What does it take..

to make a difference in some one`s life?  Or even your own.. You can list all of the qualities that one need to posses in order to proceed. But does every one have them? I believe so. When we become determined about things in life that mean a lot to us we aether discover them within ourselves or develop them because we were touched by someone`s story.
I have meet one amazing girl who have shared her story with me and made me think of how awesome what she does is.  Meet Julie Miller who I`ve meat through her blog Because Everyone Deserves A Life Time . The fight to end a Breast cancer is not the easy one.. but yet she stood up to it and here is her story:
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Three years ago, my best friend and I had the idea to walk in the 3-day. We have always had these crazy ideas on what we could do to make a difference in someone's life. Out of all the idea's we have had, this is the only one that has stuck with me through the years. I have always dreamt of making a change, in the breast cancer community, I always wanted to help a little girl, keep her mother healthy forever.

I was adopted in to the McCarthy-Miller family in June of 92', and four months later my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. For as long as I can remember my mom has been sick, bald, and fighting. The older I got, the more embarrassing her bald head became for me, but her bald head never made me stop loving her. She always marched to the beat of her own drum, loved clothes and shoes, and loved being stubborn in her pack-rat ways.

Not only am I walking for my mom but im also walking for my Aunt Lizzie, and my Grandmother, who have both living together in Heaven. I have great memories of my Aunt, she was the only person that could brush my hair, she never cared if I screamed, she just kept going at it. I remember when she got put on hospice, although at the time I didn’t know what it meant, I just thought she got a new fancy bed, but little did I know it was the end of her long fight. My aunt left behind a husband, and three young kids, but not only that she left behind a family who loved her more then words could ever describe.
I signed up for the Susan G Komen 3-Day For The Cure, in January, after having one of those ‘lets make a difference in the world’ conversations with Caroline, I have always loved the idea of doing the 3-Day, and this year was my year to do something big, to make a difference, to prove everybody wrong, and to enjoy giving back to the ladies AND MEN who are fighting this disease.
Please support me as I take an amazing journey in the fight to end breast cancer! The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. Proceeds from the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure are invested in breast cancer research and community programs. You can donate online at the3day.org (or at the link below), you may also donate by telephone by calling 1800-996-3day..

With out your help, i will not be able to do this walk and live out this dream of mine! Please open your hearts and help me put a stop to breast cancer!

http://www.the3day.org/site/TR/2010/AtlantaEvent2010?px=4619386&pg=personal&fr_id=1461
You can also help by biding on one of my auction items HERE. All items have been donated to me from sellers all around the world, who want to be a part in the fight to end breast cancer! If you make items, and would like to join in this amazing fight please email me at jeebee2010@aim.com for more info.

The bidding starts at the retail price of the item, and goes up as you continue to bid, if your last bid is out-bid you will recieve and email saying so. To re-bid please re-email me. THIS IS MY PROMIES - A WORLD WITH OUT BREAST CANCER!!

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As I have spoken to Julie about her walk I decided to donate some items that I am working on.  I will be sending them to her as soon as I am finished.
If you would like to participate and help her in making the difference in this cause please contact Julie by EMAIL .
I think it is so wonderful that there are people in the world who are determined to make a difference.  We all can do it.. We just need to care..
 Good for you Julie -keep it up! And we will support you every step of the way..

A HUGE SALE!

Just wanted to announce a 50% sale on all my items in my STORE . I had a life changing, emotional events going on in my life right now and I will be closing my shop temporarily. I need to sell everything I have made so I am giving it for 50% off not including shipping. I will refund the difference of 50% by Pay Pal. I just have to get my life in order and learn to continue on.. I hope to re-open my shop as soon as I feel capable to run it and continue to create in a comfort of my mew life. I had been very blessed and want to thank you ALL for the support that you have shown me via my FAN PAGE and TWITTER. I truly appreciate it and it makes me feel not so lonely. Thanks again for all your support. I will continue blogging as much as I would be able to and I will continue to visit my Fan Page. I might be also able to create some new things depending on the situation. Life comes at you fast.. I just was not prepared for it I guess. But I am sure it all will turn out for better at the end. I just need time..

A GIVEAWAY at SO YOU THINK YOU ARE CRAFTY

I decided to do another giveaway for you guys . I am giving away 50% off of any one item in my shop for the first winner, 25% off for second winner and 15% off for the third one. Have you ever`ve been at this great site? It `s called You Think You are Crafty similar to So you think you can DANCE !

It is so cool! Missy the soul behind this cool site is having the challenge contestants who compete for certain challenges per week, the winners are chosen but one goes home each time until only one left. It is so nice to see what people can come up with! Go check it out and don`t forget to enter my giveaway! CLICK HERE  and you will be directed right to my giveaway ! Good luck to all of you and can`t wait to see you in my shop!

Easter is COMMING!

And THIS GIVEAWAY at DANA`s blog -MADE sure brings the spirit up!

And she is choosing 5 winners! Imagine that?? What a generosity! Go check it out . She also has a PEEPs TUTORIAL if you are interested on making your own!
Great stuff! So rush and enter!

A trip to the Metro Zoo

On Thursday my friend Olga and I with both of our children went to the Metro Zoo. If any of you `ve been there then you will know the feeling of excitement that you get once you walk through the gates after handing in the tickets.  We arrived at the busstop so we had some walking to do before we got inside

and already then we enjoyed the introduction scene.

They had such a nice waterfall, that we just stood there and enjoy the feeling of tranquility:

The kids went crazy after the ticket girl handed them two Tiger masks but it was only the beginning of it:

As soon as we got in we took our time to enjoy these beautiful pink Flamingos:

There was a little pond with other birds and kids enjoyed feeding them:

There was a lot of other nice to look at creatures and some of them not real, yet nice to hug

and nice to climb on:

and as we were going more inside there was more to see and more to climb on! We actually had to rush kids away from the entrance because they were in a climbing mood,we spent a lot of time waiting for them to finish. 

 Then we finally progressed and made it to our first real animal - a White tiger:

and this beautiful other tiger who lived with the white one:

seams that they got alone pretty well. I think that they were a husband and wife:

and then there was a bear baby:

and a bear mama:

an elephant:

and I was amazed by this HUMONGOUS tree( wonder how old is it to get to such large size)! Or may be it is many trees in one? Who knows! But it sure looked awesome:

And then there was a camel. Actually there was A LOT of camels everywhere:

and they even offered a camel rides for $5 . Unfortunately Polina did not reach the height requirements to ride yet. But there was one couple that we`ve seen who enjoyed it:

But since Polina did not get to ride the camel I took her for another ride:

and she enjoyed it so much that she took two rounds:

She never wanted to leave the carousel until I told her that she get to pet the sheep and wild pig and she was first in line to do that:

I was surprised that the piggy took it pretty calm:

The girls did not want to leave but there was so much more to see!! and  the poor sheep got all tired of the kids trying to tag their tails that they just kept running away as soon as someone approached them:

So after we left them alone we headed to see the lion:

 

who lived with his /her partner:

by the little waterfall:

that we found out was a cave inside:

and if you go inside you will see the lions closer through the thick window (I did not take picture of it) as well as hear them roarrrrr:

After that we continued on to many many more interesting anymals and places like this waterfall where you go inside like in a small cave and can take a picture standing behind it:

We`ve also seen  gators:

these cute little ones ( i don`t  even know who they are but so cute!)

RINO:

gorillas:

storks:

and many more that I had no Idea how they called. I think they are some kind of wild goats:

donkeys:

 and more of others:

there was a lot of places to eat outside the park:

and  inside too:

but most of the day we ended up eating on the way, cause there was no time to waste on food so we mostly snacked while walking:

The kids also played in some areas. They had a play ground with swings, slides and bunch of other cute animals on the way where you can take pictures or just sit down to rest your legs:

Unfortunately the time was running fast so we did not get to ride the metro train, that goes around the zoo and you can see everything from the above. We came 2 seconds late and just`ve seen it leaving.. The next one was in an 30 min so we did not want to loose time to wait for it..

well may be next time...

and may be next time instead of strollers girls get to ride this awesome quad-cycle car:

We did not get to see the rest of the zoo. This is only 1/4 of the park. Imagine what else is out there! We definitely will come again!

so as you can see there was not too much sewing going on these days but pure fun!

The girls really really enjoyed the trip and Polina still talks about the zoo. If you ever come to Miami you should check it out! It is the best place after Disney!

And I did not even know how great it will be and glad that I went, because it`s loaded with fun and excitement! Hope you enjoyed reading about it. Because we wanted to share with you what an awesome day we had!

Good Bye!