CELEBRATION 36 songs 30 videos

What more could you ask for??? It's fantastically fabulous!

Madonna's Ultimate Greatest Hits Album has been released as a Deluxe Edition on iTunes, and features all of the 36 songs + 2 exclusive bonus tracks, (including 'It's So Cool' and the Benny Benassi Remix of 'Celebration') as well as 30 videos! Make sure to download your copy of it now! I am loving mine and all the videos!!!

I am SO honored!

My friend Lisa over at Pug Posse is So damn cute! Check out her blog she has a full house with 4 pugs a horse 2 cute daughters and an amazing husband. Brad is in the joint right now so please say some prayers for him to have a speedy recovery. Lisa sent me an amazing care package when I was in the joint, I think she owns every love to breathe necklace and today she got a new tattoo... I love ya Leese! Xox

Emily to Ellen

Emily’s newest challenge is a cross-country ride from Chicago to Los Angeles where she hopes to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to raise awareness of cystic fibrosis with a large national audience. As you can see from the photos included, Emily shares a striking resemblance to Ellen DeGeneres and is a huge fan of the talk show host. Emily has maintained her health by becoming incredibly physically fit. Her fitness regime includes running, drumming, and biking. Two weeks ago, Emily took her Third Annual City to City Ride, 335 miles in four days from Detroit to Chicago on her bicycle. Her plan had been to return from that ride and then one month later begin her trek to Los Angeles. However, Emily’s Achilles tendon has been injured and now she is unable to make that ride as she had been planning to do. A lung infection in July, required antibiotics which have the unfortunate side effect of weakening tendons, and thus the Achilles injury, making a 2000-mile bicycle ride impossible.

Fortunately, Emily doesn’t recognize the word “impossible” and within minutes of hearing this potentially devastating news, Emily had a new plan…..”I’ll ride a Vespa instead!” Emily will be riding a very cool Vespa, from Chicago to L.A. which is critical in making her dream come true.

** Update** Emily will be riding 30-40 each morning and then finishing it up on the Vespa. Physcial thearpy has really been paying off and Em's achilles is on the mend.
Emily has received a great deal of press locally and nationally. She has appeared in a Forbes Magazine article, New York Times article, and a recent local article from the Detroit Free Press as well as an announcement of her recent Applebee's "Real Burgers for Real Heros” award.

Keep up to date with the ride at www.letsrockcf.org, www.e2e4cf.com and also follow SPIN Magazines coverage at spinearth.tv!

She'll be collecting donations for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation too. You can donate, track the ride and stay in touch with Emily at www.E2E4CF.com!

SCHEDULE

9.22 Chicago to Davenport, Iowa

9.23 Davenport to Osceola, Iowa

9.24 Osceola to Lincoln, NE

9.25 Lincoln to Trenton, NE

9.26 Trenton to Denver, CO

9.27 DAY OFF IN DENVER

9.28 Denver to Steamboat Springs, UT

9.29 Steamboat Springs to Vernal, UT

9.30 Vernal to Salt Lake City, UT

10.1 Salt Lake City to Fillmore, UT

10.2 Fillmore to Caliente, NV

10.3 Caliente to Las Vegas, NV

10.4 DAY OFF LAS VEGAS

10.5 Las Vegas to Ridgecrest, CA

10.6 Ridgecrest to Burbank, CA

Jimmy Choos for a year!!!

All of the proceeds from ticket sales go to the CF Foundation and support medical research to cure or control Cystic Fibrosis.

For this event, they partnered with Jimmy Choo, the luxury shoe designer, to put on an opportunity drawing for “A Year of Jimmy Choo” and a One-of-a-Kind Handbag. Only 300 tickets will be sold, so the odds of winning this package are pretty strong! Each ticket costs $100, so they are hoping to raise $30,000 through this drawing! The package is valued at over $4,000 and includes a pair of Jimmy Choos for each season (four pairs total) and a one-of-a-kind snakeskin purse.

Click here to go to a link to the event Web site, which has information about the opportunity drawing and prize:

Reunited and it feels so good!

So the video is bad, it was early 8 am. The babies and I were still SO sleepy... I don't know who is more excited me or them. They are following me everywhere I go, they aren't leaving my side at all. I am so glad they are back! :)

What the CFF recommends

CF Foundation Provides Guidance on Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza

September 22, 2009

The CF Foundation is closely monitoring the seasonal and H1N1 (swine) flu situation.

The Foundation recommends that all people with cystic fibrosis and individuals living with them follow the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on both seasonal and H1N1 flu prevention and vaccination.

Based on the CDC’s recommendations, the Foundation urges everyone with CF and those who live in the same household to:

1. Get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible.
2. Get the H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available in October.
3. Minimize the spread of germs by:
   • Washing your hands often with soap and water or alcohol-based hand gel.
   • Using a tissue when coughing or sneezing, then washing your hands.
   • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth since germs are spread that way.
   • Staying away from others if you are ill.
4. Watch for symptoms of the flu and if they appear, call your doctor. Symptoms include:
   • Body aches and headache
   • Fatigue
   • Fever and chills
   • Increased cough
   • Sore throat

Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Vaccines

The seasonal flu vaccine is an important step in protecting against seasonal flu. Vaccination is especially important for people at high risk of serious flu complications, such a people with CF.

The seasonal flu vaccine will not protect you against the H1N1 flu.

A new vaccine against H1N1 flu is being developed. The CDC states that the vaccine will be available in October.

People at greatest risk for H1N1 flu – such as those with CF – should receive the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it is available.

Vaccinations for people with CF are available at CF care centers. Household members of people with CF also should receive the seasonal and the H1N1 flu vaccinations. You can find the closest place to receive the flu vaccine from the American Lung Association’s Flu Clinic Locator Web site.

The best way to protect against seasonal and H1N1 flu is by practicing good infection control. For more information on infection control or vaccinations, talk to your CF doctor.

Ahhhhh

HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS........

It feels so good to be home! I got home yesterday and did all my out of the joint chores, cleaned sheets, switched out toothbrush and O2 tubing, Pari jets the list goes on. No sense of getting old bugs again :)

Today I am off to get a massage and a couple errands and then My babies are coming home! I can't wait to snuggle them. They are going to freak out when they see me I will try to get video of it. I hope you all have a great day! Xo