We are at Borders Books in Dickson City, Pennsylvania today and tonight gift wrapping. Come visit and I’ll gift wrap your books or gifts.
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Author Archives: Kevin Smith
Upgraded Headway to 1.5
Our new theme has been upgraded to 1.5. I always seem to be upgrading something. Now lets hope everything works ok.
Uodate: the upgrade did not work and I am now back to 1.0. I’ll wait till after the holidays to try the upgrade again.
Upgrade to Wordpress 2.8
I’ve taken some time off to clear my brain after a long school year. Today I upgraded this site to WordPress 2.8 using simple scripts. I tried doing it manually but messed it up. I had to revert to a two week old backup. After upgrading to WP 2.7 via Simplescript, I upgraded to WP [...]
More Food For The Family
We spent the last of the money on Raymond for some other food items. I’m not sure how long this food will last. I hope we could do more in the future and for next Christmas season. Thank you all for you donations.
A Christmas Donation
We had one last gift wrapping session at Borders that brought in about $75.00 on December 22nd. For one person, I wrapped 12 gifts and she donated $20.00. It was bust all evening until about 11pm. Last year the gift wrapping table was in the front of the store where we did much better. This [...]
We wrapped the books
Our time at Borders went well. Not too busy though. We were there for about twelve hours and has some donations, but not as much as last year. The customers were friendly and appreciated having their books and gifts wrapped. By the end of our time there, I must say, I was an expert wrapper. [...]
Come To Borders Books Saturday, November 29th
We will be at Borders Books today in the Viewmont Mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Come in today and buy a gift and we will be happy to gift wrap it for you. I’m getting pretty good at wrapping. Hope to see you there.
A Science Lesson
During my last week in the Philippines I was invited to teach a science lesson at the local school. This is the school Raymond attends. I bought supplies to do the 3 color density lab since I only needed salt and food coloring. The Principal put both the sixth grade classes together for a [...]
A Typical Day
We took one last visit to Raymond’s home before we left the Philippines. Our goal was to make sure the family has enough food to feed the children. The supplies we left should be enough for a few months. They should also have enough clothes for a while, but I am very concerned that [...]
We Delivered The Clothes
We delivered the clothes to Raymond’s family before we left the Philippines. His mother was very happy for receiving the food and clothes. I took this picture of the house they live in to give you a sense of what their daily life is like. This small house is where all the family [...]
