The Gift of Gab

Today's Gift of Gab is in honor of school starting one week from today. Did you hear that? Listen carefully.......screams of horror and sighs of relief simultaneously happening in homes everywhere!

Are you going to have trouble adjusting to getting up and out early again? This alarm clock will end all that! Clocky is the alarm clock that "flies" off your nightstand and runs away and hides when you don't wake up. When the alarm sounds, Clocky will start beeping. You can snooze once for your chosen number of snooze minutes, but then if you don't get up, it will start beeping again and run away. If 0 minutes was chosen as your snooze minutes, Clocky will run away as the alarm sounds. He starts by moving off of your nightstand and onto the floor and keeps moving in different directions making different sounds until you get up out of bed to shut him off.

have a great weekend

I'll be back on Monday with a new Gift of Gab. Today I am off and running. I'm setting up a luncheon for 35 people at MacArthur Beach State Park to honor one of their volunteers.

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I am stuck on band aid....

She gets it! Yea! It really is a cheap thrill for me when my kids say something that makes me know they understand gifts. While putting a band aid on my daughter's knee (AGAIN!) she says, "If I had a friend who got hurt, I would write cute little things right on the band aids to make them feel better. Then I would give them a box of personalized band aids."

Okay, I just might have to use that!

Crunch time

Now and then you have people who have worked so hard for you that it just shouldn't go unmentioned. We all have times when work is full of stress and deadlines. When that happens and your employees step up, be sure they know how much their dedication is appreciated. Just acknowledging their work goes a long way for employee moral. Okay, so what do you do.....depends on the situation. If you really just want to say thanks, you can do it in a silly way. Why not a big bag of chips for everyone with a note attached that says, "Thanks for being there at crunch time."


A couple of my favorites.

Addict or Fanatic?

I am a coffee addict....well, let's say fanatic since that sounds better...even though, addict is probably more appropriate. After doing some serious blame-storming, I've decided that it is my Grandpa's fault. He was a mailman in rural Iowa. I used to go with him now and then on Saturday mornings to deliver the mail. (Boy, do I have stories about that, but that's for another time) He always kept his glove compartment full of Brach's coffee candy. I loved those candies. I must of gotten hooked on that flavor because to this day I love coffee flavored anything. There is nothing like a good cup of coffee in the morning. Now, I have a very nice $1000 coffee machine. No, I did not buy a $1000 coffee machine.....it was given to me........long story. Even though, I have this incredible machine, there is still plenty of times I use this. This carafe is ingenious. You simply put the coffee in, pour in the boiling water, wait four minutes, and pour. You don't have to remove the grounds or press anything. The filter keeps the grounds in the carafe and the lid is even drip proof. I love when something has a simple classic design, but is so functional.

If you are in need of a thank you gift, you can't go wrong with this coffee carafe. Tell them how glad you are that they are a part of your daily grind. Don't forget about your corporate gifts. This could easily transition over to clients.

Gift of Gab

It's gift of gab Monday so here is today's quote to inspire your gift giving.

I would put together some earth friendly cleaning products and maybe even throw in some all natural lemonade for fun. Put the quote on the tag and add "since you are the real deal, you deserve the real thing."

Where in the world?

This past spring, we were asked to come up with a gift idea for a class of graduating seniors. A blue leather traveler's atlas was chosen. (Blue because that was the school's color) Each senior's name was embossed on the cover along with the school's logo. To give the gift additional meaning, I made a gift tag with a world map on it and wrote, "Wherever the world takes you, we're glad you started here. Congratulations!" What good does this do you months later....well, I really think this idea could be fine tuned to other scenarios. How about for someone heading off for college....how about for a friend moving out of the area......how about for someone taking on a new career?