02 September 08 - 00:02Midnight Madness Sale

I am blown away by how good you people are to me!  How good God is to me!  We knew we were closing on Labor Day (the last few years have shown us that it's not worth taking the time away from family for little or no business on the holidays) and we knew we were going to have to close on Thursday of the same week.  Ekk.  But, hey... it's not the end of the world.  Bob and I are going on a much needed buying trip to book our Spring 09 lines and all our girls are back to college.  As it turns out, Thurs is a "no one can work the store" day.  Oppsy.  So... we thought...ok, how can we make up for the lack of sales, the fact that we may disappoint customers by being closed, and make up for it.  Hence, MIDNIGHT MADNESS!  We reopened the store on Sunday, August 31st from 8pm-11pm and wondered if ... (more)

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01 September 08 - 23:50Kangaroo Trunk Show

A special THANK YOU to Jim Lummis from Kangaroo's and to all of you that showed up to experience our first ever Trunk Show.  WHAT FUN!!  Jim laid out the entire Fall and Holiday line for us and we offered a 20% discount for all special orders and 25% off for all Club Card Members.  We were excited to see that you loved what you saw and we were especially excited to see how many men were interested in ordering shoes.  Kangaroo's are a fun throw back to my youth and it's exciting for me to see the young guys coming back in to see if we still have them in the store.  Don't worry, Alex, come on in and we will show you the catalog and let you order anything you want.  Kangaroo's keeps plenty of shoes in stock and they send them quickly. ...

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16 June 08 - 02:12Transformation

Sometimes it's time for transformation and other times, transformation just comes.  When did I get old?  I mean, I must be old to have a son that just graduated from High School, right?  I remember my HS graduation like it was (almost) yesterday and last week, I witness my son (the baby that I longed for all my life) accept his high school dipolma and I knew it was time for transformation. 

Grand Valley State University is not that far.  2 1/2 hours or so.  A great school.  He's so excited... and I've been preparing myself for a year.  Getting used to the idea that he would be gone.  Starting his own life.  Having the time of his life.  On our way back from the Orientation day, he found this butterfly emerging from it's cocoon.  It's strange enough (a miracle ... (more)

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