March 2009....

I cannot believe that it’s April already and I’m writing the blog all over again, well considering I was late with last month’s it should feel like it wasn’t long ago. OK, what happened in March..mmmmmmm let’s think. March was a busy month, our break from sport was over and our weekend’s were about to not be our own anymore, let’s hope the weather warms up then there will be no complaining from this sport mum. We started the month with a day at home, cleaning etc. We finished up Conner’s paper Mache lollipop (school assignment) so that was kind of fun and messy; Conner had a good time. It had been raining all week so Bruce took the time that the sun was out to get out into the garden and so some mowing and trimming etc, I tried to open up the house to get some fresh air in, but that didn’t last too long, wishful thinking. The week turned out to be a busy one, Bruce and I made the decision not to go to Hawaii (which sucked so BAD) the flights just didn’t go our way and then some things came up scheduling for the next week which pretty much made not going a done deal, couldn’t do it and be home for the kids stuff. Conner had basketball practice on Tuesday night, which means a free night for me with Jamieson. Wednesday we had Conner’s awards at school, which he received for perfect attendance, Jamieson had his first baseball practice, which was good. We did realize that Triple A is not just for fun, it’s serious stuff and the coach does not like to lose! His coach is really good and a proper coach that teaches him stuff, which will be great for Jamieson. He gave him tips on changing his batting stance and grip, which made a big difference. It’s going to be a good season win or lose. Bruce went out after dinner to a Sacramento Twitter mixer. The boys went off to bed and I had a nice quiet night in front of the TV and computer. Thursday the boys had a minimum day and went to Paula’s after school for a play before they all headed off to Hawaii. They were packing when I arrived, and went out to shoot hoops before it was time to go. I had a catch up with Paula and made sure they had everything. The boys got their reports, they were good A’s & B’s except for Conner’s C in math (because he had a little trouble with some algebra chapters, which we are working on) overall they were good reports and the teacher had great things to say about them. On Friday morning, we were up early, Bruce was driving Paula and Family to the airport, they were running a little late, but they were upbeat when they were leaving so that was a good sign. Other than that our Friday was a pretty boring one, Bruce and I were just bummed not getting on a plane and having a weekend in the sun. Our Saturday was taken up with basketball and baseball practices. Jamieson was up first in the morning, Bruce went up to the stadium early to do some Billy B stuff, we were home from baseball, had some lunch then dropped Conner off at basketball practice mid afternoon. Nothing too fascinating, just sport taking over our Saturday’s again, the sun was staying out and it was getting warmer so that always puts you in a better mood. Our Sunday was pretty much usual, the sun was out again, so it made it not so gloomy whole cleaning the house. The highlight of the day was when Paula called a couple of hours before the ceremony to thank me for my email (oh yeay, I sent her a congrats have a great wedding email) we chatted for a while before they had to go and get ready, they were getting some sun in while they could. The weather wasn’t that great, Sunday was the only day with sun so far. (For the record, that made the fact we weren’t there a little better, you know we were looking forward to a weekend to walking on the beach in the warm.) We watched the clock and the four of us made a toast to them while we were having our dinner. OK, take a breath and go….. Monday we had work and then after school Conner’s school basketball tournament started. Go Hawks!! (Stone Lake Hawks) Conner and David were captains for the game, which was cool for them. He started and played quite well, it was a little funny watching them all trying to get used to the full size court. The Elementary school courts are smaller and they were running down the court and realized they had further to run before they were at the other end of the court. They won the game, all the boys played a great game and they did what the coaches asked of them; they are a great bunch of boys and gel really well together. It’s a great way for them all to finish up their Elementary school basketball experience. The funny thing was Bruce got to sit next to me at one of Conner’s game and realized (apparently) I’m loud. Although, he says when he’s on the other side of the court coaching he can’t hear me, so I can’t be that bad. I have to tell you we had a first ‘real’ scary USA experience. Bruce came back from the outside saying there were some kids fighting outside. (The tournament was at a High school in the not so great area of town) Our coach arrives shaking, she arrived to hear the end of the fighting, the problem was one of the kids was screaming about coming back with his boys and shooting them up….so she sat in her car and called the police, as I’m sure did others. Bruce went to make sure none of our kids were outside and saw that there were a couple of the schools teachers (large teachers) outside the stadium so I guess that stopped that, we’re not sure whether they came back or not and honestly don’t want to know. Tuesday was a two-car day, so it was kind of lucky that we had Paula’s car if we needed it, and we did. Conner had a 7.00pm game at the tournament and I had to go to Toby Johnson Middle school information evening for next year. Bruce was at a course on the other side of town, so I dropped the boys off and we met him at the tournament and went off to school to find out about Middle school in the States. It was a good meeting, the principal seemed like she was a cheerleader in high school (or she’d been smoking something! Ha Ha) but their scores are great, it seems that there are no major problems (from all the parents that I’ve talked to have no problems and love the school) their systems they have in place are great, the big test will be what Conner thinks when he visits. It was a good informative meeting and they make the parents feel welcome which is great as well. I was getting texts from Bruce at the basketball, the boys were doing great and they came out with the WIN! And they got home before me. It was a good day, the boys won and I am totally comfortable with Conner’s new school, believe me, it has been a worry, now I just have to worry about the other kids that may or may not influence my child; who for the record tells people that he’s nearly 13, not 12 and a half nearly 13. Stab in the heart, doesn’t he know it just makes his mother feel REALLY old!!! WOW, and we are only up to Wednesday. It was a busy day at work for me, although any day that I spend most of my time working for Ed (the other company in the office, it’s a busy day, the great thing is lots of billable hours for Paula to bill out from me) then we were off and running again, Wednesday’s are Jamieson busy homework day so getting out the door can be really tough. David was over to come to the game with us, so I dropped Jamieson at baseball then I dropped Conner and David at the tournament and waited for Bruce to get there, did a little change over with bags etc and went back to baseball. Bruce was sending updates on the game, which wasn’t good. They were playing the team that was beating everyone by 30, they escaped going down by around 20, which was a good result. Our Thursday was the last busy one, the tournament was at it’s last day and Stone Lake were playing for third place, whatever the result it was going to be the best in schools history. There was Wild About Learning at school, which Jamieson wanted to do, so he stayed with the Fongs whole we went off to the basketball. The boys all played well, and came up with the win and were ecstatic. Bruce dropped me at home to get Jamieson and went back to watch the other (Championship) game with some of the team. I sat down and had a cup of tea, arh. I ended the week with a busy day at work and after dinner headed over to Paula’s to leave a couple of welcome home surprises and tidy up the house before heading to the airport to pick them up from their trip. We got back to the house around 10.00pm and they came in and we watched the wedding video. Saturday rolled around we had basketball and baseball took up most of the day again. On Sunday we invited Paula and Steve over for dinner. We cleaned and opened up the house, did a little spring cleaning in the kitchen and started some dinner. Carlos and Kristie dropped in for a quick visit and to say congrats to Paula and Steve, we all sat down to a nice dinner and find out all the gossip from their trip to Hawaii. SO overall it was a very mellow weekend which was exactly what we needed after our busy week. Another week rolled around we were off again, the weather is still very wintery (which for everyone at home is a bit of a foreign experience. It’s really nice to have a rainy day and especially night and it stops all those stupid Californians from watering their lawns excessively. Now that I’ve said that, this Monday was unseasonably warm, so Paula and I put our walking shoes on after work and went for a walk, aarrrhhhh. Tuesday rolled around Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone. It’s celebrated here differently than at home (as everything is) how it’s celebrated is very dependent on your family, Paula does a treasure hunt with Leprecauns while others it’s just a drinking holiday. As always there are decorations out EVERYWHERE! It ended up being a busy day, everyone off to their daily things, Tuesday is my running around a little day, off to school with the kids for parent helping in the classroom and then off to work… Bruce went off to a Twitter Mixer in Sacramento, which turned out to be a fun event for him, he met a lot of great people and even an Aussie lady as well. On Wednesday Bruce started the day being a guest speaker at Career Day at Toby Johnson Middle School (Conner’s school next year- we wanted to meet the teachers, get some parent points) anyway, he had a great time and loved the school as much as I did, now it just has to pass the Conner test and we will be worry free as far as Middle School goes. (well, until he starts that is) We finished the day off with Conner’s basketball practice, so a busy day for Bruce and usual for the boys and I. Later in the week we found out that our friend (more Bruce’s than mine, Eric is the guy that Bruce visits and stays with when he heads down to Bakersfield area, just north of LA. His cancer is back and went into surgery on Friday. The surgery went well, it’s in another part of his body, but, his attitude is great and he’s ‘Ready to kick cancers butt again!! Cross everything!! Conner wasn’t feeling well Thursday night and stayed home from school on Friday, not sure what it was, just needed the rest I think, he slept the whole morning and when I got home from work in the afternoon so Bruce could go out and do his errands he seemed to be getting better. Bruce took Jamieson out after dinner to the baseball shop and we got him the rest of his baseball uniform for his first game on the weekend _very exciting! AAA this year, these kids know what they are doing, most of the time, should be a fun season, as long as the weather gets warmer. Saturday was a little bit of a running around day, Jamieson had his first baseball practice which was great. He had so much fun and loved it although talking a little less would’ve been helpful. We finished off at baseball, gave Jamieson a little lecture about listening and learning or he’ll be left behind and went home for some lunch. Bruce and Conner went off to basketball picture day and Jamieson and I stayed home and did some cleaning (well I did anyway) We finished the weekend quietly, cleaning, chilling out and on Sunday I did baking for the week and we knocked out some Angels for Bruce as well, so finished on a semi relaxing note. I look at it as a calm before the weekend sport storm if you will. We are coming into the end of the month and no slowing down at all. I officially changed me hours this week to only working until 2.30 everyday and coming in after parent helping on Tuesday. It’s a win from both Paula and I, things are slowing down at work so obviously the money is not coming in as much so it’s good for Paula and I get to be home when the boys get home from school and have time to just be at home, organize a proper meal (most of the time) and feel like I live there not just sleep there. I left work and went home to supervise homework then went out and got teacher/ coach gifts for Conner’s school basketball break up. Tuesday rolled around again, parent helping I helped out another teacher who needed it instead of Mrs. Sack and went off to work, nothing to exciting to report, the usual work office stuff. Jamieson had a field trip to see a play at Sheldon High School – Untold Story of an unlikely Hero, he had a great time and said the play was fantastic. Homework as usual and then around 5.30 left for the pizza night. It was a little bit of the challenge but I managed to get all the boys who attended out to the car to sign the basketball for the coaches. It was funny they all put their number (like Bruce used to, it made me laugh) Conner signed his name CJ #12 – little smarty! It was fun, the boys all sat together, the parents it little kind of groups as per usual and the coaches mingled a little. The appreciated the balls very much and had certificates for all the boys. They gave a great speech about how this group was a special one and will always remember then and LOVED the basketballs, which are going on display in their rooms. Big Day on Wednesday, Conner had his field trip to Toby and LOVED it. I think all the attention, because of the accent, didn’t hurt either. So I suppose he has all of that to do again, it lasted about a week before he got sick of it last time so we’ll see. It’s a bigger school and it won’t last very long, although apparently the girls LOVED it!! He gets that goofy grin on his face when he was talking about it. Attention from the older girls was good for the rep with his friends. He did love the school and the programs; he took very close notice of the requirements for sports teams etc. He’s really looking forward to it, so we are all happy. Conner and Bruce raced home after basketball practice to watch the end of the St Mary’s game; they lost which was a real bummer. After Patty’s shocker in his first game back he was playing really well and killed them, but it wasn’t enough. St Mary’s were finished for the year. It was a bummer and they were clearly devastated, but a great year. Thursday Bruce was on the road for the day while the rest of us were doing our usual thing. He was home in time for us to go to the school Open House night which is always fun. Jamieson’s class first; they do such cool things and it’s great see them all at once rather than bringing them home bit by bit, there is also the extra stuff they do just for that day, but stuff has photos and the kids get to explain everything they’ve done so it’s fun for them to be proud too, finished up at Jamieson’s class and Mrs Sack gave us a brownie (because she’s cool) and Jamieon went running off with his friends and we dragged Conner off the basketball court. The boys stayed at school for a little bit extra time with their friends on and headed home 20 or so minutes later. Bruce headed out to visit Carlos’, crumby day for him, a baseball dad, 34, heart attack and died during the week, leaving 4 young children. Carlos had been to the funeral and Kristie wasn’t home so Bruce went over for some friend time, which was very much appreciated by his friend. We ended the month with Jamieson’s first baseball game, which was scheduled on the baseball family day. We have a new four pitch baseball park and it was it’s official opening, bbq, bounce houses etc….Lots of fun!! Opening ceremony, (those on my Facebook have already seen the pictures) it was the most gorgeous day, hot even. They had the bbq, which started earlier than expected so Bruce jumped in to supervise activities on a Bounce house to help out until the scheduled person was to arrived in 20 mins and I jumped into the drink stand to help out, well, they were just overwhelmed. Bruce came by 15 mins later to say he was done and was going to check things out and hang out with Carlos. I stayed with the drinks until game time, Jamieson was wandering around and Conner headed over to the park’s basketball court. Jamieson’s first game was a fantastic one. They all played really well and won 22-4 I think it was…too many to count. They all got a hit and a home run. Jamieson got a hit every time he went up to bat (still figuring out the jargon) played in the outfield and on 3rd base, stole a couple of bases and stole home, you can imagine the Smile, that’s the pic of him sitting on the bench after his home run! It was a great game for us, not so much for the other team, poor kids. I did my team mum duty which of course the kids didn’t care about they just wanted a burger…. We hung out with the Rivera’s and watched a bit of Carlos’ game and rounded up Conner, he had been playing basketball for about 3 hours in the heat and it was time for him to come in the shade and rest for his game that night. He wasn’t happy about but his red face and neck came in and had a drink. Bad mum points for me!! We headed home for a couple of hours and made Conner rest, while j Jamieson was buzzed about his game! We headed out to Conner’s game (6.45pm game) pajamas, hello! It was the weirdest thing going there so late, although we had the 5.45 game last season, leaving at dinner time to go to basketball on a Saturday night was a little weird. The Heat played well, Conner is playing with his best friend David (who can play!!!) so he is just loving this season, Bruce is teaching them a lot at practice too, you can tell, they are drilled and the majority of them know what they are doing. It’s a fun team to watch and it will be a good last season of Jnr NBA for Conner. By the time we got home it was confusing whether we should sit down and eat dinner or just have a snack, better get used to it. As you can imagine we all slept well, except for me who had an aching back from bending over to do the drinks at the baseball for 2 hours….I knew it was coming and here it was. Sunday I woke and well, could move a little! I did some baking in the morning, groceries early afternoon and cleaned the house for the rest of the day, yes, I wasn’t a happy camper, apparently there was a game on that had to be watched or the world would end…the usual basketball line…… So when Monday rolled around it was nice to actually get back to work to relax a little. Well guys, that was our March 2009, as you can see things are getting busy which keeps us out of trouble. There are lots of things going on in April. Hope all is well at home. See you next month, hopefully not this late, cross your fingers I have the time!

March Photo's....

STONE LAKE BASKETBALL

STONE LAKE 'OPEN HOUSE' JAMIESON

CONNER

JAMIESON BASEBALL - GO CARDINALS!

Our February

It’s now the middle of March and I’m officially sucking at this goal for 2009. Hey, at least I’m getting it done now. OK, Yeay for me, Bruce was down in LA (Bakersfield) for a couple of days staying with Eric and Lauren (they took him to B League basketball game) I talked the boys into haircuts, so the clippers came out! Woo Hoo!!!

Jamieson went out to Youth Group with his friend William and his family, which he really loved, it was a late night for a school night, but once in a while it’s fine. The next day I got a surprise message from Bruce – Conner sprained his ankle playing basketball at lunch. By the time I got home, it was already turning black, so that was a good sign. Bruce had iced it and the swelling was going down…no basketball training for Conner, the rest of team were a little worried. I think Conner liked that. The next morning much to his disgust, we took him into school. Bruce carried him until we got into the gate to near where everyone lined up, then he freaked out and wanted down, so he leaned on Bruce and hopped to the classroom, his teacher had just emailed to see if he was coming. GBA, although it could have been worse, sprained is easy to fix. He was putting weight on it, and by the end of the day, he was walking on it.

I actually started my book outline, which I haven’t mentioned before and probably will not again, but I am putting down moving to the US and California. Then bigger picture we will start a travel website with input from our well travelled friends etc. It should be a fun project.

The movie night process was well into it buy the second week of February, which takes up a bit of my time. Conner had a birthday party on Saturday afternoon, which he really enjoyed. Jamieson and I took some time and went out to lunch, which was nice. I don’t get as much out of him as I do Conner when he gets going, but it’s nice to spend some time just him and I. We went over to Paula’s for dinner, Bruce picked Conner up after his party and the boys all played and went for a hot tub in the cold. Brrrr!!

I finished the weekend cleaning the house in the morning; Millie and Lexie came over for a coffee and catch up. It was a cold yucky day, so staying in was nice, even if it was cleaning the house.

We started the week with the boys having a day off school and I had to go to the dentist and get the bad news about all the money I have spend on my teeth. I need a Crown, blah!!! Conner had a school game and came out on fire, came off the bench and just shot the lights out, it was fun to see especially as his mum. I put together the team photo, go the names from Mrs. T and by the end of the week it was submitted for the yearbook. The rest of the week was fairly quiet, Conner had another game on Thursday, I was at work so didn’t get to go, but Bruce said it was a good game. We watched St Mary’s v Gonzaga and watched Patty go down on his wrist!!! Big bugger, he was on fire and they would’ve won.

I ended the week going over to Paula’s, she had been out of the office sick all week, went over and gave her a blow wave before they went away for the weekend. It was nice just the two of us, that’s rare, usually there’s at least kids running around.

Our Saturday (Happy - you shouldn’t have a day that you have to say I Love you Valentines day) which for the record Bruce and I refuse to celebrate was a busy one; we chilled out in the morning and got ready to head up to Moraga to see St Mary’s play. We jumped into the car mid afternoon and stopped at McDonalds in Lafeyette for dinner. Not my choice, it’s a smallish place and there isn’t many choices. We ate, saw another couple of families with their Gaels jerseys on and headed out to the game. David had forgotten about our tickets, (he had literally got off the plane from Australia on Thursday night to get to the Gonzaga game and was still on auto pilot when Bruce called about the tickets) there was a guy there who remembered us and he organized our tickets, poor David saw us and freaked out. We said a quick Hi from Patty on the way into our seats and I got to sit next to one of the teachers at the school so I got some good school gossip. It was a fun game, the boys played well, even without Patty they pulled it together.

We caught up with David and Cassie (his wife), Patty seemed to be in a good place in regards to his wrist, the surgery went well and he was bandaged up to his fingertips. Bruce cut his hand out of the picture of him and boys… don’t think it was on purpose. Patty was having Baylee (David & Cassie’s daughter) while they went out for dinner, she just loves him and he adores her, if you didn’t know any better you would think she was his. They just have lots of fun together and all they have to do is say ‘There’s Patty’ and she’s off and in his arms. We had a nice catch up and jumped into the car for the trip home, it wasn’t too late a night and the boys take a blanket and pillow so they sleep.

We again, (just for something different) finished the weekend cleaning the house…BORING!!!!

Another week was beginning which was expected to be a big one for me, Movie Night this week, I spent the week in and out of the school office processing tickets. The boys had Monday off, Presidents Day, which makes it a short week. Paula was still out; the doctors are not sure what’s wrong with her, tests and more tests. Conner had a basketball game on Thursday night, which I wasn’t able to go to, but apparently he played well. Paula and I jumped into the car around 4.00pm and headed off to Costco for supplies, the actual movie function was really quiet; we only had around 60 people which meant Paula and I actually got to watch some of the movie. We were all cleaned up lot long after the movie was over and we were home just after 8.30pm.

Friday was a little different; I finished up work early again and headed out to school. The boys came over with me to help me set up. We had about 120 people come to watch the movie and it was a good night. We made some money for the PTO, not as much as usual. I think it’s the weather and time of year. Usually we have them during daylight savings time and when the weather is warmer and it had literally been raining all week and who wants to go out when it’s raining. Everyone that came had a good time. Another successful movie night accomplished, tick!!

Our Saturday turned into a bit of a rush, we decided we’d like to go and see St Mary’s last home game so Bruce text’d David late in the morning, so when David got back to us we didn’t have a lot of time to get ready and going. We were showered and out of the house in an hour. We stopped on the way to get Patty some Tim Tam’s (his favorites) as it will probably be the last time we see him. The game was a great one and the boys played really well, they did a big send off to the Seniors (basketballers & cheerleaders) and after the game we found out it was David’s birthday. So of course a group went out for dinner and this really nice little restaurant in Lafeyette; mostly coaches and a couple of friends. It was a small group of people but it was fun; the game was an early game one so we were at the restaurant at 5.30pm and finished up around 9.30pm. Our Sunday was a quiet one, we got the house cleaning done. Coach Dunne (dad from Yankees team last season)called Bruce and told us that Jamieson was on his son’s team, so this season jamieson is a Cardinal (for all those girls that know me well, I have to wear RED! ) They are red!! Blah!!! The things we do for our wonderful kids.

Here we are on the home stretch of another month and this week like the others turned into a busy one for the Hultgren’s. It started in usual fashion school and work. On Tuesday, was a special day, Bruce and I spent the day together (firstly is unheard of so) we went to an all day seminar at Arco Arena, where the Sacramento Kings play, so that was a first for us, we haven’t been there yet cause we don’t like the Kings.

We arrived a little late so we missed the first guy who was talking about nutrition; the end of it was interesting but it was nothing that we hadn’t heard before. The next speaker was Steve Forbes – CEO of Forbes, Inc. His speech was great, he worked through what is going on at the moment in the world economy and went through what he would do to stimulate the economy here in the US, it was very enlightening.

The next speaker was absolutely my favorite of the whole day – General. Colin Powell. WOW, this guy blew my mind, what a fabulous speaker, wonderful stories what a life this man has lived and accomplishments he’s made in his life. I could have left after that and I would’ve had a great day. Just before lunch we listened to this woman; (who’s company organized these events) she apparently was a sales training expert. The worst speaker I have EVER heard and Bruce said the same thing. Her story is a good one, I’ll give her that, she was a drug addict and found her way out through God and Faith. Then she proceeded on the sales stuff and literally read the slides; Bruce and I went upstairs and started lunch early but could still hear her and it didn’t get any better. She finished her talk with 20 mins on basically a sermon, which wasn’t what we signed up for.

We had some lunch and went for a walk and came back to our seats – our next speaker was Rudy Giuliani. His speech was very interesting; he went through Sept 11 and what he had to do to get through it and what had to happen and how they did it. It was a really good speech and I really enjoyed listening to him. The next speaker was one of Bruce’s favorite people to listen to; Zig Ziglar. To his disappointment Zig had a fall and has no short-term memory anymore, so his daughter asked him questioned and prompted him through the whole thing, he was really disappointed for him, hopefully he is just finishing his commitments and will retire, because from someone who saw him for the first time and they showed some all footage, what he’s doing now if a disservice to who he was and what he used to be like when he inspired people.

The day finished off with Michael Phelps, which was completely disappointing. It was a question and answer and he really didn’t want to be there, but hey, he’s new at it and with the whole Bong incident still fresh in everyone’s mind, I’m sure he was nervous, hopefully he will get better at it that will be his future after swimming. It was a nice day and it’s always fun being inspired especially when Bruce and I are together, it stimulates great conversation.

WE had Master Mind group to round out the month, which always helps us make sure we are on the right track and hopefully seeing how the others are going, helps us to get focused. Paula and the boys came over for some dinner, which the boys loved. On the Thursday night we went over to the Rivera’s for an early dinner, which was fun, it was nice to catch up with them, with them being here and gone we chatted and the kids all played, it was a fun night. The last weekend of the month was a fairly quiet one; I cleaned the house, Bruce worked in the garden (yes, the sun finally came out) I got to open up the house a little and let some fresh air in. Conner and I made a paper machete ball for his Lollipop project. He has to make a larger version of something – and Conner picked a Lollipop. We cleaned up and got ready for our dinner date. We went over to the Prevost’s for dinner. Tom is in our Mastermind Group, which meets once a month, so it will be nice to meet his wife, Mary-Lou and kids.

We had a really yummy dinner and the kids had a blast, they ran around the house, played the WII and watched we all sat down after dinner and watched Madagascar II on the TV. It was a great movie and we all laughed through it. Our Sunday was a quiet one to finish out the month.

So that was the February that was….. I hope everyone had a good one like ours turned out to be.

We had some special birthdays this month…Happy Birthday to Maureen & Peter (RIP).

February was a sad month with the fires in Victoria. Bruce and I sat here helpless reading what was going on at home and feeling helpless being so far away. We definitely felt the magnitude of the event as it made headline news here in the US. We got messages from home saying everyone was fine, which made us feel better.

Bruce has made a special ‘Yellow Ribbon’ Angel that you can find at our No 1 store – ‘This and That’ in Belmont. If you have some special people you would like to get some for, please let us know and we would be happy to help you get them.

We have also put together and special ‘thank you’ angel, which is specifically for all those CFA volunteers (10,000-20,000 of them) – we are looking for sponsors to help us get those produced and sent down to the CFA to distribute them to all those fantastic CFA members – so everyone cross everything that a great company puts their hand up and helps us to get this done.

The boys and their basketball idol - and a great guy too....