Raison d'blog

Jan 26/09 Mon

First, a word about this blog. It's not totally meant to entertain, it's basically an online journal that we are keeping for several reasons- most of them selfish. We want to look back on it later to reminisce and remember the people and places we meet. We are subtly asking for money. At least I am. If anyone reading this is so moved send us an email and for $500 CDN we can pay for full year of boarding school for a brilliant girl or boy ($300 CDN for day school). Any partial amounts can be combined. Cash is king here, so if you ever wanted to donate but were afraid it wouldn't get there this is your chance- we can even bring home a baggie of manure form the cow ( $550) or dairy goat($180) you chip in for. Just because we are accepting money, doesn't mean you haven't already given a lot. I hate asking, It's just I'd hate not asking more. We have about $900.00 left over after the plane tickets to help out with projects. We have already dipped into it for about $200 to add an extra shelf to each of the 65 school desks. We are also helping Alinda find a good home for $3000 she has pledged from another Rotary club and $1800 from a Comox Valley elementary school. If we find something really special we may dip into our LOC to make it happen. As many of you know I am a bit of a gold bug, so if the price of gold and silver keeps going up, more good things will happen here.

Another thing this blog is is a thank you to those that came to our wedding and/or gave us the cash to fly here (the late Grandpa Shore not excluded). This trip is part holiday and part how-can-we-best-help research and part checking on ongoing projects and part get the 65 school desks for Daisy done.. Finally the purpose for this blog is that it forces us to reflect coherently on what we are seeing because someone might actually read this stuff. For example Tanya told me I better sit down and write something because she has done most of the blogging. I reminded her that SHE can type 60 WPM and I have a journal full of scribbles to show for myself. She looked at me in that ; "You know that's not good enough". And she's right. Blogging forces you to marshal your thoughts and condense your experiences so they don't just drift and dissipate. For Cody this blog is forced labour in lieu of being in school. Now, back to theThank-you,-Got-more-money?,-Lest-we-forget,-Do-your-blog-before-bed-because-I said-so blog.

Terry