Come join us for
Poker Night

In honor of the
BOOBIES!

Be a part in finding a cure for breast cancer by joining us in a
Texas Hold’em Tournament

A portion of your $100 buy-in will be donated to Team Tiara,
Who will be participating in the
Breast Cancer 3-Day, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Saturday, October 24, 2009
Check-in will be from 6:30 – 7:30
Tournament begins at 7:30

The Biggs’ House
15802 Applerock Trail
Cypress, TX

Hosted by Team Tiara

Friends are welcome!  Please respond ASAP-
D’Lyn Biggs  281-883-8642

Set-ups and snacks will be provided
B.Y.O.B.
Beer will be available for donations!

If you are unable to attend, but would like to donate to the cause, please visit our website
www.the3day.org/goto/tiaras
Just click on the walker that you would like to donate to!
Thanks for all of your support!

Bake Sale in Village Creek!

(249 & Spring Cypress Area)

Saturday, October 17

4-7 p.m.

Contact Lisa Street for more details:  lisa_street2003@yahoo.com

Pink Lemonade Stands!

Central Park, in Fairfield

Saturday, October 3

Saturday, October 10 (Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand!)

Come out and join us for a night of fun filled Tennis and Margaritas at Kluge Road Tennis Ranch’s 1st ever Friday night Mixer in honor of the Boobs!

Be a part in finding a cure for Breast Cancer
by joining us.  100% of your entry fee of $20 will be donated directly to
Team Tiara who will be participating in the
Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
benefitting Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Friday, October 23

Sign in at 7:00pm, Play will begin at 7:30pm followed by “Boobie” prizes awarded to the man and woman with the most games won during the mixer!

Light Snacks and Margaritas will be provided. 
B.Y.O.B

Call 281-352-5656 for more info.

If you are unable to attend but would
still like to donate you can visit our website,
www.the3day.org/goto/tiaras
 Click on the walker that
you would like to donate to!

Thank you for all of your support!!!  Please feel free to forward this evite to your friends!

“If walking 60 miles is crazy,
we don’t want to be normal!”

CRAZY ABOUT BUNKO?

Want to help find the CURE

for Breast Cancer?

Never played but ready to

learn?

Come to Bunko for Boobies!

Saturday, October 17

7:00 p.m.

16219 Crooked Lake Way N.

Bring a snack or a beverage

to share

Your $20 donation will go

to the Breast Cancer 3-Day,

benefiting Susan G. Komen

for the Cure.

PRIZES will be Awarded!

Seating is Limited

Please RSVP Quickly

281-844-5114

Friday, October 9 at 7:00 p.m. 

Contact Dione at 214-240-6283 for more info.

Come have fun for a cause.  Help Bridget and Dione walk 60 miles for breast cancer.  Bunco is open to the first 20 people to donate $25 and RSVP.
We will have a great girls night filled with fun, wine and great prizes.
Donate at
www.the3day.org/goto/bridgetmohrmann
www.the3day.org/goto/dione

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Help save the TaTa’s by supporting one or more of these fundraisers in your area!

Oklahoma:  Cathie Knight is kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month tomorrow at her office with Taters for TaTa’s. 

Financial Planning Seminars:  More details to follow soon — be on the lookout for this EASY way you can help us raise Big Bucks!

I thought it might be a good idea to add this post here for those looking for a tentmate.  Easier than all the emails.  If you are still looking for a tent-mate, please feel free to leave a comment and maybe we can get everyone matched up quickly so we can all have our tents close together.  This is the first year that I didn’t have my tent-mate all picked out and I had no idea how confusing it can all be.  But join in the spirit of making a new friend for the weekend by bunking with a stranger!  I have!  Leave comments and let’s get this taken care of! 

Online Check-in must be completed by October 7th in order to tent next to your team!

And you have to look closely, but the comments have already begun!

I have added the order form and descriptions under the Events tab for easy reference and print off.  Hope that helps.  Also, orders are due by October 1st!

I found this on the message boards a couple of years ago.  I thought ya’ll would appreciate it — especially since this is the best-trained team we’ve ever had.  I know y’all have literally worn out the trails this year.  I’m so proud of you!!!

OK. It’s crunch time.
This is the part of training where you have to make decisions and not all of them are fun.
As you sit on the edge of your bed at the crack of dawn, the weight of your obligations lands on you like a boulder.
Your house has dust bunnies and there’s a basket of unfolded underwear in the laundry room that’s nearly empty because no one could find clean underwear in their dressers this week Your garden needs weeding. Your car is sprinkled with protein bar wrappers and empty sports bottles. Your dog growls at you like you’re a stranger.
Your boss can’t wait until you inevitably give up this little whim so he can have his dedicated employee back who was never preoccupied and always wore high heels.
Your friends who are not in the 3Day are beginning to look at you differently. They feel a little left out. Girls night out happened last week without you.
Your husband doesn’t understand why you’re doing all of this. All he understands is that he just wants you home-in body AND mind.
Your children don’t understand. All they know is that they hate the color pink and just want their mom back.
And then there’s your body. You can barely recover from walking one day to do it all over again the next day. You wake up achy and stiff. You go to bed achy and stiff. Your suntan is an outline of a sports bra and shorts. It’s a nice surprise when you don’t have hat head. Your feet are sporting blisters, calluses and corns in places you’ve never had them. You’ve lost another toenail.
You’re weary.
You’re exhausted.
You’re miserable.
Why on earth are you putting yourself through this?
Like a warm sunbeam, you suddenly realize that you have a choice. You can make this all go away. You have the power to make your husband happy, be a mommy again, get a raise, go Martha Stewart on your house, have a margherita with the girls, sleep in and say goodbye to blisters forever.
You take a minute think about it – you can have a normal life again.
But then it dawns on you.
So what if the kids’ underwear didn’t get folded and put away. It could be worse. They could all be wearing dirty underwear. No one has gotten sick because you didn’t wash your kitchen floor this week. And you’ll still be able to harvest a garden. That’s why God made zucchini.
Your boss – he’ll never get it. But you do, and that damn job can just wait another few weeks.
Your friends don’t understand, but you do. If they were being very honest, they might even confess they’re a little in awe of you. Well, next year they can just get off their pampered little tushies and for once in their life make a commitment to something bigger than themselves
Your husband may not understand, but you do. You understand that by some wondrous quirk of genetics and fate, he still has you around to be missed. And to grow old with.
Your children don’t understand, but you do. You don’t want them to have to think about mommies who go away because they’re sick and then don’t get to come home. In a few weeks you’ll be back and you will hug them like you’ll never let go.
And then it hits you – you could be sitting on the edge of your bed dreading yet another bout of chemo and wondering if you can make it all the way home this time before you throw up.
So maybe you won’t quit today. In a few weeks this will be all over.
And if you’re lucky, things won’t ever be the same again.
Because you will have turned your blisters into dollars for research and medical breakthroughs and mammograms for the poor.
Because someday your children will remember all this and know they can change the world no matter how big the challenge.
Because someone will look at the pink wristband you gave them and write out another check.
Because the friends you’ve made in training and the friends you meet on the walk will stay with you forever.
Because a woman you don’t even know trusts you to walk for her because she can’t.
So maybe you’ll face the challenge of fitting it all in and getting it all done for one more day.
Maybe you’ll walk the eight miles you’d planned once the kids are in bed tonight and not think about the dishes in the sink
Maybe you’ll ignore your feet and ignore your sunburn and ignore your sore hips.
Maybe you’ll remember how fortunate you are to be able to get up off the edge of the bed and make a difference.

Lori Keener
Cleveland, Ohio
Hot Mamas I.B.T.P.
June 2007