I'm riding the Tour de Cure!

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I have some exciting news!   I'm riding in the Tour de Cure this year!  

It's a bike ride to raise money for the American Diabetes Association.  I bet each and every one of you know someone with diabetes! 

I've never mentioned on my blog where I work before but I figure now is a good time to do that. I work for LifeScan which is a Johnson and Johnson Company.  We manufacture the OneTouch blood glucose monitors.  I've been here over 9 years and in that time I have learned so much about diabetes!  It's a little scary how many people are getting this horrible disease! 

The American Diabetes Association is raising money to find a cure!  I want to help which is why I've decided to ride this year but I need your help too...if you can donate I would love it! I need to raise at least $200!   $5 is the minimum that you can donate and that's all I'm asking...if you can do more that's great but I'm happy with $5!!!  I have my own page set up where you can donate...just click here! 

I'll keep you updated on my status. The ride is on June 12th but the donations need to be in by May 31st!

Thank you so much!

White Eden Roses

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I just had to share this....  This is my friend's beautiful garden.  A few years ago we went together to buy roses together on our lunch hour. We had so much fun walking around a huge rose nursery called Regan's Nursery in Fremont, California.  I bought my favorite rose...Pink Eden and Claudia bought a White Eden. It's not totally white though, it has a very soft blush pink center! Gorgeous!!!   You can see it here climbing up her beautiful arbor!  If I had room for one more rose bush in my tiny garden I would be buying this!!!  Roses are like shoes in my book...you can never have enough!!!

Bloggers making a difference!

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 I have a guest blogger today. I hope you enjoy reading about this beautiful blogger that wants to make a difference... ************************
Just so we're a little more aquainted, my name is Ashley,
and I want to inspire the WORLD.

Raise your hand if you've ever had a dream,
and you didn't reach it.
Don't be shy, no one can actually see you raising your hand at your computer,
unless your in your work cubicle or something.
Then this might be awkward.
Why do all of us have a goal that has been left unfulfilled?
Why do we sell ourselves short of our potential?
This is why I created The Shine Project.
To give daily motivation,
and weekly challenges,
that push us out of our comfort zone to stop making excuses
to do HARD THINGS!

Now, think about the last time you went out of your way,
to help someone.
The Shine Project is also a source of motivation to push us
to give light to those around us who are in need.
Think of what the world would be like,
if everyone did one thoughtful thing for someone else every day.
I want The Shine Project to change the world.

Come join The Shine Project team.
Motivate yourself, feel good about what you can accomplish,
and lift the burdens of those around you.
I have created SHINE necklaces so we all can have a daily reminder of our purpose.
$1 for each necklace sold goes into The Shine Project Scholarship Fund,
which will be rewarded to an inner city highschool student to help them pay for college.

This week's Shine Challenge is to start working on a group service project.
Are you up for it?
I just revealed the new direction of The Shine Project, which will allow YOU to
be a SHINE group service leader in your community. To unite us, I
created SHINE tshirts that are also up on my blog!
Come join me at http://www.ashlemieux.blogspot.com/
And go ahead,
let the world see you SHINE.

Show and Tell Friday!

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I'm so sorry for the delay in getting Show and Tell Friday up this week!  Blogger has been having issues since yesterday and I wasn't able to get on at all! 

Now that's it's up I didn't have the photos that I had planned on sharing so I'm resharing cupcakes that I made a long time ago!  I guess that's the good thing about blogging so long (since 2005)...I have so many old photos that I can repost in emergencies like this!

Seeing these cupcakes makes me want to make some more...I love making them but it's so hard to resist eating them and since I'm finally getting down to my last 20 lbs to lose I should not even tempt myself with them!  I LOVE cupcakes with REAL homemade buttercream frosting!  Really...forget the cupcakes...I could just eat the frosting off the top! haha!

If you are joining in on Show and Tell Friday, please remember that your Show and Tell needs to be something from your home or garden. Please read the Show and Tell Guidelines for step-by-step instructions on how to participate. If you would like to join in, please enter your name and leave your exact Show and Tell blog post link, not just your blog link and as a common courtesy link back to my blog. If your link has been removed, please re-read over the guidelines before re-posting, or e-mail me with any questions.

Thank to all of you that join in every week!

 

White Picket Fence Love!

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I have a thing for white picket fences with roses growing on them and I especially love the white on white look!  You may remember the beach house post I did awhile back. 

Last night after work I was going to a friend's home (he's actually more than just a friend but I'll leave it at that for now; wink-wink) and I parked my car on his street in front of this home...I didn't have my camera so I just snapped these with my iPhone to share with you!

I know there are lots of you out there that love a white picket fence as much as I do!! Right? 

The home of my dreams would have a white picket fence!