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We hear it all the time, “Stop and smell the roses”, but until the roses bloom, stop and take the time to enjoy the beautiful flowering trees and shrubs. In our area the Cherry trees and the Azelea’s are blooming and they are gorgeous.

Here in the South, Azelea’s can be found from small, about 18″ tall to the “tree” Azelea, which can stand 6 feet tall and come in an array of colors.

One of the most interesting events featuring Azelea’s is approaching. The 61st Annual North Carolina Azelea Festival will be held April 9-13, 2008 in the greater Wilmington, NC area.

To quote the official site:

For more than 50 years, the folks of Southeastern North Carolina have been throwing the best party in the South and you’re invited! There’s something for everyone among our community’s rich array of artwork, gardens, history and culture. Come join us!

More Festival pictures can be seen here Enjoy the Azaleas, the Festival, and the pictures of the Southern Belle’s.

The Cherry trees are also in full bloom and with the wind we’ve had recently it almost looks as though it’s snowing when the pedals are falling. Hopefully the cold snap we are experiencing will not keep the Cherry trees or the Azalea’s from blooming their full cycle.

So until the roses bloom for you to stop and smell….enjoy the beauty of the Cherry trees and the Azalea’s. It’s a sight worth seeing!

This time of year, with the Christmas season behind us and looking ahead to a new year, brings about new energy. Yes, we’ve all shopped till we dropped and have exhausted ourselves getting ready for Christmas, but yet there is a renewed kind of energy just thinking about starting a new year.

Whether it’s personal, business, or both, take some time to reflect on what you would like to accomplish this year and the steps needed to get you there.

I always have such good intentions the first of the year, full of energy, and thinking of project after project to accomplish. But through the years, I’ve also discovered something about myself…I do better if I narrow down the “projects” to just a couple. I will be more inclined to accompolish a couple. Then if time permits, I can move on to something else.

Is there something you have wanted to do for some time but yet put it off for one reason or another. Maybe it’s going into business for yourself, but you just keep putting it off. Maybe it’s taking another step towards growing your business, but you just keep putting that off. Maybe it’s asking for that promotion at work.

Whatever it is, take some time to really find the reason for not going forward. Is it fear…fear you won’t succeed? Fear you won’t accompolish what you set out to do? Fear you might be turned down? Even fear that you might just be successul?

Discover then breakdown your fear and see if you can take some steps to move you closer to the goals you really want to meet for 2008. You are the one in control, not your emotions. You are the one who can move yourself forward.

Now it’s almost the countdown for the New Year. As you countdown from 2007, start up to 2008 with your steps in place and be ready for an absolutely… Happy New Year!!!

September is a busy time! End of summer, last vacations, back to school shopping, and back to school.

For a short time, our normal schedules are put on the back burner. Then when things began to return to normal, it’s time to get back “into the groove”.

This time of year is the perfect time for goal setting. The fall is coming, the air is crisp, colors are magnificant, and inspiration is everywhere!

During this three month time period before the beginning of a new year, it’s time to look at what you want to accomplish in the next year and time to put down the steps you need to take to get you there.

It’s like the saying…money is not the end, but the MEANS TO the end. In other words, it’s not just money you want, but what the money will allow you to do or accopmlish.

So, we can have our goals, but unless we put into steps what’s needed to get us TO the goals, we’re just spinning our wheels.

Start with where you are right now. What did you accomplish to this point this year towards your goal? Don’t forget to pat yourself on the back for accomplishing these items…good job! If there are some things you didn’t finish/accomplish, then start right there.

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It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. So many things you wanted to accomplish but didn’t, and the many things you were able to accomplish.

This year was special for our family and an exciting time. Our youngest daughter had bought and moved into her very first townhome in January 2006. When she knew it was hers, she stated she would be hosting Christmas 2006 in her new home!

What an exciting time it was. How she decorated, prepared the meal and entertained us all. To see her grow into an independent woman this year has been amazing. As I watched our other daughters and their husbands, I just was so filled with thanks and the fact of how richly blessed I have been to have such a wonderful family.

To me the new year is always an exciting time. A time for a new beginning. In my article A New Year, A New Beginning I compare the new year to a new page. It’s fresh, clean, crisp and it’s up to you what you write on your new page!

As a writer, comparing a new year to a page comes natural. As we go through the months, each month becomes a new paragraph we print on the page.

What are some of the things you want to “write” about this year? Maybe it’s a new business, expanding or downsizing an existing business, or maybe just better business techniques.

Maybe there are personal items you need to “write” about. A change in your career, more time spent with family and friends, or maybe you want to develop more relationships.

Whatever you begin “writing” about this new year don’t lose sight of balance. Remember to keep all the “pages” in perspective. From time to time you will need to turn the “pages” down, walk away and take time to enjoy life and everything that goes with it.

So, what do you want to “write” on your new page this year? It’s all up to you! Just get your “keyboard” going, “write” one word after another and then–press enter!!! After all it’s….. A New Year and A New Beginning!

Hope all of you have a wonderful and prosperous New Year – 2007!!

Thank you, Veterans, Thank you!!!

Many years ago and even today our troops fought, gave lives and gave limbs to give us the wonderful freedoms we have today. They endured and are enduring situations and circumstances we can’t even imagine, yet still they honor their country and honor us by serving and protecting.

I wholeheartedly support our troops and what they are doing. Yes, I would rather there not be the need for them to be on foreign soil or certainly not in harm’s way, but the need is there and because of their unselfish acts, we are free in this country to enjoy freedoms that most countries only dream of.

So as this day goes by, if you see a past veteran or even active duty personnel, let that person know, you care, you appreciate them and most of all…Thank you dear Veteran…Thank you!!!