xhibit 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