Danke!

I know I've said it several times, but I just want to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone who brought care package donations to the fan club party. I finally got to sort through it all this afternoon and it is quite impressive! (see photo) I think when Courtney and Lee Ann return from their trip overseas to play for the troops, we're going to gather in our office and assemble them all. It might take us an entire day to get them all together since you guys gave us so much! Your generocity was over the top, and was much appreciated.

If you didn't get a chance to donate but would like to do something, you can still help. Visit AnySoldier.com where you can select a service man or woman to send a care package to. Even if you can't send a care package, a letter from home would do so much to brighten someone's day.

Does anyone else have World Cup fever? I'm loving it. Doesn't look like the American team is going to fair too well, but England is my 2nd favorite team. I love me some David Beckham and Michael Owen.

Whew!

What a week. And I see it has been over a month since I last blogged. In that period I spent over three weeks in Texas and then furiously finished planning the fan club party. Thanks to all of you who came out to the party! The feedback on it was once again, amazing. Even Lee Ann emailed me later that evening to express her thanks and to tell me that a ton of you had been raving about the Belcourt and the party itself. That means so much to me, you have no idea. I spent last week so furiously wrapped up in the event, that I never stopped to take a breath and relax. But the party turned out exactly how I wanted it to....a laid back, casual affair where old friends meet to hang out, new friends meet for the first time and everyone is brought together by their love of the LAW. Hopefully I'll get some photos of the party up soon. I was going to toss one up here today, but they are on my other computer which is, of course, at home. If you have any that you took that you would like to share, please pass them along to me.

Somewhere along the way, between shaking 100 hands on Thursday and running 100 MPH, I caught a cold over the weekend! Who's ever heard of a summer cold? My mom just laughed at me when I said that, saying that summer colds are the worst. And she's right. I'm feeling about 80% today, but it is so dang hot that it just makes you feel more miserable. I bet swallowing a mouthful of water from the Ocoee River on Saturday didn't help either. I think I was a smart ass just one too many times to the guide and he proceeded to dump me face first over the side of the boat right as we hit the rapid Tablesaw. Here's a lesson kids...keeping your mouth closed, both in the boat and in the river is probably a good idea.