Sunday Morning Best

2/3/13

Quick posts today-- just wanted to show how dedicated Jason is to Cans4Christ!!! When he sees us working outside by the trailer, he always is willing to jump in and help-- even in his Sunday Best!!! **I need to think of a Canning nickname for Jason-- email us if you have an idea;) 

JWP Letter

1/31/13

JWP sent us another letter the other day! **Click HERE for info on JWP and his prayers for Cans4Christ! 

Here's what JWP says about C4C this time: 

It reads: You guys are doing an amazing job with the "Cans 4 Christ" with all the cans you collect for the church building campaign. It's so cool you and your friends- "Canning Crew". I really appreciate what you're doing besides you guys would have achieve your dream from "Cans 4 Christ". 

Translation is a bit off-- but it still touches my heart! I love that he prays for C4C and our church!!! 

Friday Morning Help

2/1/13

This morning it was SUPER DUPER cold out (I believe it was in the 50s!!!)!! I'm so lucky that I had some help gathering cans today! Trav was available to come along and that means that Olsen joined in the fun too!

I was trying to get a picture of Olsen and Trav-- but my photography skills are not the best! LOL!

This is a bit beter--You can kind of see Olsen in the back, as well as my pink jacket. 

Even though it was cold out, Olsen still hangs his head out the window!

Trav got out and collected the cans by himself from almost all the stops today! What a sweetie! 

You can see Trav in the mirror-- he's putting on his gloves to collect this bin of cans.

Same as the Other Day but with Wind

1/30/13

I say today's bike ride was the "same as the other day" {referencing THIS post}... but let me start at the beginning....

Trav and I were able to get in a quick bike and canning ride before he went to work. I'm a bit leery and can't trust our bike trackers {see post mentioned above}... so I made sure that Trav and I started out at zero together! Here's Trav resetting his tracker:) 

We set off and instantly had trouble biking because of the wind! We don't mind biking into the wind-- but here in FL the wind tends to shift directions quickly, which means we are 99% of the time riding into the wind. LOL! 

Going a bit slower, we started picking up cans and having fun. I didn't bring my iPhone this time because it was charging, so Trav was taking pics while riding:) He yelled at me from across the road saying, "Smile!" and as I looked towards him he snapped this pic. I asked him why he was taking a picture of me, and his response was because "he is always on the blog":) 

Towards the end of our bike ride, the speed of the wind picked up. So for this last can, Trav had to literally hang on to his bike while using the grabber to get the can! LOL! 

On our way home I couldn't keep up with Trav-- the wind was too much for me! I ended up only going 6 miles per hour into the wind.

So why is this bike ride the "same as the other day"??? Well.... although we started out at the same time, and we rode the same distance never doing a u-turn/etc..... Trav still went farther than me! 

This is the first time we've shared a final bike/canning pic that is our shadow! We are trying to get creative:)

Miles: apparently I only went 2.95, and Trav went 3.01 miles :)

Bags: 1 bag

Canning Crew UNITE

1/28/13

I don't know if you remember that cartoon back from the 80/90s called "Captain Planet"? HERE's a link to the theme song and HERE for the cartoon intro (which is what I'm referencing for the title of this post-- esp. the part where the "planteers" hold up their rings to unite). 

I think the Cans4Christ Canning Crew held up our imaginary rings to unite tonight for our canning route;) The Canning President, Kates, and Canning Princess, Tami, both joined in the fun!

I have to say that Kates and I normally laugh during our route, but tonight there were extra giggles. For example, Tami would yell out "CAN!" and I would stop the truck so she could get out and get it. After awhile, Kates jumped in and then they both told me I had get out and get a can! I tried to explain that the whole idea of driving on Monday was that I didn't have to get out:) LOL!

 They saw several cans in the woods.... 

and Kates decided to go get them! 

We had a great pick-up tonight! I looooooooooove canning with my friends:}

Same but Different

1/26/13 continued

Yesterday's post {HERE} was about the beginning of our day-- recycling, chatting with Poppie, and having milkshakes. Today I'll share the end of the story/day:)

After Trav and I returned home, we received another text from Poppie saying he wanted to stop by our house. I asked him to bring his bike (so we could go for a ride), but he already had left and didn't have his bike with him. So I decided to put him to work instead! He helped Trav hang a huge frame/cork board in my studio. 

The package of crackers are from Poppie.

Then he checked out our front door. 

I love when Poppie stops by:) I always get him to help out with something-- LOL!

We had a good visit with Poppie and when he left, there was just enough light out for a quick bike ride. Trav and I suited up and started off to collect cans in our neighborhood-- again! Our neighborhood has lots of liter/cans!

And I know that we have said before that we weren't going to go into the woods...but I don't think that is true anymore. Trav was found going into the woods for cans during our entire ride! He did find several cans as he went into the woods further-- which again makes our catchphrase true:)

I took this pic as Trav headed into the brush to get one can...then he saw another one further back.

He got it! Click this pic to zoom in:)

Three cans in the woods-- totally worth it;) 

Now here's where I get the title of this post-- at the end of our bike rides, Trav and I always take a picture and talk about how far we have traveled/etc. Here's our pic.

And how far did we go?? Well... you would think that our trackers would have the same miles since we were right next to each other the entire bike ride! However, they were different! Trav must be peddling faster/more or doing u-turns and I don't know it:)

Miles: apparently I only went 3.95, and Trav went 4.06 miles
Bags: 1 bag

**NOTE: I have to admit that my "no good very bad day" ended up being one of my favorite days- spending time with family and Trav! 

Recycling Day and Some FUN

1/26/13

It's time again! We need to recycle...mainly because of THIS post! We really need the C4C trailer at church to be emptied on Sundays and during the week for other's to drop off their bags/cans.

Unfortunately, I wasn't in the best of moods while bagging the trailer. Poor Trav had to unload, bag, and pile it all in the truck by himself. THANK YOU, Trav!!!! 

And it looks like there were a TON of bags and cans to collect today--I feel horrible that I didn't really help. Thanks again, Trav:) <3

Look at our new web at work!!! 

While at the recycling center, we had lots of people gasp and talk about how large our load was. We always like to share the C4C story and how we are helping our church's building fund.

Total pounds of aluminum cans recycled today: 154-- the cans were falling off the weigh scale when I took this pic! It really was 154! 

Total pounds recycled for C4C as of 1/12: 3,058 pounds!!!!! 

Usually, this is the end of the post-- but we had a bit more fun today:) While waiting to turn in our ticket, Trav helped our friend, Frank, clear the weighing station by throwing the bags into another pile near the back of the center. **Afterwards, Trav asked if I got any good pics of him throwing the bags.... I didn't! What a disappointment! LOL! 

As we drove away, I texted Poppie our total (who had asked earlier in the day if we were canning). He's so silly! Here is our conversation and his responses!!! **Just because Poppie won at the Guessing Game last time {HERE}, he thinks he can guess the exact weight every time:) LOL! 

Did you see what he said??? He was going to guess the exact weight-- he only said that because I told him what it was! LOL! 

After our laughs with Poppie, Trav and I stopped at our local Chick-fil-A (owned by our friend, Ed). We absolutely love love love him and this restaurant! We were lucky enough to stop by while they were giving away free milkshakes if you repeated a phrase that was posted on their FB page {HERE}. HOOOOORAY! What a great way to end the day:)

Be sure to become friends with Ed and the Chick-fil-A of Port Charlotte on FB--- they are always sharing great deals and coupons!

**NOTE:: By the end of the day, I was in a better mood and back to my normal self:) Thanks to Trav!! LOVE him.

Congrats everyone!! Cans4Christ is doing awesome!!! Keep collecting your cans and random metals:)