If you want to get more done in a day, the best way to make that happen is to have more energy all day long.

These top 5 tips will insure you don’t run out of steam during the day.  You will be amazed at how much more you can get done in a day when you have the energy.

#1 Stay Hydrated!

I can’t stress this enough.  Most people do not drink enough water in a day.  Notice I said water and not soda pop, coffee or tea.  Every animal on the planet drinks water and so should you.  Your body is mostly water and all of your cells need fresh water to bring in nourishment as well as to carry away wastes.

Symptoms of being dehydrated: headaches, low energy, dry skin, dry or sticky mouth, poor sleep, thirst, constipation, dizziness or feeling lightheaded.  (The list goes on and on)   Read More

According to Your Body’s Many Cries for Water (which I have read and referenced more than once) the formula for how much water you actually need it to take your body weight in lbs and divide by 2 and consume that much water divided up through the day.  So if you weighed 200lbs, you would need 100 ounces of water a day.  This may sound like a lot, but it is easily consumed when you use a 20 once water bottle and drink it at 5 different times spaced throughout the day.

When you begin doing this make sure you get the minerals you need, which brings me to number 2:

#2 MINERALS and Electrolytes

You need minerals, Electrolytes and salt to survive.  I’m not talking about table salt either; I am talking about real natural salt from the ocean which has up to 86 minerals in it.  Table salt has had all its minerals removed and only sodium left which is then combined with Iodine.

Sometime in the future I will do a write up on all the benefits of salt and minerals, but suffice to say that the water cure mentioned above says that for every 32 oz of water, you consume 1/4tsp of natural salt.   So a 16oz glass of water would only need 1/8th tsp of salt.

Try your best to stay away from table salt and processed food as this salt is said to cause health problems.

Here is the EXACT salt that I just ordered from Amazon and had delivered yesterday:   My Favorite Salt

Along with water intake, this salt will replenish your body with minerals that would be washed away from the water intake.  You will flush out toxins and feel incredible.

#3 Include a Healthy Protein with EVERY Meal!

Be sure you include a healthy protein with every meal and snack you eat; otherwise you may find your energy crashing after a sugar spike comes crashing back down.  When you include a healthy protein source, it takes longer to digest and keeps your blood sugar more even between meals and prevents that after lunch or after breakfast energy crash.

A good way to sabotage your energy is to start you day off with a high carbohydrate cereal for breakfast with no source of  protein.

Here are some healthy proteins you are sure to enjoy: Meats, Poultry, Eggs, Fish (wild caught), raw nuts and nut butters.

A great example for a snack is to have a few nuts along with some fruit.  Eggs are great for breakfast and if you are short on time in the mornings, then hard boil some eggs the night before.

#4 Stop Stimulants

Energy drinks and even coffee tend to send your energy crashing later in the day.  After a while your body builds up a resistance to the effects of caffeine and people tend to slowly increase their intake or combine energy drinks all in order to get that extra boost in the morning.  Next thing you know you can’t even handle a day without caffeine.  In fact, it is common for people to become addicted to caffeine and require it daily just to avoid getting a headache or nausea.

On top of all this, caffeine is a diuretic and it dehydrates your body (see Tip #1) which means you will need even more water just to feel good.

If you are addicted to caffeine I certainly don’t advocate stopping cold turkey as you and everyone around you will become quite miserable.  Instead try following these other tips and slowly lower your intake and soon you’ll feel far more energized.

#5 Exercise

This is the hardest one for most people, but daily exercise will really boost your energy throughout the day.   You will more than make up for the time you spent exercising by having energy when you come home from work and late into the evening.  Here are a few of the scientifically proven health benefits of exercise:

Longevity (You will live longer)

Better Weight Control (shed fat)

Lowers Blood Pressure

Lowers Cholesterol

Prevents and controls Diabetes

Improves Cardiovascular Health

Better Antidepressant than pills (with much healthier side effects)

Improved Muscle Strength and Tone

Improved Bone Strength

Improved Mental Function

Sleep Better At Night

Exercise does NOT have to mean pushing your body to the limit in a sweaty gym.  The best form of exercise, especially if you have been sitting on your bottom for many years, is to go outside and start walking.  30 minutes of walking a day will greatly improve your life.

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Hope you enjoyed my TOP 5 Tips to stay energized all day.

Be sure to leave your comments below!

- John Derrick

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A few weeks ago I redesigned the look and feel of this site. I have mixed feelings about the new design however.

Here is the old look:

(By the way, I could have never fit a picture this large
on the old design because it would have been to wide)

Of course, I don’t need to put a picture up of the new look since you can see it live right now (on this very page).

I still have a soft spot for the old design.  I liked having three columns, and the look was more unique, but I felt that it left the main area for the articles too small to work with.  You would have to read everything in a very narrow column.

The New design loads faster, and I made the font a lot bigger which makes it easier on the eyes.  The main area is much larger to work with, but I only have to 2 columns instead of 3 and the site looks so much more like thousands of others that I feel it is no longer as unique.

That is where you come in.

Leave a comment below this post and let me know which one you prefer!  The Old design, or the new design.

THE CONTEST

Begins: Right Now
Ends: May 15th, 2011

How To Enter: Simply leave a comment below this post telling me if you prefer the old design or the new design.  You don’t have to say why, but you are more than welcome to.

Each comment left below will be entered into a drawing which will be held 5-16-2011.

PRIZES:

1st Place Prize: $100 shopping spree from Moral Products

2nd Place Prize: One Container of Boku SuperFood

3rd Place Prize: $25 credit on any current or future product.

There is no cost to enter, and anyone may enter simply by leaving their comment below.

Legal: If this contest is prohibited by law where you live, then don’t enter.

Odds of Winning: If you want to know your odds of winning, simply count how many people leave a comment below and divide by three (there are 3 prizes) and you’ll know what chance you have of winning.  So if only 12 people leave a comment, then you have a 1 in 4 chance of winning!   If, however, 60 people leave a comment, your chances of winning are 1 in 20.  Not bad odds.   If you are the only person to leave a comment, you are guaranteed to win!

Common Sense: You can’t win unless you leave a comment below.  So do that right now!

Best of luck to you!

- John Derrick

I have been using Boku SuperFood for the last 9 months.

Why do I prefer Boku SuperFood over Vitamineral Green?

Top 10 reasons I switched:

1) Boku is cheaper.  (See The Low Amazon Price Here)

UPDATE: Boku is cheapest (when you order here!)
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2) I think Boku tastes better.

3) Vitamineral Green’s 2nd ingredient is Horsetail grass, which contains nicotine, which is a strong vasoconstrictor.  I am watching my blood pressure and certainly don’t need anything that can raise it.  Besides, who wants nicotine in their vitamin rich green super food?

4) Boku SuperFood provides the actual break down of vitamins and minerals and for some reason Vitamineral Green does not.  So even though I can see what ingredients are in the package, I don’t know how much iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, etc. I am getting per serving when I use the Vitamineral green.  I asked about this and was told that the recipe for Vitamineral green is constantly changing and no two bottles are the same.  That didn’t inspire much confidence in me.

5) Maca Root – this amazing root is a true adaptogen, which means it will go to work differently in each body, adapting to your internal environment and helping you where you need it most.  It is best known to increase energy and endurance, stamina, and improve sexual function in both men and women.  Studies show improvement in Hypothalamus, Adrenal Galns, Thryoid, Pancreas, Thymus, Testes, Ovaries and Pituitary gland.   Maca root is only found in Boku Super Food, not in Vitamineral Green.  Do some research online and I bet you’ll want Maca Root in your green formula too!

6) Himalayan Pink Crytal Salt – Considered by many experts to be the worlds perfect salt.  Nothing at all like the un-healthy table salt sold in grocery stores.  Himalayan salt has 84 minerals and trace elements, whereas table salt is devoid of nutrients and has two minerals. Research Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt, and you’ll see why this is a super food, and in small amounts I believe it to be good for my health.  Boku Super Food has it, Vitamineral Green does not.

7) Goji Berry – Goji Berrier are one of the most nutritionally dense foods in existence. They are high in plant-derived polyphenolic antioxidants; carotenoids such as beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, beta-cryptoxanthin, and lycopene; vitamins C, B1, B2, and niacin; more than 30 essential and trace minerals, including zinc, iron, copper, calcium, selenium, and phosphorus; polysaccharides; and 18 amino acids such as isoleucine, tryptophan, leucine, and arginine.   Boku Super Food has it, Vitamineral Green does not.

8 ) Hawthorn Berry – because I am looking to protect my heart and my cardiovascular system.  Hawthorn berries have been described as “food for your heart” and are thought to provide nutrients that help keep the heart muscle strong and blood pressure normalized.  Boku Super Food has it, Vitamineral Green does not.

9) Boku Super Food is the green food of choice for Natural News and Mike Adams “The Health Ranger”.  You can bet Mike has tried ALL the green food out there, and he highly recommends Vitamineral Green also, but the one he chooses to eat/drink everyday is Boku Superfood.

10) Why are these lists always a top 10 and never a top 9?  Only 9 reasons are springing to mind, but a “Top 9 reasons” list sounds so lame.  I suppose I could make my number ten be the fact that my kids made up a song about Boku SuperFood, and they never did that for Vitamineral Green.  Or how about the people at Boku have turned their product name into a verb.  I heard this in a video, “Here is how I Boku.”  You could never say that with Vitamineral Green.

So that was my Top 10 9 list of reasons why I switched from Vitamineral Green to Boku Superfood.

One thing to note is that Boku likes to surprise me with their packaging.  My first bottle came shipped in a brown glass bottle, and then it was delivered in a white round tub, and the next month it came in fancy and space saving resealable bag.  Two months in a row I got the bag, and then for some reason I was shipped the plastic tub again.  This month?  Back to the bag.   So I never really know what to expect.

Bag or Tub, it doesn’t matter to me.  What’s inside is what counts, and what’s inside is always good.

That said, I still think Vitamineral Green is a great product, so don’t fret if you decide to stay with Vitamineral Green.

Check out Boku Super Food – Click Here

It makes sense that by ordering it directly from the product creator you get the best price.   This is nearly half the price I used to pay for Vitamineral Green.

I Love My Boku Superfood!

Happy Holidays!

Please accept this small gift from me this Holiday Season.

My hope is that it inspires you and brings you joy as has me.

12 Page PDF
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Have a JOYOUS Holiday!

Happy Holidays dear readers. 

I have a last minute gift for you.

While it may not be self development or law of attraction related, it is good clean fun for the whole family.

A FREE GAME

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst

This is a slow-paced, puzzle-driven mystery challenge where you try to find hidden items scattered throughout stately Ravenhearst Manor.

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It has been described as “Clue” meets “Hoarders.”  

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Rumors surrounding the history of stately Ravenhearst Manor have circulated for decades. The recently acquired diary of Emma Ravenhearst may hold the key to unraveling the tale behind this unsettling place, yet the pages are missing. Players assume the role of Master Detective to unlock secrets held within Ravenhearst ®, scouring a myriad of enchanting rooms in the manor for cleverly hidden clues. Locating and assembling diary pages helps tell the story of the house and, ultimately, unlock the mystery.

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Here is a screen shot of the game:

It will run on most PC’s given the very low hardware needs.

System Requirements:

• OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
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Normally it costs $9.99, but until December 31, you can get it free with coupon code RAVENFREE.

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It is refreshing to find a game that kids can enjoy without gore and violence… 

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I hope you, or your kids enjoy this game during this Holiday Season.

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Keep warm and drive safe,

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Love,

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PS – If you are new to this site, be sure to check out my free Subliminal Video Product and/or my free Law of Attraction ebook.
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My thought was that  I would simply go back to raw the day after thanksgiving, but that is not what happened.  It was not until yesterday that I returned to eating all raw all day.

Before I tell you what happened, I want to clarify that I didn’t “over eat” on Thanksgiving and eat tons of food.  No, not at all.  In fact, I only had one plate of food, but I did put a lot of food on that plate.  Turkey, mashed potato’s, gravy, rice, deviled eggs, scalloped corn (family recipe).  I didn’t even have any stuffing this year.

What happened?

* In about a week I put on 5 lbs.   FIVE POUNDS….  egads

* I felt sluggish and tired most of the day(s) and experienced some minor bloating.

* Strangest of all, I had a lot of mucus.  I’m not sure I would call it a cold, but I had a lot of mucus in my nose and throat.  My wife who also had gone raw with me went off raw for thanksgiving and she too had similar symptoms.

Naturally I could assume that the cold-like symptoms were something contagious, but my two children did not have any cold-like symptoms, which seemed a bit odd at the time.

When I started watching Youtube videos on going raw I found that a LOT of people got “sick” when they came off raw and jumped straight into meat and processed foods.   How interesting.

It would seem to me, then, that the cold-like symptoms are not caused by bacteria or a virus, but rather are a reaction of the body to the re-introduction of cooked food.

Because I want that massive energy back and I want to feel healthy and vibrant again, I have decided to go back onto a raw diet, starting yesterday!

1 Day after being back on raw food:

I have lost 2 of the 5 pounds, which says to me that a lot of that may have been water weight, perhaps from the increased salt found in cooked foods.  I feel pretty certain that the 5 pounds will be gone within one week of being back on a raw natural diet.

I look forward to feeling great again and dropping even more excess weight.

If anyone is wondering…. no… my wife has not yet decided to re-join me on my raw journey.  But I am guessing that once she see’s me bouncing around and feeling great once again she will join me on an all raw diet.

I can’t promise I will eat this way forever, but I can promise that this is what I am doing right now, because it makes me feel great.

Have a great holiday season,

I have not been 100% raw, but I have been pretty darn close.  It turns out that the mixed nuts I have been eating a handful of each day, are unsalted dry roasted.   One day I also decided to have some whole wheat pasta my wife made for her and our children.

I THOUGHT that I knew what eating healthy was all about.  A little fish and chicken, lots of steamed veggies, some fruits but no too many because they are high in natural sugar…  add in some grains but avoid dairy because it clogs up the body.  That is what I WAS doing.

Since I have gone raw, the following has happend in 17 days:

• Weight Loss: I have dropped 10 pounds in 17 days.
• Sleep Better: My sleep has drastically improved (much deeper)
• Dreams: I don’t recall having dreams for the last few years, and now I have VIVID life-like dreams each night
• Blood Sugar is slightly lower (in the low  middle of normal) despite eating a LOT of fruit all day
• Blood Pressure has lowered to the best I’ve ever seen as an adult
• Higher Energy: My energy is waaaaaay up, at an all time high!
  
• Clear Headed: My head is clear and I can think more clearly now.
• Calm and Relaxed: Aggression and anger no longer require self control, it’s like they just melted away.
• Stress Reduced: Ability to handle stress has greatly increased.
  

My wife saw the changes in me, especially the increased energy, and now she is on day 6 of eating raw herself.  Her energy has improved dramatically already.

17 days without meat and I feel wonderful.  I did not expect this, being a meat eater (and meat lover) in the past.  The eating for your blood type people would say that I, being a blood type O, need a lot of meat and that I am a high protein type.

The whole blood type thing always seemed a little bit odd to me.  After all, we don’t check the blood types of animals to determine their diet.  Every animal on the planet knows what to eat except for us humans.  Isn’t that silly?

While I am not expert on the subject, all I can report is how I feel and I feel wonderful.  I drink 2 green smoothies a day, which are mostly fruit, and I eat a lot of bananas and apples.

I’ve been monitoring my blood pressure and blood sugar and both of those have improved.  I don’t feel any kind of weakness which I normally do on a “d-i-e-t”, so I am guessing I am not losing any muscle mass.  Unlike other d-i-e-t-s, I am allowing myself to eat as much and as often as I want.   As a matter of fact, I feel like I am eating all day long…   a little bit here and a little bit there.

The hunger feeling is VASTLY different now though.  I eat because I feel like I need an energy boost.  I don’t really eat planned meals anymore and sometimes I go for many hours without eating because I do not have hunger.  Cravings has disappeared also.

I am going to research the protein aspect of this way of eating, because it seems as though protein is only 5% of my current diet.

You can watch an amazing RAW FOOD VIDEO and discover a lot more about raw food by CLICKing THIS LINK.

Since I have been doing this all on my own, I think it is about time to pick up a good Raw Food Book and so far this one seems to be the best of the best on Amazon.

If you know of a good Raw Food Book, please be sure to leave a comment below.

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Law of Attraction

Do you have some rainy day money put away?

You know, money that you have set aside in a savings account, or safe deposit box or maybe in an old shoe box, that is there in case things go bad?

I use to do this all the time.  I would put some money away “just in case”.  It seemed like a good idea at the time.  I thought it was smart and prudent, but you know what…..

Every time I sat money aside with the intent of using it if something bad happened guess what happened?

Something bad happened.

So now I put “Sunny Day” money away with the intention that I will go and do something fun with it, like take a vacation.  It still feels good to know that you have extra money put aside, but now that the intention has changed, I take more vacations and do more fun things.

Life is all about the power of intention.

I intend to have a great day today and I hope you do too!

- John Derrick

This has made me aware of how many non-happy or non-positive thoughts I allow in my own daily routines.

Here is one popular pitfall that should be avoided:

Entertainment:

I quit watching the nightly news years ago because of all the negativity and how it made me feel.  But I never thought of this:

When watching TV or going out to a movie, if you want to remain true to the only positive thoughts for 7 day challenge, you need to steer clear of Dramas, Violence, Horror, Action and instead watch a good comedy.   Laughing is very positive, but feeling scared, or ready to fight, or anger…  those are all negative emotions, and they are hard to avoid when you are watching a TV show or Movie.

I went and saw an action movie with a friend of mine and realized this while watching it.  It became a very strange movie for me when I began doing deep breathing and focused on relaxing my body.  Instead of feeling tense or involved in the movie at all, I felt great…  similar to meditative state, and the movie played on in front of me as if it were background.

People were kicking, shooting, yelling and fighting, all the while I remained in this near meditative state.  It felt surreal.

When you really think about it, the human race thrives on negativity.  Most people crave it because they have become addicted to feeling bad.  How else would you explain all the scary, violent movies and tv programming?

Each and every one of us has the freedom to chose what we are going to program ourselves with.  Like it or not, when you sit in a movie theater immersed in a horror, action or a drama that makes you feel tense for the whole two hours, you are programming yourself to feel tense.  It conditions your subconscious mind.

It is surprising how hard it is trying to think only positive thoughts for just one week.  Imagine how powerful this would be if we could do it for a month….  6months…  or a whole year.

To be honest, these pictures do not do justice to the breath taking scenery.

I had a wonderful time in Sedona, and to be honest with you it was hard for me to leave.  I visited some very special and sacred spots (not pictured) and had a most enlightening meditation.

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I hope you enjoy the photos.

Feel free to make them your desktop, download them, but please leave my domain text on the images.  Thank you.

I can’t shake being drawn to Sedona.   Not just for another visit, but as an amazing place to live.

I’d love to hear from you if you have any input on Sedona.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Be sure you are signed up for my weekly newsletter (top right of this page) to get more details as we close in on July 22nd.

It’s a little over a week away, so I am going to be busy putting everything together!

Blessing to you,

John Derrick

In the early spring I plant the seeds, knowing full well that later in the year I will be able to eat wonderful foods that came from my efforts.

So today, I was working in my garden, and I realized that the law of attraction is a lot like gardening.

When you want to have food in the garden, it all begins with a seed.  You then nourish and water the seed and it grows and grows until one day you find yourself with the fruits of your labor.

The seeds are like the seed of thought, and all things in life begin with thought.  Without the correct mindset…  without nourishing positive thoughts, you can not expect positive outcome.

Now, most people live life under the false assumption that things are random.  They have no idea what will appear in their life (or in their garden) and they hope that something good happens to grow.

They live on what ever they find, all the while not realizing that they are in charge of what grows.

Other people would walk into the garden and demand food in the spring.  “Where is the food?” they would ask.   They want things immediately and are disappointed when the food is not there before the seeds are planted.

These people don’t have time for seeds.  They are too busy.  So they go from garden to garden always hoping to find fruits and wanting to live on the seeds and fruits of others.

Someone who understand the law of attraction is like a master gardener.   They realize that the soil must be fertile  (the mind) and that they must plant the seeds of what they desire (specific positive thoughts) and then they nourish the seeds until they grow into what the gardener desired when he planted them (Manifesting).

The law of attraction is much like a garden.  The results do not happen over night.  Everything in your life was planted long ago.  Events are not random…  you have more control of things than you ever imagined.

So if things are happening in your life that you do not want, the master gardener would say you must pull your weeds.

Pull your weeds…  stop attracting what you do not desire.

You see, if you have a garden full of weeds, it is still your garden.  You allowed them to grow by not pulling them.

If you have a life full of things you do not desire, make changes today.  Pull your weeds and plant the seeds of what you truly desire.  Then nourish your seeds and watch them grow into your desires.

When I wrote the Secret Course I was not thinking of gardening, but Book I: (Harness The Power of The Law of Attraction) of the Secret course prepares your soil for planting.  It removes your weeds  and gets the soil ready for your new seeds. This is the base for the new garden that is to come.

Book II (The Manifesting Cards Method) is the instruction manual of sowing seeds.  It tells you how many seeds to sow, gives you the right seeds and the instructions to make sure your seeds grow up healthy and strong and as quickly as possible.  This is the growing book.

With both of these books, it is my belief that anyone can have a strong healthy life without weeds.

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I know it may be hard to believe, but no one can make you angry.  No one can make you cry.

Yes, people can behave in ways that you do not prefer, but ultimately it is always your choice on how you choose to react to their actions.

Have an argument with someone?

Okay, now that it is over you can choose to let it go and no longer think about it.  It is your choice.  If you choose to dwell on it, then you will only be damaging yourself.

It may be tempting to want to hold on to anger because:  “You know you were right”  or because “That is not fair”, but anger weakens you over time.  You may feel empowered by anger, but it wreaks havoc on your body and your health….

When it comes to arguments (especially with spouses) Kim Miller use to teach:  “I would rather be happy than right.”

The law of attraction tells us that we get more of what we feel like, so if you allow yourself to feel angry often, you will be attracting more things for you to feel angry about.

Let me explain,

I have been broke in my past.  So broke in fact that I had to file for bankruptcy.  Sure, I was frustrated, but I never was poor.

You see, once I discovered the power of The Secret Course, I knew that I was rich long before the money showed up.

Being broke is a temporary state in which you have a temporary lack of money.

Being poor is a way of life.

Poor people believe they have bad luck…

they believe that life is hard….

they are often jealous, envious or even bitter towards people who have money…

and they expect to always be poor.

Your thoughts, your attitude, your expectation and even how and what you say to others are all creating your personal future.

Be sure you never fall into the “poor me” trap, and instead KNOW that you are rich.

So how do you feel rich when you don’t have any money?

There are a LOT of tips on this very site.  One of the best articles to make you feel rich, even if you are broke, is:    Odds Are, You Are Richer Than You Think!

More tips to feeling (and thereby becoming rich) can be found at:  Stop Wanting Start Having

They exact method that I used to go from lack and wanting to always having more than I need is The Secret Course.

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It was a HUGE success…   Thank You to everyone involved.

The sale may be closed, but Things are STILL absolutely CRAZY around here.

The looks the neighbors have been giving me when I load my kids into a car that is filled nearly to the roof with packages…..