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Home »» Plant-Based Lifestyle »» Best Week Ever! December 14th, 2018

Best Week Ever! December 14th, 2018

December 15, 2018 by: Lenny Gale

We Had a Fire, Backup Your Stuff, The Outpouring of Support, Vitamix Deal Ending, and more!

This is the online version of our weekly email newsletter. It features the latest updates to lifeisnoyoke.com, articles published, recipes we made, Vitamix buying advice for those considering, and links (generally plant-based-lifestyle-related) we’re thinking about. To get it delivered to your inbox on Fridays, you can subscribe right here.

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A while back, we changed the name of this newsletter from “Week in Review” to “Best Week Ever”. More click-able, mostly. 🙂

But what happens when it wasn’t the best week ever? What if it was actually such a hard week.

Here we are.

This tragedy (and miracle) is all we can think about.

Hopefully there’s still some goodness and helpful insight inside this email.

And hopefully next week will look and feel a bit more like normal.

Until then, here are this week’s links.

Much love,
Lenny and Shalva

1. We Had a Fire (here’s what we’re going to do)

Our YouTube video this week is the answer to “how can I help” that costs you nothing.

Watch: We Had a Fire (here’s what we’re going to do)

Hit that thumbs up 👍if you appreciate the video.

(And if you haven’t already, Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel; it’s free and we now have 7,698 subscribers!)

In case you cannot watch this video, here’s the summary:

This weekend, my parents’ home was destroyed by fire.

Everyone made it out okay (including 2 of 4 pets).

But it was a total loss. Nothing left.

Everyone is asking “how can I help?” Including me.

Now, we have a little platform, and I want to use it to help them rebuild their lives.

But, I’m not comfortable asking you to donate to their GoFundMe.

(I’m hardly comfortable asking you to buy a Vitamix.)

So here’s what we’re going to do.

My parents had none of their photos or video backed up.

All of their photo albums and video tapes are gone.

So I’ve partnered with three cloud-based backup services.

Use the links below to signup and get your stuff backed up. We’ll donate any affiliate commissions earned.

Your stuff gets backed up. And together we’ll support them in their recovery (at no extra cost to you).

Backup Services

☁️ Best for Most
http://bit.ly/LINYidrive
iDrive
http://bit.ly/LINYidrive
$99/year
Number of devices: Unlimited
Storage limit: 5TB
External drive backups: Yes
Mobile device backups: Yes

☁️ Best Value
http://bit.ly/LINYbackblaze
Backblaze
http://bit.ly/LINYbackblazecompare
$50/year
Number of devices: 1 Computer
Storage limit: Unlimited
External drive backups: Yes
Mobile device backups: No

☁️ Best Name Recognition
http://bit.ly/LINYcarbonite
Carbonite
http://bit.ly/LINYcarbonite
$71.99/year
Number of devices: 1 computer
Storage limit: Unlimited
External drive backups: Not with basic plan
Mobile device backups: No

Thanks in advance.

2. The Outpouring of Support

From my Aunt Sally: In This Community You Don’t Suffer Alone

mom and dad home

3. My Morning Blend

From the archive (and my parents’ kitchen): My Morning Blend (featuring my mother). Happy Birthday, Mimah!

Thank you from the Life is NOYOKE family Lenny, Shalva and Lucy.
SUPPORT = 💚

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4. A Little Vitamix Business

Because sometimes you want to make a little bit of dressing (not a big batch of green juice), thought we’d send a friendly reminder: The 20% off containers offer ends Saturday 12/15.

6 Huge Vitamix Deals for Cyber Week and Holiday Season

Vitamix A3500 with green juice

5. More insight

I’ve gone back and forth about this. On one hand, it’s no big deal. Things are things and nobody was physically hurt. It could have been so much worse. And so many people all over the world are dealing with much more difficult circumstances. And for that, I feel grateful. On the other hand, we lost two pets and the home that grew with us for 34 years. And, of course, all the photos and video. And six people living in that house are now homeless. There’s guilt and sadness and anger and all that.

People keep telling both Shalva and I how well we’ve kept calm and grounded and have been so helpful from the moment we got the call. It’s nice to hear because it’s our mindset, too. Okay, this happened, now what? 

Overall, we, Shalva and I are good.

We’ve been at my Aunt’s house where everybody is staying all week. Shalva’s been “the receiving department” for all the Amazon Wishlist deliveries.

Thanks to those who have already reached out. And if you’re new here, these emails aren’t normally this heavy.

This whole thing has been all-consuming, and it felt right to let you know what was going on.

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Thanks again,

Shalva and Lenny
Life is NOYOKE

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And then, catch up on the last few week’s week-in-review:

Vitamix Rookie Mistakes, Iron Bites, Acai Bowl Parfaits, Vitamix Holiday/Christmas Deals, and more!

Vitamix Black Friday and Cyber Monday Schedule, Breakfasts at Your Desk, Dinners Tonight, Potluck Brings, and more!

10 Tips to Make Healthy Eating Easier, New “About” Page, The Karate Kid, Vitamix Deals and Updates, and more!

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