The smell of fresh cut grass...

My son is mowing the yard today and we are enjoying the scent of fresh-cut grass.  It won't be long before we won't need to mow, winter will come and perhaps we'll even have snow! (I didn't mean for that to rhyme!)

Anyway, I was recently informed that Gold Canyon's grass candle and scent pod are the only ones on the market.  That's pretty cool!  I sell a lot of these to guys (i think it maybe reminds them of the golf-course!  LOL), second only to the Leather scent pod.

If you will miss the smell of fresh cut grass, maybe you should get a candle or scent pod!

Gold Canyon Grass Candle  

Gold Canyon Grass Scent Pod

Gold Canyon's Rustic Scent Pod Warmer (with auto-timer!)

Wick to wickless, for yankee or southpaw, our scents run around circle e to pier one like nobody's business! Good for your home interiors, bath and body works virginia, they don't have a woodwick (but you won't miss it). Have no allusion's, get to the root of it - even colonial folks in chesapeake bay celebrating home will agree that swan creek near the glade is flooded with scentsy from my Gold Canyon Candles! For your partylite mia bella, leave the white barn to the dreamers and yumlicious spotted hog - even if there's a blue moon in tyler over the archipelago, Gold Canyon won't let you down!

Protected Heart

I'm part of a great support group called MEND (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death).  I do not invite you to join it, as the membership fee is too steep.  We joined in November 2006, when our son Ian went to heaven (SIDS).  In March 2007, a tiny sibling joined him (ectopic/tubal pregnancy).

On the MEND Facebook group page today, a grieving gramma posted a link to her Etsy shop.  Like I did, she turned to creativity to mend her broken heart.

Steampunk Protected Heart Comes with ball chain by WendyLayne:

I want to place a custom order!

Small is the new BIG

I have many friends who own their own businesses. Direct Sales has been a lifesaver for many of them. Many times, you don't even have to have a home party to order, you can order right on their website and it can be shipped to you directly. If you do not have a favorite consultant for a company that you have in mind, please ask, and I am sure I can put you in touch with a consultant!


Something to keep in mind this holiday season: You, the customer, are our everything. Spending $100 at a BIG BOX store during the holidays won't make a difference to anyone; but spending $100 through a home business owner for Christmas means our business can continue; it gives us our pay, provides for our families, helps us meet our personal goals, and helps us continue to do what we love without using harsh sales techniques. The big stores will not care about you the way we will! You mean the world to us - shop a home/direct sales business for Christmas this year!


If you are a business owner or direct sales representative and you would like to be listed in my holiday gift guide this year, please fill out the information below:

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I'm Rich! I'm Rich! I'm Rich!

I'm the 40,391,619 richest person on earth! Discover how rich you are!

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Edmund Burke

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
Mother Teresa

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Epictetus
Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief.

1 Timothy 6:10 God's Word Translation

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble to his family, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 15:27 God's Word Translation

Pure, unstained religion, according to God our Father, is to take care of orphans and widows when they suffer and to remain uncorrupted by this world.

James 1:27 God's Word Translation

Help!

Nine down; Two hundred ninety-one to go

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Don't forget about the Pink Sugar Cookie Challenge!

As you may have already read, I have set a personal goal to sell 300 Pink Sugar Cookie candles with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  So far, I've sold 9!

Will you help me?

Of course there is something in it for you too!  FREE Gold Canyon!  Candles, Wickless Warmers, Diffusers, Essential Oil Cleaners, EMERGE Spa line - you get to pick!

Click here to download the form from MediaFire.  Print it out and get busy collecting orders.  Once you've reached YOUR goal, we'll get together to pick out your free Gold Canyon.  It will all ship right to you.

Think of it as the World's Easiest Catalog Party.  

EVER!

What would this be if I didn't do a contest?  Not a Noel Giger event!  So - I've got a basket FULL of goodies.  You'll get one entry for each candle you sell - and those who buy will get an entry as well!  There will also be a prize for the person who sells the most!

You can also just order the candle, the shipping is a little more, so why not go ahead and gather some orders?

Noel Giger - DFW Gold Canyon - Fragrance Consultant - Dallas Fort Worth on Facebook

That's all I need...

In the last 2 weeks I've:
(checking my calendar and text messages to remember who I am...)

• driven to 2 orthodontist appointments
• presented at 1 vendor fair
• hosted 1 party in my home
• attended 1 church leadership meeting (actually only half, I had to leave for another meeting)
• launched a fundraiser for Camp Sol
• Attended MOPS
• taken care of a 9 month well-care visit (and found out that he wasn't well - had an ear infection and is anemic)
• given antibiotic, tylenol and iron supplements to said 9 month old 2 times a day
• Met with the designer for the PINK Party, changed the name to "An Evening at the PINK Lounge"
• Attended a planning meeting for This Side Up's New Year's Eve Fundraiser
• launched 3 Gold Canyon virtual parties
• Picked up raffle items for the PINK Party Breast Cancer fundraiser (including massage, RoughRiders goodies, and 3 hours of home cleaning)
• Given a private scent sampling
• Organized a donation drive for my husband's Employee Appreciation event
• Been stood up by my own mother for daycare (she was sick - she didn't just dump me!)
• Toted my 10 year old and 9 month old with me to an Open House vendor event
• Been a single mom to 4 kids while William volunteered at Camp Sol this weekend
• Signed 3 detention slips
• Bartered for childcare by doing some graphic design
• Attended an awesome networking event with WEB and the Frisco Chamber
• Sorted 1 Gold Canyon order
• Placed 2 Gold Canyon orders
• Marketed the PINK thing on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn until I'm almost sick of it.

All of that on top of my regular stuff of chasing a toddler, nursing a baby, changing diapers, washing (the bare minimum amount of) clothes and dishes.  Oh, and 3 hours of homework each night with one of my big kids.

I messed up one meeting this week.  I traded cars with William (and he took the kids) so I could have a night "off".  With this night off, I was supposed to meet someone for a business activity.  I left my phone in the van and the family drove off with it.  I had no way to contact them until I returned home, 2 hours later.  They were worried, and then upset.

Why is it that I immediately forget all the good I've done, all I've accomplished and just feel like throwing up because I wasn't perfect?  I've got that hot, sticky-icky feeling down my arms and in the back of my throat.  I've actually taken my temperature 3 times - sure that I'm coming down with something.

Why am I up at 1 AM with a knot in my stomach because I'm afraid that I've lost their respect?

I know part of it is that I was out of my Zoloft for nearly a week.  I've just been back on the happy-meds for a few days, so I'm sure they aren't in full force yet.

Part of it is feeling overwhelmed at all I've got on my plate and having no end in sight (there is one, it's just still a little too far off to see)

Part of it is that my wonderful husband, partner - friend, is sick with an unknown ailment that causes him to black-out randomly, have short-term memory loss and be exhausted most of the time.  The man who once cooked  4-5 times a week with joy, now rattles up a pasta dish every now and then.

Part of it is my disgust with our financial situation - the every growing stack of unopened medical bills, late notices and "friendly reminder" letters, calls, e-mails - ad nauseam.

Part of it is my disgust with my response to all of this: ignore it and hope it will go away.  The only proactive thing that I've done is try to build my business - it's my "plan B" in case William can't work for some reason in the near future.

But I know that ALL OF IT is my burden.  I'm not supposed to be carrying it.  I'm supposed to exchange my burden with Christ.  His burden is light.  Why?  He just Loves.  Serves.  Enjoys.  He does the will of His Father and lets the Holy Spirit do His part too.

Left my fear by side of the road
Hear You speak, won't let go
Fall to my knees as I lift my hands to pray
Got every reason to be here again
Father's love, that draws me in
And all my eyes wanna see is a glimpse of You

All I need is You
All I need is You Lord, is You Lord
All I need is You
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/h/hillsong/all_i_need_is_you.html ]
One more day and it's not the same
Your spirit calls my heart to sing
Drawn to the voice of my Savior once again
Where would the world be without Your Son
Gave His life to save the earth
Rest in the thought that You're watching over me

All I need is You
All I need is You Lord, is You Lord
All I need is You

You hold the universe
You hold everyone on earth
You hold the universe
You hold, You hold

DFW Pet Costume Contest

Submit a photo of your pet in costume to win!  E-mail your photo(s) to contests@noelgiger.com 

Please include your name, your pet(s) name(s) and contact phone number. Photos must be received by midnight CDT October 39, 2011.  Winners will be announced October 31, 2011.

First Place Prize ($125.00 Value!):
$75.00 Gift Certificate to Country Meadows Pet Inn & Doggy Day Spa, *Free 8x10 Pet Portrait from The Pet Fur’tographer, and a 26 oz Clean Sheets Heritage Candle from DFW Gold Canyon!

Second Place Prize ($65.00 Value!):
$50.00 Gift Certificate to CountryMeadows Pet Inn & Doggy Day Spa and a full-size Homeology All-Natural Lavender Eucalyptus Sweet Orange Floor Cleaner: safe for all surfaces, including ceramic and wood floors from DFW Gold Canyon

Third Place Prize ($34.00 Value!):
$25.00 Gift Certificate to CountryMeadows Pet Inn & Doggy Day Spa and a Clean Sheets Auto Freshener (pack of 3) from DFW Gold Canyon

Sponsored by: Country Meadows Pet Inn & Doggy Day Spa, DFW Gold Canyon and The Pet Fur’tographer http://www.thepetfurtographer.com

*Free 8x10 for the first prize winner to be claimed at Country Meadows Pet Inn on Dec. 4th while she is on site doing pet and family portraits. 

Get Goldie, Go PINK!

Goldie thinks you should GO PINK and SAVE THE HOOTERS! 

I'll donate $1.50 to Coach Jenny Mill's treatment fund  for each Owl Lantern sold in October! 

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Don't forget about the Pink Sugar Cookie Challenge!

I have set a personal goal to sell 300 Pink Sugar Cookie candles with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

You can get in on the fun too!

Oh - do you like FREE?  I thought so!

Click here to download the form from MediaFire.  Print it out and get busy collecting orders.  Once you've reached YOUR goal, we'll get together to pick out your free Gold Canyon.  It will all ship right to you.

Think of it as the World's Easiest Catalog Party.  

EVER!

What would this be if I didn't do a contest?  Not a Noel Giger event!  So - I've got a basket FULL of goodies.  You'll get one entry for each candle you sell - and those who buy will get an entry as well!  There will also be a prize for the person who sells the most!

You can also just order the candle, the shipping is a little more, so why not go ahead and gather some orders?

Noel Giger - DFW Gold Canyon - Fragrance Consultant - Dallas Fort Worth on Facebook