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Now that the
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ourselves. We are so busy doing
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| Christmas
2007
Are you ready
for Christmas? What are you doing to boost
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For this holiday season I have decided to
send my preferred hostesses/customers that
have helped me throughout this past year, a
holiday thank you card vs. a Christmas Card.
I will send these holiday thank you cards
with a coupon enclosed to use at their 2008
in home parties. The cards will be mailed
during the first week of January so they
don't get mixed up will all the hustle and
bustle of the holiday cards they received
during the Christmas Season. I believe that
good customer service is the #1 business
builder and we should never forget those
that have helped our business to grow and
flourish. For me, the cards will all be hand
written, personalized and signed. This will
take some time and effort on my part, but I
believe the more personalized you are with
your hostesses and customers, the better the
relationship. I will include in the note
something fun that happened at their party
that made it memorable for me as well as for
customers themselves, mentioning a product
they purchased and commenting on it.
Hostesses and customers are the heart of our
business and I believe they should be
treated well. Without them, we would be out
of business.
Laurie Fischer
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Featured
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It's About Time For Winter Gear
by Jolene Philo |
This fall we’ve enjoyed
some record setting warm temperatures in the
Midwest, my part of the country. The mild
weather reminds me of a similar fall years
ago when my daughter Anne was a first
grader. Between the pleasant weather and
extra duties at work, I forgot to sort
through the kids’ winter paraphernalia. An
unexpected night time snowfall in November
resulted in a mad search through our coat
closet the next morning. Anne’s coat,
mittens and hat still fit, but her old boots
were way too small. So off to school she
went, bootless through the wet snow. She
came home very upset. “Mom,” she sobbed.
“Everybody without boots had to stand by the
wall. And the playground supervisor scolded
us and…” Her story went on and on, and I
felt guilty as I comforted her. Why? Because
a little forethought on my part would have
prevented the whole situation.
You can avoid a similar scenario at your
house by using the four steps below to help
you organize the hodgepodge of winter
cast-offs cluttering your closet. Then
you’ll be ready for the cold days that will
soon arrive.
Step One: Sort and Size
First, pull last winter’s things out of the
closet and have your kids try them on. Pass
clothes on if they fit your next smallest
child or store them if a much smaller child
can wear them in a few years. Save items you
can’t use for a garage sale or donate them
to another family or to a thrift store.
Immediately put things to be stored in a
labeled box. Bag items to be donated and
drop them off the next time you run errands.
Price garage sale merchandise and place it
in boxes labeled for that purpose. Whatever
you do, don’t put things you won’t use in
the closet. Get rid of them instead.
And while you’re at it, use the same
system to sort through spring jackets,
raincoats and umbrellas. Pack what you will
use again in a labeled, clear plastic tub,
but wash soiled items first. Put the tub in
storage. Get rid of everything else. Now,
run the usable winter coats, hats, mittens
and scarves through the air fluff cycle of
your dryer. While the dryer removes the
wrinkles, you can create a shopping list,
including kids’ clothing size and color
preferences. Put the list in your planner so
it is handy when you find a good buy
Step Two: Swap and Buy
Because you’re starting early, you can avoid
paying top prices for your kids’ winter
gear. Think about friends and family who
have children older and larger than your
kids. See if they have coats or boots to
pass on or sell at a reduced price. Or maybe
you can swap coats and boots back and forth
from year to year.
If that doesn’t work, check ebay,
consignment shops, garage sale ads and
thrift stores for quality used outerwear. If
you still come up empty-handed, watch the
department store sales flyers. Most run a
pre-season coat sale with deep coupon
discounts. If you’re a catalog or Internet
shopper, check websites to do some
comparison pricing.
And don’t forget your local discount
store. They’re a great place pick up extra
pairs of inexpensive stretch gloves and
headbands. Keep them on hand for emergencies
and to replace the mittens and caps that
inevitably get lost each winter. Layering a
couple pairs together keeps kids’ fingers
warm without making your temper flare. They
make cheap stocking stuffers at Christmas,
too.
Step Three: Hang and Dry
Once the family is outfitted for winter,
train everyone to take care of their gear
when they get home – unless you enjoy
navigating your way through heaps of coat
and piles of boots during several months of
cold weather. These tips can help you avoid
that fiasco. You’ll spend a couple weeks
training kids (and adults) to use the
storage system, but the effort is worth it
• Hang adult coats in the closet.
• Install pegs at kid level near the door
they use to enter the house. They should
hang their coats up as soon as they take
them off.
• Put a bathmat, boot tray or folded vinyl
tablecloth on the floor near the same door,
perhaps below the pegs. Kids should place
wet boots there.
• Hang a shoe organizer over the coat closet
door. Use it to store hats, gloves and
mittens. Label the pockets with the names of
everyone in the family, reserving the lowest
pockets for the smallest children.
• Varnish a long narrow piece of wood. Glue
clothespins to it and hang it on the wall
above a radiator or other heater. Kids can
pin their wet mittens there to dry.
Step Four: Sort and
Store
This last step, which will make next year’s
winter preparations much easier, will be
completed next spring. Make a note – “Store
winter stuff” – on an April day in your
planner calendar so you don’t forget when
spring arrives. When the designated day
comes, haul the tub full of spring outerwear
to the coat closet and complete step one in
reverse.
Once you have the spring
jackets arranged and the winter things
stowed away, do one last thing. Write a note
– “Store spring stuff” – on a November day
in your planner calendar. Now, no matter
what next fall is like, you’ll set a weather
record. Your kids will tramp through the
snow, dry and warm, two years in a row. Kind
of makes you eager for snow, doesn’t it?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jolene Philo is a freelance writer and
speaker who lives in Boone, Iowa. She shares
her house and her home office with her
husband Hiram, daughter Anne, and dachshund
Abby. You can learn more about her at her
website,
www.jolenephilo.com.
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3 , 2007
Topics:
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Interview with Annabelle
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Southern Girl's Guide to Surviving the
Newlywed Years: How to Stay Sane Once
You've Caught Your Man, winner of
the 2006 USA Best Books Award for humor.
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Interview with Debby
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Featured Recipe
Quick and
Easy Chicken Casserole |
4 boneless chicken breasts
(or other boneless meat)
1 can cream soup (mushroom, chicken,
broccoli & cheese, etc.)
1 cup mushrooms
2 cups stove top stuffing
OPTIONAL - any cut small vegetables
(carrots, asparagus, etc.)
In medium casserole dish place chicken
breasts flat side down. Add soup and
mushrooms and vegetables (if you want them).
Make the stovetop stuffing and put on top of
the mixture.
Place in oven at 350° for 1/2 hour.
NOTE: If you add any extra vegetables or
have different meat it may take longer.
Recipe
Source:
Submitted by:
Kathy
Andrews
Bizymoms Cookbook by Diana
Ennen & Kelly Poelker
Virtual Word Publishing, Inc.
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
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Put your personal stamp on holiday greetings
with this handprint design.
MATERIALS:
Red craft paper
Glue stick
Plain notecard or card stock
Tempera paints
Paper plates
Googly eyes
Time needed: About 1 to 2
Hours
1. Cut Santa-hat shapes (minus the
pom-poms and white trim) from the craft
paper, then glue one onto each card. Glue a
pair of googly eyes a fingertip's width
below each hat.
2.
Pour white tempera paint onto one paper
plate, and a dollop each of red, black, and
pink (mix some red and white) onto another.
Stamp white handprint beards, then use
fingertips to stamp the trim on the hats,
and a nose, mouth, and cheeks on each face.
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by Camy Tang
I knew this
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grandmother showed up in chapter one. Camy
Tang’s first book, Sushi For One?, is a
great start to a budding career. We don’t
see a whole lot of Asian chick-lit, so this
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chick-lit, gives a taste of something new
and different.
The main character, Lex, is on the verge
of becoming the oldest single female cousin
in her family. With her older cousin,
Mariko, getting married, Lex knows that her
family will soon be on her case. It starts
sooner than she thinks, though, when her
grandmother corners her even before Mariko’s
wedding and lets Lex know that she better
have a date – a real date – for the
wedding…. or else.
Hilarity ensues with Lex making a fool out
of herself in a number of ways and places.
The lengthy list of qualifications her dates
must meet keeps her far from finding anyone
to fit the bill. She may just have to settle
for what’s available – if she can convince
him. Or is it Lex that needs convincing – to
trust new people and open her heart to new
possibilities?
Tang delivers a fresh outlook on the single
life and gives her readers a glimpse of life
in the Asian community. This first book in
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