Hey, all!
Couldn't wait to tell you! The $5.95/month Group Deal at Artfire IS ON!!!!
There are now 20,000 people signed on ... the number required to activate the deal ... but it will remain open and available until 50,000 have signed on.
DON'T MISS OUT!
ARTFIRE GROUP DEAL CONFIRMATION ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
CLICK TO SIGN ON TO THE DEAL!!!
I send you smiles!
The Knitwit
Hey, all! So here I am again in the same evening, this time with the second link I want to tell you about.
I think all of us have experienced someone near and dear being on the transplant list. And while all attention and energy is placed on hope and prayers for a viable organ becoming available and then being accepted by the recipient's body, the rest of life still marches on whether we are paying any attention to it or not.
And part of that life that's still marching on while we're stunned to motionlessness is finance and the growing mountain of debt accumulating at a wreckless pace due to all the medical expenses not covered by insurance and such.
Nothing we can do about it, right? WRONG! We now CAN do something. IGive.com is striving to help ease this problem at least a little. Each time someone goes to the over 700 sites via IGive, a penny goes to the transplant fund of the designated recipient. Any purchase also gives a percentage to the fund. Linked sites include Sears, JCPenney's, Target, QVC, HSN, EBay and Barnes & Noble. There are also lots of coupons and offers. It's truly a win-win.
The link I'm providing is targeted for the son-in-law of a friend, and I'd appreciate it so much if you'd go there, install the toolbar and then click on at least one of the links each day.
IGive to help Matt! Thank you!
I send you smiles!
The Knitwit
Hey, all!
Shock! While it being my "normal routine" to post once in a great long while, I think tonight I will post twice! There are two links I want to pass on to you. Both have time constraints, and I want to get both to you without delay. They are so far removed in subject matter, however, that I will post them separately.
This first is of lesser importance from the standpoint of making a change in the world. It can, however, make a chance in your life (and mine) if enough people sign up for the offer.
I'm assuming that y'all are familiar with Artfire. It's a venue much like Etsy, concentrating on handmade goods, artwork and artistry as well as vintage goods. It's newer than Etsy (although older than Zibbet), and it's soon to come out of Beta. Corresponding with that and a desire to make a great splash in the marketplace, lifetime Pro Memberships are being offered at an incredible price ($5.95/month) if 20,000 sign up for them to comprise a "group." Once the 20,000 requests have been reached, the memberships for all will be activated. It's really too good an offer to pass if you are selling these goods online or even if you've been thinking about giving it a try. Here's a link to check it out and sign up. I encourage you to do so!
Group Deal at Artfire!
I send you smiles!
The Knitwit
PS - My current prayer/extra support list:
- Lovlee
- Gloria
- Kate
- Jeanie
Hello, all!
Two somewhat cliche statements keep coming to my mind.
... Know your limits
... Accept yourself
I had thought I’d mastered these many years ago, but I learned within the last few that I’d either forgotten them and become harder on myself OR I never learned them well enough to fully integrate them into my life on a permanent basis.
I periodically shut down. When I’m stressed or overwhelmed or needing to concentrate on matters demanding focus and action, I automatically shut down the normal day-to-day things that are less important. That’s not to say that these things are not important ... just that they’re less important than the pressing or critical matters.
I’ve learned the first platitude -- “know your limits” -- and I am fully aware that I can accomplish only so much at once. To push past this limit is, of course, possible; but the result is less effective handling of the pressing matters as well as shoddy or poor quality completion of the less important ones. So, I just automatically shut down the latter and concentrate on the pressing. The other things aren’t going anywhere and will be waiting for me when I can better manage them. The one “hitch” to this is when it’s connected to others and their understanding that I’m on shutdown for a while and not to take it personally. Those who know me for a while learn this about me and, thankfully, aren’t insulted or hurt. I can only hope that those who don’t know me as well will understand and realize that I will be back when I’m better able.
I’d thought I had mastered the second platitude as well -- Accept yourself. I mean, I like myself, I respect myself, I know my good traits and bad, and I’m well able to be my own friend. The last couple years have showed me, though, that I hadn’t mastered this as well as I’d thought. I realized this because I kept feeling guilty about not keeping up, not returning correspondence or emails as I would like, not getting that little extra something to so-and-so, etc. while I’m on shutdown.
I felt guilty, and guilty to the point of shame. Not good.
So I’ve worked on that last part ... not only accepting myself but also rejecting guilt for doing what I know is best for me and keeps me most healthy.
So you might wonder why I’m writing this. It’s because I’ve so many friends .... I’m truly blessed to have so many ... and I’ve recently been on shutdown and still am to a large extent. After shutdown there is much more than usual with which to catch up, more contacts than usual to reach, more chores to complete before resuming the normal day-to-day routine.
And that’s why I’m writing this ... so that those of you, my friends, who don’t know me as well as some others will not be hurt or misunderstand why I haven’t been chatting with you for the last little while.
I’m still here. Just busy.
Till I’m back on track (this time as well as others when this occurs), I send you smiles and loving friendship.
The Knitwit
I send you smiles!
The Knitwit
For the most part I have not posted much unrelated to my business or what I consider "personal" ... but I'm stepping aside from that with this post.
Everything came to a screeching halt yesterday afternoon when I learned my octogenarian parents had been scammed. They happily told me of their "purchase," having no idea that anything was amiss.
... All evening on the phone and into the wee hours being wired and rattled ... little sleep ... tossing and turning ... MORE tossing and turning. LONG night. Exhausted today. And that's not to say that I wouldn't follow this schedule and routine indefinitely to protect them.
I think it's fixed now although only time passing will tell us for sure. Money loss is one thing, but the thought of them being physically hurt is just ... well ... too much.
They allowed the scammers to install a "security system" in their house. Just unbelievable; and it took me a couple hours to make them understand this WAS a scam. They kept insisting that these were "nice" fellows, connected with GE and Nationwide. ARGH! I couldn't make them understand that GE and Nationwide's names were being used without their knowledge. Elders just trust ... and we all know it. Pathetically, the scammers know it even better than the rest of us do.
My parents still don't want to listen when my siblings and I BEG them to NOT do business with anyone who knocks on their door. They don't want to accept that the world is mean and ugly and that people wish to rob or harm them. They WANT to trust and have forgotten how to be skeptical and wary. Even when they try to do as we ask, they forget once someone starts talking and SEEMS nice. They are too sweet to refuse someone who is smiling and talking nicely ... like it's an affront and slap to a nice person. We explain that nice people will understand this rejection and not be offended AND that good businesses aren't knocking on doors for work. The message just doesn't get through.....
They've already been taken for a driveway (twice), house painting, a roof, windows ... and I actually can't remember what else. This was one of several times they've allowed strangers into the house, again against our PLEADING that they don't.
TOO FRIGHTENING! I was nauseous and shaking and angry and AYE!!!!!! They need to NOT be alone anymore but refuse all our begging to allow us to move them and care for them. Pathetic and frustrating.
This time, you could send ME some smiles and prayers and support vibes. While you're at it, include my parents and the hope that they will understand their lives would be safer, happier and healthier if they allow us to watch over them.
The Knitwit
