Basic Instructions is generously sponsored by Bacon, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Explosives: The blog about livin’ la vida Northern Idaho!

Status report:

The website sponsorships start today. Please show the sponsor some love. He seems a good guy, and the whole sponsoring Basic Instructions thing was, in fact, his idea.

The Amazon Affiliate Links (US, UK, Canada) are performing quite well, which actually means that you all are performing quite well. The Affiliate links are an unusual way of getting support in that they cost the reader nothing, but they require the reader to remember to use them. I hope you know I appreciate you keeping me in mind.

Donations are way, way up. I suspect it’s due to readers wanting to support me but not wanting to be saddled with a monthly fee. I can relate to that, and I’m grateful for all the support I have received.

One week after announcing the subscription service, we are well over 25% of the way to our goal!

I expect the progress will be slower from this point on, but I’m thrilled with the speed of our progress so far. I never expected this to be a quick process.

To sum up, the help and support I’ve received in the last week has amazed me, and I continue to be the luckiest person I know.