Happy Birthday Elroy!!!

Today is Elroy's birthday! He is 81 years old! Hooray! We all wished him happy birthday this morning...the kids made him a nice card and Karen got him a much needed new ironing board. We're taking him out for Chinese food tomorrow night and Eric picked up a bunch of new yard/garden tools for him since he wants to start a vegetable garden in the yard.

Today is also Julie Percell's birthday. Happy Birthday, Julie! We celebrated her birthday yesterday on her shift. We ate fruit and angel food cake cupcakes all afternoon and laughed and hung out while she opened her presents...it was a wonderful afternoon.

Yesterday was Peggy's dad's birthday - Happy Birthday Granddad Joe! We sent him birthday email wishes and Peggy is working on a package to send to him.

We have more birthdays coming up. Lisa's birthday is on Monday. Her shift is from 10 to 2, so we are planning a surprise party for her at noon. OK, I guess it won't be a surprise after she reads this...Hey, Lisa! Surprise!!! Come and join us for pizza and cake!!! Lisa turns a whopping 23 on Monday.

We had a wonderful meeting this morning with Jamie and Randie Wong and team. They have been asked to produce an evening concert that will raise money for the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii. This year they are commemorating 125 years of service by Mother Marianne Cope and 6 other Franciscan sisters who first began their humanitarian work here in Hawaii in 1883.

To honor the life's work of Mother Marianne and the sisters of St. Francis, they are producing this year's "An Evening of Aloha" concert called "Na Wahine Kupa'a - Women of Strength, A tribute to Mother Marianne Cope and the Sisters of St. Francis" to be held on October 4th at the convention center.

The St. Francis Family has asked to feature Peggy's story as part of the presentation. They said that "Peggy is not only a beloved friend but a woman who has demonstrated great strength, love, and endurance in her lifetime." They are planning a 3-5 minute video piece featuring Peggy.

Peggy is honored and excited to be a part of such a special event. It was such a pleasure to meet with the production team this morning - what wonderful people! They are going to begin filming here at the house next Tuesday/Wednesday. They will be doing interviews and filming Peg's daily life. You are all a part of the story, so please make sure you are all around next week to visit and hang out and do as we always do around here.

We may be asking some of you to be interviewed and if you're on shift, you may be filmed. Let me know if you absolutely do not want to be on camera...but, I know all you Peg's Legs hams love this kind of stuff! At least I'm giving you all warning so that you don't show up in your boro boro clothes with no make-up on. Ha!

So if you're on shift next Tuesday and Wednesday, be thinking about what Peggy means to you! What makes Peggy a "Woman of Strength?"

Hopefully Peggy will be seeing clearly by then since her surgery is scheduled for tomorrow! Thanks in advance to Lolo and Betsy for taking her on part 2 of the cataract adventure!

Off to crank out more work now that Sawyer is finally napping! Oh, and in case you haven't noticed, I decided to keep Indy at preschool this month until she starts at Hanahauoli. I had originally thought I'd keep her out of school this month, but we think it will make for a smoother transition to keep her in. Also, this way she and Sawyer may have some time together at Nuuanu Preschool this month when Sawyer starts there which will make the transition easier on him too. But she will be at Lisa's party on Monday! So come and celebrate with us!