Your chance to make a difference

My husband & I have decided to try and break a record. It's not anything from the Guiness Book of World Records ... at least I don't think it is. Hmmm ... maybe I should check on that. Any way ... we will be opening an advertising website. The originator of this type of advertising sold out in 5 months. Our personal goal will be to sell out in 4 months. Even if we sell out the day before the originator did, we'd still break the record ... but we'd like to set the bar high for future dreamers. The originator sold 1 MILLION ads for $1.00 each, which means at the end of his sales, he was a millionaire. Our goal is a bit different. Yes, we'll stand to make a very large profit ... but we will NOT keep all the money for ourselves. We will be giving 25% of the proceeds to the LARRY RIEGEL FUND 

Larry Riegel is the uncle of a very good friend of mine. He's been missing from Yakima, Washington since December 25th, 2009. This fund is very important to me. I know that people go missing every day. I pray for them & their families. Larry's disappearance is different for me though. I have seen the effect it's had on people. I have seen the toll it takes on my friend ... on their other family members. Larry's family deserves answers and closure and justice (as does any family that suffers through missing a family member). 

We would really like to sell every ad possible in order to both offset the costs this family has from the investigation and any other cost they have incurred ... as well as being able to offer a hefty reward. I am blogging about this in order to get the word out. We need our friends, family & any one else who reads this blog to help us. Spread this blog around ... spread the link to our advertising web site ... buy an ad ... pray people buy ads ... post flyers with the link to advertising web site ... send emails that guide people to the web site. Please help us help Larry's family. 

Yes, we will profit from ads being sold ... but so will other people.

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We will also be choosing 2 charities to donate another 10% (each) of the profits to. I will announce the charities with in the next few days.

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... so ... if we make $100,000.00 in ad sales, you know that $25,000.00 of that would go to the Larry Riegel Fund. You also know that 2 other charities will each get 10% of the profits. 

No matter what the profits ... 

The Larry Riegel Fund will receive 25%

Charity #1 will receive 10%

Charity #2 will receive 10%

Now it's your chance to help us make a difference & touch the lives of many!!!

Solar or propane fridge?

Solar power can be such an amazing thing!!! In order to use it, you may need to make some serious sacrifices though. We are looking in to getting rid of our fridge ... either getting a propane fridge or one that runs off solar power. Those are expensive but it saves you money in the long run. We're also exchanging our plasma TV for a smaller LCD TV. The TV will only be used for about 30 minutes a day so that isn't too bad ... but honestly, it's more TV than I'd like.

I look forward to getting rid of cable ... more than any one would think. I can't stand the constant noise & it seems like as soon as I turn it off, some one comes up behind me & turns it right back on. I'd rather either have some quiet or just listen to the kids giggling. That's my idea of entertainment at it's finest!

Spring in to action

Ok .. I haven't been here for a while but as of today, I'll be posting at least 3 times each week. Spring is coming and we will be getting busy on our homesteading plans again. There are a few projects to do before we move back to the cabin.

1st order of business ... the solar power system! At the very most we will spend $1,000.00 on our solar power kit. It will be expandable just in case we decide to add more panels later but for now, it will run the things we need. We have spent the last year learning ways to conserve energy. We don't have small appliances that need electricity but we do have a fridge & freezer. We have laptops (that can power up off the car charger we have) & a TV (to connect through the computer & internet) that will be unplugged except for about 30 minutes per day ... and we have our internet modem.

Before we buy the solar power kit, we have some questions ... we know how much power we'll use but are wondering if there's any difference between a regular starter or off grid kit and an RV kit. In some cases the RV kit can offer more power for less cost. We'll be consulting with a few people who know more on the subject so I'll fill you in when we find out.

For lighting we plan on using hanging solar lanterns. We'll hang them out in the morning & then bring them in to the house each night. There's 2 for each bed room, 1 at each end of the hall, 1 in each bathroom, 4 in the great room and 2 in the kitchen for dish washing (if they happen to not get done before night falls).

Will it be a chore to haul all those lanterns outside? Sure it will ... but the money we'll save will be put aside for traveling, family fun, sowing in to the Kingdom of God & items for the homestead! We'd been looking & looking for a good price. I hadn't found them for lower than $20.00 each (including shipping) ... until recently. I was FLOORED to see then at $7.95 each .. and even more floored to see what store it was. 

Go to that site & do a search for some things. YOu may find what you're looking for.