Surround Yourself With Positive Thoughts!
Positive thinking helps promote well being, happiness, and an overall good mood, but with today’s changing ecomomy, it is sometimes hard to stay positive. The news media is constantly bombarding us with bad news. They are notorious for it, and they do their best to pass along as many negative stories to the general public as they can. From television, newspapers, radio, and the internet, todays technology allows us to access information quickly, and with so much focus on bad news, it is easy to get caught up in it all.
Most people have enough conflict and problems in their own lives to sometimes bring them down. If you top that off with more negative news stories from the media, it is bound to eventually effect your mood. What most people don’t realize is that there is a lot of good news out in the world too. In fact, there are way more good things going on than bad. We just don’t always hear about them. Earlier this year, my husband and myself basically stopped watching the nightly news because we were tired of all of the negativity. Of course from time to time we tune in, but for the most part, we don’t subject ourselves to it. It is much easier to stay positive about work, family, etc., when you aren’t constantly hearing how bad everything is.
To help keep positive, I wanted to pass along a few links to some websites, that I enjoy. They provide positive, inspirational thoughts and stories—Something we can all use more of!
- Ode Magazine: Their print and online publications provide positive news, about people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.
- Think Arete.com: A great website that I came across when I was searching for inspiritational quotes that provides inspiration, wisdom, and philosophy.
- Guideposts: Their magazine and website provides inspiring, uplifting stories about everyday people.
Thanks for reading!
Barb
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21st, 2008 by Barb | | 0 Comments
The Natural Beauty of Granite…
There are literally hundreds and hundreds of granite colors available for countertops. Since some granites can be very consistent looking, and others having great variation in flow, and color, we encourage our customers to come to our showroom to narrow their choices down. Customers can make their selections from both our samples, and stock slabs, or we can direct them to a local supplier to select their slabs.
Some customers are also interested in laying out their material prior to fabrication. To accomodate them, we usually encourage them to make an appointment, after the field measure has been completed. We will do the best to accommodate a customer’s requests, however due to those natural variations, it may be difficult to get exactly what they want out of each slab.
Our fabricators take a lot of pride in making sure the seam matches and flow come together. Keep in mind, the more variance in the slab, the more obvious the seams will be. Fortunately, the beauty of granite is that it does have those natural variations, which make it unique and beautiful.
Granite is a natural product of nature, how much more beautiful can you get?!
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Angie
Posted in Business, Company, Granite on July 15th, 2008 by Angie | | 5 Comments
2008 NARI Golf Outing—A Bit Rainy, But A Success
This years NARI Golf Outing, started out a bit slow with some rain showers delaying the start, but in the end it was a fun and successful event. The outing was held Thursday, July 10th, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Woodbury, MN.
The event included a day of golf, dinner, and a silent auction. PGC once again, sponsored the beer cart, which was driven by Brad Lein, PGC Sales Rep.
Following are some photos from the event:
Thanks fro reading!
Barb
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Barb
Posted in Company on July 14th, 2008 by Barb | | 0 Comments
Recipe: Almost Candy Bars
Here’s another good recipe to try for those chocolate lovers out there. It is easy to make and very good.
Almost Candy Bars
1 chocolate cake mix
1 cup butter
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts
1 cup coconut
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Combine cake mix and softened butter until crumbly. Gently press into 12 x 15 pan. Layer chocolate chips, walnuts, and coconut. Top with sweetened condensed milk. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
Barb
Posted in Cooking in your kitchen on July 11th, 2008 by Barb | | 0 Comments
Learning Links: 07/10/08
Since we install quite a few granite bar tops every year, I thought it would be nice to share some information to help stock and accessorize them. You should be able to get some ideas for wine racks, lights, glassware, signs, etc., from the following websites. They have some pretty cool stuff.
Accessorize Your Granite Bar Top:
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Barb
Posted in Granite, Uncategorized on July 10th, 2008 by Barb | | 0 Comments
