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

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!!! 

 

21 comments • Gayle Balaban/E. Tn Waterfront Real Estate • December 30 2007 04:23PM

Comments

Sounds like you have too much on your plate- best to you in 2008!  BTW- gorgeous pooch.
Posted by Laurie Mindnich at Options Realty over 2 years ago

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

Sean Allen
The Mortgage Professionals

Posted by International Financing Solutions over 2 years ago
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.
Posted by JL Boney, III Columbia, SC Real Estate (Russell and Jeffcoat) over 2 years ago
The best is yet to come, so here is to all of us on AR in 2008
Posted by Renee Stengel, Westchester County (Houlihan Lawrence, Associate Broker) over 2 years ago
Good Idea - letting go of the old is always a good thing to do.  In this case it really sounds like therapy.
Posted by Joel & Teresa Bennett ~ The Bennett Group Real Estate Team (Long & Foster Real Estate Inc.) over 2 years ago

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

Kathy

Posted by Kathy Riggle Houston Home Staging-STAGING SMART NSOLD (STAGING SMART N SOLD) over 2 years ago
Sounds like a great idea.
Posted by Kay Perry (Kay Perry, Broker) over 2 years ago
Very creative. I need a very large plate...perhaps a platter! Good Luck...starting Tuesday!
Posted by Gary Waters -Realtor Viera Suntree Melbourne Rockledge Brevard County FL (Century 21 Baytree Realty) over 2 years ago
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!
Posted by John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace) over 2 years ago
Ha ha Gayle, I like your spunk.  Personally, I would get satisfaction running over the plate with my car :-)
Posted by Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495 (Stage it Right!) over 2 years ago

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!

Posted by Sarah Nopp, REALTOR(R), CRS. RE/MAX Four Seasons, Olympia WA (RE/MAX Four Seasons) over 2 years ago
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!
Posted by Jill Gipson over 2 years ago
Gayle, Sounds like a plan to me!  2008 WILL be a wonderful year, don't doubt it!  Many blessings to you and your family.
Posted by Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City) over 2 years ago
I bought the 2008 plate today and I will blog later about what I put on it.
Posted by The Best Spot Realty/Waterfront Real Estate/Ooltewah Real E over 2 years ago
Very interesting and visual way to clear the way for the New Year.   I love this idea!
Posted by Connie King (CK Staging & Design, Sevierville, TN) over 2 years ago

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!

Posted by Karen Otto, Home Stager, Plano, TX 469)964-0516 www.homestarstaging.com (Home Star Staging) over 2 years ago
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.
Posted by Sherry Spengel | Wheaton IL (Prudential Spengel Realty) over 2 years ago

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

Happy New Year! 

Posted by Wilmington NC Real Estate & Relocation~ Ginger & Roger Sala (Wilkinson & Associates, Wilmington NC) over 2 years ago
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.
Posted by The Best Spot Realty/Waterfront Real Estate/Ooltewah Real E over 2 years ago

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!!!!

Posted by Elaine Manes IRIS~Colorado Stager ~ A Wonderful Space, LLC (A Wonderful Space, LLC) over 2 years ago
Gayle, I never heard of that type of tradition...it certainly sounds like it would be good for the soul!! Go to it!
Posted by Gena Riede, Real Estate Broker Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699 (Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792) over 2 years ago

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