I always ask someone at the gas station to pump my gas; they almost always say yes and it's such a time saver. I asked this guy the other day and he ran my card, but there was something wrong with the transaction and he didn't try again with my card, he just used one of his and bought me my gas. At first I was mad because that's not what I wanted (why do wheelchair people always have to be considered "needy"?)and I insisted that he take my cash, but he wouldn't. I kept insisting and he finally sighed and just told me to "pay it forward." I was satisfied with that (I mean, my whole life consists of charitable causes, right?) so I bought our little MWU organization a book of stamps (which cost almost as much as the gas it took to fill my tank!). And we really needed some stamps.

We had the Hill Air Force Base Honor Guard post the colors at our pageant and I sent them a DVD and pictures with our thank you note. I wanted to make sure they'd gotten it, so I emailed SSgt. Caballero and asked. This was his reply:

Sure did ma'am! IT WAS AWESOME THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF SOOO MUCH!
Please be sure to invite us out every year. It would be an honor to post the colors for you whenever possible. Thank you again ma'am.

Titleholders...

I think that the titleholders from this year were so, so excited. It makes my heart bling when I see the pix from this year.

2008 Pageant

The 2008 pageant was our best one yet. We got to hob-knob with local celebrities and government officials. The Salt Lake Fire Dept. Honor Guard were so awesome, and so was the HAFB Honor Guard. We had so many more volunteers this year. One part I liked is when Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General for the state of Utah, lifted up his pant leg on stage to reveal his leg halo after surgery.

To the left is a picture of our new 2009 MWU Royalty with Park and Dallan from 101.9 The End.

the meeting...

at our super professional first MWU meeting of 2009, we have determined that canned mushrooms are super gross.