Thank you SUSAN for pointing this out to me ! I hope our town comes together and supports for this great cause :) I will be in a Leadership Training in St Davids so I won't make it. Good luck!
I sit on the board of the Chester County Women's Commission and I have arranged a fundraiser at the local Applebee's. Applebee's will donate 10% of the days sales to the Commission who in turn will send it to
Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS) 257 Church Street Phoenixville, PA 19460 610-933-1105 www.pacsphx.org
You're invited to a Dining to Donate special event at Applebee's, West Goshen restaurant, located on West Chester Pike, just east of 202!
Please come out and show your support! Just PRINT OUT THIS INVITATION and present it to your server on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Applebee's located at 1107 West Chester Pike ~ West Chester, PA
Applebee's will donate 10% of your food and beverage purchase* to: CHESTER COUNTY WOMEN'S COMMISSION
Chester County Women's Commission Dine-out food drive. All proceeds to be donated to local food pantries.
*Tax and tip not included. Not valid with any other discounts or promotions. Must present flyer at time of visit. Flyers are not to be distributed in the restaurant or within the perimeter of the parking lot. Dining to Donate nights are limited to Sunday through Wednesday, and subject to availability. Applebee's reserve the right to accept or reject organizations at its own discretion.
If you can make it, please click the link and print the flyer. Bring with you and we will be able to get 10% of the proceeds for the food drive.
URG! It has NOT been a very good couple of days. As I said in my first post The STORM in my Life (Days 1-5), I was forgiving of "new" and decided that with the minor problems.... I was sticking with the STORM. I still know that I took a chance on a new products
Not sure I still feel the same way.
Here are the issues that I am finding in the last couple of days. They just might be the straw..... that breaks.... ya know.....
CALLER ID: So the last five phone calls I've received... says someone else is calling. Yep. The last person who called me, not the incoming call.
COPY/PASTE/SELECT: I'm still really not happy with this. It is difficult to copy, paste, and place the cursor in previous text to either correct or insert something else. Maybe I'm the only one that needs this - but it's frustrating.
BLACKBERRY DESKTOP MANAGER: What a crazy system! I don't like it. Why not? It has "sections" with descriptions for further information. What a pain - they aren't descriptive enough to know where to go. I liked the ability in Windows Mobile to actually go view each part of your device, each file and move it around from there. The synchronization process takes a long time! I only have it synching contacts & notes but it takes a long time!
UPGRADE: So.... I've now almost completed two blog posts, tweeted, picked up house, played with LittleOne5 - all while waiting for an upgrade, the first upgrade to complete. If I saw it correctly, it actually removes everything from the device then puts it back on it again. Interesting. Never had an upgrade take this long. Wonder how many more there will be?
Good points since last post...
I like Crackberry.com lots of useful information!
Transferring files from iTunes to Blackberry Device wasn't too difficult. Music quality is very good on phone.
AutoSureType has been interesting to learn, but I've kept with it, as people say.... and I think that with another few days - we'll be friends.
At this point..... Take it or leave it? Not sure. Still using it like crazy - hopefully this upgrade will improve some things. If I was made to decide today - - - I'd be at the store looking for something else.
Poor @TwitterFriends keep hearing bits and pieces... here is a little more for ya...
When I ordered my Blackberry Storm online I was anxious about the 2 day wait for it to arrive.... only to learn it was on backorder and it would be about a week and a half wait.
My poor XV6700 was having such a hard time keeping up with me and reminded me frequently it was time for it to retire, so it was a long wait.
I ripped open the box - got it all set up very quickly ... and off I went to learn....
Keeping a very open mind... change is always hard.... and the reviews were 50/50.
KEYBOARD: Yes, the touch screen is tough to get used to. The screen almost does a whole 'push' of the phone - hard to describe, but I'm sure you've heard it from the real techies doing the reviews a little better. I was a speedy texter, I mean, like... really fast. My thumbs could roll ! So it was frustrating to go back to the elementary stages of typing again. But eventually I have gotten better with it.
My biggest complaint about the text entry is that you can not go back if you mess up very easily unless you use the "back-up-and-erase-arrow". You know what I mean? After you type your message and you need to change a word - it's VERY difficult to go back and select it.
MESSAGES: I do like that it keeps the messages (or can if you select it) in order of conversation with that recipient. So you can see your entire conversation back and forth if you want to - with just a glance.
CAMERA: I'm not a huge camera user other than fun personal ones to send to family & friends.... it works well for that. But it takes long for the picture to take after you've depressed the shutter button. That's irritating. (Picture on right taken with Storm)
OS: Kim? With a Blackberry? My friend Jason and I seem to be in a minority of our "ANTI-Blackberry, but can't explain it" attitudes. Other friends like John, Matt, Nick, and recently Candy Lynn - say, "Go Blackberry!" I was shocked I actually even considered it. And when Candy Lynn was helping me with my upgrade decision, some of the first words out of my mouth were, "No Blackberry!" But after she was telling me about the new Storm, I was a little interested - and the rest is history.
I'm not really sure how I feel about it now. I think Windows Mobile and Blackberry (sure, the others as well Palm, Apple, etc) all have their ups and downs. I have no complaints one way or another at this point.
PHONE CALLS: The reception with phone calls is very good compared to my XV6700 (that was horrible!). Both on the device and via Bluetooth.
Should I mention I had to visit Verizon's Tech Service Department already? Yes, they fixed it. I couldn't hear anything. Should I mention that I've had to restart and remove battery a couple times a day? Should I mention I've seen the Black or White Screen of Blackberry Death a couple of times?
My plan is to use this thing like CRAZY for the 30-day trial period.
At this point, how do I like it? I like it. If I had to chose on Day 5 whether I keep or rid it.... I'd keep it. It has it's problems, but it's better good than bad.
(Stay tuned.... to learn if I still feel this way)
This also means that I have to tag 5 others, so keep a look out to see if you are on the list!
What is a Bookworm MEME ?
Here are six things you must do:
1. Grab the nearest book. * THE ONLY RULE, NOT TO USE THE BIBLE! 2. Open the book to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences. 5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the Closest. 6. Tag five people to do the same
I've been talking to a good friend of mine about one of my favorite books, so lucky me, it's right here! The Success Principles by Jack Canfield was a life changing book for me leading me to move onward and get to where you want to be. You do have to weed out some of the "name dropping", as my friend says, but pick it up sometime - you'll probably gain something!
"Some might say, 'Well you missed your goal by 200,000 copies.' Perhaps, but not by much... and he book went on to sell well over 8 million copies in over 30 languages around the world. Believe me.... I can live with that kind of "failure."
Yes, there is some pat-on-the-backs in there too, but he deserves it :)
I could go on and on and on.... but instead I welcome ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE JEFF comments below. Have fun..... Let's rack them up. Be true, only use words that you feel for him (I'm sure even if you haven't had the great pleasure of being around him, you still have a word!! :) ..... Let's give him a BANG of a birthday wish!!!
I overheard on Twitter last night someone admit he has a ManCrush on @respres.... think he'll fess up to it here?
Jeff.... you are amazing......... Happy, Happy Birthday! I'm so grateful I get to call you and your family FRIENDS..... Fun times shared.... Look what I made for ya..... :)
You can pick your own with over 200 acres of crops ! LittleOne5 has had two field trips here, and they are really good to the kids in the school groups. They have a learning station where they get to see inside a large refrigerator, have a treat of Apple Cider and the famous Apple Cider Donut, and get to press apples into cider themselves!
They also went on a hayride into the rows of Apple Trees and got to chose their very own three apples from the tree! "Find the right one. Hold it tight and twist three times until it comes off with a small pull."
I remember going here as a child with my grandmother, DeeDee who lived down the road. It was always a treat to come and pick out some penny candy.
"I would really love to be able to write with Agent Genius," I told my friend Missy of Ann Arbor, MI on her back deck in September. "Kim! I would too," Missy answered.
(You remember who Missy is right? The Caulk Wood | Bonding for Success team with Makeover2Takeover on AR ?? That was us !!)
Just a few weeks after that conversation I received a SKYPE message asking if I would like to join the ranks of Geniusness and be a writer at Agent Genius, a national community of Real Estate Industry leaders. I was honored to be asked to join such a highly respectable group of people. Not only was I able to ::clink:: to myself, but Missy was also asked at the same time! Benn & Lani of A.G. had no clue of our conversation - so it was one of those "meant to be things".
Chester County, PA is now represented among the writers, readers, and fans of Agent Genius. If you have any interest in the real estate industry - or you wanna be a fan for other reasons - come read, we'd love to have you! And leave your comment now and then so we get some fuel to keep writing!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month - which I have renamed Cancer Awareness month. Many people have gone "pink" with their avatars to raise awareness and remind followers of the importance of the fight.
Join in here on ActiveRain !
My daughter, AChrome, got some of the gals in the family to join in and walk for the American Cancer Society 5-mile walk in Philadelphia this past weekend. She and her friend even made us all t-shirts to wear for the team, "Save the Ta-Tas". The walk was filled with different emotions - my thoughts heavy for two friends who lost their fathers last year, a friend who is a survivor, a friend fighting the fight - and also for so many that I don't personally know with stories.
In this part we'll discuss a few of the other things you can do on Twitter Web. Part Six - Third Party Twitter Applications
It's been so much fun seeing the people come from this ActiveRain tutorial to the wild world of Twitter... and jump right in! Makes me proud :) It gives me the fuel to keep the tutorial going, that's for sure.
FAVORITES:
You can favor a tweet by clicking on the star. It will be saved in your "favorite" tab/page. You can access your favorites directly by going to http://Twitter.com/favorites (after you are logged in).
Here are mine (I should use it more) -
(Yes, you can earn a twit designation from @LindaDavis, lol)
RETWEETING:
As you can see above, @FresYes thought @SarahWV said something good enough to be "retweeted" so he put "RT" (you can also spell out RETWEET) before sending it again.
LINKING:
First, a small soap-box chat, do not only link up your own stuff if you want people to read it. Chris Brogan, aka Mr. Social Media, suggests you link up other people 12 times more than your own stuff. Because you are only allowed 140 characters, it's helpful to use URL shortening services like Tiny URL, Snurl, is.gd etc.
BUTTONS:
Ok... you're ready for a couple shortcuts now that you know your way around the long way (sorry I think it's important to know the long way first :) REPLY- When you are at the twitter home page, if you mouse over to the right of a tweet, you will notice the STAR and an ARROW. If you click on the arrow, twitter will fill in the @reply for you. TRASH- If you go to your archive (click on your picture or name) - when you mouseover you will notice a TRASH CAN, I'm sure you can figure out what that's for.
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Kim Wood REALTOR(R), PA (RE/MAX Main Line)
The Storm in my Life continued....
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