Friday, April 20, 2012

TGIF

I have to apologize that time has not been on my side this week to keep up the blog like I'd want to! I did want to give a little update for those following :)

 Training Update:

Tuesday: Ran on the trails with the puppy :) With the cooler temperatures he doesn't get as worked up so I thought it would be a nice day for a run with him. Plus my legs are still a little bit sore so we took to the trails for about a 40 minute run.

Wednesday: I took this day off; I met my cousin Carrie to pick up a BIG box of cards she had gathered for us!  All handmade, I’m so surprised the generosity of her friends that all jumped on board as soon as she put the “need” alert out there, so thank you!

Thursday:  I should log in my Wal-Mart walking on this day too, just a quick trip to pick up a few things I feel like I should log in an extra mile for the day.  I did run on the road for the typical route of about 5 ½ miles.

I’m off for the evening to see what tonight has in store for me besides some last minute craft/card making for the little event we are working tomorrow.

 Fundraising Update:

Today was an exciting day at the Post Office!  I had $10 "dollars for dad" waiting on me all from WV!  Then another $8 left at The Tasty Cupcakery ($5 from OH, $3 from WV).  Mom had $20 given to her today at work sent from Colorado J    THANK YOU!

I feel like now that I’ve learned twitter I harass famous people to try to “re-tweet” dollars for dad and see just what might happen.  Until then, I’ll keep learning how it all operates J

Tomorrow is Sophie’s Elementary School Bingo event, and we have reserved a table to sell some of the handmade greeting cards with all proceeds going to our fundraising efforts.  So cross our fingers for a good day, we have over 200 cards!
 
****Also dad’s input for what color to make the “Team Spangler” t-shirts when we get them designed was “Neon/Bright Blue”, dad also suggested a mascot of a backside of a Donkey…that would have the wording  “Kick Parkinson’s in the……”well…. You can guess from there J  Don’t worry; we’ll keep the T-shirts kid friendly! J

Today would be a great day to go fishin' dad!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Officer Spangler...

I find myself missing blogging if I skip a few days.  So here I am J

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TARA!!!!   Today is the oldest sisters birthday!!  I won't reveal her age because I believe she stopped counting :) 

In regards to the running…I’ve gotten several miles in lately!  (And yesterday my legs hated me for it!)  

Friday I ran through the log road trails in the woods with the puppy….We ran for around 35 minutes.  He can sure keep me entertained! 
Saturday I was back on the road to get the usual 5-6 mile loop in just the typical up and back routine. 
Sunday I set out to make it my longer day, and longest day so far yet.   Also running around 1pm with a rather warm heat index added to the challenge (Don’t worry it’s a silly mind game to tell yourself through another opportunity you’ve trained during a hot day to make some other day seem easier).  I estimated to run about 8 miles, but upon further research I think it was closer to a little over 9 miles…so I hope that’s a good thing with how I felt training!  Apparently I wasn’t the only one feeling the heat as information noting the heat index warning for the Boston Marathon was being televised. 
Monday April 16th was Boston Marathon Day.  I knew I wouldn’t run the mileage of the Boston Marathon but my legs felt like they were recovering from it!  I felt like I had to drag them through the 5 mile run I went on. 

I was having a conversation with a local police officer here recently and it reminded me of dad’s days as a police officer.  What?  You just thought dad was a teacher, dad, and coach….I suppose this is another example of him being a man of many titles.  Many of you may not actually know that about dad, but for a few summers dad was on the Pennsboro Police Department with Tommy Summers.  Now if you ever want to be embarrassed as a child just wait for that moment you are walking out of an event and your parent is waving at you from the police cruiser occasionally giving the lights a flash and let the siren run a few rounds. (My sisters along with Jennifer, Regina, and Tommy will agree I’m sure) 
I’m a nervous kid, if you haven’t picked up on that from prior blogs, and even though dad wasn’t a police officer full time I remember how worried I would get sometimes when dad would leave for work.  I did find this picture upon searching through photo’s of dad in his uniform, I remember several occasions when I would sit on dad’s foot with my arms wrapped around his legs begging him to take me with him.  I guess many people would call me a “Daddy’s Girl” and I would probably have to agree.    
                One particular night I remember dad being called to a disturbance in town above the City Park Close to the old Pennsboro High School.  It  must have just been me home with dad at the time because he had to drop me off at the Kinline’s House on his way to the call.  Well shortly after; more and more sirens passed by, along with FBI agents and more.  There were shots fired (you could hear them) and at that moment as a kid, I remember just how scared I was.  Long story short, dad ended up being fine along with every other police officer who responded to the scene of a domestic call that involved threats as well as a gun/shots.    You sometimes take for granted people who put their life as risk even if it’s something you never expect to happen in a small town. It’s just another example of dad never hesitating to respond to that call and do what needed to be done to take care of a situation, even if he never imagined something to that degree when signing up for the summer job.


Fundraising Update:
We have received $11 for Dollars for Dad so keep them coming! :)  All From WV so far!
We have a little craft event coming up this weekend at Sophie's School where we will have handmade cards for sale to kickoff a little 'Cards for a Cure' campaign to incorporate with the fundraising with all proceeds going to TEAM Spangler.  Our cousin Carrie and Friend Chelsea have helped donate as well and we have over 200 cards right now with more coming in throughout our campaign and for other events we have scheduled.
Total to Date Fundraising is $713