Vacation Planning

It is the time of year when everyone is planning their vacations. It is supposed to be an exciting time and a relaxing time. My husband and I bought a time share the year after we were married. We knew that we liked to go on vacations and thought that it would be nice to go different places and not have to worry about coming up with money for rooms and such all at one time.

This should be a great way to vacation, right? Well, so far for us, 5 years, it has been nothing but a headache. Every year that we have used our timeshare to book our vacation we have had some sort of problem. Either the reservation was not there, it was the wrong reservation, or most recently, we can't get a room! We have this "agent" that is supposed to be there to book our vacations for us so we don't have to deal with all that. Well, this year we relied on her to book our room. When we kept getting the run around, I called her. I finally got a response back that we should go ahead and book our own room before it was too late. Well, guess what, it was already too late!

I am really starting to dislike this whole timeshare idea more and more! What is the point of having it if you can't successfully use it?

Sale Sale Sale

As you all probably have guessed by now, I have started a new business venture! I am an independent consultant with Soylicious.com! The newest candle company around! We just launched July 1st! WOW!!! So exciting for all of us! If you would like to learn more about Soylicious.com, click here or visit my website here.

As a launching special and because I am so excited for everyone to try these awesome candles, I am having a sale! That's right, only a week in business and I am already offing a sale! You can't beat that!

I am offering you 20% off your entire order!!! WOWZA!!!

Okay, you are probably saying what's the catch, right? The only catch is that you have to email me your orders. This sale is only good through me, not the company and no other consultant, just me!

c_strickand@yahoo.com

Please put "Soylicious.com order" in the subject line.

What are you waiting for? Start shopping!!!!

www.soylicious.com/christinastrickland

We have so many scents to choose from, I know there is plenty you will like!

Hurry this sale is only good until Friday, July 31st!

If you have a friend or family member that likes candles, please pass along my website and tell them about my launching special!

www.soylicious.com/christinastrickland

Brown Bag Party Announces "The Playroom Bag"

The Playroom Bag

Brown Bag Party is happy to announce the launch of our newest product

The Playroom Bag™

While designed toward the swinger lifestyle in mind,

our playroom bag has universal appeal.

We've assembled a nice little collection of goodies

for any fun night in the "Playroom".

The Playroom Bag is now in stock and ready to ship.

This item will not appear in our catalog, only online.

Contents subject to change.

To learn more, please visit:
http://www.theplayroombag.com/

Item: 911 - $20.00

***You can now place orders for the Playroom Bag online @ www.bbpartygirl.com**

A Weekend of Celebration and Thanks!

July 4th, Independence Day, brings lots of ways to celebrate and give thanks to all those heroes out there that are risking their lives and have risked their lives for us to have our freedom. From cookouts with friends and family to fireworks displays to parades, there are numerous ways you can celebrate.

My family started our festivities this weekend with our local fireworks festival Friday night. This was the first time our girls were big enough to know what was going on. This year they had the moon bounces for the kids and lots of other activities for the children and adults alike. My girls loved the moon bounce slides with daddy.

After this fun, it was time for the fireworks! Yay!

My 3 year old, Savanah was not too happy with the loud noise the fireworks made.

My 2 year old, Sarah, on the other hand loved them and wanted to see more.

Here are a few pictures that I took of the fireworks:

Saturday, the 4th, was spent with family for the most part with a cookout with friends to wrap up the day. What a great way to celebrate, with friends. We attended a cookout with lots of activities for the kids, even the "big kids" had a good time. There was a pool, sidewalk chalk for artwork, water slide and the biggest hit of all was a water balloon fight, this is where the "big" kids came into the fun. We wrapped up the night with a little fireworks display at the cookout. Once again Savanah didn't like them but Sarah loved it!

Thanks to all of the soldiers out there that have risked their lives and those that are risking their lives today! Also a huge thanks to their families for giving them the support to do what they do! God Bless you all and God Bless America!

Review of A Perfect Party by Cody

Saturday, June 27th, was our first Sassy Affair with the Sassy Sisters In Sales. One of our sisters, Kattia Gordon, is a rep for A Perfect Party by Cody. During Kattia's time slot her prize for her game was two of the treat/craft bags offered on her site. I won the prize so I took Kattia's advice and got two of the Beach Babe Treat bags.

Well, much to my surprise, the treat bags arrived yesterday, Thursday, July 2nd. I thought that was pretty fast shipping!

I sat my girls down today to let them open their surprise! I was very impressed with how the treat bags were packaged. When I opened up the cardboard shipping box, I found a nice memory box tied up with a pretty purple ribbon.

My daughters, Savanah age 3 and Sarah age 2, could not wait to get into this big box to see what their surprise was. I let them continue on to open the box. As they untied that ribbon and opened the top of the box they saw a tattoo and a candy stick. Savanah said, "Aww...Mommy look!"

So, on through this pretty purple tissue paper my girls got to their "surprise". They pulled out their bags and were excited to see what all was in them. As I began to pull everything out of the treat bags, we found: sunglasses, flip flops, a visor, candy necklace, small beach ball, and decorative foam pieces. My girls immediately put on the sunglasses.

I sat the girls in separate chairs and showed them how to pull the backs off the stickers to decorate their visors. They really enjoyed doing this. Both girls made their hats all by themselves. They put them on and are still wearing them. There were decorations for the flip flops but we didn't' get that far.

As you can see by the pictures, neither girl took off their sunglasses to decorate their hat. Once the hats were finished they put them on and then had to put on the necklace and blow up their beach balls. Now they are ready to go to the beach!

Thanks Kattia for suggesting the Beach Babe Treat Bags!

If you have a birthday party or any special occasion coming up, check out Kattia's site and let her help you find the perfect decorations and accessories for your event.

http://www.perfectpartybycody.com/