The Big Event: Race for the Cure

The race was the next weekend, and it was a blast. It was the first 5k I had run in a long long time, and I ran most of the race with Jorge too! So that also is the first 5k we have run together, aww how romantic ;)

I ran with a “Team Rin Din” sign posted on my back. Sending so much love to my amazing friend (who doesn’t, and won’t ever realize how amazing she is, which of course, just makes her even more amazing). My trainer Mrs. L ran the 5K too, she is also a survivor, and just finished her treatments this year…. and can basically run circles around me. Mad respect for that woman.

There was seriously at least a thousand people at the race, probably more. Tons of people dressed up in crazy costumes: super hero capes, feather boa’s, and even pink tutus. That is something I love about New Orleans, they will dress up and have a parade for just about anything. And of course there was an Abita beer truck giving out free beer at the end of the race…. only in New Orleans! And of course our end of the race meeting point had to be the Abita beer truck ☺ we enjoyed a beer at 10am, chatted with our friends, and I just thought about how lucky I am to be running a race, on a beautiful day, in this beautiful park, and have such wonderful people in my life.

So this raps up my first ever baking & blogging experience. It’s been fun, frustrating, and rewarding all at the same time. 2010 has been a crazy year for me, and until I can find a way to punch the cancer monster in the face, I will continue to do all I can to fight the cancer fight in other ways, even it’s just by baking (or burning) a batch of cookies.

Grand Finale!

Quite belated on my last post, but never late than never right? For my grand finale I decided to depart from my comfort zone cookie recipe --- basic cookie dough with various chip substitutions --- and go for something a little different, double chocolate chip. I think I had developed some good baking habits simply because I made a recipe, for the first time, and everything came out ok! Well I did give myself a ‘flour shower’ when I accidentally put my kitchen aid mixer on high…. but a little four in the hair never hurt anyone (I think!)

The cookies tasted delicious, especially for a chocolate lover like me. Unfortunately they didn’t look too appetizing. The tops came out looking a little lumpy and didn’t really smooth out when baked…so they kind looked like little piles of poop. And who wants to eat a poop cookie?? Well it reflected at the bake sale since my cookies were the last to sell…but all of our cookies did sell!! So even if they were poop cookies, they tasted good, and people still bought them ☺

In all, we ended up making just under $400 from all our baking efforts. Our company matches us dollar for dollar, so that ends up being $800!! Not too bad for our little bake sale! I think next year we are going to recruit more bakers, and alternate weeks so we can maximize our results. Heather and I already have serious business plans drawn up, and we even made a chart. Ok ok maybe I'm confusing it with the signs we colored at the beginning of the sale. Coloring flowers...flow charts.. blah it's all the same, right? Either way we are going to rock the bake sale next year, and bring in even more $$$ for the Race for the Cure! Perhaps this bog isn't over yet...