Fragmented Fridays

This has been a tough week for me. I have been upset about my eyes. For those of you who don't know, I was told that I could no longer wear contacts or I would be at risk of losing vision or my eye. It isn't that I have to wear glasses. I already wear glasses and they are fine. My husband prefers me in glasses. It's that a part of my body has deteriorated to such a state. I feel bad and guilty. I know it could be worse and I feel blessed that we caught it before the worst could happen, but it's my body and I've become attached to it.

For many many months I was taking  a pill to help with panic attacks and anxiety. It helped, but of course no one wants to be medicated if they don't have to be, so I weened myself and I was doing remarkably well until I found out about my eyes. Last night while I was alone, putting my daughter to bed, and having a full blown panic attack, it occurred to me that I am not ready to go it alone yet. Oh well, I tried.

Enough of my pity party. On to other things. I had a follow up eye appointment today (Thursday) and my BIL was kind enough to watch Put Pie. I left a little early on purpose and got to go for a short walk. A solitary walk, where I got to be just me and just for me. I was nobody's mother and nobody's wife. I was smiled at because of me, not because of the lovely child I usually tote. Man, was it nice! I need to do that more often. I felt so refreshed when I came home.

What this bloggy town needs is an enema another Meme! Hey, hey I can feel you rolling your collective eyes. I know what you are thinking: there are already so many ridiculous great memes out there already how can I possibly bring something new to the table. Exactly, I am not bringing anything new, instead what I am doing is asking you to recycle your comments (comments that you've left on other blogs or fabulous comments that have been left on your blog) and turn them into a post.

Come on , you know you've left some comments and thought: damn that was good, too bad so few people will see it. Well, my friends now is the time to recycle, reuse and reduce. I give you: I Comment Therefore I Am. Just keep a draft post that you add your memorable comments to throughout the week and before you know it you have a post. See how helpful I am! One less post idea for you to come up with. For an example click HERE.

This will be a regular feature on my blog and I will add a linky  and button for those of you who choose to share your commentary genius with the world. Originally, I was thinking this would be a monthly feature, but now that I've started saving my comments it's going to be weekly or else the posts would be too long.  So I'm officially starting this Monday. Play along if you like, I always like company and I think it's a way of encouraging comment love and creativity because you know I'm not going to want to do an entire post of "Hi, stop by my blog when you get a chance" or "Wow" or "LOL".

Here's the buttton I made. What do you think?

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Exercise Challenge Update and How You Can Help Someone's Dreams Come True

Awhile back during one of my Fragmented Friday posts I made a vow to exercise every day for a minimum of 20 minutes until October 30th. If I failed to exercise I would pay $5 into a fund that would eventually be used to help finance a micro-loan through KIVA. The good news is that I exercised every day except for one so I only had to pay $5 into the fund and exercise has once again become a habit. The bad news is that $5 is not enough to micro-finance a loan, I need to put at least $20 more into the pot. This is where you come in.

If you kind reader leave me a comment on this post and you are NOT already registered with Disqus and you register, I will add .50 cents to the pot for every new registry, but you MUST include your website url if you have a blog.

For example you will fill out the spaces that say Name, Email, Website (not optional this time). I have marked those spaces with red arrows.

You will then click, "Post as Guest". Once you've done that  this window will appear:

Fill out the part that says "Password", then press "Register and Post Comment". Be sure to tell me that you are registering for the first time so that I can add $.50 in your honor. If you are already registered with Disqus, but do not have your website linked to it, you can go to your Disqus profile and link your website and I will add $.50 to the pot in your honor, too.  Already registered and already have a website attached to your profile? If you haven't uploaded an image (avatar) to your profile and do so now, I'll and .50 cents in your honor, too. I have to put a cap on this because I'm not made of money. So I will cap it off at $30. That means 60 of you can register , add a url, or a profile pic and know that you participated in making someone's dream come true. $30 dollars may not seem like a lot, but sometimes that's all someone needs to buy supplies for their business.

The thing about KIVA is that it is not a handout; it is a loan. Once that loan is repayed I will reloan the money to someone else and so on and so on. These are hardworking people in Third World countries that need someone to invest in their future. I will keep you posted on how much I loan and who I loan it to. Consider loaning through KIVA on your own.

The reason I'm asking you to register with Disqus and attach your website is that it makes my bloggy life easier. I will then be able to click on your name and automatically be taken to your website.

That's all I got! Have a great weekend! Practice a random act of kindness.

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