Warning: If you are easily offended by a fully clothed woman wearing underwear over her clothing and/or have no sense of humor, please leave now. Don’t watch my video and post comments that insinuate you think I’m inappropriate in front of my children. Lighten up and have some clean fun with your own children.
First of all if you’ve been reading my blog, you probably remember me posting about my family’s gag gift Christmas presents every year. This is the 2007 gift in which my sister re-gifts ME the ugly yellow granny panties (and then some) she received as her gag gift the Christmas before. You might remember that video. If not, you can check out the Warped Sense of Humor Hot Mama Video first to get the first part of the joke.
You also probably remember that we like to ham it up in front of the camera during our pranks so you’ll get to see my dramatic acting & facial expressions. Yes, if you haven’t figured it out by now, I’ve stopped reproducing offspring. Apparently the world can only handle so many of us crazy people. LOL
I became familiar with Fun on the Ark after recently getting to know Annette Yen thru Twitter. The odd thing is that I’ve known of and worked with her over the years virtually, but I was never socially active enough to become personally acquainted with her. What a HUGE LOSS for me. It makes me sad to think of all the time I could have been enjoying such wonderful friendship with her.
Anyway, to get to the point… because of my friendship with Annette, I’ve also become more aware of Fun on the Ark, it’s adorably stuffable critters and her mission at Critters Who Care to help children in unfortunate situations. I helped Annette run a contest at Moms Love Shopping in December to donate stuffable critters to children in the Hospice program.
Some of these children are terminally ill and others have a parent in the program that is terminally ill. Annette donates her critters to these children to help them cope. You can read some of the great stories that are being reported back to Annette about the success of Critters Who Care.
Soon after Christmas, my children received their own critters from Fun on the Ark . Now, most 13 year old boys would probably consider an activity such as this with his mom and little brothers “uncool”. The two little ones sleep with their new critters and my oldest says he’s keeping it to remember our Christmas together this year (he currently lives two states away with his father during the school year).
So, I say to you… if my children enjoyed these critters and treasured them to this extent, can you imagine what these animals mean to a child that Annette donates animals to for grief therapy?
How can you help? I’m so glad you asked. You can find more information and get in touch with Annette to sponsor Critters Who Care.
On the other hand, if you know of a child that would benefit from this type of therapy, you can contact Annette to recommend children in need of stuffed animals.
Most of my readers know that December keeps me busy with loads of personalized stationery products from Chele’s Treasures. My family knows I’ll be working nonstop from sunrise to past sunset… sometimes from sunrise to sunrise! It surely doesn’t leave alot of extra time for blogging.
I’ve been on my own self-imposed vacation since December 19th. I just simply had to do it. My body demanded it and my mind welcomed it. I’ve spent most of the time enduring the holiday festivities and traditions, sleeping, goofing off and researching anything that pops into my head that I haven’t been able to take the time for in the past few months.
To tell you the truth, 2007 was not the year I had envisioned. Business wise it was great but as far as my personal life, it pretty much sucked a rotten egg. It’s a year that irks me everytime I think about it. My 2008 resolution is to flush 2007 down the toilet and start 2008 fresh.
This year WILL be the year that I take care of myself FIRST so that I may care for the ones that depend on me. I’ll learn from the preflight safety lesson you receive before your flight takes off - I WILL secure my own oxygen mask before assisting others this year!
To start the year off, I am also taking time to smell the roses and grant my own personal wishes… I have spent New Year’s Eve and New Year Day watching the Twilight Zone 48 Hour Marathon on the Sci Fi channel (I am a Twilight Zone freak) and it’s been great! Thanks to the DVR I’ve been able to fast forward thru commercials, delete the ones I’ve seen or don’t want to watch and catch all the others!
I’m looking forward to this year and starting over fresh. Here’s to YOUR 2008. May it be GR8!
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So, I say to you… if my children enjoyed these critters and treasured them to this extent, can you imagine what these animals mean to a child that Annette donates animals to for grief therapy?
