VERY OT: Special Olympics Fundraiser

Come Saturday -- my DH will be taking the plunge for Special Olympics! I can't believe he agreed to do it... but he did!!

The annual Polar Plunge involves crazy people raising $$$... then finding a crazy costume..... and then heading outdoors to a local lake where the ice has been broken up ... and these crazy people plunge themselves into the frigid waters!

I haven't completely met my fundraising goal... but have made a huge dent in it. For hubby's costume I found a great (or should I say "INCREDIBLE"!!) deal online .. that was a no-brainer. I do quilts... not clothing... so I was a little apprehensive about sewing a costume for him. I was very fortunate to find a great costume for a VERY reasonable price! I'll post pictures in my Webshots album next Sunday (the Plunge is Saturday!) My hubby is a senior executive/administrator at the University of Michigan -- so I was shocked when he agreed to "put himself out there" this way!! I think about 20 or 30 of his University colleagues will be there to cheer him on!!

You can "meet" my dear hubby and son here:

My son is a very active special olympian! He plays soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, track & field in the spring and softball in the summer. Our local Special Olympics division has been hurting financially -- having lost several company fundraisers (like bowl-a-thons) with the closing of several auto industry related plants closing down. That's why we decided to get involved! You are certainly welcome to help out -- but more importantly -- keep your fingers crossed that my DH "survives" the dip in the icy waters!

So come Saturday -- please send warm thoughts to Ann Arbor, Michigan! I will have a quilt in my arms waiting to wrap him up when he gets out of the water... so I guess I'm not TOTALLY OT! after all.