Saint George, UT

Surround yourself with Christmas wishes as you enter the beautifully decorated Jubilee of Trees celebration, complete with glowing lights and festive décor at every turn!

Where: The Dixie Center located at 1835 S Convention Center Drive, St. George, Utah

When: Open Daily 10:00 am to 8:00 pm except Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Adults $3.00 / Children Age 3-12 $1.00 / Children 2 & Under Free

Saturday Evening Admission - 6:00 pm - $5.00 per person
Monday Family Fun Night - 6:00 pm (Free Admission)

To purchase tickets or make a donation: http://www.jubileeoftrees.org/purchase-tickets-and-donations

A little history...

Since 1981, the Jubilee of Trees has raised more than $2 million dollars for neonatal healthcare for babies as well as mothers-to-be and also to fund the Life Flight helicopter at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. For many, this means the difference between life and death.

For more information regarding the services provided by generous donations, go to: http://www.jubileeoftrees.org/bringing-life-flight-helicopter-dixie-compliment-childrens-services

For more information The 2009 Jubilee of Trees Entertainment Schedule, please go to: http://www.jubileeoftrees.org/entertainment-schedule

On our way into St. George the other morning, my mind already on the full day in front of me, I barely noticed the sun trying to break through the dark, ominous clouds. My son Spensyr suddenly said, "Mom, do you see that rainbow?"

I looked to the right side near the red cliffs and was amazed to see a FULL RAINBOW! And a double rainbow is starting just above the left side if you look closely.

I-have-been-known-to-chase-rainbows! I quickly pulled the car over, got out and proceeded to take a series of pictures that I hoped to piece together later to show everyone!

I hope I represented this unexpected beauty to its fullest potential!

Thank you Spensyr for opening my eyes to the wonders and beauty of Mother Nature at work and for getting me out of ‘work ahead mode' and instead, putting me back in the ‘here and now'! You are very much appreciated!

I love waking up to still see flowers blooming around my house. I thought I'd be fun to put smiles on the flowers faces because that is how I feel when I see them. Every year, I take the seeds from these flowers and put then in a bag and when Spring comes, I throw them in our flower garden and come Summer, I am rewarded!

Happy Thursday everyone!

St. George Magazine and Classy Closets Etc. are helping homeowners take control of their closet clutter with awesome makeovers. To get your closet made over, just send a photo of your cluttered closet along with your contact information to features@thespecturm.com or send the picture to: The Spectrum, 275 E. St. George Blvd. before November 17^th. Classy Closets Etc. will be making over closets before Thanksgiving. For more information, contact Lisa at 674-6214.

For homeowners who are not into contests and just want to get your closet organized, you can always give your closet a makeover yourself with this helpful advice. Closet organizing can be a big chore, especially if it has been some time since you have tried to give it a good cleaning. You can start by getting rid of items you don't need and give them to charity to help declutter your closet.

Closet organizers can be a huge help with keeping the rest of your stuff in order. Racks and baskets can be placed in your closet and will help save and keep your closet more open. It is far more pleasant to have an open and organized closet than one with everything strewn all over the place. Closet organizers are great for helping even the most unorganized person stay organized. And home improvement stores carry a large variety of closet organizers that you can put in yourself.

Once you purchase your organizers, here are some recommended tips to follow to help you get organized:

* Remove everything from your closet - Place everything in boxes so you can sort through it all. You don't want to toss something you may need or want. Only get rid of items you no longer need or want that are taking up space.

* Add your organizers - Insert your closet organizing racks and baskets. Make sure they are anchored correctly, if needed. You will probably need a screwdriver, drill and drill bits to accomplish this task. And always follow directions.

* Place your things back in - Replace your items back into your closet now that you have your closet organizers in place. Decide where you want your things to go where they will be the best organized and you're done.

Organizing your closet will be one of the best things you can do for yourself. It can also be an affordable way to improve your closets and make you feel better about yourself.

Realtor® Erika Rogers

Have you given any thought to joining efforts with another person or several people to form a team?

There are many things that should be considered before making the commitment:

• Trust: This has to be established before making any decision to go forward as partners. You must trust!
• Likeminded goals: Be sure your goals are closed matched. Otherwise the partnership will be unbalanced.
• Work ethic: Your partner should share the same work standard that you possess and is willing to push to gain measureable results.
• Being a teamplayer: Make sure the people you invite into your team are willing to work with others in order to achieve a positive outcome. Me, me, me will not work!
• Temperament: As a team, your partner's ability to resolve problems with patience, avoiding outbursts of anger is necessary for team harmony. Vent frustrations in private.

There are many advantages to teaming up, such as:

• Someone is always available. If one person is out of town, the other takes over the business to ensure everything continues to get done and deadlines are met.
• Combining of talents. Say, if a person has strong marketing / advertising skills, then that is a professional advantage to a team. If someone has excellent spoken skills, then that also contributes to make the team stronger by improving listing appointments.
• More clients. By utilizing each others skills and becoming a driving force, more business will come your way and you will get more referrals. That results in more sales!

This has been my experience with my team. I have to say I am very lucky that I have found someone who possesses some great qualities!

Becoming part of a team may be a great alternative to going it alone! Give it some thought!