{"id":24012,"date":"2015-12-19T08:09:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=24012"},"modified":"2015-12-19T08:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T16:09:01","slug":"brief-saturday-ramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/19\/brief-saturday-ramble\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Saturday ramble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s near freezing outside. Thirty-five degrees. And raining. Oh darn, I wish the dogs would allow me to lie abed this morning. Any chance of that? You s&#8217;pose?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Uh oh. The natives are getting restless. The want gov to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bomb-agrabah-poll_56746d70e4b06fa6887d5612\" target=\"_blank\">bomb Agrabah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jafar would be mightily displeased. And you know how Jafar gets when he&#8217;s angry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ah, so <i>that&#8217;s<\/i> what you were doing! Or not doing. On Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through November and early December I was puzzled by the dearth of anything that looked like holiday buying. Then last weekend &#8230; shazam!<\/p>\n<p>In flooded orders for musical instruments, creative toys, gorgeous shawls, gift cards, fancy bath accessories, gourmet foods, a computer, and more. One great day followed another.<\/p>\n<p>Then as quick as the flood began, it ran dry. We&#8217;re back to car parts and electrical cables. You were all just waiting &#8217;til the last minute, weren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a bit of &#8220;last minute&#8221; left. But you already raised me to the elusive 7.5% commission level.* That&#8217;s happened only once or twice before. Ever. Even if it&#8217;s nothing but vitamins, magazine pouches, and USB drives from here on out, this will be a good month, thank you and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>* Commission level on most sales. Low margin items like electronics and groceries have lower, fixed commissions, but those purchases still contribute to pushing the level up for everything else.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/12\/08\/tuesday-links-62\/tip-jar-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tip-jar-SMALL.jpg\" alt=\"tip-jar-SMALL\" width=\"75\" height=\"116\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23837\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This holiday season, please use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=livifree07-20\" target=\"_blank\">my Amazon links<\/a> for your shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Or drop a little something in the tip jar.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"W5BH4W4K76VDA\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s near freezing outside. Thirty-five degrees. And raining. Oh darn, I wish the dogs would allow me to lie abed this morning. Any chance of that? You s&#8217;pose? &#8212;&#8211; Uh oh. The natives are getting restless. The want gov to bomb Agrabah. Jafar would be mightily displeased. And you know how Jafar gets when he&#8217;s angry. &#8212;&#8211; Ah, so that&#8217;s what you were doing! Or not doing. On Amazon. Through November and early December I was puzzled by the dearth of anything that looked like holiday buying. Then last weekend &#8230; shazam! In flooded orders for musical instruments, creative toys,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/19\/brief-saturday-ramble\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brief Saturday ramble<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-money","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}