The Shame Squad

So many charity posts lately, but that's because there are so many great organizations. If you yourself or someone you love has been affected by cancer like my friend Katherine has (she calls it "the big C," which she also says can "suck it") I hope you'll donate to her Relay for Life .  And not only because she shares a name with K-Middy. ;) Even better than being compared to a European monarch, if you donate $25 or more , she'll gift you an original print of your choosing from her photography collection, and she is quite the photographer.  You can check out the images here , and her images are featured throughout this post, which is why it's so pretty.   AND, you can donate Luminarias in honor or memory or support of someone for $10 each, the notify the recipient with an e-card.   I did one in support of Katherine, in honor of my cancer survivor dad, and in memory of my grandfathers who both had cancer. Why support Katherine at th

First, an apology: it has taken me over a week to recognize some of my fabulous donors .  Month-end at work it always a busy time, and quarter-end (which this was) is even busier.  Aaaaand we did 7 TIMES MORE business than we usually did.  So it was insane.  At the end of the week, my CFO boss came in my office, and I leaned back in my chair in an "I give up" type of fashion.  He said to me "it has really been a long week for you, especially with month-end," to which I replied "month-end was last week, wasn't it?"  Nope.  It just seemed that way. You're telling me, K-Middy. That does not mean I love you any less, fabulous donors.  Think of the brief hiatus as similar to the Queen's annual retreat to Sandringham. We'll begin with my mother-in-law, Joyce .  In looking at pictures of my husband as a child, I have to say this: Joyce was a foxy new mom.  Now that Joyce is a foxy mom of teenagers, twenty and thirty-somethings, she has pe