> help us because they only help 501(c)3 orgs. We are not that. We're
> just some nice people who want to help out a really nice lady because no
> one else will. My partner and I pounded the pavement ALL DAY Friday,
> and we got a $25 donation of product from Hobby Lobby, and a really nice
> guy who worked in a Radio Shack bought a $5 gift card with his OWN
> wallet. That's IT. And some of the people were DOWN RIGHT RUDE (which
> I will not forget when it comes time to SHOP there!)
>
> Yesterday, I was so steamed about the whole thing, I was tempted to
> write a nasty letter and mass mail it to all the churches and those
> businesses and scold them for their behavior. But I didn't. I don't
> know that I could stay civil (I can be quite a bitch when you push me).
> But they really do need to know how people feel about that, especially
> the churches. THAT just TOTALLY offended me, and it is EXACTLY that
> attitude that has kept me OUT of a church for close to 20 years now. I
> could teach those hypocrits a thing or two about "love thy neighbor".
>
> Cindy
> Smobriety comes to: 1Y 6M 0W 5D 0H 21Mns $-Saved to date: $2172.50
> Cigs not smoked: 11000
>
>
> PS. For anyone who's interested...here's my girl, Pam and the event we
> are hosting...
> http://www.craftyneighbor.com/retreats/2008/pink.html