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Quick update – Kudos for the DelVecchio family!

This is going to have to be another quickie! I know, I keep saying that! I’m in the midst of writing a feature at work and writing a long feature doesn’t mix well with daily breaking news. It seems by the time I get all the crisis stuff resolved for the day, the day is just about gone and I’m still behind on the feature.

Also, I’m getting a cold so if I seem a bit out of the loop this week – I’m feeling really tired, running a low grade temp, have a sore throat, runny nose and my joints are acting up. So, I might opt for rest and work over blogging a bit this week.

I did want to give a quick shout out and kudos to the DelVecchio family however. They raised more than $1,000 for the HPS Network with their recent garage sale. Now think about that for a minute. How much stuff would you have to sell at a nickel, dime and quarter to raise $1,000? Well, the DelVecchios, who have co-habited with this collecting pile of stuff in their garage, attic and on their back porch for the past few months can tell you! It’s a big honking pile of stuff!!! Great job, and thank you!

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