Current update

The art auction went quite well, though I didn't reach my goal. I had wanted to raise about $500 and we raised about $300. Still, not bad all in all.

Next fundraiser is another opportunity drawing, coming up in 1 week. I need to start promoting it more and selling entries to the people at work/friends. I was waiting until the auction was over because it was a bit much promoting both at the same time.

Training is going better. I ran 11.2 miles today and am at a 24.25 miles for the week. I plan on doing another 2 miles or so tomorrow, putting it at about 27 miles for the week. Then I need to figure out how to increase my mileage next week.

The 11.2 mile run today went better than I thought it would. I was able to run a bit over 5 miles without stopping, and that included over 2 miles of hill, hill, hill. That killed me but I did it. I would still like to figure out how to start running faster, and longer, but all in all I think I'm doing fairly well. My husband also did the 11.2 mile run today and he did fantastic, even though he hasn't really been training. He finished it about 15 minutes before I did (totally not fair since I've been working so hard on training and he hasn't!!! But it is what it is). I was quite surprised.

I will keep everyone updated. I'm still looking for more fund raising ideas, so if anyone has any, feel free to pass them along. Thanks guys!

Auction has started!

Auction started last night, going well so far. So far we have $260 in bids (if my math is correct). Not bad. Still have a bit over 30 hours left so I'm hoping to get a lot more. Promotion is going on like crazy and we'll keep it up until the end.

On the training side, I only got about 16 miles in this week, when I'd much rather be doing about 25 right now. I need to just put more effort into my scheduling. I did, however, run for 46 minutes on one of my runs this week (and I felt like I could've kept going but I was out of time). This may not seem like much but for me it's a great accomplishment. Less than 2 months ago I could barely run for 7 minutes straight. It's gotten so much easier. I did the St. Patty's day 10K this morning and that was pretty fun.

And lastly, it's my mom's birthday today, so it's not a very happy day overall. My family is all in LA out at her favorite restaurant for brunch and I'm here in San Diego. Kind of sucks but it is what it is....

Finally found a good place to get prints made

On Wednesday I went to Chrome Printing in Little Italy in San Diego. I dropped off 6 pieces of art to get scanned and they're doing it for $100. The quotes I was getting from other printers was about $250. I'm very happy about the $100. They do come highly recommended, so I'm not worried about the quality.

They're prices for prints are also a lot better than the other printers I had checked out. To be able to make the prints I want it will be about $100, as opposed to about $300. Yay!

Art auction is now less than a week away and I will be ready with some awesome art work! Please continue to help pass it on :)

Opportunity drawing went quite well

We raised about $150 through the opportunity drawing, not bad for a first try. I've decided to do another one in about 3 weeks since it went so well. This time I will have more time to promote it and my husband will be able to promote it as well.

The art auction is now in about 1 1/2 weeks. I'm trying to finish the auction page and get as much promotion out as possible. Any help with this would be awesome (post the link to your facebook page, pass it along on twitter, etc.). I have already had a lot of help with this but I would like to get the word out a lot more.

I have 5 drawings to get prints made of today so I will be busy. Also collecting donated prizes for the next opportunity drawing. I'll keep you guys updated :)

P.S. We're at about $700 for our fund raising! Thanks for everyone's help!