well, after 15 years of trying to become eligible for spine surgery the day has finally come. Monday the 12th I will have two of my 3 bad discs fused. I told the surgeon that I would be his star patient... quick recovery and awesome results.. only thing is that I've never been good at doing nothing.
I also can't imagine not being at the office with the other elves for 8 to 12 weeks. I will certainly miss them. We really are a great Elf family!
Maybe worrying about this stuff is helping me not worry about the event itself. I'm really not worried about the 6 to 8 hour surgery.. just the not having Diet Coke for a week. :)
If anyone has any good thoughts left after our insane December send them our way.
Hugs, Jennifer, queen elf
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
We did it!
When the national economic downturn threatened to endanger the Family Giving Tree's Holiday Wish Drive, the Elves were nervous. So many of our major corporate contacts had lost their jobs, several large donors pulled out of our main fund raising event, and it was looking as if we were not going to find a warehouse large enough to run the program. Yet somehow, from within this cloud, we all pulled through...and the Elves couldn't thank our supporters more. With more than 1,000 Giving Tree locations (the 1st time we've gone above 1k), we were able to provide 58,000 children with a brand new gift; far above the goal we set! One of the social service agencies we work with sent us this picture of a girl receiving her gift...she loved her Disney Tea Set! For updates, pictures and complete stats, sign up for our monthly e-newsletter at www.familygivingtree.org now.
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