doni's blog

a couple of weeks ago i posted a blog about fundraising for a walk i was going to do.  yesterday was the walk.  Except for waking up at 6am, Jon and i had a great time.  We met up with our team of my coworkers at the memorial coliseum and took some pictures

jon and doni

As we turned one of the corners we could see downtown

downtown

A small group of us got seperated from the team in the mass of people at the start and walked a little slower. 

the ending line was pretty neat.  we walked into the coliseum through the tunnelt he usc football team runs onto the field.  we see the finish line.  they were handing out roses to the Cancer survivors and medals to everyone. 

I walked in memory of my Grandmother and my friend Carol.  I made a tribute sign with these 2 pictures on it.

jill, Carol, and donielle

Dot_Doni_Mom

It is not to late to donate to the cause.  I get credit towards my fundraising goal until 6/13.

Save a life, make a donation. My donation page is https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/la/secure/mywebpage.cfm?pid=426017

and you know me, always time for some pretty flowers

One out of every seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.  This year alone more than 178,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer,  more than 22,400 will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 55,800 will be diagnosed with other women's cancers.  More than 68,400 will lose their lives to these deadly diseases.

On Saturday, May 10th, I will be participating in the 15th Annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women to help fight women's cancers.  You too, can join the fight by making a donation on my behalf.  To learn more, please visit my web site.

Save a life, make a donation. My donation page is https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/la/secure/mywebpage.cfm?pid=426017

I thank you for reading my blog.  This is a cause I feel very passionate about.  I walk for my family and my friends who have had cancer touch their lives.  I hope someday that this walk will be unnecessary.

Thanks in advance for you support of encouragement and donations.

donielle

we found a place we both liked in eagle rock.  tomorrow we are going to meet the landlord to do credit check.

I'm very excited.

and i got a bit of spam with a most excellent bit of dialogue

The lights in the artifact glowed their welcome and my finger punched I shall query the people involved hourly on the hour, he said Well-it could be worse, Floyd said in a repellently cheery fashion

repellently cheery fashion....i like it. 

we found a place we both liked in eagle rock.  tomorrow we are going to meet the landlord to do credit check.

I'm very excited.

and i got a bit of spam with a most excellent bit of dialogue

The lights in the artifact glowed their welcome and my finger punched I shall query the people involved hourly on the hour, he said Well-it could be worse, Floyd said in a repellently cheery fashion

repellently cheery fashion....i like it. 

i'm going to this http://kings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=3076

Scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 at the famous Universal Studios Hollywood, all players, coaches, broadcasters and alumni - including Marty McSorley 700K  and Marcel Dionne - will be on hand to receive a $1 “tip” for an autograph and/or a $2 “tip” for a photograph from their loyal fans. All proceeds benefit the Kings Care Foundation, the LA Kings award winning non-profit organization that provides educational and recreational opportunities for children throughout Greater Los Angeles.

The LA Kings "Ice Bike" will be up for auction at Tip A King 2008.

This is the single largest fundraiser for the Kings Care Foundation. Each year the entire Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club and its fans join together for this fun-filled celebration, which for over 16 years has raised more than $2 million for local children’s charities.

Apparently someone in the company couldn't use the tickets, so i'll be styling all VIP like.  this free food, free amusment park, free alcohol LA life isn't too shabby.

My friend from high school came to visit and we've been going around doing some touristy thing.

first day we drove up pacific coast highway to santa monica beach

then we drove up malibu canyon road and it was breathtaking.

then we went to trader joe's to get some provisions and called it a day in watching movies and relaxing.

Day two we did a lot.  We started out by driving by Youngwood court

We walked about the grove for a bit.

grove water fountain

When it was dark and about 8:30 we drove up to Griffith observatory.  it was really cool to see la lit up.

Reva & doni
Originally uploaded by donielle

santa monica beach

this post goes with my last one of pictures form yesterday

today was a long day.  we woke up and decide to go to the travel town museum  which was cute.  i took a bunch of pictures.  i still have to upload them. it was neat to climb up inside some old steam engines.  it's really nice that it is free.  there were tons of kids having birthday parties and limbing around the engines.  We ate at taste chicago for a bit of nostalgia (boy is from chicago)  then we drove and drove and drove.  we ended up taking sunset all the way to the ocean.  we made a little side journey up in the beverly hills.  I really would be terrified to live inthe hills, the roads are so steep and winding, it's quite scary to drive on.

it's a nice drive to the ocean, not too far, about 30 minutes because we took surface roads and not highways.  it's quite amazing to crest a hill and *boom* ocean.  it was a little cold, so we walked a bit on the beach and headed back.  Remind me to thank my boss for giving me a few days to get used to the time zone.  i'm tired, but getting used to it.

pictures to follow.

was interesting.  they packed up everything in about 4 hours.  they pu tour cars on the truck, which was neat.