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My 2008 addition to my Snowman CollectionMore Snowmen decor on C-21 pgs 98-101
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"Memories are Made of This"
I love fall!! It makes me nostalgic for the Pennsylvania Falls of my childhood. Big beautiful maple trees on a thousand hills make a spectacular show of color. The Pennsylvania woods have really been the only thing I've ever been homesick for since becoming an Iowan in 1975. This fall is going to be especially nostalgic as we prepare ourselves for our oldest daughter to leave the nest to start her own adventures in life! We spent a little time just today reminiscing about some of the things we did when Jill was a little tyke. We fondly remember those "firsts": first tooth, first steps, first words. Now I'm treasuring up "lasts". The last time we'll do things together when the whole family is living under the same roof; Thanksgiving, Jill's 20th birthday, Christmas. Oh she'll be back to visit and maybe even to live here again if needed but it will never be exactly the same family dynamic again. Reminds me of the scene in "Elizabethtown" when Kristin Dunst squares off her fingers in front of her eye and pretends to take a picture....memories that she wanted to keep... last looks she didn't want to forget. Jill in her apron cooking up something special for us for dinner. Jill sitting on her bed with her guitar practicing. Jill coming home from work all psyched up because ducats were made! Jill backing out of the driveway in the Jeep to take herself to work! (I'm still getting used to that one!) Jill sitting in the living room with knitting needles click away while she watches a favorite movie (probably with Matthew McConahey). Jill all dolled up on her way to a Friday night dance with the Omaha Jitterbugs! Jill harvesting the last tomatoes from her garden. etc, etc. I have to get my camera out and start getting these things recorded just like we did when she was a baby to commemorate all those firsts.
What's happenning in your life this fall that you'll want to make sure you commit to memory? Take some pictures, plan some memory making activities for you and your loved ones so that some fall years from now you'll have happy memories of those you care to shar. There'll be laughter and maybe a tear of joy because you were wise enough to take some time to make happy memories.
www.theangelcompany.net - keepsake crafts and scrapbooks
www.lifejournal.com- a program to keep your journal of memories on your computer
http://www.journal10.com-if you prefer to use a pen
An Idea or Two: When the girls were young we kept a family journal for awhile. It was kept on the kitchen counter and everybody wrote in it. It was fun then and has some great family history recorded in it. I've also kept a weather journal off and on over the years and that's an interesting record to look over from time to tome.
October Calendar
C-21 Orders Due October 8th by 10 p.m.
District Sales Meeting October 9th 5:30 p.m. At Ameristar Holiday Inn
C-22 Order Due by October 22nd (a big Holiday brochure...get ready for Christmas Shopping)
Watch for your personal invitation to tea with me!
And Announcement for my Holiday Open House
C-21 Great Deals
Eyeshadow quads only $5 pg. 11
New Breast Cancer Crusade items pg.22-23
Pockets Galore Bag pg. 29
Free earrings with purchase pg.32-33
these are cool and I love the watch!!
Sapphire necklase and ring with more free earrings pg, 34-35
Imari for $15 plus 2 free Imari products pg.62-63
Faraway same deal pg. 64-64
Haiku ditto pg,. 66-67
Solar powered Snowman Lantern pg. 96-97 This is my annual Snowman purchase for 2008!!! What a great winter guest greeter! I love it!!!
More Snowmen pg. 98-101
If you need something new for Halloween this is your last chance before the holiday! pg. 106-109
Suede Comfort Clogs with Faux Fur-- What's your favorite color? I'm getting the grey! pg. 124-125
$12.99 watches pg. 154-55
$5.99 necklaces pg. 163
Skin So Soft Age Defy Hand Treatment pg. 180
Big Beautiful Deal 5 Beauty Products only $10 pg. 200-201
Old-fashioned glass ornament se only $10 with any brochure purchase pg. 202-203
Product Reviews
Sincerely Sarah by Sarah Ferguson Warming Neck Wrap. This smells wonderful. When warmed and placed around your neck what a perfect way to unwind after a long day. The only thing that could make it better is if the bulter brought you a nice cup of tea! The Rock and Candle Garden is also nice and would make a good gift for a sister or a girlfriend. The throw is nice too but the description says “oversized” and that might give you the wrong idea. This is for around your shoulders or over you legs and feet, The scented beads in the hidden pocket make it special – great for any queen or princess who doesn't like the chill.
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I've always liked to play in the dirt. I think it was the one thing I consistently got in trouble for when I was a little kid. My mom started out with some funny ideas about raising kids... an me being the firstborn bore the brunt of some of those ideas. One was that kids were supposed to stay clean!! I've had relatives tell me that she would change my clothes 3 or 4 times a day so that I would always be clean! That pretty much ended after I turned 3 and my sister Marsha was born. Living on a farm it was pretty hard to keep anything clean let along moving targets like kids, housepets and husbands!!! But mom spent a lot of time and energy trying to keep everyone and everything clean. I'm not saying this is a bad think I'm just saying that I just can't get that worked up about it! One of my favorite places to play in the dirt was under the lilac and/or mock orange bushes that grew in our yard. These bushes had big overhanging branches and nothing grew under their shade. It was a cool and quiet place to dig in the dirt, fill things with dirt, sift dirt between you toes and make roads and rivers in the dirt. Mom also said that you would "get worms" from playing in the dirt. But I think that's from eating dirt which I don't think I ever did.(at least not on purpose) Well, what do you know.....in the August 14-20, 2008 issue of The Reader I spot a piece in Michael Braunstein's "Bits and Pieces" column called "The Dirt on Happiness". It seems scientists have found a harmless soil bacteria that seems to relieve depression and increases happiness. Apparently there is a mechanism that triggers serotonin, a brain chemical that makes you feel good. Exposure to this bacteria in early childhood is strengthens the immune system and reduces the chances of adult onset asthma and allergies. So this is one time I'm glad I did't listen to my Mother. After my sisters were born, I took them out to my favorite dirt digging places and we all dug around in the dirt! Mom gave up on trying to keep us out of it. I still play in the dirt! Isn't that what gardening is?