Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer

We did it! Lou & I walked 20 miles yesterday and 10 miles this morning to complete the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer. We both struggled [I had several blisters on my toes and Lou's knee was hurting her], but it was well worth it! It was a great experience and we met some really nice women while we were walking and the crews that volunteer to help with traffic and b'rest stops were amazing! I will do it again!

PLUS, my mom and dad came in from Indiana to see me walk!

I'll post more pictures of the actual walk in the next few days.


Allie, Angie & Lou


Dad (Eddie), Angie & Mom (Sandy)


Angie, Allie & Jeff


Allie & Angie

I'm getting excited...

A friend of mine, Cary, asked me earlier today if I was getting excited about the walk [Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer] this weekend [yes, this weekend!] and it was then that I realized that I wasn't excited. I've been looking forward to it and preparing for it all year by raising money and walking, but at the same time I've just been working on the daily things that need to be completed and my business has been tough this summer and has had me a bit overwhelmed. So, when I came in from talking to Cary I decided to spend some time working on something fun for the walk that would get me excited and it worked!!

First, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon trying to decide how I'm going to display that I'm walking in memory of my grandmothers. I'm wearing a backpack, so I can't really wear something on the back of my shirt like a lot do in the shorter 5K walks. My backpack has front clips that come across my chest, so you can barely see the 2 Day Walk logo that I've embroidered on my shirt. So, I designed and created a "sign" of sorts to attach to my backpack. I think it turned out really cute! I just used some cute polka dot fabric (it was thin so it puckered a little at the top) I had and embroidered my design on it. Then, I just tacked it in place.



While the "sign" was stitching I decided to adorn the backpack with pink and green ribbon to match! It's much cuter now!! I really wasn't crazy about carrying red backpack, but now you can barely tell it's red [ kind of ;D ].



I know my grandmothers would be proud of me for walking, so I'll wear this with great pride. It will be an emotional weekend, so I'll be strong and try not to cry too much. This is all for a great cause and the money will go towards finding the cure that we need. My parents are coming in town so that they can see me on the route, so I hope to have a picture of me and my mom to post next week!

Training for the Atlanta 2 Day Walk for Breast Cancer...

It's almost here - the Atlanta 2 Day Walk for Breast Cancer.

Live countdown is below on the right :)

I'm walking with my friend, Lou. We've both raised our money (a little over $1,000.00 each), so we're ready for the walk! We were both very lucky to have friends and family contribute to our cause. I'm walking for my 2 grandmothers, Dora and Buelah, so it's a very special walk for me. My mom and dad are even coming in town from Evansville for the walk.

I haven't talked much about the walk or my training here on the blog. Even though my intention was to use this blog as a personal and business diary, but I really use it more for my business. I think I feel guilty posting things that I'm doing that are keeping me from doing work ;D

Anyway, my training has not been as strong as I had planned because during our 7+ mile walks the balls of my feet were hurting so bad that I took off over a week just to let them heal. Then, as soon as they started feeling better I had a really bad neck ache for about 4 days. Anyway, those injuries have taken a toll on my training, but I'm sure that I'll be fine. Lou and I walked just under 10 miles today. My feet felt much better, so I think I've worked past my injury.