OLA CARES AND SHARES

After selling on the internet for 13 years on sites like ebay and yahoo I am truly amazed at the amount of friendship and caring and sharing found here on OLA. I just wish I had found this site years ago. I know there would have been a lot of sweeter and easier times.

I want to share with you how two ladies are caring and sharing for others this year. If you go to the "OLA CAFE" in the chats you will see a thread called "A Xmas gift from Jas and Ace". They are sharing their talents on posting things on your store for you if you do not know how to do it.

Being one who is having trouble navigating the system I truly apppreciate these ladies who are giving of their time and talents.

The best gifts that can be given are gifts of time. Take time to do something nice for someone else and see how it makes you feel. I know that makes me feel very good.

We have a widow who lives down the road and she is 82 years of age. We see her on her roof sweeping leaves and it upsets us. Al has told her dozens of times let him do it. Being very independent she refuses to let him or another gentleman who lives close to do it. She has children but we very seldom see them around. When I bake I stop and give her some bread or cookies. Makes me feel good. Just wish she would let us help her with her garden and also those pesky leaves on her roof.

Got off the subject a little. I just wanted to say to Jas and Ace that you two are amazing ladies to do this for those of us who appreciate all the help we can get.

To see what these special people offer other than their time you can visit Ace at:



And Jas at:
http://ola.com/store/jaswood2 

THANK YOU LADIES...YOU ARE MAKING SO MANY PEOPLE VERY HAPPY INCLUDING ME

HAVING A GREAT TIME

I want to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I could start counting my blessings and the list would be very long. I will not bore you with that as we all have many many things to be thankful for.

I would like to name just a few.

1) I thank God every day for my many blessings and for watching over me.

2) I am thankful for my husband who lets me be me and loves me anyway.

3) I am so thankful that Jen aka DT did what she did and is now on the mend

4) I am thankful for my little grandson who was born on October the 8th was finally able to come home on Nov. 22nd and they can get back to being a family without traveling 148 mile round trip twice a day.

5) I am so thankful for OLA.com. I was searching for a new home and here I am

I am thankful for lots more but one other thing I am thankful for is that I was finally able to have some me time and got some new items listed.

Like this item

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL NECKLACE, BRACELET AND EARRING SET

And this item

NEW SANTA THROW / WALL HANGING NWOT

And this item

BEAUTIFUL ANKLE BRACELET DOUBLE CHAIN NWOT

Those are just a sampling of the new items I got listed last night and will be doing more today after we eat a big meal. Hope I do not need a nap after we eat. Just in case I don't sleep you will find more I have listed at http://ola.com/store/chateycathey

Watch the chats for all the sales going on during this holiday season as some are doing big sales and discounts. OLA is the best place for buyers and sellers alike.

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

 

 

May your stuffing be tasty. May your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes ' n gravy have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious. May your pies take the prize.
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs.

MAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING!

 

To see what I have been up to check out my store as I am finally getting some more items listed. Go to

 

http://ola.com/store/chateycathey  

 

MY WISH FOR THIS DAY IS THAT EVERYONE HAS FOOD TO EAT AND NOT GO HUNGRY.  

Christmas Past

A very nice blog was left by "Love Your Pet Expo" and it brought back many memories for me. Thanks for posting it.

I am from a large family and Christmas was a time of year that I think my parents did not look forward to. With so many children and so little money we mostly only got one gift and sometimes it was a new piece of clothing. That was fine as we did not go hungry or sleep in the streets. We had all the main items needed to grow up....food, warmth, a roof over our head and mostly love.

On the block where we lived there were 5 other girls from other families and we were always together. Their situation was not like ours but I guess their parents talked to them because we were never called things like poor white trash or needy or anything else. Us girls were a team, where one went all went.

I especially remember one year two of the girls were going to get a bike. I asked my Mom and Dad and all the could say was they were sorry but they could not afford it. One of the girls told her dad and I did not know it but they came to the door on Christmas day with a bike for me. I saw tears in my mothers eyes but did not understand that till years later.

The father of one of the girls was with them. I just loved him. He was a fireman and always so nice to all of us kids. Well seems like my friend told her daddy and they had a bike at the fire station that went unclaimed for 2 months and he ask if he could give it to someone for Christmas. He painted it and fixed minor bumps and it looked new. He had asked my parents if he could do this as I guess he did not want to hurt their feeelings.

A great surprise for me. My brother wanted to be the first to ride it and being younger than me I think he thought it was for all of us and as it turned out the bike was shared as it should have been.

That is the one Christmas that sticks out in my mind. And every year we buy toys and put them in the toys for tots box. Makes my heart feel so good to do this. They are not really expensive toys but some kids really just like to get SOMETHING for Christmas. They don't look at price tags and they can't wait to get them out of the package.

Love Your Pet Expo... thanks so much for your blog as it brought back nice memories for me.

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

A Thanksgiving Tradition

I know these things belong in the chats but I thought I would put it in a blog just to see how many people read it and comment on it.

At Thanksgiving it is a tradition with many to go around the table and have everyone say what they are thankful for. It has been a tradition of mine for many many years, so I will go first.

First and foremost for me:

 I am thankful that God loves me and He loves me just the way I am.

I am thankful for my husband who lets me be me.

I am thankful for my family and I know all things happen for a reason. My little grand son is now 1 month and 7 days old and he has gained weight. Now 4 lbs 13 ozs and may be able to come home next week. It has been a long struggle for this little guy.

I am thankful that I found OLA as my new selling site and for the friends I have made   there and the family I have become a part of.

I am thankful for the mistakes God let me make in my life as I learned something from each one.

That is enough from me but I could go on and on as I have been so blessed.

Since I have become a member of OLA I have learned to appreciate all the extra's that come with my membership. The extra efforts made by the owners, staff and other members to help everyone expand their business and become a part of the big picture. No other site ever that I know of has a blog challenge, a Halloween contest, a Christmas contest and others as I am sure I missed some. Because of the OLA blog a lot of us are able to feature some of our items for free. We can also feature some of others items for them for free. 

One thing I do not understand is why so many OLA members are not blogging. We have a huge community here and only a very few are doing the November challenge.

How do we reach them and get them involved? Not only in this challenge but just to blog on the OLA team blog at other times. I plan to continue blogging even after the challenge is over and I hope others will do this with me.

If you would like to see what I have for sale just click on the link below:

http://ola.com/store/chateycathey

Thanks for taking time to read my blog and comment on it. Good or bad, they all count

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON