Please support me in my fundraising efforts to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is Canada's largest single day, volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research, and education awareness programs.

I am running for a number of people and reasons, but mostly I am running for me. I am a survivor and I am proud of it. Grant it I was caught early and I did not undergo the extreme degree of treatment that my mother and several friends have gone through. I was lucky, very lucky....this time.If we don't find the cure for this and other forms of cancer, I may not be so lucky next time.

I can't single handedly turn over a check worth hundreds or thousands of dollars that are needed to fight this disease. What I can do, is take myself out of the comfort zone and work hard to attain a small portion. I can ask you my friends and family to donate to this cause and help prevent it from touching someone that you love and want to protect. I am running with the hopes that my daughter and future granddaughters, my mom and my dear friends will not have go through this or go through it again.

I could choose just to walk the 5K and I know that is well within my abilities - what I am choosing is to make myself work harder and earn your support. So I have started with the survivors running clinic and last night I ran 6 min of the 24 we were out for. I am determined that in 10 weeks, I will along with the other ladies of my team and those in the clinic will RUN the entire 5k but don't expect and speed records (LOLOLOL).

So please take a moment from your busy lives and pledge a weeks worth of coffee at Tim's or take a bag lunch and pledge the amount you would have spent for lunch. Big or small each donation brings us one step closer to never seeing this happen to a loved one again.

Dawn Marie

Bidding Farewell to the Very Best Friend.............

Ladybug (aka Bugmutt, Buggy, Lady, Turbo Tongue and of course the Dumb Dog lol)
October 15, 1999 to August 3, 2010

Today I walked my sweet loving puppy girl over the Rainbow Bridge. She was my best friend and leaves a huge hole in my heart. Had she been sick or suffering I know I would be sad to have her go, but because of the hurricane of changes I was forced to take this walk with her so there is some feelings of anger and guilt over having to make this walk today. However, I know deep down, and I trust that God, fate or whatever power you want to believe in has made me go down this path for a very good reason........that is yet to be revealed.

She was a special dog right from the start. Her large ears and big brown eyes stole both the heart of my Mom and myself............she was the farthest thing you could think of from the golden retriever that I went looking for.......but she was perfect for me and I like to think that we were perfect for her. She was the runt of a litter of 12 and this litter had been apprehended from an extremely abusive home. Lady was tortured with being swung by her tail (Which was the reason her tail had to be docked) and had been beaten.....so trusting of the human race was something that our family would have to earn. It took a lot of work and a lot of love and patience to help her back and it took several years of it.

She loved to do agility and the help I received from Shirley and Diane with D & S Dogs of Course in her training was awesome. Regrettably her fear of crowds and unknown places and things kept her from being able to compete but her years of going to "school" were some of her favourite.

Dr. Sharon Bruce and her staff at Lakeview Veternary Clinic were her care givers from her first visit post adoption to the time that we took to walk over the bridge. Sharon and her beloved Brew were also agility friends and regretably Brew had to be walked over last year. The compassion and help that have been shown can never be repaid with a simple thank you. So if you need a fabulous Vet give me a call and I will get you hooked up.

Thank you Mom and Dad for the best gift that you have ever given me........Ladybug was truly that gift and you have given me many incredible gifts through out my life. My sweet Buggy Mutt .... thank you for loving me no matter what.

The winds of change continue to blow like a hurricaine

So its been a long time since last I posted, been a long time since I had a chance lololol

First I have to apologize to those of you wanting to do the Tattered Angel book class, its not gonna be happening because with the release of the exciting new summer and fall line of products items had to be retired and I managed to create a book with almost every single retired color and item......................murphey's law. LOLOLOLOLOL

You are gonna love the awesome new products being released at CHA this week.

I have not seriously scrapped in more than a month, something about working 60 to 70 hours a week for the past 5 weeks......takes the creativity right out of you. On the bright side though I have been loving my new job at Best Buy.


I am in the midst of a hurricane of changes in my life again.......and it will be some time before I have the opportunity to play creatively. So Enjoy your summer everyone and I will see you when the winds have subsided