Earthquake Survival Kits

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1. meryl
   Posted September 23, 2010 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

   Here are the things I can commit to helping/doing with you this year:
   Help M finish SFJR documentary
   Read 50 books off master book list
   Learn how to make 5 awesome cocktails
   Put together emergency kits and plan for entire family
   Get dad’s story on film
   Take a photography class
   Go to Niagra Falls
   Build a snowman
   Learn to weld
   Learn to sculpt
   Learn 50 new vocab words a year
   Finish film for 48 hour Film Project
   Work with stylist to create a polished defined style
   Complete a 26 things challenge
   Go on a Habitat for Humanity build
   Take a ballet class
   Learn to sew and make a dress
   Take a self defense course
   Meditate in morning for 30 days
   Fire a gun
   Try a new recipe every week for two months
   Learn to snowboard
   Get a manicure and pedicure every week for three months
   Go to 52 new restaurants
   Take a photo every day for 2 months
   Take an S FACTOR course
   Run a 1/2 marathon
   Take CPR/First Aid course
   Complete ”Couch to 5K” running program
   Go to trapeze school
   Get recertified for diving
   Learn how to make stained glass
   Learn pottery making and make a gift
   Take a cooking knife skills course
   Read the Bhagavad Gita
   Ride a mechanical bull

   At some point:
   See the Terracotta Soldiers in Xi’an
   Go on a trek in Nepal
   See the pyramids in Egypt
   Make a documentary about Teddy’s life
   Finish Paul’s film
   Conversational German
   Take a sailing course
   Do a project off instructables
   Put together a family tree for both sides
   Attend SXSW
   Attend Burning Man
   Take a flying lesson
   Go horseback riding
   Play laser tag
   Take a high performance racing course
   Experience zero gravity
   Take a cake decorating class
   Take an electrical engineering course
   Take a survival training course
   Take a carpentry class and build something useful
   Take a car maintenance course
   Start and complete EOI project
   See Aurora Borealis
   Appear in a movie
   Run a full marathon
   Kiss the Blarney Stone
   Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
   Go to Carnivale in Rio
   Go to Ibiza
   Ride a camel in the desert
   Milk a cow
   See the caves of Cappadocia
   Climb Mount Olympus
   Tour a vineyard in France
   Go to Greenland
   Stay in the Ice Hotel in Sweden
   Watch/volunteer at Alaskan Iditarod
   See the monarch butterfly annual migration
   Attend pow wow of Native Americans
   Dance a waltz at the Vienna Opera Ball
   Explore the route of the Underground Rail Road
   Visit the Crazy Horse Museum in S. Dakota
   Float along the Nile
   Drink a Mint Julep at Kentucky Derby
   Ride on the Orient Express
   Get pair of custom shoes made
   Take a glass blowing workshop
   Take a dessert making class
   Be able to explain Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
   Read the Encyclopedia from A to Z
   Get Dad online
   Get Mom a vacation volunteering with primates

2. Joan
   Posted October 5, 2010 at 9:10 am | Permalink

   What do 72-hour emergency kits have to do with Mormonism?

3. madmorty
   Posted October 30, 2010 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

   Here is the information I have received from my sister about the JDRF walk on the 25th.

   Remember we are wearing our DARC jerseys, accented with anything camo, hats, shorts, etc. as Bella's Brigade dresses in camo t-shirts. If you want a t-shirt email me ASAP,

   Dear Family and Friends,
   Right now, most children you know are enjoying a carefree summer vacation – playing with their friends, climbing trees and splashing around in the pool. But kids with type 1 diabetes, like our daughter Isabella, can never take a vacation from their disease.
   While other kids can just hop on their bikes and ride around the neighborhood, this little 7 year old needs to make sure she has her emergency kit with her at all times – packed with a blood testing meter, snacks, juice (for low blood sugars) and glucagon shots (in case she goes unconscious). If she plays soccer with her friends, she has to stop at least every 30 minutes in the middle of the game to check her blood sugar. Wherever she goes, there has to be an adult nearby who knows how she can eat, how to give an insulin shot and what to do if her blood sugar suddenly drops and she collapses. This makes play dates and sleepovers at her friends’ houses nearly impossible.
   We worry about Isabella every day. We know all too well the risks she could face as she gets older – that she could one day go blind, need to have a leg amputated or be paralyzed because of the damage caused by this relentless disease. And always at the back of our minds is the fear that her blood sugar could spin wildly out of control and we could lose our precious little girl at any time.
   We believe all kids deserve a healthy, carefree childhood. That is why we are asking you to support Bella’s Brigade at the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Dallas on September 25th, 2010, by joining our team or sending a donation.
   You play a vital role in the search for a cure. Right now, JDRF-funded scientists are developing an oral vaccine to prevent diabetes… creating more effective types of insulin… finding ways to regenerate insulin-producing cells… and more.
   There is no time to waste. Diabetes claims another life every three minutes. With your help, we know we can stop diabetes once and for all. And when we do, boys and girls like Isabella will be able to jump on their bikes and forget their emergency kits at home… eat ice cream cones without needing insulin shots… and enjoy summer vacation without a care in the world – just like other kids!

   • Please join Bella’s Brigade or donate at

   • Click “Donate to this Walker” and JDRF will accept credit card donations online.
   • If you prefer to write a check, make payable to JDRF – send to Isabella Zindel, 8711 Dayton Dr., Lantana, TX 76226.
   • Please forward Isabella’s letter to your friends.
   • Please ask your organization for a company match.
   For more information contact us at 940-312-2173 or
   Thank you!
   The Zindels
   Garrett, Kelly, Isabella, Kincaid, and Madeline