GIFT CERTIFICATES

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Gift certificates are a handy way to get through your gift giving list easily and quickly. Who wouldn't want a report of the upcoming year, a comparison report of their significant other with themselves or a character analysis (or many other types of reports) or a tarot or astrological reading? The certificates are good for one year.

Certificates can be mailed to you or your family member or friend directly.

Prices will be going up in January, but they are constant for the holiday season. Check out SERVICES AND FEES on my site to see if you would like to book a reading for yourself or as a gift or to order a report!

Tarot Readings are $125 - going up to $150 in January.

Astrological Readings are $150 - going up to $175 in January.

Happy Holidays to all and may the New Year bring you the best of luck, good health, happiness, abundance and joy in all things.

Blessings,
Vikki

FENG SHUI IN CHINA

Many of my clients and friends have been asking how I am. I came back from China in late October with another Feng Shui Certification in China Studies. It was a beautiful place, but there were too many people for me (1.5 billion) and most were rude and push you out of whatever line you are standing in and you wind up in another line 10-20 feet away from where you originally started. Don't even get me started about their toilets which are situated level in the floor! The 5 star hotels had western toilets, but everywhere else - disaster!

We started in Beijing and wound up in Shanghai over the two week period taking five plane trips to various cities and a four day cruise down the Yangtze River. That was the highlight of the trip. Being with 30 other people on the tour was interesting and we did have to tiptoe around two "special" personalities, but all in all, it was an experience I will always remember. I had a lovely room mate who was nearly 20 years younger than me, but she was a treasure. As time went on, she found other friends to hang around with at night as did I (around my own age), but we did the tour together. I had gotten sick three times in China with the food and she was very thoughtful and stayed out longer each night so that I could rest. What else could I have asked for?

The sites we saw: the temples, the classes, the Forbidden City and I even climbed up to the first tower of the Great Wall - were unbelievable. I had to climb the Great Wall when I saw Mirriam, an 89 year old woman on our tour, made it up there and I couldn't be shown up. On her 90th birthday, she wants to go on an African safari. You go girl! So once you walk up the many mismatched steps which ranged from 6" to probably 1.5 ft. high, you could then buy a metal certificate swearing that you walked up the steps. It was an exhilarating experience. I probably will never go there again, but the lovely sites, the knowledge and the memories will never be forgotten. I will put some of my pictures from China on my site soon.

HEALTH

Shortly after I returned, I was rushed to emergency and stayed in the hospital for five days. I had emergency gall bladder surgery. I am doing well now and healing quickly. I had the best doctors and nurses any one could ask for in Chilton Memorial Hospital; I thank God for my speedy recovery. I had been misdiagnosed with acid reflux (on three meds for a year) and then probably a bleeding ulcer which was going to be checked out after my China trip. I was very sick for over two years, but we all must deal with our illnesses. Every test I took came out 100% perfect, but my gall bladder was very diseased, I had pancreatitis and the bile in my system had been backing up for months. The only reason I share this with you is because I found out by a test where a camera goes down my intestines and to the pancreas and gall bladder that I never had acid reflux nor a bleeding ulcer. I couldn't eat normally for over a year, but now I can eat everything once again. If you feel that you have something else wrong with you and the meds you are given are not working -- ask questions! This is what I learned from this crazy ordeal.

My family and friends had come to my house to cook, clean, vacuum, do laundry and just do anything that I needed. Family and friends are a blessing.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

It truly will be a Happy Thanksgiving for me and my family. I wish all of you the best of holidays -- and enjoy your family and friends!

A Great Idea

When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please
include the following:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

Animal Rescue

Hi, all you animal lovers. This is pretty simple... Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (How about 20 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals' for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

Happy Halloween!

I thought I'd share a bit of the history of this fun holiday with you this month. Did you know that Halloween originated in Europe? And that it was created by the Pagans and the Celts? Did you know that the Pagans worshipped Earth and Sky similar to the Native Americans? (Nope theyre not witches and devil worshipers). Did you know that Halloween was originally a family or adult celebration in honor of the harvest? The folks that inhabited a good part of the United Kingdom, Ireland and parts of northwest France (as they are today) developed this holiday probably close to 2,000 years ago as a festival called Samhain, which is pronounced sow' ehn, and means "summer's end." This big party was to thank mother earth for the harvest, to signify the end of summer, the start of the dark months - the winter season - and was originally celebrated on November 1. In the 800s, the Christian church created a new holiday to compete with the already popular Samhain called All Saints Day or All Hallows. Did you know that Hallow means Saint (or one who is holy)? This "new" Christian holiday had the Pagans pushing back their holiday to October 31, and it became known as All Hallows Evening or Hallow e'en. So, while Halloween is actually a summers end celebration and All Saints day honors the dead, it is Halloween that has gotten the spooky rap! This year on 10/31, I will honor mother nature and my garden (or harvest) by bringing in some seeds and saving them for next years garden. How will you celebrate Samhain this year? Blessings in your start to fall - I look forward to seeing you at some of the many events happening the last quarter of this year!

Trish Woods at www.Trishwoods.com

Ukrainian-born American pianist Inna Faliks has been described by critics as “riveting, passionate, warmly poetic,
infusing every note with personality.” Ms. Faliks gave her debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 15 playing
Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1. Her Carnegie Hall debut took place in 2000, and has since performed numerous recitals
and concerti in prestigious venues in the US as well as in France, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Japan.
Most recently she was the recipient of the 2005 Pro Musicis International Award in NY and Grand Prize winner of the 2005 St. Charles International Piano Competition. She has performed under the batons of numerous conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Keith Lockhart, Edward Polochick, Stephen Alltop, Anne Harrigan, and many others. The all Beethoven program will include Sonatas Op. 2 No. 1, Op. 111, Bagatelles Op. 126 and the famed Eroica Variations. A master composer interpreted by a masterful artist! Information: "http://www.innaonline.com"

TIME SHARE RENTAL AVAILABLE IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA – NOVEMBER 9 – 16, 2007

Vikki owns a beautiful time share just 10 minutes outside of Historic Williamsburg, VA. It is two separate apartments (one above the other, but separate entrances). Each sleeps 6. The unit downstairs has a Jacuzzi. Each unit has a master bedroom with attached bathroom, bedroom with twin beds, a kitchen, dining area and large living room with fold out couch/double bed. Another bathroom is in the hallway. Linens are included as well as toaster, pots, pans, utensils, dishes, etc. There is no additional clean up fee. All you do is pull off the sheets and leave them by the door in a plastic bag for housekeeping and you can just get in your car and leave. This is a fabulous opportunity to see Historic Williamsburg in the off season when the tour buses are not full of tourists and you can walk around the historic property at a leisurely pace. Last year Vikki and her guests saw every building, theatrical recreations, church concerts, and tours in just three days and then took the rest of the time to visit plantations, Historic Jamestown and local attractions.

If you would like more information about renting one or both time shares, please call Vikki at 973-492-3110 or email her at: Starscape50@aol.com. The cost is $400 per apartment to cover yearly maintenance costs. It’s a secluded, large development (but just outside of town) with pool, tennis, local attractions, purchase tickets on the property at a discount, restaurants on the premises and just a peaceful and contemplative environment. More information? Just ask: 973-492-3110. Celebrate the 400th anniversary celebration at Jamestown! Queen Elizabeth was there this past summer.