JWalking: The Blog

Y ou'll never know what you'll find at CJ's new blog . Nothing like the closeout of school for the year to be the impetus for starting a blog. ( Finally! Read her first post. ) I'm sure she'll pass my number of posts in no time. Speaking of which.... Many post ideas, but so little blogging time left. (The daily Proverbs study is quite consuming, along with trying to keep up with all your blogs! Rewarding, but I'm not here as much.) So, enjoy CJ's efforts. She has a lot to offer. And I'm not helping! :-)

S o, we're on Day #2 of summer vacation. RJ2 decided to wait a day to pull the first "AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!" moment of the season. She is now a preschool graduate (happy post to come shortly). In addition to a diploma and a special award for "creativity" (which will become obvious in a moment), she received a number of special gifts in a specially painted beach pail! She has a new plastic turtle, a water ball and some special strands of beads. RJ2 loves to make people out of long stringlike objects, including jump ropes, Wikki Stix (like Bend-a-roos), Play-Doh snakes and strands of beads. She turned her gold and blue graduation strands into two children, named after her preschool teacher's children (F and E). F and E were riding in the car with us, taking CJ to a summer mini-camp. On the way back, RJ2 made a strange sniffle of a noise from her seat. "Are you OK?" I asked. "Yeah. I'm OK." Then, she started in with a little cough. ...

D id you guess right? ( See yesterday's post, below. ) I got a haircut yesterday. But, not just any haircut. The folks at Pantene call it "The Kindest Cut of All." Way back when, three or four years ago, CJ was inspired to give away her hair after seeing the pictures of girls in the local paper who participated in the " Locks of Love " program. This not-for-profit organization provides hairpieces to children who lose their hair due to a long-term medical condition and are facing financial hardships. Although a wonderful program, the group requires a commitment of 10 inches of hair. CJ has learned great patience in growing her hair out, but 10 inches is still too long a goal when you don't eat much protein. Then, we read about another hair donation program in the paper. An entire family gave their hair to " Beautiful Lengths " sponsored by Pantene, a division of Procter and Gamble. Pantene works with a wig manufacturer to create wigs for cancer pat...

O ff to do something good for somebody else today...Me and 5 other people. Simple act. Simple packaging and mailing. Making somebody happy....with something browniful (at least from me). No cut-off dates to help, except to make the appointment. Huh?........ More tomorrow!

OK, I posted something new on my blog today.... It's YOU !! Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!