It's baaaaaaack

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Halleluja!  My old blog is back, up & running!!!!

Thanks to some VERY helpful people on the Blogger Support Team at Google!  I LOVE them.  I really do.  They went out of their way to help little 'ol me.  And for that I am so thankful.  

The best part is, I was able to import all the new posts (& comments) from the new blog into the old blog.  I'm working on a little clean up now since I had started to manually move stuff over to the new blog when I thought my old blog was gone forever.  So there might be some double posts for a little while.  Just until I have a chance to go through it all.  

What does this mean for you?  

You get to change your bookmark back to the old blog address =)

Or you can just keep coming here, then clicking on the link in this post which will take you to the other blog.  

Also, if you plan to bid on the bag, make sure you do it at the OTHER blog.  

Was all this confusing?  Just remember, in this case - OLD blog = good blog.  

I will no longer be posting at this blog.  To see all current posts go HERE

Thanks for your patience and understanding!!!!!

Auction #6

This blog is no longer active!  If you would like to bid, please go to my old blog  that has been resurrected!

Up for auction is a custom bag/purse, hand-made by yours-truly.  I knew I wanted to make a bag, but I wasn't sure on the design.  As I was standing in line to get my fabric cut, I noticed the girl in front of me had a really cute purse.  I asked her if I could take a closer look, and I even snapped a photo with my phone.  So this is my rendition of "girl from the fabric store's purse".

It is made with a heavy decorators fabric, with contrasting prints.

Inside you get 4 pockets for phone, keys, pacifiers, pens, etc.

On the opposite side of the pockets I stitched a little Africa with a heart for Uganda, to remind you of your sweet donation that helped give 2 precious children a family.

Me holding the purse so you can see it to scale =)

Auction Rules/Details

The auction begins NOW, and ends Thursday 9:00 pm PST.

YES! THIS IS ANOTHER A 2-DAY AUCTION!!!!

You place your bid by posting a comment in THIS POST with your bid amount. Please bid in increments of $5 - and higher. Let's start it out slow and give everyone a chance to bid. I LOVE my high-roller bidders, but I don't want people to start thinking it's not worth it to try! Whoever is the highest bid at the time the auction ends (9:00pm - thursday) is the winner.

Shipping costs are covered to anywhere in the 50 states.

The entire amount of the winning bid will go directly to the

Berry Family Adoption Fund. 

(If you're just tuning in to this blog, the Berry's have been friends of ours for many many MANY years.  I so believe in what they are doing, that I can't help myself from helping them - even though they never asked!)

The winning bidder can give the donation via the "donate" button on the right side of the blog (if you don't care about a tax deduction).  Otherwise I will give you details of where to send the check.

Let's start the bidding at $15

Let the bidding begin!

Give- Away!!!!!! Drawing!!!! Freebie!!!!

This is long over-due!  I promised a give-away quite a while ago, and have had good intentions....

but, well, I got a little side-tracked with 2 adorable Ugandan kiddos, and working on bringing them home =)

What you see here are some fancy-schmancy dish-washing gloves.  If you gotta do the dishes, might as well look pretty while you're doin them!

These are hand-made by me (although they are not an original idea by me).  They are Mr Clean Nyplex Hypo-Allergenic gloves with vinyl covered cotton fabric on top.  The gloves are size medium.  I have pretty big hands and they fit me great with some room to spare.  

To enter the drawing all you have to do is leave a comment in THIS post.  Here's the cool part.  You can enter more than once.  You can enter once a day until Friday.  Just leave a new comment each time.  You don't need to say anything more than your name and hometown.  Preferably your first name and last initial.  If the hometown thing freaks you out too much, just leave your name.   I will put all entries in a basket, and on Friday 1:00 pm PST I will draw the winner.  If I can, I will even video the drawing and post it on here.  

Just to clarify...

these are free.  A gift.  For anyone reading this blog.  Whether  you check in daily or it's your first time here.  Everyone can enter! (And guys don't be shy.  You can always give them as a gift to your wife, mom, sister).  

Shipping is covered to anywhere in the U.S.

Any questions?

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

WooHoo!

The Winner is Monica at $75!

So exciting.  So so exciting.

THIS was a fun auction to watch.  

I am completely humbled and in awe, that so many of you GET IT.  

Thanks to all who watched and bid on this auction.   Because of you I am SO motivated to keep on going with this.  

Well you, and them =) 

You might have noticed that I have a new little "donate" button on the right.  That is just to make it easier for you to make a donation to the Berry Adoption at the end of the auctions IF, and only IF you don't care about receiving a tax deduction for your donation.  If you want your tax deduction, you need to send your donation via check to 

Calvary Life Fellowship

· Mission: Berry Adoption

· PO Box 1161,

· Brea CA 92822

DO NOT write in the memo of the check who/what the donation is for.  Just a little sticky note will suffice.

Thank You again =)

More to come, so keep checking back!  

Blog Auction #5 - The First Noel...

Here it is folks!

A handmade "Noel" banner that would be really nice hanging from a fireplace mantle. Not only is it handmade, it is hand-SEWN - my poor little raw fingers will attest!

It is made from layers of quality felt with cotton applique, embroidery & ribbons. Each of the "flags" on the banner is approximately 10" tall and the length of the banner is approximately 4.5 ft (from "N" to "L") with lot's of extra ribbon on the ends to make it longer.

I can't find my camera (lost in the Halloween madness!) so my poor iphone pictures will have to suffice until I can get some real pictures. The colors are a bit off - these photos make the green look a bit darker than it is.

Once again, the entire winning bid will go to the Berry Adoption Fund. If you are just now visiting this blog for the first time, check out this post for an explanation of the BlackBerrys =)

Auction Rules/Details

The auction begins NOW, and ends Friday 9:00 pm PST. 

The auction has been extended in light of my  google/blogger disaster!!!!

You place your bid by posting a comment in THIS POST with your bid amount. Please bid in increments of $5 - and higher. Let's start it out slow and give everyone a chance to bid. I LOVE my high-roller bidders, but I don't want people to start thinking it's not worth it to try! Whoever is the highest bid at the time the auction ends (9:00pm - thursday) is the winner.

Shipping costs are covered to anywhere in the 50 states.

The entire amount of the winning bid will go directly to the Berry Family Adoption Fund. I will give you details of where to send the check.

Let's start the bidding at $15

Let the bidding begin!

Huge blog snaphoo!

Well if you're here, you obviously found me! 

Yesterday I made a fatal mistake when I accidentally deleted my Google Account.  I lost all access to my 2 blogs.  I spent literally like 10 hours online trying to fix the problem.  It's not fixable.  Not unless someone inside Google decides to undelete my account out of the goodness of their heart. They don't restore accounts.  It's possible, but they don't.  (I was so desperate persistent, that I actually contacted like 60 google employees through facebook asking for assistance.  Unfortunately, of the 4 that got back to me, none were any help).  So if you're reading this, and you know a Google employee, feel free to plead my case.  

So here we are.  New blog address.  And no one can find me!  Unless of course you are on my e-mail distribution list.  But anyone who found the blog through the web, and who had book-marked it, it has just vanished.  So here's my plea to you.  If you have a blog, would you do a little post with a link to this new blog?  Maybe some of my old readers will find me that way.  

Above is the latest auction item.  I don't know the best way to handle the auction since the blog disappeared mid-auction, and had about 5 bids.  I guess the only fair thing to do is start the auction over.  

Oh this has been a sad 24 hours.  I have a lot to do to restore this blog.  And it's going to take a loooong time.  Insert sad face.  

Anyhow, scroll down and check out the latest auction.  Again, any help on getting the word out about the auctions would be greatly appreciated.  It's hard to have a blog auction with no readers.  Thanks in advance.

Water For Christmas

The auction is coming up in the morning.

In the meantime, go check out this post over at jodyrlanders blog. It's something to think about if you are looking to simply your Christmas, and make a big impact in LIFE for others.

I love this gal's blog. I love her heart. And she does things that make a difference.

Sneak Peak - auction 5...Project BlackBerry

I used my iphone to take a picture so I wouldn't have to make the scary trek to the office in the dark. So, please excuse the horrible quality!


The big reveal will be Monday morning....or maybe Sunday night, as I like to keep y'all on your toes!

Any ideas as to what it could be? Feel free to post your guesses. Maybe there will be a prize if someone guesses right. Maybe. =)


And here's some food for thought.

As we start thinking about the holidays, I can't help but think about all the MONEY that people will be spending. All the thoughtless buying (okay some of it is thoughtfull, but lets face it, there is always an awful lot of "I don't know what to get Aunt Fanny, so I guess I can get her some more smelly bath salts...." type thinking, right? Right?) The obligatory gift giving, and the crazy, insane SPENDING just doesn't sit well with me anymore. Not when I think about all the people who are dying of hunger and curable diseases, being enslaved, and being abused. Not when I think about how far our money can go to save a LIFE, can I mindless buy over-priced smelly bath salts.

So here's a couple ideas floating around this empty head of mine.

*I'm going to do my very best to make home-made gifts, or buy only from companies who give their profits to causes I believe in. You've seen the TinyRockStar.com label on the right of the blog. You buy a shirt and feed an orphan for a month at the same time. Well there are lot's of other companies doing this. I'm going to be compiling a list and will start sharing them on here periodically.

**Our extended family does a gift exchange every year. You know the drill - you place everyones name in a hat, draw a name and buy them something off...THE LIST THEY GIVE YOU. Ha! Think about how ridiculous that is. Next people are going to start registering for Christmas presents.

Well this year another family member and I are suggesting we each make a list of 3 charities/organizations/causes that we are passionate about. Then the person who draws your name picks from the list to donate what they would have spent on the gift to that org. Not ONLY will we be able to give some money to some great charities, we will all be able to learn about these charities, and what each person in our family is touched by.

Please post a comment if you and or your family have any ideas on how to boycott the usual commercial holiday season, to make it a more meaningful time, and avoid frivilous spending.