It's "Get Organized" Month: Win a Garage Makeover! DEADLINE 1/16/09!

January is National Get Organized Month - LoftStormers and Closet Tailors http://www.closettailors.com/ are choosing one deserving family to receive a complete 2-day Garage makeover...a winner will be chosen in two weeks. Click here: http://naporichmond.wufoo.com/forms/go-month-submission-form/

The actual makeover will take place the last week in January. Anyone in the Richmond or surrounding areas is eligible to enter. The more we get the word out about the contest, the more entries we will receive - the deadline for entering is Friday, January 16.

Rick Cobb, owner of Closet Tailors and I are doing this in conjuction with January being National Get Organized Month http://www.napo.net/. We'll have before and after photos and of course a thrilled and happy deserving family! Up to $1500 in cabinetry and shelving will be donated by Closet Tailors and LoftStormers is donating the 2 day organizing time and clean-out along with our truck to haul away unwanted items.

How Cool is This?

Put Your Brainpower to the Test in Mindbender
at the
Science Museum of Virginia

RICHMOND — Find hidden clues. Collect secret passwords. Solve puzzles. Unravel brainteasers. Join with others to take on quirky challenges. With your clues and passwords find out if you have what it takes to unlock the final puzzle to become a member of the Mindbender Society in the visiting exhibit Mindbender at the Science Museum of Virginia, Saturday, Jan. 31-Monday, Sept. 7.

“Check your preconceived notions at the door,” says Science Museum Director and CEO Richard Conti. “Not everything is as it seems in Mindbender.”

Stop by the TV screen at the entrance to the exhibit to meet a character named Mr. E. He provides the 4-1-1 on exhibit puzzles and challenges — and tells you how to collect the information you need to unlock the vault to the Mindbender Society. Pick up a clue card so you can keep track of the information you collect.

Keep an eye out for brainteasers that contain clues. You need to solve these puzzles in order to unlock the vaults in four of the areas. Along the way you visit the parlor, library, kitchen, map room, disco room, dining room, and rec room. Information in each of the four vaults helps you unlock the Mindbender Society vault at the other end.

Just what kinds of things have been devised to give your brain a workout? At Tricky Triangles 16 sticks form eight triangles. Your job is to remove four sticks and leave four equal-sized triangles. At Every Line Adds to 15 the name is a major hint. You insert the numbers 1-9 into straight lines so that the total of each line is 15. Feeding Frenzy is a group activity. Team up with other visitors. Your job is to fill food trays on a conveyer belt with food. How many trays can you fill?

At Amazing Maze you and your friends work together to tilt a table in different directors to drop a ball into the appropriate holes. Spelling Fever could also be called Disco Hopscotch Fever. Push a button to generate a question on a screen. When it’s your turn, you have to hop on the correct letters to spell out your answer. Flying Machine features a mechanical flying machine you and your friends move to hit flashing targets.

Once you’ve completed the challenges enter at least three passwords you’ve found into the final vault in the Wall of Fame. If you’re successful, take your picture for the wall and print out a copy along with your Mindbender Society certificate to take home.

Mindbender is produced and toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon. © 2008. Mindbender is sponsored by Thinkfinity.org supported by the Verizon Foundation.

Mindbender is included with exhibit admission. Tickets are $9 for youth ages 4-12, seniors 60+ and active military and $10 for adults 13-59. Tickets to see Mindbender, visit Science Museum exhibits and see a film in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME are $14 for youth ages 4-12 and seniors 60+ and $15 for adults 13-59. Children 3 and under are free. Science Museum exhibits are open Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The museum is also open on school holiday Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Good Health Seminar-win Pilates lessons! 11/20

Progress Physical Therapy Staff Present: Good Nutrition for Women, from Childhood to Adulthood!

11/20/08, 10:00am

Progress Physical Therapy

5300 Hickory Park Drive

RSVP: 804.270-7754

http://www.progressphysicaltherapy.com/

Dr. Christa Galvin-Cox

Enter for a chance to win 4 Pilates classes!

Rock Star Momma in town-11/19/08

Skye Hoppus, wife of Mark Hoppus from blink 182, will be coming to It’s Hip to be Round, the clothing and supplies store for mommas-to-be, for a meet and greet, book signing, and sharing her clothing line.

There will also be yummy drinks and catering by local Carytown restaurants as well as prizes and give-aways at the event!


Who: Skye Hoppus - Owner of Childish Clothing and author of Rock Star Momma

What: Meet and greet, Book signing, and Hip items from the Childish Clothing collection

Where: It’s Hip to be Round, 3463 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA

When: November 19th
5:00-8:00pm

Special Events at HalfPints

Special Events! Mark you calendars...

November 22nd, Our fabulous Santa will be with us for pictures by our favorite photographer, Missy Bane...Call for your appointment 364-4202

Silhouettes by Blane Cope November 28th and 29th Call for appointment 364-4202

Madagascar 2 live at the Science Museum Imax, 11/7!

EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST ESCAPE IN IMAX!

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: The IMAX Experience to open on Friday, Nov. 7,
at the Science Museum of Virginia’s Ethyl IMAX®DOME

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa opens at the Science Museum of Virginia’s Ethyl IMAX®DOME on November 7th.

For information on tickets and showtimes, please call 804-864-1400 or 800-659-1727 or visit the website at http://www.smv.org/. Tickets to see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: The IMAX Experience are $10. Advance tickets are available at the guest services desk, by calling 804-864-1400 or 800-659-1727 or online at http://www.smv.org/. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.

Flight Night-Aviation Museum-Halloween Night!

*Take a hayride pulled by a vehicle designed to tow planes.

*Climb into a yellow Piper Cub and take the controls for a pretend flight.

*Make and fly a paper bat. Create your own UFO. Go on a scavenger hunt.

*Come in costume and get your picture taken in front of a Vietnam-era A-4 Skyhawk light attack bomber.

*Decorate a candy bag to take home all your treats.

It’s all at Flight Night at the Virginia Aviation Museum on Friday, Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m.

“If you’re looking for a safe, family friendly event, have we got a party for you,” says Virginia Aviation Museum Director Mike Boehme. “Our Flight Night is filled with fun things aimed at the kids. We have a few scary activities, but you’ll notice our name is Flight Night, not Fright Night. A good time will be had by all.”

Visit the Kids Ready Room and ride the pedal planes. Get fake tattoos. Make a scary necklace. Were those brains you just felt? Nope, it was just squishy spaghetti in a seasonal game. If you think you have what it takes to be a pilot, test your skills at one of the flight simulators.

Flight Night is $6 per person. For museum information call (804) 236-3622 or visit http://www.vam.smv.org/. The Virginia Aviation Museum is open Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. The Virginia Aviation Museum is at 5701 Huntsman Road, Richmond International Airport.

Pumpkin Palooza

Pumpkin Palooza will be held at the Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220

Friday, October 17 – Carving and Preview Party, 6-9 pm – festivities include:
Viewing the carving teams in ACTION
Entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine are included
Musical Entertainment — Honkey Tonk Experience — honkeytonkexperience.com.
Advance tickets are required for the preview party, $50 per person
Some sponsorships include reception tickets.

Saturday, October 18 – Family Festival, 11am- 8pm – festivities include:
St. Catherine’s Lower School Chorus — 11:00 AM
Freeman Highschool Cheerleaders — 11:00 AM
St. Christopher’s Lower School Chorus — 11:30 AM
THE SWINGERS — 12:00 PM
St. Andrews Legion Pipes and Drums — 12:30 PM
St. Gertrude High School Ensemble — 1:00 PM
The Florettes — 1:30 PM
Richmond’s International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 180 — 2:00 PM
Ezibu Muntu Dancers — 2:30 PM
Spidey the University of Richmond Spider — 2:30-4:00 PM
Bonnie the Bunny — 2:30-4:00 PM
Costume Contests — 3:00 PM
Betsy Q — 4:00 PM
Shield Tae Kwon Do — 5:30 PM
Maggie Walker Jazz Ensemble for the Lighting of the Pumpkins — 6:30 PM

http://www.thefaisonschool.org/Pumpkinpalooza.html

Creepy Hollow Hayride: Fun for Bigger Kids

BOO!

The Creepy Hollow Hayride is a unique experience in the dark woods designed to entertain you at every turn. The high quality of the Creepy Hollow Hayride sets it apart from any other event. Filled with spooky scenery, amazing illusions, and scary surprises, the Creepy Hollow Hayride is the finest haunted attraction in Virginia!

Select nights in October. We Sell Tickets from 7pm- 10pm Sunday - Thursday, and from 7pm - Midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Please see our Schedule page!

We are located just off Staples Mill Road, 6 miles west of I-295. You'll see the signs on Staples Mill. Please click on directions above for more detailed directions and a map.

http://www.creepyhollowhayride.com/

Folk Festival this weekend!

http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/

November is Adoption Month!

Want to support a great Adoption Organization in Richmond?

Our 6th Annual
"Kids Walk for Kids"

All Proceeds Help Support the Services of Coordinators2inc,
Especially Our Services to Children Waiting in Foster Care for a Forever Family
COME WALK WITH US!

Adults and kids of all ages can make a difference in someone else's life. Did you know?…there are over 1700 children in Virginia who are waiting for a forever family. You can help these children by just taking a walk with us.
Who:
We need you and your friends to do the walking; get friends, relatives, neighbors and teachers to sponsor you
When:
November 1, 2008 from 9:00 -11:00 a.m.
How far:
2 miles
Where:
University of Richmond, Robins Center
***INDOORS***
28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173
What to do:
Contact Monica Mack at Coordinators2inc (354-1881), a licensed child placing agency, and ask for a Volunteer form. You can also e-mail us at info@c2adopt.org to obtain registration information for the walk. You can either serve as a Team Captain and recruit your friends and family to walk with you as a Team or you can walk as an individual. Then all you do is ask people you know to sponsor you to Walk for a Child Who Waits.
As Team Captain, each team member collects from their own sponsors and turns their money into you and you turn in all the money collected from your whole team by October 27th.
As an individual walker, you collect from your sponsors and turn in your money by October 27th.
-Please be sure that all your sponsors information is on the Registration/Donor form when you collect the money. Sponsors can write a check to Coordinators2inc and for any donation over $25.00, a tax dedcutible letter will be sent after the event.
-All donations from sponsors should be turned in to the office of Coordinators2inc no later than October 27th! Our office is located at: 1617 Monument Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220.
-Then get out your walking shoes and join us on November 1st at the University of Richmond, Robins Center. Walkers should register by 8:45 a.m. It is indoors so weather will not be a factor. There will be prizes awarded and everyone is eligible for gifts.
-DOWNLOAD FORM*
Kids Walk Flyer Signup 2008

*These pages are in Portable Document Format (.pdf) and are viewed/printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in.

Check out: http://www.c2adopt.org/Kids_Walk.htm