DECORATE...

JOY TO YOUR WORLD

Decorate your world! Ageless Aunty loves Christmas and spends ample time simply admiring our tree. Each year we decorate with an array of meaningful ornaments, carefully selecting and placing each one in the right place. The results are pure joy and delight. Here is Aunty with two smiling faces decked in Santa Caps. I bought these silly buggers for my Aunty and late Uncle D back in the ‘80’s. This year the two happy faces are topping our tree.

If you don’t celebrate Christmas --------- decorate your world, your life. Put flowers out, even a single stem is uplifting. Display a new photograph, or buy a painting you love. Frame an old one in a new way. Make someone smile.

Ageless people are happy people and happy people surround themselves with beauty of all kinds. A glowing candle will do just fine. May I suggest using soy candles without lead wicks? Soy wax is 100% vegetable by-product, not a petroleum by-product.

*Soy candles are easier on people with breathing problems
*Soy candle wax is a renewable resource
*Soy is grown on American soil
*Soy supports our nation's economy and farmers
*Soy is non-toxic and non-carcinogenic


Soy candles help to decorate our environment with cleaner air. Aunty buys them by the batch. We just brought one home called Christmas Eve. We are inviting all our angels and lighting it then.

YOU CAN'T BOTTLE THIS...

PRECIOUS CARGO

Make friends, call friends, visit friends, gift friends, stroll with friends, listen to friends, support friends, and gather with friends. Make more friends.
If they are willing, put crazy, silly, funny hats, crowns, and tiaras on their heads. Laugh a lot. Take pictures. Get giddy….

We all have so much to do these days, but making the effort to stay in touch with our friends is a gift we give ourselves. Today is the beginning of the Christmas rush (at least for me), yet, I took time out of my demanding schedule to drive over the river and through the woods to a dear friends house for our annual Christmas Tea. She set aside time out of her even busier day, to prepare a wonderful luncheon for us. I brought her a special gift and she gave me a homemade Holiday Greens Basket and a gift certificate to Rishi tea…the company I raved about a few blogs ago. I feel so blessed. Connecting with friends and keeping tradition is like being the richest person in the world. As a matter of fact, as I admire the lovely holly berry arrangement she made just for me, finish gobbling the homemade Danish pastry she sent me home with, and think about how she honored our tradition and our friendship, even though one of her children was home sick, and her husband is preparing for surgery in the morning, right now, I am!

Since I am seeing more friends and family this week, I think I will return that eye cream I just bought. The balm of friendship is more effective than anything I can buy.