It looks like we can’t personally cover the West Sacramento opening due to *cough* financial constraints *cough* so we are calling on all our friends in the area to share their first hand stories and PHOTOS of this huge event. No application forms to fill up. Simply go to FLICKR and tag your photos “ikeawestsacramento“. We will feature the best images here on Positive Fanatics. Onward!!

[Thanks to Curtis Carroll for the scan and our initial West Sac photos]

The same goes for IKEA CANTON, MI. Share your pics on FLICKR @ “ikeacantonmichigan“. Thanks Heather for the first shots.

You are invited to join our GoogleGroups discussions.

Once again, we’d like to remind everyone:

We are getting lots of emails inquiring about
jobs at IKEA. Wish we could help but Positive Fanatics is not
officially affiliated with IKEA. Please direct your applications to
their corporate site/offices. Good luck! Enjoy your weekend everyone. See you on Monday:)

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We’d like to take a moment to greet our sister site on its anniversary today.

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The World’s Premier Moleskine Fan Site

Art: R. Bean

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Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty
light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him
die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the
snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the
true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no
more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all
mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring
in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the
times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel
in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the
spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of
good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of
gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of
peace.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Image: D. Morris
…
Gott nytt år!, Felice Anno Nuovo, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Antum salimoun, Feliz Ano Novo, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Bonne Annee, Sun Leen Fai Lok,, Selamat Tahun Baru, Feliz Año Nuevo, L‘Shannah Tovah, Prosit Neujahr, Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu, Manigong Bagong Taon, Happy New Year!

Opening this year:

IKEA West Sacramento, Ca. : March 1, 2006
IKEA Canton, MI. : Summer 2006

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This just in…

“Nov. 14, 2005 —  The opening of a new Ikea store has become cause for major
celebration for the retail giant’s devotees across the country, many of whom
drive hours just for the chance to shop at Ikea. Hundreds of people are known to
camp out for days in advance of a new store opening, hoping to get gift
certificate rewards and celebrate all things Ikea.

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” From November 19th to December 24th, 2005, the purchase of any IKEA soft toy
like the BLUND Teddy Bear ($2.99) will benefit UNICEF and Save the Children. For
every soft toy sold, IKEA will donate $1 to its charitable partners. IKEA hopes
to raise $2 million CDN globally. (CCNMATTHEWS PHOTO/IKEA Canada)”

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