WOW...its been a while....

I have to apologize for not posting forever!! Life kind of takes over and some things take the back seat. My duties as Mrs Maine have not taken a back seat...just blogging. I have been busy and in the past few months I have been busy planning a pageant at the Pine Tree Societys Annual Snowmobile Ride In. Its a weekend full of events to benefit the Pine Tree Camp. In the past they have had a pageant during the weekend and they contacted me to see if I could help out. Well this year the pageant has evolved. We crowned 3 winners out of 28 contestants and raised $1400.00 for the camp. We had many title holders from across the state help out. It was a lot of work....but so worth it!! I really enjoyed it.

Kidney Walk

In October a dear friend of mine; Tammy Atwood; asked me to help out with the annual Kidney walk. She runs the Kidney Foundation here in Maine. I was so thrilled to be part of this event. As a registered nurse, I have seen first hand the devastation of kidney disease. This walk was to benefit kidney transplant recipients, kidney dialysis patients, donors and families that have been touched by kidney disease. The day was perfect for it and there was a great turn out. It was heart warming as the kidney donors, recipients and dialysis patients were all honored on stage. It was such a worthy event and I was proud to be part of it.

Barbara Bush Childrens Hospital

October has been such a busy month. I was asked to come and talk at the telethon to raise money for BBCH. My oldest so had spent quite a bit of time at MMC as a baby and it was a good opportunity to tell our story. I was so proud of my son Edward who is 11. He spoke on the 2 radio stations and with the TV station like a pro. We were able to spend some time in the playroom with some of the patients. It was a good time and the telethon was a great success.

Dinner with Miss America Katie Stam

In September I had the opportunity to join the Miss America organization and meet Miss America Katie Stam in Framingham Massachusetts. It was such a blast. All of the New England delegates for Miss America 2010 were present along with the Outstanding Teens. They all performed their talents and it was just breathtaking. Not being biased or anything but Miss Maine Susie Stauble....was amazing. She was so far above and beyond the competition present and I really think that Maine could be the home of the next Miss America!!! Also got to meet Sam Haskell and pick up his book "Promises I made my mother". He is a wonderful speaker and his book is so inspiring. Once you start reading you can't put it down. What a wonderful opportunity it was to attend....stay tuned and be ready to cheer Susie on in January as she competes for Miss America.

Maine Childrens Cancer Program

In September I headed to the south to Sanford Maine to help out with the Annual Elks Chili Cookoff and Auction to benefit the Maine Childrens Cancer Program. It was a chilly night but perfect for Chili. I helped register all the attendees and got to meet some wonderful people. Sanford is really a close knit community and it amazed me how many people knew each other. It was a great time. It was wonderful to try all the different kinds of chili that were entered into the contest. The auction was a big success. It was nice to have such a big showing for a really great cause. Thanks to the Elks for having me...It was definately an honor to be among so many amazing people.

Apple Queen Pageant

Back in September I was asked by Jennifer Webber to judge the Apple Queen Pageant at the Windsor Fair. I had never been to the fair so it was a great opportunity. It was a beautiful day and I was joined by two wonderful women as judges. One was the first Apple Queen and the other was from the Dept of Agriculture. This was a wonderful little pageant for teenage girls with great scholarships available. Jenn Webber put on a great pageant and it was a nice night for it. I got to meet John Remy who choreographed the pageant and he is a lot of fun. I had a great time and a big congrats goes out to the Maine Apple Queen Courtney Hammond!!