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                               Come on in and make yourself at home, we are glad to see you here.
We have been quite busy moving our inventory around, seems to be taking longer then we had anticipated but all in all it's going well.
My son and his girlfriend are now helping out and have some new ideas that we are hoping to start soon. They are very excited to be a part of  our team and we hope they will be around for quite some time as their enthusiasm grows so does ours. Welcome aboard Will and Deanna it's nice to be able to share with you what we do, we can't wait to implement your ideas!!!
We will be quite busy writing up our inventory and taking pictures, we hope to get it listed soon so be on the look out for new items in our eBay store "The Tool Recyclers"  http://stores.ebay.com/The-Tool-Recyclers
, you never know what you may find from tools to garden decor, home decor and more even some holiday items. We are sure it will please almost everyone.

Thank-you for stopping in and have a great day!!!!!

The Tool Recyclers Blog Challenge post#3

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Come on in and have a seat, we're glad to have you here! We have been pretty busy here rearranging, sorting, tagging and moving our inventory to our new storage building. It has been a lot of hard work but we are definitely getting our house back in order. I couldn't wait for this day to come and now that it is here I am so thrilled to have my home back, now to remodeling the house.
We have come a long way since our flea market days, I was quite surprised to see how much we had collected. It didn't seem like that much until we started to get everything under one roof and in one room,  oh my how did we get this much. So we are going to be quite busy listing lots of items.

We will be listing between our eBay store and our TabJuice Store on Facebook. Our TabJuice store is on our The Tool Recyclers Page1, just click on The Tool Recyclers Page1 and then on Shop Now when you get on that page, it is quite easy to maneuver and set up, we have quite a bit listed here and have had luck with it. If this is something you are interested in just check the apps on Facebook or you can click on TabJuice in our store or go to  TabJuice.com to check it out. This is a free app so why not give it a try!

The Tool Recyclers Blog Challenge post #2

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Hello everyone, welcome to The Tool Recyclers!!!!! Come on in and make yourselves at home,we're glad to have you here!!!!!
We wanted to share with you, our new addition to The Tool Recyclers family, we are so excited about it!!!!
We have recently added our eBay store to Facebook, where we can share with our friends, family or anyone on Facebook they don't have to leave Facebook to see what we have added. The only way you would leave Facebook is if you click on the item to view its description then it takes you to our eBay store. We are so excited about this add-on and couldn't wait to share the news.
It is called SocialStore and is  Powered by Social Store - 3Dsellers by 3Dsellers . You can add it to an existing Facebook Fan Page or choose to start a new page. We chose to start a new page and it is up and running, we don't have a lot on right now but we will be adding more soon.All you have to do is go to our page and select The Tool Recyclers and on that page click on SocialStore, it will take you to our listing from eBay. We love it we are getting more lookers and have even sold a couple of items, wish we had this years ago.
If anyone is interested in this, go to applications in eBay and look for Social Store click on it and go from there. There is a small fee per month but it is worth it.

The Tool Recyclers Update

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Hello everyone on this crisp winter morning, started out the day at 2:00am with the temperature at 0 and watched it as it fell to -3 degrees with the windchill making it feel like -9. But I'm happy to report it is now 10:20am and the temperature is up to 5 degrees and the sun is shining and reflecting off the newly fallen snow we received over the last few days!!!!
 I think we all got spoiled with the winter we were having thus far with the 40+ degrees it was such a weird winter we forgot that eventually it would be here and when it did come it hit with a vengence. Looking out the window and seeing how pretty it is with the snow glistening of the trees and bushes, reminds me of how spring will be here in a few months and everything will be washed anew and starting over again through it's cycle.So with the colder weather I have decided to hibernate the winter away and to concentrate more on the business at hand.
  I feel like I'm starting over again with The Tool Recyclers and what better way to start over then to share with everyone !!!  Started looking at everything in Virtual Online Learning again to refresh my memory and put what I learned into action. I couldn't think of a better way to start over then with all the archived classes with Danna (The Power Selling Mom) I learned so much from her and the rest of the members. I felt right at home remembering everything she had taught us. I was sure I had forgotten most of it but was surprised as I watched the videos and it all came rushing back to me. I want to Thank Danna for being such a great teacher and such a fabulous person ! What would I have done without her and her classes, I really couldn't tell you that's how fantastic I feel Virtual Online Learning is! You can check it out here virtualonlinelearning.com .  I know if I have any questions that there a lot of people there to guide me on my way ! What a wonderful place to learn and socialize!!! Thank-you all at Virtual Online Learning!!!
Check it out you won't be sorry, I'm not!
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THE TOOL RECYCLERS: It's That Time of Year Again-The Holiday Season Is Upon Us

THE TOOL RECYCLERS: It's That Time of Year Again-The Holiday Season Is Upon Us

It's That Time of Year Again-The Holiday Season Is Upon Us

                         Welcome please come on in and join us  here at The Tool Recyclers!!!!!!

                        It's that time of year again, the Holiday season is upon us once again.
With the hustle and bustle of shoppers trying to get the best deals possible!!!! Thanksgiving is only a few days away and people are finding that this years Thanksgiving feast has risen in cost and will be making cuts as to their normal Thanksgiving meal. There are ways around the increase of the cost this year such as a bring and share a dish, or even making more homemade recipes rather then buying ready made foods.

As family and friends gather to give thanks, let us not forget the less fortunate that will not be celebrating Thanksgiving this year. Some may be going to soup kitchens to celebrate and will be appreciative of whatever their meal offers!!! Many people will give up part of their celebration to help those less fortunate, they will help at soup kitchens or at places like The Salvation Army, Catholic Charities and many other such places that serve Thanksgiving meals.

Let us not forget our Military that will not be home to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. Many are thousands of miles away from home fighting for our country to keep us safe and free !!!!!
My daughter and my son-in law (also a soldier) are adopting a soldier for Thanksgiving so he/she has a place to go rather then staying at the fort alone for the Holiday!!!!!

Let us give thanks for our military who have given up so much so we can remain free and safe!!!!!!

Well I have to go and make homemade pumpkin pies, apple pies for Thanksgiving !!!!!
Sending wishes for a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!! From all of us here at The Tool Recyclers!!!

I have many things to be thankful for, I am thankful the most for my loving and caring family and friends!!!!!
I thank the Creator everyday for all he has given me!!!!!!

THE TOOL RECYCLERS: Two of the Reasons I Support Cancer !!!!

THE TOOL RECYCLERS: Two of the Reasons I Support Cancer !!!!

Two of the Reasons I Support Cancer !!!!

Welcome to The Tool Recyclers

I see it has been a while since we last visited, come on in and make yourself at home!!!!

We have had ourselves a pretty busy year taking care of family illness. Our year started the same way it left off with my mother being ill and in and out of the hospital between having double pneumonia and then a series of heart attacks. She is recovering now and is feeling quite a bit better, but she gave us all quite a scare. We are now waiting for more testing to see if the breast cancer has returned ( I pray it hasn't,as she has been through so much in her lifetime) she has been cancer free for 20 years and I'm hoping that what they saw is the scarring from the pacemaker/defibrillator she had to have this year.While talking to her she said she's not going to worry about it because she doesn't feel there is anything wrong like she did the first time she was told she had breast cancer and then 6 months later when she was told she had uterine cancer. She told me then what she has told me through everything this year she was going to be around for very long time, (she keeps telling me at least 90 but she's really shooting for 100 ). She sure is one tough cookie!!!!

She has put all her faith in the Lord and she says he will see her through, just like the last time!!!!!
Cancer in any form can and does affect the whole family,not just the person that has been diagnosed. The many emotions that run through the families can take a toll. Let alone the financial aspects of this horrible disease, some insurances cover certain aspects but what is left over is up to the family to pay (out of pocket cost) it can drain your savings and you still may not be able to pay for all the treatments. I knew of someone who refused the treatments for his cancer because he could not afford them I do not have to tell you the outcome, he said to me even with the treatments there is no guarantee that they will work, so why should I leave such a heavy burden on my family? He was a very loving husband and father, he left behind a wife and four young children. In his mind he was doing the right thing, the only thing that bothered him was he wasn't going to see his children grow up or be there when they needed the support of their dad!!!!! His only comfort was that he wasn't going to leave them with a financial burden that even he couldn't afford!!!!!!

This is only a couple of my experiences with this dreadful disease, I have others but these are 2 of them that hit really close to the heart!!!!
I admire my mother for being who she is and not letting things take her strength away and her deep belief in The Creator as she says he is the only one that knows when your time is up!!!!

I also admired my Uncle for his love to his family and stepping up to help mom raise us after our father had died, Uncle Jim I will never forget your sacrifices for your family, I love you even though you are no longer with us physically I know you are still with us spiritually!!!!!!

Pictures of Our Gardens

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I am going to be posting pictures of our gardens in this posting. Our garden is also done with recycled plants. We call it our recycled garden because a lot of the plants came from our son-in-law when he was redoing his landscaping and was going to throw the plants out. We decided that we could use them to expand our gardens and couldn't stand the idea of throwing such beautiful plants away, the journey began as Gil dug the plants out and loaded them into our truck and brought them home. We had been talking about expanding our garden before this and it just happened to work out for us. Our garden expanded bigger then we had anticipated and we love it. We enjoy sitting out and looking at the garden during the nice weather and during the winter months we long for the spring to watch everything come back up and brighten our yard. We also buy clearance plants and put them into our garden, quite a few of these plants are really on their last leg and ready to be thrown out. But we bring them home and give them lots of TLC,they bounce back into such gorgeous plants and flowers.

climbing roses on opposite corner of fence by house hopefully next year they will be tall enough with the roses below so we can put the arch up we would like them to climb and grow together

climbing roses on corner of fence out front, almost tall enough for the arch we want to put up so they can grow together

roses back yard

roses lining the fence on one side of our yard in back

our granddaughter in front of part of the front garden

Gil planting new bulbs

This is only part of the garden out front not in full bloom yet still early spring

Alliums in garden out front

tiger lilies going down part of our fence on other side of yard

These are just a few of our flowers in various gardens around the house. We enjoy our gardens quite a bit during the good weather, our neighbors come over and sit and visit with us in the gardens they enjoy it also.
 They come over and say it relaxes them especially out front when the two waterfalls are running!!!!!

Building is coming along

The building is coming along nicely,Gil was still working on the floor along with helping his son & daughter in law repair the the back room on their house.He's been pretty busy and hopefully everything will be done before the snow lands and decides to stick around. He has done remarkable work with less then perfect materials and I am in awe of him building this from a vision in his head.I guess this is no different then me making jewelry or doing bead work or crafting parts and pieces from a vision I or any craft person have.
More pictures of the new building!!!!

Gil and son working on tar paper on roof

Gil working on roof

upper floor

ground floor of building

upper floor(upstairs)

upstairs of building

                                           

VirtualOnlineLearning.com - Great learning with fantastic people

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This Blog is about my favorite spot on the net, VirtualOnlineLearning.com , I love this site I have learned so much from the virtual classes I have attended then I would have been able to searching on my own. What I like the best is that I can watch the replay if I have any questions when trying to use what I have learned. Being a Lifetime member is great I always know if I have a question there is always help close by. Everyone there is so helpful and patient. Danna has so much knowledge to share and does it in such a way that you can't wait to try what she has taught you. Danna is a special person who loves helping everyone and truly enjoys and loves what she does.

We are doing a blog challenge today where we do five blogs posted in one day with the option of a bonus blog. The challenges that are presented to us lets us use what we have learned and have fun at the same time!!


If you haven't checked it out yet, go to http://www.meetup.com/Virtual-Online-Learning/   
and check it out now!!!!!!

Another Poem : Fall Reflections

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Fall Reflections

by Caroline A Ward

As I sit and watch the children play
I think of all the yesterdays
Of climbing trees
Being so carefree
Oh how we'd run
We had so much fun
We'd run and dance
Through all the grass
Oh how we thought, it would last
Now it's all in our past
With imaginations going wild
Oh how I miss being a child

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SEASON OF CARING

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Once again the Holiday Season is fast approaching. This holiday season will be harder then most with the economy the way it is. But for some the season is not that of joy or peace on earth. While many are shopping gleefully planning their big holiday celebration.Others are wondering where their next meal will be coming from and if they will have safe refuge from the bitter cold that comes with the season. There are many that have been homeless and even more that have been left homeless as the economy has taken its toll.

Men, women and children have lost so much through this recession, jobs, homes, and families torn apart because of the stress put upon them not knowing where to turn for much needed help. There are many places that can offer help this season such as the Dept.of Social Services,Rescue Mission. There are churches like the Salvation Army,Catholic Charities and many others that offer aid to those less fortunate.

So this Holiday season let's remember those that have lost so much and give to help them have a Happy Holiday also. I know you say give but everyone has had a rough time through this recession, we all have something we can do, like volunteering at a kitchen, holding a coat drive for used coats or collecting blankets, mittens, hats, scarves to hand out to those that do not have these necessities to stay warm. You could hold a food drive for non-perishable foods to donate to a food pantry or volunteer at the food pantry to help give out food.You could also do a boot drive for good used boots or even socks, there are lots of things that can be done to help out this Holiday Season and the rewards are even greater seeing the smiles and the thankfulness in someones eyes that you just helped, there is something about seeing the hope return to their faces knowing they are not alone and there are people that care!!!!!

My Poetry: Fear by Caroline A Ward

This is one of my writings from 911. This is the first poem that I shared on the internet.


Fear
by Caroline A Ward

The whispers of war is near
But no one can hear
The fear
That is kept inside
Because of our pride
We'll stand strong
To show all that are wrong
We'll fight
For what is right
Our nation has been attacked
So now we must fight back
Our freedoms to uphold
We are told
Will not fold
Our nation holds on tight
As we all unite
We fight the fear
No one can hear
Although we know that war is near

Welcome To The Tool Recyclers

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Come on in and make yourself comfortable. We have been busy here at The Tool Recyclers,building new storage, collecting new items to list on eBay. Our orders for the holiday season have been arriving and we are listing them as quickly as possible. Items include angel figurines,home & garden decor,holiday items, jewelry some handmade and much more!!

Please stop in and visit! Let us know what you think. Your feedback is always welcomed. Customer service  is our #1 PRIORITY. We strive to meet the 5 Star rating.We work hard to meet these standards with every contact.
You can visit our store at the following:

EBAY STORE: http://stores.ebay.com/The-Tool-Recyclers

If there is something you are looking for, don't be shy just ask you never know what you may find here at The Tool Recyclers. We have an array of various items, too many to list here!

We will be posting an array of different items surely there will be something to please almost everyone.

COME ON IN AND TAKE A LOOK!

YOUR BUSINESS IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED!!!!

THANKS AGAIN AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

FROM EVERYONE AT THE TOOL RECYCLERS

MY POETRY : NATIVE BORN YET FORGOTTEN by Caroline A. Ward

In this blog I am going to share one of the poems I wrote, normally I don't share these writings with anyone but family. I guess that I have always been a little afraid to share some of my thoughts that I randomly write down. I was asked a few years back to write book of poetry but I never did because of being to shy to let people read something that I wrote.


                                                            Native Born Yet Forgotten

Native born, yet forgotten

We roamed free we took only what we needed

We gave thanks to our Creator,

We gave back to Mother Earth for what she gave us

We taught you when you first arrived,

How to survive!!!

Yet you still led us away, our land was taken

With tears in our eyes, our homes forever gone

You put us on land no other man wanted

Called reservations, we were strong and we survived,

We were Native born, yet forgotten

We fought for what was ours

With tears in our eyes,   Pride in our hearts

Love for the land that man has destroyed

Tell me now who was right,

We are Proud to be Native Born, Yet forgotten

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More pic's of our storage building being built

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Here are more pic's of the storage building that Gil (my other half) is building in our back yard. The building is 17x40 on the bottom and second floor is 20x40. Can't wait for this to be done!!!! I am going to put more pic's of the building on this blog. This is the building that we are building on a budget. I am so impressed with my other half, he has done this by himself  and I have been watching and at times he really scared me putting the top floor up especially. Well here we go I am going to start the pic's now:

These are some of the pic's taken while the building has been worked on. This is Gil taking a break while working on the upstairs building shelves.

You Can Build a Storage Building On A Low Budget

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You can build a storage building on a low budget with unwanted or recycled materials.If you look around in the cities,towns,villages where you live I'll bet you'll find buildings being torn down and being thrown out. Why not ask if you could utilize some of the materials, there are some places that will let you take discarded lumber, windows,doors,bricks etc. at no or little cost.

Our storage building being an example. It is a pole barn style building built from less then perfect poles being slightly crooked/twisted poles, slightly crooked or twisted 2x4's,6,8,10 and 12 pressure treated or not lumber.
In our case unwanted temporary stairs are now floor joists and block flooring.Don't forget to reuse the plastic film for protecting floors discarded after job completion for vapor barrier for under floors.

OSB sheathing which is lumber mill by products reused to make the sheathing. Windows and doors are lumber store returns or damaged products.We will also be using a recycled overhead garage door.
Bricks are used for patio or driveway paving. Don't forget about oops paint it can be utilized if color choice is an option it can be used as a base or primer paint use desired color over it,which less higher priced paint used. Also check the secondary market lumber stores for savings.As in hard economic times there are options to utilize limited monies!!!!

Will add more pic's of our storage building in next blog