So I just finished up preparing a pork roast with lots of spices, brown sugar and apple cider Vinegar and threw it in the Crock pot. According to the Recipe I pulled out of Womans Day, in about 8 - 10 hours I should have some yummy South Carolina BBQ pork sliders. Just shred the meat and pop it onto a bread roll. I bought some Hawaiian bread rolls.....so in theory it should be a yummy meal.
The best part of the crock pot.....the smell. I'm guessing in about 3 hours my house will smell really good!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Shoot to Cure HD (Huntington's Disease)
What is Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's disease is a genetically caused brain disorder that systematically robs people of their ability to walk, talk, eat, and think. Eventually, people with Huntington's become totally dependent up on others. There is no effective treatment or cure.
We were given the opportunity to participate in the 8th Annual CYMER Shoot to Cure HD. It was held at the San Diego Chargers Park and I think the majority of the San Diego Chargers were in attendance! We enjoyed great food, drink and an exciting basketball free-throw competition. We had a team of 10 boys that had the opportunity to shoot baskets for the Cure. What a great event to support the fundraising for this disease! I was un-aware of what Huntington's disease was until they shared the video with us during the event. I do not wish this upon anyone and their families. For more information please visit the local San Diego site at:
http://www.hdsasandiego.org/
There was food from many local San Diego Restaurants including Aculpulco, Rubios, Pat and Oscars. All very yummy!
The boys had a blast! As did the 5 adults that attended too! The boys managed to sink 45 baskets during the actually "speed throw contest", but it wasn't enough to put them in the next round. Regardless, they did pretty darn good!
They were just excited to see all the Chargers and given the opportunity for pictures, autographs and just getting to talk to these guys! Oh and look at the smiles these kids have when posing with the Charger girls!
My friend Deb and I were fortunate enough to get our picture taken with Antonio Gates and LaDamian Tomlinson, both excellent football players and future hall of fame rs. Both are genuinely nice guys and very friendly.
Watch for this event next year and please consider making a contribution towards this disease!
Please see the slide show below with picture from the event!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!!!! 17 years old!
17 years ago on June 4th at 8:36 a.m, Kevin John Donnellon was born. And of course there's a story to go behind the actual day of the birthday. With my oldest son Michael I had to have a C-section, so when we became pregnant with Kevin they told us that we had the option to deliver him by c-section as well. We thought we would just go for it and do the natural delivery thing. Kevin actual due date was June 7. At the time John was working for the Escondido Police Department and his one big dream was to become a motor officer...driving the big police bike. One day John came home and said that he had good news and bad news. The good news?? He was accepted into the motor academy. The bad news?? The start date for the academy, which was up in Los Angeles was June 7. We had a appointment with my OB/GYN on June 2nd and explained our dilemma. He suggested we go the C-section route, so we scheduled it! June 4th it was for Kevin's birthday AND that gave John a couple of days to be home with Kev before he left. The reason we picked June 4th? Well my Uncle Jimmy's birthday was June 3rd and he is kind of a drama queen (I can say that) and we didn't want Kev to share his birthday with him and June 4th made total sense, since Michael, his older brother was born on the 4th. (in March).
My fondest memory is after I delivered Kevin and they wheeled me into recovery, not 15 minutes later, John came in and had the list of friends and family that we were going to call after Kevin was born. We must have had like 20 names on it. I asked him if he started calling them...his response?? He had already called ALL of them!
We're proud of Kevin and his accomplishments and we are looking forward to his Senior year in high school. It's gonna be an exciting year!
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