Archive for Celebrating the Seasons
My 12 Favorite Christmas Songs
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I have prepared a list of my top 12 favorite Christmas songs for you today….believe me… it was very hard to narrow it down to only 12… I LOVE Christmas music. I have all I can do to wait until after Thanksgiving to start playing it!
So, while you decorate, bake, wrap gifts or do the many things on your holiday list, here’s a few suggested Christmas songs to keep you joyful and in the Christmas spirit. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! (If you don’t have them, pop over to amazon, the itunes site to download, or over to each artist’s website to listen-)
1. Micheal Buble: Grown-Up Christmas List
2. Chris Rice: Welcome to Our World
3. Rod Stewart & Dolly Parton: Baby it’s Cold Outside
5. Point of Grace: When Love Came Down
6. Sister: In the Bleak Midwinter
7. Dean Martin: Winter Wonderland
8. Casting Crowns: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
9. Ethan Osland: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
10. 4 Him: A Strange Way to Save the World
11. Jaci Velasquez: Season of Love
12. Robert Robertson: Oh Holy Night
Happy Listening! Remember… a little music makes the work go faster!
Let me know which ones were you favorites too!
Happy December!
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Just a quick hello today… can you believe it’s December? For months the stores and media have been pushing the Christmas season upon us, but it I’m still not prepared for it to be here!
I have a long “to-do” list for my week and month, as I am sure many of you do too. How to fit in all of the decorating, baking, gift buying and entertaining into my already full schedule? It’s always a challenge this time of year…I always think I am going to spread the Christmas preparations out, but not often does that happen.
I usually have to take a step back and re-prioritize myself, remember what is really important… do those things and forget the rest of my wishful thinking. I can’t do everything, even though I want to.
I fall into that trap most years… then I remember the real reason for the season. It isn’t the wrapping and the bows, the tinsel and the appetizers. It’s the best gift of all. Jesus. 
Christ didn’t come to send us into a decorating, entertaining and gift-purchasing frenzy… he came to save us. His lowly birth changed the world forever. He came as our Savior, so that we might live. That has much more eternal power than running around shopping for the best sales or hosting a party. We are loved and forgiven forever… how could we ever top that gift?
So, as you head into one of the craziest months… take a breath, step back and just be humbled by God’s grace and love today… let his most wondrous gift be yours.
Oh, and if you want to cut back on all of your shopping… God loves it when we “re-gift” by passing on His eternal gift to others. Jesus… Joy to the World!
Gift Certificates Available!
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Yes, it’s that time of year and everyone yearns to live in a personalized, stylishly organized home… so why not give that special gift to someone dear this year?
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Contact me today and get one more thing off of your “to-do” list! (Contact info: erica@yourstyleredesigned.com or 763-441-6950)
Have a question? Leave it in the comment section below….
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
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Happy Thanksgiving Dear Friends!
I just wanted to stop by to wish you all a lovely and blessed Thanksgiving Day.
May your holiday be full of grace, blessings, and togetherness. Being with those we love and counting our blessings is what it’s all about.
For those who are missing a loved one this holiday, I wish you comfort and peace in your heart. The holidays are so hard when someone you love isn’t there to celebrate with. May you find comfort in memories of past holidays together.
May you all know the grace God so abundantly gives us.
My wishes for safe travels and a restful week to all.
Warmest Wishes… Erica
A Week for Gratitude…
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There are so many things to be thankful for- we live in a country and a time where we have so much more than the rest of the world. Yes, we have struggles and stresses, but in general, we are a very blessed nation.
What are some things that you are grateful for?
I am grateful for things both big and small. I am grateful of course, for my family, for all that we share and that we can spend each day in relative safety and are healthy. I am grateful for my friends, who make me laugh and cry, sometimes over the same thing. I am grateful that my husband still has a job and that he goes to work each day to make a life for us. I am thankful for my wonderful clients and associates so that I too may go to work each day doing what I love.
I am grateful that I have been able to travel to so many places, to see the world and the way people live in each place. I am grateful for books, as I love to read, learn and experience things that I would never have been able to do without them. I am grateful for the moments with someone special that connect our hearts and minds.
I am grateful for my faith in God that sustains me in every situation and gives my life eternal value. I am grateful that I am able to help others with my own gifts of time, talent, and treasure.
I am grateful for the many simple pleasures of each day, including sitting down to dinner with my family, taking care of our home, and the managing of our household. For without those simple tasks, it would mean we wouldn’t have a family to make a home for.
Gratitude starts in our hearts- it’s not just “oh, that makes me feel good so I am happy for it”, but a genuine love for something that is in our lives.
What are you grateful for deep down in your heart that makes your live and day better?
Please share your gratitude for the things in your life in the comments below…
Have a blessed Thanksgiving week and a very full heart.
