I just looove this! One order for 24 games (6 sets of 4) came from a wonderful woman and her friends in Mineral Texas. The note they wanted in each game will read, “The Ladies of the Graceful Emmaus Reunion Group of Beeville, Texas want to thank you for all you do for our country and for each of us. May God bless every one of you!” Let me second that prayer and add my own, “May God bless each and every one of those ladies in the Graceful Emmaus Reunion Group of Beeville, Texas, too!” If you’re joining late here, go watch the video on the blog or on Facebook–and tell everybody you know! The Queendom helped Batson win that XBox 360 room–we can make THIS HAPPEN, TOO!
So very much I am thankful for today–even though it is one of those Dreaded Firsts that we all have to go through after losing someone we love. Just had my First Birthday as an orphan, now the First Thanksgiving. Got my First Post-Mama Christmas Tree yesterday–she would be so happy with it–it’s way too big for the room–so it’s JUUUUST RIGHT!
But she not only gave me life–she gave me a WONDERFUL life and she taught me, both by example and, when necessary, relentless nagging–How to Have a Wonderful Life and hopefully, how to teach my daughter the same lessons. So many small things–I made her Thanksgiving Dressing yesterday–I’ll put her 60 years’ worth of glass ornaments on my Christmas tree myself and we will all sit and look at it in awe every night–so many HUGE things–caring, sharing, being aware of Needs all around me and doing whatever small thing I can to help.
I hope you are with Loved Ones today–and I hope you love them a lot. This Moment is all we have–and life does turn on a dime. Love all you can, every second you can–it’s like Money in the Bank in times of Great Loss.
I recently promised you two new developments in the Queendom. It’s time now to tell you about one of ‘em! I am so excited, I could bust!
We, the Queens, have a unique opportunity right here at Holiday Time to do two incredible things for two groups of folks that we love more than life:
Our TROOPS and Our CHIRREN—
at the same time, and for very little $$ and even less effort!
Prepare to be Amazed and Excited!
You’ve all seen the Finger Football® games that are new to our website, right? Well, the darlin’ boys at Zelosport®, wanting to curry favor with the Queendom, have done some MAJOR SUCKING UP and here’s what they are offering to do:
For only $60, Zelosport® will send 4 of their Finger Football® games, in your name, to a United States military installation (which includes ships) somewhere in the world—AND—they will, out of that same $60, make a $20 donation to Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital!
There’s no tax and no shipping charge—just a flat $60. Where else can you buy SO MUCH GOOD KARMA for so little? You can get your book club or Sunday School class or the folks in your office to pitch in—and send 4 really fun Finger Football® games to our beloved Service men and women—AND get a $20 donation made to HEP THE CHIRREN at Blair E. Batson.
AND THERE’S MORE: When you place your order, you will get an e-mail receipt and on it will be a 10% discount coupon for YOU to use when buying Finger Football® for your ownself!
Now, we don’t get to specify where the games go—the Armed Forces wisely do not advertise the addresses of our Troops around the world. Zelosport® will send the games to the appropriate military personnel for distribution to all branches of the U.S. military, all over the world. But each package will include the name of the person or group that sent it.
HERE’S THE MOST AMAZING PART: By the end of the year, we, the Queens, could make it possible for 25,000 games to be delivered to our Troops AND raise $100,000 for Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital—all at the same time, without ever leaving the house! Talk about Stars in Our Crowns!
Call the Queens in your Chapter, your Bunco club, your carpool, your neighborhood, your church, your poker buddies…you get the idea—let’s make this happen for the Troops and the Chirren!
For the record: I am just privileged to be the MESSENGER here—there is not one penny coming to me or the website from this promotion. The folks at Zelosport® are Seriously Good Guys and they want to Do Good for Others. The most deserving beneficiaries they could think of are our Troops and Sick Kids. They chose to do this promotional effort through SPQ™ and to make Blair E. Batson a beneficiary because the Queens have responded so well to their games and they know that the Queens are ALL ABOUT HEPPIN’ THE CHIRREN. So YAY—WE WIN! Now, let’s show ‘em they made the right choice!
Today is author Bobby Cole’s birthday–not sure which one but he apparently THINKS he is at least 30 years my junior since he always INSISTS on calling me “Miss Jill,” despite my constant haranguing for him to STOP IT–so I settle it by calling HIM, “MR. BOBBY!” This oughta be a VERY happy birthday for him because many great things are in the works with his book, “THE DUMMY LINE!” If you haven’t read it–you’re missing out on the best thriller ever! (You can get ‘em at Amazon, your local independent, or on the SPQ website.)
If you see him today, please give him a big “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. BOBBY!” and he’ll know you know ME!
They are both secret right now–bwahahaha! But I’m so excited, I am dancing a jig! I’ll give you a hint on one: IT’S A WAY TO DO SOMETHING FABULOUS FOR OUR TROOPS AND OUR CHIRREN–AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Am LOVING the Holiday stories–PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING–I SO need some laughs! And, now, GO TO THE FRONT PAGE OF MY WEBSITE–and where it says “HRH JILL SAYS” in the big box? CLICK ON THAT! I have JUST SOLVED YOUR HOLIDAY GIFT DILEMMA–FOR EVERYBODY YOU KNOW! You are welcome. Watch the videos–this game is ADDICTIVE and SOOOO MUCH FUN–read all the reasons why!
Like it or not, we are on the slippery slide smack into Holiday Season–Thanksgiving is just the precursor (note the word CURSE in the middle of that–coincidence? I think not!)–to Hanukkah and/or Christmas–I hear some household suffer/celebrate BOTH! What’s it like at YOUR house?
And then, there’s NEW YEAR’S EVE–from which we barely recover in time for VALENTINE’S!
I can’t recall hearing many Easter/Passover Horror Stories–but I would absolutely LOOOVE to hear ‘em if you’ve got ‘em! Or even Memorial Day Disasters or Fractured Fourth of July’s! Why do people go so nutso around holidays–ANY and ALL holidays??? Even THEIR OWN BIRTHDAYS make some people crazy!
Y’all, please remember: I love those TACKY, EVERY-SORDID-DETAIL-OF-EVERYBODY’S-LIVES-FOR-THE-LAST-YEAR “CHRISTMAS LETTERS” as much as I do obituaries–so PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you get any–SHARE THEM WITH ME!
Ok–lemme hear from you–don’t let your Disasters be for naught! If I get a good laugh out of ‘em, they are somehow redeemed, don’t you think?!
Y’all, the Queendom has once again rallied “in support” of this oh-so-worthy cause and I cannot thank you enough! I just spoke with Jan Michaels at Q-105 FM and she has spent ALL DAY hooking bras together to string across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg and she called me as she was driving back from actually hanging them up on the old Bridge–we made it again–ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND THEN SOME! No O-fficial count yet–but LOTS and LOTS IS GOOD! First of all, the bras in good condition go to many Women’s Shelters in Mississippi. Many times when a battered woman FINALLY gets it together enough to flee from her abuser and take shelter–she does so with only the clothes on her back at the moment–and quite often, that will turn out to NOT include a bra! So those will be put to very good and much appreciated use. BUT THERE’S MORE! The folks at RIVERWALK CASINO in Vicksburg have once again pledged to give $1 per bra to the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY–so that THEY, in turn, can give a whole bunch of folks MORE BIRTHDAYS! This is just such a total win, it’s an easy project to “support,” isn’t it? And y’all get new bras–so YAY!
TOMORROW, 11/5–be sure you go to Jan’s Clear Channel radio website–which I’m sure she will post for you here as soon as she sees this–to see all the photos of the great work you’ve helped accomplish and pay special attention to the FABULOUSLY CREATIVE BRAS DONATED BY ANNELLE PRIMOS AND ASSOCIATES.
Last week, we had The Power of Pink at Highland Village Shopping Center here in Jackson and all the stores decorated their windows accordingly–to commemorate October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. George and Pippa and I judged the window decorations and ANNELLE PRIMOS’ WINDOW WON BY A LANDSLIDE–they did the CUTEST BRAS you have ever seen–and now Jan has ‘em and there will be photos up tomorrow, along with all the ones flapping in the breeze over the Mighty Mississipp! Jan will be hanging on to those done by Annelle and her genius assistants–BRA OBAMA, HOOTERS, BOSOM BUDDIES, just to name a few–because I’m thinking we’ll have some real competition on this subject for next year…always thinking ahead!
So thanks for helping the American Cancer Society make MORE BIRTHDAYS possible, thanks for helping some women in need, thanks for helping us get such a big check from RiverWalk and thanks for helping us continue to raise awareness of breast cancer. I can’t wait til we find a cure so we can move on to something else! We done wo’ out wit’ dis ‘un! GET YOUR MAMMIES GRAMMED!
Ok, don’t come crying to me about this–I have been TELLING YOU FOR MONTHS to GET YOUR HILTON ROOMS and now they are O-fficially Gone. This is the Word from the Man, the Keeper of the Rooms at the Hilton, Billie Burns hisveryownself, so it’s the Truth. HOWEVER, all is not lost–you can still come and be VERY, VERY CLOSE to the Hilton, right across the street at the very finely remodeled CABOT LODGE. Hopefully, you will pay attention to me now and book THESE rooms, before they, too, are snatched out from under you!
HERE ARE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET A ROOM AT THE CABOT LODGE:
Call THIS NUMBER–601-326-0739 and ask to speak to LAYLA CARPENTER–she will take good care of you. If you have any problems, let me know–BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST. If you try any other method of getting a room and fail and whine to me, I’m gonna tell you to do what I just said but I’m gonna be REAL CRABBY about it. PAY ATTENTION AND MIND ME–it’s important.
If you have gone off willy-nilly and booked rooms somewhere else without checking with me first–send me an e-mail so I can tell you exactly HOW FAR AWAY you are going to be if you stay there. I tell you these things FOR A REASON–to make your visit as pleasant and easy as it can be so it’s really irritating when you ignore me and book rooms out by the airport or in the next town and then can’t understand why you can’t walk to the Hilton!
I know there are a bunch of y’all who come every year and stay way far off and just do your own thing and have a great time–and I’m happy for you. But I’m telling you this for a fact: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE MISSING AT THE HILTON! Go check out the Parade Page on www.sweetpotatoqueens.com and think seriously about coming to play with US this year–you will be soooo glad you did!
