Calling it a win.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

[Note:  This and the previous post here are yesterday's, written then but unable to post because of the Internet outage. Nothing's been changed in the wording; folks will get it.]

That’s Wings’s latest project:  a planter box to build up with soil and mulch to allow us to plant at least a few things this year. It’s been a week and a half since I ordered the carburetor for the tiller, and I’ve gotten not so much as a single word out of them about shipping, never mind that the order was confirmed and listed as in stock, so tilling might be a thing that’s not happening this year [and a fight to claw back our money might be a thing that is].

I understand small private sellers encountering obstacles (we certainly do), but it seems as though with every single item I’ve had to order from a corporation recently, delivery has been a huge problem, and they don’t acknowledge it, never mind apologize for it or make it right. And it’s not even that it’s getting delayed in transit.  It’s that they 1) send me a notice that it’s shipped, only to find out it’s a label, and a week later, it still hasn’t been taken to USPS, or 2) they don’t even bother with that, and give me no means to track the order.  I’m dealing with both right now, along with a full Internet outage today, so I’m a little less than happy.

I also can’t seem to get anywhere with the International med order, which is frustrating me beyond belief. On the plus side, the off-label metformin does seem to be making a difference in my pain, so, given as bad as the last several weeks have been? I’m calling it a win. [Yes, in addition to the fact that metformin is now being used in Europe in COVID patients to prevent them getting Long COVID, apparently it’s been known for years that it is both a direct anti-inflammatory and a pain reliever in two different ways. But it’s an old (and safe) medication, with no patent protection, so nobody’s interested in prescribing it. Except my doctor, thank all that’s holy.]

Unfortunately, the Internet outage is a bigger problem today. I need to be able to spend a lot more time on chasing than sales than I've been able to do for months now. We're okay for the moment, but that's predicated on the assumption of consistent sales for the second half of this year; if we don't make them, then no, we're not okay now, because I have to make everything stretch a lot further than it can.  There's a lot of new work on the site already, and Wings has more silverwork and gemstone bead items in rotation, too. All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (current priority still the Zero-Odor sprays, because these days we're back to wet dogs again; and the liquid soaps, which we can't get locally); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, so please share all of the links. 

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