PencilWraps, Pens, Pencils, Notebooks, and some day-to-day happenings and such as...
Taking the rest of the year off from blogging due to too many things happening at once ( Christmas/Birthdays/Business Moving/editing deadlines/etc…..) BUT, I had to post my pics of RAH’s Spain kit that I received recently. Enjoy, and don’t miss getting one before they’re sold out! This is the last kit of the first year!
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Today is the last day to get free Palomino Flex notebooks on Pencils.com. But, this Friday will be the day that two lucky people will each get one free small Palomino Flex notebook from me! I got the 3-pack from Pencils.com to review and in turn I’d like to share the love. I’m only keeping the one that I used in the review. (I’ll order more later) The two up for the giveaway are squeaky clean.
Just comment below and you’re in. Two winners will be chosen randomly using the Random Number Generator at Random.org. Winners will be posted on this week’s Weekly Wrap (Nov. 4th, 2011). One comment per person will be eligible, numbered in the order that they are posted, and multiple entries will be deleted. Contest runs from now until Thursday Nov. 3, 2011 @ 11:59pm Pacific Time. Winners will have one week to claim their notebook before I choose another winner to replace them. Basically, winners have until the following Weekly Wrap to send an email to john (at) pencilwrap.com with where they would like their notebooks shipped. Capisce??
This contest is open worldwide to everyone that wants a free notebook. (As long as the USPS delivers there.)
And in case you missed it, my Palomino Flex review is here. Good Luck!
I’m not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, you get to save a lot of paper and scribble as much as you want, anywhere you want, and are able to save all of it. On the other hand, you are limited to the one writing instrument.
Still thinking about it. But , the price isn’t bad.
Reminds me of doodles I made in grade school.
Taking a moment to remember the first time that America was attacked and 3000+ were killed.
USS Arizona (BB-39) – sunk, total loss, lies at bottom of Pearl Harbor
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)- capsized, total loss
USS West Virginia (BB-48)- sunk, later raised, repaired and rejoined fleet July 1944
USS California (BB-44) - sunk, later raised, repaired and rejoined fleet May 1944
USS Nevada (BB-36) – heavily damaged, grounded, repaired and rejoined fleet December 1942
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) – was in drydock – slightly damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet August 1942
USS Maryland (BB-46) – damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet February 1942
USS Tennessee (BB-43) - damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet March 1942.
USS Helena (CL-50) – heavily damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet June 1942
USS Honolulu (CL-48) – damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet January 1942
USS Raleigh (CL-7) – heavily damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet July 1942
USS Cassin (DD-372) – was in drydock – heavily damaged, rebuilt and rejoined fleet February 1944
USS Downes (DD-375) – was in drydock – heavily damaged rebuilt and rejoined fleet November 1943
USS Helm (DD-388) – damaged, continued on patrol, repaired and rejoined fleet January 1942
USS Shaw (DD-373) – in floating drydock – severely damaged and repaired
USS Oglala (CM-4) – sunk, raised, repaired and rejoined fleet February 1944
Seaplane Tender – USS Curtiss (AV-4) – damaged, repaired and rejoined fleet January 1942
Harbor Tug – USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) – with Shaw – sunk, raised, repaired and rejoined fleet August 1942
USS Utah (AG-16) - capsized, on bottom of Pearl Harbor
Vestal – heavily damaged, beached, refloated, repaired and rejoined fleet February 1942
YFD-2 – sunk, raised, refloated, repaired and rejoined fleet May 1942
U.S. Navy – 92 lost, 31 damaged.
U.S. Army – 77 lost, 128 damaged.
Japanese – 9 fighters, 15 dive bombers, 5 torpedo bombers.
(Info from PearlHarbor.org)
Well, we got all of the items together that we could fit in shoebox sized containers for Operation Christmas Child. This year we donated to a boy and a girl in the 5-9 year old range. The green box that was given to us at church we filled with the boy’s items; we bought a plastic container for the girl. Among the toiletries and toys we included many stationery items for both.
They each will receive one of the items from the list above plus the same toiletries for each. We picked things that were definitely gender specific. For example, the Disney Pack for the girl has Disney princesses and the one for the boy has characters from the movie Cars. It was fun picking out items that will travel to who knows where. Angela and I had an interesting time trying to get all the items to fit; it was kind of like Tetris, but we managed to get everything in there.
Today starts National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child. It’s time to fill up a couple of shoe boxes that end up in the hands of a children that otherwise would not have received anything. How does this relate to pencil wraps, pens and pencils you may ask? Well, check out the gift ideas list on the left. School Supplies!!!! Pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, and markers are just a few of the items listed. Besides being able to bless a child with fun toys and candy, we can get them much needed school supplies that they probably can’t afford. We picked up a box to fill at church and we’re going to get another box ourselves.
This year Samaritan’s Purse is making it possible to donate a box online with EZ Give, giving you the ability to follow your box and find out where in the world the stuff you packed ended up – even if it got there via dog sled! Click the picture to the left for more info on how Operation Christmas Child works and how it started.