We take in the dogs that others have deemed worthless. Scared, bitters, sick, hit by cars and pulled out a horrible situations. Then our goal is to bring back to good health and then find them loving forever homes. All the dogs that we have taken in and cared for where deemed to be destroyed. All the dogs we have adopted out are still in their loving and caring homes. If we can save only few dogs that are on death row. Then our goal has been meet. We are not a group or association. Just individuals that have came together to be able to do what we feel is right . All money/cash/checks are given to the vets that have done the services that the dog has needed.  sistersgiftshop@usa.com

 

Why you should vote for Mr. Toad

Mr. Toad is a one year old 8lb mix. He has been through lot in his little life. A very inhumane person took his eye sight from him. He ended up at the local human society and was going to be euthanized. But a caring person pulled him out and called Judy (volunteer) to come and get him. They rushed over and got Mr. Toad and brought him to me to foster care. Mr. Toad slept for 2 days straight. On the third day he came alive.

Even though Mr. Toad has had a bad start in life. He is always happy and full of enthusiasm. He loves to walk everyday, hike on trails, go off roading in the jeep and loves greeting people.

The vet said for a little guy that has been thru so much in such a short time. He is so loving and trusting.

I hope you vote for Mr. Toad, he can show the world how to over come anything that is handed to you. And he will be able to give back to those that gave him the life he now deserves. He deserves your vote!

You can meet Mr. Toad at Sisters Gift Shop 

Carla (I have since adopted Mr Toad)  Escondido CA

 

Below are some of the other contest Mr Toad is in.

Please, Please take time to vote.  Our charities can use all the help we can give them.

Please Vote at Modern Dog Magazine  http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/photocontest/dogs/09/04/01/mr-toad

Please Vote at Cutest Pet Contest http://www.cutestpetcontest.com/bigpic.php?enum=100350520

out-and-about-with-your-dog click comments at bottom of page to vote 5 stars.  http://www.out-and-about-with-your-dog.com/mr-toad.html

Winner is chosen Bloomingtails Dog Photo Contest:
http://www.bloomingtailsdogboutique.com/pages/march2009photocontest.htm

Pet Trading Cards http://www.petcontest.com/display.asp?ID=5020349

There is more info in the reply section. So please take a look there for all the info on the contest.

We have made a new page for the Foster Dogs.

Sammys Foster Care Dog  http://www.myspace.com/fostercaredogs

You will find all the information on current dogs looking for homes. And past dogs that have been adopted. There is a lot of photos now.

Dont Buy - Adopt Photos   http://tinyurl.com/cb7qr5

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Are you “clueless” about holiday gift giving for the women in your world? Are you concerned about holiday spending?

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(free gift wrapping with in-store purchases only)

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Sisters Gift Shop

1028 West El Norte Parkway Escondido CA 92026

760 735 9013

Cross street the light at Nordahl Road/North Nutmeg Street

Let us help make your holiday easy and affordable. Bring this flyer in with a friend and we’ll pay your sales tax.

(One time offer expires 12/15/2008, not good with any other offer, sales tax paid with in-store purchases only)

 

Angel Desk, China Hutch, Frog End Tables, 3 piece dinning room set (Table/5 chairs, China Hutch, Breakfront)

All above furniture is at Sisters Gift Shop.  Stop or call during our open hours. 

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Sisters Gift Shop saves you time and money.

1. On the average, how many gifts do you think you buy in a year?

______   (Birthdays, weddings, showers, anniversaries, congratulations, graduations and the various holidays)

2. How much time would you estimate that you spend selecting, purchasing and wrapping gifts?

______   (the estimated average time is 30 minutes per gift, 30 min x 50 gifts = 25 hours)

To take this quiz please click on the reply in the lower right corner.

Refuse To Lose Team

All proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk against breast cancer.  Breast cancer has affected many of our lives and it's time to put a stop to it and find the cure.

Randi, Melissa,  Lynnett,  Ami, Jen

Sisters Gift Shop 1028 West El Norte Parkway

Escondido CA 92026

Cross street the light at Nordahl Road/North Nutmeg Street

760 735 9013

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Sisters Gift Shop now carries Le Patissier's cakes "looks so tasty".

A TOWEL CAKE THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS AND IS FUN TO USE.

Le Patissier's cakes "looks so tasty". These cakes are actually towels that are exquisitely designed to look just like real cakes. Made from 100% cotton soft and comfortable towels, they are topped with fruit-shaped magnets that can be used as a paper holder. Each cake is individually made by hand from carefully selected materials. Enjoy Le Patissier's special taste as an interior ornament or of course as a towel.

 

 

Hello,

We are trying to be one of the best gift shops on the channel 10 news web site.  This would mean so much to us.

It would also be a big accomplishment to all of you, for helping us get to the best gift shop.

Please take a moment and vote us the best gift shop.

thank you so much for your help,

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We have all worked so hard to have Sisters Gift Shop. Everyone you see in the store are not paid. We are just a group of nurses that wanted to have a place where everyone can come and enjoy the old fashion way of shopping. A place where you are catered to and wanted. Not just another number on a sales receipt. You are the very person that makes our days come to life.

With so much going on around you don't you want to come to a place that is happy to see you.

Sisters Gift Shop now carries - Honey Bee Bar

The Honey House offers exciting products and unique blends of scents, which contain ingredients that can provide protection and promote healing.

Our products are derived from nature and only the best of ingredients are used. Each product provides pleasure to your senses and long-lasting relief.

We have our own exclusive blend of vanilla and citrus flavors. All of our products are packaged in a unique protective tin.

large, Bee Bar and Small Bee Bar

Lip Butters - Mango, Peppermint, Tangerine, Pink Grapefruit, Lemon, Unscented

Sisters Gift Shop now has the Fragrance Lamps (fragrance lampes or effusion lamps or aroma decor lamps or catalytic lamps)

Fragrance lamps combine a 100 year old concept of air purification with the pleasures of exotic fragrances. The air purification technology destroys all odors and airborne bacteria and dispenses a wonderful aroma into the home. Fragrance lamps convert fragranced fuel into anions (negatively charged ions) and ozone via the catalyzing stone. An ozone molecule consists of three oxygen atoms bonded together to form a molecule (O3). Ozone is very closely related to O2, the most common form of oxygen which you breathe. Ozone binds with airborne particles and aromas, eliminating them from your home. This process can utilize either neutral fuel, which creates no added aroma, or one of our fragranced fuels, which adds a soft aroma throughout your home.

Sisters Gift Shop

1028 West El Norte Parkway Escondido CA 92026

Cross street the light at Nordahl Road/North Nutmeg Street

760 735 9013 http://sistersgiftshop.bravehost.com

 

Using Herbs and Diet to Beat Crohn's Disease

By Bone, Kerry

Crohn's disease is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown cause, characterized by inflammation of the gut wall triggered by an attack from the immune system. The immune system, which normally attacks invading viruses or bacteria, is somehow stimulated to attack the body's own tissue (in this case, the gut wall). A recent survey found there has been no change in the results from conventional treatment for Crohn's (such as drugs) in the past 40 years.1 But there is hope. Recent medical research has identified several important factors that might trigger or feed the inflammation in Crohn's disease. In my experience, when herbs and dietary change are used to control or neutralize these factors, the inflammation is more or less alleviated.

There seems to be a genetic cause to Crohn's disease. The genetic defect linked to Crohn's disease actually gives us an insight into its cause. The defect is in a gene that encodes the protein known as CARD 15.2 CARD 15 is involved in recognizing and activating the immune response to bacteria. So, a poor immune response to gut microbes could be a key piece in the jigsaw puzzle. This highlights a common misunderstanding about autoimmune disease. It's not due to a strong immune system that is too powerful. In fact, autoimmune disease, as illustrated above, most likely results when there is some weakness in the immune system. Under-responsiveness in one part of the immune system might lead to an excessive response in another part.

Johne's disease, which occurs in cattle, is very similar to Crohn's disease. The main difference is that the cause of Johne's disease is known: a close relative of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. This is known as Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis or MAP for short. In 1984, a group of Italian researchers began a major scientific controversy when they found MAP in the intestinal tissue of patients with Crohn's disease.3 The implication was that, like Johne's disease, Crohn's disease also was caused by the presence of this micro-organism in the gut. Now, more than 20 years later, the evidence implicating MAP in Crohn's disease is strong.4 One factor behind this proof is the use of sophisticated gene techniques to find MAP, which are similar to those used by crime labs to identify victims or criminals.

Where does the MAP in humans come from? It seems it originates from consuming the milk from cows infected with Johne's disease. Pasteurization may not kill this organism, and this has led British food authorities to advise dairy farmers not to release the milk from infected cows into the human food supply.

The amount of MAP found in Crohn's disease patients is not high, so whether the inflammation is directly caused by the bacterium or by the body's excessive immune response to its presence is not clear. But what is clear is that some respected medical authorities are now suggesting that eliminating MAP might improve the disease.5

Other gut bacteria such as E. coli have been implicated in Crohn's and may contribute to the chronic disease process.6 A leaky gut probably enables the breakdown products of such bacteria to enter the general circulation, further stirring up the immune system.7

Crohn's Disease and Diet

It might seem obvious that diet could be an important factor in Crohn's disease, since it is after all a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. This is backed up by the well-known observation that Crohn's patients placed on an elemental diet (food broken down into its basic components such as amino acids, sugars, vitamins, etc) improve substantially.8 Clinical studies using elimination diets found that symptomatic improvement resulted when patients were placed on diets free of gluten, dairy products and yeast.9

The yeast aspect is particularly fascinating. Several studies have found that Crohn's disease patients have antibodies in their blood directed towards baker's or brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).10 In fact, these antibodies are so characteristic their presence is now used as a diagnostic test for Crohn's.11 While some scientists think this association is of no consequence, others feel removal of yeast from the diet could be beneficial.12

Herbs for Crohn's Disease

One of the key herbs for Crohn's disease is the Ayurvedic herb known as boswellia. The safety and efficacy of a boswellia extract was compared against mesalazine for the treatment of 102 patients with active Crohn's disease in an eight-week randomized, double- blind study.13 Mesalazine is a synthetic drug used as the standard anti-inflammatory treatment in Crohn's disease. The primary clinical outcome measured was the change in the Crohn's Disease Activity Index. After therapy with Boswellia extract (3.6 g per day), the average index was reduced by 90, compared to a reduction of only 53 for the mesalazine group (4.5 g per day).

Other herbs useful for Crohn's disease include garlic, golden seal and some essential oils (oregano and anise) to reduce pathogenic bacteria in the gut such as MAP. Either fresh, crushed garlic cloves or garlic powder product can be used. The latter mimics in the digestive tract what happens when you crush a fresh clove. In my practice, I use a bowel flora-rebuilding protocol which is based around these herbs.

The final herb I would recommend is echinacea - a good-quality product made from the root and high in alkylamides. I know this is controversial, but I have found this herb to be very beneficial in Crohn's disease. Remember that the genetics suggest Crohn's disease sufferers have poor immunity against gut pathogens such as MAP.

Finally, a key aspect of therapy is to follow a strict diet. The diet should be, at the very least, diary- and yeast-free, but other food intolerances also might need to be identified and dealt with.

Case History

"Anne," a 39-year-old woman, suffered from Crohn's disease for 24 years. Lately (past 2.5 years), it was out of control. Anne had a stricture two inches from the rectum which made it difficult to control her bowel motions. Her main symptom was almost continuous diarrhea. Other symptoms included mouth ulcers, occasional high temperatures and chronically blocked sinuses. Conventional medications at the time of the first consultation were mesalazine 1,500 mg/day, oral prednisone (tapering off) and prednisone enemas daily. The enemas were needed because of the stricture and helped to control her bowel motions.

Anne was placed on the following nutritional and herbal protocol:

* Golden seal (1,500 mg per day) and slippery elm powder on a regular basis (she could not tolerate garlic);

* Tablets containing Echinacea angustifolia root (600 mg) and Echinacea purpurea root (675 mg), three per day;

* Tablets containing boswellia (1,200 mg), turmeric (2,000 mg), celery (1,000 mg) and ginger (300 mg), four per day; and

* A dairy- and yeast-free diet.

After five month's treatment there was great symptomatic improvement. Anne had one relatively normal bowel motion per day. There were no mouth ulcers and the high temperatures had gone. Anne still was on her conventional medications, but the enemas were being tapered off and the prednisone was stopped.

After three years of treatment, this patient has no symptoms. Her only conventional medication is 1,000 mg/day mesalazine. Anne has been transformed from semi-invalid status to a lively outgoing person, full of energy and life.

Editor's Note: For a complete list of references, go to www.nutritional wellness.com.

By Kerry Bone, BSc (hons.), Dip. Phyto

Bio

Kerry Bone is a practicing herbalist; co-founder and head of research and development at MediHerb; and principal of the Australian College of Phytotherapy. Kerry also is the author of several books, including Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy and The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety.

Source: Dynamic Chiropractic

May is Older Americans Month. And while there are just a couple more days left in the month, as far as I'm concerned, people age 65 or better are worth honoring every day.

If you or someone you care about is in this age group, the information in USA.gov's Senior Citizens' Resources section can help make your life--and your loved one's--a little easier.

As time goes by, everybody thinks more about health. The Health for Seniors section is full of great resources to help in understanding Medicare's prescription drug coverage plan; dealing with changes in sleeping habits as you get older; and recognizing and managing depression. You can also use the drug interaction lookup page to find out how your medications, food and alcohol affect one another.

Money's important--especially when you’re on a fixed income. The Money and Taxes for Seniors section can help you with everything from creating or updating your will and estate plan to checking to see if, as a Social Security recipient, you're entitled to an economic stimulus payment this year.

Most people want to stay in their homes as long as possible as they age. See the Housing for Seniors section to find out how to make safety and other lifestyle modifications and to learn how to prevent falls around the house.

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Use the Education, Jobs and Volunteering for Seniors section to find out how using your years of experience and wisdom can help change your community or the world as you volunteer locally with Senior Corps, internationally with the Peace Corps or as you work for a company that values mature workers.

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As a senior or a caregiver, what are some of the best resources you’ve found online to make your life easier?