Relay for Life- gonna kick some butt!

So, students talked me into another lock in. This time it's Relay for Life. I will be the chaperone of a team of 15-20 students that are competing to win for the top fundraising team. We are called "The Rockin' Snowballers". The lock in is May 18-19 and I will be posting on facebook, calling you, or maybe even showing up at your house for some funds. We may do a "get me out of jail" scenario where we have to fundraise so much before we are "released" from our "jail cell". That could be fun. We also talked about... if we raise $___ Mrs. Iadipaolo will dye her hair..... maybe purple chunks since purple is the relay for life "color". I don't know, these kids are nuts and they have a nutty chaperone cheering them on. As I said, expect a call, text, knock at your door, or something else (who knows!) because we are IN IT TO WIN IT!!! Each kids' goal is $100 and we also have a team goal. Any ideas for fundraisers, let me know. Car wash may be in the works. We have a few cheerleaders on the team and they said they made a TON OF CASH!! So, dig deep into those tiny pockets of the recession and help a good cause. Let's celebrate more Birthdays!! Like Vince is still celebrating his!!
-Sandra-

New addiction? this could be bad....

So, this past weekend we had an open house and I, Sandra, basically sat for 3 hours and messed around on the Ipad/Computer. We had three groups come through the house, they smiled and said they "liked" it. I haven't heard from any of them, so I'm not holding my breath. It's still early in the game and we haven't found a house either so, no hard feelings. Seriously.

Anyhow, I decided to check out Craigslist. BAD IDEA... why? you ask.. well, I'm not going crazy and BUYING things... I've now realized how much junk we have and I can SELL it all on there.

My first post to "see if it REALLY worked" was a baby swing. Nature's Touch Baby Swing to be exact. One can buy this brand new for about $125+. I decided to give it a try and asked for $30, since it had been sitting in my screened porch for over a year (went through summer, fall, winter, and now) slightly dirty (yikes!) and in good working condition, but still USED and VERY ABUSED. Right away I got 4 emails, and 2 text messages. HOLY COW! It ended up going to a mom with a 1 month old daughter who likes to be rocked to sleep. So, in my book.. I'm ok with giving that to a mom of a 1 month old and not to someone who will turn around and sell it for more. She looked exhausted and I believe was wearing pajama pants. Poor thing!

My second post consisted of an exersaucer with barn animals. Again, it sat in that porch for over a year and I asked for $10 (normally $60) . This went to a Vietnamese family with a little boy that needs to stay put while mom cooks. Again, getting rid of extra "stuff" and helping some young families out FEELS AWESOME!!!

For now, I have a barbie bike that I put up today (which sold in less than 20mins), the old front door (which Vince said noone would ever want) will be looked at tomorrow, another baby walker, and who knows what else!! Vince is scared slightly. I'm having a blast. Not going to be a hobby, just want to get rid of our junk and as they say, "someone's junk, may be someone else's treasure." I love CRAIGSLIST!!

On the Move... Again

This is our house we have been living in for 4 years now. It is currently up for sale and we are hoping to find a buyer so we can move into Dunlap School District. It would be a lot easier on Sandra and I and the kids if they had the same schedule as Mami.
We are trying to sell it oursleves and save the 7% fee a Realtor would charge. We have a house picked out and hope it is still there when we get someone to buy ours.
In other news Sandra went to Disney world in Florida with her mom this weekend to run a 5K and have a weekend away. The girls had a blast and are on their way back today.
I got to clean the house and get ready for out open house which is going on right now as I am typing in the Kitchen on the laptop. We have had 4 groups of people come through. People seem to like the place. Lets hope somebody wants to buy it from us.

Sandra turns 30 saturday

In case you didnt know Sandra will be turning 30 on saturday. Recently she has been telling me that she is freaking out about the fact she will be turning the big 3-0.
She is celebrating by inviting all her facebook friends to a get together at Jillians in Peoria. She has about 500+ facebook friends but obviously not all are in Peoria. We hope to have a good turn out and maybe some people that she doesnt expect to come will show up and surprise her.
The following week Sofia turns 6. And in April Santiago will be 2 already. Wow!!! Time really flies by. Hope to see you all saturday @ Jillians

Snow in Peoria

It snowed this past week and when it snows about 5 inches what do you do? well the Iadipaolo's make a snowman and go sledding of course :)

Merry Christmas to all

Sorry its a few days late, but Merry Christmas everybody. Hopefully you got our Christmas photo and letter we sent out. This picture was taken in late November when the Kentucky cousins came in for Thanksgiving.
Things have been crazy at the Iadipaolo house the past couple weeks. Between Christmas and Sandra finishing up finals and Vince working 3rd shift and trying to sleep with Sandra and both kids in the house. So many toys are scattered throughout the house. We can't wait for the recycle pickup to come cause our recycle bin is overflowing with boxes and wrapping paper.
We hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! God Bless you and yours in 2012

Sofia's new hat....Sally!!

Sofia's new hat....Sally!!