This makes me so MAD I could spit nails!

Check this out and then please write your congress members and ask them to have this changed: This is ridiculous! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090827/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_product_testing_mattel

Mattel- the main reason this law was enacted is exempt from 3rd party testing. They are able to offer "their own" testing on site. Which despite them being the biggest toy mfg in the world, and able to afford 3rd party it also gives them an edge which makes them able to "skew" the results as they have in the past. So the big guns who can afford to pay for the 3rd party testing are exempt, and the little people aren't? Well, sadly that is lobbying shown in it's true light.

Please write as many people in your political circle as you can!

here is a link to help you find your reps!
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Lead Testing! AHHHHHH!

So there is good news today! The CPSC grants one year stay on the lead testing requirments. Here is a link to an article about it. http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6022029&page=1

My thought on this run deep, so just a few....
1. Two people are deciding the fate of all WAHMS, and many small businesses - there is something wrong with that!

2. If 90% of the lead tainted toys come from on place-I'm not naming countries- then you would think to solve the problem you would place testing requirements on them and not all the good Americans that are trying to either help make a living or to pay for a hobby that they love.

3. Only two people really!!!!!

In the mean time there will be more items coming from my nook for the next year. I am looking forward to the "Nifty Nappy"-the new name for my diapers. Cute huh?

Thanks for visiting my Nook!