Greater Springfield Relay for Life

It is Monday already?

I can't believe Monday is here already. This weekend was jam packed full of goodness. On Saturday and Sunday we held a FUNdraiser at Texas Roadhouse in Springfield. We started by decorating at 10am on Saturday and then staying all day. It was a great time and the staff at TRH really got into it. Then we did it again on Sunday. I'll put photographic proof of the fun below.  :)

I was able to bug out of work early today. So I had two coupons for Barnes and Noble burning a hole in my wallet. A coupon for books can't expire so off I went. I haven't been in a bookstore in forever. I love the smell of hundreds of new books. I purchased a Mary Higgins Clark book for my mom as a belated birthday/Mother's Day present. I also purchased Chris Kyle: American Sniper and The Time of My Life  by Cecelia Ahern. I'm fascinated by the (auto)biographies of our military personnel and Ahern has such a fresh take on storytelling.

Dee Henderson also released an addition to the O'Malley series. Jennifer is about the youngest O'Malley. She didn't have a book dedicated to her in the O'Malley series. I was super excited to buy it to add to the collection on my shelves. However, it is a short. Which meant it isn't even the same size as the paperbacks that I have. I guess I'm going to get that one in e-book.  I like my books to match on the shelves.

Also a small annoyance I'm experiencing. I have a Kobo e-reader. So I primarily try and use Kobo when downloading books. There are a few different emails that I receive that offer free books. Kobo is supposed to be one of the retailers from which I can get the books free. They are never available free through Kobo though. I always have to use iBookstore which means I am reading on my iPod or iPhone.

Which leads me to another frustration. I don't mind my Apple products but I don't live and die by them like some people do. As a matter of fact I find Apple to be a very arrogant company and arrogance is such a turn off to me. I don't want to buy an iPad but it would be most convenient since I have a few books that can only be read on Apple products. I could suffer through the small screens of the iPhone in protest of Apple's attitude or I could cave and buy an iPad. I know Apple isn't hurting without my single purchase of an iPad.  Dilemma.

How about some ACS FUNdraising photos?

A love like that

How adorable are these two? They walked the track for the Survivor Lap at Relay for Life in 2012. They held on to each other as they slowly made the way around the track. I took a few pictures of them before I couldn't focus because I was struck by the fact that they are both wearing survivor shirts. I don't know the details of their illnesses, but whether they were diagnosed at the same time or on separate occasions, their strength is inspiring. Together they held each other up while they battled their cancer and together they took their victory march.