Insomniacs' Sanctuary

[franniek54]

Woody ~ You'll never see me without a cup of caffeine in my hand.  I drink it so much that I got one of these for my birthday:


                   


Now Clay can come with me to work or anywhere else that I go!   


Sorry I left you girls unsupervised last night.  I'll do better tonight.

[ILClaymate]

Woody ~ You'll never see me without a cup of caffeine in my hand.  I drink it so much that I got one of these for my birthday:


                   


Now Clay can come with me to work or anywhere else that I go!   

Wow, what a COOL gift! 

Sorry I left you girls unsupervised last night.  I'll do better tonight.

Well you better, Ms. Insomniac.    And I bet you are sleeping right now!! 

[franniek54]

How insulting!!!!!   I don't sleep during the day!   

[ILClaymate]

How insulting!!!!!   I don't sleep during the day!   

Boy that Dimetapp really is making you loopy!    Did you forget you wrote this?? 
Busted!! 

Excuse me, I am in a Dimetapp induced haze.  I went back to sleep!!!   HA!   Who cares.  We have a snow day today. 

[franniek54]

How insulting!!!!!   I don't sleep during the day!   

Boy that Dimetapp really is making you loopy!    Did you forget you wrote this?? 
Busted!! 

Excuse me, I am in a Dimetapp induced haze.  I went back to sleep!!!   HA!   Who cares.  We have a snow day today. 

Ummm, what happens in the BLP stays in the BLP.   That's my only defense.

[PHILLYLUVSCLAY]

How insulting!!!!!   I don't sleep during the day!   

Boy that Dimetapp really is making you loopy!    Did you forget you wrote this?? 
Busted!! 

Excuse me, I am in a Dimetapp induced haze.  I went back to sleep!!!   HA!   Who cares.  We have a snow day today. 

Ummm, what happens in the BLP stays in the BLP.   That's my only defense.

She know the Mantra well!

[franniek54]

How insulting!!!!!   I don't sleep during the day!   

Boy that Dimetapp really is making you loopy!    Did you forget you wrote this?? 
Busted!! 

Excuse me, I am in a Dimetapp induced haze.  I went back to sleep!!!   HA!   Who cares.  We have a snow day today. 

Ummm, what happens in the BLP stays in the BLP.   That's my only defense.

She know the Mantra well!

My mother used to say she was just checking for cracks in her eyelids.     

[franniek54]

Well you late nighters.  I'm just sitting here looking at my new avie, and I'm just wondering what you all thought about that WRAL interview.  Wasn't it wonderful?  I only wish there were more besides WRAL.

Aiken has been all over the world with UNICEF. He said the outpouring of support was overwhelming, except when it came to Mexico.

“There is, unfortunately, a lot of negative connotation that Americans get when they hear about Mexico, and I think that there’s apathy there. I think people just don’t really care that much,”

I read this quote and I felt crummy about it.  But the truth is--there has been hardly ANY publicity about it.  A teeny weeny bit of time on ET and that's it!  and I was wondering if they were ever going to talk about it, or what was the point of him even going there?  I hoped that Unicef wasn't just using the Claymates for donations and happily settling for that! 

I'm glad that WRAL is covering it, but that's local media, and it should be covered by national media, if not international.  I don't think that any American would lack sympathy for Mexican people who have suffered misfortune in their own country.  And it shouldn't be only up to Americans to donate to the cause anyway.

So what do you guys think about this?  Why don't they ever do some print articles?  That would make a fabulous human interest story for the Sunday paper!  or in the Wall Street Journal?  If you catch the eye of some philanthropist he could make Claymate money look like small change, which really it IS!  Small change from many thousands of average Americans who share Clay's values.  But there are many more resources out there to tap into, and I'm disappointed that Unicef doesn't make more of an effort to do so.

And talk about infomercials!  Clay could film a 60 second, short informative ad (something like Christian Children's Fund does) ending with a phone number and website for sending donations to.   

Surely they could be doing more to raise awareness!  Or do you know of any that I have missed?

[cl4clay]

Frannie - Good morning - I agree with you totally. It seems that they are just using Clay to get to all the Claymates.

I've often said this to myself. OK - so we all contribute, and that's really nice, but , as you said, there's a big world out there. I remember when I was working and each year we were asked to donate to a United Way fund. Under this fund, were a whole host of other funds, one of them being a Katrina fund and another for Unicef. So you could just donate in general and they split that up among all the funds or you could specify just one fund.

Well, I've been up since 3 but I'm trying to just lay in bed . Actually, today, I actually fell back to sleep for a half hour, which isn't too bad.

 

[woodstock854]

 

I sure enjoy reading over here.  But I don't have much time this morning...will have to comment later.

Just wanted to let you know that I found out how to sleep well!!!     You get just 3 hours sleep one night, come home from work and shovel until you think you are going to collapse, then stay up till midnight, even though it seems impossible.  THEN you go to bed.     It worked last night, but I don't recommend it.    

[franniek54]

That's a good strategy Woody!  If only we all lived at the NORTH POLE. 

I did shovel yesterday too and I'm counting that as my exercise for the day.



Evelyn ~ I so agree.  I wonder how much it costs to send Clay, his mom and brother there in the first place.    It can't be cheap.  And so how much profit do they REALLY realize in the end?  I'd really like to know the answer to that!  If they do such a poor job of spreading the word, who REALLY are the apathetic ones?

In this political season, if anyone objects to illegal Mexican immigration, then appeal to that POV and offer them a chance to help improve living conditions in Mexico.  For those who don't have that POV just raise awareness from a humanitarian perspective.  And if they took what they have on film and just created a little news item out of it, it could be released to multiple news markets and aired on their broadcasts, so being busy with Spamalot would not interfere at all, in fact it may make people pay even more attention. 

I'm just hoping that maybe Clay has some talks or lectures scheduled for later in the spring, to create more awareness.  I just don't see the point in sending him there, setting and meeting a donation goal (thanks to clayfans), and then dropping it like a hot potato.  Why keep it a secret?  I'll be honest with you, I had forgotten about the flooding in Mexico and I had no idea it was as bad as it was.  I'm pretty sure that's the case for most other people like me too.

[franniek54]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE!!!!     I HOPE YOU'RE SLEEPING!!!!   

[cl4clay]

Happy Birthday , Debbie - Have a great day

Well, it's almost 5 in the morning. I've been up since 3:30. Of course, as usual I try to stay in bed for a while to see if i can go back to sleep, but no such luck.

Good morning Frannie. How's things with you this morning.

I love that laughing Clay!!!!

[ILClaymate]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE!!!!     I HOPE YOU'RE SLEEPING!!!!   

Fran...this is adorable!!!    Nice job!

Insomniac Debbie!

[franniek54]

Debbie ~ I hope you were given the gift of a good night's sleep and a fun evening with your family.  You deserve a great day.  Here's the last of your presents girl.











And my very favorite picture in the whole wide world..........





It's got it all, and then some.   


Hope you had a great birthday.  Now we're even!  well, I'm a month older, but what's a month when you're our age!!! 

[cl4clay]

Good morning Frannie and Woody

Am I the only one up?  Looks like everyone got a good nights sleep for a change.

[franniek54]

Hi Evelyn 

[cl4clay]

well - I'm up earlier than usual. Couldn't sleep. anyone else up?

[Anniebell]

Evelyn
 I'm up, I posted to you a little earlier. Some thing you might try with your
 sewing machine. Kinda a shot in the dark.  I would repost it here but my
 computer is acting goofy and Woody said maybe I should shut it off for the
 night and give it a rest. It is shutting off by its self frequently. I don't think I will
 sleep but think I will take Woody's advice.  Hope you will be able to get some sleep
 tonight. Oh I should say this morning.    Carol

[JoAnn Moody]

Hello,

Another new member to this thread.  I'm getting into a habbit of not sleeping.  Now, I think that I'm getting up so early(3am) just to get some hot cocoa.
JoAnn