Laughter is the best Medecin

I got up this morning wanting to do a blog that would be interesting for all my readers. Some of you will probably be new to my blogs ,others are familiar with them. As I mentioned in one of my Facebook sites, this morning my mind went blank. I could not think of anything to blog about that would not be boring. So today I want to talk about laughing, smiling and feeling good about something. So here goes:

What is so important that we need laughter in our lives? We are all the same, we hurt, we cry, we have problems, we are sick, some of us lost jobs, even have relationship problems. Correct? So I believe we all need a break from these things. Who wants to always be sad? Depressed? So it is up to others to help fix this even for five minutes? Five minutes of laughter or smile can make the rest of the day seem a bit brighter for friends ,families ,and strangers. I went to see a cousin of mine last week, she is battling cancer, and she is in the hospital, before I entered her room, I thought to myself, What can I say? What can I say to sort of lift her spirit? I didn’t have a clue but I entered the room, walked right past her, because she had lost her hair and I had not seen her. Anyway I sat on the chair next to her bed and she opened her eyes and saw me. Out of the blue I said to her, Wow now you got it made!. I said you can be a blond, a brunette , and she looked at me and said yes even a redhead and she smiled. Then I told her a story about my late mother in law who had this wig and she would put it on sideways, and my cousin laughed , and do you know that when I left her I felt so good, knowing that I made her laugh. Another feel good thing I have done is start a Stuffed Toy Drive ,it started out that my Mom was in one hospital and my friend in the other hospital. We have two hospitals here, anyway Mom started playing bingo in the rehab center and I would often go with her and my brother and they played bingo and the winner got to pick a prize, and they loved the stuffed toys, so my brother and I started going to the dollar store and bringing in new ones for them. Well when they would win, you should have seen the excitement and how their faces lit up ,some would collect their prizes for their grandchildren when they came to visit.. That gave me an idea, I was going to start a toy drive which I have, I call it George and Flossie’s Stuffed Toy Drive, I have a page on face book. And I have received many stuffed toys and I am now waiting for three more boxes to share with the both hospitals. So all this is sure to bring smiles and laughter to someone. Telling jokes is another way to bring laughter for the ones of you who has never read or heard the joke “Diary of a Snowshoveller” This is a must read, google it and you will certainly laugh, I told it or read it I don’t know how many times and each time I read it even now, I cannot stop laughing. Say something funny in your messages, in Facebook, in your chats even.

Bringing Smiles and Laughter to others is free, there is no charge, but there is a lot of good feelings about doing so. Ok now for my sales pitch haha. Check out both my stores at

http://www.zazzle.com/allicor* http://www.zazzle.com/boot_eek* On Facebook, I am there as Aline Cormier, and also as Aline I Cormier , on twitters I am there as http://www.twitter.com/zazzybooteek and http://www.twitter.com/alliecor . I have a page on Facebook called ALLICOR’S BOUTIQUE (capital letters) I have George and Flossie’s Stuffed Toy Drive on Facebook, if you are into genealogy I have Trails of Our Ancestors group on Facebook, if you are into Old Photos of New Brunswick Canada I have a group on Facebook also. And that is only part of what I have ,grin.

So now that I know I have made you smile at least , it made my day.

Have a great day everyone. Aline aka Allicor aka Zazzyallicor, aka Zazzybooteek, Want more? LOL. Chow for now.

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Boutique Versus Boot_EEK

Today I am going to share some news with you. What is a boutique? Definition tells us that a boutique is a small retail store that sells gifts ,clothes ,accessories and so on.

So what does Boutique have to do with Boot_EEK? Well let me begin at the beginning,

As you all know by my blogs I have a zazzle store called Allicor ,but you do not know that I had decided to create another store. My Allicor store has lots of products and I am still adding more. But I wanted to create another store to see if I can set it up differently. So first of all I needed a name, something that would be different yet still connect to my store. I asked others for suggestions, and I had a few of my own. One day I was talking with my brother and I said, I would like something that would describe my store, something like Aline’s Boutique, but that didn’t sound good enough for me. My brother said what about Boot_EEK? Hmmm that sort of interested me, the more I thought about it the better it sounded, so I decided to add that title to my store. Now I needed an image, and I have paid for some graphics and there was one that caught my eye ,it was a talking boot. Bingo! That is what I wanted. So I added that image and set up my store. I have added quite a few items, I am trying to add different items for each store. I am going to share a few of my items with you. You can find them at

http://www.zazzle.com/boot_eek

And of course my regular store is at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor* I hope you will stop by and have a look around, and as you know Christmas is just around the corner and it isn’t too early to start shopping. Also I would like to add a few of my friends stores for you to check out. Enjoy. http://www.zazzle.com/angeliquezazzle?rf=238218562078565840

http://www.zazzle.com/sketchart26?rf=238218562078565840

http://www.zazzle.com/suwanneeredheard?rf=238218562078565840

http://www.zazzle.com/molly_sky?re=238218562078565840

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Be neighborly and generous.

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Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Subject: Be neighborly and generous.
To: post@postorous.com

Did you know that sometimes it is good to be neighborly? Or is it neighbourly hmmm!. Anyway sometimes it feels good to do  a good deed to someone, like helping someone with their groceries, or giving directions, or helping someone up with they fall. A good morning neighbor just may brighten up that person's day. I have started a  stuffed toy drive called George and Flossie's Stuffed Toy Drive, I am on Facebook with it and I have collected so many nice dollar store stuffed toys and when I take them to the seniors at the hospitals for their bingo games, and I see their reaction when they win one, that makes me feel so very good, why don't you start something like that in your home town? Now I have also started mentioning bringing back the POUND Party tradition, you make a party have music etc and have the guest bring a pound or equivalent to a pound of food which in turn you give to the food banks, needy or homeless folks or soup kitchens, why don't you start a Pound Party at your church, in your home, in your community? Now today I want to be generous and nice as you know I have a store at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*  (hope you will check it out) but I also have lots of friends who have stores and I would like you to check them out too, you never know what you will find, their stores are beautiful.

Xzendor

Tree House Charm

369 Pro

Galleria of Art

Venka

Happy Labrador

Detour Designables

Ben Vrad

 

A few photos of mine: and can be found in my store on the url I posted.

 

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Homeless and Needy

As you know there are many people out there who are homeless, or in need of help. There are such people everwhere in the world. You see it on television, you read it in the newspapers and online. The food banks are getting low, they ask for donations. It is so sad to know that there are lots of folks having such a hard time. And I am sure that the majority of these people do not want to be in this situation. I have known some families who were so very proud and the time came that they really needed help. The father had lost his job, had so many bills and didn't know where to turn. He felt sort of degraded because he needed help but that should not be so, because there comes a time in many lives that help is needed no matter what the situation is. The homeless are so very pityful , many have no beds they sleep out in the cold , in sewers or wherever they can find heat. They rely on soup kitchens for their next meal. All these food banks and soup kitchens need the food to feed these people and so they rely on you and I  to help if and when we can. Which brings me to the my little story and idea. My Mom was telling me about when she was newly married a long while ago that my Dad and her used to go to what she called a "pound party". This was held by neighbors or friends, or friends of friends and what they had to do to be allowed in was to bring in one pound of any kind of food, back then the food went to the family that made the party. They had music and songs and dancing. A good time was had by all. So I was thinking : Why can't this be done again but with a different idea.  First of all get someone to donate a hall or  any place to hold a party. Next  plan the party, have some volunteers play music, have a deejay or kareoke music. Have people join in the Kareoke.   Next set a time and date and then send invitations to all your friends and family asking them to come to a Pound Party> They will say what is a pound party? You answer it is a party where instead of paying to get in, you bring a pound or equavelent to a pound or close to a pound of food to the party and let them know where the food will be donated to. They can bring  butter, shortening, they are in pounds or anything with 16 ouces, or 454 grams. And two cups of sugar is close to one pound, three cups of flour equals close to a pound, two and a half cup of brown sugar equals one pound. One loaf of bread equals close to one pound. They can bring soups that is close to 16 ounces. It would be nice to see this old tradition come back to life and for a good cause. I would love to see this tradition started all over the world, so if you read this blog why don't your share it with your friends or groups? Let's get this idea going? I have created an invitation that you can order and send . Or you can also create your own pound party invitations. Here is the url to  my invitation  http://www.zazzle.com/for_the_needy_people_invitation-161386059034606809

 

And my store is at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*  stop by if have time on your hands and you never know what you will find from one time to the next. And please share my url with others if you want to.

Chow for now

Allicor

Sharing is a good thing.

Hello everyone, today I would like to talk about sharing with one another. Sharing is a great thing to do, because by sharing in  the long run it can benefit you and also make you feel good inside. For example, I am into genealogy ,have been for a long time and I have been sharing a lot of genealogy information on my genealogy webside acadian-roots.com  , It makes me feel good to know that because of me, someone has found some information that they have been searching for . I also shared a lot if stories on my other blog acadianroots.blogspot.com , that makes me feel good inside. What Mom has told me, it is nice to share with others, be it my family or friends or even strangers . I don't mean sharing gossip, just little stories . If you were in a poor country and only had a chocolate bar and this little girl or boy would come up to you and sit there, think about how they would feel for part of your bar? And then think about how good you would feel. ( I would probably give them the whole bar). Sharing links with one another is also a good thing to do, by doing so you help others and they in return help you. We have a genealogy site on Facebook called Trails of our Ancestors and I have said that the more we share our urls or sources the more chance others can find what they are looking for. Which brings me to my zazzle store http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*    If my store is not mentioned anywhere or advertised or shared , how am I going to have someone see it?  Pretty hard to do, and this goes for other zazzle store owners. I have added some of their stores on my blog page, I will be changing  the stores off and on to new ones, so if you have lots of time to do some window online shopping, check their stores and check mine.  I wish all the other zazzle stores the best of luck  . I shall close by adding a calendar I made yesterday of Prince Edward Island which can be found in my calendar folder at my zazzle.com/allicor site. Have a great day, to my zazzle friends I hope you will share my store on your blogs too.  Have a great day. Remember to Share!

Importance of Calendars

 

We take so many things for granted these days but did you ever stop to think of little things? For instance what comes to mind with you hear the word Calendar? Have you ever read anything about them?

Calendars have been around for a very long time, for sure they were around during the time of the Romans.

What is the good of a calendar? Well first of all calendars are used to keep track of the days and weeks. They are used to keep notes of doctors appointments, anniversary dates ,or another other important day.

The calendar is used worldwide. Doctors use them, hospitals, dentists, anyone who needs to make appointments with others use them. Brides to be use them, to make sure that she has everything ready for that day. There are all kinds of calendars to choose from, from animals, to people to places and more.

They make great Christmas gifts because everyone needs a calendar. You can create a calendar with your family photos ,one for each month. You can make a calendar of your pets . What can you do with used calendars ? Well you can cut the pictures out and put them in a frame, you can use them for scrap booking. You can donate them to schools , I am sure the teachers would put them to good use and you can also donate them to nursing homes. You can use them to teach the children their numbers from one to thirty one.

Or you can do like my Mom did, she saved them from year to year. When we thought she was going to go into a nursing home, she started giving away her personal things, and she gave me a calendar of hers ,it was quite old and on each month she had written little notes, like doctors appointment, birthdays, when she bought her car, when she needed an oil change, when my Dad was admitted to the hospital. When a certain person died. It was like a story to me, and like a diary to her. I have saved this calendar and hope someday my grandchildren will appreciate reading it. Mom had all sorts of calendars, some small, some big, some with one page ,some with a page for each month. She loves little children calendars and also cat calendars so for a while we would give her either a cat calendar or children calendar for Christmas. She looked forward to those calendars. I remember two years in a row, I had a calendar made of my grandchildren and I gave them to her. She treasured them and gave them back to me to give to my grandchildren. Mom had a calendar save from the years we were born, and that was a long time ago. I don’t believe calendars will ever fade away, they are needed and they are certainly wanted. I have been creation my new calendars for 2012 ,and I would like to share them with you. If you want to see more go to my store at

http://www.zazzle.com/allicor* click on calendars and enjoy and remember it is not to early to order them so they will arrive in time for Christmas.

 

 

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About anything and about nothing

I am sitting here wondering what I could blog about, since this blog is called Allicor's Boutique I will talk about my boutique to start. I have so many blogs going I find it hard to talk about different things on different ones. First of all I would like to invite you to follow this blog and also follow my other blogs on the sidebar. And as you know I have a store that I am very pleased with. I never thought I could do anything of the sort but now I can be outside, in a mall in a store even in the hospital and I get an idea and poof I create something. I will add my latest products and you can find them and others at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*    And also I would like to advertise some other zazzle stores, check theirs out too, you can find them on the right sidebar,there are some very talented people out there. Do you need school clothing,shoes ,binders ? Check mine out and check the other stores. What about Halloween decorations, invitations? Or start shopping for Christmas. We have mugs, steins,ornaments,iPod cases,iPhone cases,mousepads,tee shirts,hats, greeting cards, even shoes so instead of going shopping around the holidays why not get a head start now. So I will close for now and say please enjoy my products I am showing you and do stop by another time.