Merry Christmas To My Sweet Blog Friends :)

It's a lovely, peaceful evening here in my house:

the movie "The Ultimate Gift" on tv after returning

from a nice long ride to look at Christmas lights

all topping off a generally perfect Christmas day.

It's hard to believe that once again, this special time of year is now

pretty much passed and we're perched on the edge of 2012!

This month as been SO busy -- not only with the store and

orders for magazines and shop items, but in the personal realm,

my sweet daughter, Olivia, graduated last weekend (12-17)

from college.

I seem to remember that not that long ago I posted about her 

FIRST day at college.  So I ask you, WHERE has the time gone??

Well, in all fairness she did move at a pretty accelerated rate and

graduated early, but still...  :)

This is the girl who spent 6 weeks this past summer on her own

in Israel working with an organization that reaches out to Palestinians.

She traveled several times into the West Bank/Gaza Strip delivering 

food relief aid packages to needy Palestinian families.

This is the same girl who only AFTER she was safely back at home

let me in on the fact that the church-owned guest house she stayed in

had just been re-opened after extensive repairs due to arson at the hands

of some extremists in the area.

She knew about this before she left, but chose not to share this

nugget of info with me -- it didn't change her mind and she figured

no point worrying me... Oh my...

She absolutely fell in love with Israel -- I think she left a part of

her heart there...

(Olivia, in the library of the guest house)

I believe, if given the chance, she might well have 

stayed there and asked for her things to be shipped to her.

Israel was a perfect fit for her -- the foods,

the surroundings, the "feel".

(Sitting at the Sea of Galilee)

So now, she has her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts 

(concentrated in painting) and for the next 1/2 year she'll

take a breather until she heads off to pursue a Masters Degree in

Intercultural Studies.

I'll be trying to soak in and savor every single minute with her until 

she leaves next year... *SIGH*

If you've followed my blog for a while, you have to know that she and I are

linked -- tightly linked.  I'm so happy for her -- so proud of her... but when she

takes off next year... a HUGE piece of me goes with her.  Ouch.  

But it's a "good" ouch.  If that's possible.  :)

Well, I digress...  This is a post to say 

Merry Christmas to you all and to thank you,

from the bottom of my heart,

for sticking with me this past crazy-busy year!! 

We've grown quite a bit this year, and I'm thinking up 

some fun new changes for the new year for the store.

All in all, life is wonderful and I am blessed.

How about you?  :)

All is calm, all is bright...

Merry Christmas to all

and to all

a good night.

Love,

  

You Know That Feeling When You Get To Pass That LONG Line And Go Straight To The Front??? Consider This Your All-Access Pass To Jeanne d'Atc Living!

By now, I hope all of my customers know that all you pretty much have to do is

ask me for something and if it's at all within my power to do it, 

it's done.

Well, after years of fielding daily calls, emails and 

Facebook messages from many of you

asking if you can just buy a subscription

to Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine

(instead of ordering each issue one-by-one

throughout each year)

we are happy to (FINALLY)

announce that we are now offering

a subscription service for that gorgeous magazine.

And what better time of to begin your subscription!!

The 1st issue of 2012 will be here and shipping out

in January and we can get your 

1 year subscription

started with that issue!

Of course we still offer the magazine on an

issue-by-issue basis so you can buy just the issues you want

as they come out.

But...

For those who always buy each issue and know they will 

continue to do so,

a subscription is the way to go!!!

Here are just a few reasons why:

1.)  No more "waiting in line" so to speak...your name is 

always "on the list" and in line to get the next issue!

You skip having to always try to be on alert to 

when each issue is coming so you can be sure to 

order your copy -- now you can just make one

purchase (the subscription) and sit back and wait

for each issue to appear in your mail box.

2.)  With a subscription, you enjoy a bit of a savings by

buying a year at a time Your price per issue goes from

$26.00/each to $24.00/each.

Same free shipping as always.

3.)  You will be guaranteed that you will not be caught

without an issue in the event a particular one sells out 

quickly.  This has become the rule rather than the

exception lately!  And when we go to try and order more

from Denmark, we're finding that now even they are sold out!

Your purchase of a subscription will have secured each and

every issue of the year -- no worries.

What better time to put a subscription to

Jeanne d'Arc Living on your list to Santa??  ;)

Or, what about giving a year of beauty to your mom,

sister, daughter, best friend, etc..?

Place your order for them online and we'll do the rest --

all year long they will get issue after issue of some of the most

inspiring, breath-taking beauty they can inagine.

If you have any questions, just let me know!

But really, if you are a regular buyer,

THIS WAS MADE FOR YOU!!

 :)

Hope your December is off to a lovely (chilly?) start!

We're still unseasonably warm here in Florida

(well... "normal" for Florida, but not at all

Christmassy weather).  ;)

Here's the link again for ordering

your subscription:

SUBSCRIPTION

Hugs,

  

It's A Christmas Miracle! :)

NEWS FLASH!!!!

Santa's elves came early and guess what they dropped off

here at The Beautiful Life?????

ONE 

LAST 

CASE 

of the Christmas issue that 

WAS sold out

(until the magic of Christmas struck)

but is now available again while they last!

Many of you have called and emailed frantically looking for a copy

and I've had to give you the news that we sold out.

If that was YOU,

head over to the site now

CLICK HERE TO GO

 and grab your copy

while they're still available.   

What a great way to start December!