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As 2011 draws to a close and 2012 begins, let me wish all my readers a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!   Have a Happy New Year! It is hard not to feel a surge of excitement when someone wishes us a Happy New Year! The New Year has traditionally been a time of new beginnings and resol... New Years John Wesley's New Year Prayer 12/31/2011 I am no longer my own, but thine. Nashville, TN Artist New Year's Resolutions for 2007 12/30/2011 Michelle Tumes, Fernando Ortega, Bonafide, Bryan Duncan, Janna Long and many more Christian artists shared their New Year's Resolutions for the coming year in December of 2006. Dec. 29, 2009 Top 10 Christian Love Songs of the Decade 12/29/2011 As the first decade of the 21st century is winding down to a close, I thought it would be appropriate to look back at the best Christian love songs recorded during the past ten years. Nashville, TN Make Healthy New Year's Resoluti...

Once again I have wasted part of a day waiting for Landmark Construction in Nashville to show up to finish the small kitchen tile job they were hired to do in July of 2011 and started on November 3. It's been one delay after another since then, with one mistake after another added in for good measure. As I mentioned in my last post , when I asked the tile guy on Monday if he thought the 3 bad areas I found after the tile was laid were all the bad places, he said, "Oh yes. Those were the 3 places I found when we were laying the tile, so that was all of them." What? They noticed the three areas with missing and cracked drywall BEFORE they laid the tile and just put the tile up with large bad areas behind them hoping I wouldn't notice? The tile guy was supposed to finish this job on Monday and Tuesday of this week after repairing the drywall on Monday, but didn't have enough tile to finish the job, so he didn't come on Tuesday and had to come back on Wednes...

My kitchen wall where appliances were removed during pack out Landmark Construction sent an electrician out today from Electric Bill's to check the mystery electrical problems I have experienced since the oven was put in incorrectly and the wiring was fried. He was nice as he could be, but I couldn't help but notice he would say one thing to me and another to Landmark when he had them on the phone. For instance, when I described the oven problems and he took a look at the old oven he said since I had such a major water issue that water/moisture could have easily gotten into the circuitry which he described as being housed in little "pockets." He said water could have not only have accumulated in those pockets and caused some corrosion to any exposed metal parts all the months the oven sat unused, but it could also have washed particles of grease and debris into the circuitry which might have accounted for some of the smoke I saw. Later when he was talking to L...

After posting photos yesterday,  I went in to look at my tile this morning before Eric Roper from Landmark Construction arrived. I pressed a place the looked a little off and discovered my tile pushed in much, much more than it should, Since it was next to a light fixture, I was able to peer behind the tile and discover a large section with NO DRYWALL behind it. I could reach part of my hand behind the tile from the fixture, and there was a large space of missing drywall several inches in both horizontally and vertically that I could feel, maybe even more space that I could not feel, with no drywall behind it. I found several other places where I could push the tile way in as well as three different mat sections that seemed to have space behind them where all the tiles could be pushed in. When I showed them to Eric at Landmark, he seemed surprised and said something to the effect that the drywall must have fallen away after they laid the tile, but I am hard presse...

The tile is coming along. Too bad this batch of tile doesn't have as much translucence and sparkle as the last batch which was installed poorly had. I was asked if the pounding and noise of tearing out the old tile was an inconvenience. I replied that, no, the noise wasn't an inconvenience, but the five-week wait sure had been. Tomorrow I am supposed to get grout... and hopefully -- an oven! Stay tuned! More at: Decking the Halls and Walls - Landmark Construction Is Finally HERE! Msg. to Eric Roper of Landmark Construction in Nashville Tips for Contractors: Top 10 Ways Not to Install Tile  

How to Be a Salvation Army Volunteer Bell Ringer at Christmas The Salvation Army often looks for volunteers to man the Red Kettles and be Salvation Army bell ringers in many locations around the country during the holiday season. The following ten tips will help Red Kettle volunteers. Nominate this article as Content of the Year!   Conned at Christmas - a True Story In November 2008, I was invited to participate in an event called "Cookies for Kids" to raise funds for a legitimate charity called Special Spaces which helps terminally ill children. I now believe that event was probably a scam. Favorite Christmas Traditions of Gospel Artists A look at some of the favorite Christmas traditions of popular gospel artists and entertainers. Cookies for Kids Hosts Holiday Book Signings to Aid Children with Serious Illness Cookies for Kids was supposed to host two holiday book si...

Eric Roper from Landmark Construction is finally here after 5 weeks of delay! As my readers may remember, I was left with no oven and a botched tile job as well as piles of tile, trash and debris in my kitchen when he stopped returning calls and never showed up after saying it would take 3 days to redo the tile. Now 5 weeks later, I won't have to look at this anymore!  This is what my kitchen looks like 3 days before Christmas:  Look at my festive snowy look! Don't be jealous! Maybe they will also remove the dishwasher and hardware soon that they left sitting in my driveway for the past couple of months: Nothing like having contractors working on a job a few days before Christmas which they should have completed before Thanksgiving, but at this point, I will take what I can get! I will definitely post the before and after photos to show how the tile looks after it is replaced as well as to document how long it takes to get this job finished and what ...

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These are some of the events you can find in Nashville over the holidays. Many repeat every year, so these articles should help you find something to do in Nashville over the Christmas holidays! Christmas Events in Nashville: What to See & Do in Nashville for the Christmas Holidays The Christmas holidays are here, and Nashville has been decking the halls and trimming the trees since Thanksgiving. More at: Christmas Events in Nashville: What to See & Do in Nashville for the Christmas Holidays - Yahoo! Voices A Tender Nashville Tennessee Christmas Christmas Music, Christmas plays, performances, parades, lights and more! Christmas Eve Church Services in Nashville, Tennessee Churches, candlelight, communion, chorals, choirs, carols, Christmas eve services and Nashville, Tennessee. What's not to love? Orla Fallon, Meav, David Archuleta, and Mark Wills Bring a Celtic Christmas to Nashville Orla Fallon, Me...

December 17 was actor George "Goober" Lindsey's 83rd birthday. At a gathering held for the actor during the week of his 83rd birthday, inspired by my recent series on “Aging Gracefully,” I had the opportunity to ask Lindsey the question “What is the secret of a long life?” As you might imagine, his answer was both unexpected and funny. More at:  George Lindsey on the Secret of a Long Life | Skin Health Beauty : Article George "Goober" Lindsey - the Secret of Long Life - Video

Nashville Rodan + Fields group hosts holiday happening About 40 ladies and gentlemen filled a meeting room at Parks Realty in Green Hills on Wednesday night, December 14, for a Rodan + Fields holiday party . Hosted by Melinda Hickey and Donna Tisdale, the group was composed of people from all walks of life and many professional fields with one thing in common -- an interest in changing people's lives through changing their skin. With all the food that was on hand, I am glad I recently spent some time thinking about Avoid the Holiday Weight Gain Blues! via   Nashville Rodan + Fields group hosts holiday happening - Nashville Skin Care | Examiner.com   Rodan + Fields Team Hosts Christmas Party in Nashville - SkinHealthBeauth

Christmas in Iraq - a Poem with Photos by Kathryn E. Darden - YouTube Skin, Health & Beauty editor Kathryn E. Darden wrote "Christmas in Iraq" in 2005 for a soldier and his troop she was sponsoring at the time. Since then the poem has been recorded on numerous radio stations and published on over 100 publications and websites. Merry Christmas to our servicemen and women wherever they are posted from Skin, Health & Beauty. We wish then a healthy and happy holiday season and a Merry Christmas! Read the poem : 1 Christmas in Iraq - a Christmas Poem for Our Soldiers

What Your Hands Want for Christmas A little holiday poem written with your hands in mind for Skin, Health & Beauty Read the holiday hands poem at: What Your Hands Want for Christmas I know what your hands want for Christmas! Buy the Rodan + Fields Anti-Age Hand Treatment HERE via What Your Hands Want for Christmas | Skin Health Beauty .

Beauty tips for senior women: Top 10 tips for aging gracefully Aging gracefully is something we hear a great deal about, and aging is one thing we all have in common. Continued at: Beauty tips for senior women: Top 10 tips for aging gracefully - Nashville Skin Care Examiner Also see: What Does Aging Gracefully Mean? - Video

George Lindsey on the Secret of a Long Life Skin, Health & Beauty Editor Kathryn E. Darden asked actor George Lindsey the question: " What Is the Secret of a Long Life?" the week of Lindsey's 83rd birthday. See his reply: George Lindsey on the Secret of a Long Life via George Lindsey on the Secret of a Long Life | Skin Health Beauty . Find out more about aging gracefully at http://www.skinhealthbeauty.com/2011/12/07/what-does-aging-gracefully-mean-to... . Email skin_and_health@yahoo.com