Library Anyone?

Last week it was sweets out our behind (of course not literally), and now this week, its books! I received a phone call on Monday from Kelly at Half Price Books. She was wondering if we would be interested in a donation of books to our troops overseas. Heck yes, Kelly! I was actually quite luck to hear from her not only because of the huge donation, but also because she came across my name on luck herself. Although myself and Mark had frequented this location from time to time, they did not have one of our business cards on record. She happened to find my information written down on a file folder somewhere in the back of the store.

Upon our arrival there to pick up the donations, we were welcomed by a super friendly staff and elated at the number of boxes she had full of books. They were all paperback, and she mentioned that she will most likely have even more, but she wasn't sure if we accepted hard back books. She is going to look into possible donations of DVDs, but also inquired about whether or not this location has a VHS player. I need to look into this because, if so, they will also have VHS to send over. The icing on the top of the cake? Comic books. Mark was overly pleased with a huge box of comic books that they are also handing over for us to ship to Kandahar. I was sure to separate Mark from the box, and am also considering counting the comics so that I am sure he doesn't try to sneak away with any. Just kidding...or am I?

This week we sent over a box full of "snacks on the go" for the coffee shop. We went out and purchased granola bars, rice crispy treats, pop tarts, cookies and we even filled in the nooks and crevices with tootsie rolls. We make sure we get our moneys worth of shipping, and our boys and girls get their tummy's worth.

I have been very pleased with the outcome of my recent Etsy listings. The bracelets and bows have been a big hit and recent purchases from my wonderful friends have really helped with our shipping costs. We have now pretty much caught up on all shipping (aside from the books that just came in this week). The books are now going to probably take about 5 boxes or so to complete the shipment.

Exciting news - we are going to have a couple of cool new items listed on Etsy or Ebay in the near future. We are putting together a couple of different things and I am really excited about "releasing" them! :)