too many passwords! yikes!

Thank you rolodex! I simply cannot keep all of my passwords straight for this site and that site. . . now I've been bullied by my lovely sister (I'll get her I'll post a picture of her backside. . .tee-hee) to open a Facebook account. I keep getting messages and don't really know what to do with them. . .I'm soooo busy on ebay and all else I'm trying to accomplish that learning another site makes me jiggy. Ha! Is that even a word?

So we get a new roof. . Thanks! Ike! One good thing amongst all this craziness our country is facing right now. And what is my newest gripe? As a consumer it's a local thrift store owner.

When he opened his Thrift Store 12 years ago or so it was called the National Kidney Foundation. My first husband had some very very shady associates and one in particular had a donation bucket for some local charity in his offices. Found out at that time that in order to be associated with a charity that all you have to do is give 10% to them of your collection in their name. Point being that over the year the National Kidney Foundation dropped that name and now goes by Thrift Stores of Ohio . . .but us faithful thrift storers (is that a word?) recall that association and many still call it that. Well, they have a contract of sorts with the NKF and if you call them to make a donation of household goods, clothing, etc. they send out the TSofOhio truck and the good go straight to them. NKF gets $1.00 for each load the TSoO picks up. Ohmygosh!

So as the years have passed this private individual has opened about 5-6 locations in central Ohio. The prices are OUTRAGEOUS! I'm like everyone else. Watching my pennies. I shop at thrift stores for a variety of reason ~old habits die hard, resell items, love finding deals, hate paying retail. But people are donating their goods believing their kindness is benefitting needy individuals or organizations. I was there the other day and even an employee complained at the ungodly profits this company is making on donations. A coat I looked at DONATED REMEMBER. . .$59.00. Used shoes $12, 18, $26 ... .

The Salvation Army should get these goods, Volunteers of America, Am Vets, Goodwill. These organizations allllll do good work in the community and in our country. I am soooo disturbed by this presence and that the public is 'confused' about where they items are going and who will benefit from this. I am in the process of writing a letter to the editor of our local daily paper but want to find out more before I send it out.

I personally donate to all of the above organizations. . .and wish I could encourage others to stop this. The local paper did just do a piece on them and that is how I found out about the $1.00 donation per household. It's just not right. Our local thrift stores need donations.

So that's that. Oh, first day of physical therapy on my Achilles tendon tear. Am on the road to recovery. . .hope it helps my overall pain. And am nearly off the cymbalta! Yea. gotta go! Tess