tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34124231602484956462024-03-13T06:24:40.417-04:00Socially SavvySocially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-79197374070261853772014-03-18T13:16:00.001-04:002014-03-18T13:16:56.618-04:00Minding Your Telephone Manners<div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Eighty-seven percent of our message is perceived through our voice and only 13 percent by our actual words. Our personality and mannerisms are revealed through the tone of our voice.</span></div>
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<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Always identify yourself before asking to speak to someone: “Hello, this is Joy Weaver. May I speak to Vicki Ford?”</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Always ask for permission and wait for a response before putting someone on hold.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use call waiting wisely. If you are on the phone with someone and are expecting an important call, let your current caller know in advance so he or she will be prepared for the interruption.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Realize, many people are not awake/coherent before seven a.m. or after ten p.m., so be respectful and make calls within these hours.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We sometimes dial the wrong number. Do not just hang up in the other person’s ear—apologize for the inconvenience.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use your normal voice and speak clearly. Remember, just because the person on the other end of the line is miles away does not mean you have to shout.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do not continue typing e-mails or doing other work when talking on the phone—this can be distracting and annoying to the other person.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Do not assume that people will recognize your voice; be courteous and tell them who is calling.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Avoid using this type of faux pas voice mail: “You have reached the desk of John Smith.” (No one wants to leave a message for John’s desk.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When leaving someone a voice mail message—make it brief and concise, and always leave a callback number.</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make certain the answering message on your telephone gives brief but valuable information. “Hello, this is Joy Weaver. I will be out of my office today but will be checking my voice mail at three p.m. and will return your call at that time. If you have an emergency, you can contact me on my cell at 972-999-7777.”</li>
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Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-3344763026161004312013-12-04T11:35:00.001-05:002013-12-04T11:35:32.982-05:00They Really Liked Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Fourth Graders Gone Socially Savvy</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No one was more shocked (than I) that I did not get tied up or at least have something thrown at me in a fourth grade classroom setting.... because, of course, the fact that I was teaching a social etiquette class, yes etiquette lessons to the age of children that usually can't stay focused for over 1/2 second. This is NOT my typical age audience, but now I'm rethinking it. They were wonderful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It appears The Plainview Christian Academy is training up their students the right way, because this young group embraced my Socially Savvy message and had all the right answers - really. If I asked a question, they had the appropriate answer </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then some</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A few shout-outs:</b> Ms. Brown, you are THE BEST! PCA Parents - YOU ROCK! (especially you Jennifer, thank you for inviting me)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, PCA is a private, small town Texas school. Each student there is blessed beyond measure to attend with low headcount in each classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never heard a "Yep", Nope", or "Huh?" but lots of Yes Ma'am and No Ma'am. I liked it, actually...I loved it! Each student was polite, funny, and at full-attention for 45 minutes.</span></div>
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">On a global note:</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> The morning news today stated: "After about half a million students worldwide took the PISA exams, the United States performance remained flat. "Experts" say the test results will likely intensify the debate over education reform." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Wouldn't it be great if the "experts" started the reform with a few "basics".</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><i>For example:</i> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">How to make a great impression. </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">What confidential information not to share with others.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">America would be a better place <b>if</b> we start early <b><i>training up our children in the way they should go.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><i>xoJoy</i></b></span></span></div>
Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-16171866615859838072013-03-21T15:11:00.001-04:002013-03-21T15:11:47.319-04:00Blissdom'13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Are you ready for some BLISS - I am!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Welcome BLISSDOM'13 to Dallas/Fort Worth. The biggest and best blogging conference on the planet has found it's home in my home town of Dallas. YES!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">While I get to sleep in my own bed tonight - many others from all over the nation, and perhaps world will be in "blissdom" at The GayLord Hotel. The Gaylord is a world class resort with much to offer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">If you want to attend, it's not too late to sign up. Here's the link!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">http://blissdomconference.com/</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I'm headed there now .... Come on and join the<b> fun</b><i>-dom!</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><i>All my best,</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><i>xoJoy</i></span>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-86016964635738538332013-03-06T00:20:00.000-05:002013-03-11T11:46:54.298-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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Hello Ambit-ious Women -</div>
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I am thrilled to be speaking for Ambit Energy this weekend. Ambit is hosting their yearly AMBIT-IOUS WOMEN CONFERENCE 2013.</div>
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PREPARE TO GET SOCIALLY SAVVY AND HAVE A TON OF FUN TOGETHER!</div>
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Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-51159146688525067892013-02-02T23:34:00.001-05:002013-02-02T23:34:36.934-05:00Super Bowl Etiquette<h2>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No? Mine either. (sniff, sniff)</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't get me started on the <span data-mce-style="color: #333399;" style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong style="line-height: 1.5;">Dallas Cowboys</strong></span> - it's complicated! But as you can see on the map above - the Cowboys still have some followers even though they stink. Yes - I can say that because I am a lifelong fan (see, it's complicated)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a lighter note, I know you're going to a Superbowl party and you must remember to take the dish requested of you (or chip in $ for the catering) and please do not forget to take a fun gift to the host/hostess if the party is in a home, Consider a football theme gift. For example: Football team cookies (<a href="http://www.tartbakerydallas.com/">TART Bakery if you live in Dallas</a>), or Tervis Tumberlers have all your team's logo, or perhaps a more extravagant gift is a tabletop book of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">history of football.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember to write a thank you note to your host/hostess afterwards, thanking them for putting together the Superbowl Party and the fun of it all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never remember who plays in the Superbowl from year to year, mainly because my team has not been in the Superbowl since 1996 (yes, we won)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sun Devil Stadium</span><br />
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<b><i>xoJoy</i></b>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-78574666750777461372013-01-02T11:30:00.001-05:002013-01-02T11:30:40.559-05:00Day #2 of 365<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><b>Today is Day #2 of 365 </b>... break your <b>own</b> personal best records for accomplishment. No one can be a better you than<b> YOU</b>. Be "You" WELL!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Yesterday was #365 and we started all over today with #1. Last year rolled by fast - I hope you are ready to roll with me again this year. Let's do it together - getting Socially Savvy and being the best we can be - one day at a time.</span></div>
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Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-4851963915293291862012-11-28T12:50:00.001-05:002012-11-28T12:50:23.006-05:00In Loving Memory of Zig Ziglar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Our beloved Zig Ziglar passed away today and undoubtedly he is basking in God's glory now, hearing the words we <i>all</i> long to hear: <i><b>"Well done, my good and faithful servant."</b></i></span><br />
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I am forever indebted to him and his lovely wife Jean (the red head) for endorsing my Socially Savvy book. They did not<em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;"> just</em> endorse it - they "Highly Endorsed" it. I will never forget the day Zig called to give me his strong approval and endorsement for my book. I remember where I was sitting and what I was wearing, I remember everything about it. I also remember getting down on my knees after he call and crying "glory to God" for such a strong endorsement.</div>
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Zig also asked me who else was going to endorse my book, and my reply was:<em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;"> I don't need or want anyone else</em> ... <strong style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">you</em></strong> were my <strong style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">only</em></strong> choice!</div>
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And with his blessing and continual words of wisdom that he spoke into my life - my Socially Savvy book is now in it's second printing. Every speaking engagement, I know I am representing not just me and my family, but Zig, Jean and of course our great God!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> even for those in this Norman-Rockwall painting. Bloom where you are planted and have a thankful heart this Thanksgiving. I promise -<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> everything will taste better!</strong></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKed6tigUTk/UKxEVyz3XPI/AAAAAAAAApA/mhP7aWXBgmo/s1600/Norman-Rockwell-thanksgiving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKed6tigUTk/UKxEVyz3XPI/AAAAAAAAApA/mhP7aWXBgmo/s320/Norman-Rockwell-thanksgiving.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>
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Thanksgiving is the most loved holiday by most, because there is such a reduced amount of stress involved, compared to Christmas and other holidays involving gift giving and long stays.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">However, for many we think of those who have large loving families, gathered in a beautiful home with a picture perfect life. The truth of the matter is – the picture perfect life is not frequently the case. It’s a fact; families love each other more than they like each other. So with that thought in mind … <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are three tips to help you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.</strong></em></span></div>
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1. Don’t wear out your welcome. Three days is the breaking point. Set the expectation before you arrive on how long you will be staying. Never say: I’m not sure how long I will be staying. That’s a host nightmare.<br />
2. Don’t complain about anything, and don’t move the furniture, or run the gas out of the hosts borrowed car without filling it completely up as a gesture of kindness.<br />
3. Make sure to bring a well thought out host/hostess gift and present it the moment you arrive. Also send a thank-you note for the hospitality immediately.<br />
<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ff6600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>I also want you to remember the saying that is goes something like this:</b></span></span></em><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ff6600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you and all those you know could throw all your problems in a stack, and could then pick out anyone else’s problems, you’d always choose your own.</strong></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Life is <b>not</b> perfect, even for those in this Norman-Rockwall painting. Bloom where <b>you</b> are planted and have a thankful heart this Thanksgiving. I promise -</span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> everything will taste better! </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ff6600; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">xoJoy</span></strong></em></div>
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Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-11119936038521787262012-10-29T00:41:00.002-04:002012-10-29T00:41:46.495-04:00Manners for Minors<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: x-large;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;"><strong style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: x-large;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;">Parents: Listen up! </span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: x-large;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;"><strong style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/child-shaking-hands.jpg" href="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/child-shaking-hands.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1159" data-mce-src="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/child-shaking-hands-300x200.jpg" height="200" src="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/child-shaking-hands-300x200.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; cursor: default; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="child shaking hands" width="300" /></a></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;">Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say. Start teaching your children manners from the time they are born, and you will not have to retrain them when they get older. Day by day, prepare them for adulthood.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span></strong><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;">Parents’ Tips for Teaching Children</span><strong style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Be consistent and persistent in teaching children manners. It is not a quick fix; it must become a habit.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Incorporate the words “thank you” and “please” into children’s<br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" />vocabulary at a very early age.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Teach your children the art of writing thank-you notes as soon as the child learns to write—never underestimate the power of a thank-you note.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Practice meeting people by role-playing with your children beforehand.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> With your children, practice firmly shaking hands (web to web).</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Teach children dining basics at an early age, and help them continue to progress as they get older.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Do not take them out to eat if they are not well-behaved in public. Keep working on it at home.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Teach your children not only how to apologize, but also how to ask for forgiveness.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Teach children to do random acts of kindness for family and friends.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT';" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Bodoni Ornaments ITC TT'; line-height: 1.5;">></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;"> Do not criticize or embarrass children in front of their friends; it will scar them for life.</span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;">Set children up for success by setting expectations before yougo into social situations.</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" /></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: x-large;" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1161" data-mce-src="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/manners-thank-you-300x199.jpg" height="199" src="http://sociallysavvy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/manners-thank-you-300x199.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #111111; cursor: default; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="manners-thank-you" width="300" /></span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman';" style="color: #111111; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 1.5;">The early years are the formative<br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" />years, so do not wait until your<br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" />children are teenagers before you<br style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;" />start teaching them social skills.</span></strong></span></div>
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With some fine-tuning, we can talk “the road to the White House” when the opportunity presents itself and feel confident and comfortable that we are not lunging into the deep dark abyss.</div>
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Here are tips to remember as we find ourselves in a political conversation:</div>
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Realize, political conversations have been avoided for years for good reason. Do not go into the conversation with the intent of converting someone to your way of thinking. Be reasonable and remember the conversation should be a stimulating one – not a debate! You might actually find out significant information about a candidate in the running.<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></div>
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Avoid hearsay and personal opinions. Talk about what has been established so far as facts about the candidate. Talk about basic stances, latest media information or ad campaigns. Refrain from asking who someone is going to vote for in the election and do not offer the name of your candidate of choice.</div>
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Recognize if the other person is getting heated-up over the conversation and immediately take a quick detour in your conversation. Revert to the basics, sports, weather, travel, and wait for the emotions to die down. If the other person insists on going back to the political conversation, be prepared with plan B: (perhaps a more firm but kind approach) “We will have to agree to disagree.”</div>
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Do not assume you know whom others will vote for in the election. Just because they live in a certain region or neighborhood is not a clear indicator of whom they plan to vote</div>
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Also, avoid starting a political conversation with those you just became acquainted – you do not yet know their personality and temperament. You can step right in a trap that can go in the wrong direction before you know it. How devastating to have to talk yourself out of a bad situation when you are actually trying to make a good first impression; perhaps with a client, or with potential mate, or even their parents.</div>
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It is extremely important and it is your duty and responsibility to be well informed in order to make the best decision in the voting booth. We are blessed to live in a country where we have total freedom to vote as we please and on the candidate of our own personal choice. As we have already recognized, we all have the same freedoms, but not the same opinion. However, now we know how to have a “polite political” conversation—and <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">now</em> we can look forward to fascinating conversations without stress.</div>
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<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 1/2 cups</span> <span itemprop="name">sugar</span> </li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">2 </span><span itemprop="name">large eggs</span> </li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 cup</span> <span itemprop="name">buttermilk</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name">vanilla extract</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 </span><span itemprop="name">(1-ounce) bottle red food coloring</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name">vinegar</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">2 1/2 cups</span> <span itemprop="name">cake flour or all-purpose flour</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 tablespoon</span> <span itemprop="name">cocoa powder</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1/4 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name">salt</span> </li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name">baking soda</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">3 cups</span> <span itemprop="name">heavy whipping cream</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">1 cup</span> <span itemprop="name">powdered sugar</span><span itemprop="preparation"></span></li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">3 </span><span itemprop="name">pints fresh strawberries, halved</span> </li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><span itemprop="amount">2 cups</span> <span itemprop="name">fresh blueberries</span> </li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><br /></li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">1. Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl; beat in eggs. Stir in buttermilk and next 3 ingredients</li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until well blended. Pour batter into </li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans.</li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">3. Bake 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pans, and cool completely on a wire rack. Cut each cake layer in half horizontally to make 4 layers.</li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">4. Beat whipping cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form. Spread one-fourth whipped cream mixture over 1 cake layer; top evenly with one-fourth berries. Repeat with remaining cake layers, whipping cream mixture, and berries.</li>
<li class="hasDeal cboxElement" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="float: none; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Recipe from <a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/" style="color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span itemprop="author">Coastal Living</span></b></i></a> </li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a young schoolboy in Virginia, George Washington took his first steps toward greatness by copying out by hand a list of 110 'Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.' Based on a 16th-century set of precepts compiled for young gentlemen by Jesuit instructors, the Rules of Civility were one of the earliest and most powerful forces to shape America's first president.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. If you cough, sneeze, sigh or yawn, do it not loud but privately, and speak not in your yawning, but put your handkerchief or hand before your face and turn aside.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not on when others stop.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. Put not off your clothes in the presence of others, nor go out of your chamber half dressed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8. At play and attire, it's good manners to give place to the last comer, and affect not to speak louder than ordinary.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. Spit not into the fire, nor stoop low before it; neither put your hands into the flames to warm them, nor set your feet upon the fire, especially if there be meat before it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12. Shake not the head, feet, or legs; roll not the eyes; lift not one eyebrow higher than the other, wry not the mouth, and bedew no man's face with your spittle by approaching too near him when you speak.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">13. Kill no vermin, or fleas, lice, ticks, etc. in the sight of others; if you see any filth or thick spittle put your foot dexterously upon it; if it be upon the clothes of your companions, put it off privately, and if it be upon your own clothes, return thanks to him who puts it off.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">14. Turn not your back to others, especially in speaking; jog not the table or desk on which another reads or writes; lean not upon anyone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">15. Keep your nails clean and short, also your hands and teeth clean, yet without showing any great concern for them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">16. Do not puff up the cheeks, loll not out the tongue with the hands or beard, thrust out the lips or bite them, or keep the lips too open or too close.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">17. Be no flatterer, neither play with any that delight not to be played withal.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">18. Read no letter, books, or papers in company, but when there is a necessity for the doing of it, you must ask leave; come not near the books or writtings of another so as to read them unless desired, or give your opinion of them unasked. Also look not nigh when another is writing a letter.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">19. Let your countenance be pleasant but in serious matters somewhat grave.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">20. The gestures of the body must be suited to the discourse you are upon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">21. Reproach none for the infirmities of nature, nor delight to put them that have in mind of thereof.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">22. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">23. When you see a crime punished, you may be inwardly pleased; but always show pity to the suffering offender.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">24. Do not laugh too loud or too much at any public spectacle.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">25. Superfluous compliments and all affectation of ceremonies are to be avoided, yet where due they are not to be neglected.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">26. In putting off your hat to persons of distinction, as noblemen, justices, churchmen, etc., make a reverence, bowing more or less according to the custom of the better bred, and quality of the persons. Among your equals expect not always that they should begin with you first, but to pull off the hat when there is no need is affectation. In the manner of saluting and resaluting in words, keep to the most usual custom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">27. 'Tis ill manners to bid one more eminent than yourself be covered, as well as not to do it to whom it is due. Likewise he that makes too much haste to put on his hat does not well, yet he ought to put it on at the first, or at most the second time of being asked. Now what is herein spoken, of qualification in behavior in saluting, ought also to be observed in taking of place and sitting down, for ceremonies without bounds are troublesome.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">28. If any one come to speak to you while you are are sitting stand up, though he be your inferior, and when you present seats, let it be to everyone according to his degree.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">29. When you meet with one of greater quality than yourself, stop and retire, especially if it be at a door or any straight place, to give way for him to pass.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">30. In walking, the highest place in most countries seems to be on the right hand; therefore, place yourself on the left of him whom you desire to honor. But if three walk together the middest place is the most honorable; the wall is usally given to the most worthy if two walk together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">31. If anyone far surpasses others, either in age, estate, or merit, yet would give place to a meaner than himself in his own lodging or elsewhere, the one ought not to except it. So he on the other part should not use much earnestness nor offer it above once or twice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">32. To one that is your equal, or not much inferior, you are to give the chief place in your lodging, and he to whom it is offered ought at the first to refuse it, but at the second to accept though not without acknowledging his own unworthiness.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">33. They that are in dignity or in office have in all places precedency, but whilst they are young, they ought to respect those that are their equals in birth or other qualities, though they have no public charge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">34. It is good manners to prefer them to whom we speak before ourselves, especially if they be above us, with whom in no sort we ought to begin.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">35. Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">36. Artificers and persons of low degree ought not to use many ceremonies to lords or others of high degree, but respect and highly honor then, and those of high degree ought to treat them with affability and courtesy, without arrogance.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">37. In speaking to men of quality do not lean nor look them full in the face, nor approach too near them at left. Keep a full pace from them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">38. In visiting the sick, do not presently play the physician if you be not knowing therein.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">39. In writing or speaking, give to every person his due title according to his degree and the custom of the place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">40. Strive not with your superior in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">41. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; it savors of arrogancy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">42. Let your ceremonies in courtesy be proper to the dignity of his place with whom you converse, for it is absurd to act the same with a clown and a prince.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">43. Do not express joy before one sick in pain, for that contrary passion will aggravate his misery.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">44. When a man does all he can, though it succeed not well, blame not him that did it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">45. Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or in private, and presently or at some other time; in what terms to do it; and in reproving show no signs of cholor but do it with all sweetness and mildness.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">46. Take all admonitions thankfully in what time or place soever given, but afterwards not being culpable take a time and place convenient to let him know it that gave them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">47. Mock not nor jest at any thing of importance. Break no jests that are sharp, biting, and if you deliver any thing witty and pleasant, abstain from laughing thereat yourself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">48. Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">49. Use no reproachful language against any one; neither curse nor revile.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">50. Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">51. Wear not your clothes foul, or ripped, or dusty, but see they be brushed once every day at least and take heed that you approach not to any uncleaness.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">52. In your apparel be modest and endeavor to accommodate nature, rather than to procure admiration; keep to the fashion of your equals, such as are civil and orderly with respect to time and places.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">53. Run not in the streets, neither go too slowly, nor with mouth open; go not shaking of arms, nor upon the toes, kick not the earth with your feet, go not upon the toes, nor in a dancing fashion.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">54. Play not the peacock, looking every where about you, to see if you be well decked, if your shoes fit well, if your stockings sit neatly and clothes handsomely.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">55. Eat not in the streets, nor in the house, out of season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">56. Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">57. In walking up and down in a house, only with one in company if he be greater than yourself, at the first give him the right hand and stop not till he does and be not the first that turns, and when you do turn let it be with your face towards him; if he be a man of great quality walk not with him cheek by jowl but somewhat behind him, but yet in such a manner that he may easily speak to you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">58. Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for 'tis a sign of a tractable and commendable nature, and in all causes of passion permit reason to govern.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">59. Never express anything unbecoming, nor act against the rules moral before your inferiors.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">60. Be not immodest in urging your friends to discover a secret.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">61. Utter not base and frivolous things among grave and learned men, nor very difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant, or things hard to be believed; stuff not your discourse with sentences among your betters nor equals.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">62. Speak not of doleful things in a time of mirth or at the table; speak not of melancholy things as death and wounds, and if others mention them, change if you can the discourse. Tell not your dreams, but to your intimate friend.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">63. A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit; much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">64. Break not a jest where none take pleasure in mirth; laugh not aloud, nor at all without occasion; deride no man's misfortune though there seem to be some cause.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">65. Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">66. Be not froward but friendly and courteous, the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it's a time to converse.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">67. Detract not from others, neither be excessive in commanding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">68. Go not thither, where you know not whether you shall be welcome or not; give not advice without being asked, and when desired do it briefly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">69. If two contend together take not the part of either unconstrained, and be not obstinate in your own opinion. In things indifferent be of the major side.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">70. Reprehend not the imperfections of others, for that belongs to parents, masters and superiors.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">71. Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of others and ask not how they came. What you may speak in secret to your friend, deliver not before others.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">72. Speak not in an unknown tongue in company but in your own language and that as those of quality do and not as the vulgar. Sublime matters treat seriously.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">73. Think before you speak, pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">74. When another speaks, be attentive yourself and disturb not the audience. If any hesitate in his words, help him not nor prompt him without desired. Interrupt him not, nor answer him till his speech be ended.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">75. In the midst of discourse ask not of what one treats, but if you perceive any stop because of your coming, you may well entreat him gently to proceed. If a person of quality comes in while you're conversing, it's handsome to repeat what was said before.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">76. While you are talking, point not with your finger at him of whom you discourse, nor approach too near him to whom you talk, especially to his face.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">77. Treat with men at fit times about business and whisper not in the company of others.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">78. Make no comparisons and if any of the company be commended for any brave act of virtue, commend not another for the same.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">79. Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author. Always a secret discover not.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">80. Be not tedious in discourse or in reading unless you find the company pleased therewith.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">81. Be not curious to know the affairs of others, neither approach those that speak in private.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">82. Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">83. When you deliver a matter do it without passion and with discretion, however mean the person be you do it to.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">84. When your superiors talk to anybody hearken not, neither speak nor laugh.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">85. In company of those of higher quality than yourself, speak not 'til you are asked a question, then stand upright, put off your hat and answer in few words.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">86. In disputes, be not so desirous to overcome as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion and submit to the judgment of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">87. Let your carriage be such as becomes a man grave, settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not at every turn what others say.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">88. Be not tedious in discourse, make not many digressions, nor repeat often the same manner of discourse.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">89. Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">90. Being set at meat scratch not, neither spit, cough or blow your nose except there's a necessity for it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">91. Make no show of taking great delight in your victuals. Feed not with greediness. Eat your bread with a knife. Lean not on the table, neither find fault with what you eat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">92. Take no salt or cut bread with your knife greasy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">93. Entertaining anyone at table it is decent to present him with meat. Undertake not to help others undesired by the master.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">94. If you soak bread in the sauce, let it be no more than what you put in your mouth at a time, and blow not your broth at table but stay 'til it cools of itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">95. Put not your meat to your mouth with your knife in your hand; neither spit forth the stones of any fruit pie upon a dish nor cast anything under the table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">96. It's unbecoming to heap much to one's mea. Keep your fingers clean and when foul wipe them on a corner of your table napkin.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">97. Put not another bite into your mouth 'til the former be swallowed. Let not your morsels be too big for the jowls.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">98. Drink not nor talk with your mouth full; neither gaze about you while you are drinking.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">99. Drink not too leisurely nor yet too hastily. Before and after drinking wipe your lips. Breathe not then or ever with too great a noise, for it is uncivil.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">100. Cleanse not your teeth with the tablecloth, napkin, fork or knife, but if others do it, let it be done with a pick tooth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">101. Rinse not your mouth in the presence of others.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">102. It is out of use to call upon the company often to eat. Nor need you drink to others every time you drink.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">103. In company of your betters be not longer in eating than they are. Lay not your arm but only your hand upon the table.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">104. It belongs to the chiefest in company to unfold his napkin and fall to meat first. But he ought then to begin in time and to dispatch with dexterity that the slowest may have time allowed him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">105. Be not angry at table whatever happens and if you have reason to be so, show it not but on a cheerful countenance especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish of meat a feast.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">106. Set not yourself at the upper of the table but if it be your due, or that the master of the house will have it so. Contend not, lest you should trouble the company.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">107. If others talk at table be attentive, but talk not with meat in your mouth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">108. When you speak of God or His attributes, let it be seriously and with reverence. Honor and obey your natural parents although they be poor.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">109. Let your recreations be manful not sinful.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">110. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.</span></div>
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</div>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-46942174619755124822012-02-16T21:31:00.001-05:002012-02-16T21:31:59.559-05:00Every Lady Loves A Gentleman<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Every socially
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He asks
for a date by calling or asking in person if at all possible.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He always
opens doors for ladies</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">this is still
the proper thing to do. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He goes
first in a revolving door, so he can push it for his date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He walks
on the side of the street. (Chivalry is not dead!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He never
hesitates to pull out a chair for a lady. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He stands
when being introduced and remains standing until his lady is seated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He knows
that his date always sits to his right, unless sitting in wall & booth
seating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">If he
extends the invitation—he pays! (And in any cases he offers to pay.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">His eyes
are always on his date. He <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i></b> allows his eyes to stray to
other women or to the television on the wall behind her head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">His cell
phone is always on manner mode, and he would never carry on a cell phone
conversation in a public place or check his email message at the dining table. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">A
sophisticated man knows about the BMW. (the BMW’s of dining) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">B</b>read on left, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">M</b>eal in center, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">W</b>ater on
right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">He NEVER
uses a toothpick or chews gum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">How can I be socially savvy? Can
anyone have class or good manners? These are frequently asked questions. The
answer is: It’s a matter of the heart and common sense. When the two come
together something wonderful happens. The rules of etiquette are learned and
good manners come from the heart. Since a socially savvy lady and gentleman
must always be on their best behavior, I have listed excellent and easy
etiquette tips in order to be socially savvy in social situations.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">She puts her cell phone on manner mode and keeps it in
her handbag on a date. She looks at her watch to tell time – not her cell phone
so as not to appear to be taking a quick check of her text messages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">Never hesitates to wait for a gentleman to pull out the
chair or open a door.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">She may allow her date to order for her, but it is
perfectly acceptable to order for herself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">If she must bend over to pick up something, she bends
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">If she must excuse herself from the dinner table to
visit the lady’s room, she simply says, “Excuse me.” No further details are
necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">A classy lady wears clothes that are not so revealing
that they embarrass others. And if she is unsure how to dress for a party, she knows
to simply ask the host. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">She never places items, such as sunglasses, keys, a
portfolio, or her cell phone on the table when dining. Items as such belong on
in her bag. Her handbag belongs down to the side of her seat, or, for a small
clutch or crystal embellished stone bag, by all means, she keeps it in her lap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;">She sits facing away from the front door of a
restaurant, with the exception of wall seating when her date sits in the chair
facing the wall and the lady sits against the wall facing out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: magenta;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">When making her way down a row in a crowded theater,
she faces the people who are already in their seats—she never forces others to
stare at her backside as she makes her way down the row. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><i><b>And coming up - tips for the Socially Savvy guy.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><i><b>Until then ...</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><i><b>xoJoy</b></i></span></span></div>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-90417820606673978612012-02-06T16:39:00.000-05:002012-02-06T16:39:21.661-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Monday! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Challenge yourself to be courageous this week and step outside your comfort zone.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Remember-<b>Character</b> is doing what is right when no one is looking but <b>COURAGE</b> is doing what is right when <b><i>everyone</i></b> is looking.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><b>If you had the courage - what is that one thing you would do?</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><b>I'm excited to know ...</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><b>xoJoy</b></span></span>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-4363650282324357512012-02-04T13:52:00.003-05:002012-02-04T13:52:41.847-05:00Super Bowl Etiquette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Giants or Patriots?</b></div>
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Why am I not cheering for The Cowboys? - oh yes, now I remember - our team <strike>stinks</strike> did not even make the playoffs (ohdontgetmestarted)</div>
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Here's good information for the big game, and remember <i>... No Double Dipping:)</i></div>
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Most importantly it's about building relationships ... and having fun!<br />
<i><b>xoJoy</b></i>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-49567265464881810442012-01-30T00:07:00.000-05:002012-01-30T00:36:58.449-05:00Thank-You Note Etiquette<b>The secret to success in life is The Thank-You Note!</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To be Socially Savvy you must know that writing thank-you notes are a must and do remember: <b>The sooner you send ... the sweeter it is for the receiver!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are many tips to remember but here's a few that will keep you going in the right direction:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Keep stationery cards and stamps at your fingertips.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Write only on the face or front of the card - never the back.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First sentence should start with Thank-you.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Date goes at bottom left. <i>(yes, it does)</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your return address goes on back flap of envelope.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Use black or blue ink for more formality, and make sure your stationery reflects your image</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Remember correct forms of address: Ms. Joy Weaver, Mrs. James Weaver-(never Mrs. Joy Weaver) and Miss Joy Weaver (if I'm under 18 yrs old)</span></li>
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Here's a example:<br />
<i>Dear Nicki,</i><br />
<i>Thank you for the perfect birthday gift! You know exactly what to give to a girl who is addicted to handbags. I adore my new bag and will carry it smiling as I remember the fun surprise birthday lunch.</i><br />
<i>Thrilled and very happy! </i><br />
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<i>All my best,</i></div>
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<i>Joy</i></div>
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<i>January 31st, 2012</i>Socially Savvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835236382150582020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412423160248495646.post-58582320855021114842012-01-22T02:09:00.000-05:002012-01-22T02:09:11.662-05:00Hello Beautiful!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have a beautiful weekend sweet friends, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and don't forget to count your blessings</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> -<i> one by one.</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">xoJoy</span></i></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">and five o’clock. A variety of teas are served along with three distinct courses – first, finger </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">High Tea - remember the biggest faux pas is to refer to afternoon tea as “high tea.” (You will be looked down upon as a novice tea drinker) Often times the term “high tea” is misused by people who want tea-time to sound more refined. Note to self: “high tea” is a hearty, simple, sit-down meal that the Industrial Revolution workers of the 19th century originated. The workers came home in the late afternoon from the fields, factories, and mines starved after a long and hard day of work. Traditionally the high tea meal was served in the late afternoon. It was set-up family style with tea to drink and meat to eat, now known as a supper buffet.</span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">Light Tea is a lighter version of afternoon tea. The menu excludes the fingers sandwiches but includes scones, sweets, and of course a variety of teas.</span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">There are various ways to serve the food at a tea. A savvy host knows an easy and elegant way to present each course is on a tiered stand. The first course eaten is from the bottom tier and we work our way up.</span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />Never swirl the tea around in the cup as if it were a wine glass. </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />Never place your empty cup, saucer and plate back on the tea table when you leave. The tea table is the display for the tea and</span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;"> on a sofa and lean back – pick up your saucer too, or if your stand up, do not leave the saucer sitting on the table. </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />The handle of the spoon and the handle of the cup point to 4 o’clock. </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />Always take your spoon out of your cup after stirring, then place your spoon in front of your cup </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />Always request a saucer to hold the used tea bag, sugar wrappers or any disposables used. </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">•<img alt="" border="0" class="lpxtab" src="http://www.savvytexasmagazine.com/tp.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: 1em; width: 30px;" width="30" />Always write your host a thank-you note after the tea party. </span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;"> Hosting a tea in your home is a special way to entertain friends or even hold a business meeting. There is much to know about “tea-time” and this information will prepare you in advance and provide you the confidence needed to navigate the tea table.</span></div>
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<span class="size11 PalatinoLinotype11" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19px; min-height: 19px;">Oh yes, and remember one more thing ... Do not raise your pinky finger up when holding a tea cup. It will guarantee you a place in the tea drinkers “hall of shame!”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is not enough space on the internet for me to list all the ways for which I am grateful. It includes my blog friends, husband, friends, family, clients, but above all to The Lord. </span><br />
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the door—the welcome sets the tone for the entire night. Also remember to w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: 16px;">alk each guest to the front door to say farewell at the end of the night . Very important!</span></div>
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of honor (should you have one) to sit to your right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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consideration each guest’s personality so the conversations will flow. In other
words, do not seat two introverts side by side, and you should not put two
drama queens together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seat your guests male/female and to seat couples apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appropriate so your guest knows where to sit, or verbally tell each guest their
designated seat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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should remember not to open hostess gifts in the presence of
company (also, you are not required to send a thank-you note for this gift)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Happy Hosting!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><b>xoJoy</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: green; font-size: 21px;"><b>May your Christmas be</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: green; font-size: 21px;"><b>Merry and Bright </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: green; font-size: 21px;"><b>and </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: green; font-size: 21px;"><b>above all POLITE! </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>xoJoy </b></span></div>
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