<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459</id><updated>2009-10-12T23:32:28.249-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lady Abigail's Collectibles &amp; Gifts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-509849299806033668</id><published>2007-08-29T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T14:41:05.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Elmo Christmas Stocking</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v41RzVgDXvE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v41RzVgDXvE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;  &lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just when you thought Elmo couldn't get cuter! Now he's a singing Christmas stocking. Sure to delight your kids and anyone else who sees him! He's a perfect stocking to be stuffed!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Erin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-509849299806033668?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/by-price/-25-to-50/elmo-musical-christmas-stocking/prod_503.php' title='Elmo Christmas Stocking'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/509849299806033668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=509849299806033668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/509849299806033668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/509849299806033668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/08/elmo-christmas-stocking.html' title='Elmo Christmas Stocking'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3280291368115044068</id><published>2007-08-27T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T19:12:58.534-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Story Time Bear</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Db2xYOlntFc"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Db2xYOlntFc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;  &lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Story Time Teddy Bear reads the entire poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas". The video shows the first minute, the whole reading takes about 3 minutes. For some reason the sound and motion do not sync correctly when I upload videos to youtube, but please note that his mouth moves perfectly with the words. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Erin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3280291368115044068?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/by-price/-25-to-50/story-time-teddy-bear/prod_157.php' title='Story Time Bear'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3280291368115044068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3280291368115044068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3280291368115044068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3280291368115044068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/08/story-time-bear.html' title='Story Time Bear'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-6871097971188559812</id><published>2007-08-27T14:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T19:16:56.804-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hip Hop Randy</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ICM0O6Eqrpk"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ICM0O6Eqrpk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;  &lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hip Hop Randy is a musical christmas teddy that your kids will love whether they are toddlers or teens! He's hip, he's trendy and he knows how to rap! He brings a fun and young vibe to Christmas with all of its age old traditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For some reason the sound and motion do not sync well in these videos, but please note that he moves along perfectly with the music.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Erin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-6871097971188559812?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/by-price/-25-to-50/hip-hop-randy-christmas-musical-teddy-bear/prod_536.php' title='Hip Hop Randy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/6871097971188559812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=6871097971188559812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/6871097971188559812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/6871097971188559812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/08/hip-hop-randy.html' title='Hip Hop Randy'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3061005686299465838</id><published>2007-06-26T14:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T15:36:32.861-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What's New With You?</title><content type='html'>It's been awhile. I have been enjoying the beautiful Spring and now Summer weather too much I suppose. So, what's new since early May?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some updates on some of the other posts, well we finally got the old Spike from First &amp; Main back in stock and he's been moving quickly. He really is an adorable bulldog stuffed animal and I am truly thrilled that they went back to his old design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of the other dogs breeds I mentioned awhile ago have also come in, though a couple have already sold out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still awaiting the shining stars, as expected, - they aren't due in until August, but I've also ordered a Thanksgiving Turkey and a Christmas assortment so I look forward to receiving them along with all of the others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be running a "Christmas in July" sale soon. I need to clear out some of our holiday items from last year to make room for the new. I'm expecting my Christmas orders in around late August, early September, so they will be added to the store as they come in. We're getting in some nice items that I am excited about such as a singing Elmo stocking from Gund, it's soooo cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to the holiday items that will be on sale, we'll also have some of our other toy and gift items on sale. It will be a great time to stock up on holiday decor and gifts for your kids, other family and friends. Check in with us in July for the sale. I will be trying to start it off in early July, but that's approaching so quickly that it might be a little bit later on in the month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been working on some changes to make to the home page. Nothing too major but just some stuff that I hope will make it look better and provide a better experience for our customers. I am always concerned with the usability of the site. Hopefully these changes will be implemented by my webmaster (and brother) in the next week or so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The creator of the shopping cart program I use for the store is due to release a new version, perhaps by the end of the summer, so if it features some things I am looking for, I may upgrade to that. I would like a better shipping calculating system, as well as an easy way to add things like an insurance option and I'd like making an item a gift easier to do at the end of a shopping trip and so on. One thing I hope this new version will feature is a way for customers to go into a category and then to be able to search by price, high to low, low to high, etc. So we shall see what this upgrade brings, and we'll probably be utilizing it if it adds up to a better shopping experience for our customers. That is always my goal because you aren't going to want to shop with us if it's not a good experience, and we wouldn't expect you to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that's the news for now. Personally my husband and I have been getting work done around the house and yard. Taking down hedges, painting rooms, that type of thing. We're looking into getting a new fence. Our existing one is a wooden split rail fence that is probably about 15 years old and is rotted through. Our dogs, especially the one I call the beast, my pointer Tucker, are not helping the longevity of the fence, so we need to do something before they take it down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, as I said, we've had such lovely weather that we are just out there enjoying it as much as we can while it's here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to check in at the store in July for some nice savings on a bunch of items and check in later in the summer to early fall to see our new holiday inventory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3061005686299465838?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3061005686299465838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3061005686299465838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3061005686299465838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3061005686299465838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/06/whats-new-with-you.html' title='What&apos;s New With You?'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3266280864013290532</id><published>2007-05-01T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:22.879-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shining Stars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RjdsFpF-l-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/3Inw5rNB46g/s1600-h/SSDragon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059631550560114658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RjdsFpF-l-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/3Inw5rNB46g/s320/SSDragon.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Russ Shining Stars are the new big thing and I am happy to report that Lady Abigail's will be carrying them, though our first order is not due to arrive until August.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am excited to get them because not only do you get to register a star when you buy one, but you also have access to the Shining Stars web site which has activities and games for children of all ages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most important to me though, is that the Shining Stars are adorable and high quality stuffed animals in their own right. I would buy one of these at the price they retail for if I saw it in a store without the star registry and web site access included.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I am looking forward to carrying them and if you've had a hard time getting your hands on one, check back in the store in August. I've also already ordered a special Halloween edition cat, so look for that around September. I hope that the Halloween cat means they will have something special for Christmas as well, and if so, I hope to carry that as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I actually think the Shining Stars are a great idea. My husband has often asked me how I would feel about his naming a star after me as a gift, and in all honesty, I've always given a thumbs down to the idea. In truth, what do I care about having a star named after me. However, once you tie this idea to a cute stuffed animal, access to the Shining Stars web world and lower the price, it becomes a terrific gift idea! And Shining Stars gives back, a portion of the proceeds from each sale go to the &lt;a href="http://www.starlight.org/"&gt;Starlight &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Starbright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; children's foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something fun for you that gives back to others, doesn't get much better than that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3266280864013290532?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3266280864013290532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3266280864013290532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3266280864013290532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3266280864013290532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/05/shining-stars.html' title='Shining Stars'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RjdsFpF-l-I/AAAAAAAAAE4/3Inw5rNB46g/s72-c/SSDragon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-8206826055622048040</id><published>2007-04-09T22:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:23.162-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Figurines Are Coming! The Figurines Are Coming!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rhr2blivl1I/AAAAAAAAAEs/HT8d_BHhoi8/s1600-h/SCspringer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051620885844170578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rhr2blivl1I/AAAAAAAAAEs/HT8d_BHhoi8/s320/SCspringer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have been personally collecting animal figurines for I’d say at least 15 years now. It all began when my mother brought me home this adorable little unicorn figurine. I don’t think she realized what that one little figurine would start! 15 years later, I have &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of figurines and am still collecting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I love animal figurines just as much as I love stuffed animals, I have wanted to carry them in the store since I opened it. Well I am excited to announce that in the coming weeks we will finally be adding animal figurines to our store. The main delay with stocking animal figurines has been finding companies to buy from, a lot of figurine companies will unfortunately not work with internet only stores. But I have found a few companies that will, and more importantly, they make high quality figurines that I will be able to sell for reasonable prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of the companies I have found to work with, I have placed orders with three that should start arriving next week or so. The companies are Sandicast, Quarry Critters and Country Artists. Sandicast has an adorable line called “Snoozers” which features sleeping animals in adorable poses. In addition they have a variety of sizes of animal figurines and Lady Abbies will mainly carry the small size. They specialize in dogs but also have cats and wildlife figurines. I own a few Sandicast figurines, including the black and white springer snoozer above, so I can attest to the quality, value and sheer adorableness!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quarry Critters by Second Nature Design are resin animals made to look like they are carved from stone, hence the name. These animals, though usually done in simple grays and browns, are still incredibly adorable due to the sweet faces and expressions they are given. Due to the simple colors of most of their figurines, it makes the splashes of colors added in some all the more vibrant and fun. In addition, they have a new floral line which consists of animals covered in big, bright flowers. Quarry Critters also makes stuffed animals and we will be carrying a few of them as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last but not least of the three figurine companies we will be adding to the store is Country Artists. This is a great line that is full of adorable animal figurines. I have an adorable schnauzer puppy figurine in my collection from Country Artists. The figurines from this line range from incredibly realistic looking animals to whimsical animals. In either case, the detail is fine and the quality is superb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be starting out with a small collection of figurines from each company to see how they do but I certainly hope to offer a wider selection representing each in the near future. I hope you all enjoy them at least nearly as much as I do:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-8206826055622048040?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/8206826055622048040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=8206826055622048040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/8206826055622048040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/8206826055622048040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/04/figurines-are-coming-figurines-are.html' title='The Figurines Are Coming! The Figurines Are Coming!'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rhr2blivl1I/AAAAAAAAAEs/HT8d_BHhoi8/s72-c/SCspringer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-1801217954488020531</id><published>2007-04-07T15:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:23.237-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin&apos;s Musings'/><title type='text'>Happy Easter &amp; Happy Birthday Dad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050774889127197826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rhf1AGLjvII/AAAAAAAAAEk/6l2loRzDSuA/s320/dad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Happy Easter Everyone!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;For those of us in Southeastern PA, it feels a little bit more like Christmas. I think weather-wise Easter will actually feel more like Christmas then Christmas did! If that makes any sense:) We were even supposed to have snow today but that ended up going further South. That's a relief, don't want to see anymore of that! Once Spring technically arrives, I expect the weather to automatically change over into sunny 70 degree days. Doesn't usually happen that way, but oh well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Nevertheless, it is Easter weekend and I hope you all enjoy it with your families and friends!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I have to admit it will be a bit of a weird day for me tomorrow. Easter happens to fall this year on what would have been my Dad's 52nd birthday. Yup, &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; have been. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Hard to believe it was only two years ago that we were celebrating his 50th birthday with a surprise party. I bought him an inflatable walker and everything, all the stuff to rub in the age - over the hill and all of that. Even harder to believe that at that birthday we didn't even know he was sick. We found out in August that he had esophageal cancer and the cancer was bad. It had already spread to other parts of his body, he didn't even know he had it until he developed a lump in his throat that made eating difficult - which led him to go to a doctor. I don't want to bring anyone reading this down with all of the horrible details, too many of us know what this disease is like already, but it was my first time (and how I wish it will be the last) that I ever dealt with cancer so up close and personal and it was awful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Dad passed away in November of the same year, just 7 months after his 50th birthday party. Suffice it to say, my mind will be on him a lot tomorrow. I am sure losing a parent at any age is difficult and in many ways I was lucky to have my Dad in my life for as long as I did. But 50 certainly feels young these days. My parents were young parents too, so I guess I had just taken for granted that they would be around for a long time to come. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;So, wherever you are Dad, Happy Birthday. I'm thinking of you and I love you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I would like to end this post with a little something that was read at my Dad's memorial service. I am not sure where it came from and believe it is anonymous, but it resonated with me and if any of you out there reading this have lost someone you loved, perhaps you will find some comfort in these words as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;When I die, give what is left of me to the children. If you need to cry, cry for your brothers and sisters walking beside you. Put your arms around anyone and give them what you need to give me. I want to leave you with something, something better than words or sounds. Look for me in the people I have known and loved. And if you cannot live without me, then let me live on in your eyes, your mind and…your Acts of Kindness. You can love me most by letting hands touch hands, and letting go of children who need to be free. Love does not die, people do. So when all that is left of me is love… give me away…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;~Erin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-1801217954488020531?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/1801217954488020531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=1801217954488020531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1801217954488020531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1801217954488020531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/04/happy-easter-happy-birthday-dad.html' title='Happy Easter &amp; Happy Birthday Dad'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rhf1AGLjvII/AAAAAAAAAEk/6l2loRzDSuA/s72-c/dad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3292205014670700580</id><published>2007-03-23T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:42:16.071-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin&apos;s Musings'/><title type='text'>Welcome Spring &amp; Goodbye Shoveling!</title><content type='html'>Spring came on Wednesday! And although it has been raining pretty much since then, at least the temperatures are mild. Unfortunately, last weekend, just when I thought it was safe, my region got hit with one last nasty storm. The worst of the year actually, mainly due to the fact that it pretty much sleeted for hours upon hours, coating everything with layers of ice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My home has a small driveway, 3 cars fill it to the brim, and we have a small sidewalk out front (luckily we aren't a corner lot) but let me tell you, the ice storm beat me when it came to shoveling out after it. My husband and I didn't even get our driveway and sidewalk shoveled until Sunday afternoon, on our fourth attempt of the weekend to do so. And even then, it was poorly shoveled, but I didn't even know if my arms would ever work again so I decided it was good enough!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luckily, the temps warmed up on Monday and melted most of what we had left, and now that Spring is here, I hope we won't see anymore snow or ice this year. Or rather, ice, I don't mind shoveling snow so much but the ice was awful. I noticed most of my neighborhood, which is usually quite good at getting into gear after a snow, left their sidewalks unshoveled, even the few with snow blowers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So even though southeastern Pennsylvania had a fairly mild winter this year, it certainly ended with a bang. I love Spring anyway, love Summer even more, but it is greeted even more openly following a winter ice storm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's my round-a-bout way of saying, Welcome Spring! Of course, Spring has its own issues, rain which leads to my yard becoming a swamp, that my two dogs love to run around in and then bring all of that mud inside, all over the floors....etc...oh boy...welcome spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3292205014670700580?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3292205014670700580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3292205014670700580' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3292205014670700580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3292205014670700580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/03/welcome-spring-goodbye-shoveling.html' title='Welcome Spring &amp; Goodbye Shoveling!'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-4792392632363947386</id><published>2007-03-09T14:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:43:58.069-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Additional Product Info'/><title type='text'>And Here's Goober the Bear's Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MsBqFzwoj8E"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MsBqFzwoj8E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***For some reason these videos are messing up the sound a bit and it is not syncing with the mouth movement. But please note, Goober's mouth actually moves along quite well with the singing, as does Arnold's to his snoring.***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Okay, I got to it while I was thinking about it! So here's Goober the Bears video debut singing, "Don't Worry Be Happy," while he leisurely reclines and taps his foot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if you don't choose to buy either of these cute sound and motion plush, I hope you at least got some entertainment from watching their movies!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Erin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-4792392632363947386?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=352' title='And Here&apos;s Goober the Bear&apos;s Video'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/4792392632363947386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=4792392632363947386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/4792392632363947386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/4792392632363947386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/03/and-heres-goober-bears-video.html' title='And Here&apos;s Goober the Bear&apos;s Video'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-6748901452005222796</id><published>2007-03-09T12:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:43:58.070-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Additional Product Info'/><title type='text'>Arnold the Snoring Pig, from Gund</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9JewgskrfyY"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9JewgskrfyY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***For some reason these videos are messing up the sound a bit and it is not syncing with the mouth movement. But please note, Goober's mouth actually moves along quite well with the singing, as does Arnold's to his snoring.***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this pig adorable and fun! I took this video of him so that you could see what he actually does when he snores and wiggles in his sleep. Sorry about the quality, looked better on my end before it went through the upload to YouTube, but I think the cuteness of Arnold shines through the poor video! I have a &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=352"&gt;Goober Bear from Gund &lt;/a&gt;that sings "Don't Worry Be Happy" and taps his foot, I will try to get some video up of him as well so that you can all see what these guys actually do. I know it can be hard to know what you are getting with sound and motion items when you buy online, so I hope this video helps!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Erin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-6748901452005222796?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=393' title='Arnold the Snoring Pig, from Gund'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/6748901452005222796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=6748901452005222796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/6748901452005222796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/6748901452005222796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/03/arnold-snoring-pig-from-gund.html' title='Arnold the Snoring Pig, from Gund'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-1856389777362818968</id><published>2007-03-02T20:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:23.797-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday Products'/><title type='text'>March is here and Easter's coming!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RejWkXgRNZI/AAAAAAAAADs/nQncGc9bvVI/s1600-h/justabunny1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037512103486895506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RejWkXgRNZI/AAAAAAAAADs/nQncGc9bvVI/s320/justabunny1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is March, how did that happen? Not that I am complaining, because on March 11th daylight savings time begins and March 21st is the first day of Spring! And even though we had a short (and compared to much of the country, quite uneventful) winter here in South Eastern PA (it didn't really start getting cold until January) I am still looking forward to spring. Bring on the warmth and extended sunshine! &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, as it is already March, that means Easter is quickly approaching as well, it falls on April 8th this year. I have quite a few cute items in stock that would make fabulous gifts, find them &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewCat&amp;catId=42"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. One of those items is JustaBunny, the critter in the picture. Isn't he endearing? He's a beautifully made plush from Gund and he's sure to delight the lucky person that gets to partner up with him for the big egg hunt!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I still have quite a few of my plush Easter presents from years past, usually given to me by my parents and paternal grandparents. I certainly got my fair share of bunnies on Easter, though each was unique and special; my large and simply crafted pink and white bunny, my all snowy white bunny with a cute belly button, my brown bunny holding a carrot that came in its own basket, etc...etc... That's why I love plush, because there are so many wonderful items out there and I know for myself, they are a beautiful way to display items that contain special memories from special times. I can look at most of the plush I own and give you its history, particularly if it was given to me by a loved one... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Erin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-1856389777362818968?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/1856389777362818968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=1856389777362818968' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1856389777362818968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1856389777362818968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-is-here-and-easters-coming.html' title='March is here and Easter&apos;s coming!'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RejWkXgRNZI/AAAAAAAAADs/nQncGc9bvVI/s72-c/justabunny1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-8460405211867328763</id><published>2007-03-02T12:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:23.989-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vendor News'/><title type='text'>Cuddle Factory is Closed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rehe_XgRNWI/AAAAAAAAADE/xMTztmq4I08/s1600-h/Snappy-Crocodile.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037380625948030306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rehe_XgRNWI/AAAAAAAAADE/xMTztmq4I08/s400/Snappy-Crocodile.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After this cute guy sold out on my store, I went to reorder more from the distributor, The Cuddle Factory, and found out that the company has closed down. It wasn't purchased by anyone and all of the inventory is gone. Too bad, they had some cute items that I really liked, including Merlin the Dragon and some cute dinosaurs, not to mention Snappy the Crocodile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if you are looking for anything from The Cuddle Factory, I do still have a few items, found &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewCat&amp;catId=65"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. But once they are gone, that's it, no more reordering. Aww, I wanted my own Snappy and now I can't get one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In some good news, for those of you that love bulldogs, First &amp; Main has told me that they are returning to their old style of "Spike" the bulldog and I can't wait to get him back in stock. Right now they are telling me he should be available in early May. Of course, I just took the description off of my site as I hadn't heard anything for awhile and thought it was a lost cause. So if you are a Spike fan, check back with us in May and hopefully we'll have him back. If you just like bulldogs in general however, take a look &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?searchStr=bulldog&amp;amp;act=viewCat"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to see the versions we currently have in stock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of dogs, I made an annoucement that we were expecting a variety of dog breeds in and we still are, they are just delayed. I won't be receiving most of the dogs it looks like now until April, but once I get them, they will be up in the store. I was supposed to be stocking a chow-chow from Aurora, but as beautiful as most of their plush are, I was not happy with the chow so I sent it back and will not be stocking it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of that list, here are the ones you can find in the store now:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bulldog – Winston from Aurora &amp; Norman from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;West Highland Terrier – Ava from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Shih Tzu – Moon from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Pekingese – Buttons from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Chihuahua – Paco from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Dachshund – Spats from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Weimeraner – Hans from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Husky – Rainier from Douglas &lt;br /&gt;Bernese Mountain Dog – Bernice from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Maltese – Magnolia from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Bearded Collie – Harvie from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Papillion – Butterfly from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;King Charles Cavalier – Prince from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we do have the above and more in stock now, easiest way to find them all would be to go under the plush menu tab and then click on dogs &amp; cats. Or if you are looking for a specific breed, just type it in the search box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goodbye Cuddle Factory, it was nice doing business with you and you made some cute stuff...now destined to be coveted items by the lucky people that were able to get them while they could!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-8460405211867328763?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/8460405211867328763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=8460405211867328763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/8460405211867328763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/8460405211867328763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/03/cuddle-factory-is-closed.html' title='Cuddle Factory is Closed'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rehe_XgRNWI/AAAAAAAAADE/xMTztmq4I08/s72-c/Snappy-Crocodile.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3865624679295595411</id><published>2007-02-09T20:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:24.004-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Other Plush Resources'/><title type='text'>Pet Net Resources</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rc0fIAY3d-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/wUWfgfchwNY/s1600-h/petnet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029710581246425058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rc0fIAY3d-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/wUWfgfchwNY/s320/petnet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Have you ever heard of a pet net, or a toy hammock? If not, take a look at the picture. It's a terrific and space saving item that hangs, via three hooks, in the corner of a room and it forms a sort of shelf, or pouch, for you to store things in, namely plush. I love these things and have two hanging in one corner of my office, one on top of the other. They are easy to install and so convenient, and you can fit quite a few animals in one net. Look how many are in the net in this picture. (BTW I used to have that bear on the right, next to the parrot. I think it was a department store Christmas bear, I wonder what happened to it. I am not a person who loses track of my animals easily, but I think he's been delegated to a bag in storage. Do you have too much plush when you can recognize a piece you own from a random picture??) Anyway, I would say the two nets I have hanging up each have at least 20 animals in them, if not more, and not just little 5" tall animals, substantially sized animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not doing this advertisement for these things because I sell them, because I don't, but since I do sell a lot of plush, I wanted to give you a couple of links where you can find these nets if you are interested as they are related to what I have in my store. I think you will find them to be helpful with storing your collection, or getting all the toys off of your childs bedroom floor. I bought one of my nets from Organize.com, don't know where the other came from. The only warning I would give is watch out for quality, the one in the picture is nice because it has the nylon edge which makes it more durable. I also like one with tighter netting, some have holes that look like quite a few animals would fall through. I have that exact one in the picture so I can recommend it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not affiliated with the sites I am listing, not getting any kind of profit from them, again, just listing a helpful resource. These nets would probably work for a lot of things, not just plush. They are normally hung up with hooks but there are also versions now that hang with suction cups if you are concerned with putting holes in the walls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here are a few links to on-line stores you can find the nets at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.Organize.com"&gt;www.Organize.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.organize-it-online.com"&gt;www.organize-it-online.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spacesavers.com"&gt;www.spacesavers.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hangercity.com"&gt;www.hangercity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you found these resources helpful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3865624679295595411?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3865624679295595411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3865624679295595411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3865624679295595411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3865624679295595411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/02/pet-net-resources.html' title='Pet Net Resources'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rc0fIAY3d-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/wUWfgfchwNY/s72-c/petnet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-2544523861912347038</id><published>2007-02-04T19:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:24.270-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vendor News'/><title type='text'>Welcoming Aurora!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=295"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027849390779278354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RcaCYdmQJBI/AAAAAAAAABs/wvYL4cdzGyw/s200/schatzi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lady Abigail's Collectibles and Gifts is happy to announce the addition of the Aurora line of plush products to our store. To the left is one example of their fabulous Nature Babies Collection, Schatzi the Schnauzer. We will be starting out our relationship with Aurora with Schatzi and 23 other Aurora items. Included will be an array of animals from the Flopsie Collection as well as some cutie patooties from the Tushies Collection. All of these items should be in stock soon, possibly this week, so be sure to check out the store. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are excited to grow our list of great plush manufacturers to bring to the public, so welcome Aurora and here's hoping we do much business in the future. ~Erin &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-2544523861912347038?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewCat&amp;catId=88' title='Welcoming Aurora!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/2544523861912347038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=2544523861912347038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/2544523861912347038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/2544523861912347038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/02/welcoming-aurora.html' title='Welcoming Aurora!'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RcaCYdmQJBI/AAAAAAAAABs/wvYL4cdzGyw/s72-c/schatzi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-1837774879420635532</id><published>2007-01-31T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:24.442-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin&apos;s Musings'/><title type='text'>Relax &amp; Unwind With Sand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.sandfantasy.com/videoclips/videoclips.htm"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026367292054709234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RcE-a9mQI_I/AAAAAAAAABU/1JRsDDeYgag/s400/sand_fantasy_lg.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you've had a long day and need to unwind...click on the above picture (sorry, don't know how or if I can load the actual video clip on this blog) to be taken to the clip page of &lt;a href="http://www.sandfantasy.com"&gt;www.sandfantasy.com&lt;/a&gt;. Here you will find an artist, Ilana Yahav, who makes moving images with sand. The clips of her creating these amazingly intricate sand pictures are accompanied by soothing music. The clip for "Just Imagine..." from which the above photo was taken, was posted on yahoo's main page today and I took a look and loved it and thought I would pass it along. It's the kind of thing I love to watch and even gives me little tinglies down my back. I ended up watching all of her clips and hope she adds more soon. So if watching an artist create is something you would find peaceful and relaxing...please enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Erin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Please note I am not affiliated with this site, just thought it might be something you'll enjoy as I did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-1837774879420635532?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.sandfantasy.com' title='Relax &amp; Unwind With Sand'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/1837774879420635532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=1837774879420635532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1837774879420635532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1837774879420635532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/relax-unwind-with-sand.html' title='Relax &amp; Unwind With Sand'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RcE-a9mQI_I/AAAAAAAAABU/1JRsDDeYgag/s72-c/sand_fantasy_lg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-4850091965115781407</id><published>2007-01-27T23:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:24.666-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coming Soon Products'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rbwp99mQI-I/AAAAAAAAABE/NPRXhAE5MiY/s1600-h/peke.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024937428722394082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rbwp99mQI-I/AAAAAAAAABE/NPRXhAE5MiY/s400/peke.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"&gt;Breed All About It!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, cheesy title for this post but I bring exciting news! In the next few weeks &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;ladyabbies.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will be adding an array of dog breeds, about 25 new breeds in all! So if you are like me and like to own plush versions of your real life dogs - here’s the list of what you can expect to see coming to our store soon:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bulldog – Winston from Aurora &amp;amp; Norman from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;West Highland Terrier – Ava from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Shih Tzu – Moon from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Pekingese – Buttons from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;English Springer Spaniel – Feathers from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Chihuahua – Paco from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Dachshund – Spats from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Weimeraner – Hans from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Fox Terrier – Hunter from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Husky – Rainier from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Wheaten Terrier – Cloudy from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Brittany Spaniel – Isabel from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Australian Cattle Dog – Tulsa from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Australian Shepherd – Tessie from Douglas&lt;br /&gt;Bernese Mountain Dog – Bernice from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Maltese – Magnolia from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Bearded Collie – Harvie from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Papillion – Butterfly from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Basset Hound – Bashful from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;King Charles Cavalier – Prince from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Schnauzer – Schatzi from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Pomeranian – Pamy from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;Chow Chow – Chung Fu from Aurora&lt;br /&gt;(Hope your favorite breed made the list, but if not, drop me a line and maybe we can add it in the near future.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to the above list of realistically made breeds, we’ll also be adding a few new silly dogs, including Schnozz from Mary Meyer, whose name says it all. All in all, we’ll be adding about 75 new products to the store in the next few weeks so be sure to stop in and check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-4850091965115781407?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/4850091965115781407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=4850091965115781407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/4850091965115781407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/4850091965115781407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/breed-all-about-it-ok-cheesy-title-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/Rbwp99mQI-I/AAAAAAAAABE/NPRXhAE5MiY/s72-c/peke.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-3105857081633097665</id><published>2007-01-23T19:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T09:32:24.881-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin&apos;s Musings'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Giving Props:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RbanfdmQI7I/AAAAAAAAAAg/vCb-zPflbMg/s1600-h/tucksam71706.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023386593341219762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RbanfdmQI7I/AAAAAAAAAAg/vCb-zPflbMg/s320/tucksam71706.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I named my on-line store after my beloved English Springer Spaniel Abigail, who passed away in April of '06, (and whose picture can be found on the About Us page of the site) and also drew the store's logo as a cartoon of her, I thought I should at least introduce my boys. They were starting to feel a bit left out. Sam is our two &amp; a half year old English Springer Spaniel and Tucker is our almost one year old German Shorthaired Pointer. Since these two are fairly close in age and have similar energy levels, they tend to get along great. They are brothers in every sense of the word. And although Tucker is technically the little brother, size wise he is outgrowing his brother by leaps &amp;amp; bounds (he's already about twice the size he was in this pic)! I wonder if Sam longs for the days when he had the upper hand?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So those are my boys, officially introduced!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-3105857081633097665?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/3105857081633097665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=3105857081633097665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3105857081633097665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/3105857081633097665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/giving-props-since-i-named-my-on-line.html' title=''/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQyRUsIuc7w/RbanfdmQI7I/AAAAAAAAAAg/vCb-zPflbMg/s72-c/tucksam71706.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-1928635053821063541</id><published>2007-01-22T12:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:44:45.661-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday Products'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/images/uploads/beaumont.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.ladyabbies.com/images/uploads/beaumont.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Holiday Buzz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valentine's Day is already under three weeks away! While it is coming up quickly, there is still plenty of time for you to order and receive something sweet for that special someone in your life and we have a few great items in stock to meet your needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beaumont the Cupid Teddy Bear from First &amp; Main is the perfect Valentine's Day plush. He's a soft white teddy bear with vivid blue embroidered eyes, red heart footpads and a red heart shaped nose. He's all decked out as the little love god with his opalescent wings, gold halo, bow and heart tipped arrow and his pink sash with red hearts. He'd make a terrific gift all on his own or, because he's priced right, he'd be a great accompaniment to perhaps a more extravagant gift. (wink, wink).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;You can check Beaumont out here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=197"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=197&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;If your Valentine is a dog lover, particularly a bulldog lover, you can't miss out on Sassy or Spike from First &amp; Main. Petite little pups at about 5" long, they are all the more adorable due to their small size! Spike is dressed up as a little biker dude with a black jacket and red kerchief on his head and Sassy is decked out in pink. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Check out Sassy here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=179"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=179&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; and Spike here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=180"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=180&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Lastly, if you are looking for a Valentine's Day gift that is more appropriate for your best friend, parent or child, we recommend something from Russ Berrie's Bloomin' Friends Collection. This collection consists of a bunny, teddy bear and hedgehog. There are three styles, one of each character, available in plush and there are six styles, two of each character, available as figurines. Whichever you choose will make an absolutely sweet, but toned down, alternative to the typical Valentine's Day plush. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Check out the plush Bloomin' friends plush here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=198"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId=198&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;and the figurines here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=199"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewProd&amp;amp;productId=199&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-1928635053821063541?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/1928635053821063541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=1928635053821063541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1928635053821063541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/1928635053821063541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/holiday-buzz-valentines-day-is-already.html' title=''/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-116923892546744519</id><published>2007-01-19T15:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:42:47.037-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Product Spotlight'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1390/3487/1600/216736/diggity.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1390/3487/320/557390/diggity.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In the Spotlight:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Lisa LeLeu Studios Puppet Show Books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa LeLeu's Puppet Show Books are a truly ingenious creation. They provide an instant, easy to pack up and take along puppet theater for children. The books come as a tote book set and the set includes; a removable hand puppet character (there are currently 5 characters to choose from), the hard book cover that acts as the stage, an illustrated storybook that tells an educational story of that character, and best of all, a "story starter" book. The story starter is a phenomenal creative outlet for kids. It contains questions that stimulate kids to write their own story for the puppet. In additon they can color in their own background scenes to go along with the story they have imagined.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out all 5 characters at my store by following this link: &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewCat&amp;catId=76"&gt;http://www.ladyabbies.com/index.php?act=viewCat&amp;amp;catId=76&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-116923892546744519?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/116923892546744519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=116923892546744519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/116923892546744519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/116923892546744519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/in-spotlight-lisa-leleu-studios-puppet.html' title=''/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980459.post-116922314954803317</id><published>2007-01-19T11:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T19:24:48.274-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Announcing www.ladyabbies.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1390/3487/1600/516616/abbielogoblog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1390/3487/200/445970/abbielogoblog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to my blog! My name is Erin and I would like to thank you for stopping in to visit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to start off my first post by introducing my on-line store, Lady Abigail's Collectibles &amp; Gifts, found at &lt;a href="http://www.ladyabbies.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.ladyabbies.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Abigail's carries an array of baby, kid, holiday and wedding items from terrific companies like &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Gund&lt;/span&gt;, Russ Berrie, First &amp;amp; Main, Melissa &amp;amp; Doug, and many more so I hope you will find something you love when you visit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Abigail's is named after my English Springer Spaniel Abigail. The real Lady Abigail (of the Woodlands-her &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;AKC&lt;/span&gt; title), more commonly known as Abbie (she wasn't pretentious), passed away almost a year ago. When I decided to start my store shortly after her passing, I could think of no more perfect name for it then hers. It is my honor to have her name on my store and to think of her everyday when I look at the springer logo I drew after her (though in real life she was less &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;cartoony&lt;/span&gt;) or see her name atop every page. And I am proud to introduce her to you, she was worth knowing...and anyone who has a dog and loves them dearly knows what I mean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creating this store has truly been a labor of love for me and I am thrilled that it is finally up and running. I would like to thank my brother and webmaster, David, for all of his help in this endeavor because I had the vision but he brought it to life online for which I am extremely grateful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for stopping in and I hope you enjoy the store!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Erin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31980459-116922314954803317?l=ladyabbies.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ladyabbies.com' title='Announcing www.ladyabbies.com'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/feeds/116922314954803317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31980459&amp;postID=116922314954803317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/116922314954803317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31980459/posts/default/116922314954803317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ladyabbies.blogspot.com/2007/01/welcome-to-my-blog-thanks-for-stopping.html' title='Announcing www.ladyabbies.com'/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17418825385957702585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03710896555377977694'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>