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Ground Effects Rumblings & Ramblings Volume 1, Issue 15 December 29, 2008 Dear Viewer,   Sale!!!!!!!!!    Just wanted to let you know we are having a Happy New Years Sale at Ground Effects.  Many items are discounted up to 50% off.  You are the first to know about the sale, so get here soon before everything is gone! Store Hours December 29 & 30 : 8am -5pm December 31: 8am - 3pm January 1-4: Closed Starting January 5 regular winter hours Monday - Friday: 8am -5pm Saturday: 8am-12pm www.scgroundeffects.com     Thanks for your time. Justin Schuiteman Ground Effects justin@scgroundeffects.com "The highest compliment we can receive is a referral of a friend or family member." P.S. Hope you had a happy new year. In This Issue

Merry Christmas From Ground Effects

Ground Effects Rumblings & Ramblings Volume 1, Issue 14 December 23, 2008 Dear Reader, All of us at Ground Effects would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. We would like to Thank You for making our 10th year in business a success. We really enjoyed serving you throughout the year and enjoyed seeing many of you at our 10th Anniversary Celebration. As Christmas approaches there are many distractions and busyness that comes with it. I hope that this Christmas you take time to think about Jesus Christ this Christmas season. I know that this time of year causes a lot of time for reflection and looking forward toward the new year. My prayer is that you take time to read the Christmas story and see what a precious gift God gave us. Bringing Joy to 2 families in the area Thanks to all of you who came to our Christmas seminar. The proceeds from that seminar allowed us to sponsor 2 families through Mid-Sioux Opportunity. Thanks again for helping us share with others. A Christmas Break at Ground Effects So that everyone at Ground Effects can have time to relax, unwind, and spend time with family. We will be closing Christmas Eve at 2pm and won't be opening again until Monday, December 29. Hope you all have a great time this Christmas season. Thanks for your time. Justin Schuiteman Ground Effects justin@scgroundeffects.com "The highest compliment we can receive is a referral of a friend or family member." P.S. I look forward to letting you know of all the fun things Ground Effects has in store for the new year. In This Issue Bringing Joy Christmas Hours

Great Christmas Gift Ideas

Ground Effects Rumblings & Ramblings Volume 1, Issue 13 December 4, 2008 Dear Michael, Christmas in only 21 days away, can you believe it?  I haven't even started looking for gifts yet.  My theory is that I do better getting gifts when there is a little pressure to get done, kind of like writing papers the night before they were due in college.  With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now over it is time to start to think of gift ideas for yourself and for others.  I will enlighten you on some of the great gifts we can help you with.   Top 5 Gift Ideas from Ground Effects We have made a list of the top 5 gift ideas from Ground Effects on the front page of our website.  Go ahead and check out the many ideas for gifts that we offer. I'm sure you're trying to think of creative gifts for others and even for yourself.  Check out the list for some ideas.  One of the ideas on the list is Fresh Flowers for a year.  You can give the gift of Fresh Flowers every month of the year.  This has been very popular gift  that keeps giving throughout the year.  Let The Fresh Christmas Arrangements Begin Edie, Evie, and Bert just started making beautiful arrangements for the Christmas Season.  You can see a sample of the beautiful arrangements they are making in the Christmas Photo Gallery.  They are using many different types of fresh evergreen in them that smell awesome!!!!!  The pictures on this newsletter and in the photo gallery don't do them justice.  Stop in and see them for yourselves or just send one to yourself  because you deserve it after getting all your Christmas decorations up.   Get Your Fresh Evergreen Pots Done Before Winter This is one of the last weeks to get your fresh evergreen containers made.  Be sure to call or stop in to get them done before the long cold winter.  Check out all the creative container creations Katie has designed on our Container Gardening Page.  We still have fresh garland, beautiful wreaths, and many different evergreen foliages to beautify your outside before winter.   Thanks for your time. Justin Schuiteman Ground Effects justin@scgroundeffects.com "The highest compliment we can receive is a referral of a friend or family member." P.S.  Don't forget to forward this to your friend or spouse to give them a hint of what you want for Christmas. In This Issue Top 5 Gift Ideas Fresh Arrangements Fresh Evergreen Make sure to protect your plants from animal damage and spray them with some Repellant now and throughout the winter. Get your daily dose of Vitamin F with Flowers, read this interesting article. A Few of My Favorite Quotes "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." -Unknown "Those who forget the ultimate are slave to the immediate." - Unknown