Freshwater: Review of PaperMate InkJoy Pens

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Review of PaperMate InkJoy Pens

I was recently invited to review PaperMate's InkJoy Pens. CafeMom and PaperMate sent a package of ten in assorted colors for me to check out, then asked me to share about my experience.

As a teacher, and now as a homeschool parent, I have always looked for cool colored pens to make comments on student papers. We live in a small town that doesn't have any stores, so we do all of our shopping in the major metropolis about 50 miles away (I say that totally tongue in cheek, as our major metropolis is probably smaller than most people's suburbs). Our whole county has 75,000 people.

I love to write. I write here, I write there. I have a blog, I am a writer, albeit a mostly unknown one at this point, and though I usually end up typing my final presentation, I write constantly. I write lists, notes, lesson plans, comments on student work, journals, quick writes, cards, postcards, letters, and anything else you can think of. I wish I'd have gotten the pens last week, because I spent the entire week in a writing class, where all day long we WROTE. And these pens are so darn comfortable!

I love the triangular shape of the pen. It makes it easier for my finger to rest on the flat piece, and for the pen to rest on my other fingers. The colors are vibrant and totally visible on paper. You know what I'm talking about, right? Sometimes when you buy colored pens, and they are so lackluster you couldn't see them if you highlighted them in neon? These are not that pen. These are beautiful, bright colors!

I would totally buy these pens if I found them in the store, especially if they are not horrendously expensive. And when I looked up the price online and saw that a pack of ten is less than $3, I'm definitely in! I think they are a great buy and a way to "pretty up" your writing and give your hand a rest.

The only problem that I had was the turquoise pen. The other nine worked great. I had blue, black, brown, purple, green, orange, red and light green paragraphs, addresses, notes, and squiggles, but when it came time to use the turquoise one, I got one line and it was dead. I guess it was a bum pen. Other than that, I am extremely happy with this product!

All the pretty colors!