18% Sunday 10th.

The photo is of me and my sisters when we were growing up.Gosh that was such a long time ago LOL.My how time flies




Well another weekend has finished for me and I am winding down for the day. Tomorrow it is back to see the Dr again and have some blood work done and to get some more pain patches.I cant function without them now.I have tried.My chest and arm hurt too much as I come off them.
We broke the $10000 to go to mark, and now have only $9903.30 to go. What a great effort.

I was supposed to have my operation today but have now rescheduled it for the 31st January.I feel that if we all work really really hard and all push together we can do this.As a team we can make this goal.
I want to thank everyone for all the help so far.It is wonderful to have so many to spread the word.I know it can speed up a little as well and all will be great.

I am still working as well.I am teaching about 10 hours each week.I love being a teacher and sharing the knowledge I have.I will also begin to make tutorials after this crisis is all over so you can benefit from some of the skills I have taught myself.That will be fun as well.I look forward to it.

I only have 15 items left in my Etsy jewelry store and I am so glad that the items are going to new homes.I am looking forward to closing it up at the end of the month or sooner if all is sold.If you would like a piece and it is not already discounted please make me an offer.I am open to all reasonable offers.I also want to clear these pieces because they were part of what Attit made.It would be great for me to open a new store with just my pieces and have a clean slate.That is set for later this year after I get myself well.

I bought a new sim card for the internet as well so I can update FB and my blog from my phone.I will be able to do this from hospital so I can keep everyone posted on my progress.

Sale is still going and I am reposting details here so all can know and take part.I am also extending my give away draw to anyone who made a direct donation.

Thank you is such an inadequate couple of words to express how grateful I am to have wonderful friends and such awesome support and help.There are no other words and so I say Thank You and it is said from my Heart.

Light and Love to all

Tanya


SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.


Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

15%

Let me share my news.

I saw the surgeon yesterday.

That was the easy sentence to cope with.

He tells me my upset artery is more serious than I thought and that I need it fixing As Soon As Possible. Sunday is the day he has booked for me.

I have to cancel.I dont have the funds to do this yet.We moved up by 2% in 2 days to 15% which is wonderful.If I had more time it might be ok but my lovely Dr also informs me that my hand and arm now have very reduced circulation and I am getting very small patches of the muscle and tissues dying. It has begun.

This is a basic plumbing job.An almost routine piece of surgery that will be able to be completed in about 4 hours.Whilst the recovery is going to feel like I was hit by a bus I am still able to regain good health and be a very productive member of society.I am not able to do it as needed because of dollars and cents, not having the tools at my disposal.If my arm circulation keeps reducing at the rate it is I am told it will be maybe 3-4 weeks at the best, before my hand and arm die completely and the rest of me follows that very very swiftly.Yes that is "at best" dates.

I havent given up yet.I am going to keep this going as hard as possible until I can do what I need to do to stay alive and to keep on helping and sharing and caring and sending out Light and Love.I am only young at 42 and am not ready to leave yet.I have so much I need to finish,so much I want to share and so much Love to give to all.

Please take a few moments to think about how you might be able to help me reach my goal.If you are not able to make a purchase I understand completely.In that case please can you post my blog somewhere,tweet it somewhere,spread it about so more people can see and help too?

Right now I am doing the best I am able.My body is so tired I am not able to do much more.I hope you all understand.
Thank you for all the Love,Prayers and Care that you have sent my way.It is appreciated more than my small words can tell you.

With Light and Love from my heart

Tanya

SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.


Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

Wednesday

The photos today were taken from my balcony during a storm.The rain was not around my home and that ray of sunshine poking through the clouds came with the rainbow after the rain had stopped.Inspiring really.Showed me that there is beauty in all things that may seem terrible.


Its "go to the surgeon's " day today.
Crunch time really for timing.I will find out today what he wants to do and when and if I need to have one hospital stay or more. In the wind is an angiogram and then the "big cut". And whilst I am kind of ready in many ways you are never fully ready.

I had a similar surgery in April 1997.I was a lot younger then....oh weren't we all? I had no idea of what to expect.

I woke up feeling like I had been run over by a bus and had tubes and wires and all sorts coming out all over me.And cold feet. The major recollection of that morning was I had to ask my mum to put my socks on.I was back to being like an infant,totally reliant on another.

So now as I prepare for round 2 ,which by the way was not ever meant to happen, I know some of the pitfalls.This time I am alone and will be surrounded by strangers most of whom wont even speak my own language.I am preparing the small bits whilst I collect funds and sort dates and get the big things in line.

I am working out what sort of food to store in my home so when I get back I can at least make me a meal without having to go out.I need to get in enough water to last at least 6 weeks because I sure wont be able to carry it up to my place when I am recovering(I live on the second floor and right now those 38 stairs are a challenge everytime I have to go up) , and I will get in dry goods and canned things and foods I can freeze so I have a supply.I expect to be in hospital for at least 4 weeks for recovery so cant even stock the fridge before I go as those perishables wont last.

Then we have to look at the household stuff.Things like ,how do you keep the room clean if you can't sweep and mop,or do the washing? I dont have a washing machine and all the laundry has been done by hand for over two years now.I guess I'll have to sort a maid to come.....yes more money.It all has to be taken into account.

Business and customers....another very interesting quandry.I will have to close up shop whilst I am in hospital and I am not sure how long it will be before I can get it open again after I get home.I hope only a day or so but that is going to depend on how well I have healed. Stock shopping and going to the post office are going to be a hard one.I'll have to work on that one some more.Couriers are cheap enough and that may be the way to work it out.

Then last on this list, but by no means the least, is me.Who will be there to help me wash my hair,to put on my socks,to hold my hand while I make my way to the bathroom? To make sure that nothing goes wrong or who can call the Dr if something does? The hardest answer to that one is that no one will be there. I will be alone to do it by myself.I cant go back to Australia, I am not allowed to fly due to the associated risks and so I face this and know in my heart that the only ones who can and will be there,will be my virtual FB friends,my internet email friends and me.

I want to thank everyone who reads my blog. My random thoughts and my pleas. Every little bit of support that has been given,whether it is in the form of a purchase or just reposting and tweeting, is appreciated more than my words can describe. I am running out of time and whilst people say "oh you still have weeks until Valentines day" the reality of it is that today is already 6th Jan and in an instant that time will have passed.I live every day as if it is my last because I feel I am a walking time bomb and the timer is faulty.It may go off at any time.Kind of an eye opener really.

Thank you again for everything.

Again I post the details of my SALE and GIVE AWAY so you can pass it on or have a read for the first time.
With Light and Love to you all

Tanya


SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.


Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

11% and counting.

My Pictures here are to show that even stormy times can be so so beautiful when viewed from a distance.

Wow what a great effort and I am so so honoured to have great friends like you all.
I am only 11% there but am working on getting it all to the target.

I found some really cool sales tools on my web site and now we have a few featured items and some sale items on top of the 20% off.I am currently working to clear some lines so I can put in new ones and so you get even better savings.The special prices are there and they will be reduced by a further 20% when you check out using the coupon code MAYDAY.

I cant discount much if at all on my Etsy items due to fees etc but you can find many of the same items of silver either at Artfire www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark where they have 20% off the price already or in the web site www.aardvarksilver.com where you can use your discount coupon code.

I would like to also close up my Etsy jewelry store www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com As many of you may have read it was Attit's store to sell his items and so raise money for his mum. He left at the beginning of Dec 2009 without warning.Yep, just packed his bags on Dec 1st and was out the door.NO reason,no explanation and no fights. Well that was kind of a blessing but I still dont know why he has gone. Anyway as he is no longer around I need to clear the last of his stock and close the store. Make me an offer on any item.I am open to all reasonable offers. Most items are reduced by 50% already.

Anyone looking at earrings??? I have a $7 special (thats retail and I will wholesale as well).I made about 100 pairs and so have plenty. Ask me for the best price if you want a bulk lot.

Thats about all for now.Will be back soon with a new update.I do believe I owe you all a blog from way back so will work on that one as well.Please dont forget to pass this on where you can.All support in anyway is appreciated.

Light and Love to all
Tanya


SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.


Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

Sale SAle SALE

Our sale is progressing along and we have now raised $521.14 towards my $12000 goal.Still a way to go yet but we still have a little time. At this point in time my goal is to get to Feb 14th, Valentines Day so we can do our big draw then.

I see my surgeon on Wednesday and will find out his time line then.I do know that the pain in my arm as it loses its circulation is slowly but surely increasing.I am praying I can do what is needed before it shuts down completely.

I am also so excited about the number of entries into the draw we are having.It increases each time a purchase is made.Each time you buy you get an entry into the draw for each $10 you spend.Its easy.

Even easier is the fact that I have a few different products (LOL, Just a few), and more coming.I am working towards putting up a few items each day in most of my stores, if I can stay awake long enough LOL. I listed new gemstones last night on Artfire www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark I still have more to come including an amazing strand of diamond beads.They are the ones in my photo here . It is a 15 inch strand with more than 13 carats of white,grey and yellow diamond beads.They are tiny at approx 2.5mm at the widest size but are Oh so sparkly and very clean to look at.A steal at $750 but make me an offer.I am open to all reasonable offers right now. I am also happy to wholesale if you need a bulk amount of items.

We will also be having random items on special over the next few weeks on the products in the web page.You might get a spot of luck and get 50% off just by choosing an item I have discounted. The Bargain bin in the Jewelry section and the Clearance bin in the Silver section of the web page www.aardvarksilver.com are also able to be discounted using your coupon MAYDAY for 20% off.I'll be adding more items to the Clearance bin for silver as we go.

For those of you who are shopping in 9 Dollar Earrings,my etsy jewelry store, www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com , I am looking to clear the stock so I can close it. If you like any of the pieces please make me an offer. I am also happy to sell at wholesale price on all of those items.They really are lovely pieces and I would love to send them to new homes.

This is your chance to pick up a bargain.We both benefit from this.I have put my sale terms and offer below again for those of you who may not have seen it yet.

Thank you all for your support.If you cant buy then please repost this so others may see it and may help if they are able.

I thank you with all my Heart.

Light and Love to all
Tanya






SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.


Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

Thank you for a great start.

Thank you to all who have come and visited and made a purchase.We now have funds on the board and I am so excited by that.
We have until 14th February,Valentines Day.
So all of you who need supplies or are after a little something to treat yourself you can get it while the savings are on offer.To make sure you get supplies in time to make your stock for Valentines day I strongly recommend you buy early.I also suggest keeping an eye on the web site as I add new stock lines that I have not had before.I am looking to add a few each day so keep checking back.
We will also be having random specials on some items so if you are really lucky you may get an extra bonus special price.

You also go in the draw for a possible $550 worth of prizes. YES a large giveaway pool as well. Just to remind you all I am putting it here again.I have set up the $7 special earring listing so you can treat your friends as well as yourself.At that price they are going to move fast.I have 100 pairs and will wholesale them as well if you are after a bulk lot.

You can use the coupon code in the web store as often as you wish up to Valentines day.The Artfire store sale will run until then as well.I have great gemstones there.Ones I would add to my collection if I was keeping them and they are going to have new ones added there often as well.

This is to be a really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.

Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.Also feel free to repost this as often as you like in any area you wish.I need all the support I can get as fast as possible.Time is slipping away fast.

Thank you again for your Love,Support and Care.
Light and Love to all
Tanya

MAYDAY,MAYDAY, This is your Captain speaking...

Now that Christmas and those festivities are over it is now time to begin planning for the New Year and what you want it to bring.

My title to this blog says it all for what I am planning. I need some help.

About a week ago I was told I will need a major artery repair.If I was back in Australia the cost would be covered in a public hospital.Here in Bangkok I am reliant on my health insurance and when they were approached they said they will not help.Classed it as a pre-existing ailment even though I have had no problems with this before.Here insurance companies change the rules to suit their own requirements and it is totally legal apparently.

So I now have the goal of raising approx $12000USD in a short space of time.About 6 weeks to be exact.

A little bit of background.The artery I have to have repaired is one of the major ones that comes off the aorta,that is the big artery that comes off the heart for those of you who dont have any anatomy in your kit. It feeds the blood into the right side of the chest and into the right arm.

Already I have problems with circulation into my hand and it "falls asleep" often and I have less strength than I used to.Makes typing and writing and so many other tasks difficult.If the artery fails completely my hand will die within a few days and then that will move up my arm and my whole body will die.Needless to say this is quite painful and even reduced blood flow is causing angina like pain in my chest.

So I want to have a SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.

This is my New Years Resolution.I am raising funds in a fight for my life.
Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

Light and Love to all
Tanya