Sale-A-Bration/Customer Challenge REMINDER

Sale-a-Bration is quickly drawing to a close so if you'd like to take advantage of getting FREE STAMPS with a $70 order please email me to place your order! As well, you have until Saturday evening to place your qualifying order!

To recap:
I don’t want anyone to miss out on these fantastic Sale-A-Bration Rewards! So I am sponsoring a $1000 catalogue show to allow everyone a chance to add these great sets to your collection. I am inviting YOU to participate in the BENEFITS OF BEING A HOSTESS!

Email or call me to participate! I will be checking email from Florida!

Turn in your orders to me with payments by March 15th by 5pm. We are taking a family vacation over the March Break, and I will be placing the order on Sunday, March 16th when I return. Someone will be coming by to collect the mail daily, so feel free to leave payments in the mailbox!!

Your name will be placed in a drawing for the Hostess Benefits of this show as follows:

Everyone Will Be A Winner!

1) 3 winners will each receive one 8.5 x 11 assorted cardstock your choice of colour family
2) 3 winners will each receive a Sale-A-Bration reward of your choice
3) 1 winner will receive a Level One Hostess ONLY set of your choice
4) 1 winner will receive a Level Two Hostess ONLY set of your choice
5) 1 winner will receive a Level Three Hostess ONLY set of your choice
And the GRAND PRIZE WINNER- will receive $50 in free product of your choice!

PLUS- the individual that collects the most in sales (over and above $100) will receive $25 in free merchandise of their choice.

****Draws are based on 10-$100 catalogue orders, prizes MAY increase or decrease depending on number of individuals participating****


Special Bonus-For each booking (you will receive the gift after the qualifying booking is held) must be on my calendar and held by April 30th, 2007 – you will receive a $5.00 gift certificate. ****Host a $450 workshop between March 18 and April 30, and earn an EXTRA $35 in hostess awards!****

All orders must be received with payment by March 15th 2007. It is your responsibility to hand these into me. Delivery takes 10-14 days from order date.

Form of payment accepted: cash, cheque or PayPal

Click for FULL DETAILS :D

Oh Happy Day!

We have made it to Florida! 25 hours in the van, 7 states, one overnight in a hotel, LOTS of fog on Friday (beats snow any day!), and incredible winds on Saturday. We are having a great great time! :D

A brief overview... we went to church on Sunday, broke our own 'cardinal rule' and went shopping as well. We went to church Sunday night as well. It was a nice relatively relaxing day :D

Today we went to Silver Springs! That was a lot of fun... I will detail our trip later, but just wanted to blog for a few while away. Remind me about the 'happy giraffes' at SS.. The kids were super excited to see alligators and crocodiles, flamingos, neat birds, bears, ride a few rides, glass bottom boats, alligator fish called Alligator Gars, jeep rides, and all sorts of fun things :D

We hear there is an amazing amount of snow on the ground at home... but we've sent some sunshine, and hope that it's mostly melted by the time we return!! We've got a busy day ahead going to Crecent Beach, on Wed we'll head to Manitee Springs and Awana, and on Thursday Joy, JA and I are doing a Scrapbook Shop and Hop!!! WHOOOOHOOO!!

From sunny and warm short wearing Florida....

Off and running

....and pretty much ON TIME!! WHOOOHOOO!! Next post will be from Florida!! :D

I've lost a foot!!

Ok, not a foot off the bottom of my leg... but 12 inches!! YIPPEE!! I zipped into Curves this morning (thanks Mom!) just to get weighed and measured. I only lost 1lb for the month of Feb, but I did lose 2.25 this week for TOPS! YAHOO!! So I've lost approx 3 inches in Feb. That bring my total to one foot! There's one foot less of me! YIPPEE!!! It was worth going!

We are packing up today to head to FLA in the morning. Leaving at 4am. I think we are crazy. I think I'm going to have an anxiety attack getting ready. I think I won't sleep well. Pray I sleep well, and that we get to bed early tonite!!

I have a to do list today, here, in no particular order:

Wow, I'm getting a lot accomplished! I think I should make lists more often!! :D

• get weighed and measured
• bake chocolate chips to take with us
• get the gas gauge checked on the van
• find JA's bathing suit YIPPEE!!!
  
• fold laundry
• put laundry in dryer
• make lunch
• make supper
• pack MY clothes
• pack up the food/drinks/snacks for tomorrow
• take middle seat out of van
• pick movies for the trip
• give children baths
• have a shower - It will have to wait for the hotel tonite! LOL!
  
• clear out fridge of food that will spoil
• get the cat ready to go to Nanny's (let the cat in first!)
• make Thank you Cards for John and Mahlah
• pick some scrappy stuff to take with me

I think that's it... THAT'S IT?! LOL!!

Don't forget to check out my CUSTOMER CHALLENGE for March!!

Trivia Night Totals!

I spoke with the Principal the other day, and the Trivia Night/Silent Auction/Cake Auction night was a HUGE success!! It raised close to $6400, which is $1200 more than last year!!! WHOOO HOOOO!! I'm excited to have contributed to that - buying a basket at the silent auction, attending, and having my cheesecake go for so much money!!! :D

GO DOGS GO!!

Last night I took JA and Z to the Niagara Ice Dogs game. Port Weller School had a night out with the Ice Dogs. Apparently, our grade 8 teacher is also a Scout for the Dogs! We had EXCELLENT seats sitting right behind and a little to the left of the goalie. Lots of action for sure! Unfortunately, we did NOT have a good parking space, and had to walk quite a ways in the cold! Good exercise I suppose :) We lost the game, to the Brampton Battalion (which Zachary referred to as the "Bad Heads" instead of Battalion LOL). There was a huge fight at the other end of the ice, and while we missed it up close, there was wreckage afterwards - gloves, helmets, sticks on the ice... and one guy even got 'jerseyed.' Lots of 10min game misconduct penalties. It was fun tho!! :)

Tomorrow is a big day... well, a LONG day, and busy!! Z has a birthday party, JA has bowling, I have a photography class at The Scrapping Nook which is going to be awesome!!

We are going to FLA next week, and are preparing for that. I'm a little anxious, but I always get this way before going on a trip, be it for a week away or a day! LOL!

Have a great weekend!!

Mmmmm, brownie cheesecake!!

This past Friday night, our elementary school (Port Weller) held their 2nd annual Trivia Night/Silent Auction! What a blast!! We had a table filled with some of our friends, and we laughed and laughed all night long. :)

One part of the evening was a Cake Auction. Several cakes were donated by local bakeries/chocolatiers, and several were baked by Port Weller School Moms. I was one of those moms!! I made the most delightful brownie cheesecake pictured here. It's a brownie bottom, cheesecake middle, covered in dark chocolate ganache, small brownie triangles 'dominoed' around the top rim, and drizzled with caramel! YUM!! I got some crumbs, so I knew it tasted good. My cake sold for SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS!!! I was boggled!! It was the highest selling cake in the place (one item went for 100$, but it was a 90$ fruit 'basket' of sorts from Edible Art, so professionally done!). The bidding was a frenzy!! Our table ended up bidding on and winning a chocolate mocha delightful something or other... VERY TASTY!!! Oh but I'm SO excited that my cake went for so much money!!! :D The ladies that bought it said it was very good... I know them, so they may have just been polite, but I think it WAS good!! :D

....and yes, Mark and John... I will make another one for US!