New horizons: Welcome to ETSY

Finally!  I am just so excited to welcome you to my Etsy shopping website.

I started the whole process when I began with Joan Spears at her pottery studio. At first I just enjoyed creating, from bird houses to ginger bread houses and tulips.

Now, several years later and I am working with Shaun at Studio on the Hill in Toronto to create and sell many things on Etsy. I am very excited because I am using my pottery creations in so many various ways.

Not just to sell. To create, to encourage others to do the same and to think outside the box. To use sales from my pottery to support my other initiatives. Exciting times for me!

Visit me at www.etsy.com/shop/blindlybrilliant

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Very frustrating: Getting a new charger for my shaver

Oh, boy. I never thought that it would have been so difficult to get a new or replacement charger for my shaver.
I lost the original one when I somehow forgot it in a hotel room in Montreal.
I made several attempts to purchase a replacement, but guess what?
They are only selling the complete unit, and not the charger on its own.

I find this to be quite upsetting and disappointing. Not much that I can do, though.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A silver lining: Dealing with FEDEX

I can only say that thanks to wonderful customer service at FEDEX, I was able to satisfactorily resolve my issue.

Just to summarize:
My monthly box to Mom arrived 2 weeks late.
The box was severely damaged and thoroughly ruined.
Items were opened and some were even stolen!

There was no need for this type of handling of the box. I have been sending boxes to Mom monthly since 2020 and this was the very worst example of a company’s mishandling of my stuff and the shipper’s utter lack of pro action.

He was rude, could care less, and in the end I had to take matters into my own hands.
Thank goodness for Ethel at FEDEX’s customer service department.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Thank goodness for 2 wonderful Air Canada agents: Luggage delay

This is exactly what it was like when I returned from Montreal in May 2024!

I arrived back at Terminal 1 on an Air Canada flight and I had to wait for quite some time to get my luggage.
Thank goodness for the wonderful Air Canada agents who stood beside me and used their app to let me know that yes! My luggage had arrived but it was a matter of now finding it.

We did find it after all!

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Friends for life! Meeting my earth angels

 

For this is exactly what they are! My Earth Angels!  Cathie and Chris!

It’s so funny how Cathie and I have managed to reconnect after all of these years and this is a friendship for life! Chris is such a wonderful addition to our relationship.

These two Earth Angels really get it when it comes to understanding the world of a vision-impaired person.
They ask.  They inquire.  They adapt so easily. And their 2 dogs, Sheeba and Talia, are just a happy addition to everything.

Thanks so much Cathie and Chris for having come into my life and for having afforded me such a wonderful visit!

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Memories forever! An enjoyable trip

This is what it was for me in April 2024 when I traveled to Montreal to attend the Air Canada advisory group face-to-face meeting.

All went well at this meeting. I met so many new and wonderful folks.
I learned so much. I enjoyed the new engagements.
Then, the icing on the cake? When I visited Cathie and Chris in Stanstead, Quebec.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A funny experience: Finding the missing scoop

t is always a funny experience whenever I find something lost that has always been right there under my nose! And this was the case for one of my scoops.

Yes!  After having spent precious time looking for the little scoop I found it exactly where it was supposed to have been. A happy ending.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A slap in the face? Touch screens at Wendy's

Just imagine my dismay and total disappointment when I visited the Wendy’s fast food restaurant with Stephie to enjoy a meal. When it came to choosing my drink of choice I could not do it on my own, and why?

Because the touch screen was totally inaccessible and unusable to me as a vision impaired/blind customer.

No! No accessible key pad and Stephie had to do it for me.

Please Wendy's!  Please rectify this asap!

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A new experience: Laughing gas

 My only interaction with laughing gas was when I saw it in a Flintstones episode where the dentist gave poor Barnie too much of it and he simply went off track.

On this day, my dentist gave it to me to help me deal with the pain of a root canal.
No problem.  The laughing gas worked like a charm but I did not go off track like Barnie.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Avoided some horror: The swollen battery

Thank goodness that I was able to rid myself of this swollen battery before it exploded on me.

I noticed that the rechargeable battery had fallen out of the device in question and when I went to reinsert it, it did not fit.
I felt the battery a bit more carefully and then noticed the problem.
The battery was swollen.
Time for a replacement.

A few years ago the same thing happened with my iphone but this time the home button was the savior for me.
I noticed that the home button could  not be pressed and I took my iphone to the Apple Store.
Problem solved; it was a swollen battery.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A constant headache: Having to ask for electronic instructions

I am becoming a bit impatient with those vendors and sellers that somehow forget to provide electronic instructions for the products that they sell. In fact, call it frustration and my case in point is this.

There is a certain vendor in the US that is selling some of their Zoom recorders without any electronic instructions. I have had to spend months depending on the good will of one of their staff to help me and I am still not able to transfer recordings from my zoom recorder to my computer.

What can I do? If anyone has a solution then write to me at donnajodhan@gmail.com.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Hard to find at times: Those stray softener sheets

Call them my constant challenge.  This is what happens every time I do my laundry.

Whenever I take my laundry out of the dryer, I need to go hunting for the softener sheets.
Most times I can locate them but it takes me quite a few minutes to find them.
Then there are the times when I cannot find them and then I do, some days or even weeks later.

I need to create a strategy to find those elusive softener sheets but as of now I have no answer to their being missing in action.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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Friends for life! Getting to visit with Cathie and Chris

 They will be my Earth Angels forever.  I don’t think that in my lifetime I have ever had the pleasure and privilege to have met such kind and wonderful folks.

I am truly blessed when I say that I have had such terrific folks walk right into my life.
There are so many to mention.  Jilla, Susan, Sandra, Gabriella, Stephie, and now Chris and Cathie.  SR B and SR E!  Aaron, Stephen, Shane, and the list goes on.

I reached out to Cathie in 2023 and she answered my call for help. She opened her home to me in the spring of 2024 and it was a visit always to remember.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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A refreshing experience! Visiting Terminal 3

 In March 2023 I had the privilege and pleasure to visit Terminal 3 at Pearson Airport to do a session with the good folks at the Canadian Air Transportation Services Agency.

This was a session that I very much enjoyed, as my guide Gabrielle and her fellow worker were very good at pointing out the highlights and asking me for my feedback.

The tour was extremely thorough and very informative and I can only say how I wish that other federal government departments could be as thorough.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly award-winning, sight-loss coach and accessibility advisor wishing you a terrific day.

If you would like to learn more about me as a sight-loss coach and author then I invite you now to visit http://www.donnajodhan.com

There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

Follow me on Twitter @accessibleworld and  @author_jodhan
And like me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/donnajodhan and at
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