It was as sudden and irrevocable as a penalty shoot-out. One minute Jonah, our elder son, was all about pirates and superheroes, a new cape the pinnacle of joy. Then, in an identity change Clark Kent would be proud of, the cape was abandoned and he stood before us in studs and Arsenal strip, a fully fledged six-year-old football obsessive.Yes, yes; that small boys like football is a universal .. more …
Church suggests banks target customers before they’re even old enough to get a license. The key to attracting tweens (ages 9-14), she says, is basically double-pronged: Birthday cards and their parents.The latter is a given-Mom and Dad will probably intercept the mail anyway-but it was the card idea that stood out.A birthday shout-out makes sense, given the fact that there really isn’t a reason .. more …
In the days before social media and the Internet, it wasn’t as easy to listen in on your customers’ conversations about your company. Nor could you easily encourage people to spread the good word about your business through word-of-mouth .But when you connect with your customers online, you stop speaking to them and start talking with them. Andwonderful things begin to happen. Those golden .. more …
A little girl celebrating her sixth birthday was knocked down by a car and killed outside her home shortly after her party.Daisy May Brooks was playing outside her house in Wolverhampton when tragedy struck. The Springdale Infants School pupil was taken to New Cross Hospital but later died.Her grieving parents spoke lovingly of Daisy as they sat in their home in Warstones Drive, Penn, filled with .. more …
Last week, a “Today” show panel blasted actor Ryan O’Neal for his parenting and the drug and legal problems three of his children – Tatum, Griffin and Redmond O’Neal – have had.Today, Ryan ‘s other son, Patrick O’Neal, is coming to dad’s defense. PLAY IT NOW: Patrick O’Neal: ‘I’m Real Proud To Say Ryan O’Neal Is My Father’ “I love my dad. I’m proud of my dad. He was awesome,” Patrick told Billy .. more …
Create birthday cards and more, even on-the-go, with the new tablet browser from Cardstore Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) May 09, 2012 The new tablet browser is simple to use, with smooth transitions from one page to the next, and offers the same great experience that Cardstore fans have come to expect. Users can select from a range of designs for every occasion, including everything from birthday cards .. more …
Funny birthday cards just got funnier on Cardstore.com Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 The new humor collections include something for every taste – from those that prefer their laughs more lighthearted to those that love something a little more absurd – so consumers are sure to find a funny birthday card that will make anyone in their address book laugh out loud on their big day. .. more …
Mr McCabe, who is understood to have two adult daughters from a previous marriage, was pronounced dead on arrival. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were treating his death as accidental. On Sunday night, grieving relatives were comforting each other at the family home in Basingstoke, Hants. They were too distressed to comment. They gathered at the three-bedroomed terraced property in a quiet .. more …
By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 06:29 EST, 29 April 2012 A postman who failed to deliver more than 16,000 letters and stole money from birthday cards has been spared jail. Paul Armstrong was in charge of delivering post to 1,000 homes a day around Newcastle but often didn’t finish his rounds. When investigators turned up at the 40-year-old’s home, in Stanley, County Durham, in January, they found .. more …
From poems highlighting swamps and elaborate birthday cards penned to the state known as Sportsman’s Paradise, schools throughout northwest Louisiana spent Monday celebrating the state’s 200th birthday with their own flavor of fun. At the beginning of the school year, the Office of Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne began to work with educators to arm them with the tools needed to incorporate the statehood .. more …
