Christmas Comes Early . . .

by | Dec 19, 2012 | Uncategorized

I had every reason to believe that the news would be good, and honestly not a single reason to believe that it wouldn’t – and still I had trouble sleeping last night.  There is always that tiny bit of doubt.  But it wasn’t just me – Mom’s blood pressure was...

This Jingling Man Is True to His Word . . .

by | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized

I got a call at the mail center last week from Barry Payne – he is working at our store a couple of days a week (he might as well – he knows the place better than most of us) – and he said he had something he needed to show me if I could stop by on a day when he was...

Poinsettia Quadruplets . . .

by | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

Last Wednesday, Ginger Deaton did a make & take project in our classroom to show off the new Tim Holtz poinsettia die.  This was during the period where I was practically living at the store gathering orders from the Thanksgiving Weekend Sale.  About...

Emerging from a Self-Imposed Silence . . .

by | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized

It has been two weeks since I last sat down to exercise my typing fingers.  It’s not that I didn’t have anything to say.  It’s more that I had more important things to do – namely filling your orders.  We got absolutely swamped with orders during our...

Black Friday Coupon Winners . . .

by | Nov 27, 2012 | Uncategorized

Last Friday and Saturday, we had our annual “Make Your Own Coupon” sale in our store – and we offered prizes for the best and/or most creative entries.  All of the entries were attached to a display board, so when the judges (and I was not one of them) made their...