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I thought it was quite ironic and appropriate that we received a new letter from our child we sponsor through Compassion yesterday.  This one was especially touching because it is basically a thank you letter for the extra money we sent for his birthday.  His mother tells us he picked out shoes and socks and what a blessing it was.  Shoes and socks. 

And Alexander also drew some pictures on the back and you know what?  They’re just like the drawings Emma draws.  These kids aren’t random kids in poverty.  They’re just like ours except they have NOTHING.  My children would probably scoff at socks for their birthday but to them it’s a blessing.

Please consider joining the ranks of Compassion.  If you need more info, just visit Shannon or BooMama or Anne as they tell the stories first hand.

We got our state tax refund two days early today!  Fortunately or unfortunately it was the exact amount we needed to pay off the credit card and refrigerator.  As soon as those payments post tomorrow, we will no longer owe on anything but the van and house again.  And as of Friday when we’re supposed to get the federal tax refund, we’ll have a nice chunk of change to decide what to do with.  This is a GREAT feeling.

If you live under a blogging rock, you may not know that there is a blogging team headed to Uganda on behalf of Compassion International. I’ve written on our involvement with Compassion before so I won’t rehash it but I’ll say I highly recommend it. For just $32 a month, you can sponsor a child and communicate with the child through letters and even a visit if you choose in the future. The gifts are tax deductible and you can get it drafted out of your account and you never miss it but to a child somewhere in the world, it means the world.

I’ve added a button on my right sidebar if you want more information.

I got all my Arbonne products yesterday…a day earlier than expected.  I hadn’t gotten a shower by the afternoon so I got to use all the products then and then some of them again at bedtime (plus I’ve been using samples on my face for two weeks).  And I actually got a shower this morning while Scott took the kids to school.  And I don’t have any dramatic results to show yet but I can tell you my skin is as soft as it’s ever been.  My face feels so smooth.  I LOVE the mineral powder foundation stuff along with the new foundation primer they came out with.  To me, my face looks so finished and yet it feels like I have nothing on.

I’m going tonight to a meeting where their national regional area VP something or other is attending.  I don’t think I’m ready to go do my own shows, but if these products continue to change my skin like they have already, I’m going to want everyone to know about it and I wouldn’t mind hosting a few more shows just for that and they tell me I can make a little bit of money too.  And we know I’m all for that.

Wow, so did you know our second replacement elliptical broke too??  It made this horrible grinding, squeaking, nails on chalkboard sort of sound that hurt your ears.  Do not ever, ever buy a Horizon elliptical.  In fact, Scott took it up to Dick’s today and they recalled both of the ones we had.  Surprise, surprise.

Unfortunately the guy we’ve been working with wasn’t up there so the guy there made us pay the difference between the first one we had and a Sole one which is another step higher than the second Horizon we had.  Thank goodness for that tax refund coming next week is all I can say.

I will flip my lid if this ones breaks too.