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Show 6:

What are the hot items for this years children’s Christmas gifts? Video games are popular, but game systems are in short supply. Elmo is a return guest, but how many times do you want Elmo to yell at you on Christmas day? Robotic dolls and battery driven toys are always a popular gift. So, with all this stuff on the market what do you get?

Here is a simple suggestion that you might consider when shopping for your child. Listen to what they are telling you they want and then determine whether or not that item will go on sale or not. If it’s not an item that will be put on sale then consider picking it up and stashing it in the closet before the crowds get thick.

Another tip is to consider shopping for you item online. You will save time and effort standing in line for something that could easily be delivered to your front door.

And finally, commit yourself to putting a cap on how much you will spend. Shopping is fun, giving is fun, but giving and getting stuff is not the meaning of Christmas. Your child will survive if they don’t get that platinum plated, battery powered, GPS guided super toy.

Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ through the sharing of love and peace with friends family and neighbors. When all the boxes and paper and bows are gone, what is left should be something the kids can carry with them all through out their lives. They will thank you for that long after they have hugged your neck for the hot item of the year.

Enjoy the show,

Chaz and Jill

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Great But Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas
By Low Jeremy

By Low JeremyWith the cool “ber” breeze around, it is undeniable that Christmas time is just around the corner. Since Christmas time is the perfect time to give gifts to your loved ones, you should be doing your list as early as now.

If you’re feeling low because you don’t have much dough to buy gifts, worry no more because there are a lot of cheap gifts out there that you can give out. Remember, the value of a Christmas gift does not lie on its price but the thought behind it.

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If you’re on a tight budget, one way of spending less money is by making home-cooked Christmas treats such as cookies, sweets, and breads. You can give out these home-baked cookies by wrapping it up in a nice cookie jar or box. Sweet bottled sweets like jams can also be placed in beautifully-shaped glass bottles that are perfect for display while baked special bread can be placed in personally-crafted colorful boxes.

Aside from Christmas food gifts, you can also make cheap hand-made Christmas gifts because they are more personalized. If you have a knack for visual art, hand-made Christmas gift ideas may include a special painting, a sculpture, or a sewn or knitted item of clothing. If you’re into photography, a candid framed photo of your recipient is touching. If you are into cooking, cook your specialty dish or specialty dessert and send it your recipient. And if you’re literary inclined, try writing a short story or a poem for him or her and have it published.

Remember, most people cherish and appreciate home and hand-made Christmas gifts because of the effort the giver exerted just to come up with the present.

If you don’t have the knack for cooking, writing, drawing or any visual art, don’t lose hope yet. You can still come up with cheap but great Christmas gift items by scouting bazaars, stores on sale and malls.

Before doing that, you must set your budget first. These days, more and more stores offer frugal gift items that can be purchased. Here is the top 10 list of cheap but great Christmas gift ideas you can give out this Yuletide season. These wide range of Christmas gift ideas will surely rock your Christmas festivities and though they’re cheap, these Christmas gift ideas can personify the hope and joy the season brings.

1. Unique Christmas decors and ornaments.

2. A set of cheap teacups and saucers with box of special or herbal tea.

3. Cheap gourmet coffees in a personal coffee cup.

4. Scrapbook or collage of photos.

5. Home-made treats such as cookies and candies arranged in a Christmas-inspired jar.

6. A fruit basket filled with a cheap but wide selection of fruits.

7. A Christmas food basket filled with different cheese and cheap wine.

8. A disposable camera that comes with rolls of film.

9. A basket of fancy chocolate bars beautifully tied with colorful ribbons.

10. Special set of holiday serving bowls, platters, and glasses.

Low Jeremy maintains http://christmas-gift.articlesforreprint.com. This content is provided by Low Jeremy. It may be used only in its entirety with all links included.

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Show 5:

Jill and I recount how we meet in a Dallas coffee shop oh so many years ago. Find out how love two people came to be join from a chance meeting when neither was looking for love.

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Chaz and Jill

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Related Articles:Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
By Avis Ward

Hiring a golf pro and learning to play golf simply because you want to find a man, is not advisable. Paying a few thousand dollars to join the Country Club only because your odds of finding the man of your dreams increases, isn’t advisable, either. What about hanging out in the frozen food section of your local grocer, you ask? It’s your thing, you can do what you want to do but neither is that advisable.

Why would I not consider these as three wonderful ways to find a mate? Didn’t your grandmother ever tell you, “honey, you don’t have to go looking for trouble. Trouble will find you?” I’m not saying men are trouble but the wrong one most definitely is! I will endorse looking for business opportunities, a certain pair of shoes or ways for personal growth but I am totally against looking for ‘love.’ Why should anyone have to look for something that’s so readily available?

God is love. His love is unconditional, too. You do not have to be a certain weight, height, have a particular hair or eye colour or job title. You are not required to have letters behind your name representing the degrees you’ve earned. It’s best if you decided to have a B.A. designation, Born Again, that is. I advocate healthy living and higher education. I do not want to be falsely accused of not advocating either. I contend it doesn’t matter who you are, what you look like, what you’ve done or haven’t done, where you live, your race or ethnic background or if you’re a member of a Country Club or not. You have had unconditional love before you were ever born.

I’ll warn you, there are some rules to follow if you do not ever want to be separated from this love. Did I hear a gasp? Country Clubs have rules, too. Some have very strict requirements related to membership involving income, social class, who you know and your family’s name. You need not worry about any of these pre-qualifications. You get unconditional acceptance and love all without charge. In fact, the price has already been paid for you. Think about it, how can you beat that with a stick? (Another of my grandmother’s sayings.)

When I discovered such an unselfish and forgiving Love, I wept over my unworthiness of being given such a gift. This Love is so kind, considerate, unselfish and forgiving until one can choose it without being forced to accept it. The choice is ours. It’s not imposed on anyone but I’m inclined to believe there are many who would rather not be given a choice of this everlasting Love but to have it forced on them because when we desire to do what is right; but we do wrong and feel unworthy all over again. We must remind ourselves, Love keeps no record of wrongdoings. How awesome is that? This love is perfect!

Most of us were given the choice of choosing a mate without our parents choosing for us. We may have a reason to blame them if they chose and the relationship didn’t last. If we choose to accept this divine Love we have no worries about things not working out unless we opt out. We will never be forsaken even in our darkest times of need or greatest times of joy. In fact, this Love is the source of all joy! This Love is available that we might have life and have it in abundance! We are breathing so we are alive but to have life in abundance means to have joy, joy and more joy in the every day things we do! What great news, yes?!

The Love you so desperately need is inside you. Submitting to it means opening yourself up to the greatest Love in all the universe and in heavenly places. You will find when you readily accept it as you have been readily accepted by it, all other things will be added unto you. You must believe this and accept it as having already happened. That’s faith. I promise you it works and is true. Stop looking for love in all the wrong places. The greatest Love is inside of you!

Avis Ward is an aspiring writer who enjoys writing about self-improvement, relationships, and women’s issues. She invites you to visit her on the web at http://www.aweandsome.com/

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Show 4:

How does a person meet their true love? Some people like to hang out in certain places hoping to meet that “right” person. Some people think that dressing up or that presenting themselves as something other than they normally are will do the trick. Some just go with whatever is available at the moment (which is never a good idea).

However, just like most things, we are struck by true love when we are least expecting it. It jumps in front of us on the highway of life and we go crashing over the top like a road kill speed bump not knowing what we hit or how badly it damaged our grill.

Jill and I recount how we meet in a Dallas coffee shop oh so many years ago. Find out how love two people came to be join from a chance meeting when neither was looking for love.

Enjoy the show,

Chaz and Jill

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Looking for Love
By Andrew Bicknell

What does it mean to be looking for love? What kind of love are you looking for and from whom. What I mean is that there are all kinds of love. The love you feel for your significant other, the unconditional love you get from your kids, the love you feel for a certain kind of food (chocolate?), or even the love that comes from having a pet.

Let’s face it, looking for love can mean all sorts of things to different people. But if your looking for the love of another person to share your life with, then what do you do?

You can go out with friends and hit the bars, but bars are notoriously bad places to meet the love of your life. Sure, you may meet someone and hit it off, but as most of us know picking up someone in a bar and living in a state of happy bliss the rest of your life with them is very realistic. Now if your looking for someone to just have some fun with maybe the bar route is a good idea.

One of my favorites is the blind date. These are usually set up for you by friends, co-workers, family members, etc. The problem here is what they may think is a good match is probably not what you are looking for. Nobody really knows what you are looking for other than you. Sure, they say you will like this person, or you two will get along just fine, but until you meet them you just don’t know, and that can be kind of scary.

Of course there is the old tried and true just meet someone doing something you like because at least then you share that in common. This isn’t necissarily true if you meet them at the grocery store because we all need to eat. If you’re both reaching for the same frozen pizza you could say you have that in common, but is that something to base a relationship off of.

If your looking for love and I mean really looking then you need to find someone that you can share your every want and need and thought and desire with. Someone compatable with who you are as a person. In the past this was largely a hit and miss proposition, but with the advent of online dating services it has become much easier to find that special someone.

If you think about it an online date starts out as a blind date but you actually get to know the person before you ever meet them. You are also matched up with people who fit the description of the type of person you would be most compatable with, which takes the stress out of meeting someone who shares more than one thing in common with you. You know, just because you meet someone at the gym doesn’t mean that they share your same interests other than being in shape.

The online dating world provides a simple way for those who are looking for love to find it. No more trying to meet someone on your own or through friends and co-workers. No more blind dates with someone your best friend thinks you’ll hit it off with. A dating service is about the closest you can get to finding the real love of your life without ever leaving the comfort of your own home. Or does being set up with Gus from your mom’s office sound like a better proposition.

Andrew Bicknell is a writer and owner of Romancing Hearts.com. Please visit his website for more advice about Online dating, Romance, and Matchmaking.

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Show 3:

After years of wonderful bliss, Jill and I get the opportunity to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We researched the traditional wedding gift ideas for ten years and we found that we were supposed to give tin.

If you celebrate twenty five years you give silver and fifty years gets gold. Now that is a reasonable progression that rewards the commitment over time.

One site we found recommended diamonds for ten years. Now, I don’t know about you, but that tells me they are expecting the marriage to run short so they are recommending you get the goods up front. I am all in favor of diamond giving, but not for a suspect reason like that.

No sir, not me. I’ll stick with the recommended gift idea and just get her Reynolds Heavy Duty Foil. It’s the gift that keeps on giving and it recycles. Now that is something you can be proud of.

Enjoy the show,

Chaz and Jill

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How to Come up with Unique Anniversary Gift Ideas
By Natalie Aranda

The celebration of each wedding anniversary is associated with gifts made from a different material traditionally or in modern custom. For example, a gift made of paper traditionally and a clock gift in modern custom are often for the first wedding anniversary. Unique anniversary gifts are not limited by the tradition. When it comes to the gift giving, it’s the thoughts that is often counted more than gifts themselves.

Because of love it is widely associated with sweet, not only the feeling but sweet candy, there are a large number of Anniversary Gift Ideas including chocolate candy and sugar free candy as core of the presents you can choose from or make with your own hands. Did you know that the 6th Wedding Anniversary was considered traditionally the Candy Anniversary year? Sweet candy was the symbol of the sixth anniversary, although associated to wood today, is being kept as the best time to give candy anniversary gifts to ensure the sweetness of marriage will not be endangered by the seventh year itch. Anniversary gifts for your soul mate or for a couple you appreciate are an appropriate way to express your own sweet affection. When it comes to presents to give your spouse, where your wedding anniversary is the occasion where details count more than the gift itself, and sweet candy can become as valuable as a diamond gift.

Flowers are the gifts that are appropriate for many occasions and celebrations. For celebration of anniversary, different flowers are designated to a specific year and has a specific meaning. Daisy’s for the fifth anniversary, Daffodils the tenth anniversary, Roses for the fifteenth, Iris is for the twenty fifth year, Sweet Pea for the thirtieth, Nasturtium the fortieth, and Violets for the Fiftieth wedding anniversary.

The Internet opened a new and convenient way for people to find unique and personalized gifts whether you’re looking for sweet chocolate gifts, or sending flowers. For their fifth anniversary in 2002, Carole was in Yorkshire, UK and her boyfriend Vic was in Cambridge, UK. Vic decided to head to the internet. Typing in flower delivery Yorkshire, then florists in Cambridge, Vic found the perfect anniversary flowers for Carole. The flowers can be ordered online from Cambridge, UK or even a florist in Sussex and sent to Yorkshire, UK and would arrive early next morning.

Although men and women have different ideas about what “romantic” means, both know anniversary gifts are important as a way to express how much they care for each other.

Natalie Aranda writes on love and relationship. The Internet opened a new and convenient way for people to find unique and personalized gifts whether you’re looking for sweet chocolate gifts, or sending flowers. For their fifth anniversary in 2002, Carole was in Swindon, UK and her boyfriend Vic was in Maidenhead, UK. Vic decided to head to the internet. Typing in flower delivery Swindon, then florists in Maidenhead, Vic found the perfect anniversary flowers for Carole. The flowers can be ordered online from Maidenhead, UK or even a florist in Norwich and sent to Swindon, UK and would arrive early next morning.

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Show 2:

Here is part two of the Bubble Thoughts Thanksgiving show. We hope you have lots of turkey in the fridge. The American shopping season is officially started and people were up at 3am this morning to capture the flag on their sale items. It almost sounds fun until the alarm clock rings and then my level of motivation drops to zero. Maybe one year I can do the tent and sleeping bag camp out. Now that sounds like fun. It would have to be for something really cool though.

Enjoy the show,

Chaz and Jill

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Controlling Your Holiday Shopping
By Martin Lukac

All the personality trait assessments that I’ve ever taken say that I’m a creative person. I sure didn’t agree with them because I couldn’t see where I was creative since I don’t have a home full of paintings or sculptures of art that I’ve created nor are there any published books (yet). So I just assumed that being labeled “creative” was a politically correct way of saying that I can think in many, many directions. I didn’t feel like I truly deserved being called creative because, I felt that I had nothing to show for it.

Over time; I am learning to view the idea of being creative from other perspectives. For most of my life, I have kept all my creativity sequestered up inside my head not letting it out except in mad dash sparks of insight. I’d like to share one of these insights regarding being creative with the hope that it is helpful for you. Since I don’t have evidence of my creative process strewn about my home in a myriad of paints and papers, I have had to slow down and try to understand what it looks like to be creative via thoughts and then understand how to express that creativity.

One of the ways I do this is by writing. Last month I drove around looking at homes with my little brother who wants to move to Texas from California. It’s been a crazy whirlwind tour of 15-20 homes per day. My brother had been running under the belief that he and his fiancée had to buy a home within the short time they were visiting Texas. They have since come to realize that maybe they’d be better off renting first and getting the feel for Austin before they jump into buying a home.I noticed during this time of driving around with them that my brain felt like it was stuffed with clouds. I did not seem able to put a cohesive sentence together regarding much of anything except, “turn here”. This experience of being in a cloud bank was very familiar to me. I’ve felt this way many times throughout my life. I’ve judged myself pretty harshly about it as well. What I’m coming to understand today is that perhaps the “Cloud Bank” feeling is my creative bubble process. I have this same feeling just before many inspired subjects to write about come out through my fingertips. I believe all of us creative types need time to assimilate the amazing amount of information we receive every day.

Our brains need time to play around with the pieces in order to come up with the best way to express our feelings and thoughts. This process may look different for each of us, but I bet for the most part how we feel during our down time is similar. Some of us mask it with drugs, alcohol, people, and diversions. Some of us sleep. Some of us feel really, really “stuck” and wonder where the heck our muse went during this time. It’s all part of our process when we’re experiencing being in the creative bubble. The challenge is to understand that we’re in our bubble and find ways to honor that time, to give ourselves the chance to rebuild. Lately, I’ve been making it a point to run consistently. I’ve been an avid runner in my past but over the past three years I’ve really let it go. This morning I only ran for 35 minutes, but I could feel my mind throwing out all kinds of ideas with each step that I took. I know that moving my body is a great way for me to move my mind.What ways have you discovered to help yourself rebuild?

Bio: Coach Lynn Kindler – (http://www.sacredpathcoaching.com), offers Professional Life Coaching for individuals and groups wanting to discover and identity their unique personality strengths for success. She is a graduate of Coach University, an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is also certified through SUN® and offers the SUN Coaching program (http://www.suncoaching.com) for clients who are ready to use the awareness of their strengths to lead them to success in their lives! Lynn’s forte is helping clients discover their life purpose so that they can live their lives “on purpose. “ Lynn also coaches movers and shakers who want to find more meaning in their lives. Coach Lynn leads self-care retreats in the state of Texas that combine spiritual growth along with Career and Personal Success. Please contact Lynn at lynnkindler@sacredpathcoaching.com

Show 1:

Well, Jill and I have been working on a new show called Bubble Thoughts. So, we sat down recently and recorded a few shows. I will post them here this week and you guys tell me what you think. We are playing with format and want it to be as much fun to produce as The Two Blind Squirrels and Grace Junkies.

Enjoy the show,

Chaz and Jill

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Creative Bubble
By Lynn Kindler

All the personality trait assessments that I’ve ever taken say that I’m a creative person. I sure didn’t agree with them because I couldn’t see where I was creative since I don’t have a home full of paintings or sculptures of art that I’ve created nor are there any published books (yet). So I just assumed that being labeled “creative” was a politically correct way of saying that I can think in many, many directions. I didn’t feel like I truly deserved being called creative because, I felt that I had nothing to show for it.

Over time; I am learning to view the idea of being creative from other perspectives. For most of my life, I have kept all my creativity sequestered up inside my head not letting it out except in mad dash sparks of insight. I’d like to share one of these insights regarding being creative with the hope that it is helpful for you. Since I don’t have evidence of my creative process strewn about my home in a myriad of paints and papers, I have had to slow down and try to understand what it looks like to be creative via thoughts and then understand how to express that creativity.

One of the ways I do this is by writing. Last month I drove around looking at homes with my little brother who wants to move to Texas from California. It’s been a crazy whirlwind tour of 15-20 homes per day. My brother had been running under the belief that he and his fiancée had to buy a home within the short time they were visiting Texas. They have since come to realize that maybe they’d be better off renting first and getting the feel for Austin before they jump into buying a home.I noticed during this time of driving around with them that my brain felt like it was stuffed with clouds. I did not seem able to put a cohesive sentence together regarding much of anything except, “turn here”. This experience of being in a cloud bank was very familiar to me. I’ve felt this way many times throughout my life. I’ve judged myself pretty harshly about it as well. What I’m coming to understand today is that perhaps the “Cloud Bank” feeling is my creative bubble process. I have this same feeling just before many inspired subjects to write about come out through my fingertips. I believe all of us creative types need time to assimilate the amazing amount of information we receive every day.

Our brains need time to play around with the pieces in order to come up with the best way to express our feelings and thoughts. This process may look different for each of us, but I bet for the most part how we feel during our down time is similar. Some of us mask it with drugs, alcohol, people, and diversions. Some of us sleep. Some of us feel really, really “stuck” and wonder where the heck our muse went during this time. It’s all part of our process when we’re experiencing being in the creative bubble. The challenge is to understand that we’re in our bubble and find ways to honor that time, to give ourselves the chance to rebuild. Lately, I’ve been making it a point to run consistently. I’ve been an avid runner in my past but over the past three years I’ve really let it go. This morning I only ran for 35 minutes, but I could feel my mind throwing out all kinds of ideas with each step that I took. I know that moving my body is a great way for me to move my mind.What ways have you discovered to help yourself rebuild?

Bio: Coach Lynn Kindler – (http://www.sacredpathcoaching.com), offers Professional Life Coaching for individuals and groups wanting to discover and identity their unique personality strengths for success. She is a graduate of Coach University, an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is also certified through SUN® and offers the SUN Coaching program (http://www.suncoaching.com) for clients who are ready to use the awareness of their strengths to lead them to success in their lives! Lynn’s forte is helping clients discover their life purpose so that they can live their lives “on purpose. “ Lynn also coaches movers and shakers who want to find more meaning in their lives. Coach Lynn leads self-care retreats in the state of Texas that combine spiritual growth along with Career and Personal Success. Please contact Lynn at lynnkindler@sacredpathcoaching.com