Up and coming (rapidly)

Just a little reminder (in case you needed one) Christmas is rapidly approaching! AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!! Tension breaker....had to be done! Anyway, with that out of the way, Truly there are only 10 weeks left till the celebration of the birth of our Savior. This year, I would really like to focus more on the reason we celebrate. Sounds easy right? Oh how I wish it were as easy as typing the words on the screen!

For me and my family that will mean a whole lot of down sizing as to what will be coming in, and going out as far as gifts are concerned! It will also mean a whole lot more of homemade type gifts for those whom are accept-ant of these type of gifts. ( we have some super freaks that we call friends, and if they don't know where it has been, they will just throw it away. Food wise) Anyway, since this has been in the front of my thought process these last few days, I was wondering if you wouldn't all share with me, ways that you might be able to thing of in which to either cut back with out becoming Scrooge, or things you would like to receive that would be less costly than one might think of.

Also could you share with me ways that you have found to celebrate the real reason for the season in your homes and with your families. I know that my family is in a totally different place than the rest of you, with Megan and Ford rarely being at home, and if they are home it is even more rarely at the same time. Still I would dearly love to make perhaps the last of the Christmases spent at home with Mom & Dad (ie. me and Chet) ones that they will remember with fondness and want to reflect on whenever they think of Christmas. If that is still possible. Any ideas would be much appreciated. I love you all. Miss you and hope we will all be in the same space again sooner than not! Sorry if my bringing up this fast approaching time of year triggers any unwanted stress for anyone, that was NOT my intentions!

Seth Godin

Seth Godin is a business guru. In a recent blog post he wrote,

"Would they miss you if you didn't show up? Would they miss your brand or your writing or your leadership?

If you work at the local fast food joint or the local library and you don't show up for work, do they consider shutting the place down? If you're on the team at the ER and you have a bad day, would someone die?

Everyone is capable of being missed. Most of us would be missed by our family if we secretly moved to Perth in the middle of the night. The question, then, is not whether or not you're capable of being missed. The question is whether you will choose to be missed by a wider circle of people.

It's a risk, of course. You have to extend yourself. You must make promises (and then keep them.) More pressure than it might be worth.

Except when it is."

Thanks for being people who would be missed. Hope your worlds are rotating well.
Love to all
:)