Thank you so much for your anniversary wishes! We had a happy dinner out last Tuesday night, with a visit to the beach. Unfortunately, we left the camera at home.
Chris was unable to blog from the road for the Get Your Guts in Gear ride last weekend, but you can read about his experiences here. Everyone had a fantastic time, despite the horribly hot weather in New York, and the primitive camping conditions. Chris met his rider's fee of $1900 in the week before the ride, so a big thank you again to everyone that supported him and us! The final total raised for the New York ride hasn't been tabulated yet, but I do believe $200,000 was mentioned as a guesstimate.
The Seattle ride is the first weekend of August, and the Texas ride is the third weekend in October. So if you live near those areas and you or a loved one deal with Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis, I hope you'll consider joining as a crew member or rider. It's a lot of fun and the people are terrific.
One of the organizations that benefits from the Get Your Guts in Gear ride is the IBD Quilt Project. They collect squares that honor patients who battle the disease. The squares are assembled into quilts sent all over the world, similar to the AIDS quilts. I wanted to make Chris a square, but because I don't sew, I wasn't sure how to go about it. And then I received an email from Yarnfloozy, asking if she could make a square for Chris and Charlie. I just cannot tell you in words how touched I was for her to ask. I didn't think the IBD Quilt folks would accept a square for a cat, but sure enough, when she asked them, they said yes!! With Dotty's permission, I want to share her photos of the quilt squares with you:
Chris' square
Charlie's square
Dotty, thank you so much for your kindness and beautiful squares!! It will be an honor for us to be a part of the finished quilt.
Last week, there was a question for the secret pal swap about our favorite summer drink. Mine must be iced tea, the unsweetened kind, that I usually make from a mix. I love raspberry iced tea too. What is your favorite summer drink?
Knitting on the shrug progresses. Seaming on the cardigan does not. How are your summer projects going, knitting and otherwise??
Congratulations to Chris on taking part in the ride in any way he could with the broken collarbone, and for surpassing his donation goal. That was so sweet of Dotty to make quilt squares honoring both Chris and Charlie; she did a beautiful job.
My summer drink: unsweetened brewed iced tea, with lemonade in second place (gotta watch the calories). A splash of lemonade in the iced tea is yummy too.
Posted by: Kristen | June 17, 2008 at 07:44 AM
Those squares are wonderful!
Posted by: Chris | June 17, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Those squares are incredible. I have to admit, looking at them brought a tear to my eye.
Posted by: Karen | June 17, 2008 at 08:19 AM
Hooray for Chris! I'm glad it all went so well.
Those quilt blocks are beautiful - I'm glad that Chris and Charlie will be together there.
Posted by: Bridget | June 17, 2008 at 09:32 AM
That's a lovely write-up on the quilt blocks. I'm glad you (and Chris) like them.
My favourite summertime drink is sweetened iced tea with lots of lemon. I use cold brew Celestial Seasonings Peach iced tea.
Posted by: Dotty | June 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Those quilt blocks are lovely!
I'm not sure what my favorite summertime drink is, but unsweetened iced tea sounds good.
Posted by: Erika | June 17, 2008 at 02:22 PM
Glad you had a nice anniversary! Beautiful quilt blocks!
Posted by: robin | June 17, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Those are lovely quilt blocks! How nice of Dotty to make them in honor of Chris and Charlie.
My favorite summer drink would have to be iced tea, especially the fruit flavored kind and lemonade.
Posted by: Sydney | June 17, 2008 at 10:03 PM
The quilt blocks are just lovely. And how touching to see Charlie in there...
Posted by: Sheepish Annie | June 17, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Those squares are awesome! She did an awesome job with both of them!
Posted by: Yvonne | June 18, 2008 at 01:39 AM
Congratulations to Chris on a successful ride and fund raising.
The quilt squares are just wonderful; how incredibly thoughtful of "Yarnfloozy" to make them.
Posted by: Julie | June 18, 2008 at 06:53 AM
Charlie's so cute, there was no way they could say no! (by the way, did you know my parents have a picture of him on their refrigerator?)
Posted by: Robin | June 18, 2008 at 06:49 PM
Beautiful quilt blocks! What a lovely idea.
Posted by: Sonya | June 18, 2008 at 08:06 PM
I know I'm the 14th person to say it, but those quilt squares are so beautiful! I love the fabric for Chris' with the bicycles on it. And Charlie's...priceless!
Posted by: Nancy | June 18, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Oh, what a wonderful idea! Those squares are lovely! Reading about the race schedules reminds me of my SIL as she plans out her marathon schedule.
Mmmm...my favourite summer drink? Iced green tea with mint.
Posted by: Brigitte | June 19, 2008 at 08:48 AM
What lovely quilt squares. How nice that they include cats!!!
In Summer I like lemonade with lime or extra lemon, or a good G&T!!!
Posted by: 2paw | June 30, 2008 at 09:01 PM
This is great that there is so much support for colitis patients. When my family member had colitis 20 years ago, it felt like we were the only ones. Now, everyone is sharing their experiences and it really helps to hear peoples stories.
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