December Email

Do you ever get overwhelmed?

Well, I do and here's one of the reasons...
December online offers!

During the month of December just about everyone
with an online business is offering a free gift or a
super sale. And I mean everyone: big corporations
like Hickory Farms and Home Depot and online marketers
like Shawn Casey and Rosalind Gardner. And yes, even
I am doing it too.

Now I won't go into the reasons we are all doing this
since it is obvious. I'll just admit that it does get
overwhelming at times even for those who are doing it.

Why am I breaking some unwritten law and admitting this?

Last Friday I had some updates I wanted to share with you
but didn't get it out because I spent all day looking and
reading all the great offers coming into my mailbox. The
result of my effort was as they say ... zip, zilch, nada.
I didn't find the "golden fleece", didn't find the gift no one
could live without and didn't find a single piece of advice
that would improve my life.

Then on Saturday I figured better late than never so I
was going to send out my updates but I didn't. Not
because I was busy reading my email but because of
the number of emails I received. I wasn't busy reading
email ... I was sitting and staring in awe at the number
I had received overnight. I figure you woke up to a ton
of email on Saturday too.

With all that email going out to be read on Saturday
and Sunday I then decided to wait until you had a chance
to clean out your inbox before sending out my updates.

So what's the point of this article? I haven't got a clue.

It's just my way of venting about the number of emails
being sent this month.

Don't Forget To Clean Out Your Inbox,
Susan

PS - I have a separate mailbox for your important mail so
feel free to write even during this hectic month because
hearing from you is one of the highlights of my day.

I won't post my email address here but you can find it
at: http://www.friendswhocare.us/thisweek.htm

Susan

Happy Holidays

Christmas is the time of giving and you can really pick up some
great free gifts being offered this year by many online publishers.

I won't mention all the sites currently offering free holiday gifts
since I don't know all of them but will share with you the ones I
have joined.

http://www.EZasMagic.com/Cheers

http://familyfunforyou.info/holidaygreeting.php

I just finished downloading the 3 free holiday e-books from
http://familyfunforyou.info/holidaygreeting.php
and must tell you they are great. No selling of products, no
advice to help you make money, just some things for you
to enjoy during this season.

So check out both sites because I'm sure you'll find something
that will catch your interest.

Happy Holidays,
Susan

It's Less Than 3 Weeks Till Christmas

It's December 5th and that means that Christmas is less than 3 weeks away.

When we lived in the Denver area it was easy to find ways to help
kids that were less fortunate as ours. In every mall and outside
almost every grocery store you could either find the Salvation
Army Giving Trees or Bell Ringers. The Toys for Tots campaign
was big too and was easy to find the locations to make your
donations. And in a lot of the smaller suburbs like ours the police
departments set up workshops to collect and even fix toys for kids.

Now we live a very small community and it's not so easy. The 2
grocery stores in town have no Bell Ringers or Giving Tree and
there is no mall. No one advertises Toys for Tots. But, the
churches do try to work together to help as many as possible in
this small community. They advertise and collect for the local
organization that assists less fortunate families. And for this I am
very thankful.

Christmas is a time of giving. So while you are out doing all your
very important shopping, remember that there are children who
live in a home where Christmas is just another day of the week
unless someone takes a moment out of their busy life to make it
special.

Please be that special person to a child this year. Add to your
list of gifts a special present for someone by either adopting a
person on a Giving Tree or making a donation to the Toys for
Tots or your local community organization.

Putting a smile on a child's face is one of the best gifts you
can receive this year.

This year I am again proud to be a partner with the official
U.S. Marines "Toys for Tots" program in The 4th Annual
Interne Toy Drive.
Click to find out more and help a needy child in YOUR community right now!

To Your Success,
Susan

PS - There will also be many organizations asking for donations
for food and clothing. I ask you to not make a choice of a toy or
food or warm clothing. Please help in as many ways as you can.
If you have kids you can donate their outgrown coats and gloves
to help keep another child warm. If you give up getting yourself
an afternoon snack once or twice you would have more than
enough to get some mac and cheese or canned vegetables.
Warm clothing and food may be taken for granted by many
of us but for others they are not. So please help.

And then remember to give yourself a special present by
giving a child you don't know a toy.