holiday gift ideas

It was Friday afternoon.  I had 900 aircraft models in my dining room,

waiting to be checked in and priced and repacked to bring in to the store,

with the extra needing to find a home in my basement.  I was on hold with

my new on-line credit card proccessing service that I had to find once we

switched to Windows 7.  This is a vital component of our business in

December, and what I spend the majority of my days dealing with.  Not

really the best timing to learn a whole new system, but what's a girl to do?


Mike was off picking up more brochures, our printing order, fixing a

simulator at Farnsworth, and delivering the newly prepared employee

schedules for the rest of this month.  And preparing a sales contract and

getting ready to give a demo in Milwaukee next week, leaving on Sunday.


Needless to say, we were both feeling a little retail stress.


And while I was on hold, I scanned my email and came across this little

gem from my favorite store to shop in Chicago, P.O.S.H.  (If you can't

get there, they have a wonderful on-line shopping site at

http://www.poshchicago.com/ ).


I am going to copy this part of the email, as it is a wonderful reminder to

me of what I should be reflecting on this month, and the kind of gifts I

really want to give:


"To your enemy, forgiveness.

To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service.

To all, charity.

To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect."
 
(American novelist Oren Arnold)
 
And once I get all of these models ticketed and tucked away where they

belong, I will get right on that gift list.  And whip up some cookies...