Most perfect day of century

Today is 7/7/07 - the most perfect day of the century in my opinion. And I've told my kids that so much that they are now repeating it.

Several things happened today and are still going on. Live Earth was a celebration/event occurring in several places across the globe today. "Concerts for a climate in crisis". It makes me have hope that enough of us will do what it takes to save the planet in time. Explaining the problem to 7-year-olds is a good way to get clear on the danger. To listen to my kids makes me so proud. And I know that if the earth is left to them, it will be in good hands.

Also today our friends Pete and Dana got married. The ceremony was very casual and was held at the sunken gardens of the Capital Building grounds here in Olympia. The reception was held at Pete's parents place high on the ridge above Oakville. We ate, talked and enjoyed the sun and breeze most of the day with friends. It always amazes me what a small world it is. One of the women there went to school with Kerry and is my friend Karen's niece (although she's only 2 years younger.) Karen is Sophie's best friend Kimberley's mom.

The kids played with other kids, slid down a hill with a slip and slide made from plastic and a sprinkler and also had a good time. I made sure they were covered in sun screen, but as usual ignored my own sun protection, so got a bit burned. You'd think after having skin cancer I'd be more careful - but I so love having color to my skin. Pitiful, really.

Anyway, many, many other things have happened since I last blogged. I will work backwards in time -

My nephew Jacob celebrated his 26th birthday yesterday and we were invited to his place for a BBQ. Another perfect weather day and a nice, cool evening outside. He just got his Fire bird painted and it's gorgeous! He said he'll let me drive it when it's all done. Yippee! I wish I could race him in similar cars, but I imagine he might beat me... :)

Bob, Jacob's dad, came to the dinner on his motorcycle - and Kameron fell in love. At seven years old, it's hard to explain to him that it will be another 10 years or so before he can have a bike like that. His bike has a skull in the back of the seat whose eyes light up when he drives. How cool! He even gave Kameron and Sophie skull beads he keeps with him. Kameron is so into anything with skulls like Pirates and dressing up for Halloween as Ghost Rider.

Friday I walked in the afternoon with Laura and Tracey. It was the first time walking with the two of them for a very long time. Bonnie was out with chemo again last week, but hopefully we'll all four be able to walk again soon.

Thursday I ran in the morning and walked with Alley down the beach trail at lunch. We didn't have enough time to get to the beach and back before my next meeting, but the weather and the trail was perfect.

For the Fourth, we had some of the kids' friends and their parents over to enjoy the festivities here in Ken Lake. The kids all participated in the Ken Lake parade and then we had a potluck picnic at the park. A guy came with all kinds of entertainment for the kids including music, limbo, face painting, etc. Kameron swam most of the day (in his jean shorts) and Sophie went home on her bike to get two swimming suits - one for her and one for her friend Kiera. That evening we took Baga with us to see Transformers. She didn't like it because of the violence, Sophie wasn't sure if she liked it, but Kameron, Kerry and I loved the special effects. After the movie we bought an Optimus Prime t-shirt for Kameron. His new favorite shirt!

Tuesday of last week I ran at lunch instead of in the morning. Amy had invited Alley and it was great to spend time with both of them. I was even able to run some of the time. :) It is so wonderful to have Alley back in this country and to be able to see her on a regular basis again.

Last weekend was Sensaria's National Convention. (It also happened to be the weekend that South Korea's president was staying in Seattle - in the same hotel. This made for some complicated logistics.) Convention is always a fun-filled three-day girl's party and this year was no exception. Tammie, Linda and Sarah all roomed with me and we were just like young girls when it came to bed time - giggling and talking until early in the morning. Then getting up not enough hours later.

My favorite parts of convention this year were seeing all of my dear friends from across the country, dancing with a lot of them, spending tme with the wonderful Olympia girls including Katie, Toni, Stephanie, Cami, Mary, Angie, Tricia, Cyndi, Amy and Tammie and sharing my Peak Potentials experience with Ryan. One of the best parts was seeing my suggested scent come to life in a trial body butter! How awesome is that?! Also, there were other scents that I recognized from other reps' suggestions from Leadership in San Francisco a year and a half ago. I can't wait to see which ones become part of our product line! And, learning about all of the new fall products and programs, being one of the reps chosen to introduce all four speakers for one of the workshops, and getting to take home samples of two of the best new products was fabulous! It's so hard to believe three days can zip by so fast!!!

The two days leading up to convention didn't go at all like planned. I had taken Friday off to get a mani and pedi, but that didn't happen. Kameron was sick on Thursday and I took him to the Dr. on Friday. He had Strep Throat, so my plans of self-pampering went out the window. It was nice, however, to spend two days taking care of my little momma's boy when he was sick. :)