The Tuesday Must Have-Rumba Earrings

Hello my great supporters, these are my first must have special, the Rumba fishhook earrings. They Retail at $35. If I get orders for 4 pairs, I will put all the order names in the hat and someone will have themselves a free pair of earrings. You can e-mail your order to pdkarijones@yahoo.com

Mystery Hostess Party

Hello friends, family, fans….

As many of you know, Patrick has returned to school to complete his pre-requisites for medical school, fulfilling a life long dream of becoming a doctor and I am in total support of this. As a result, he is ‘working’ less and I am left to pick up the slack a bit.

In response to this financial need, I am starting a new business. I am now a Premier Jewelry Lady, and loving it. Have you ever heard of Premier Designs? The jewelry is awesome and it has a great guarantee! This is where I NEED YOUR help. I’m in a contest to win free jewelry for my business. I need to ‘host’ at least one more party by next Monday, Sept. 5. Since many of us don’t have time to have a party in a week and most of my greatest supporters don’t live anywhere near me, I am going to have a MYSTERY HOST PARTY-doesn’t that sound like fun?

Here is how it will work:

Every person that orders jewelry, in the next week, will have his or her name put in a hat and I will randomly choose one. The name that I choose will receive the hostess benefit, 30% of the retail in free jewelry. Isn’t that good? Who doesn’t like free jewelry? It’s an easy way to make a cheap T-shirt look completely classy.

AND may I remind you that Christmas is right around the corner…

To make this even more fun I want to add a twist… WHO SUPPORTS ME MORE? This will be a classic American verse Canadian competition. Whatever country I receive the most orders from I WILL SEND you a special prize for winning.

AND…daily, for the next week, I will send out photos of a particular piece of jewelry that I have. If I sell the designated amount on that post, for every person that orders that piece I will put his or her name in a hat and draw one. The winner will get that piece of jewelry FOR FREEEEEE! And you need to order it that day to get in the drawing. I will do the drawing at about 10pm every night and announce the winner the next day. (I will keep a running tab of all the jewelry you order throughout the week and give you the total at the end.)

To order: E-mail me, or message me on facebook.

READY….STEADY…. SHOP!!!

Love you all and thank-you for your support.

American Thanksgiving

Our first American Thanksgiving as a family and of course I had to think of some fun traditions to start. One of my ideas was making turkey surgar cookies and decorating them as a family. To make it as mess free as possible, I made the cookies before had, made the icing, and put the icing in a ziploc bag, cut a small hole in the corner of it. This ziploc bag would serve as my money saving icing bag. (Pretty smart-eh?) So, I got Amariah all set up and gave him the go ahead to start icing the cookies. Then I made my second parent boo-boo of the day. I left the room, to go get the father. My first parent boo-boo was revealed as I returned- I had left the ingredients for the icing on the counter. PAtrick had entered the kitchen first and then shouted, "What are we supposed to ice the cookies with?" Right then I knew something was wrong. When I returned to the kitchen the corner of the icing bag with the hole was in Amariah's mouth, and he was using straight food colouring to decorate the cookies. He had drowned the turkeys.

The second tradition went much better, our own "Turkey Strut" around a nice park. Went spent over an hour walking around this park and playing on the play ground. The idea was to put the kids in a jogger and Pat and I would run. But 8 minutes into the run both kids were screaming. So, we ended up taking them out and just walking. During our walk 3 deer had crossed in front of us, they were so beautiful.

The rest of the day was fairly predictable and non eventful, we ate a totally delicous meal and just hung out at Grandma and Granpa's. Relaxing and Enjoyable.

I asked Amariah what he was thankful for this holiday and he replied, "DVD's and DVD players." Is this a sign that he watches too many?

----So I am at McDonal's right now. I just looked up and Amariah is wretling with some stranger boy. Hard to say who is winning. No one is screaming for help, so I think I will leave them.

What to WRite....

Oh Boy!!!! I am finally on here and I don't know where to start an update.....

E started to crawl. She has been moving backwards for awhile but today she started her first moves forward. So exciting.

Amariah, still not in a preschool or anyting, but I am praying and we will get him into someting regularly.

Patrick is working three jobs, for his dad, at a climbing gym and at Fed Ex moving boxes. He is working hard and we are praising God. one incredibly good thing about is climbing job, is that I can take Amariah to the connect gymnastics area and let Amariah play for free. Burn that energy!!!

We don't have the internet at home, so unfortunately these entries will be far and few between, : (

Well, I have probably overstayed my welcome here at McDonald's. I will finish checking the garage sale list and head home to Patrick.

Enjoying Life

We have got our own apartment here now and loving it. We were supposed to move in on Thursday, but then the landlords called and asked if Friday was ok for a move in date because she couldn't schedule the carpet cleaners until Thursday, such a difference from China. In China we moved into a completely filthy place filled with our landlord's crap (old purse, kite, phone, chains, water dispenser, toys, etc.) and then here we moved into a professionally cleaned apartment. I mean, we couldn't find a speck of dust it was so clean. All this to say, we love our new home. 

Patrick still does not have the desired CNA job. He is working construction for his dad's company and will soon start working at a climbing wall. But he is still looking for a CNA job. 

Tonight we went to the Great Midwest Balloon Fest. It was so neat. About 20 balloons launched into the air, and then later when it was dark they had a balloon glow, which was really beautiful. Unfortunately, the loud count down and then all the fire scared Amariah, so we left. But we had already been there for a couple of hours and then he fell asleep on the way home, so I think that he will be ok, : )

One my favourite things about being back is the garage sales. Whoever said China was cheap obviously doesn't garage sale. I have been overly excited about the deals I have found. For example, I got this black leather bag for a dollar. I remember looking at one very similar to it in China, and was tempted to buy, but good thing I didn't because it was a whole lot more than 7 RMB. I laugh at myself though- it is such an odd American event, if you would call it an event, that we do. We can put all our unwanted stuff out on the front lawn and complete strangers will come by, give us money for it, and take it away. It is odd, but there is something about getting a 'good deal' that is addicting, and makes garage saling a justifiable hobby. It is also a great excuse to get to know an area when you first move into it- which is the category I have fallen into. 

Anyway, everyone else is sleeping and it is time I hit the hay too (right after I check on-line for tomorrows garage sales- I now have an apartment to furnish LOL). 

 

Kari

update

Well, jet leg has been beat and we are finally on a regular schedule, PTL!!! God is good.

We haven not heard back from PAtrick's job interview. They were looking for someone with more experience than what Patrick has. We are not discouraged though because we know that God has a job for PAtrick. And not to say that he didn't get this one, we just haven't heard and we were expecting to by now. 

Patrick has been working construction with his dad for and he also has been offered his old job at the climbing wall. God is good, we have money coming in. 

It is official, we have an apartment. It is a 2 bedroom, 2 full bath, newly renovated with new appliances, light fixtures, carpet, flooring, shower, counters, and fresh paint. We get the keys tomorrow and start moving in the same day. Thank-you Jesus. 

Well, gotta run, kids screaming. 

In KC

This is just a quick e-mail to let everyone know that we made it to Kansas City Safely. The trip was amazingly smooth and the children slept most of the journey. It was the complete blessing of the Lord how well the children were for this long haul. PTL!

We viewed 2 apartments already, but we weren't that keen on either. We will look at more tomorrow. We know that the Lord has a home for us. 

Please remember Patrick in prayer as he has a job interview tomorrow, God is good. 

Thanks for your prayers. 

Patrick, Kari, Amariah and Eternity