Blackberries, Bowling Pins, and Palmetto Trees

As this week is completely bananas, here is the quick and dirty recap of the last few days.
First of all, we bid Chase farewell this past Saturday.  For those of you in my inner sanctum of friends you know that Chase has been my purple motorola W755 cell phone for the last 2 years.  She was a huge upgrade in my cell phone life and I absolutely loved her.  A great phone!!  However time flies and I used her almost to death.  The backlighting on her keypad went out, and she developed a strange need to shut herself off and sleep a while at random, so when my new every two came due I went shopping.

Enter Alice!  My new purple (all good cellphones are purple and have names)Blackberry Curve who does more things that I actually have comprehension of how to learn to do, but I love her!!!  Everyday I learn something new and amazing about her and she isjust soooooo pretty.  This is a Blackberry for girly boys and girls; macho women and men need not to apply.  NOt to mention that the lovely gentleman who sold me to her recommended a dark lavender protective case that looks like a dark frame around her face.  Beautiful!!
Currently mine has the blue catterpillar from Alice and Wonderland, Absolem as my wallpaper.  Yes, I did see the movie, but I saw it at the wrong time without the right people and when that happens then I will blog.  Sometimes a movie is about the people you experience it with as much as the characters you experience, and I need a redo on this one to capture to right experience to document.

Now onto bowling pins and palmetto trees....this is a convoluted little tale.
I work at a bank, and banks are required by law to do alot of community and public service (actually I think it is a shame that we have to have laws to make us be decent people, but I digress.)  This is the time of year that we in banking like to refer to as the fundraising season.  The precedeing month has been full of fundrasing for Junior Achievement of Spartanburg that will all culminate Friday night in a big old fashioned bowl-a-thon.  As apart of this event we were given a beaten and highly battered bowling pin to decorate for the event.  Now keep in mind, this is a season of fundraising.  This particular push will be followed by the March of Dimes and my personal favorite Relay for Life....so, I decided our bowling pin should be a mascot for the season, not just JA.  The Relay theme for this year is "Nothing Could Be Finer, Than a Cure in Carolina."  The t-shirts are navy with the Carolina palmetto moon and a pink ribbon inside the palmetto.  This a blue and pink and white color scheme...March of Dimes is for babies...a blue and pink color scheme...so.....(did I mention my heart was in Relay????)

Meet Polly!!

Cynthia spent her Monday evening helping me with this one!  She painted the pin for me and drilled the hole for the fronds and moon...not to mention cutting the fronds, making the moon and painting the face.  She is brilliant!!  I had a blast working on this with her and I seriously hope that our branch wins in the bowling pin beauty pageant that will go down on Friday night in conjuction with my horendous bowling.

For now, howeverCynthia and I are both pretty proud of our masterpiece!