A Royal Refusal ! but a nice one !

The other week I decided I would write a letter to HRH The Princess Royal, She is patron of the motor neurone disease association , so with that in mind I thought it about time she received an up to date and very sexy mnd charity wristband ! My sister and I did have a giggle writing the letter with all the things you could write but dare not ! Like a request for a photograph wearing the band- maybe send in a photo of just a wrist ?- you could turn your ring round or take off your watch if you do not want to recognized was one comment we came up with [ I know we are sad ] or could you leave a message of support for Andrew was another it would be lovely to have the first royal blogger [huh ?] We knew we would get a very polite refusal- but one that arrived in an envelope marked and stamped Buckingham Palace ! that alone was worth the effort-I smiled to myself as I bent down to pick it up off the hall floor wondering what my cheeky chap of a postman made of that envelope, mission accomplished ! An M.N.D. band made it to Buckingham palace !

Spectrum Show

From left to right sister Ann, Peter , hubby Ned ,twin John ,Chris and Debbie
From left to right Tracey, Ann . Jan and Ned


Well , what a wonderful show ! The girls were fantastic ! I really don`t know how on earth Shelly managed to put a show like that together- it must have been a huge amount of hard work -Shelley I take my hat of to you ! Our " team " arrived about half past six and started to set our table up immediately - the dancers and familys had already started to arrive, we had a prime position right outside the main entrance way, looking back I think it must have been a little intimidating as as I don`t think many people actually made it past us without buying a ticket ! I did manage to catch the first part of the show-The old smoke machine was going , setting the scene-you could feel the excitement growing ! the whole thing was very fast paced and smooth-girls of different ages [and some boys ] all coming on to do a set, some freestyle and some hip hop dancing to Alexander Burke, Pixie Lott , Cheryl Cole and many more ! The costumes were brilliant [ you must be very proud of you mum Shelley ] and the lighting effects and fire works - superb !
Tracey and I went backstage to deliver the raffle tickets to the compere who was drawing them at the second half- what an eye opener ! I walked down what seemed like miles and miles of corridors with rooms packed full of girls all having their hair and make up done- Imagine having to control that lot ! On the whole things ran quite smoothly- I did manage to leave a few of the raffle prizes at home and had to hotfoot it back to collect them- arriving just in time before the end of the show ! phew ! Every commented on what great prizes we had -a huge thank you to every one who donated a prize- not forgetting the gentleman from Marine motors who made a last minute donation of a free car MOT -the lady who won it was delighted !
and to Delyth for the beautiful hand made cushion which we have decided to keep for our next raffle !
We made £ 327.00 !!! Special thanks to our team -Tracy, Peter , Debbie , John ,Chris , Ann ,Tim and Ned xxxxxx

Happy thanks giving holidays !

This picture arrived today sent in by a lady who lives in Texas USA. Mal and her family are currently enjoying their thanksgiving holidays- she wrote a lovely piece on her blog (http://saenzmom.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-love-holidays.html) about our fund raising efforts promoting our awareness campaign as you can see the bands I had sent her had arrived that morning ! Thank you Mal ! Hope you and your family have a very happy thanks giving holiday Any one wishing to donate or buy a wrist band, just look for the donate button on the right hand side of the page- payment can be made by pay pal and is totally secure and safe.
I spoke to Shelley from the Inferno dance class last night for some last minute instructions regarding the raffle, poor girl was sounding a little stressed ! Her compare for the show tonight had cried off sick, one of the younger dancers had sprained her ankle and one of the older girls had tonsillitis - its a real shame as these girls have spent three years rehearsing for this show -I feel so sorry for them-Having said that I`m sure it will be a roaring success ! I have had a sneak preview of the girls costumes [Shelleys mum makes them all ] they are divine ! Looking forward to the show- see you there !

Where in the world is Viv ?

Thank you to Viv for sending in this photo of himself [wearing his band ] - but where about in the world is he ? Viv comes from Cardiff originally and wrote in before he set off on his travels - I will be gone for about three months [lucky devil ! ] but I will be in touch and send you some photos ! and this is the first - Viv himself in an` impossibly skinny racing surf ski -which has tipped him into the water several times `-he signs himself off as the wandering and grey haired old geezer !! One who is a very good sport apparently !! Take care Viv - and thank you- we will all look forward to seeing what you`re up to next !
We are now all set for Saturday`s raffle ticket selling frenzy ! Many thanks to brother John`s father in law Richard for donating the monster box of crisps , John and Chris for the Cava , Ann for the fantastic hamper and Debbie and Peter for the lovely smelly things ! the raffle prizes seem to have taken over my front living room I can`t move in there ! every where you look there are boxes , banners , buckets and balloons [ need to remember to blow those up ] sashes ,wristbands , mnd car stickers along with all my own junk !! If I ever manage to sort it all out wish me luck !
Andrew and his band Resistance are playing Saturday night [ will be sorry to miss his gig ] at the Cottage Loaf in Llandudno , please pop along and support him if you are in the area- the trusty bucket will out collecting funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association ! please donate or buy a wristband and support our awareness campaign !

On their travels again ! can you spot where they are ?

Mal and Gwynnie are on the road again ! Can you spot where they are this time ? and no ! I will not be giving anybody a clue - its easy ! Have a go and win yourself a car sticker and a free wristband ! memo to Mal and Gwyn stop moving around the country so quickly I can`t keep up !
Seriously though -thanks for being such good sports and joining in the fun- take care lol xx

Surprise Donation

A few weeks ago I mentioned our curate rev Kate`s Sunday school class called the early birds, the class were holding a harvest early birds breakfast. [ at the Prestatyn Parish church school rooms ] The breakfast Ann and I went to was a great success and was well supported ! [all the bell ringers stopped by for a yummy tea cake and a cup of tea ! ] Ann and I really enjoyed ourselves, everybody made us feel very welcome, we were thrilled to bits when Kate popped an envelope in to us containing the sum of £20 ! Turns out the £20 was to pay for the motor neurone bands she had sold ! The talk Kate gave to the class was about Leprosy and Motor neurone disease- the kids then went on to make a collage , [see photo`s ] the amount they raised for MNDA and Leprosy was split and we now possess a cheque for the sum of £75.00 ! Thank you all so much for all your hard work- I can`t begin to tell you how much we appreciate it, its feels great to have so many supporters and people who care out there giving up their time to help us ! I think you will agree the kids have done a grand job !
We are now selling MND wristbands on Ebay ! Andrew and Jayne spent most of yesterday sorting it all out-you can check it out , item no 220699576026. I think we have all the angles covered now ! If you haven`t already bought your band please do so now ! and send in your photo wearing it ! We love receiving your photographs - we will include them all on this blog, we plan to send them all on to the MNDA for them to use in a U.K. awareness campaign

Raffle prizes

Well, we are nearly coming to the end of our raffle prizes ! Sister Ann is making up a hamper [her speciality -it will be fabulous ] Brother John is donating several bottles of wine and I think there are a few nice smelly things to come ! .A great big thank you to the lovely lady who donated the set of bathroom scales [see above ] her name is Ann Tatham, I met her the other day in my sisters shop, Ann and her friend also bought some MND supporters bands from us-thank you so much-and to my neighbour Gwyneth who donated the body wash /spray and the mug with the chocolate covered spoons and truffles . yummy ! You know just what us girls like ! The teddy ? well I could not resist- he`s looking for a good home [hope you noticed he`s wearing his band ! ]