Exhibit 99.1 Promissory Note



                                                 Nonrecourse Dated: June 5, 2000
$30,000


PROMISSORY NOTE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,  shopathomekids.com,  Inc., a Texas  Corporation  ("Maker"),
promises to pay to Carol Jean Gehlke,  a resident of California  ("Holder"),  or
order, Thirty Thousand Dollars (30,000).

1.   Payments.   The  principal  on  the  obligation   represented  hereby  (the
     "Principal")  shall be  repaid in one lump sum,  payable  on June 5,  2002,
     which date is two years from the date hereof (the "Maturity Date").

2.   Interest. This obligation shall bear simple interest, which shall be at the
     rate of 10% per annum, payable on the Maturity Date.

3.   Type and Place of  Payments.  Payments of principal  and interest  shall be
     made in lawful  money of the United  States of  America to the  above-named
     Holder or his order at Maker's principal place of business.

4.   Prepayment.  Advance  payment  or  payments  may be made on the  principal,
     without penalty of forfeiture. There shall be no penalty for prepayment.

5.   Default.  Upon the occurrence or during the  continuance of any one or more
     of the events hereinafter enumerated, Holder or the holder of this Note may
     forthwith  or at any time  thereafter  during the  continuance  of any such
     event, by notice in writing to the Maker, declare the unpaid balance of the
     principal and interest on the Note to be immediately  due and payable,  and
     the principal and interest  shall become and shall be  immediately  due and
     payable without presentation,  demand, protest, notice of protest, or other
     notice of dishonor, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Maker, such
     events being as follows:

     (a) Default in the payment of the  principal  and  interest of this Note or
any  portion  thereof  when the same shall  become due and  payable,  whether at
maturity as herein expressed, by acceleration, or otherwise, unless cured within
five (5) days  after  notice  thereof  by Holder  or the  holder of such Note to
Maker.

     (b) Maker shall file a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy  or a voluntary
petition  seeking  reorganization,   or  shall  file  an  answer  admitting  the
jurisdiction  of the  court  and  any  material  allegations  of an  involuntary
petition filed pursuant to any act of Congress  relating to bankruptcy or to any
act purporting to be amendatory  thereof, or shall be adjudicated  bankrupt,  or
shall make an  assignment  for the benefit of  creditors,  or shall apply for or
consent to the  appointment  of any receiver or trustee for Maker,  or of all or
any substantial portion of its property, or Maker shall make an assignment to an
agent authorized to liquidate any substantial part of its assets; or

     (c) An order shall be entered  pursuant to any act of Congress  relating to
bankruptcy  or to any act  purporting  to be  amendatory  thereof  approving any
involuntary  petition seeking  reorganization  of the Maker, or any order of any
court shall be entered  appointing  any receiver or trustee of or for Maker,  or
any receiver of trustee of all or any substantial  portion of property of Maker,
or a writ or warrant of attachment or any similar process shall be issued by any
court against all or any substantial  portion of the property of Maker, and such
order approving a petition  seeking  reorganization  or appointing a receiver or
trustee is not  vacated  or stayed,  or such  writ,  warrant of  attachment,  or
similar  process  is not  released  or bonded  within 60 days after its entry or
levy.

6.   Attorney's  Fees. If this notice is placed with an attorney for collection,
     or if suit be instituted for collection,  or if any other remedy  permitted
     by law is  pursued  by  Holder,  because  of any  default  in the terms and
     conditions  herein,  then in such  event,  the  undersigned  agrees  to pay
     reasonable  attorney's fees, costs, or other expenses incurred by Holder in
     so doing.

7.   Construction.  This Note shall be governed by and  construed in  accordance
     with the laws of the State of Texas.

8.   Security.    This   Note   shall   be   a    nonrecourse    obligation   of
     shopathomekids.com, Inc.


                                                        Shopathomekids.com, Inc.

                                                         By:____________________
                                                       Romie Krickbaum, Pres/Dir