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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: I use yourguidance to set up my home, and, althoughour home is for the most part “feng shui-friendly,” we just can’t seem to get things donehere. I know you are also a professionalastrologer. Can you comment on this — is itour personalities that are not compatible? Ifeel it is best to make consistent progress onprojects in the home whereas my husbandgets distracted a lot. I am a Capricorn, myhusband is a Gemini.

Irealized early on that feng shui is notthe answer to everything, no matterhow much I wanted to believe that I

could create luck and harmony simply byclearing clutter, facing an auspicious direc-tion or managing the flow of energy.However, after consulting in hundreds ofhomes and businesses, I now see that wecreate our own luck and harmony with ourawareness.

While feng shui has energetic influenceon a person, it will never change one’sintrinsic nature, but astrology will help youunderstand one’s natural traits and charac-teristics so that you can accept people inyour life for who they are, instead of wish-ing they were someone they are not.

Conflict stems from judgments on behavior

Conflict between the people livingtogether can stem from the need to beright. Most of us express our opinion,believing that we are right, but that sets upthe scenario for an argument wheneveranyone disagrees, judging us as wrong. I betthose of you who are “neat” like to showmy articles to an untidy person in thehome because you want that individual tochange and be more like you! Am I right?

The key is to realize that the person withwhom you are in conflict is probably not try-ing to intentionally upset you, just being hisor natural herself. Can that person changewith intent? Yes! Can you change your per-

spective? Yes! No right or wrong exists, just adifference in perspective. See if you can finda way to inspire the person to change ratherthan judging him or her as “wrong.”

A general look at the signsAstrology can give you general insight

about a person’s nature by looking at whatsign the Sun was in at his or her birth.Although the time and location of birth willshow more precise prevailing influences,you may see a part of yourself, your spouseor children in one or more of the followingdescriptions. If you relate to more than onesign, other planetary influences are likelystrong in your chart. Have fun with this!

Aries: You do not finish what you start,even though you enthusiastically boughteverything for the project. Advice: Makethe starting of a new project conditionalupon finishing the existing project.

Taurus: You procrastinate on projectsthat you know you need to get started on.Advice: Ask a friend to hold you account-able and set up a deadline and reward foryourself for finishing.

Gemini: You likely have 10 differentprojects going on at once, none of which

are completed. Advice: Crossthose you haven’t started offthe list, turn off the phone,and focus on one!

Cancer: Home improve-ment projects interest you,but your need for securitycauses you to hold ontoexcess. Advice: Dispose ofexpired food in the fridge toopen up a flow of energy foryourself.

Leo: You have a lot ofprojects that need to bedone, but often choose tohave fun instead. Advice: Donothing. The Capricorn in thehouse will get fed up and findsomeone else to get it doneor make you feel bad aboutnot doing it.

Virgo: You need to wash your hands tentimes and conditions have to be perfectbefore you start, then you run out of time.Advice: Tell yourself that getting sweaty isokay and you will have time to shower.

Libra: You invite your friends over tohelp and end up socializing instead. Advice:On project day, invite only Capricorn (hardworkers) and Taurus (once they start, theyfinish) friends.

Scorpio: You are all or nothing and willonly work on projects if they interest you.Advice: Ask a Pisces to help. They have ahard time saying no.

Sagittarius: You talk about a project alot yet never seem to get around to it.Advice: Keep talking about it until theCapricorn in the house tells you to getserious and get it done.

Capricorn: You will likely either get itdone yourself or tell someone else to do it.Advice: Make a plan, have a goal, and realizethat everyone is not as goal and achieve-ment-oriented as you.

Aquarius: You will take on any projectbut then procrastinate, and, when working,you are messy and disorganized. Advice:Just do your own thing, no matter what theCapricorn says you should or shouldn’t do.

Pisces: You have great visions of how youwant the project to look when completedbut get distracted by life. Advice: Don’t letothers talk you into helping them on theirprojects. Instead, put your focus on yourself.

So, as you can see, Capricorns are morestructured and want to get to the top ofthe mountain, while Geminis want to jugglemultiple tasks at the bottom — neitherright nor wrong, but, in your case, frustrat-ing. Understanding each other is the firststep, and finding something that will give aGemini a reason to get to the top of themountain is key to both of you gettingwhat you want.

Today is all in good fun, but next week Iwill answer another question along theselines about how astrological signs interactwith each other and what you can do to bemore accepting, creating greater harmonyin the home!

Alice Inoue is a life guide at Alice Inoue LifeGuidance LLC, a company committed toassisting people in living empowered lives.Alice shares her wisdom as a professionalspeaker and personal consultant, and offers aseries of instructional DVDs on feng shui, aswell as her award-winning books on feng shui,happiness and spiritual life wisdom. Visitwww.aliceinspired.com to read her blog, signup for her newsletters and download usefulfeng shui tips.

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Sometimes, even when you have hun-dreds of thousands of square feet of itemsappearing before you day after day, you canlearn to see beyond how they’re displayedand find a creative solution for your designneeds. Take a look at how older, worn andeven broken tennis rackets can be turnedinto a whimsical piece of art.

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It began serving Hawaii on Jan. 2, 1974 ina 1,000-square-foot space with just fiveemployees. Fast forward nearly fourdecades later, and American Carpet Onehas grown to include 110 employees fromadministrative staff to installers working outof its current Sand Island locale, whichincludes an 8,000-square-foot showroomand 33,000 square feet of warehousespace. The ample storage capacity allowsthe company to stock the most flooringproduct in the Islands, while also expeditingthe delivery and installation of products forits customers.

American Carpet One was the first tointroduce Stainmaster to Hawaii in 1986,and became a Stainmaster Flooring Center— one of 200 nationwide. The distinctiongave the company access to the exclusiveproducts and services, as well as the UltraLife Advantage, which affords customers awarranty on the products.

The company also benefits from itsinvolvement with the Carpet One cooper-ative, which it joined in 1988 and serves asthe seventh largest cooperative in theworld. The cooperative includes roughly1,200 other locally owned and operatedbusinesses across the U.S., Canada, NewZealand, Australia and Guam. According toAmerican Carpet One sales managerAaron Okamoto, collectively last year thecooperative generated more than $3.8 bil-lion in floor covering purchases, and theresulting savings are passed on to the cus-tomers here in Hawaii.

In 2001, American Carpet One intro-duced its insurance division. While theoperation does not sell insurance, it is thedesignated floor covering installer for StateFarm, Allstate, USAA, Fireman’s Fund andFarmer’s Insurances. The service is set up asa direct repair program through which theinsurance carriers have enrolled, so whencustomers file a claim, the carriers thenassign American Carpet One to handle thejob.

Three years later, American Carpet One

became the first to offer one of the mostpopular flooring options on the market inKarndean — a vinyl floor covering billed as“The Perfect Floor.” The Luxury Vinyl Tilerepresents the fastest-growing floor cover-ing category in the world. As Okamotoexplained, “It’s a pure vinyl that provides astain resistant flooring option. The productfits with our island lifestyle. When installedproperly, it makes your floor pretty muchwater resistant, so in the event of flooding,it will survive. Anytime wood, laminate orcarpet gets damaged, you need to rip itout, throw it away, and start again. This isone floor that will survive, and termites

haven’t figured out how to eat it yet, sowe’re calling it the perfect floor. The designapplications are endless.”

For large industrial flooring replacementprojects, American Carpet One acquired asecret weapon: The Terminator. The ride-along scraping machine pulls up all sorts offlooring, from vinyl to wood and carpet,and makes way for new applications. Theprocess has led to substantial reductions inlabor costs, which equate to savings forcustomers. Three years ago, the companyalso introduced a Healthier Living installa-tion process, which guarantees to improvethe indoor air quality during a flooringinstallation by killing bacteria and allergensand purifying the air.

Last year, American Carpet One becamethe first company in Hawaii to have all its

journeymen carpet installersapproved by CertifiedFloorcovering Installers (CFI), aninternational non-profit organiza-tion established in the early 1990s.The installers are trained and cer-tified with the end goal of assistinghomeowners and customers byensuring that those working ontheir projects are indeed qualified. Installersworking at the company need to pass bothwritten and performance tests in order togain CFI certification. These certifiedinstallers are identified by the CFI seals onboth their uniforms and work vehicles.

“We don’t just sell flooring; we build

relationships in the community,” saidOkamoto. “We make friends and that’swhat it’s all about.”

To set up a free consultation, includingmeasurements of a home or business, logon to www.AmericanCarpetOne.com orcall 447-2752.

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STORY BYKyleGaldeira


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