Tonight is the big night - Enfin ce soir

Hello everyone just wanted to remind you all that tonight is the big night! I can't wait for it to start...We have a good group of at least 55 people registered and we are hoping that everyone brings a friend. The bowlerama staff were nice enough to allow us to have people register the night of since we are doing it for such a good cause so this is my last shout out to all of you if you can make it out please do!

I know a lot of people say I will just give you a donation instead but we worked so hard to set up an evening of fun for all of you that we would much rather see you there smilling and enjoying yourselves. So PLEASE PLEASE make it out if you can.

Hope to see you all there.

Barrie Bowlerama
320 Bayfield Street
7:30pm tonight

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Bonjour tout le monde je voulais vous faire un petit rappel que c'est ce soir! J'ai super hate que ça commence...On a déja 55 personnes d'enregistrer et on espère que tout le monde amènera un ami. L'équipe à Bowlerama on décidé que les gens peuvent s'enregistrer ce soir même puisque c'est pour une bonne cause. Donc voici mon dernier rappel joignez-vous à nous ce soir.

Je sais que plusieurs personnes me disent qu'ils vont me donner un dont à la place de leur présence mais honnêtement nous avons travaillé tellement fort pour organiser une soirée de plaisir entre amis donc si possible SVP SVP SVP venez nous rejoindre.

À ce soir

Barrie Bowlerama
320 rue Bayfield
19h30 ce soir

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Macarons! - Buttons!

La semaine dernière mon amie Kate m'a invité chez elle pour faire des macarons. Elle a une machine qui fait des macarons.

Donc après le travail je me suis rendu dans son nouvel appartement et on a conçu nos macarons. Elle a été très généreuse et m'a donné 100 macarons gratuit que je pourrai vendre afin de levée des fonds. Ce fût une super belle soirée entre amie et en plus j'en suis sortie avec des super beaux macarons.

Merci Kate!!

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Last week a friend of mine Kate invited me over to make buttons. She has a pro button maker that makes real professional looking buttons. How cool is that?

So after work I headed over to her new apartment and we made our buttons. She was super generous and donated 100 buttons to my cause that I will be able to sell to fund raise. It was a great night with Kate and Greg plus I came home with 100 super awesome buttons.
Thanks Kate!!

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Today I'm gonna to try to change the world

Today I was driving back from visiting with Brent for the weekend and I heard this song on the radio and I instantly wanted to share it with you all.

When people ask me why I signed up for Joints in Motion I try to explain that even if I love what I do for a living: it definitely doesn't change the world to publish a magazine that encourages a materialistic lifestyle. I want to do more with the time I have been given in this world and since Arthritis is something that affects many people around me especially my hero I thought why not help change the world a little bit.

This has been a great experience definitely tough at times. Some days I want to quit cause it's been a week without a donation or because I just don't want to run anymore but then I have to remember that those who are suffering from arthritis don't get to just quit they have to keep trucking through life and I need to accomplish this goal. I often think of what it will be like to cross that finish line in Greece and I don't think I can even imagine the feeling.

So today I'm going to try to change the world. Will you please help me and donate?

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I found the lyrics for those of you who are interested:

TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
GONNA TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME
I'VE MADE MY RESOLUTION
I’VE OPENED UP MY EYES
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

I'M GONNA SAY HELLO TO MY NEIGHBOR
GREET HIM WITH A SMILE
SHAKE THE HAND OF A STRANGER
SIT AND TALK FOR A WHILE
TELL SOMEONE I LOVE THEM
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

(REPEAT CHORUS)

GONNA MAKE SURE MY CHILDREN
KNOW THERES A RIGHT AND WRONG
I’LL NEVER TURN MY BACK
ON THOSE OF US WHO NEED SOMEONE
I’M GONNA TRY TO SEE MYSELF
THROUGH ANOTHERS EYES
TODAY IM GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD

(REPEAT CHORUS)

TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD
NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR THOSE I'LL LEAVE BEHIND
I'VE MADE MY RESOLUTION
CHANGE IT ONE DAY AT TIME
TODAY I'M GONNA TRY AND CHANGE THE WORLD


Thanks for the inspiration Johnny Reid

My Secret! - Mon secret

Je vous cachais un secret depuis presque deux semaines. Mon secret c'est Krista! Krista a trouvé mon blogue sur la page the Arthro Action Ontario et elle a vu que j'allais faire un évènement à Barrie cette été. Donc elle m'a contacté et demandé si je voulais collaborer. Évidement j'étais super excitée.

On c'est donc rencontré après l'entraînement d'équipe et on a jasé probablement un peu trop de tout nos plan pour atteindre nos buts. Le mien étant évidement 6800$ pour le marathon d'Athène et 5800$ pour le semi-marthon des Iles Caïmans pour Krista.

Donc je suis heureuse d'annoncer notre première collaboration le 26 juillet nous aurons une soirée Bowling au Bowlerama Barrie. Joignez-vous à nous pou 20$ par personne ou une équipe de 6 pour 100$ et oui 6 pour le prix de 5!!!

La soirée commencera à 7:30 pour l'enregistrement et les souliers (inclus dans le prix) suivi de deux heures de bowling cosmic. En plus il y aura plusieurs prix de participation et des tirages excitants. Donc si vous êtes dans la région de Barrie joignez-vous à nous pour une soirée de plaisir.

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I've been keeping a secret from you all! My secret is Krista. Krista found my blog on the Ontario Joints in Motion page and saw that I wanted to do something in Barrie this summer so she contacted me and asked if we could collaborate. Of course I was super excited.

So we met in the afternoon on the same Sunday we had team training and chatted for way too long about our event and all the other things we are planning to reach our goals. Mine being $6800 for the Athens Marathon and Krista's being $5800 for the Cayman Islands Half Marathon.

So I am happy to announce that we will be hosting a Bowling event on July 26th at the Barrie Bowlerama. Join us for an evening of fun $20 per person or a team of 6 can pay $100 that's right 6 for the price of 5!!

The night will begin at 7:30 for registration and shoe selection (shoes are included) and then 2 hours of cosmic bowling fun. We both have tickets available for sale. There will be great door prizes and amazing raffle prizes too. So if you live in the Barrie area or even if you live in Toronto and want to drive up for the night why not? This will be my first big event and I hope to get some support from all of you.

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Sunday Morning Training - Entrainement dimanche dernier

Up at 6:30 am last Sunday in order to join the team for our first team training session. We planned to do 6k and ended up doing near 8k. We trained at Erindale Park in Missaussaga it was quite nice a nice gravel trail along a river.

Here are a few pics of us From last Sunday we had some pretty nice smiles even after the training.

And you will notice that Brent came along he is a huge help he trains with me whenever he can it's
great to have such a supportive boyfriend.

On c'est levé a 6h30 dimanche dernier pour ce rendre a l'entraînement d'équipe. On devait faire 6km et en fait on a fait presque 8km. On c'est entraîne a Missaussaga au Parc Erindale sur une belle piste au bord de l'eau.

Voici quelques photos qu'on a prise après l'entraînement. Vous allez aussi remarquer que Brent c'est join a nous. C'est vraiment superbe avoir du support de la part de son chum.