LStroupe on November 25th, 2008

These days our lives are filled with disposable products, built-in obsolescence, products that are cheaper to replace than to fix, and cheap imports that disappoint either immediately or in a short while. 
Do you remember products that had replacement parts?  You could actually fix them and keep using them.  Do you remember owning items for years [...]

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LStroupe on November 21st, 2008

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Laurie’s Cobalt World in the StartUp Nation’s Homebased 100 contest.  In the “Boomers Back In Business” category, Laurie’s Cobalt World landed on the highest vote getters list.  It is so exciting to receive so much support and be mentioned in such an august list of homebased businesses.
But [...]

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LStroupe on November 20th, 2008

A number of years ago, I purchased a Maj Jongg set for my mother for Christmas.  I do believe it may be the best gift I’ve ever given her.  We used to play it quite a bit.  Life has been busy for the last few years, but while on our cruise, we got out the [...]

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LStroupe on November 19th, 2008

I never believed in Santa.  The story just never added up.  I was too analytical for my own good, I guess.  Mom tried, but she’s horrible at telling tales.  My father was a minister, so we had an odd Christmas schedule.  “How did Santa know that we were leaving late to go to Granny’s?”  Such [...]

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LStroupe on November 17th, 2008

I am so excited to present to your our newest items at Laurie’s Cobalt World.  They’ve been available for just a few days now.  I waited to finish my series on our cheap cruise to the Bahamas to write this post.  So now, I’m positively ready to burst with the news!
First up are three pieces [...]

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