I feel spring in the air! I am dying to hang my sheets on the line and
it doesn’t look like it will be much longer. Even Sparky has spring
fever. He actually went out on the patio for two minutes but the fresh air was
too much of a shock on his little orange and white body so he headed for
his food dish and a warm bed.
PPP
My week was made really special by two anonymous people. I’m
going through the “I don’t want to train anymore and I don’t want to do fund
raising anymore” whiny stage, so when I got a card from “a fellow Valley
girl” who said “you inspire a lot of
people, keep up the hard work!” I felt like
crying because I thought it was so great that someone would take the time
to send me a card of support, and it definitely rejuvenated me. Then last
week I had found a wallet in the grocery store parking lot and turned it in
and the nice man to whom the wallet belonged bought me a beautiful
bouquet of flowers and a thank you card and left them on my doorstep. It is a
very good feeling to know there are such wonderful, caring people out
there! Thank you to both of those very special people for making my week
so special.
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Speaking of fund raisers – I, along with my supportive Mom and
sisters, will be having a garage sale fund raiser for the Leukemia Society on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11, 12 and 13. I am looking for donations of
items (in good condition) to sell. Anything you donate or buy at the garage sale
is tax deductible, and I will have receipts available. If you have items to
donate, call me at (425) 888-4298 and I will gladly pick them up.
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I have not gotten around to sending thank you notes for donations,
but here is a list of local people that have donated: Ron and Mary
Byersdorf (UPS driver), Dan Perrins, Jeanne Hansen, Leo McKenna, James
and Denise Reynolds, Jerry and Sue Main, Scott and Brenda Foster, Elmer
Sams, Tanner Electric, Michelle and Jonathan Liu, The Valley
Record, Mark Morgan, Don Korsmo, Officer Robert Keeton, Snoqualmie P.D.,
Russ and Sue Wentz, Brian and Marci Busby, Snoqualmie Fire Dept.,
Howie and Karen Perryman, Bill and Chris Leonard, Pat Briggs, Alan
Bateman, FCI, Terra Works, Frank and JoAnne Engle, George and Sharon
Wyrsch, Earlene Trombley, Mount Si Quarry, Peggy Colson, Lee and
Helen Bergsma, Issaquah Glass, Barb LeBlanc, Juleen Engen,
Vicky Curnutt, Maxine Fleming and all my brothers and sisters. My parents
Ed and Cleo Wentz are my sponsors and have given in many, many
ways. Thank you to everyone.
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Sparky’s corny joke of the week: Where do kittens go on class trips?
To mew-seums!
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“Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a
more satisfying and balanced life.”
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It happened this week: Monopoly went on sale for the first
time in 1935, the first Olympic dogsled race took place at Lake Placid, N.Y.,
in 1932, and Beatles fans screamed for ice cream when Baskin-Robbins
introduced a flavor called “Beatle Nut” in 1964.
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I haven’t played Monopoly for a long time, but I did get into a
rousing game of Sorry with Brian and his 8-year-old son Brandon. Brandon
sent me home over and over again until I threatened revenge. Then he and
I ganged up on Brian and made a deal that Brandon and I wouldn’t send
each other home, but would send Brian home instead. I still managed to
lose big time.
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The battle of the blistered feet continues. Last weekend I decided to
try “blister prevention” which you put
on wherever you get blisters. The only thing that happened was I
blistered underneath the material which clings to your skin like its life depends on
it. So when I went to take off the so-called blister prevention, my
blisters came with it and left me with raw skin to walk on all week.
Please submit items for the Snoqualmie News Notes to
Donna, P.O. Box 604,
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
or e-mail Ballou1@earthlink. net.
