MONDAY MOTIVATION - Thank Heaven For Good People!

Yesterday was a difficult day for me - which hopefully explains why this post is a day late.  I've been helping my sister move, and we spent Sunday cleaning the old rental house.  We didn't finish, so we left all of our cleaning supplies there, and went back yesterday morning to do the rest.  Kris noticed that a huge box of her cleaning supplies was gone, and assumed that our husbands had loaded it onto the last moving truck the day before.  She found some supplies under the bathroom sink, and started to clean there.  I went downstairs, and vacuumed my nephew's room - the only room that wasn't cleaned out the day before.  After I finished, I went into the other room to get my carpet cleaning machine that I had left there over night.  It wasn't there.  I looked in the rest of the basement, and couldn't see it.  I went up stairs... no carpet cleaner.  I even went up into the attic room, but couldn't find it.  I made the search again, just to be sure, and then I told Kris that it was missing.  She couldn't believe it.  We started the search again, and as we went from room to room, we started noticing other missing items... her floor steamer, my Tupperware container (that I've had for 25 years), dirty rags, sponges, a box of garbage bags, etc.  We finally came to the conclusion that we had been robbed the night before.

We called the police, and they came.  While we waited for them, we started a list.  You can't believe what these guys took!  We went outside and looked through the 2 sheds, thinking perhaps this was a prank (because it was so random and bizarre), and that they just hid everything outside, and that's when we noticed that all of the boxes full of donations for our charity (that were left in the garage) were missing, along with a wheelchair.  What loser steals a wheelchair??!!

We went shopping to replace a few of the items that we needed to complete our cleaning, and as we looked through the cleaning supplies, more things came to mind that were missing.  One of the most bizarre things... Kris's garbage can.  It was FULL of garbage, and they emptied it out on top of the pile of things going to the dump, and took the can!!!  And the scissors... and the cooler with ice cold water bottles... and, and, and...

It was a depressing day.  It took us twice as long to clean, and we were mad for the whole day.  Who in the world breaks into a house to take the cleaning supplies??  I'm surprised they left the roll of toilet paper!

I thought about this all last night... how happy I am that I'm not a bad person like that.  How happy I am that I surround myself with good people that bring happiness to others.  How great it is that those I associate with would never act this way.  I guess that I've just spent so much time with good people who want to help others - the members of Lifting Hearts for example - that I'm shocked and dismayed when I encounter the opposite kind of person.  Thank heaven for good people!  And shame on those who aren't.

And speaking of cleaning... I'll give you TUESDAY'S TIP here too:
Become a member of Happy Chemo and receive TONS of discounts on products and services, including house cleaning!  Go HERE to see what's it's all about!

TUESDAY TIDINGS - Events for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

A few announcements:

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there are several great things going on. We will be participating in most of these activities. If you'd like to join us, please contact me at: kara.liftinghearts(at)gmail.com

1. This Saturday - the 8th of October - is the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Liberty Park. Our team is called "Hope Chests" and Bethanie Newby is the captain. In order to sign up to participate, go to www.cancer.org/stridesonline. Search for the event using your zip code, and then click on the name of your local event. Click the "Sign Up" button, and choose "Join A Team". Search for the name of our team. You can donate money if you'd like to, but it isn't necessary. We are making t-shirts for the event with our Lifting Hearts name on them. If you'd like to purchase one, they are $10. We've ordered extra, so we'll have them there that morning. You'll need to pay for one that morning if you want to wear it then. The t-shirts are black with pink writing. We have 5 extra shirts in medium, large, and x-large.

2. Ginger Johnson, from Happy Chemo, has generously invited survivors in the area to join with her in her 5 year celebration. We will be meeting on October 25th to attend the play "My Fair Lady" at the Hale Center Theater. This is a FREE performance for survivors. Here is the registration information. We will be car-pooling to the theater in West Valley City. If you plan on attending and want to car pool, please email me. Here is the registration information from Ginger...

I'd like to personally invite you to attend the 2nd Annual Happy Chemo! Survivor Celebration!

This October 31st marks my 5 Year Survivor Mark and so we are hosting an exclusive Breast Cancer celebration just for the girls!!!

REGISTER TODAY to attend a FREE performance of My Fair Lady at the Hale Center Theater on
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH. Plan on arriving at 6:45pm for a pre-show Survivor Social!

You are able to reserve one (1) ticket for the event and seating is limited so I encourage you to register ASAP! I'm announcing the Survivor Celebration tomorrow morning on ABC4 so register soon to reserve your ticket before they are gone!

A BIG THANK YOU to this years sponsors: Intermountain Plastic Surgery Center and the Utah Cancer Control Program!

Email Ginger Johnson with any questions or call (801) 388-1699

THANKS!

3. Our next support group meeting is Thursday, October 13th. We will be meeting at the law offices (our usual place) at 7:00 pm, and will be doing a service project. We will also have a few other things available to do that night. Please join us!!!

4. Dillards at South Towne Mall is having a Fit for the Cure Event. It will be help on Thursday, October 13th. When you get fit by one of there certified bra fitters, they'll donate $2.00 in your name to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Another $2.00 will be donated with your Wacoal or Be Tempt'd bra purchase. If you'd like to make an appointment, call 801-553-8800, ext. 5200, and ask to speak to one of their certified bra fitters.

I'm sure there will be more events in October, and I'll do my best to keep you a"breast" of those events!

-Kara