I need your help...

And that's really hard for me to ask. I've not asked for any help unless you count when I was first sick/diagnosed with MS and I started my heARTful of HOPE on ebay which raised just about $100 or so for us. (If that much)

We've had a couple family members & friends help us out a couple times over the past year.
Brian's job suffered a huge blow at the beginning of the year in this craptastic economy and he lost all his overtime. His pay was cut in half.
It's starting to pick up a little bit but in the meantime, we have an emergency.

And I don't know what else to do.

We have until this Wednesday to come up with $600 before our electricity is shut off.
And we need $150 for me to get my meds refilled that I've been doing without for the past couple weeks.
There are other things like being without tv for the past couple weeks and I'm sure our phones are next. But that's not a priority right now.
There are so many other causes going on right now and so many other people that I'm organizing things for that need help. But it's not fair to my family to help others while they do without. And I want to be caught up so I can do all these other things without any guilt.
(& with electricity)

So here's my idea...
I'm going to have a "Silent Auction" this week.
I know it will be too late for the Wednesday deadline but it will be soon enough after.
Here's what's for grabs....

My green Orla Kiely bowl filled with a Sun600 LMS polaroid camera, 1 package of polaroid film, a Mason ball jar filled with buttons (I haven't even opened it and went thru it) and a Mason ball jar full of vintage wooden thread spools in all different sizes. Wow, right?!?!?

Here's how it will work. If you are interested and want to bid, send me an e-mail (jamie_habermaas[at]yahoo[dot]com) with your highest bid that you're willing to pay. The highest bidder will win the auction. On Wednesday at Noon, I will post the current bidding price. The auction will then end on Friday at Noon.
If you have any questions, please leave them here in the comments or email me anytime.

Also, I will be doing custom embroidery.
This is an 8-inch Woodgrain tree trunk that I made for us that's hanging on the wall.
Custom embroidery similar to this one (but larger) in a 10-inch wooden hoop will be $30, including shipping.
If you're interested in a smaller or larger size, I also have those size hoops so just send me an e-mail for pricing.
I'll be adding things to my etsy all week long and will post updates here on the blog.

Think Christmas!
And if you're not interested in anything, please help by passing along the word or blogging about it or anything like that.
I know this won't pay it all but it will help.

Thanks so very much!