So I don’t normally post this early about the fundraiser, but guys, we are $8 away from the goal!!!!  With a week to go!!!  And here’s the great thing about this fundraiser, there’s no reason we have to stop at $900.  If you need to re-inspire yourself this Thursday morning (especially after the anxiety-causing disaster…

Hi All!!  I cannot believe we have less than $100 to go!  This is incredible. Today I would like to thank an anonymous donor–an awesome person that has been very supportive to my writing.  And it’s so great that they donated to Zara Aina!  As I have with past anonymous donations, here’s a picture of…

The past 24 hours have been pretty exciting over in the fundraising world.  I have three sets of people to thank today!!  And we’re at 90%!!! Debi and Ben Goodrich! Ben and Debi are both awesome coworkers of mine, and very generously donated yesterday!!  I am so lucky to have Debi to chat with about…

Hi all!  With just over a week left of this challenge, Dana Sumner-Pritchard has very generously donated to my birthday fundraiser!  Dana and I have worked together in theatre since college–she is a fabulous actress, writer, and all-around hilarious individual.  She also put us at the 80% mark!

I have been reading the title of this blog post a bit like a cheer with a rah-rah ahead of it.  Why?  Because Kathleen and Orion Jones donated to my birthday fundraiser for Zara Aina!  This has been the season of Kathleen for my theatre life.  She and I have known each other since college,…

A giant thank you to Lynn Salehi for donating to my birthday fundraiser.  Lynn is an incredible coworker, neighbor, and frequent lunch buddy that I am very lucky to have in the office right next door. Thank you, Lynn!!!

Thank you very much to the best neighbors anyone could ever ask for–Ben and Lindsay Weisman!!!  They very generously donated to my fundraiser!!  They are two of our favorite people on this planet–amazing hosts, great artists, and pretty darn good at fundraising themselves.  We are the luckiest of people to now have them right around…

First of all, I have to thank Tim Casey for very generously contributing to my birthday fundraiser.  Tim is a dear friend of me and my husband, and also an inspiring running coach!!  Thank you Tim!! I’ve been struggling with the idea of writing today because I had one of those nights.  One of those–watching…