Happy Birthday

Just had to give a shout out for Angela's and Kaylan's Birthday...

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !!!

The Walk

So it was a very bright & beautful day for a walk. So bright that I couldn't see what pictures I was taking.

These don't even do justice to how many people were there. Hundreds of walkers and every year it just gets bigger and bigger.

So the top three team came in with totals of $14,400, $12,200 & $9810
Amazing!! They did have totals ranging from 30 - 50 people on their teams though.

I ended up with $440 of our teams $1615 total.. not bad...

Is anyone else annoyed that they can't get the pictures and text to be placed where you want them?

Parkinson's Walk on Saturday

So my goal was to reach $500 in contributions this year. Yes, I know you are all tired of hearing about it. So far, thanks to Mom, Sheryl, Jo, Cyndi, Julie and those that will be walking with us, or have just donated, I have raised $345. Already twice my donations from last year.. Thats good right?

I would love to raise $10,000 but that's most likely not in my realm of reality. Maybe next year. So I have added a link at the top right portion of my blog, if anyone else feels so inclined and have forgotten.. I know times are tough, trust me. That measly $25 was hard for me, but its just the right thing to do..

I am trying to tug at your hearts here. Its on behalf of your Dad, Grandfather so that others don't have to suffer or see their relatives deal with this crap. Whether you donate or not, I do understand and this will be my last effort to annoy the heck out of you all. Its just in my heart to try and try again..

Love you all...

An Excuse To Post Something

So our lives have been boring lately, & I needed to make an excuse to post. Since Sheryl & Rick visited Asheville, North Carolina, I am posting pics from our trip a few years back to visit a friend who lives there..

I could so live there. In fact, I am entering a sweepstakes to win a house there. What a surprise!!! I enter a 20 - 40 sweepstakes a day.

Anyhow, this is us in front of the Biltmore. After all, I don't want to be the most boring and weakest link..JOLYN!!! 2 months since a post?

Get a life girlfriend!!!

We also hiked up the lower and upper falls of the Asheville Mountains.

This is us at the lower falls..




This is my fat and old ugly self as we were heading up the mountain near another fall.


This is Matt at the upper falls, who by the way has lost 80-100 lbs to date...

Very proud of him and quite the feat to accomplish.





We also stopped in Myrtle Beach and stayed at a hotel on the 12th floor for really cheap. The room had the capability to room 10 people. We stopped here on our way back to Matt's mom's house in West Virginia.

We started there and worked our way down to Asheville, down to Savannah and to Myrtle Beach on the way back.

And this is a picture at Savannah, Georgia.. The moss hanging from the trees was crazy.. I have never seen such a thing. Savannah is chock full of history and old houses, brickways and down by the river is chock full of places to drink and have fun.. Gotta live life while you are here right?

San Diego Parkinson's Walk 2009

I just signed up to do my fourth walk for Parkinson's taking place on Satuday, April 18th.

I heard a report the other day that due to stem cell research they may be really close to finding a cure. So once again, I am asking for donations.. Isn't everyone..

But this touches us right where it hurts. I know the economy stinks, so if you don't donate, I won't be hurt and totally understand. It was hard enough to donate the measly amount that I did.

If you do decide to donate, Visit my personal site http://www.parkinsonswalksd.com/*/jwassom and show me the love. Pass the word on and help me surpass my goal of $500 in donations.