ABBEY CARPET GALLERY
Home Advisor
™
Reliable news for healthy living, saving money, and having fun! December 2012
“You’ll love your new floors or
I’ll replace them free!”
President of
Abbey Carpet Gallery
Bill Daley
Inside This Issue…
Are you this month’s Mystery
Winner?
Holidays this Month
Five Secret Habits of Successful
Weight Loss!
Mega Trivia Contest
Client of the month
Candy Canes
Welcome to our new and returning
clients!
Tips for Saving Money Every Day
Antimicrobial Protection
Outsourcing Basics
Dear Friends,
We here at Abbey Carpet Gallery would like to wish you all a very Merry
Christmas as we take this time to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. May you enjoy time with your family and friends during this special time
of the year!
We pray that you will be blessed richly in the New Year and look forward to
serving you again in the months and years to come. We would also like to thank
you for your patronage and please remember to stop in and see us if you haven’t
been in for a while as we try to keep the new products coming. Last but not least,
we would consider it a gift and a blessing if you would pass our name along to
your friends, family, and co-workers!
Best Regards,
Bill Daley
Holidays
This Month
Attention
Linda Lewis!
You are this month’s
Mystery Winner!
We have a $5.00 gift certificate to
Whitey’s Ice Cream reserved just for
you! Come by our store to claim your
prize!
Saturday, December 8th – Hanukkah begins
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Hanukkah begins at sundown and lasts until the 16 .
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Friday, December 21 – Winter Solstice
Longest night in the Northern Hemisphere; now the daylight hours grow longer.
Tuesday, December 25th – Christmas Day
Religious or secular, still the greatest holiday of them all.
Monday, December 31st – New Year’s Eve
Scan to see our
“Smartphone Special
Of the Month!”
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Facts about Ceramic Flooring
The origin “ceramic” comes from the
Greek word “keramos,” or pottery.
Environmentally friendly, ceramic tile is
manufactured using natural materials and
does not retain odors, allergens or
bacteria.
Ceramic tile doesn’t burn or emit toxic
fumes. Even hot kitchen pans or skillets
can’t scorch or melt the surface of glazed
ceramic tile.
Most glazed ceramic tile has a dense
body that permits little or no moisture
accumulation.
In short, ceramic tile is a timeless,
luxurious and durable flooring choice
that offers a unique opportunity for self
expression because of its detail,
flexibility and sheer beauty. - Google
Who Else Wants to Win a 5.00 gift
card to Family Video? Take our Trivia
Challenge and you could win too!
This month’s MegaTrivia question….
What’s the highest mountain in
North America? A) Mount Logan;
B) Popocatepetl; C) Mount Saint Elias;
D) Mount McKinley, or E) King Peak.
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To enter the trivia drawing just take yor best
guess…and email us with your answer at
[email protected]
About Staying Well
Five Secret Habits of Successful Weight Loss!
By: Joseph S F Ng
Success Habits No. 1. Follow a rugged framework for diet and
exercise.
Let me set the record straight! Diet and exercise guidelines can
provide you with a framework for making these healthy changes,
but ultimately it's up to you to devise your own rules and come up
with your own strategies for healthy living and dieting.
Success Habits No. 2. Adhere to a low-fat, low-calorie diet and
exercise regularly .
Success Habits No.3. Discover and adapt to better dieting
therapies
Rest assured that successful dieters aren't afraid to do things far
different from the norm. Find tactics that really work .
Success Habits No. 4. A strong belief in ‘Quitters Never Win,
and Winners never Quit’ motto.
Success Habits No. 5. Progressively overcoming unhealthy life
styles.
In case you don’t know the six stages, let’s have a fast reminder.
Step 1. Know the exact problem causing the unhealthy lifestyle.
Step 2. Find alternative solutions to overcome the problem .
Step 3. Select the best alternative to overcome the problem.
Step 4. Schedule the start and finish times to work at this problem
Step 5. Get down to solving the problem.
Step 6. Finish, follow up and revise if there is a need to. Simple
enough?
Candy Canes
In Europe, it was very popular to decorate your tree with
edible items. Cookies and candies were the most popular
for children, because they stayed the freshest in open air
(without refrigerators or preservatives) . The Candy Cane
was said to represent the Shepherd’s crook at the nativity.
The little hook-style made it also easy to hang on the tree.
It also represented Christian thankfulness for “daily bread”.
The shepherds were the first to receive the news that the
Christ-child was born and so the canes represent that
honor also.
Answer to last months quiz:
D) Rush
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Quote of the Month
“ Never worry about the size of
your Christmas tree, for in the
eyes of children they are all 30
feet tall.”
- Larry Wilde
The Merry Book of Christmas
Thank You for the
Kind Words!
“ I have been the facilities manager at
Harvest Bible Chapel here in
Davenport for the last 2 years and
Abbey Carpet Gallery installed our
initial flooring roughly 5 years ago.
And it’s amazing to me how well it’s
held up with the amount of people
who attend and all the hard use it
receives. We are also very grateful for
the insight they’ve given us on
maintaining the carpet and also the
grout and tiles in the restrooms which
still look like they’ve been just
installed! Abbey really helped make
my job so much easier and their
willingness to continue to help way
after the job is done is truly
appreciated!” – Bob Techau
“ Abbey Carpet Gallery has good
professional advice when selecting a
product and the installation was
excellent!” – Bob Baldes
“The secret to my new beautiful carpet
is the best installation crew ever.
Thanks Abbey Carpet Gallery!”
- Joyce Gheer
Client of the Month
Congratulations to our client of the
month , Gina Gore. Gina is a
returning client of ours and recently
we did a bathroom remodel for her
that turned out beautiful! As always
she was a pleasure to work with and
we appreciate her business and hope
to be of service in the future. Thanks
Gina!
As always, our clients of the month
receive 2 movie passes for Rave
Cinema!
Watch for your name here in
a coming month!
Moneywise
Tips for Saving Money Every Day
Paying attention to your spending habits and making some changes
where necessary can save you a bundle of money every month. With
the tips in this article you will be able to get your finances in order
and save money too.
Make your own lunches. The amount of money you can save by
making your own lunches and taking them to work each day is
staggering. Healthy eating is easier as well when you make your own
lunches since most take out has extra calories and lots of fat and salt.
Shop methodically and not on a whim. The absolute worst time to
buy holiday gifts, for example, is just before the holidays. You should
wait for the holidays to be over when for things go on sale.
Bulk buy sale items. Buying lots of groceries when they go on sale is
a great way to save money at the store. Most of the time people shop
for groceries when they need them and that means that they end up
paying money depending on what the store wants to charge.
Home Advisor
Antimicrobial Protection
Antimicrobial protection is a phrase that simply means a
product will protect against various microbes such as
bacteria, fungi and algae. Antimicrobial protection can be
built into fabrics, upholstery and textiles. It is often a silverbased technology that helps to maintain the freshness of the
fabric, repelling or even eliminating odors due to microbial
influence. The protection will also prevent discoloring and
skin irritation. This type of fabric usually looks a little
different than other fabrics and textiles, but its properties
are such that bacteria, mold and fungi cannot exist and
multiply on its surface.
Antimicrobial treatments can be applied to fabrics and
textiles as well. These are chemical actions that are usually
included in the water used to wash the fabrics. They can
control the growth of bacteria, keeping down on unpleasant
odors and delaying the need for re-washing, thereby saving
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time and money, while cutting down on the general wear and
tear that household clothes and fabrics are prone to on a
daily basis.
New Friends
And Clients!
Meet our new clients…
One of the main advantages to using a chemical antimicrobial
treatment is that it can be applied to all existing fabrics and
textiles, as well as general household upholstery. This will
extend the life of the fabric and give it a freshness that it
may have been lacking before. While we all like to change
our clothes regularly, and of course it is a good idea, wearing
clothes that have been treated with antimicrobial protection
means that there is actually less absolute need to. This can
be a very welcome thing on long journeys, for example.
Work Tips
Outsourcing Basics
If you wonder why companies resort to outsourcing, the straight
answer for this is to cut down on cost without compromising the
quality of service, while still being able to meet clients’ needs.
Below are some reminders:
Know what you need - Set specific goals and the requirements to meet
such goals. Sufficient information on a particular project provides a set
of qualifications that allow you to be able to pick the right outsourcing
firm fit for the job.
Get quotes - Once you have outlined your project, look for
outsourcing firms that offer the service you need. It is advisable to ask
for written quotes from three or more different outsourcing companies.
Compare and evaluate the rates and the extent of the service they could
provide.
Do background checks - As part of your research, after you have
shortlisted three outsourcing firms for your project, try to get feedback
from past clients. This will give you an idea of how the outsourcing
firm works.
Furthermore, it will help you come up with the wisest decision in
choosing the right firm you naturally may feel best for the job.
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Bonnie Jeffries
Lynn Geick
Mike and Julie Williams
Nancy Bloyd
Tammy Guest
Jane Novak
Shawna Graham
Welcome back to our
returning clients…
Tom and Randee Duncan
Joseph and Sandra Schneider
Steve and Mary Imming
Michael and Linda Duffy
Rick and Julie Palmer
Gwen McCarthy
Jeanine Wilker
A gigantic THANK YOU
to all who referred us
last month…
John Hensel
Sue Skorepa
Jeff Kaisler
Emily Daily
Tim Lane
Kim Brozovich
Mike Lauritsen Ron Nimmer
Get A Night Out At The
Movies For 2 With
My Referral Rewards Program
Every time you refer someone who
becomes a client and spends a minimum
of $1,000 I will send you a gift
certificate for two passes to the Rave
Cinema. And Hey! What’s a movie
without popcorn? The gift certificate
will also cover a big box of hot, buttered
popcorn and sodas!
Information
About Us
Abbey Carpet Gallery
4811 N Brady St.
Davenport, IA 52806
Tel: 563-391-2593
Fax: 563-391-0323
[email protected]
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