Amazon #PrimeDay, July 15, 2015

Amazon is celebrating their 20th birthday by establishing Prime Day.  Customers have the opportunity to try out a new Amazon Prime membership for thirty days at no cost.

Amazon announced the special event on Monday, June 6, 2015 by stating  "Step aside Black Friday, meet Prime Day."  It is Christmas in July for everybody that uses their Prime membership, whether the membership is already paid for or being used on a trial basis.

I am pleased that my online friends can take advantage of the deals that will be offered.  The celebration starts at midnight on July 15, 2015 and deals are posted as often as every ten minutes throughout the day.

Yes!

Amazon welcomes you to sign up for the 30 day trial

 and cancel your membership!

I tried my membership out before I bought into it so why shouldn't you?!  When you sign up you will get immediate access to the Prime membership benefits.  

Expect to see a lot of tech and game deals, but Amazon assures us that there will be something for everyone which will include items for summer adventures, family road trips, back to school supplies and everyday essentials.  

Just like Black Friday you'll want to 

mark you calendar and set your budget for Prime Day.

Happy shopping!  

This Is A Test

As the title says, This Is A Test of my using the web site http://coverr.co/.  You can connect with the site too and get free videos to use on your site.  Email address is required to receive weekly updates.

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Valhalla Ranch, Matt and Kristen

With Independence Day arriving my thoughts have been with Matt Littrell of The Long Trail Home. I still follow The Long Trail Home facebook page and keep up with Matt an his new wife, Kristen through social media. Matt and Kristen have been quite busy since they settled in their new home.

Horse Nation published a nice article in December of 2014 about Matt's journey.  

It will bring you up to date.  

Recognizing that the VA is backlogged and not properly staffed Matt started Valhalla Ranch as a retreat for veterans.  This retreat is everything dreams are made of including beautiful sunsets.  

Kristen established a gofundme page for Valhalla Ranch to help raise money to complete the ranch. Your donation would be greatly appreciated.  

If you find that you're questioning about donating directly to benefit Valhalla Ranch, please donate to the Semper Fi Fund.  Our veterans need our help to regain their independence.

Thank you.

Personal note: I first learned of Matt's mission in May of 2014.  

I just shake my head when I think of learning about him because I 

do not want to admit that I was the fool, but I was.

Seriously, I watch Cops but always know the answer 

before the criminal says a word!

(Reference my blog blog of August 2014.)

 In Matt's case, I am sure that if he had made the 

slightest wrong move I would have caught it.

I will forever call attention to the fact that

Matt Littrell continually exceeds my expectations.

I could not be more proud of the fact that 

Mr. and Mrs. Littrell are continue to focus on 

their mission to help veterans.

Amazon Is Getting Things Done

Amazon is now offering Home Service in major cities throughout the country!  This is an exciting opportunity for contractors to offer their professional services to customers.

You can apply to be a pro with Amazon but do keep in mind that their web site states that they "only invite pros who have a strong track record of service and quality".  

Let's face it, Amazon guarantees the work so they are not interested in

 offering services that will leave their customer unhappy.

Amazon also requires all pros to maintain necessary insurance and trade licenses.

I can see a lot of possibilities for small businesses to connect with larger companies and

construction companies to find excellent, skilled workers as sub-contractors. 

Win, win opportunities are the best!

You can apply to Amazon Home Services here.  

There are no up-front costs and no lead fees.

Since the professional services are only offered by invitation you can be sure 

you are competing with top-rated professionals in your area.    

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My Two Cents About The Confederate Flag

I'm tired of hearing about the Confederate flag controversy.  

I'm not sure how the lives of nine people that were killed in cold blood on American soil are now the second news story of each broadcast but those lives were and are way more important than the Confederate flag stories.

When my husband and I moved to Georgia from New England I was surprised to see the Confederate flag as frequently as I did.  At the time the Union Jack was even incorporated into the state flag but that changed through a vote that was held and in 2003 a new, modern representation of the Stars and Bars officially became the state flag.

It was a very civilized vote and 73% of the voting population thought that the state needed to update how they were perceived by other parts of the country.  I recall that I asked the neighborhood children what they thought about the Confederate flag being used in their state flag.  They shrugged their shoulders.

The Confederate battle flag was just that.  A battle flag of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.  Until tonight I didn't know that the NAACP had an economic boycott on the state of South Carolina.  Nor did I know that the states of Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina have laws that ban the desecration of the Confederate flag.

I keep hearing about the racism that the flag represents.  I'm not convinced of that.  I think young people are quick to use it as a statement of rebellion.  Shouldn't be a shock to any of us that young people haven't done their homework and just like the idea of giving a rebel yell.  My favorite is when the young man has his rebel flag displayed in the $50K truck that his parents bought for him.

The community of Charleston, SC has experienced at horrible hate crime.  I have been thoroughly impressed by the dignity and grace the families that have experienced great loss have shown.  

Deputy sits in hot car for 25 minutes!

I am awed by the impression that this video made on me. The heat really gets to me so it's personal. I shared the video on the GHC facebook page and it reached record numbers. Yesterday I heard two reports of accidental heat stress reports. It wasn't even summer.

Today, June 21, 2015 is the first day of summer.

I commend Georgia's Forsyth County Sheriff's Office for allowing Officer Regan to take the time (and the risk) to create this video that gives a live report of what happens when a living being is left in an unattended vehicle.

Please remember to practice safety at all times and always check the seating and storage areas of your vehicle before leaving it unattended.

 

Please share.  

Update, What I Am Doing

Next week will officially be 4½ year anniversary of Georgianna Hardware Corporation. This means that once again I have been re-evaluating the procedures, processes and profits.

We'll call this the 3 P's for lack of a better term!

The first two P's have again been tweaked. My work procedures result in my keeping late hours. I doubt I'll change that but I am in process of adjusting my schedule to have more time to dedicate to GHC. 

The processes make me click where I should not click just so you aren't led astray. Sometimes it means I find something that you may have missed. I click because I know you don't have time to click and recover from that long, drawn out process. Those erroneous clicks really eat up the time! They don't make your IT people want to have lunch with you either. My computer locks up on a regular basis and I get stuck in a lot of loops but I don't share those so you don't experience that.

I finally had to review the profits. I don't like to review the profits, don't like to write about the profits and I have to adjust my thinking to force myself to consider the topic. Notice how I changed up the wording and referred to 'the topic'?

The profits from GHC quite simply are terrible. It has taken me a day to pull myself together to write about the topic of GHC profits! It's discouraging but I understand. My goal is to help you by serving as a virtual assistant that you have no obligation to. Whether it is to provide leads, news, advertising or employment opportunities I don't expect anything in return. We started GHC to help others and I remain true to that. I will be writing a blog some time in the next few days to expand on my thoughts about the GHC profit and loss report. 

The biggest problem I have is that this habit of mine has gotten somewhat out of control. I have had a 16 percent increase in followers in the last three months. This means that I have about 0.12 minutes of personal attention to give to each and every one of you! It's less than that because I didn't subtract any hours for sleep when I ran the numbers but don't worry, I do get my sleep. I am sure I have been filling my hours. Groups, forums, emails, text messages, social networks, snail mail and attending training sessions continue to consume my days but now at an increased level. Maybe you don't miss me and maybe you don't miss my blogs but I'm still around and I'm keeping out of trouble thanks to all of you.

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