Thank you yard sale shoppers!

A big thank you to the shoppers, neighbors, and everybody

who came to the Saddledowns' yard sale this morning.

Not only did you help me clean out my house of some clutter,

you helped me raise $244.25 for the cause.

Thank you!!!

Thank you to Village Realty OBX

Thank you to Village Realty OBX (http://www.villagerealtyobx.com/) for the generous donation!

It will go a long way in the fight against breast cancer!

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3 days to end breast cancer.  We can do this!  Can you help?

Donate here

Thank you to Commercial Insurance!

Taking a moment to say a big "Thank you!!!"
to Commercial Insurance.

The generous donation from the agency will go a long way in the fight against breast cancer!

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3 days to end breast cancer.  We can do this!  Can you help?
donate here

Cupcakes for a cure

I'm not much of a baker, so I knew if I wanted to make stuff for a bake sale, i'd better do a trial run first.  So, i made some cupcakes:

Learned a few things along the way:
Lesson #1 - if you fill the cups up too much, you end up without enough batter to make all 24 cupcakes
Lesson #2 - go for the shorter cooking time instead of the longer, unless you want your cupcakes to look a little dark
Lesson #3 - waiting for the cupcakes to cool enough to put the frosting on is the hardest part...
Lesson #4 - the finished product actually looks good enough to eat:

Lesson #5 - there is such a thing as too many sprinkles; and strawberry frosting is just a bit too "strawberry-y"
So the next time around, I'll be doing some things differently.
Less batter per cupcake
shorter cooking time
different frosting
less sprinkles.

Now I need to make some cookies to try out my nifty pink ribbon cookie cutter (and to test my cookie decorating skills...)

Wanna make a donation to help in the fight against breast cancer?  visit www.the3day.org/goto/mkfuentes1 .  I walk this mile...

I walk this mile...

Do you know and love someone who is fighting breast cancer?  Have you lost a loved one to this disease?

In August, I'll be walking 60 miles over 3 days in an effort to find a cure for breast cancer.  I'm walking for a future where our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, nieces, daughters, friends, co-workers, etc., will no longer have worry about or suffer from this disease.

For a donation of $10, I will dedicate a mile of my walk to the honor or memory of someone you love and care about.  Your loved one's name will be listed on my t-shirt and I will dedicate a post on this blog to her/him. (You can provide a picture and your story if you like.


Help me put a face to my efforts and remind the world that breast cancer isn't a far off concern, but one that affects us all, every day.

Contact me at mkfuentes 1 @ gmail.com (without the spaces of course) if you'd like to dedicate a mile.

(Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and can be made here: The 3-Day )