Christmas
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Merry Christmas!
aka Happy Birthday Jesus!! Today is the day I’ve been counting down to. On the day that we remember, the greatest gifts we received I hope that you all get to spend the day with those you love and care for. This is a short post today as I’m excited to spend this day with my family, cook and eat some great food, and share in some laughter and smiles. Until next time, I’m Ciggy Wishing you all a
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16 Days to Christmas
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16 Days to Christmas
This past weekend I was able to give a quick pre-Christmas surprise to my family in the form of a visit. Being over 1500 miles away it felt good to be able to see my family if only for a moment. I happened to be on that side of the world due to a work-related conference hosted at my alma mater Rutgers University! Though the conference was clearly focused on student affairs, the themes of reflect, reimagine, and reach had some strong personal meaning for me. The keynote speaker Dra. Aurora Chang was great and spoke about the importance of telling your story. This idea that you should share…
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19 Days till Christmas!!
We are officially in the teens of our countdown till Christmas!! These past couple of days have been a bit nonstop (similar to this season): 21 days to Christmas I had a full day of meetings, appointments, errands to run, and a community holiday function. It was a day filled with highs and low including some great discussion, hard conversation, mild frustrations, lost packages, flat tires, positive staff bonding, and quality time with good people. 20 days to Christmas I had a work study break event, car issues to tackle, a bag to pack, and a plane to catch, and friends to catch up with once I arrived. 19 days…
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22 Days till Christmas!!
Hi there friends, It’s 22 days till Christmas! This past weekend kicked off the events of the season. White Elephant Gamble Saturday was my first holiday event of the season and it featured a true white elephant gift exchange where in this case the rules are anything goes – meaning it does not need to be a brand new gift but something from your own home. My gift that I brought was very kid-friendly as I knew their would be kids at the event as a family was hosting this party. The recipient for my gift was an 8 year old! So for a family friendly gift exchange, you may…
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Merry Grinchmas!!
Happy December (also known as 24 days till Christmas)!! It appears that every channel you turn to right now you see a Grinch commercial of some sort for the new Grinch that came out last month. For my sister this is probably one of her favorite part of the holidays as she happens to be a big fan of the Grinch, particularly, Jim Carey’s rendition of the How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My sister who holds many roles including that of a choreographer and CEO of Schooling Talent has decided to have a #twerkinggrinch challenge. Check it out here and feel free to share your response to the challenge on instagram tagging…
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25 Days till Christmas
Today is the last day of November meaning it is 25 days till Christmas!!! As I shared previously this is my favorite time of the year and with December right around the corner…full Christmas and all things merry and holly can be released!! This day is nearly coming to an end but with tomorrow comes the 1st of my holiday events for the season featuring a white elephant and the release of something quite funny, hilarious and right on time with the season. Until next time, I’m CiggyG
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26 Days to Christmas
26 Days to Christmas… And lights and trees are going up every where you turn. Christmas Carols are playings. Lifetime and Hallmark are filled with Christmas movies! It is a time to be around folks you love and care about and something about this time is just so magical! Today, I even got to ride in a horse-drawn carriage! ….it is honestly my favorite time of the year!!! Resilience & the Holiday Season Today while at work I attended a webinar where we talk about resilience and what attributes to people having a high resilience. In the webinar we learned that it is not really a trait of a person…
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28-27 Days till Christmas!
Disclaimer: This post started 28 days till Christmas but somewhere along the line it became 27 days. Hi there friends, The writing challenge continues and today is officially 28 27 days till Christmas! Update on Holiday Events As I shared last night, I have roughly 13 or so events that I need to prepare for with all the gift exchanges and gatherings. I shared that Ebates is definitely one of my go to spots for online shopping but another place that I use frequently is Amazon. Particularly Amazon Prime is the resource that I use to help me beat the crazy lines in person and get all the white elephant presents…
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16 Days to Christmas
