Super Special School Days

It’s that time of year again, time to get the kiddies off to school. This is also a time of year when moms get excited about having some routine in their life. Summer is wonderful but the constant ‘fly by the seat of your pants’ mentality can get really old. Personally I’m one of the moms looking forward to a little more routine. Yes, I know that once 3:00 hits things will be crazy with homework, activities and kids jobs, but from 7:30-3:00 I’m in control of my own destiny.

And yet…I don’t want the school days to make our life feel routine.

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Are You Making an _ _ _ Out of Yourself?

The other day I experienced one of those blinding-flash-of-the-obvious moments. It had been really hot and humid so we had been running the air conditioning for several days. Then, in the early afternoon, I went out to run some errands…and it was gorgeous! It was 76 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze. And here we had spent the morning inside the house, complaining that it was kind of warm in there, when we could have opened the windows and enjoyed the wonderful weather.

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4th of July “presence”

With the 4th of July coming up this weekend is a great time to do something together. You can make it historical and visit a museum or historic village. You can make it crafty and create your own party decorations for Monday. You can make it zany and design some fun activities and games to [...]

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Create a “new tradition”

On one of our Heart Filled Holidays radio shows (Feb. 21, 2011), my guest, Vivienne McNeny, talked about ‘new traditions’. The term almost seems like an oxymoron because traditions are something we do on a regular basis, weekly, monthly or annually. And yet, they had to start some time. Once upon a time you experienced that tradition for the very first time.

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What about today?

When it comes to enjoying our holidays and special celebrations we can all come up with a nice long laundry list of things we want our family members to do, or not do, that we think will make things better. You want your family to… Help you more with holiday preparations Get along on the holidays [...]

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There are Only 3 Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day

I posted a new article about celebrating Mothers’ Day on www.bizymoms.com. Here’s an excerpt and the link:

There are essentially three ways you can celebrate Mothers’ Day:

1. The way you want
2. The way your husband and kids want
3. The way your mother wants

All kidding aside, I’ve always found Mothers’ Day to be an odd holiday. Read more…

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Just do it!

Sometimes our friends and family will just not come on board with our holiday dreams. Sometimes they just can’t see the vision that we have, or maybe they feel like they’ll be left behind. Who knows? Only they know what their real issue is.

But what if you could start designing the holiday you dream of without having to worry about your family’s opinions?

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Fun for Everyone!

Celebrations usually involve getting together with those we care. However, a few people can feel overwhelmed by the work involved…

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Rocks, squirrels & really old boxes

I just got a text message from my dad telling me he was putting away the Christmas decorations and while he was packing up the box that’s covered in tiny footprints his mind was flooded with memories. And this is what holidays, traditions and celebrations are all about.

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The zone

I’m enjoying the blessings of “found time”. The kids had a snow day and got to stay home from school today so I decided to tweak my schedule too. As I thought about what I wanted to do this morning I decided that although I need to do some work today, my highest priority would be creating a relaxed, happy, Christmas mood. So early this morning I turned on the tree and worked on Tom’s Christmas present (and it’s almost done! woo hoo!).

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