Category Archives: Do Good

Hand me downs

I’m a youngest child. Jeana is a youngest child. If there’s one thing we know about, it would be a keen understanding of hand me downs.

My oldest sister just sent us a couple packages. In one was a stash of books which Audrey and Kate went nuts over. I was working from home and could hear all the excitement so I went downstairs to check it out. When I got downstairs, I found Magic Treehouse books spread all over the floor of our family room, as well as a bunch of other books. Audrey was reading “Mig the Pig” to Kate and Audrey thought that was the funniest thing she had ever read by the sound of her laughing.

Included in the package was a “My First LeapPad” for Kate. Audrey had one (which too was a hand-me-down) when she was younger – and she loved it. Yesterday, Kate played on that thing for hours! What a marvelous invention.

In the other package, my sister (bless her) sent matching bedspreads which she had made for her daughters’ beds a long time ago. And by “made” I mean they look like you could have purchased them from Pottery Barn Kids. Actually, they’re better than that.

While the girls were occupied with the gold mine of books downstairs, Jeana stole away upstairs to prepare the girls’ bedroom with the new quilts. Since our girls inherited my drama, I assumed they’d give a good reaction when then saw their new bedding. I setup a camera so we could catch their reaction.

Thank you Michelle (and your family) for all the fun and excitement!

Putting your MSN to Work

I’ve been noticing a new icon showing up on my MSN Messenger contact list lately. Justin messaged me about it and got me to join the bandwagon. Evidently, for those users which choose to participate, Microsoft will donate a portion of the marketing revenue when conversations are conducted by users with the special icon (or embedded code in your MSN display name) to some cause.

The campaign (http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/) is called: “I’m” – I’m making a choice, or I’m making a difference, etc.

Here are the causes you can choose from (click a logo to go to Microsoft’s page for each cause):