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Dear Melissa,
 Are you ready? Yikes!
I can’t
believe that Christmas is in less than 7 days. I
only just got my three live trees decorated this
past weekend. I actually scaled back from last year.
I’m down to a total of five trees including one
glass and one permanent (a nice term for fake) from
last year's six. It is still way too many and I’m
heading out of town next year to avoid all the
hoopla . . .
Looking forward to a quiet holiday.
A friend and I were planning to travel to Sedona for
a few days between Christmas and New Year’s but
reconsidered as we both have much too much to wrap
up on the business front and want to enter 2007
ready and primed! I even forwent my annual holiday
bash this year, just no time. How does everyone do
this? I mean all the holiday hoopla on top of
regular full time work and careers and family etc.
It seems extra crazy this year.
Shopping made easy! Well, I found
the antidote to holiday shopping madness. Since
mall is a four letter word for me, and I am often
shopping as a way of earning my living, the last
thing I want to do is spend lost hours looking for
impossible to find gifts and more. The solution
beyond the wide world of the internet and shopping
at my desk, is combining this sometimes arduous task
with a delightful lunch with a friend and a shared
bottle of champagne! You have no idea how much fun
Nordstrom can be when you find a gifted sales
professional and can enjoy the glow of good bubbly.
May your holidays be full of good
cheer!
Live well and beautifully,
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Remember
this isn’t about having a how to plan a party, but
it is how to make ordinary routines a celebration of
your life every day.
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Since the holiday season seems to start earlier and
earlier each year, what if we all simply lived by
the holiday spirit year round? I mean really what if
we were as giving as we are once a year, all the
time. What if, instead of waiting for the holidays,
we entertained our friends and family at special
occasions of our own choosing and creation during
the entire year. It seems like an incredible squeeze
to get in all of the parties, decorations, gift
shopping, and holiday charitableness in one short
month. It makes more sense to consider the keeping
our spirits up year round with well designed homes,
celebrating our friends and families with parties
and gatherings, sharing our abundance and generosity
with others for their own occasions as well as our
own, and giving to the causes of our hearts more often.
I know so many who wait for just this season or the
deadline of relatives coming for a visit to actually
get their home interior in order, as if they
themselves are not enough of a reason. Why live by
default, when you can live by design and with
style?! I throw parties for every reason or no
reason at all, but get a bit frustrated when in one
weekend I have invites to 4-6 bashes all because it
is the holidays. Wouldn’t it be much more fun to
catch every party in its own unique mix but spread
throughout the year? And goodness wouldn’t it be
more affordable to buy gifts for smaller occasions
than buying for everyone we each know all at once?
Let’s develop the holiday habit. I challenge you to
take the spirit of giving the holidays bring and
share it throughout the upcoming 2007. Don’t wait
until you have a tree with lights or even a menorah
with candles. Celebrate the abundance we each have
in every day. Give!
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December Starcast
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The month of December is full of gifts - some are
Christmas gifts and others are gifts that will help
you create a vision for your future. You will first
explore the phenomena of the world around you and
decide to "design a prettier, more colorful
living/working environment for yourself - one that
is more in-tune with your newly emerging self. You
will study things that are different, foreign and
unique to ensure that you don't miss anything. Then
you will begin to create a vision of each factor of
your life that you would like to change and improve.
2007 brings these changes about for you. Some of
you will start within and see the changes develop in
your outward expression of who you are - your
wardrobe, your home, your work environment. And
others of you will see the changes begin with your
home and everyday environment. You will slowly grow
in wisdom as you create the life you envision for
yourself. This is all very exciting! Enjoy!!
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