tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89938550888312436472024-03-12T19:55:39.363-04:00Squeeze Your LemonsBlog in support of the two fundraising events for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation....
The 2010 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure on Sunday October 3rd 2010 and the 2011 Tubbs Romp to Stomp Snowshoes series in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation on February 19th 2011.Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-44079291414981885032012-12-29T13:13:00.001-05:002012-12-29T13:13:05.741-05:00Let's Stomp!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let's start 2013 off with a great event! Come and join us on Saturday, Feb 9th, 2013 for the 6th Annual Tubbs Romp to Stomp out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series. An incredible event that gets us outside enjoying the winter, snowshoeing and helping the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation raise much needed funds for a future without breast cancer!<br />
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<a href="http://tubbsromptostomp.com/on" target="_blank">Register</a> before Jan 4th, 2013 to receive the early bird pricing and get entered into the early bird draw!<br />
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Recap of all the fun at the 2012 Tubbs Romp to Stomp our Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series! <br />
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Collingwood participants, I am beyond pumped to share with you a special shout out video!<br />
You may have heard him referred to as Teen Wolf this past summer, he is one of the most elite athlete's in Canada! One of our TOP crossfitters! <br />
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Collingwood, he is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCGqou5rrPc" target="_blank">Lucas Parker</a>, and he's sending you a special message!<br />
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( Yes it's really him! Lucas shaved his famous beard after the <a href="http://games.crossfit.com/" target="_blank">2012 Crossfit games</a> to raise money for At-Risk Youth in Downtown <a href="http://www.crossfit.ca/" target="_blank">Vancouver</a> at the Nutts Memorial Cup event. )<br />
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You heard lucas, remember to squeeze your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffcc33; font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;">lemons</span>!<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Currently living in Collingwood, ON, Andrea Currie is an emerging artist and entrepreneur. Andrea's trademark fine art drawings focus on trees. Using pointillism, cross-hatching and shading, she re-captures classical pen and ink techniques. Andrea combines an Honors English Literature degree from the University of Guelph and a Diploma of Education from Newcastle University, Australia with a passion for cultivating connections by launching her new company PomonaLIFE.</span></div>
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PomonaLIFE is a community for artists from all disciplines to showcase their finished work in a unique and collaborative environment. From Roman mythology, Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards was meticulous in the craft of cultivation. Like Pomona, artists mirror her strengths, layering hours, days and sometimes years cultivating their craft.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Andrea’s current project: <b>Sacred Worship - Growth, Decay and Resurrection,</b> a 2013 Calendar Folio, is dedicated to Andrea’s mother - Susan Currie - who succumbed to cancer in October 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Each of these trees in the folio is inspired by the foliage associated with the calendar months as well as the myths and legends that accompany them. Andrea also incorporated elements of her own skin and body depicting the theme of metamorphosis with her personal representation in each month. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Calendar 2013 is $20, and $15 of every calendar sold is donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“Cancer has been a sleeping giant in my life for as long as I can remember, but my mother showed me with strength, love and poise, that there is a community of hope which breathes effortlessly. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My mother is my inspiration and my strength. This calendar is a unique tribute to a wonderful and kind woman, as much as it is a symbol of life’s constant change and our own beautiful metamorphosis because of it.” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To purchase Andrea Currie’s Calendar 2013 and to help support the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, please visit: <span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #183df9; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.pomonalife.com/" target="_blank">www.pomonalife.com</a></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You can also purchase the calendar at the following store locations:</span></div>
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Garden's Nest, Collingwood, ON<br />
The Artist's Den, Collingwood, ON<br />
Cloutier Music School, Collingwood, ON<br />
Bruce Wine Bar, Thornbury, ON<br />
Elements Yoga, Wasaga Beach, ON<br />
North Point, Tobermory, ON<br />
Dufferin County Museum & Archive, Dufferin, ON<br />
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<span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Take some time today and squeeze your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffcc33; font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;">lemons</span></div>
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The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has launched the <a href="http://www.thepinktourontario.com/">Pink Tour</a> with the support of both Shoppers Drug Mart and CIBC, the Pink Tour bus is on the road for a summer long tour of Ontario!<br />
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The Pink Tour bus will make it's stop in Collingwood on July 27th! Be sure to head downtown Collingwood to check it out!<br />
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Have you squeezed your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffcc33; font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px;">lemons</span> lately?<br />
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Because of each of you the Romp had another successful year, raising more then $32,000 towards a future without breast cancer. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">It was truly a gorgeous day up a scenic caves, we could not have asked for better weather. Please take a moment and enjoy the slideshow put together by our talented event photographers <a href="http://www.isisphotography.ca/">Isis Photography</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Check out some of the event photos taken by Isis Photography <a href="http://www.blogisis.com/">here</a> ( they have some available for free download) and be sure to check out <a href="http://www.mycollingwood.ca">mycollingwood.ca</a> photo gallery for their photos!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Remember to make time to squeeze your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';">lemons</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">!</span></div><div><br /><br /><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" /></div>Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-5995683874055637792012-01-09T09:55:00.002-05:002012-01-09T09:57:32.393-05:00What an Honour!<div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pLU0fDAdQbU/Twr_QG9xPoI/AAAAAAAAAUY/2fvySZmhFeE/s1600/Mr.Geddes%2Band%2BI.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pLU0fDAdQbU/Twr_QG9xPoI/AAAAAAAAAUY/2fvySZmhFeE/s400/Mr.Geddes%2Band%2BI.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695645330976095874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Terry Geddes and I, taken after the presentation.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I have mentioned before that, as volunteers we don't do what we do to be recognized for it, we do it because we are passionate about whatever it is that we are volunteering for, but that being said, when someone does recognize all your efforts, it is an incredible honour. Yesterday, I was bestowed with the Order of Collingwood, one of 5 recipients from the Town of Collingwood to receive this incredible honour. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">"Annually the Town of Collingwood honours those who through their volunteer efforts enrich the social, cultural and/or recreational conditions by bestowing upon them The Order of Collingwood"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As one of the youngest to ever receive The Order of Collingwood. I am truly beyond words honoured. I send my congratulations once again to the other 4 recipients,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Catherine Campbell, Barbara Fawcett, Penny Skelton and Terry Geddes. As well the 3 recipients who received the Companion to the Order of Collingwood, Charles Tatham, Dunc Hawkins, and Paul Hurst.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">For me personally yesterday was even a little extra special, to receive the Order of Collingwood alongside Terry Geddes. Most people will know him as the former Mayor of Collingwood, I have known him as Mr. Geddes for most of my life. He was my principal from Kindergarten to grade 8. I have a great deal of respect for him, I always have, so to not only be honoured yesterday, but to also be honoured alongside someone who I have so greatly respected was for me, even that much more special.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I thank Mayor Sandra Cooper, CAO Kim Wingrove as well as all the members of Council. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">For this incredible honour!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I have now said the words, "incredible" and "honour" quite a few times in this post, but really, I don't know that there is any other way to describe it. </span></div><div><br /><object width="450" height="300" data="http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/flowplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="movie" value="http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/flowplayer.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="config={"playlist":[{"url":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/uploads/player_thumbs/TeU2XFV1gMSDOnEOYAkp.jpg"}],"plugins":{"pseudo":{"url":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/flowplayer-pseudostreaming.swf"},"pseudoInstream":{"url":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/flowplayer-pseudostreaming.swf"},"openAdStreamer":{"url":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/OpenAdStreamer.swf","autoPlay":false,"providers":{"http":"pseudo"},"shows":{"baseURL":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/xmoov.php","streams":[{"file":"TeU2XFV1gMSDOnEOYAkp.flv","duration":"00:27:58"}]},"ads":{"servers":[{"type":"OpenX","apiAddress":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/openx/www/delivery/fc.php"}],"disableControls":"true","allowRepetition":"true","schedule":[{"zone":"01","position":"pre-roll","playOnce":"true"},{"zone":"02","position":"mid-roll","playOnce":"true"},{"zone":"03","position":"post-roll","playOnce":"true"},{"zone":"04","startTime":"00:00:02","width":"450"}]}},"controls":{"url":"http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/addons/mw_flowplayer/flowplayer-controls.swf","autoHide":"never","backgroundColor":"#cccccc","bufferColor":"#999999","timeColor":"#36baef","progressColor":"#0368A0","buttonColor":"#0368A0","buttonOverColor":"#36baef","tooltipColor":"#0368A0","tooltips":{"buttons":true}}}}"></object></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Don't forget, knowing your body could just save your life! Take a little time to squeeze your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';">lemons</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-20596548739350249062012-01-01T11:04:00.004-05:002012-01-01T14:02:16.949-05:00Happy New Year!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-nsTVnEtZE/TwCJBDCkxRI/AAAAAAAAAUM/aXvRbt7VLa4/s1600/ISIS1-7728.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-nsTVnEtZE/TwCJBDCkxRI/AAAAAAAAAUM/aXvRbt7VLa4/s400/ISIS1-7728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692700580085286162" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">2011 was an incredible year for many reasons, some personal highlights for me ( in terms of volunteering ) were.....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Since 2008 I have put a ton of time and energy into helping create a future without breast cancer. Nothing has been more worth while for me, then at the 2011 Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series, when my husband and I were able to help an incredibly brave and wonderful man named <a href="http://squeezyourlemons.blogspot.com/2011/01/beyond-excited-thrilled-and-extremely.html">Adam Warner</a> complete a goal on the list of his late wife Meghan's life goals, ( to Snowshoe ). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I was also nominated for two awards for the <a href="http://www.cbcf.org/ontario/GetInvolved/Volunteer/Pages/2011VolunteerWinners.aspx">Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Volunteer Awards</a>, then in the fall I found out that our local MP Dr. Kellie Leitch nominated me for the Prime Ministers Volunteer Awards ( Spring of 2012 ) and a couple weeks ago I received a visit from Shelley Fuhre the Executive Assistant to Town of Collingwood Mayor Sandra Cooper to deliver a letter letting me know that I am being bestowed with the <a href="http://www.collingwood.ca/node/5023">'Order of Collingwood'</a>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">It is incredibly honouring to be recognized, ( it is not why I do it. But an honour just the same. )</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Another HUGE highlight for me personally was on October 2nd, the day of the Run for the Cure. To be able to stand on the stage and let all the participants in Collingwood know that together our small ( but very mighty ) run site had reached ONE MILLION dollars raised in just 7 short years! INCREDIBLE! Something that everyone should be extremely proud of!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">It is always a highlight for me to once again be reminded how incredible my Run for the Cure committee is. I thank Jason, Michele, Michelle, Todd, Steph, Jenn, Barb, David and Avalon for all the time they as fellow volunteers commit to the Run for the Cure and of course a huge thank you to our Honourary Chair this year, Scott Thornton.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Now looking ahead to 2012 an another exciting year. Let's get it started the right way! In just 20 days from now we can all come together and stomp out breast cancer at the 2012 Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series! <a href="http://tubbsromptostomp.com/on">Register to stomp</a>, or come and volunteer! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">*Volunteers are still needed.... </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">May you trust in your dreams enough this year to know that anything and everything is possible! And why not make a plan today for the days each month when you will take a little time to SQUEEZE YOUR</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';">lemons</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">!</span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-32546658398616818112011-12-04T14:14:00.004-05:002011-12-04T14:19:41.961-05:00Early Bird Registration!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IPcZW55hHU4/TtvG-936jPI/AAAAAAAAAUA/-RXNO-Z1B80/s1600/2012%2BRomp%2BPoster_ON.2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IPcZW55hHU4/TtvG-936jPI/AAAAAAAAAUA/-RXNO-Z1B80/s400/2012%2BRomp%2BPoster_ON.2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682354139921288434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Have you registered for the 2012 Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series yet?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Early Bird registration ends on December 14th, hurry and register before then and not only will you receive a price savings BUT you will also be entered into a draw to win a new pair of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tubbs Snowshoes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What are you waiting for? <a href="http://tubbsromptostomp.com/on"> Register today!</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Have been squeezing your</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 23px; line-height: 20px; ">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 23px; line-height: 20px; "> </span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-88278259979177660142011-11-01T18:36:00.005-04:002011-11-01T18:56:20.839-04:002012 - Let's Stomp out Breast Cancer together!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOh_Iil2SQE/TrB04rzh0jI/AAAAAAAAATw/ftaD1dK1ZHI/s1600/ISIS1-7854.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOh_Iil2SQE/TrB04rzh0jI/AAAAAAAAATw/ftaD1dK1ZHI/s400/ISIS1-7854.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670160448039801394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Photo taken by <a href="http://www.isisphotography.ca/">Isis Photography</a> - 2011 Tubbs Romp to Stomp </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Early Bird Registration is open for the 2012 Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoes Series! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The event will take place on Saturday January 21st, 2012 at <a href="http://www.sceniccaves.com/">Scenic Caves</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Together we can and will stomp out breast cancer, one snowshoe step at a time!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://tubbsromptostomp.com/on">Register today</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Have you taken time lately to squeeze your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:23px;">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">? </span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-72804948552771695262011-10-03T16:07:00.004-04:002011-10-03T16:20:16.765-04:00We did it!!!!<div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXRW7tuQgPY/TooX74CZ0FI/AAAAAAAAATg/8Oq_wc-RzpA/s1600/100-236-1231.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXRW7tuQgPY/TooX74CZ0FI/AAAAAAAAATg/8Oq_wc-RzpA/s400/100-236-1231.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659362199166636114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Photo taken by<a href="http://www.isisphotography.ca"> Isis Photography</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Cameron St. Public school receiving the top school award from former NHLer & Collingwood Run Site Honorary Chair Scott Thornton!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><b>Congratulations Collingwood Run for the Cure!!!</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">It didn't matter that it was cold and windy in Collingwood yesterday, we still had over 800 participants come out, decked out in pink and ready to run / walk for a future without breast cancer! Our goal this year was reach ONE MILLION dollars in just 7 shorts years at the Collingwood Run for the Cure site, and we did just that!!! With our run day total of $162,044.32 we passed the ONE MILLION dollar milestone! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; ">Pretty outstanding for our small run site!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Huge thank you to my fantastic committee who have worked behind the scenes for the past year, all the donors, the volunteers who came out, the participants and the sponsors! Each one of you helped to make yesterday incredible!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">On a personal note, two very exciting this for me yesterday. Reaching the ONE MILLION dollars was one of course! The other was the photo above, my daughter was the team captain of her elementary school team, and they won the school award!!! It was the first time a local Collingwood elementary school has ever won the award! Thanks to our Honorary Chair, former NHLer Scott Thornton who presented the kids with the award and posed for a photo with them! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Congratulations to Cameron St. School, and to all the other award winners as well. Crossfit Indestri, Boobitrons, The Hazellnuts! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">CONGRATULATIONS on another very successful year Collingwood! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Squeeze those</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: 23px; line-height: 20px; ">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-77216935624594517602011-09-26T12:01:00.003-04:002011-09-26T12:20:40.737-04:00Truly Honoured<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I am TRULY honoured. As volunteers we don't do what we do to be recognized, we do it because we are passionate about whatever we are volunteering for. That being said, when someone does recognize you, it is a great honour and this morning I was extremely honoured to receive this video from Dr. Kellie Leitch, MP for Simcoe-Grey.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">To be mentioned / thanked by Dr. Leitch during a House of Commons, well I am beyond honoured. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Thank you Dr. Leitch, and thank you for all the you are doing to raise awareness for breast cancer and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. </span></div><div><br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MkfzWhpvTh0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Don't forget, it doesn't take that long, squeeze your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'century gothic', Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 23px; "> lemons</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; line-height: 20px; font-size: large; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">! Knowing your body can safe your life!</span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-40741704474296677702011-09-22T08:38:00.002-04:002011-09-22T08:55:37.850-04:00Close to her heart....<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2J10eLOjMsM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://kellieleitchmp.com/">Dr. Kellie Leitch</a> sends a message to our Collingwood Run for the Cure Site. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">A cause that is very close to her heart, Dr. Leitch lost her mother to breast cancer in 1989. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">On Sunday October 2nd, Dr. Leitch will join hundreds of participants at our Collingwood Run for the Cure Site. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">While we all have our own personal stories about why we are there, we are all there for the same common goal. To create a future without breast cancer!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Thanks to Dr. Kellie Leitch our Member of Parliament for Simcoe-Grey for sending us this special message! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">When was the last time you squeezed your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">lemons</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); font-family: 'MA Sexy'; line-height: 20px; font-size: large; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">?</span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-61285421860899007542011-09-16T16:00:00.009-04:002011-09-18T17:09:53.677-04:00A true inspiration....<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Everyone has people in their life who they are truly inspired by, people that they are in awe of. One of those people in my life is Michele Smeh. Over the past couple years I have gotten to know Michele and I am honoured and proud to have her in my life and to call her my friend. I am sure that after you finish reading this you will be inspired by this incredible woman too!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">It is now with great pleasure that I introduce you to a true inspiration, Michele Smeh....</span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5dxLHAUmLQ/TnOsXA10WpI/AAAAAAAAATY/LSZoa1cgMuI/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-09-16%2Bat%2B3.48.35%2BPM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5dxLHAUmLQ/TnOsXA10WpI/AAAAAAAAATY/LSZoa1cgMuI/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-09-16%2Bat%2B3.48.35%2BPM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653051468642802322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Photo of Michele & her husband John Smeh - taken by Jeff White Photography</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">My name is Michele Smeh, I am 34 years old and this September, I will be a 6 year breast cancer survivor. I want to share with you how Crossfit Indestri has helped to change my life as well as why I feel that you should be running or walking on Sunday October 2nd in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">In 2005, a couple of weeks before my 29</span><span style="font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> birthday, I was diagnosed with stage I, grade III Breast Cancer. Just after my 29th birthday, I had a lumpectomy and then immediately went into chemo treatment for 6 months followed by a double mastectomy and several reconstructive surgeries. During all of this, I also found out that I am a BRCA1 gene carrier and will eventually have my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed for preventative measures as I am at a high risk for ovarian cancer.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">To look at me now you probably would never know what I have been through over the past 6 years. In fact, most people that know me don’t know that I still have the lymphoma in my right arm, which flares up constantly with strenuous workouts and that I require lymphatic drainage every once in a while. They might not be aware that I visit the oncology department a couple of times a year for regular screenings. And they don’t know, that because of breast cancer, I was left with hideous scars and numbness that I will have for the rest of my life. I no longer have any breast tissue, leaving me with absolutely no feeling and no sense of touch. Women are so hard on themselves as it is, so I can’t tell you that I didn’t think I was one of the strangest looking creatures. But, what I can honestly tell you is that I'm now OK with what was given to me and I am still here to talk about it.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Why am I telling you all of this? I’m not looking for pity nor do I want you to feel sad. I am sharing my story with you because I know right now there is someone reading this that is either going through something similar or knows someone that is facing a similar journey. Breast cancer affects each one of us – and we all have to learn how to live with the disease and how it impacts oneself and one another. Each journey is different, but in the end, it’s the same. We all share a common bond. I know how you feel. To hear the words, “you have cancer” is devastating and you feel that your life is over when those three little words are uttered.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I’m here to tell you – to show you – that IT’S NOT. When you learn you can make the best of it – it’s amazing. You, too, can pass along your story, your knowledge, your struggles and your compassion. It has taken me almost 6 years to realize this and I truly believe Crossfit Indestri is one of the major things has helped me get to this crucial stage. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">In 2010, I saw an ad in the Collingwood paper about a new Crossfit gym and I decided to join, having NO idea what I was getting myself into. At first, I did not completely understand the concept, but I kept with it for a while, then stopped, I decided to try it again. I am now officially addicted. Since January 2011, I have been an avid Crossfitter and feel stronger every day, both mentally and physically. Not only is it a constant challenge, it continues to push me to be the best I can be. I feel the strongest and healthiest I have ever felt, Crossfit Indestri has been a huge part of my journey.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Never before have I been this ready to talk about my experiences – and I mean really talk about it. I want to get it out there. I want to let other young women know that there is a HUGE light at the end of this tunnel. It’s a process and there’s still a journey ahead of me – whether it’s more surgery, oncology screenings or my emotions. I’m here to tell you that I now feel so strong, so healthy, so beautiful – for the first time in YEARS. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">So, please join me, my husband and my <a href="http://www.runforthecure.com/site/TR/RunfortheCure2012/Ontario?team_id=17729&pg=team&fr_id=1273">CROSSFIT INDESTRI team</a> on Sunday, September 25</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 8px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; "><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> for a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158973504185250">Family Fundraiser BBQ</a> at <a href="http://www.crossfitindestri.com/">Crossfit Indestri </a>(23 Stewart Rd). Help raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. I very much look forward to meeting you and talking with you about Crossfit and our local run site. </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><b>Michelle Smeh, 34 year old breast cancer Survivor, Crossfit Indestri team captain and Collingwood Run for the Cure Community Outreach Coordinator.</b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Take</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> a little time each month and squeeze your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">! Knowing your body could just save your life!</span></p></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-73934872823733078362011-09-15T12:56:00.003-04:002011-09-16T16:14:59.406-04:00Collingwood's Honorary Chair Scott Thornton<span class="Apple-style-span"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KhB_fWUwFTQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">A message from our first ever Collingwood Run for the Cure Site, Honorary Chair.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Former NHL Hockey Player Scott Thornton.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Scott and his team at <a href="http://www.crossfitindestri.com/">Crossfit Indestri</a>'s are having a Family Fundraiser BBQ on </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Sunday September 25th at 1pm. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Stop by Crossfit at 23 Steward Road, check out what Crossfit is all about, watch or participate in demonstrations, enjoy a BBQ, bid on silent auction items and more...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">All the proceeds raised will go towards the Run for the Cure.</span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ikNiUpQuibE/TnIs-lQ7nTI/AAAAAAAAATQ/x-NTs6rIy0s/s1600/CF%2BBBQ%2BPoster%2B2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ikNiUpQuibE/TnIs-lQ7nTI/AAAAAAAAATQ/x-NTs6rIy0s/s400/CF%2BBBQ%2BPoster%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652629935970032946" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Have you squeezed your</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">lately?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" /></div></span></div></div>Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-31209751708703095312011-08-23T17:21:00.004-04:002011-08-23T17:50:37.088-04:00Inspiring message<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yaY0yWZE7_w/TlQgDYl0BRI/AAAAAAAAATI/ohfEdAheUJI/s1600/IMG_1946.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yaY0yWZE7_w/TlQgDYl0BRI/AAAAAAAAATI/ohfEdAheUJI/s400/IMG_1946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644171475514819858" /></a>
<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To be honest, I am not someone who has ever been heavily into politics BUT I do know that yesterday Canada lost a great leader and a greater man! Canada will truly miss NDP leader Jack Layton. A man who while facing the last couple days of his life wrote an inspiring </span></span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/22/pol-layton-last-letter.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">letter</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to Canadians. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So moved by his letter I wanted to share a section of it with you.....</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don’t be discouraged that my own journey hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope. Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer. " </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I will leave you with the closing of his letter.... I hope that each of us can take something from his letter and maybe just maybe together we can change the world!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you have never squeezed your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">lemons</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">it's time to start! </span></span></span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-81585074022139176832011-08-03T13:30:00.002-04:002011-08-03T13:52:40.996-04:00Sending our very best....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjcOHj10XkY/TjmGQSC9AfI/AAAAAAAAATA/5PdcIkk-pqU/s1600/Joanne.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 305px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjcOHj10XkY/TjmGQSC9AfI/AAAAAAAAATA/5PdcIkk-pqU/s400/Joanne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636684022911140338" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Shortly after I took over the role of Volunteer Run Director for the Collingwood Run for the Cure Site, I came to know Joanne. Joanne Fraraccio has been my 'go to girl' at the </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Ontario Region for the past few years! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is with mixed emotions that tomorrow comes!! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Joanne is moving on from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to embark on a new path. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I know Joanne will have great success in whatever she takes on, and on behalf of the Collingwood Run Committee & all the many participants at the Collingwood Run for the Cure site that Joanne has helped over the past few years, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">we wish you all the very best Jo!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Will miss having you as our run site lead! It has been an honour to work along side you for the past few years to ensure that the Collingwood Run site has successful runs year after year!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Best wishes Jo! xx</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">New month, remember to pick a date a SQUEEZE your</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; ">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-81102733232396659532011-08-02T13:04:00.005-04:002011-08-02T13:23:58.870-04:00When the Universe Aligns...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zXw-eDAmldg/TjgvXlJmAmI/AAAAAAAAAS4/I3gAAZ-7_5M/s1600/Future%2Bwithout%2BBreast%2BCancer%2Bpink.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zXw-eDAmldg/TjgvXlJmAmI/AAAAAAAAAS4/I3gAAZ-7_5M/s400/Future%2Bwithout%2BBreast%2BCancer%2Bpink.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636307015810024034" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This past April the Universe Aligned and I met the truly gorgeous Diana Charabin. The owner of an amazing Canadian company, <a href="http://www.lovetinydevotions.com">Tiny Devotions</a> and a women with an incredible spirit and outlook on life. On that day this past April as Diana sat in my kitchen giving me a private showing of some of her breathtaking Mala beads, we began a conversation about Tiny Devotions helping me to create a future without breast cancer.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A few months ago I did a <a href="http://squeezyourlemons.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiny-devotions.html">blog post</a> on this amazing company when they very generously donated one of their many gorgeous mala beads as a giveaway. Now I am extremely excited to share, that on <a href="http://twitpic.com/5zcx2t">Tuesday August 9th</a>, Tiny Devotions will be donating 20% of the proceeds from all online sales to helping create a future without breast cancer.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Nq_Rmow-x0/TjgvHUO_4wI/AAAAAAAAASw/xBNzOl3xj04/s1600/Bright%2BSunset%2Bmala.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Nq_Rmow-x0/TjgvHUO_4wI/AAAAAAAAASw/xBNzOl3xj04/s320/Bright%2BSunset%2Bmala.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306736391381762" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Their energy, intentions and beauty is what drew me to them. I have quite a few in my collection now and I love and wear each one of them. The past little while however I have been loving my Transformation Mala and wearing it more often! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">( Pictured here ) </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have fallen head over heels for Tiny Devotions mala beads, and I have no doubt that you will too! I am encouraging you to go online next Tuesday,<a href="http://www.lovetinydevtions.com">lovetinydevotions.com</a> and tell your co-workers, your friends and your family. Share with everyone! </span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I can't thank Diana & Tiny Devotions enough for their support of this great cause, and I thank each and everyone of you who on Tuesday August 9th become part of two communities! <a href="http://www.lovetinydevotions.com">The Tiny Devotions Community </a>& the Community of 170,000 other Canadians who on <a href="http://www.runforthecure.com">Sunday October 2nd</a> will walk, run, share tears of joy and some tears of sadness as we come together to create a future without breast cancer!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovetinydevotions.com/blog/a-cancer-story-and-how-you-can-support/">Guest blog post on Tiny Devotions blog!</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don't forget to Squeeze your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; ">lemons </span>! </span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" /></div></div>Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-43711671997494362322011-07-26T09:56:00.012-04:002011-07-26T16:40:32.393-04:00Introducing our Honorary Chair.....<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We are extremely excited to introduce you to our Collingwood Run for the Cure Sites first ever </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Honorary Chair........</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-COR5VUpqkEc/Ti7IBK9bD4I/AAAAAAAAASY/qpdSvZfIfQk/s1600/Scott.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-COR5VUpqkEc/Ti7IBK9bD4I/AAAAAAAAASY/qpdSvZfIfQk/s400/Scott.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633660106334474114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scott Thornton</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I first met Scott a year ago after contacting him about doing one of the <a href="http://squeezyourlemons.blogspot.com/2010/09/former-nhler-congratulates-you.html">video shout outs</a> for the blog, which he was more than happy to do. Scott & his family have been very supportive of our local Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation events, from the run to the romp. So this year when thinking of a Honorary Chair Scott was who came to mind and we couldn't be happier that he was interested in taking on the role.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After spending 18 seasons in the NHL, Scott, his wife Joelle and children Nash & Zoe moved to Collingwood / Blue Mountain. Scott opened </span></span><a href="http://www.crossfitindestri.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Crossfit Indestri</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> last fall, he now spends his days training other's in the gym and earlier this month Scott took part in his first ever <a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/41416-Backchecking-Scott-Thornton-hockeys-real-Ironman.html">Ironman</a> in Austria which he completed in an amazing 11 hours and 38 mins, making him the fastest NHLer to ever complete an Ironman.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We are truly honoured to have Scott as our first ever honorary chair. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tune in to The Chats program on </span></span><a href="http://www.thepeakfm.com/home/default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">95.1 The Peak FM</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on Thursday July 28th at 9:00 am to hear Scott along with our Community Outreach Coordinator Michele Smeh ( who is also a member of Crossfit and the team captain for <a href="http://www.runforthecure.com/site/TR/RunfortheCure2012/Ontario?team_id=17729&pg=team&fr_id=1273">their Run for the Cure team</a> ) Chat with John about the exciting Challenge that they have issued to ALL the other gyms / fitness clubs in the area.....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://squeezyourlemons.blogspot.com/2011/07/are-you-real-athlete.html">Real Athlete's Wear</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(247, 109, 175); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">PINK</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Sunday October 2nd, Scott will be running for his Wife, his Daugher, his Mother.... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For a future without breast cancer....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Who will your be running for?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you haven't already, register for the</span></span><a href="http://www.runforthecure.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Collingwood Run for the Cure</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> today, and we will see you at Harbourview Park in Collingwood on Sunday October 2nd...... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Take a little time to make sure nothing feels different.... Squeeze your</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;font-size:13px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-681605749184722032011-07-14T10:24:00.004-04:002011-07-14T10:43:24.908-04:00Learn to run Clinic..<div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jCqwHP_-cKQ/Th78QOdxWII/AAAAAAAAASM/Wj8IUdM8rC0/s1600/BC7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jCqwHP_-cKQ/Th78QOdxWII/AAAAAAAAASM/Wj8IUdM8rC0/s400/BC7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629213939950770306" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Click on the flyer to make larger...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Have you been thinking about or talking about taking up running but just haven't done it yet? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.maximumphysiotherapy.com/">Maximum Physiotherapy</a> is beginning a Learn to Run Clinic on July 25th. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10 Sessions on Monday Nights from 7-8pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For just $95 before July 18th , $110 after July 18th you will be coached by Adam Palmer, Certified Kinesiologist and avid runner. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is a fun way to get into better shape, enhance appearance and improve your physical and mental heath!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This clinic will work up to our Run for the Cure on Sunday October 2nd in Collingwood for those who are wishing to participant in it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you wish to register for the Learn to Run Clinic call 705-444-3600 or drop into <a href="http://www.maximumphysiotherapy.com/">Maximum</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Take a little time to squeeze your</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'century gothic', Georgia, serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">at least once a month!</span></span></span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" /></div>Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-10472697295827101462011-07-13T14:10:00.002-04:002011-07-13T14:20:19.110-04:00Dr. John Semple sends his appreciation to Collingwood<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last night we had the honour of having Dr. John Semple attend and speak at the 3rd Annual Information & Appreciation night for the Collingwood Run for the Cure site, held at Blue Mountain.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Semple is the Chief of Surgery at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and has been named the first Chair of Surgical Research for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Ontario Region. It was wonderful to hear from Dr. Semple about how important our fundraising is and to be able to give us first hand knowledge as to how money that everyone works so hard to fundraise is truly helping to create a future without breast cancer.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Semple sends his Thanks to our Collingwood Run for the Cure Site.....</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UIi0zeY5dzw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When was the last time you squeezed your</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MA Sexy'; font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; ">lemons</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">?</span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-64045544476012485622011-07-04T12:05:00.005-04:002011-07-04T12:31:29.244-04:00Are you a REAL athlete?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.crossfitindestri.com/">Crossfit Indestri</a> is issuing a challenge to all the fitness clubs / gyms...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vrl-iECFljc/ThHl-RqIIMI/AAAAAAAAAR8/XlclQT6pEIw/s400/Another%2Bposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625530267617206466" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Real athletes wear </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(247, 109, 175); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">PINK</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At Crossfit Indestri they love a good competition, which is why they're issuing a challenge to all the other fitness clubs / gyms in the area...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Register a team for the </span></span><a href="http://www.runforthecure.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Who can recruit the largest team & raise the most money by</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sunday October 2nd 2011?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Let's see who the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(247, 109, 175); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">REAL</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> athletes are!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AtIqr0Jy7rQ/ThHnNs0CpvI/AAAAAAAAASE/Z6eC5zIyUOs/s400/TEM_4461%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625531632116213490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo was taken for Crossfit Indestri by </span></span><a href="http://www.tempophotos.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Tempo Photography</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Real athletes also know how important it is to know your body! Do you know yours? Make sure you remember to squeeze your</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">every month!</span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" /></div></div>Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-13738637450444480722011-06-27T16:27:00.004-04:002011-06-27T16:32:30.422-04:00Save the Date.....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O77r388VbFw/TgjnzwPwvdI/AAAAAAAAARs/xUBKRkw7deo/s1600/Save%2Bthe%2BDate%2Bpurple.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O77r388VbFw/TgjnzwPwvdI/AAAAAAAAARs/xUBKRkw7deo/s400/Save%2Bthe%2BDate%2Bpurple.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622999011082419666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thanks to Blue Mountain we will be hosting our 3rd Annual Information & Appreciation Night at Blue on</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Tuesday July 12th from 7-9pm. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Invitations are being eblasted out shortly.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We look forward to seeing you on the 12th, when we will share the many benefits of your continued support.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Have you squeezed your <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span>lately?</span></span></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-23406491096549151382011-06-20T16:17:00.006-04:002011-06-21T22:29:21.484-04:00My number 1 Reasons....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wlifp0auRQo/Tf-rKFdUdKI/AAAAAAAAARk/ZecHlEtsOz4/s1600/ISIS9-3426.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wlifp0auRQo/Tf-rKFdUdKI/AAAAAAAAARk/ZecHlEtsOz4/s400/ISIS9-3426.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620399049733862562" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Photo taken by Isis Photography @ the 2010 Run for the Cure</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">They have been my #1 reason for helping create a future without breast cancer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2005 was when I first heard about the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. That was the year that Collingwood became an official run site and having lost my father to cancer 2 years earlier I was wanting to find a way to get involved in the fight against cancer! I wanted to help make it so that no other child had to lose a parent to cancer. Having one daughter at the time, I thought this was the perfect way to start giving back, so I created a team. It was such a great experience that we did it again the following year, and the year after that, and so on... </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">( 2006 was a little different, as just 4 weeks before the walk/run my husband and I had our second daughter, even more of a reason now to want a future without breast cancer. )</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2008 was the first year my husband took the girls for the 5 km walk on his own. That was the year I took over as the Volunteer Run Director for our Collingwood site. The Run for the Cure has become a huge part of our lives and our daughters lives.... Here's a little look back at my girls Run for the Cure experiences! Together these two amazing little girls have raised thousands of dollars for a future without breast cancer! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AX9GLgsyPOw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As the girls said, you can "Click to donate"....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://bit.ly/e1cRDN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Emma</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> & </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/eazNcQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hannah</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This is a big year for our Collingwood Run Site, come Sunday October 2nd I have no doubt that we will be celebrating ONE MILLION dollars raised in just 7 short years! I am extremely proud to be part of that huge accomplishment and even prouder of my girls! </span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's important to know if something doesn't feel right, the only way to do that is to squeeze your</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span></div><div><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993855088831243647.post-36178647039366904772011-06-14T11:54:00.006-04:002011-06-14T12:04:52.281-04:00Rusty's is working to make it 3 for 3!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaB-2O_HLCQ/TfeFC1Zft8I/AAAAAAAAARc/WCeD8rnOqdg/s1600/Beefcakes_for_Breast_cancer.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaB-2O_HLCQ/TfeFC1Zft8I/AAAAAAAAARc/WCeD8rnOqdg/s400/Beefcakes_for_Breast_cancer.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618105343908231106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For the past 2 years our top corporate team has been <a href="http://rustysatblue.com/home.php">Rusty's</a>, and it looks like they could be trying to keep that title for a 3rd year!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rusty's is hosting a Ladies Night this Friday June 17th...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Beef Cakes for Breast Cancer"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Male Review</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Doors will open a 9pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tickets are $25. with proceeds going to their team for 'Run for the Cure'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You can also head over to their </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175039399219753"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">facebook event page</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Don't forget to take a little time and squeeze your</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:'MA Sexy';font-size:large;">lemons </span></span></span>! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w351/laurenjh04/Custom%20Designs/signature5.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" align="left" />Squeeze Your Lemonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15812899300025787405noreply@blogger.com0