It's a sure sign of the Holidays. The 2008 Christmas Ship Festival has begun on the waterways of Puget Sound. This year the lighted up ships will sail past 45 water front communities.

This is the 59th year for the Christmas Ship Festival.

The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 59 years. Its main purpose is to bring communities together to celebrate the holiday season. From our flotilla of ships to the crowds of people who gather onshore, this celebration is one of the gems of the holiday season.

Each night, from Saturday November 29 through December 23rd, the Argosy Christmas Ship™ sails to different Puget Sound waterfront communities, over 45 in total. Choirs onboard sing 20-minute performances to these communities, all broadcast via state-of-the-art speaker system. This year, the program begins on Saturday night, November 29 to help commemorate the new South Lake Union Park.

On shore, thousands of people gather around roaring bonfires anticipating the arrival of the Christmas Ship™. Join with friends and neighbors to gather together for your own caroling tradition. If you own your own boat, feel welcome to join in the festival and help form the largest holiday floating parade in the world. To make a reservation on the Christmas ship or follow boat please call 206.623.1445.

Here it is just a few days before the end of November and hours until Thanksgiving. My words of Gratitude and Thanks are shallow compared to what others have written.

We all have things that we are Thankful for. For most of us it is Family, Health, Security and normal everyday Joys. Each of us have things that we should be Thankful for, but don't fully realize it or understand what it is we have. Things like Schools, Due Process, Our Constitutional Rights and the ability to be whoever or whatever we want in life.

It may be best to sit alone quietly for a few minutes tomorrow and reflect back on all the good that has touch our lives in the past year and to look forward to all the good that we will be able to carry to others in the coming year. Giving Thanks should be a private personal process.

This time of year more people are willing to spread the Joy, Help Others and be Charitable. Wouldn't our lives be richer if we Every Day we did a little Random Act of Kindness? Giving Thanks for the chance we have to impact some else's life is one of the best ways to celebrate all that we have.

Sunday November 16th 2008 beginning at The Marina Pavilion at Marina Park (25 Lakeshore Plaza Kirkland WA) will take place to raise money for HopeLink, a local charity.

This is a family friendly 5k (3 mile) walk that goes along Lake Washington from Marina Park and ending at Carillon Point. There will be Live Music, Food and Beverages prior to the walk.

Turkey Trot Raffle Prizes

Henry Ford and Benjamin Franklin were both considered geniuses. What did they listen to the most? Their imagination! Only when you learn to listen to your imagination can you find the things no one else can see. I'm reading a book right now that talks about making mental maps of what your thoughts are, and using them to help you achieve the impossible. When you build mental maps, you can change them anyway you want in your mind until you have the outcome you desire. Great imaginations equate to ingenious solutions.

I am getting agressive about expired and canceled listings. I want to get them to re-list with me. In order to do that I have a 8x8 Campaign that I have just started to do. I will track the results and post them here at the end of each week for the next 6 weeks.

Here is my 8x8 Plan

Day 1 -- Phone call to introduce myself. Also mail a Letter. Include a TrendGraphix Report for their Zip Code

Day 2 -- Phone call to ask for an appointment. Also mail a letter

Day 3 -- Phone call to check the received my letter and ask for the lsiting

Day 4 -- Letter Only

Day 5 -- Phone call to ask for their business

Day 6 -- Letter Only

Day 7 -- Phone call to ask for their business

Day 8 -- Phone call to ask for their business, referrals and let them know you will put them on your 33 Touch Campaign.

Look for my 1st Weeks Results to be posted this coming weekend.