~Our European Vaca 2010: Day 4~

Good morning my blog-alicious ladies!

It's Thursday and my 2nd day off this week . . .

why are my days off going by so fast?!

I have a list of a ton to do, and don't nearly get as much as I want done, BUT at least I'm getting things done right?!

Organizing my closet! 

(ok swooon! I want this shoes closet!-source here-)

 Yup making room for some fun fashion, and putting away my new purchases (more on this soon with pics!)

I have 2 bags of clothes, shoes and purses to donate!

Speaking of getting things done . . .

For those who have been following my blog know I am still slowly posting (and editing) pics from our vaca . . . yeah ok so it was in May!

Slacker right?!

Just busy and keeping you in suspense:-)

Anywho . . . Day 4 of our European Vaca 2010 . . . and the last day in Rome!

***Our luggage finally arrived!***

Yup after 3 days of no luggage- it finally arrived and I have new shoes to wear!!!!

Lots and lots of walking around . . .

Rome is just amazing

Now by the "Jewish Ghetto" area and our favorite pizza shop- always busy and full of locals

 (a good sign right?!)

One of our fave buildings: Portico Octavia:

Mmmmm food!!!

Our yummy meal of caprise, sardines, tuna pizza, etc. so yum!

Then to a bakery nearby, mmmm

Always gotta love the ruins in Rome

It's pretty much just amazing! This church has 3 layers of buildings

Most modern level- so beautiful!

Then begins the decent . . . the lady gave us a tour of all the old areas that were excavated and told us what each area was, so neat!

Then more walking around and we found the famous "Roman Holiday" lie detector

How could you be in Italy and not try some lemoncello?

Siesta time!!!

After a small nap (ok we need siesta in the U.S.!!!)

Off to get a snack and walk around some more

Above the Spanish Steps

After a few gelatos and a cappucino . . . of to Trevi!

Some random store had this cute lil guy outside:

One of our fave things in Rome: the gorgeous cathedrals! We must've gone into like 15

Until next time!

Today we are going to the hubby's work "summer" party . . . lots of pics will be taken, drinks had, and fun times:-)

Hope you have a fabulous day my dears!!!

~September's Charity Spotlight: UNICEF~

Happy Wednesday you all!!!

Ok so . . . it's my once a month serious talk . . . (back to fun and cute tomorrow:-)

August's Charity Spotlight was Oceanic Preservation Organization and "The Cove"

(if you missed it chk it out here)

Now that August has come and gone (wow!)

I JUST donated my 5% of Memory Bean Design's August sales to "The Cove" cause,

and wanted to say a BIG thank you to the ladies who told me they donated last month, you rock and thank you!

Now on to a new cause:

This one is near and dear to my heart.

~Children~

Children are not able to fend for themselves. 

They are just born into the situation they are in and don't know any different.

~About UNICEF~

"UNICEF has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States."

"UNICEF is at the forefront of efforts to reduce child mortality worldwide. There has been substantial progress the annual number of under-five deaths dropped from 13 million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008. But still, 24,000 children die each day from preventable causes. Our mission is to do whatever it takes to make that number zero by giving children the essentials for a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org."

(source)

Unicef is currently helping out a ton in Pakistan:

(I know you have all seen the flooding devastation of Pakistan on the news)

"More than 8.5 million children have been left vulnerable by the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan.

Homes, schools and crops are destroyed as 1/5 of the country has been inundated. UNICEF is providing clean water, immunizations and therapeutic food to stave off malnutrition, but there are millions of women and children still in need.

(source)

Help us provide urgently needed:

150,000 hygiene kits;

1.5 million vaccinations for children under 5;

3 million packets of ORS salts; and

support for 1 million school children."

(source)

"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Ok I tear up just writing this!

So what can we do to help:

1) Donate: click here to find the donation form.  We all know anything helps right?!

2) Text "FLOOD" to 27722 from your mobile phone to donate $10.

(this is found on CBS news and is legit-chk article here)

~Just did this to make sure it works~

3) Raise awareness: Maybe do a blog post (all you lovely bloggers)?

Twitter, FB, what have you . . . just spread the word and help save lives:-)

 

4) Volunteer: ok I know we all have our lives and aren't going to fly there to help, BUT through Unicef there are many many ways you can volunteer your time to help. 

Chk it all out here

So for the month of September I will continue to donate 5% of my sales to Unicef, although it may not be a huge amount anything helps right?!

Thank you all for hanging in there for this!

Sometimes in life all we want to see are happy things . . . butterflies and rainbows . . .

we are so blessed and with that we should show soem gratitude by helping those who can't help themselves:-)

Ok I'm done, promise!

For tomorrow:

European Vaca 2010 Day 4!

Come chk back for a ton of pics from our last day in Rome on our vaca

. . . then finally off to other European destinations!

Hope you all have a lovely day!!!