While every day of the year has at least a handful of holidays or observances, celebrating gratitude is a great way to work toward Thanksgiving, giving us a sugar-down period after October, as well as time to put our priorities in order for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the New Year.
30-Day Gratitude Challenge
Getting started with the 30-Day Gratitude Challenge is easy. You may choose to do it for yourself, with your family, with friends and neighbors, or with an organization you belong to.
I looked around one day and I discovered
Rooms I used rarely were drab and dust-covered
Kids had moved out, my home’s too big for me
This was the first of life-altering things.
We all talk about our “Dream Home” from time to time, in terms of location, features, and “must-haves.”
At Windsong, listening to what home buyers are dreaming about - and delivering the home they’ve imagined - is our superpower.
Windsong Properties has been named a Bronze level winner of the 2023 National Housing Quality Award®, sponsored by Pro Builder Media (NHQA), an elite recognition of operational excellence following a rigorous evaluation process.
Football. Sweaters. Fires in the fireplace. A nice bowl of chili. A good book.
After the hectic activity of Spring and Summer, Fall offers an opportunity for respite, cocooning, and connecting over activities and events that occur indoors.
This first full week of October is Great Books Week, so it’s the perfect time to launch or rekindle (no pun intended!) your community Book Club, perhaps with one of these titles, written by and about Boomers:
We may not be sure how to dress for the weather each day: it’s chilly when we wake up, sweater-weather as we run errands, then downright sweltering after lunch.
But if there’s one thing we do know how to do well in Georgia, it’s celebrate Fall with flair!
It’s the month of Oktoberfest, with festivities across the state. And if you’d prefer to stay closer to home, check out these ghost tours and corn mazes!
Chief Revenue Officer Kris Johnson began her career at Windsong Properties as on-site sales agent in 2007 at the Villas at Blackberry Run in Seven Hills. She had worked with Windsong in her prior role as a residential realtor for Berkshire Hathaway. “I introduced two buyers to Windsong Properties where they built homes and I began developing a positive working relationship with their on-site the sales team, said Johnson
You know you’re living your best life when you hear its World Gratitude Day (September 21) and you think, “Hmmm… I’m grateful to be living my best life in my dream home where I have some truly great neighbors.” And then – lo and behold – exactly one week later you hear its National Good Neighbor Day (September 28) and you think, “Cool! Those neighbors I was grateful for last week have a day to remind me just how good they are!”
Peak time for leaf-peeping in North Georgia is still a few weeks away, but with the first official day of Autumn on September 22 (and that hint of chill in the air we’ve enjoyed this past week), Fall Festivals are in full swing, providing a plethora of opportunities to enjoy time outdoors (and maybe a funnel cake!)
We never stop learning, never cease to find innovative ways to improve our health, our homes, our happiness. Since September is Self-Improvement Month, there’s no better time to take action on the habits that will help us become our best selves and enjoy our best lives.