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I bought a white plate today! Tomorow I will buy another!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with The Best Spot Realty/Waterfront Real Estate/Ooltewah Real E

I bought a plain white plate today.  I have written all over it on both sides with a black permanent marker.  What did I write?  All the things from 2007 and before that I am ready to be done with as of 2008!  Including, of course, 2007!  It includes specific people, groups of people, disease and a variety of conditions and emotions. 

Tomorrow I will buy another one and I will write on it with pink permanent marker.  It will have specific people as well as groups of people, emotions and conditions.  It will be my affirmation plate for 2008 and I shall hang it in a prominent place in my home to remind me.

Tomorrow at midnight, the stroke of the new year, I shall venture into the street, hammer in hand, and smash the heck out of 2007 plate, sweep it up, tie it in a bag, and throw it in the dumpster.  I am ready to be done with everything on that plate. 

2008 shall be a very good year!!! 

 

Sean Allen
International Financing Solutions - Fort Myers, FL
International Financing Solutions

hhhmmm, that is definitely something different. Hope it works for you.

Sean Allen
The Mortgage Professionals

Dec 30, 2007 08:37 AM
JL Boney, III
Coldwell Banker - Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC Real Estate
Bust of luck in '08. Hope you warned your neighbors about the crazy person beating a plate with a hammer in the middle of the night.
Dec 30, 2007 08:41 AM
Renee Stengel
Houlihan Lawrence, Associate Broker - Katonah, NY
Westchester County
The best is yet to come, so here is to all of us on AR in 2008
Dec 30, 2007 08:44 AM
Joel Bennett
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. - Columbia, MD
The Joel Bennett Group
Good Idea - letting go of the old is always a good thing to do.  In this case it really sounds like therapy.
Dec 30, 2007 08:59 AM
Kathy Riggle
STAGING SMART N SOLD - Houston, TX
Houston Home Staging

Sounds like a great release-out with the old! Wish you the best in 2008!

Kathy

Dec 30, 2007 09:01 AM
Kay Perry
Kay Perry, Broker - College Station, TX
Sounds like a great idea.
Dec 30, 2007 09:14 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County
Very creative. I need a very large plate...perhaps a platter! Good Luck...starting Tuesday!
Dec 30, 2007 11:03 AM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate
I really like this idea, Gayle - the symbolism, the action, the senses of hearing and seeing the plate shatter. Sounds like a great way to get your mind and body in synch towards a great 2008!
Dec 30, 2007 11:03 AM
Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495
Stage it Right! - Melbourne, FL
Ha ha Gayle, I like your spunk.  Personally, I would get satisfaction running over the plate with my car :-)
Dec 30, 2007 01:50 PM
Sarah Nopp
South Sound, WA

There is a LOT to be said for little rituals like this. I had a waitress friend who claimed to be able to end bad luck with the sound of breaking glass. hmmm... I think she also claimed it worked to cure sciatica too. or maybe hiccups.

Happy New Year!

Dec 30, 2007 02:11 PM
Anonymous
Jill Gipson
You go girl! Great idea... much better than putting it into a box and securing it with duct tape (my old method). May 2008 be your best ever, Gayle!
Dec 31, 2007 02:00 AM
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Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
Gayle, Sounds like a plan to me!  2008 WILL be a wonderful year, don't doubt it!  Many blessings to you and your family.
Dec 31, 2007 02:06 AM
Gayle Balaban
The Best Spot Realty/Waterfront Real Estate/Ooltewah Real E - Chattanooga, TN
E. TN Waterfront Real Estate
I bought the 2008 plate today and I will blog later about what I put on it.
Dec 31, 2007 09:56 AM
Connie King
Sevierville, TN
Very interesting and visual way to clear the way for the New Year.   I love this idea!
Dec 31, 2007 11:13 AM
Karen Otto
Home Star Staging - Plano, TX
Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Have you ever heard of a a "burning bowl" ceremony? One year a group of my friends and I did this. You put in writing the past hurts, pains or situations you'd like to cleanse and remove from your life and then put it in the fire as a symbolic way of getting rid of it. It was fun and I think cathartic for many.

Your plate ceremony sounds good because it also involves a physical act of breaking something which releases different emotions too. My birthday is coming up, maybe I'll do it then!

Jan 01, 2008 04:28 AM
Carol Spengel
Prudential Rubloff - Wheaton, IL
Wheaton IL
I love this idea.  I have done something close to the burning bowl but I like the hammer part!  LOL  I love the new year because everything is fresh and we can start anew.
Jan 01, 2008 02:35 PM
Ginger S
Wilkinson & Associates, Wilmington NC - Wilmington, NC
Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~

Gayle, is this a tradition of yours. It's a new one to me. Interesting. I like the idea...

Happy New Year! 

Jan 01, 2008 02:38 PM
Gayle Balaban
The Best Spot Realty/Waterfront Real Estate/Ooltewah Real E - Chattanooga, TN
E. TN Waterfront Real Estate
This is something new that I got the idea for right before New Year's.  I just felt as though I had to do something to erase the bad vibes from 2007.
Jan 02, 2008 03:58 AM
Elaine Manes Gage
Home Staging Online Services - Denver, CO
Staging done ONLINE!

Good for you! All I can say is...don't forget to wear safety goggles. It would be my luck to have a piece fly into my eye and wind up in the emergency room!!! Hey, it could happen! I broke my collarbone walking a dog!!!

Hope your 2008 is a WAAAAAAAAY better year!!!!

Jan 02, 2008 06:57 AM
Gena Riede
Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA
Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699
Gayle, I never heard of that type of tradition...it certainly sounds like it would be good for the soul!! Go to it!
Jan 08, 2008 12:15 PM