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Do you spend too much time looking at screens instead of faces?

Hello!

I’ve been locked out of my blog since October. Nine months and no baby to show for it!

After “tweeting my life away” for almost four years, it’s wonderful to be able to ignore the amount of characters typed. Makes me wonder if Twitter has changed my writing… hmmm, I could read my old blogs and see.

Some of you may know I was tweeting my grief away with the loving support of friends I made on Twitter. Mostly, I didn’t talk about the passing of my daughter and husband.

My husband was fixing up a 1940 Studebaker for our daughter to use as a wheelchair vehicle. We thought Sara would like a fun car instead of a van. Although she loved watching her dad work on the car, Sara never got to ride in the Studie.

This is the story of some of the ideas concocted during my blogging hiatus.

For a few years, I’ve owned TweetMeRight.com, without a real plan of what to do with the domain.

My online girlfriend Diane Tate  invited me and some friends on a virtual roadtrip on Twitter. We’ve been tweeting back and forth about how and why to do a real roadtrip for over a year.

Twitter friends started telling me about great people and nonprofits around the US doing wonderful projects to help people in desperate need. Chad Lilly tweeted about raising money on Twitter to help feed the hungry. We talked about letting the people help tell the stories and send money to those they want to help.

This year, everything seems to have come together. I met Kelsey Grammer on Twitter and Danny Glover’s brother Martin who is a filmmaker. Kelsey helped me create The Jeanette Joy Show. Martin filmed Tweet Me Nice and wants to help with Tweet Me Right.

Besides Diane, Dr. Mary Kay Evans, Dr. Heather Creed, Lori Moreno, Anita Nelson, Leslie Carothers and many others want to help raise consciousness about positive people making a difference.

Joy TV, myself, and the crew would like you to join us on our roadtrip. Please check the tentative map and share the people who you think should be included in the documentary. Come to our tweetups, meetups, film shoots. We want to promote entrepreneurs to kick the economy as well as showcase loving volunteers. The hope, to inspire others to go and do likewise, can make a difference. YOU can be a part of this cause.

Check out Tweet Me Right.com and comment below. Nominate your volunteers and charities.

Tweet to TweetMeRight. We also have a brand new Facebook group.

Thank you for your support!

Jeanette

From China’s Children

Her mother called us over to look at her.  It was a few weeks after the quake in this remote village in China, really just some people living in tents beside their homes that had been destroyed by the Great Sichuan Earthquake.  The little girl had a few scratches and we had a doctor in our team, but she needed something more than medicine.

Clinging to her mother this elementary school age girl seemed more like a toddler, and as the doctor looked her over, her story was told. She had been rescued, pulled out of the rubble of her school that had collapsed.  When the building began to shake, the teacher tried to lead the children to safety, but everything happened too quickly.  The rescuers found her trapped in the debris, her legs covered with blood that had  filled up her shoes.  They quickly checked to see where she was bleeding, but found that she was unscathed.  The blood belonged to her best friend who was crushed directly behind her.

When we heard this story our team gave what we had, a large pink teddy bear, some candy, and instructions for her mother.  But I returned from that trip resolved to provide more for these children who have wounds that cannot be seen.

Many of the world’s 43 million people who are in need of humanitarian assistance are children, and many of them have experienced, seen and heard things that children should never have to bear.  OperationSAFE produces materials for and trains and mobilizes volunteers to work alongside professionals in IDP and refugee camps to help children recover from trauma.

From China’s Children

We designed the curriculum for children, around the story of a little penguin named Pete, (Pipi in Chinese) who is separated from his family when their ice-shelf falls into the sea.  Each day, the children learn a new lesson from Pete and his friends about how to survive.  We are currently producing an animated version of the story to be used worldwide. (link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIP2l8lnRPs)  These lessons are reinforced through games, songs, crafts and caring volunteers who listen as the children open up and begin to share.

Typically about 80% of children will eventually adapt to their new situation, but they need someone to tell them that they will be alright. One little boy stood at the edge of the OperationSAFE camp and would not participate.  He was a “troublemaker”, negative, violent and anti-social.  On the fifth day of watching what was happening from the edge, this boy opened up to  one of the volunteers.  He pointed to the mountain behind the village and said, “When the earth shook, I watched a boulder come crashing down this hill.  It struck a man and split his body into pieces.  I had to step on him to escape.”  What a burden of guilt was lifted that day as the volunteer listened to what he shared without judging and told him that it wasn’t his fault!

From China’s Children

You can find out more about OperationSAFE at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OperationSAFE/114291602119
http://www.firstgiving.com/operationsafe

Or you can follow me on twitter @OperationSAFE as well.

Jonathan Wilson
Director,
OperationSAFE
Tokyo, Japan

From China’s Children

From Lake Elsinore

Acknowledge Abundance

So many of my wonderful friends and even family members love to talk about Abundance. They’ve watched The Secret, read inspirational books, articles, blogs, and joined thousands of Abundance conversations. That’s all simply wonderful.

Affirm Actuality

Positive Abundance thinkers love to post affirmations, chant affirmations, speak affirmations. I see post it notes and index cards all over my friend’s house. This is also great thinking.

Accomplish Action

One step I’d love to see my friends and family taking is to make an Action Plan.

Good thinking combined with an inspired, researched, positive plan makes all the difference.

What’s YOUR Abundance Action Plan for Life?
Share your first Abundance Affirmation Action Step with us below.

Joy to you!

Jeanette

AKA  JeanetteJoy on Twitter

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Now, go make some money!

Jeanette

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Greetings!

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Sending all children around the world on a summer vacation would be so wonderful.

There is no such thing as a “typical” host family. If you have room in your home - and your heart - to host a child, you could be one too.

Fresh Air children are boys and girls, six to 12 years old, who reside in low-income communities in New York City and are eager to experience the simple pleasures of life outside the city.

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Whether it’s a two-week trip to visit a volunteer host family, or a fun-filled and educational stay at one of our camps, our programs make for unforgettable memories – and open a world of new friendships and fresh possibilities.

We are a not-for-profit agency and depend on tax-deductible donations from people like you to keep our vital programs flourishing. Donate online now

This is in response to Dr Mani’s blog about 27 Months of Twitter

Dear Dr Mani,

You always inspire me with your tweets, email, and products. I understand your Twitter methods. Your system works for you.  While I don’t agree with you about following practices, I do agree with your 5 Twitter Myths That Need Debunking.

Like you, I no longer auto follow. Moreover, I don’t even read DMs unless someone tweets me that they sent me a DM. When I had 400 followers/followees, I read my timeline. With the Twitter changes, reading the timeline makes no sense because you only see part of the tweets.

To me, Twitter is like a university. I wave at coworkers, students, friends, stop and chat for a time, share information, and learn something great everyday. I feel that limiting my following limits possible connections. I notice, as in real life, friends come and go. We hang out for awhile and then don’t see each other for a month or longer. I may not talk or tweet to everyone frequently; I try to answer each reply.

Twitter IS Good for Direct Response

I use bit.ly to monitor the traction of my tweets. You might be surprised to know that a tweet from me instigates thousands of clicks. I have been offered money to tweet a URL. I don’t sell tweets. Maybe I will next time you have a heartathon.

Twitter IS a reliable Communication Channel

Although many people may miss a tweet, you can repost later in a different format to get your message out.  While I have almost 20,000 emails and can’t read them all –I read every single @jeanettejoy mention. My friends and family know the best way to communicate with me is by tweet. Twitter allows me to contact people directly I never would have known how to contact before. I tweet with producers, actors, authors, and celebrities all over the world…like you!

I agree with you that Twitter is not a good place to defend positions and it is not about me, it’s about them. I don’t agree with you about instant traffic. Because of my numbers, I do generate instant traffic on Twitter. You can build your list with Twitter.

Twitter Is All About Real Connections

For me, the best Twitter outcome is meeting people in real life at events. Thank you for your connections to Frank McKinney. I feel blessed to have met you on Twitter… Did you know I took your ezine for years long ago and knew you as an Internet marketer? Until Twitter, I didn’t know about your work with children.

My life has changed in so many ways because of the people I network with on Twitter. I’m working on a list of people I’ve met in person as a result. I think the list will be over 1,000 Tweethearts.

If I was a working doctor or still teaching at the university, I would not have time for Twitter. Like you, I would need to limit my follows. I’m grateful for the friendships made, the pending joint ventures, the entertainment, the love shared on Twitter.

Joy to you,

Jeanette

P. S. Tweethearts, please share your tweet thoughts in a comment. Do you follow everyone? If I’m not following you back, please @ me.

http://twitter.com/jeanettejoy

Although it’s been talked about for decades, living green is finally something society is catching on to in a big way. The nice thing is that it doesn’t have to cost thousands of dollars for you to start living a greener life. Here are five easy and inexpensive ways to begin.

1. Reduce Your Use of the Power Grid

You can help save the planet…and save some money at the same time…by reducing your electrical usage. Using less electricity means decreasing the demand for fossil fuels, coal, water, nuclear, or whatever other method your power company uses to generatethe power you consume.

A good place to start is with your hot water heater. The less hot water you use, the more money…and energy…you save. Buy laundry detergent that works well in cold water to wash your family’s clothes. The chances are excellent that they’ll never knowthe difference, but you will…and so will your pocketbook.

Encourage your family to take showers rather than baths. That alone can cut your hot water usage by more than 60%. Replace your old showerhead with a low-flow style. The new low-flow heads put out a nice spray that won’t feel any different from the old water-guzzling head, but you can save another 50% or more water by changing over. Between those two steps, your hot water usage will decrease dramatically.

2. Take Your Laundry for a Walk

Another huge energy drain is your clothes dryer. A typical electric dryer sucks 1,500 watts of energy that is only used to tumble clothes and then pumped outside through a vent. It’s a huge energy waster. To decrease your clothes drying cost to ZERO, put your laundry in a basket, take it outside, and hang it on a clothes line. We’ve all seen commercials for detergents and dryer sheets that promise to make your clothes smell as fresh as all outdoors. The good news is that you can get the REAL thing…at no cost whatsoever…simply by hanging your clothes outside and letting the sun do all the work. It may sound like a radical idea, but it’s worked for thousands of years!

3. Use Less Gas

If you live in an area where many of the places you normally go are relatively close, get out of your car and either walk or ride your bike to work. This can save thousands of dollars a year on gas, maintenance, and parking costs…and it will help make you a more healthy person in the process. Your heart will thank you, your weight will go down, and your muscle tone will be more defined. Sounds like a win/win all around…for you and for the planet.

Taking your vehicle off the road as much as possible will also help lessen the amount of traffic on the roads, keep pollution down, and help ease the stress of all the traffic on the highways at rush hour…or any other time, for that matter.

If there’s a way to do it, telecommuting is becoming increasingly popular, as well. Talk to your employer to see if there’s a possibility of doing your job at least a few days a week if not fulltime. That will also save a great deal of your precious time and money…as well as keeping your vehicle off the road more often.

4. Eat Healthier

You don’t have to become a total vegetarian, but even the simple act of having a least one meal a week that contains no meat will help the planet because there are environmental concerns involved in the way much of our meat is produced on factory farms nowadays. Meat is also expensive, so again it’s a win/win for you and the world as a whole.

When you do buy produce or meat, buy organically produced food. It uses none of the harmful chemicals that are used on factory farms, which is not only good for you and your family, but it lessens the demand for the chemicals themselves. Another benefit to buying organic foods, and especially locally grown organic foods, is that you’re helping local producers to make a living and to compete with the megafarms that produce so much of the food in the average grocery store. Remember, if you don’t buy local, there won’t BE a local.

5. Lose Your Bottled Water Habit

The bottled water phenomenon really took off in the past few decades, but you don’t have to drink your water out of a plastic bottle to get fresh, clean water. There are a number of excellent water filters that purify your tap water and reduce your need for plastic bottles. In most states, there is no deposit on those water bottles, so they’re not frequently recycled like soft drink bottles. That means countless non-biodegradable plastic bottles end up in landfills.

You can also buy reusable water containers, preferably made of aluminum instead of plastic, to further reduce your dependence on bottled water from the supermarket. Switching to purified tap water and reusing your water container saves thousands of dollars a year…and it makes great sense for the health of the planet.

Living greener doesn’t mean you have to buy a bunch of expensive high tech equipment. In fact, as you’ve seen from the five examples in this article, many of the greenest things you can do cost little or nothing. Going green is one of the smartest investments you can make…both financially and environmentally.

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Copyright © 2009 Jeanette

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Make Money Online and Offline with Affiliate Marketing

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Joy to you,

Jeanette