Month: June 2013

Right this very minute, my cousin Zach is donating bone marrow in an effort to save the life of  a man with lymphoma, someone she doesn’t know.

In the old days, you had to go to a “bone marrow drive” and undergo a blood test for a future match.  Now it couldn’t be easier to find out if someone needs you in order to live: You click the link below, they send you a kit, you swab your cheek and you send it back!

Click here to learn more and/or to sign up! 

I’ve been on the register for years, but never called.  If I’m not a match yet, maybe you are! 

I’ll let you know what I learn from Zach!  

I learned this one from the fabulous resource, Jill’s Closet!  I went through every single (hanging ) item of clothing I own, and pulled out anything I don’t wear, for donation or other destinations.  For the rest, ones I think I wear, I put a tag on every hanger:

I cut small squares of card stock (I love my paper cutter!) and punched a hole in the middle of each one, then slid them over the hangers of the keepers-for-now.

The idea is this: Every time I wear an item from now on, I will remove the tag.  A year from now, anything that still has its tag is going to have to make a darn good case for me to keep it.

Let’s see what I learn from this!

At Steve’s end of year banquet, I learned a new word!