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Hello! *tap tap tap*

Hey everyone!  Guess what, I’m still alive, lol!  But where have you been, I hear you asking!  Oh my gosh, I’ve been so busy!  With the early Spring came an early start on our window cleaning season and so far we’re off to a pretty good start.

Even more new and exciting news… we’re starting another business!  Well you do know that we have that money pit of a building that – in this crappy economy – is nearly impossible to sell.  We had a renter for a couple years who decided to up and leave.  I originally found out by googling a phone number she called me from and finding an ad on Craigs list that stated she was selling a dining room table “because she’s moving next week”.  Nice.  Long story short, that week turned into three months without a penny of rent.  Even nicer.

Sorry I got off track, my exciting news!  We’re going to open a resale store in the empty building!  We’re calling it “Junk and Disorderly” because let’s face it, it’s a resale shop and we’re just humorous people so did you expect anything but something funny?  ha! We’ve got the opening soon sign in the window and putting on the finishing touches.  We hope to open sometime maybe mid-April.  Ironically I was contacted a week or so ago by my friends at Build-A-Sign (I love that place) and they asked if I’d like to order a sign and blog about it.  *shhhhYEAH!*

I got two cool Junk and Disorderly signs to go into my A-Frame sign holder thingy for the sidewalk in front of the store.  I also ordered new magnetic signs for our truck for our window cleaning biz.  The last signs we ordered from another company (one of those -try one free deals, LOL. Don’t.) fell apart after a couple hot summer days and some hand car washes.  Not good.  Not good at all.

Since I’ve received product from Build-A-Sign before, I knew the quality.  The magnetic signs are not only great looking, but nice and thick (none of that flimsy stuff that’ll blow off when you’re driving).  Also, their signs can be washed and washed (and washed and washed, lol) without ruining them.  Which is um… nice.

I never ordered signs for the a-frame sign holder before but these are very nice too!  Sturdy corrugated plastic.  Which means they can be in the rain and not get ruined.  They can also sit in the sun and not be ruined.  Since signs are one of the single most important things about advertising your business, it makes good sense to buy quality signage.  Which is why I shop at Build-A-Sign.  I want to get something once, and not have to worry about it.  The fact that they asked me to blog about their product is just and extra added bonus.  (Oh!  and it was created and shipped very quickly too.  Another nice thing!)

Learn French, or any language, to promote diversity

Can you imagine how life would be if we all spoke the same language? You may have heard the story of the Tower of Babel. According to the Book of Genesis, it was a huge tower built in the plain of Shinar, and up to that moment, the whole photoworld spoke only one language. The tower was built for the purposes of reaching heaven, but God knew that this would only lead the people away from him. As a result, God confused their language causing them to speak different tongues so that they would not understand each other.

The story of Babel depicts language diversity as some kind of “punishment” for the greed and arrogance of mankind. However, we believe that language diversity is something good, as variety and cultural richness are good. Why? Let’s see some of the consequences of losing our language diversity.

Since language builds up the world that surround us, and not the other way around, having only one language would do away with diversity. All cultures would be lost and we would all be the same.  We wouldn’t have so much to learn from other countries and cultures, since we would be virtually all the same. We would lose our creativity, since we would be limited to the constraints of one language, of one word. We wouldn’t be so tolerant and open minded, which would lead to more wars. The powerful groups would take advantage of the people’s numbness, and tyrannies would take control. If you think in a long term, having only one tongue would lead to disaster.

Luckily, it doesn’t seem that the many languages we have will be done away with. However, it is important to protect them and promote cultural diversity by learning languages. When taking English classes Philadelphia visitors know that this language will give them access to most of the world, since

English is not only in the top 3 most spoken languages in the world, but also the favorite second tongue. Knowledge of English allows you to communicate with native English speakers and natives of other languages whose second tongue is

English. While taking French classes Chicago students know that the formal study of such language is the only way to get real immerse into the French culture.

Equestrian – A Review

Wow, I just visited a site that is just beautifully done and is a treasure trove for the horse enthusiast!  They sell all kinds of stuff here for the equestrian!  I think that (being a girl), all girls love horses when they are little.  Some sort of fantasy maybe, maybe it’s the stories and books we read as children, but horses spell romance.

I know a few people with actual horses and I wiiiiiish I had one myself.  But even if you can’t or don’t have one?  You can still buy the things you love about them and surround yourself with them.  And, if you are lucky enough TO ACTUALLY have one?  What a beautiful place to browse!

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