Michael Thomas Floral Design Studio

1825 Roth Avenue

Allentown,PA18104

610.821.1051

www.michaelthomasfloral.com

One year is over, another is just beginning. We can look back and reflect on every success and every shortfall of 2011, or we can look ahead and plan to do a better . . . → Click Here]]>

Michael Thomas Floral Design Studio

1825 Roth Avenue

Allentown,PA18104

610.821.1051

www.michaelthomasfloral.com

One year is over, another is just beginning. We can look back and reflect on every success and every shortfall of 2011, or we can look ahead and plan to do a better job in 2012. We can plan to be closer to those we love, even though the miles separate us. We can plan to educate ourselves with new ideas, so we can make good, intelligent decisions. We can plan to share our lives and our resources so that some one else may be able to get just a little more out of their lives. We can plan on communicating more directly with each other to avoid misunderstandings and hurt feelings. In 2012 we can plan on a being a better someone to someone else.

I come from a big family. There are 7 children and currently 18 grandchildren. There are husbands and wives, in- laws and outlaws and now there are 3 great grand children – all direct descendants of my parents. It’s a houseful! Every year we celebrate our holidays together on New Years Day.  This year we had so much more to celebrate on January 1^st. We celebrated 3 weddings, 1 birth, the holidays of course, 3 graduations, 4 new jobs, a 50^th birthday and continued good health for everyone there. We played games, sang songs, ate great food, drank a toast, got caught up with each other; it was all wonderful. All these milestones in our lives are some of the best times to show some one how much you care about them.  I still choose to celebrate these times with flowers….

We had a bridal bouquet for Sandra (one of the new brides), decorations and poinsettia plants to spruce up the house for the holidays. We presented bouquets of congratulations for the graduates and those with new-found employment, a special gift basket for my 50 year old brother Tom, and a vase of mixed spring flowers for my mother (who struggles with her health daily). Flowers can convey your thoughts and emotions as well as any other gift. They are always warmly received.

After this weekend and all the festivities, we will all return home to our successes and short falls of our new year. I hope the successes far out number the short falls. We will remember the weekend we had together in January. It will create a smile on our faces. No one can take that from us.

May your 2012 be filled with success, good health, and happiness. May you and your family have memorable times together. When you need flowers to celebrate the milestones in your family, please give us a call. Thank You.

Happy New Year!

Mickey

I wish I had a dollar for every time I sang this song. Remember summertime 30 – 35 years ago? We spent entire days on our bikes, either at . . . → Click Here]]> “Summertime and the living is easy, fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high. . .” Cole Porter – Porgy & Bess

I wish I had a dollar for every time I sang this song. Remember summertime 30 – 35 years ago? We spent entire days on our bikes, either at the creek or at the pool. We really never worried about too much…we just needed to be home in time for supper – remember? We always sat down together for supper in the evenings. There were baseball games and roller skating at the park when I was younger. We would tie the laces of our skates together and get back on our bikes again. I can hear my mother saying “Just be home by 10 PM. Don’t make me come and get you!”.

Summertime was the best time of year as a teenager in a small town in Pennsylvania. There were festivals and carnivals in town and when they were over the fair would start. Ahhh, good times!

Obviously, The Fourth of July was the highlight of the summer. Fireworks, hotdogs, burgers, lawn chairs and the community band playing John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever”. How can you not love the Fourth of July? It’s the day we celebrate our independence. It’s a day to remember our freedoms as Americans and those patriots who paid for those freedoms. I wonder just what George, Ben and young Thomas Jefferson would say or think if they got a glimpse of America today. Hmmm…maybe in another newsletter.

One of the freedoms we have as Americans is to own and operate our own business…free enterprise, the American way. This summer make a conscious effort to support your neighbors and shop at the local businesses in your community. If we don’t, small businesses like the summers filled with days at the creek and roller skating at the park, will become a thing of the past…

Call us at 610.821.1051, or shop online at michaelthomasfloral.com for all your floral needs.

May your Fourth of July and your summer be a safe and enjoyable one. I hope your summer memories are as nostalgic as mine.

Happy July!

Mickey