Almost Cruise time (20 days & counting)...

The time is drawing near.

The kids are back at school and the basement is filling up with prizes.

Amanda has had arough summer, with lots of doctors appointments, and now she is getting ready for braces at the start of October.

Amanda is officially ateenager, turning 13 over the summer. She's not the typical teen...well ok she is the typical teenage girl (totally in love with Eric from the twilight book series and can't wait to see the movie in November...I think she could tell you the number of days, hours & minutes until the release date, but that is a different story). She devours books when she likes the and loves music (even some of the retro stuff that I like).

As I mentioned before the summer has been a collectio of doctors appointments with multiple trips to Toronto. We are actually getting ready for another trip to Toronto this Tuesday (9 sept 08) to see the Opthemologist specialist at Sick Kids. With possibly another eye surgery in the near future. I'll let you know what id happening ater the appointment.

Amanda is a strong grown up thirteen years old, and I am very proud of her...I think she has gone through more in the last 11 years than most adults do in their lifetime.

Work has kept me extremely busy, so I have been a bit delayed with the cruise organization. All of the important things have been completed, it's just some of the samll stuff that needs to be completed.

We had a great weekend at Moprfest this year...we talked to a lot of people about the cruise and both of our booths (toonie toss & airbrush tattoos were very successful), we raised $1,000.00 during the weekend. Roy westlake from Chrysler brought some beautiful cars for the weekend. They were also selling Mopar key chains, clocks, and hats. They raised $2,300.00 and donated it to Juvenile Arthritis through Amanda's Cruise. A special thank you to Roy and his crew.

The cruise route has been determined and it's going to be a nice drive. The poker stops are evenly spaced, the eye spy items have been found and the drive should take about 90 mins (including stops for the poker run).

We are all getting excited about seeing everyone at the cruise.

All the best, and we will see you in a few weeks.

tim