Selling earrings to fundraise to end temple closure.

If anyone's interested, I'm selling these earrings to fund raise for my temple. 14kt beaten gold, artisan made for Sundance catalog.* Have a look.

In case you're not aware, my temple was closed by the county March 1st for mandatory renovations. We're being held to very strict guidelines, it's very expensive, and that right of assembly that most people enjoy? Well, we don't have that. We're still having our meditation classes, but out on the lawn, in the heat.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/261223886163?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649



* Don't tell WG. He gave these to me for Christmas and would be very upset.

Burned by the sequestor.

Well, the SAT tutoring business has been hurt by the sequestor. I live in the DC area, and obviously a lot of parents work in fields related to the government. The sequestor has cut their hours.

Case in point, one young student's parents are medical researchers for the NIH. His parents have been moved to part time. They finished up the hours they'd signed him up for and elected not to renew, even though he takes the SSAT magnet school test this coming winter.

Those cuts have hurt the SAT tutoring. As a result, my hours were cut this weekend.

I didn't work today. I won't be working tomorrow. That's 44% of my paycheck this week.

The sequestor could just be ended by Congress. They don't have to do this.