the "fun" in fundraising

for the last few weeks now, fundraiser planning has intensified and kristy and i are feeling like an old married couple because we hang out so much together. have i mentioned before how much i love this girl? she puts the "fun" in fundraising! :) my office is completely out of control (more than usual if that's possible) loaded with all of the donations for the baskets. it's a good thing rich is working such long hours because his desk is pretty much burried in stuff. last year it was all at kristy's so it's my turn to have a messy space. can you believe that in a few weeks we will have all this crap turned into 25 or so beautiful gift baskets? no wonder we were so scared last year! we had no idea what we were doing, at least this year we have some experience. i'm not sweating it quite as much as last year, i only hope we can make as much money, last year was a big $4000 and it will be hard to top that. we spent three days together this week getting things sorted and shopping for things we didn't have donated and picking up business donations. luckily one of our donations was from noddles & co. and so we just had to eat lunch there.macaroni & cheese - the real stuff - is probably my number one comfort food on the planet and noddles' version is glorious cheesy goodness. although i can never stray from the mac, i have to say that kristy's noodles and asparagus looked divine. friday jenny was nice enough to let ethan play at her house while we ran around to save him from being a prisoner to his carseat and to save me some time. i was shocked how fast i could get through stores without stopping to fuss with a toddler. he has had some separation anxiety lately but jenny said he didn't even cry! yay! he loves drew and joey so he was pretty excited to play. more fundraiser excitement to follow...