I have a couple of wishlists on Amazon if anyone would like to help me out with some things. Living on disability as my sole income, and being barely able to cover basic housing and utilities costs leaves me with no money to meet other needs or goals. I am working VERY hard to try and change my situation, but it will take some time to get there. I’m doing “all the things” – I’m taking my meds, eating properly (adhering to my nutritional protocol for my autoimmune diseases), trying to get enough rest, taking time each day for meditation and stress relief, working hard in physical therapy, and looking for part-time projects that I can do from home on the days that I am well enough to focus and work. I’ve also got several blogs going, and am trying to launch a YouTube channel. None of these have brought in any real money yet, however. But I remain hopeful…
Any help I might be blessed with regarding the items on these wishlists would be amazing. I’ve received a lot of help from so many lovely people on wishlist items, and were it not for these kind and caring gifts, I would have been in a real pickle over this past year or so. I feel like merely saying “thank you” will NEVER be enough…
Janni’s Needs – All Encompassing
This is a list of all the items that I need at any given moment. There are several categories of items on this list:
1. Ongoing Maintenance: Things that I need on an ongoing basis (household supplies, toiletries, vitamins/supplements, etc… ),
2. Physical Therapy: items for physical therapy that I could use at home.
3. Birdies: My little pet birdies (Sparky, Kiwi, and the Tiny Tots – Lucy, Ricky, and Thurston) have brought me so much comfort in the months after my Dad’s passing. They keep me company throughout the day, make me laugh and smile (which is hard to do at times), and give me so much unconditional love. There are items on this list that they need from time to time, such as food, toys, and other maintenance items. I love them so much… and honestly, they don’t ask for much! 😉
4. YouTube Channel Equipment/Accessories: Items needed in support of my startup YouTube venture to support its successful growth.
NOTES ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
Trying to get a YouTube channel going alongside this website has been a goal of mine for months now. I’ve done a lot of studying/learning/observing/researching, etc… and I want to start trying to put up some content beyond the odd phone-shot video short.
I have recently been gifted a GoPro and some of the accessories for it off my Amazon wishlist! This is HUGE! I still need a few more things to make it all happen but it is giving me HOPE that I can do this! THANK YOU to whoever sent the GoPro (I have no idea who it might have been, as the gift tag said it was a friend of another friend of mine) – I am ever so appreciative and can’t wait until I can get going properly with it all! I have already begun to film and plan out some episodes…
The “Just for Fun” DREAM List
This is a list that I didn’t have on here for the longest time, but a friend of mine urged me to include it. It is simply a compilation of “fun things” that I would either like to have just for smiles – or things that would genuinely help me out but I am far too reserved to put them on the MAIN list, mostly due to cost – and me wallowing in self-loathing, not feeling as though I deserve ANY of it… so yeah… a lot of stuff to unpack there. Regardless, I would be over the moon to receive any of these items, large or small!
Janni’s Project: Garden Wishlist
This is a little list of things I need to create a simple (small) “garden” that I can tend on my own in front of my front porch – that I can access from my wheelchair. To read more about this project, you can find the details here. It consists of raised (accessible) planters, pots, and soil… as well as gift cards to Lowe’s so that I can pick up some plants locally – and a little bit of white paint to touch up the railings on the front porch… I can do that from the wheelchair as well. Have paintbrush – can do! (On good days, anyway…)
PLEASE NOTE: This wishlist is not one of my own, but for a charity very near and dear to my heart.
I visited the Gentle Barn in Tennessee several years back, in their old location, and was able to meet Ellie and Jay, the founders. I have corresponded with Ellie a handful of times over the years. When my situation went downhill both medically and financially, I found myself no longer able to be a monthly sponsor for Zazu the cockatoo. It broke my heart to tell her, but she was SO kind and understanding. When she heard my story and what I’d been through, she even offered to keep sending me the monthly updates on Zazu, which are usually reserved for sponsors. She is amazing and her work alongside her husband Jay with these Gentle Barn locations is outstanding. They have ongoing needs for their animals and every little bit helps! This wishlist is for the Tennessee location, but they have other locations throughout the US. You can visit the Gentle Barn website for more locations and their corresponding wishlists.
If we don’t try, we will never know if we can succeed. And… if we don’t ASK, we may never receive. Someone once told me, “Janni, if you don’t put it out there – then people have no way of knowing there’s a need. If you don’t tell people WHAT you need, then you don’t give them the opportunity to help if they’re able.” They had a point, I suppose… so this is me, putting it out there to the universe. Trust me, at first, I didn’t want to do any of it. I didn’t want to go online, bare my soul, tell everyone my woes, and beg for help. But I had to. So I did. I won’t lie… every time I have to go on my social media networks and share links, asking for more help – my mental health takes quite a blow. I have GOT to find a way out of this predicament, and I won’t keep trying until I do.
So, if anyone out there feels extra generous and would like to help me out with any of these items, I would be ever so appreciative. You’ll never truly know the depth of my gratitude. ❤️
As I ALWAYS say… Please do not try to help in this way if you, yourself, are struggling financially. If ANYONE understands that frustrating position, it’s ME! A BIG way you CAN help (that won’t cost you a thing) is to share my links! That is HUGE, and I appreciate all of you who do that (and who HAVE been doing that) so much. I never want MY financial burden to become someone else’s financial burden. Ever.
Thanks so much, everyone. All my love to all…