06
May 12

9th Walk For Hunger

In addition to moving this weekend, and catching a Red Sox game, we did our 9th Walk for Hunger.  Jeannette was only able to make 10 of the 20 miles this year.  Josh graciously said that since Jeannette was walking the baby this year, her miles counted double.

We very much appreciate the support of all our friends and family.  Here is a copy of our Thank You note we sent everyone.

Dear Friends and Family,

We want to send our sincerest thanks for your support this year (and past years) of our efforts to raise both awareness of the hunger issues in our neighborhoods and the funds to support the fight against hunger.  This was our 9th walk (180 miles) with Project Bread and The Walk For Hunger.

Thank you for helping us raise over $1,300 in an effort to affect positive and systemic change to prevent hunger.  We walked as a part of our church team this year, and as a team we raised over $25,000.  This year, 43,000 people joined together to raise $3.6 million to provide food for 448 emergency food programs in our cities and towns.  These funds will provide a hot meal or a bag of groceries for hungry families next winter.

Project Bread advocates change in our community and, while feeding the hungry now, attempts to implement changes to END hunger for the future.  It is an organization we believe in and have chosen to support for the last nine years.  We cannot express how grateful we are for your generosity and support in helping us strive for change in our community.

Thanks again for your support of our efforts!!

Josh, Jeannette & Our Future Walker(due August 21st)


05
May 12

Red Sox v Orioles (L, 2-8)

In addition to moving this weekend, we took a break at Fenway.


24
Apr 12

Celtics W v Heat – 78-66

Fiallen Game 15

This game was brutal to watch for the first 3 quarters.  It was as if two Washington Generals teams were playing each other.  The Heat’s “big” 3 didn’t play, and Bosh wasn’t suited up.  PP started for the C’s, and Rondo suited up, but didn’t play – so it was a lot of young bench versus young bench.  The C’s didn’t score until the 7th  minute in the first quarter.  Lots of in-and-outs, turnovers and shots just not falling.  The offense on both teams was just silly.  In the 4th quarter Sasha decided to have a career game in one quarter.  For awhile it looked like we wouldn’t break 60, but Sasha and the Fiala favorite Quisy got us a W 78-66.

This was our last game to attend for the regular season.  We had tickets to 16 games, but gave one game away due to a family emergency.


22
Apr 12

Visiting our Fenway Brick

Awhile ago, we purchased a Fenway brick as a part of a renovation Fenway was doing.  They had some “visiting hours” for donators to go see their brick.  This week was Fenway’s 100th anniversary.  Even though the Red Sox themselves are crumbling (already!), it is fun to have our names on display at Fenway.

Our brick is at Gate B; we consider Gate B “our gate”  as it is the one we use every game we attend.  We walk to Fenway from our house and the walk leads right to Gate B.  Gate B is also where the new Royal Rooters club is located.  Josh loves the original Royal Rooters.  Our brick is in the Jerry Remy section.

Everyone got a duplicate, commemorative brick and display case when they bought the Fenway brick.  We keep ours near our Red Sox commemorative baseball from the 700th sellout game we were at, our rookie year Harangody-signed mini Celtics basketball and bobble heads – gotta keep all the sports stuff together.


21
Apr 12

South Boston Beaches

With the day starting at 6am, we had a super busy and productive Saturday.  We took a little drive in the evening and walked along the beach in South Boston.  It was a good day – but we are anxious about the renovations finishing on time (i.e., this week) and being able to move in this weekend.