Just Make Stuff

One day...

I will walk into Babies'R'Us and be fine...totally fine...one day I will walk in there and my heart won't sink to the floor...one day I won't stand in the middle of all the clothes and start to cry.

Tonight was not that day, but we needed to go to get a gift for my sister's baby shower this weekend.  Last month I randomly found 2 gift cards from such a different time in life...they were in a pocket of a purse that I clearly hadn't used in two years.  We got to put them towards something my sister said she really needed so that felt good...it also felt good to get the heck out of there, get home and get the gift half wrapped since I still need to figure out some cute ribbon and a card. If I'm super ambitious I might try to craft a simple once a month update scrapbook for her...we'll see.

So my productivity for today (besides catching up on an episode of Gossip Girl which is such a horribly good show...a total guilty pleasure) is the half-wrapped gift and a freshly printed and stapled copy of my first "big-kid paper" as I described it to Sean earlier...feels so good to have it done!

I have an hour...

until my acupuncture appointment...which seems to be working by the way...I still get migraines but so far they go away fairly quickly which is so much better than wasted days. So I have an hour till I leave and I will use it to work on finishing up my paper since I seem to be incapable of writing a conclusion at this point and I'd better conclude fast since it's due tomorrow.

But first the two things making me happy today...

1. the weather...yea for clouds and cool temperatures!

2. my stamp shopping spree arrived

I NEEDED more of my very favorite jury duty stamps before stamp prices go up and they're no longer available. I also needed some rate change stamps and then I saw that they have these cool 4/5/10 cent stamps and I got a set of each so I can have fun mixing up stamps like I remember seeing that Amber did for her wedding invitations...which by the way her whole wedding made me want to get remarried...still to Sean but with much cooler little details involved :)   

Okay off to paper concluding and then to have needles stuck in me... 

So far today...

--I have driven Mac to school three times since I had to pick him up and drop him back off in the middle of the day for IEP testing at our local public school...thankfully Sean did the fourth trip to pick him up

--made chicken salad to take to school for lunch tomorrow and broccoli cheese soup to eat for dinner when I get home from school tomorrow night

--read an article for class

--wrote two more paragraphs for my paper

--sent Sean an e-mail in case on the off chance that he needs ideas for any last minute birthday gifts...he LOVES when I do that :)

--drank at least 10 glasses of icy cold water since it was still obnoxiously hot here

--allowed myself an hour to nap to try to get rid of a migraine most likely induced by the aforementioned obnoxious heat

--and took a photo of one of the roses growing in the backyard

 

So today was disgusting...

it was almost a hundred degrees and actually kind of humid...I know some people embrace the heat and I am not one of those people.

The temperature didn't matter much anyway since for most of the day I was sitting at my desk working on my paper which is about 2/3rds of the way finished.

But I took a break to play outside...

My sister got Mac a toy like this for his birthday and all three of us loved playing with it last summer...we're endlessly entertained by making it hover...and then today Sean discovered you could jump through it quickly and the rocket would keep hovering...

So I had to put down the camera and try it too...so Sean just had to pick up the camera in order to have me running like a fool properly documented...as you can see I have quite an athletic jump with my tipped head and flailing feet. :)

Since it was hot as an oven outside I was dry in a few minutes and dutifully went back into my desk to keep writing...or at least stare at the computer screen trying to think of something to write...speaking of which I'd better get back to it for a few more minutes before going to bed...oh do I want this paper done! 

Saturday morning...

Having breakfast...when Mac saw me putting it together he said, "Nice bowl, Anthropologie?. Um, yeah.

I have two big things to do this weekend...

Finally decide if this layout that's been sitting on my desk since Wednesday is done, even though I've barely done any of my usual amounts of stamping and pattern paper combining.  I keep trying to do something else to it because it's so simple, but I have to admit I just love it the way it is.  A photo our friends took up on Mt. Diablo and some super messy typing of song lyrics that I love right now.

Okay so that wasn't a big thing to do, but the next one is...

In an amazing display of scholarly dedication I will attempt to make this pile into a research paper this weekend so that I am not throwing my usual fit of desperation the night before it's due...wish me luck.

Learn...

Some of you guessed correctly...my word is "Learn".

I got the idea towards the end of my fall semester when I wanted to organize the class notes I know I want to keep for future reference and saw that the pile of books I want to keep slowly growing. 

I decided I needed a place to keep all of it and watch it grow...I've joked that as the bookcase fills so should my brain...at least that's the plan. 

All the books in the two bottom left hand corner cubes were given to me by my mom when she was cleaning out around her house earlier in the year...it worked out well for me that she earned a master's degree in Psychology and had a fellow Psychologist and friend who happened to teach Women's Studies and gave her a lot of books back in the 80's and early 90's...I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to read them all, but what a cool collection to be able to refer to if I need to.

Oh and speaking of Earth Day again we also have those fluorescent light-bulbs around the house and in this case they were casting a horrid light on the bookshelf that I am too inept at photo editing to begin to know how to fix...but oh well we're helping the environment. :)

Oh and there might be a ton of holes in the wall because I just might have asked Sean to move it all about an inch to try to center it better...even though he warned me about that when we were first hanging up the tree and I ignored him...it's a wonder he doesn't strangle me sometimes...especially since he has had to cover A LOT of holes with spackle and paint over the years.

 

I finally used the flash to attempt to show you that the "L" is actually dark blue and the "A" is dark green...

The tree is from Pottery Barn a few months ago...I saw it on sale on the website, drooled over it, finally decided to buy it yet somehow my order never actually went through the system and when I realized it my tree was sold out on-line and I had to have it ordered and shipped from a store that of course didn't have it discounted quite as much as it had been on-line...but I still HAD to have it, huh?

So hopefully seeing "Learn" everyday will be a reminder of the goals I have and what I need to continue to strive for.  Heck if it works I might need to go back to Timeless Treasures and get more inspiration.  I wonder if spelling out something like "Don't be a fat ass" on a wall might help me eat more carrot sticks instead of cookies? :) That would be a lot of letters though...

And today from the mailbox...

Until I opened up the envelope today I had pretty much ignored the fact that I had done this...well ignored it besides using it as a good reason to ask for a "graduation" gift from Sean...my bookshelf in the hallway to hold the growing collection of school books & class notes.

I never really intended to specifically earn an AA degree...it was more of a side effect of taking so many courses at community college...I guess I wasn't that proud of it because it took me SO long...and it's still only the beginning to get where I want to be...one degree down two to go. 

Until I opened the envelope today and saw my name on a diploma...and you know what it means?  One degree down two to go. :)

Oh and that bookshelf?  I promise I'll share it tomorrow...since we're finally hanging up my word that goes over it this afternoon...      

At the end...

of the day...after nine hours at school...three classes, meeting with a professor, and then learning how big and scary the school library really is as I looked for books for my research paper. 

Earlier in the day before I left for school I took some photos from around the house since I was inspired by seeing this...

From the looks of the back of our guest bathroom door it seems Mac was exited about Earth Day this morning...on the way to school he informed me he had picked out his uniform in symbolic Earth Day fashion...green shirt for the trees, blue pants for the ocean, and brown Converse for the dirt. :)

It got me thinking about the little changes we've made around here in the last couple of years...a far cry from when we moved into the house in 2000 and I was annoyed that the trash collection gives you a recycle bin so that meant I had to have two trashcans...I can't imagine all the crap that would have come out of our one little home if we haven't had that recycle trashcan all these years now.

Other little changes...

Unplugging stuff when we're not using it

Keeping a basket of rags handy in the kitchen to use instead of paper towels

Reusable bags...we have had six of these for about a year and love how much they can hold on grocery and Target trips...we just keep them in a basket in the car and try to remember to take them in the store with us (although we have to walk back out to get them about a 1/3 of the time still)

Composting...Sean put down the first batch in our garden a couple of months ago and it's amazing how well everything is growing

I can't remember when exactly I asked Sean to buy me a plant instead of buying me a bouquet of flowers on my birthday or our anniversary...now our garden is filling with roses...and it's pretty funny when on days like Valentine's he asks me to close my eyes and hands me barren rose roots

So that's our little bit of environmental friendliness in the Griffin household at the end of this Earth Day...hopefully by this time next year we'll be doing even more...

Fairly worthless...

I was pretty unproductive and for the most part wasted the day away...I really enjoyed it too...I needed it...last week was stressful as I decided what to do about school and am now signed up for two simultaneous six week summer school courses starting May 27th so I'd better enjoy any moment of free-time now...even though I certainly should have spent it doing research for my impending paper.

I did do something else WITH paper though...

And I made a super simple new banner...I thought a binder and butterflies would be appropriate for this time of year with finals coming up (oh that company also makes one of my very favorite stamps for the back of cards).

So that's all I've got from today...got to get to bed so I'm rested for my looong day at school...only 3 of long Tuesdays left for the semester!

After...

So it's not that big of a change...my desks and shelves got rearranged and that's about it thank goodness...I saved myself (and poor Sean) from any horrendous furniture puzzles

The monitor is great and mounting it on the wall has freed up desk space...but I'm taking a few days to try to decide if it's up a little too high to be totally comfortable

The shelf rearranging was just for fun...I moved some stuff to the bottom shelf...

because I moved all my ribbon jars up to the middle shelf which is up just high enough for me to reach them...at first it was too high and Sean told me I would end up smacking my head with a glass lid...no I wouldn't...until I did...and then spent about a half hour with an icepack on my head as he lowered the shelf

My new free desk space on the side allowed me to clean off the space right in front which always feels good to de-clutter a bit

And that's about it...sorry it's not too terribly exciting or particularly innovative, but even a little change always feels good.

And speaking of "not too terribly exciting or particularly innovative" I made one layout this weekend...

I used a quote by Marcel Proust which I didn't credit on the layout because I am horrible and rarely credit quotes or lyrics on my layouts...I just figure people can assume that any especially beautiful articulate thoughts probably didn't come from me. :)

 

The before photo...

You know it's been awhile since I sat helplessly crying as I'm totally overwhelmed by the task at hand...I can't remember the last time I sat with a tape measurer in my hand just staring aimlessly trying to put a horrendous puzzle of furniture and decorations back together. (oh no, wait, yes I do remember)

So it's that time again...time to rearrange...this really isn't my fault though...our computer monitor has endured a slow, painful death this week...blinking on and off, on and off...which was ridiculously annoying, but will result in a hopefully snazzy new screen that we're going to mount on the wall (and as always by "we" I mean Sean)...so things are going to need to move around a bit...and the way my mind works is, "heck while we're at it I could do...this...and this...and this...".  Nothing too major like the beastly card catalog moving, but nonetheless disaster is sure to ensue at some point.

Pass me the kleenex...it's going to be a looong night...

Let's hide...

Let's not think about a paper that's due two weeks from tomorrow...or scholarships I still haven't heard about...or busy schedules for the next two months...or summer school classes & the dreaded word "STATISTICS"...or how many classes to take next fall...or HAVING to get an "A" on my next Social Research Methods test because I got a "B-" on this past one...a "B-" for goodness sake...instead let's scrapbook or search I-tunes for Latin Jazz...let's hide in my room and revel in all the little colorful details...

Certainly doesn't solve any problems, but it can't help but make me a little happier...

From this mess...

This was my room on Friday night...we had just gotten home from the mall where we had to buy a gift for our friend's baby shower on Saturday...or I guess they called it a "sprinkle" since it's their second child.  I was trying to think of something cute to do instead of just buying one outfit or toy and we ended up buying what I titled a "onesie wardrobe"...half a dozen cute ones from three different stores wrapped up into a little tower with a set of hangers tucked into one of the boxes and one hanger used to make a card with...

Besides the baby gift I had my sister-in-law's birthday gift, my little sister who will be three years old this week, and a classmate of Mac's gifts to wrap and cards to make...and about a half dozen thank you notes to make and write.

Here's the first one that I love and will probably be copying to make birthday thank you notes in a few weeks...I used a rub-on on the envelope and it finally occurred to me to start using my shamefully huge label collection along with my typewrite for address labels...

So then I typed other labels...

for other thank you cards...

and then I used the same stamping idea with a different color combo for my sister-in-law's card...

that went along with her gift...a collection of scrapping stuff since I feel that I'm chief in charge of getting her new supplies since she started scrapbooking about a year ago...

look for me to open a kit company soon since I had too much fun putting this all together (100% totally joking)...then I sort of pseudo wrapped it to get it into a priority mailing box and off to Iowa to hopefully get there in time...

then there was my sister's gift...since she'll be three there's lots of fun stuff I can start getting her like board games...so her gift this year is Candyland and some other cute sandwich building game...for her card I decided to go back to something I LOVED making years ago...a shaker box...for a good laugh check out some of my old ones...did you notice my prowess with the Sizzix machine?  Now you know the answer if you ever ask yourself, "I wonder if Nora has always been this talented???" clearly the answer is a resounding "Heck yes!". :)  Here's my 2008 version...hopefully she'll be entertained by shaking it...

the messy double-stamped "happy"s have a totally racially inappropriate story to go along with them...in typical Nora fashion I stamped the cursive happy birthday crooked and decided to try to make it look cuter with a few scattered little "happy"s...you have to use a really light touch with those tiny type stamps to look good and with that first happy up there I was too light and the very top of the "h" didn't come out...do you know what that means it spelled?  Um, "nappy"...I just sat there staring at it envisioning my own Don Imus scandal since my sister is half African-American and in the past my dad's wife has been quick to confront situations with extended family members when she has perceived prejudice...so I just stamped it again right over it and did again on purpose since I've convinced myself that if you duplicate a mistake it totally makes it look intended.  (I sincerely hope no one is offended by my story...as I said, I know it's inappropriate and please know I am well-intentioned, but just had to sit back and laugh at my dumb luck)

Then there was the gift for Mac's classmate...I used a piece of a Hambly overlay to make a quick little tag/card type thing...

A couple more thank you notes...

and finally a layout I made with hidden journaling in the envelope...I still can't decide if I want to tear off those strips to make an even box or leave them long...

Thankfully my room is all cleaned up now and my to-do list all checked off and I can go read for school...don't I have my priorities in proper order?  Craft first, study later. :)

Thursday evening...

is almost over and it was a good one...here's what made me happy today...

--this layout still sitting on me desk after I made it a couple of days ago...not sure if I like 2 sets of wings stamped at the top...I probably should have just done one, but oh well...

--making dinner (kind of improvised with the ingredients and actually used low-fat everything and it still tasted really good which was pleasant surprise)

--going for a walk together

--catching up a little on Dancing with the Stars (although we haven't watched the results show yet)

--having fresh baked chocolate chip cookies warm from the oven which I had no business eating

--this flag flying on our house...

Right after Easter I went to put up a generic spring flag and decided I wanted something new since we've had the same flag April through the middle of June every year and it's totally tattered...there used to be the cutest flag store in downtown Orange that I built our flag collection at over the years but it closed awhile ago...so I went looking around the internet and found this site...where I found my tree flag that of course I had to have...I also found another cute summer flag for around the 4th of July...and one for August since I've never had a good flag in August and finally I had to have this one to fly at the beginning of November

--afterschool I took some time to clean out my closet a little since it was getting too crowded to move the hangers back and forth...which also means I got the huge laundry pile at then end of our bed put away

--I got this kit in the mail...I've never ordered one before, but this one seemed too clever to pass up...can't wait to hide some journaling on layouts with all these pieces

--I made a CD as a little birthday gift for a friend who just got her first I-pod...

and wrapped it since we're having lunch tomorrow...

 

And now I'm off to bed :)

This might be a record...

I don't think I've ever shared so many photos in one blog post...but here is our trip...which is totally fun for me to reminisce about since it really was the best weekend ever...

So this was the view from our room in the morning before we packed up and headed off to breakfast

And then we had to check the map to get to the museum since neither of us have any sense of direction (actually I totally posed this photo since I though it was one of those cool depth of field opportunities...Sean was the one who actually looked at the map to figure out where to go)

Then we got to the museum...where they didn't allow any photography which was torture since there were so many cool things.  I wrote down names of artists and various pieces I liked but there's not a whole lot of information about them on the web since they're mostly instillation's that were recently created...but there is this one which is an astoundingly huge wall of silk flowers and leaves stitched together...and four paintings made by this artist...and that's all I could find on line...oh and so since I couldn't take photos inside I took a reflection one out on the patio

Then we had to stop at what I think is one of the most magical places in the world...a museum gift shop...it is where I learned about this artist when I picked up a set of note-cards and this artist when I drooled over all of her gorgeous jewelry (and picked out a small pair of earrings since I needed a souvenir, right?)..so here I am looking like a beaming dork after shopping

Then on to Timeless Treasures to sit on the floor for two hours playing with various letters...yeah I was in heaven...I think you can see three or four letters of my word...any guesses to what it is?  I promise I'll share as soon as it is hung up

I wasn't sitting the whole time...it was back and forth...back and forth...back and forth again...let's just say I'm am lucky to have a very patient husband

Okay on to the weekend with our friends...more bocce ball photos...me drinking wine which truly enhanced my bocce talent, us screwing around for the camera, and Sean's super cool idea to take a photo of our reflection in the pallino...then we went off to dinner (even though we actually went to a restaurant to play bocce ball) and had the best burger and onions rings...I'll will be dreaming of those onion rings for a loooong time   

On Sunday we drove up to the summit of Mount Diablo where I was totally dizzy and nauseous even though it was only 4,000 feet and I took Dramamine for the drive AND Sean only drove about 10 mph up the mountain...but I managed to smile out in the wind and clouds...then we drove back down a ways and I was much better

Then we went down further to some rock place called Rock City (are you starting to tell that I'm not a big nature kind of a girl?) where apparently you're supposed to climb around rocks which I would never do with my poor balance and complete lack of athleticism...instead I jokingly posed like I did and then walked around the entire time with my arms out to balance myself since I am always convinced that I'm going to fall...seriously Sean took at least a dozen photos of me walking around there and every one I have my arms out like that...oh yes, I am QUITE the hiker 

Finally Hambly which, as I mentioned, was the coolest thing ever...such a friendly, wholesome company that rightfully takes a lot of pride in what they produce...so just a couple of photos...Allison and I since she was way too kind to take us around to see and learn about everything, and then a shot of the cans of ink and stacks of the new rub-ons getting ready to ship...it was a dream to be surrounded by all of it...

So that was the trip...sorry that it probably took you about as long to read about it as it took us to enjoy it in the first place. :)

Money well spent...

Sean usually washes our cars, but after approximately half the insect population of the state of California managed to smack into our car over the weekend we decided that it was a job for the car wash.  I have been going to the same place since I started driving my '82 Volvo station wagon many years ago...actually sitting here thinking about it it's half my life since I'm turning 32 in a few weeks...I have been driving half my life...yikes.  Anyways...it's probably not that different from any other car wash but for some reason being there always makes me happy...I just love watching my car go through all the machines and then waiting patiently out on a bench as every crevice is wiped down...please tell me I'm not the only one who gets way too much joy from a sparkling clean car...oh and the lemon air freshener...that's the best part. :) 

Not enough time in the night...

to share more about our trip...it'll have to wait till sometime on Wednesday after I'm at school all day tomorrow...but here is one not so flattering but really happy photo of me playing bocce ball for the first time on Saturday night and celebrating the fact that I was actually pretty good at it...

Guess where I got to go...

After a great weekend with our friends we made one last stop this morning before we head for home...Hambly.
I am super-duper lucky and got to see some of my very favorite scrapping stuff being produced...screenprinted by hand which is ridiculously cool...it has given me a whole new appreciation for my favorite colors and patterns.
Now we're on the road in a bit of a hurry to get home to Mac, the dogs, and unfortunately the responbilities of life like the test I have tomorrow night and haven't studied for yet...that's what the loooong drive down the 5 freeway is for. :)

Next stop...

The museum was amazing...although I was tortured by the fact I wasn't allowed to take photos...but I wrote down the names of the artists and various pieces I liked so I can look them up at home next week.
Then I spent about two hours at Timeless Treasures...my word only took about 35 minutes and I'm going to wait to share it until it's hung up at home since it's part of a little project I came up with last fall. Then I decided to spell out "Make Stuff" and that took forever...too many choices which was a wonderful problem...I finally decided to go the colorful (and economical) route of plastic magnetic letters which I think came out totally cute.
So now we're sitting on the Bay Bridge in traffic on our way to our friends's house for the weekend...

The best way to start the day...

Is standing outside in a line for an hour waiting to get into Dottie's to stuff our faces with the best breakfast ever...after we're done we will walk it off at the San Francisco Modern Museum of Art and then off to Timeless Treasures since I HAVE to go there after reading about it on various blogs...I've had the word I want to spell out picked out since November...

I can pick them...

If being a Sociology professor ever falls through I think I might be a travel agent because I have picked two great hotels in less than a week...clearly I have a talent for this. :) We're settled into the 19th floor of the Sir Francis Drake hotel and we're lucky our room overlooks Union Square...can't wait for our day around the city tomorrow...

Almost there...

Our first stop is Half Moon Bay...we're having dinner with friends tonight...I can't link anything when posting from my phone but it's Lisa Damrosch & Moriah Bettencourt and their wonderful familes (you should go find their blogs because they both have the best sense of humor and are really good about blogging daily) so we get to hang out and laugh all night and rumor has it eat fresh crab because I'm the luckiest girl ever...then we head into the city to stay the night...

Good decision...

taking the 101...we've been looking at the most gorgeous views for about an hour now as we just get outside Santa Barbara...

Since it's a weekend...

First it's Wednesday night and it's time to take a break from packing to choose who the necklace gets sent to...this time it was #14 which turns out to be Anilu...please e-mail me your address and it'll be off in the mail next week when I'm back home. 

Speaking of e-mail I usually have blog comments e-mailed directly to me so I can answer any questions quickly, but when I'm giving something away I turn it off so my in-box isn't flooded.  I noticed questions here and there the last couple of days and I won't have time to track them down before I leave so if there's anything you had a question about if you wouldn't mind e-mailing me this time it would help me so much...thanks.

So speaking of packing I realized on our little San Diego trip that I don't have a bag to go away for the weekend...I have suitcases, but not a simple duffel type bag...since I had an REI dividend check burning a hole in my pocket I decided to head over there and came home with this...

Now I just need to fill it...carefully...since I have a relentlessly compulsive inclination to pack my entire closet every time I go anywhere...you know, so I'm prepared...just in case.

Before I go though I have something to ask...my best friend from high school has a friend I've been lucky enough to get to know over the last few years and she was so kind to reach out to me in those first few weeks after losing Darby with a long, heartfelt phone conversation that I really needed at the time.  She sent out a letter last week since she is working on a special project in relation to a horrifying loss she and her family experienced a year ago.  I sent in what we could right now and asked her if it would be okay to post it here.  Having had McIntosh ten weeks early after losing his twin I know that every medical advancement can mean the difference in survival to premature babies.  When I spoke with Rebekah yesterday we talked about wanting something good to come out of her tragedy and wanting to try to save other families from the loss of a child.  I told her something I know I have shared here before, that through my own losses, although they were in very different ways, I have been astounded by the kindness of the human spirit...how people want to reach out, want to help and care so deeply.  So please, if you are so inclined, take a moment to read about Rebekah's pursuit and if you have anything you can offer I know it would mean the world to her and to me...thank you.

Dear Family & Friends,

Last month marked one year since delivering our precious twins.  We delivered both our daughter and our son on March 2nd, 2007 & our daughter already dead at birth and our son who passed away just five minutes after his birth.  Needless to say, it was a very dark and indescribably painful experience for our family.

Our son, who was born alive at twenty-one weeks gestation, was too young to be saved and therefore, never made it to the NICU.  Regardless, Eric and I have decided that we would like to raise enough money to purchase a GE Giraffe OmniBed for infants and gift it to the NICU at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women a Level 3 NICU and the largest of its kind in both San Diego and Orange Counties.  Ideally, the NICU should have six beds.  Currently, they have only two.  You can view the Giraffe Omni Bed at:

http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/perinatal/micro_environments/giraffe/index.html

There is a significant and ongoing need to provide premature babies with the latest life-saving technology. The Giraffe OmniBed provides the most advanced, developmentally supportive microenvironment available to infants today. This technologically superior infant bed can be used as an open table warmer (called a radiant warmer) when the infant needs maximum accessibility, but can also be converted into an incubator/isolette at the touch of a button. This eliminates the need to move fragile infants from one piece of equipment to another, thus reducing stress and potential harm.  The cost for a fully equipped bed is $36,500.

We understand that $36,500 is a very large sum of money.  Truthfully, when we initially heard the cost, we felt defeated.  We worried that we could never raise this kind of money.  Then we decided that we must try!  Shawna Fallon of Sharp HealthCare Foundation has agreed to support us in reaching our goal, but we need your help!

If you choose to help us with this philanthropic goal, your gift is 100% tax deductible and 100% of your donation will support the NICU at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women.  Sharp HealthCare Foundation is 501(c) 3 non-profit tax-exempt status.  Every amount makes a difference! 

Checks can be written to: Sharp HealthCare Foundation NICU Fund #267.
By request of Sharp, please mail your check to: Whelpley Family, 1684 Lighthouse Rd., San Marcos, CA 92078.  For questions or for more information, please contact Shawna Fallon, Director of Major Gifts, Sharp HealthCare Foundation, at 858-499-4820, or e-mail: [email protected].

Countless families, regardless of national origin, ethnicity, religion, marital status or socio-economic status, will benefit from the Giraffe OmniBed we hope to gift in memory of the Whelpley Twins.  Together we can make this happen and give many pre-mature babies at Sharp Mary Birch a fighting chance to survive and thrive!

Thank you, sincerely and with much love,

Eric, Rebekah & Savanna Whelpley

I will try to make weekend blog posts from my phone...off to pack some more...

As promised...

Today...man today was a GOOD day...I was borderline giddy that it was Tuesday and I was home, in pajamas, listening to music or with half watching season two of Grey's Anatomy yet again...and scrapbooking. :)