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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Email Orders

It has recently come to my attention that most people probably do not have an Etsy account. So in order to reach more people and be as successful as I can be, I would love to invite anyone interested to order an I Spy Bag through my email. If you have seen an I Spy Bag on the store site (thepurseplace.etsy.com) that you would like please email me the description and I can sell it over email. If there isn't one on the site you like but would still like to order one please email me. I have a lot of really cute fabric that is in the process of becoming an I Spy Bag, they just aren't finished. I am preparing for this busy holiday shopping weekend and for Cyber Monday. If you would like to specify that the I spy bag is for a girl or boy so the choice of fabric is appropriate that would be great! Please send your email orders to purseplace.etsy at gmail.com (email broken up to discourage spammers) Also, please feel free to tell your friends, family and anyone you think would be interested!


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Monday, November 2, 2009

Gay Marriage Vote Looms in Maine; Polls Show It's Close

It is time to get out and vote again to defend marriage. This time it is happening in Maine. Stand for Marriage Maine! This is a paragraph taken from one of the articles that sickens me:

Gay Marriage Vote Looms in Maine; Polls Show It's Close: "'If they can win in Maine, it would be historic,' warned Marc Mutty, chairman of the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign, in a recent fund-raising letter. 'They will use a victory to attempt to convince the media that the mood of the nation has changed and that it is time for America to also abandon the God-created idea of marriage.'"

This country is already gone so far out from being a God centered country. This country was founded on God and succeeds only through help from God. As this country and its leaders get further and further from God so shall the success of this nation. If you are from Maine or know people in Maine call them up, go support marriage and show the rest of this country and the world that we still believe and rely on God and His ways! Defend marriage and family!



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Friday, October 2, 2009

Open for Business

Hey Friends! I have decided to start a new project. The project is an Etsy store in which I will be selling (hopefully) my bags I have been making. I love to work on the bags. Every night after the kids are in bed I head downstairs. I have been having blast. I have a goal to sell a couple bags every month and bring in a little bit of money to help with bills. The name of our store is The Purse Place and can be found at thepurseplace.etsy.com. The key to our success is promotion so that's why I wanted to share with everyone on the blog! The widget in the sidebar will update as we add inventory. Please feel free to tell your friends about it! The bags are really cute, they would make great gifts! Thanks for your support as we step into this new world of entrepreneurship!


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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Defunding ACORN

Today the house voted to defund ACORN. This is the article from yahoo news. The article will only be up for a couple days so PLEASE go check it out! I'm so happy that this is one step in ending the corruption in our government, unfortunately the corruption is so huge that another organization like ACORN may open up under a different name, but at least word is spreading! Let's get this country corruption free and back to being as great as the founding fathers left it!

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Fun With Money

Have you ever paid for something with cash and the change you received had been written or colored on? Well this very thing happened to us a couple weeks ago but instead of coloring it was a stamp. Stamped on our change was "www.wheresgeorge.com" Obviously this site was a money tracker. since I am easily entertain I went right home and created a free account. I got all of the dollar bills that I owned and enter them into the system. I can now track where these bill have been and where they go after I am done with them. I think it is pretty fun! Not too many people know about Where's George so I want to spread the word so more bills can be followed. It's pretty interesting how far money can travel. Try it out and let me know how it goes!


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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Yeah, Right!


Last Friday evening we decided to eat out at an undisclosed fast food restaurant. This is the side of the bag. I think it very, VERY funny the phrase they chose to put on the side of the bag along side the grease that rubbed off the fries. Silly!


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Just Thinking...

I'd like to stray from my favorite topic (my cute kids) for the moment and talk about something silly, but that still has me all worked up... Jon and Kate plus 8 (at our house it is now referred to as Jon OR Kate plus 8) Anyhoo, I'm sick of these two playing the martyr and saying that everything they are doing it for their kids. PLEASE! Spare me! Going on a book tour and leaving your kids with babysitters isn't what's best for your kids. Cheating on your wife isn't best for your kids. Staying on a TV show that is destroying your family because you want to make tons of money isn't best for your kids. Why not try some counseling?

I'm also annoyed and find it humurous at the same time that their egos are so big to think that the paparazzi will also follow them forever. If they were to cancel their show after a season or two people would be like "Jon and Kate who??" The entertainment world is a fickle world. Out of sight, out of mind. They are pretend celebrities anyway. Jon not being able to be "Jon [he] has to be Jon and Kate plus 8" wouldn't always be. they would be forgotten quickly, because TLC would have to replace them with something else. However, now that they are getting divorced the poor kids will inevitably be messed up from this and their fake child stardom and wind up on some version of "where are they now?"

I'm very disappointed that TLC is condoning their awful behavior by continuing on with the show. When they canceled their marriage they should have canceled the show. Shame on you Jon and Kate!

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Jewelry Update

Ok so I posted about that jewelry website where you can get sterling silver pieces for free (but really with $6.99 for shipping) Well I found one piece that I thought was pretty unique and I ordered it. It arrived about a week or so later and it is beautiful! I am now a full fledged supporter of the site and can say that they will not take your almost seven dollars and run with it! :) Also, if you don't have a silver chain the sport your new pendant with you can purchase one of those for $4. Pretty good deal. I already had a chain so for now I can't vouch for those.

I would like to think of myself as a jewelry wearer, but I'm not. Besides the wedding ring I don't usually wear jewelry, but this doesn't stop me from purchasing it. When I remember I will throw something on for church or for a party, but as soon as I walk in the door it immediately comes off. I'm not sure why it bugs me so much, I wish it didn't. But none the less, if I find another piece of sterling silver jewelry from that site that I love, I will purchase!! Take a look and see if there is anything for you!


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Your Money

I have been hearing a lot on the news lately about how MY MONEY is being spent. Mostly these talks are referring to how tax payers money is getting spent by the stimulus and such. I am frustrated by these reports because a lot of these things MY MONEY is getting spent on are useless (in my opinion of course). On top of this there is NOTHING I can do about this. If I want a say in my money going places I have to vote, well I do vote, but the people that win are usually corrupt government officials that don't have my best interest at heart at all. The biggest corruption of all is the highest position in the USA, so for the next 4 years we are pretty much toast with what he does with my hard earned tax payer money. Get ready for an awful bumpy ride folks!


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California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban!

Good job California. Just when I thought you were a big waste of space and a breeding ground for evil you come through and conquer this battle (for now). The article I read about was here on yahoo news. I was feeling very nervous for the people of California, but I am so relieved that the Supreme Court realized that regardless of their own opinions, the voters have spoken and they wanted marriage to remain between one man and one woman. Hopefully this move by California will show other states contemplating gay marriage to stop. Although the gay marriage ban holds they also decided to let the 18,000+ gay couples who got married while it was legal to remain married. This makes no sense. If the legal definition in California of marriage is one man and one woman then those marriages are invalid, but whatever. I'll take the bigger victory. Of course gay rights activists will take up this fight once more and try to get it on the ballot again and again until they get their way. I believe they eventually will get their way, but now goodness has won over evil and gay marriage is banned!


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Monday, March 23, 2009

A Colombine Father's Speech

I received this in email format. Be it real or fake, the message it provides is still relevant and important and I believe it and want to share it!


[THIS IS COPIED FROM A CHAT BOARD]

Guess our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel
Scott
, a victim of the Columbine High School
shootings
in Littleton , Colorado , was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's
subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this
special session of Congress was painfully truthful.



They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It
needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every
psychologist, and every so-called expert!
These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful,
penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent
this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a
portion of the transcript:



"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good &
evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the
seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my
wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven
children who died must not be in vain.
Their blood cries out for answers.

"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The
villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true
killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.

"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be
pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even
own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are
responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore
I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they
had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.

I am here today to declare that Columbine was not
just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame
lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing
fingers
of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem
just four nights ago that expresses my feelings
best.



Your
laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty
air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple
prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious
children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the
question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through
legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is
what we need!



" Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to
acknowledge a third part of our make-up,
we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual
presences were present within our educational
systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological
seminaries
. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor
God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as
Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They
immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and
private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped
by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of
massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.
"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before
his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that
right!
I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999,
at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered
by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for
legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would
point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart
before casting the first stone!

My daughter's death will not be in vain! The
young people of this country will not allow that to
happen!"


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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Free* Jewelery Site

This morning a yahoo news article was about tips on getting things for free. I read through the article not very impressed with anything. Most of the sites were like freecycle where you just trade with other people or give stuff away for free because you hope to find someone that has something you want for free. Then towards the bottom of this article it mentioned the Silver Jewelery Club. When you go to this website they have 4 pieces of silver jewelery up with a timer on it and you can order these pieces for free. Now free really means you pay $6.99 for shipping, but besides that you don't pay for the actual piece of jewelery. The reason they are basically giving these pieces away is to spread the word about this site and the club because they are new. I think it is a great promotion. I put up a ticket on my side bar that will flash current pieces they are selling if you are interested you can click on that banner and it will take you there, or click on the link in this post to visit their site. I'm pretty excited! I'm going to pick a favorite piece and order it and I'll let you know how it all goes!! Enjoy!


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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! I'm not sure the purpose of this holiday and there isn't much to do to celebrate but it is fun to have a holiday, big or not. My husband went off to work today forgetting what day it was so a few minutes later he comes walking in our room again. It took me by surprise. I asked him what he was doing home, and he was like I can't not be wearing green today! He has always been one to celebrate to the max every holiday no matter how small. I thought it was pretty funny. Hopefully you all remember to wear green and avoid getting a little pinch for someone!


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Abstinence is VERY Realistic

Not too many exciting things happen in Kansas very often so frequently on our nightly news there are celebrity updates or high profile people stories. Recently they aired clips from Bristol Palin's interview in which she is supposedly an advocate for abstinence yet told the interviewer that abstinence is unrealistic. Well newsflash Bristol: Abstinence is very realistic and should be expected. Obviously I feel this way because of my religious views but far beyond that I think it is sick that everyone automatically gives up on the idea of abstinence without a true effort of promoting it. There is hope for young women living in this Sodom and Gommorah world to remain virgins until marriage. If a daughter is taught love for herself and womanhood, virtue, integrity, that she is a child of God, and nurtured by a mother and father I think abstinence is very likely. Often children rise to the expectations placed upon them. If your daughter knows that abstinence is expected until marriage, I think there will be an effort to achieve that. Now kids can make their choices and some will choose a different course than we would like, but with a lifetime of conversation, nurturing, explaining and loving it is possible to make it to marriage pure. Bristol Palin is definitely no role model for this home. I also fully expect to try my best to raise my children to know that abstinence before marriage is clearly the better choice and expected of them.

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