Okay many of you don’t know that I am addicted to SHOES. yesss I have a shoe thang. and yes I do have favorites too. like those lil hot mamas up above. you must remember that I’m a woman of a certain Age and Size; and Reputation. so I can only get away with so much in the fashion dept.

I love Good Shoes. I don’t wear cheap shoes, unless they are a part of a costume; like those Limo Shoes,, yeah I got some bad ones too – like my favorite Leopardskin Suede PhuckmePumps. these have been worn a total of four times so far in 5 years. never ever on concrete baby.. oh no ! (shootin a wicked side eye at myself -  that is SO NOT Fabulousa and destructive to the shoes) concrete and leather are not friends, and my shoes have leather bottoms usually.  that makes them soft, and they last if you care for them. so you may be wondering how I get around in them… well just use your imagination for that one, while you look at the shoes.. yeahhh.  sometimes they do travel in a bag to the venue, sometimes they are carried by someone ; )   – co’mon we’re all adults, don’t act like you’ve never been carried.

How about these chocolate silk ribboned stillettos, which have seen alot of action – on carpet baby.  they’ve probably been worn maybe three times. once with a chocolate silk cocktail 2 pc; to a party in Miami a couple years ago. then I wore them to church with my Big Sis one sunday with a chocolate linen 2 pc. yeah that was hot and I did wear gloves and a hat. Us Southern Girls Love Rockin Hats Baby !
Yes Here they are AT Work – On The Bosses Desk.

the last time I remember putting them on, was for a special dinner one nite… uh huh just the shoes against the miami sunset.. nuffsaid;

(if you look closely there’s a pic in the monitor, which is one of the screensavers from a collection created by one of my foot worshipers). yes I put my feet online and people like to see em;  go peek here

I picked these up at some of my favorite *pick me up spots, where they sell inexpensive shoes, that are meant for costuming;  and one time wear, or as a part of an outfit for a special occasion. you know “Limo-Shoes”. I can sniff out a shoe store, anywhere – and heaven forbid theres’ a sale, cause I’m gonna get something.

*(most folks buy chocolate; I buy shoes. they last longer and give much more enjoyment when applied properly.  I am a shoe mistress after-all)

Anyway this all started because I wanted these bad brown crocodile Clarks Bendables Leather & Croco Embossed Side Zipper Shooties. yeah,, say that twice I dare ya. to be more honest, hubby suggested I order them when he ordered several pairs for himself about a month ago. yes My Man gives me shoes.. anytime I want them, and so I picked these clark shoeties out. they were perfect for my brand new brown prada bag… ohhhh baby !  it’s fall

I found them on the horror of places; on sale – or so I thought. yeah,

Do You Ever Wonder what makes a big company so stupid ?

Today I called QVC - Yeah the homeshopping network. they are just plain the worst company I think I’ve ever dealt with customer service wise. they lie, they don’t follow up; and they gouge you on shipping.

Below this paragraph is a note I sent to them today after I called them twice about a shoe return; that they by the way are going to ship, to the same house, seperately on the same da; and charge me TWICE Again – WTF QVC ?

OOOOOOO QVC, You Bishes don messed with the wrong letter writer now babies,

I am sorely disappointed in your service and mostly your delivery methods.

Your Customer Service Agents do not take a moment to ask about delivery instructions when there are multiple items in a single order. they don’t even inform you that you will be charged three seperate charges for a shipment that will be delivered the same day, on the same truck by the same company.

that is just plain pirate logic.

to ship three items, purchased from the same vendor, coming to the same address, ordered and paid for at the same time – Seperately is absolutely Disgraceful.

can you imagine what you company’s carbon footprint looks like – Well maybe we will help everyone out and do a Lil analysis and submit it to the public – to decide if shopping AT A CARBON DRAGON IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET WE ALL LIVE ON.

You may have good prices occassionally; but you are the dumbist company I have ever seen in customer delivery areas.  on returns, if an item that is reordered is not available – why do you NOT contact the customer by email to allow them a chance to know what will or won’t be happening, within two weeks ? mind you this is after a phonecall to your company to get a replacement return label for the one that was not included – and to place a replacement order; which was confirmed in stock and ready to ship on arrival of my return ?

why does your customer service staff take so long to help with simple requests, like ship all parts of my order together – and if it’s being delivered to the same house, on the same truck – why are you charging by the piece as a seperate shipment ?

that is absolutly the wrong way to do business or to retain customers.  I will certainly think twice about even watching your channel again, or ever spending one moment looking at your website, or purchasing anything from A Company Who SO HATES THEIR SHOPPERS.

(end of my note to qvc – and yes the bishes sent me an instant autoreply saying they got my mail and would be cheerfully getting back to me)

Okay enough with the Shoe Wars, My Advice is Just Don’t Patronize a Company who HATES IT’S CUSTOMERS, AND THE PLANET LIKE Q V C.

QVC SUCKS,

IF You Leave Lots of Comments and I feel the Loooooovee maybe I’ll show you my shoe boxes, and my treasure trove of purses… ohhhhh you know I ABSOLUTELY Looooveeee me some purses tooo, ohhhh baby baby !

Remember I am an Accessories Designer – did you forget I am the original queen of Cigar Box Purses ?  I still own the group, and put out the most accessed and used FAQ and How To Do It – in the history of cigarbox purse making. yeah I’m that bish.

but anyway,, I digress – I just picked up a Brown Faux Croco Prada Doctors Bag and the phattest Black Patent Leather D&G Hobo, YESSSS !!!!

So as you can see, this phat girl is ret for the fall, and I’m gonna have to buss me some bad ass black patent leather thigh highs, real quick.

RhiRhi -Y’all Watch Outtttt Skinny Heffas,

UPDATE – 2:22PM MONDAY 10/19/2009, Please Read Below the Signature to see their plan to scalp us more, me Heartys.

the davy jones locker crack must have blasted the pirates pretty hard because they are now opening up Davy Jones Locker to YOU and I -

Shake You Down..

Why does that always happen when we get a mail from Entrecard?

Today is Music Monday so Check out the Jacksons ahead of your monday mornin scuttlebut; Me Mateys.  Get Up and Shake a Leg before we march ye to the plank..  Remember The Jacksons had a pirate too – JOE,, uh huh..

Ayyyyy Me Mateys – Here’s Our Subject Material from Entrecard’s Mistress Cindy

Adverts credit tax lowered from 75% to 50%

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

We have received some concerns regarding the high 75% tax deducted from the price to advertise on your blog. So for the next 3 months we will be lowering the tax rate to 50%. This means that you will receive 50% of the price it costs to advertise on your blog! The other 50% will be deleted from our system. This is effective as of today. After 3 months, if there are no major problems with the EC inflation, we will keep the tax rate at 50%.

Please continue to email us at support@entrecard.com if you have any problems or concerns. We would love to hear from you. All emails will be answered within 24 hours.

Cindy
Entrecard.com

Oooookay we’re going to try to stay on track and keep this as clear and concise as possible. What does she mean when she says :

After 3 months, if there are no major problems with the EC inflation, we will keep the tax rate at 50%.

They Dropped the Tax to 50 percent without addressing the other large piece of the puzzle, The Drop Bounty.

Yes the Drop Bounty,

many of you who were here before the change will remember that the drop system allowed you to get a drop and give a drop simultaneously. this encouraged return drops. it also built up advertising booty, which they realize and hope that we’ve forgotten. alas, we haven’t and neither have they. we shouldn’t be retrained in the middle of the deal, it’s so Scurvy

now when you drop - that’s what you get A Drop In The Bucket; With a Yo Ho Hoe – into a Dead Mans Chest ..

Co’mon saying somethng as inflamatory as this is certainly war bait from our point of view. we’re not military strategists, but we did read Sun Tzu and apparently this is War.  we’re economists and we can add and subtract easily, without the need of a calculator – Cindy, you took away one ec and that started the retraction and mass migration within days, literally.

They think that our drops should be just that A One Way System

the purpose of dropping and leaving a point for the person whom you dropped in on; was to encourage them to visit you and hopefully if they liked what you had going on, to advertise.  We Must Become Privateers if we expect to survive the keelhauling by these scallywags

under the present administration advertising has bottomed out to the lowest point in the entire history of entrecard. Aaargggg Me Mateys – people are hording their credits more than ever. mostly because of this  Dead Mans Chest policy..

this encourages people to do more one way drops; only as a way to accumulate a single point and to forget the time it takes to comment; or spend too much time on your blog. apparently one ec is just not enough incentive. maybe two weren’t really, but they certainly encouraged more return drops – and ad purchases.

Aye Matey, How’s Your Chest of Eight ? full of doubloons or just stamped with their jolly roger ?

Cindy Says: The other 50% will be deleted from our system.

Avast Fair Cindy !  As You Can See, with the entrecard economy bottoming out and members migrating away to other blog social networks; pretty soon the value of the ec will be undeterminable, because it, like the owners is pretty much Fluid.  just a buncha doubloon hunters,,

How can they expect to maintain any standard of an economy if there is no elasticity to encourage that free exchange of EC’s ?  there isn’t a contest or give away to be found anywhere in entrecard – after Martin cancelled his Million EC Give Away.

Why ? Simple -

The Pirates Claim they are Dumping Them from their chest, but where mateys are they dumping them ?

In Davy Jones Locker ?

for these Swashbucklers, that wouldn’t work to prove value to their advertisers… They Need those Pieces of Eight

In Case Ye Missed the Sweet Trade, These Buccanners have  ads being phased in which are clickable – but blogs, without ec widgets; we saw them this weekend. we’re Corsairs, so we click 900 times a day Ayyyeee..

the entire dynamic of their management style is just that Fluid. they pass through with the intention of leaving nothing; like a flying dutchman in the night; pillaging and sweeping up as much as possible. that is pure piracy.

Remember, Pirates Don’t Respect Anyone – Especially Individuals

Pirates function as profiteers – by plundering and pillaging. we can see now clearly that this is the pillage and plunder phase. keep that widget in place matey because trust us, there is a wisdom to riding out their rampage.

these sprogs don’t know what they have, yet we do. we are the basic value of entrecard. take away the Bloggers and What do you Have ?

A Ship Fulla YO HO HOES..

Shiver Me Timbers Mateys, now lets pull that wishbone, cause it’s soft and pliable and we know it’s not gonna snap. Pulllll it till it’s stringy. that’s the only way to dismantle this plundering. let them keep whittling away their worth, while we network and become stronger. we need eachother because WE Are Strong – Single Bloggers are just a joke to them; which is why they worded their announcement this way; scallywags.

so lets see through the fog mateys, I can feel the time is right for going  on the account; for a long winter. lets plunder and pillage their coffers more than ever.

Lest You Forget It’s US that They Got IT ALL FROM

Yes Me Mateys – We ARE THE TREASURE, AAARRRGGGGG !

UPDATE – 2:22PM MONDAY 10/19/2009

the davy jones locker crack must have blasted the pirates pretty hard because they are now opening up Davy Jones Locker to YOU and I -

Of Course it’s a RAW Deal – and Not A Square Deal – those are OUR POINTS. Why Would We Buy their Throw Aways -  Like We Asked, Where are they Dumping Them – Now We Know, Yo Ho Hoeeeeee,

Hi Entrecarders,

For a limited time only, we are lowering the price of our credit sale by 50%! Below are the new rates.
If you are interested in purchasing additional credits, please <a href=”http://entrecard.com/r/buy_credits“>login</a> to your dashboard and click on the “buy more” link on the top right hand corner.

4,000 credits  = $12
8,000 credits  = $23.20
16,000 credits = $44.80
32,000 credits = $84.40
64,000 credits = $166.40

Please note that this is a limited time only and prices can adjust back to the normal price anytime.
Thank you for being a valued member. Email support@entrecard.com if you have questions. All emails
are answered within 24 hours.

Cindy
Entrecard.com

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Today is a Day that we should never have to be reminded of

Tens of Thousands of  People all over the blogosphere are putting their blogs up for reminder today in hopes that we can all finally SEE The Truth about what Extreme Poverty IS Doing TO US ALL.

We posted a fairly dim reminder over on our sister site “RecycledFrockery“.

it’s the view that will hit many of us in the memorybanks; with our favorite private dancer – delivering the death angels’ performance.

MadMax was only a movie, but it fortold of a time when water was worth your life.  that very moment is today, for many millions of extremely poor peoples all over the globe.

many of them will never make it to see the age of three, because they will die of thirst or hunger.  mostly because they are too poor to get Clean Water or Food.

Now imagine a world where you are that person, and you are trapped with no resources, or recognition from the rest of the world – who goes on living their lives as though you didn’t exist – But Wait..

“We Remember the day we all learned the truth of it – Fighting gets to killing and killing gets to warring; and that was damn near the death of us alllll. look at us now, busted up and everyone talking about “hard rain” but we’ve learned by the dust of em allll….”

You Do – and Why Shouldn’t You Count ?

Take a Moment Today please and visit RecycledFrockery and get your wake up call.

Good Mornin World !

This is the Video that Has Harry and US Pissed

This is no better than that clowndressing Mr. Shirley Q. Liquor.

When will this Blackface Stop Being Funny People ?

the worst part is that it’s not in the culture of Australia to do Blackface;  yet we see a 2009 Minstrel show on National Television.

The World is saying Shame On You Australia – We Are Not Suprised at this, but at least Now We All know how you air your dirty laundry.

There is never a time or a place where racism is popular, acceptable or funny. in todays’ media it’s received more attention than most things; but this is going wayyyy beyond any acceptable limit of good taste.

is this a view of the racial identity problems in Australia, Still

We all know that many aboriginal children were stolen from their parents by the state in the early 60’s; and given to white australians – to be “Nationalized”.

what ? don’t the white folks realize that These Are the REAL Australians ?

ooooohhhh hang on, maybe the white folks in australia forgot that most of their dna comes from the prison camp. yes, the australian prisons were the breeding ground of the majority of the white australian population – as thats’ where the british exiled their prisoners to serve their sentences.

English murderers, whores and common thieves – the first Aussies

(remember the Aboriginal people don’t count in their australian eyes, even though they the real australians/aboriginal peoples were there when the white prisoners arrived)  Spiffing, to quote King George

Australia in case you’ve forgotten WAS Founded for Whitefolks As A Great British Penal Colony. Yupper.. so those Blackfaces are the Real Aussies. Now Munch On That for a Hot Crispy Moment, Whydontcha – Uh HUH

We’re With Harry on this one -

Sally Lets Get Our Guns Damn It.. JACKSONS Come To The STAGE NOW – Mike You’re Up

Shoot Em TITO !

Lyrics | Can You Feel It lyrics

This is our Music Monday and Social Awareness PSA For the Week 10/11/09

Blackface ‘Jackson Jive’ skit shocks Connick – CNN.com.

(CNN) — Movie star and singer Harry Connick Jr. made waves around the world by condemning, on air, an Australian television skit featuring a group of performers who wore blackface to impersonate the late pop star Michael Jackson and his brothers.

The “Jackson Jive” performed the song “Can You Feel It” Wednesday wearing huge black wigs, blackface and one spangled glove each. The Michael Jackson impersonator wore whiteface.

Connick was one of the judges on the program, a special edition of the Australian variety show “Hey Hey It’s Saturday,” which aired Wednesday.

“If they turned up looking like that in the United States,” he said, frowning, “Hey, hey, there’s no more show.” Watch Connick’s reaction to the performance »

The show’s host, longtime Australian TV presenter Daryl Somers, may have compounded the problem by twice referring to the performers as “boys” — a historically derogatory way of talking to or about black men.

Somers later apologized on air to Connick.

“It didn’t occur to me until later — I think we may have offended you with that and I deeply apologize on behalf of all of us,” he said. “Because I know, your countrymen, it’s an insult to have a blackface routine.”

Connick replied that he would not have appeared on the show if he had known about the routine in advance.

In a message posted on his Web site, Connick wrote that “in the American culture, the blackface image is steeped in a negative history and considered offensive.”

Connick also sought to clarify that he didn’t “ascribe any motives to anyone” or “call anyone a racist” on the show.

“I do not believe that the performers intended any harm,” Connick’s message stated. “I appreciate the folks who have written in support but please know that I allow everyone their own opinions and can only speak for myself.”

Also on Connick’s Web site was a response to criticisms that the performer was in a sketch on the “MadTV” comedy variety show in which he appeared to be mimicking a black preacher. According to the Web site posting, the 1996 sketch was “a spoof featuring a black baptist [sic] minister [played by African-American comedian Orlando Jones] … and a white southern evangelical preacher.”

Connick was playing the white preacher, the posting stated.

Do You Have “GOOD HAIR” ?

That May Be The “MOST LOADED” Question You Can Ever Ask..

What Kind of Good Hair Do You Have ?

I’m Straight and Silky – Naturally

I’m Curly and Loctastic

I’m naturally beautiful Afrolicious Baby

I’m strictly an Indian Hair Girl

I’m Addicted to The Creamy Crack

I Am Woman See MY Sistah Locs

I’m Rockin the Microbraided Crown

I like it Chopped Down Baby – Like Amber Rose

I got my Clip-Ins and My Tracks keepin me On Point

If you Peep My Mohawk you’ll know who’s runnin thangs

I’m the Queen of the Lacefront

I’m the Original Hawaiian Silky Goddess

I’m Short and Cute with a Lotta Texture

I’m An Oldstyle Ceramic Gal – Rockin My Press and Curl

I’m the Queen of the Quick Weave Wig or Quick Weave Clip On

I’m a Ponytail Diva

I’m rockin 3D Underbraids

I’m Still Gellin Baby and Wrappin It Up

Other

Please Specify:

Today On The Suss – we’ll talk about our wildest hair era’s and what sparked them. Make Sure You Call In –

1.706.955.2001  from 5:00-6:00 pm et

this very question caused Chris Rock to do a documentary; about Black Folks and The Hair Culture Industry. Blackfolks spend much more on their hair than any other single group of people on the planet. this is not a guess but a proven fact.

the video explores the cost, in both dangerous chemical reactions; as well as financially for women who just want to “Have Good Hair”; at almost any cost.

you may be asking yourself about my hair above -

well heres’ the real deal

1. I have naturally curly hair (see the picture below) – so to get it straight, I Blow Dry It Straight;
2. Then I Flat Iron it; that lengthens it and makes it easier to style, like above with a simple crown clip on my ponytail bouffant.
3. then to put controlled curl into it, I use a brush and a hot blow dryer
4. or I get my stylist to curl it with the hot curlers.
5. if I plan to keep those curls – I put in some curlers that night and sleep in them if I can;
6. Oh Yes Ms Clarol and I are Old Buddies as you can see. I’m a Caribbean Blond; yes it’s my own color combination – made richer by Roux. in case you can’t tell – My Hair is Tinted Pink; yes  like PINK.

I was Only Kidding. but I have been Pink, Blue, Braided, Bald, Dreadlocked, Curly and Multicolored. Uh Huh. I’ve had quite a few hair challenges.. but lately I’ve been pretty normal.

the real issues behind this film are the dehumanizing acts that women subject themselves to; in order to have “Good Hair”.

what exactly is good hair - well that’s what we’ll be discussing this afternoon With Lady D on The Suss. we bring it to you LIVE between Five and Six (5-6pm et).

we’ll talk about our wildest hair era’s and what sparked them. Make Sure You Call In – 1.706.955.2001

This documentary asks some high profile women about their hair rituals and what “Hair Sex” is really all about. we were new to that one too. sorry, because we just didnt’ know it was called that. we always have hair and people know its real to the roots; literally. that amazingly enough makes us stand out too. most of the women in our family, have hair below their waists; and ours would be too if we didn’t keep it at a more managable length – for convenience. but then again they have Dreadlocks and we have Curlylocks.

this is probably due to the fact that unlike the women in the movie, in my family – we don’t cut our hair off alot; which means we don’t need a weave.

we don’t do creamy crack – because we’ve finally surrendered to our beautiful natural kinks and curls. we like the way we are, and the less enhancements the better. we aren’t like most of our peers, but we try to keep it real on as many levels as possible.

take a moment and check out the movie if it comes to your area because it’s sure to make you think twice about that long flowing blond down at your office, who was rockin braids last month. uh huh.

Today On The Suss – we’ll talk about our wildest hair era’s and what sparked them. Make Sure You Call In –

1.706.955.2001

Peace and Hairgrease My Peeples,

we keep hearing in our comments about blogs that are fed up with Entrecard; post pimpage fee announcement. everyone sees that problem with it immediately, everyone except entrecard that is.

what we need to consider is, what are the advantages to keeping that widget instead of dashing it.

sure we don’t like the new rules, or the way entrecard is being run basically into the ground. But we all have to admit one thing – it drives traffic, or probably you wouldn’t be reading this post.

Yes I am writing it as you are watching, because so many folks are wondering What to Do, What to Do …

yeah it’s a real mess. but who’s mess is it ?

I think the membership can do more to help put it back on track by engaging in a few new changes, enacted by US instead of the owners of entrecard.

• 1. Remember YOU are the Clicker – Do Not Give Away Your Power for One Second by becoming part of the Click Mafia. oh no ! that strengthens their hold on the situation.
  

Most Importantly – choose who and where to leave your clicks carefully. Do Not Buy ADS on Sites that Do Not Return Visits, Comments or Interact –

Stop Feeding The Dead Widgets,

they are killing YOUR Blog and Entrevalue

this will force them to reevaluate their taxes and policies, because less traffic means less payments to them. who wants to pay to advertise when clicks bottom out ?

Really Now.. why would you feed a vampire anyway ?

there is no list presently of advertisers that will be taking part of the widget space, because it appears There Are No Takers for Their High Prices.

yeah they hit us, but just think for a moment what they are charging anyone else who will be paying by the impression to advertise on our widgets. uh huhhh.. yeah now you’re seeing it.

The lack of impressions by a smaller membership will show the courted advertisers that someone has misquoted activity and statistics.   this will in hand cause a cascading effect :

• a. their advertisers will instantly know they have been misled;

• b. the advertisers will see that the population of widgets is much smaller and gets alot less clicks than they were probably quoted.
• c. the value of entrecard clicks will finally match the level of interaction within the community.

2.The members of Entrecard will regain control of their widgets when they start to realize that WE Are the Power behind the value.

• a. if no one clicks it or buys an ad on it, the value eventually bottoms out. it’s not an indication of your popularity; it’s an indication of how people see spending their harder earned credits – as a reward and not dumping.

• b. the value of a blog will be equal to the real participation of that individual if we choose to click rather than feel compelled to click.

they are only giving you one ec per click, yet often when you look at the advertising rate quoted in the toolbar, the value of your highly visited highly commented, often updated blog;   is not equal to the amount of many Vampire Widgets you click daily that are often dead or very outdated sites.

if we stop clicking those deadly vampire widgets, we will self police our own economy… and restore order and value.

• c.the righting of the entrecard economy will only happen with the full participation of ALL the Members. otherwise the clickfarmers and the sploggers will continue to fuel the Re-Inflation and Devaluation phase we are currently stuck in.  everyone wants this to end right ?

I’m sure that these three steps seem simple, yet when we go to our dashboards, we have been conditioned to want that One Ec.

What about WANTING OUR SITE VALUE TO INCREASE ?

IMHO that is much more desirable and easier to accomplish if we work as a unit. those who choose not to think of this approach as realistic,  will eventually see that it is unfortunantly the only way to deal with Vampires.

Really there is not need for a mass exodus, just a realignment of How “WE Use” their entrecard widget

sure you can use it to promote your site; but make no mistake – it is not the best nor should it be the only method you use to increase your popularity.

our next post will directly list methods to better push your popularity; without the use of entrecard as an active method. lets put it where it belongs; on the sidebar.  feel free to let it sit there and just be what it is, a traffic generator – not a distraction to our growing blog community and push for popularity.

Remember Most Importantly, it is ONE Tool, Not Your Best Tool – YOU ARE

This view is based on a pseudo-scientific analysis of entrecard, and other methods used on my other blogs this week. we’ve accepted the fact that the success of your growth depends on your desire to be ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN YOUR SUCCESS.  CHOOSE SUCCESS – Not Distraction.

Entrecard is Only A Tool, just like a garden hoe. it’s how you choose to use it, that makes You a Master Gardener.

without actively using entrecard as our main promotion vehicle; THIS WEEK WE SAW A 35% INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. HOW BOUT IT CARDERS, HAVE YOU GOT A WINNING HAND ?

Since this is Fitness Friday on A BadGalSays we wanted to get you to Shake It Up for Just a Few Minutes – Cause It’s A Thriller !!!

This Very Popular Cebu Prisoners Thriller Video is selected to remind you to send your prayers and support to the many who have lost lives, and are suffering from the Tsunami in the Ring of Fire. Bless Our Family and Our Friends in the Storm.

Our Prayers are With You All,