As you may have read in the side bar, the 2006 Blogathon is coming up soon. There are 42 days and 13 hours until the 2006 Blogathon!  What is a Blogathon?  This will be my 4th year doing something like this.  I had a hard time deciding on a charity this year.  I had first though about doing the NORML foundation, but decided against it. I did some researching into local charities and charities in my home town.  I didn’t find one that called to.  After out Trpoical Storm this weekend, I decided I needed to do something in New Orleans. After searching around The Network for Good I found The Arc of Greater New Orleans.  Once I read the population served by Arc-GNO, I knew this was the charity I was going to do this year.

One of the requirements of the Blogathon is that the Charity chosen must have a way to donate online.  Arc-GNO doesn’t take donations via their website, but via The Network for Good.  No need to send money yet, but if you choose to sponsor me, which I hope you will, that’s one way you can donation to them.  Sponsorship hasn’t yet started yet on the Blogathon site, but I will be sure to let you know when it is. My goal this year, like it ended up being last year, will be $250.  I hope sign-ups open soon! ;-) And, I hope I can count on your support this year! 

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Ugg. I totally killed my car today. Well, the battery anyway. I had some time to kill so I put my car in park, rolled down the windows, turned off the radio, took the keys out of the ignition and read my book. (I’m currently reading lost boy, lost girl by Peter Straub. I finished California Girl by Jefferson Parker earlier today.) When my client got home I turned the car on and went to roll up the windows and I couldn’t. So I tried turning the car on, and I couldn’t. Turns out I’d forgotten to turn off my headlights. It was cloudy and rainy when I was driving so I’d turned them on, like a good little driver. There was no noise to indicate the lights were still on, cause I never opened the door. I’m a dumbass. ;-) But two nice Spanish maintenance guys from the complex I was in came and jumped me. They first tried with their little go cart thing, but that didn’t work. Something about too MUCH power. Uh-hu. Then Jose got his car and that worked a-ok. They asked me what was wrong with my battery, since it’s a new car (we got it on Valentines Day) and they even said they were sorry that the extra battery they had at home wouldn’t work cause it was the wrong size. I thought it was sweet, and then had to tell ‘em what I’d done. I was surprised they didn’t laugh. I did. I had to reset my clock, but my car is a-ok now. When I told hubby he reminded me about the neat trick I can now pull since I drive a stick shift. Something about getting going to a walking speed and then “popping the clutch.” It sounds really scary, and it was just as easy to get a jump than to get people to push my car. But at least I know if I’m stuck someplace without another car around I’ll be able to get it started again. With help, but whatever. You ever had your battery die? I’ve done this before. Seems to happen when I forget about my car lights when it’s raining. How about you? Ever kill your car and have to get a jump? Leave your stories in the comments.

so there’s a Tropical Storm out there. It’s not so bad. Lots of rain and wind. The power was out for a bit, but it’s not even flickered at all tonight.  Got my work done already, so all it would do now is screw up my monring.  (The power going out I mean. It would kill the alarm, again.)

Oh well. I’m done typing now. I feel like that’s all I’ve been doing today.

Whoops. Its damn dark in here. The power just went down. It,s about 130. Glda ive got this camping lamp. :-)

I was one NOTE away from being done with that ENTIRE record and my work processing thingy froze and died. I though for SURE I’d saved before that. But Nooooooo I, apparently, hadn’t saved ONCE since I started the record.  45 fucking minutes ago.

Updated to Add : Turns out I HAD saved it, at least ONCE. I got the date and the FIRST record saved. Now I just have to back and rewrite the other SIX and I’ll be done with the FIRST of 5 records I am supposed to finish today.  On my OWN time.  These should have been done a week ago, but I just can’t bring myself to write them up. It’s so much work, on my own time, trying to remember and recount things I’d had a hard time remembering WHILE they were happening. 

I’ve recently been reaseraching charities, cause I havent picked one yet for the Blogathon. These are ones I loooked at, and liked, and felt I should link.  No telling if I will pick any of these for the Thon. These are as much for my own memory, as they are for sharing them with you. :-)

• The La Leche League International mission is: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
• Alpha House of Tampa‘s mission is to empower pregnant and parenting women in crisis to realize their ability to break the cycles of poverty and abuse and create promising lives for themselves and their babies.
• http://www.houseofruth.org/ - House of Ruth
• The My Stuff Bags Foundation provides comfort and a message of hope to abused and neglected children entering crisis and foster care through its unique program, My Stuff Bags.
• Free Arts NYC is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of the arts into the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children and their families. Through painting, dance, drama, writing, music, sculpture, photography and other outlets of creativity, Free Arts volunteers help children and families express emotions, gain self-confidence and develop positive methods of communication.
• http://www.masf.org/ - Caridad Center
• The Freedom from Religion Foundation is a national association of nontheists working since 1978 to promote free thought and defend the constitutional principle of the separation of state and church.
• Established in 1978, Friendship Trays delivers over 700 meals daily to elderly, handicapped, and convalescing people who are unable or greatly restricted in their ability to prepare or secure meals and who reside within the area designed to be served.
• Misericordia has been providing services for persons in need since 1921. Today, our network of quality care consists of two campuses that embrace over 550 children and adults challenged by mental and physical disabilities.
  Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County is an official affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Formed in 1987, the Affiliate builds homes throughout Hillsborough County and has chapters in Plant City and the South County area.
• The Humane Society of Tampa Bay, established in 1912, is dedicated to the welfare of all animals because of their intrinsic value and rights. Its primary purposes are the prevention of cruelty to animals, the relief of suffering among animals, the extension of humane education and the provision of shelter-based services.
• Harvesters: The Community Food Network is Kansas City’s only food bank. Our network includes more than 550 not-for-profit agencies throughout our 13-county service area, including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons.
• Rose Brooks Center is a comprehensive domestic violence agency that provides a full continuum of care including prevention programming, crisis intervention and other supportive services to thousands of women and children each year.
• Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with mental disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. More than 13,000 athletes, from around the state, benefit from participation in the program.
• The Cherokee National Historical Society operates the Cherokee Heritage Center, a museum of history with displays of artifacts and historical exhibits, and a historically accurate Cherokee Village known as Tsa-La-Gi, which depicts Cherokee culture in pre-Columbian America.
• Through research, education and support, Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) strives to improve the quality of life for all individuals living with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).
• The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) envisions a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to realize their life aspirations. NDSS is committed to being the national leader in enhancing the quality of life, and realizing the potential of all people with Down syndrome.
  

So, I’m doing the Blogathon (7.29.06) again this year.  This will be my 4th one actually. I’m really looking forward to not only blog but also being a monitor again. In fact, I plan to devote a lot of my blog DURING the Thon (7.29.06) to supporting OTHER bloggers. Should be a lot of fun! :-) Course, I AM still going to blog for my OWN charity as well.  I just haven’t figured out what charity to pledge for.  I thought about doing it for the NORML Foundation, but figured I’d have to work really hard to sell the Making Pot Legal argument to people, ya know. This is where YOU come in. I’d LOVE some suggestions.  Nominations, if you will.  I need a 501.3C Charity Foundation to blog for during the Blogathon (7.29.06) . Clearly it’s got to be something I’d already support, but I could surprise you with what I would support. So, won’t you make a suggestion? Nominate a Chairty.  Oh, I hope to raise $150 for this charity and they need to have an online donation option. That’s about it. :-) You people rock my socks, ya know! ;-)