This is the official beginning of my Day of Blogs.  I plan on posting at least 1 blog entry every 30 minutes for the next 24 hours.  (That’s 48 for those of you counting.)

I’m going to use this day to catch you up on the goings on in my life, share some (maybe) new things about myself, and most importantly tell you about the Victory Junction Gang Camp.

VJGC is the charity I have chosen to support today.  I know some of you can donate and some of you can’t.  Any donation (no matter the amount) is appreciated.  There is a widget from Network for Good on the right-hand side of my blog that you can use to donate.  If you are not able to donate (and even if you are), I would love for you to share this day with me by checking in periodically and reading/commenting on the blog entries I post today.

My friend Penni is also blogging today.  Her charity of choice is the Kasey Kahne Foundation.  You can check out her blog here.

There are 2 ways you can easily access all of the entries I post today both today as the day progresses (and the entry count increases) and after today.  First, I plan on including a note at the end of each entry today that links to the complete collection of Day of Blogs 2008 entries.  You can also click over on the DayOfBlogs08 tag in the My Tags list over on the right to access the collection.

Click here to view my collection of Day of Blogs 2008 entries.

I have decided to participate in the 2008 Day of Blogs.  The Day of Blogs is a fundraiser marathon of blogging.  It involves blogging for 24 hours straight (at least 1 post every 30 minutes).  The reason I am doing this is to raise money for the Victory Junction Gang Camp.  (I plan on posting during the DoB about the Victory Junction Gang Camp.  If you would like more information about it before then, click on this link.)  I have added a widget on the right-hand side of my blog that I would like to encourage readers that are able to use to donate to VJGC either before, during, or up to 48 hours after the Day of Blogs.  Whether or not you are able to financially support my cause, I would love for you stop by during the 24 hours and read the blogs I posted and comment.  (I’ll need all the encouragement I can get to stay up for 24 hours straight.  Haha!)  During the day, I am going to be using the category of DayOfBlogs08 so you can easily access all of my entries that day.

If you have any questions, leave me a comment here.

Thanks in advance for your support!

The next stop on our whirlwind NASCAR tour was Gillett-Evernham Motorsports in Statesville, NC.  There was, unfortunately, no round 2 sighting of Kasey (click here to recall round 1).  GEM is probably one of the most up close and personal shops we visited, though.  As you can see by looking at my photos, the cars being worked on in the shop are very close to the viewing area and the work space is rather small (compared to some of the other shops we visited).  This allows viewers to get a good look at the goings on.  Also, I believe GEM is the only shop we visited where we got to see the COT template.

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