Let’s face it, we’ve all stayed home during vacation or even vacationed at home. But did you really vacation or did you just stay home? If you are going to vacation at home, a little thought and preparation can go a long way toward making it memorable. Here are 3 tips for creating a better staycation:
Posts Tagged ‘relax’
3 Ways to Make Your Staycation Feel Like a Vacation
Posted in Travel, tagged family fun, goals, relax, staycation, summer fun on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The most important woman in your life
Posted in Living, Self-care, tagged fun, International Women's Day, moms, relax, respect yourself on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March is International Women’s Month which is celebrated more in the U.K. and Canada than it is in the U.S. so many of us aren’t even aware that it’s happening.
While many people will be taking a historical view and celebrating the great women in history who have contributed so much to our world, I encourage you to take a celebratory view. It’s the perfect time to celebrate the women in your life, starting with yourself.
All this celebrating is exhausting!
Posted in Self-care, tagged fun, love my holiday, moms, planning, relax, respect yourself, stress-relief, support on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here you are, in the midst of planning a party, cleaning up after a celebration or just thinking about the next holiday, and you feel totally exhausted. At a time when you want to feel elated, energized and excited you are just too pooped to care.
“Present” Moments
Posted in Inspiration, tagged choices, choose, create, gifts, giving, inspiration, love, moms, perspective, present, relax, respect, wisdom on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this phrase today and it just screamed at me to blog about it. So I wonder, am I supposed to talk about what you’re choosing to do right now, being truly present in each moment, or the present we give?
Two great tastes that taste great together
Posted in Stress-relief, tagged change, choices, choose, communication, moms, planning, relax, stress-relief on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I saw two comments from friends on FaceBook that combine perfectly, just like chocolate and peanut butter. And just like chocolate and peanut butter it may seem like an odd combination but give it a chance and you might become as addicted as I am to Reese’s!
One friend said, “Did you ever notice your plate is overflowing , but …
A gift just for you – Vicki Heise
Posted in Stress-relief, tagged Christmas gift, fun, love my holiday, me, relax, respect yourself, stress-relief, support on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
No matter what holiday you celebrate, this time of year is notoriously hectic.
Have you had a holiday where you reached a breaking point and things didn’t turn out the
way you planned? There might have been a few tears and some hurt feelings. Were there
words spoken in anger that you wish you could take back?
The pumpkin pie debacle
Posted in Festivities, Food, Stress-relief, tagged Christmas, fear, fun, goals, holiday, love my holiday, perspective, relax, stress-relief, Thanksgiving, wisdom on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I was making pumpkin pies with my daughter today I was telling her how important it is to mix the ingredients in the order that the recipe states. If you mix the milk in before the spices then it’s impossible to truly blend the spices into the mixture. The pies end up looking a little odd as the spices collect on the top of the pie, looking rather spotted.
You might wonder how I know about this great mystery of life.
Thank you will suffice
Posted in Family & Friends, Festivities, Travel, tagged attitude, family, gratitude, holiday, perspective, relax, Thanksgiving on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
And that is what Thanksgiving is all about, being grateful for all the blessings in our life and simply saying thank you. It’s easy to get caught up in the hassle of travel, the cleaning and the cooking. It’s easy to get stressed out and worried about “everything going right”. But the fact is that, at the end of the day, the food will have been eaten, the house will be messy and the guests will have come and gone.
What keeps us from having ‘Happy Holidays’?
Posted in Festivities, Inspiration, Living, Stress-relief, tagged choices, choose, create, expectations, family, feelings, holiday, love my holiday, moms, perspective, relax, vision on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are many things that can put a damper on our holiday season but our own expectations play a huge role. When we think of happy holidays we can get stuck believing that we have to experience a holiday that looks like a Norman Rockwell picture in order to enjoy it. But the happiness doesn’t come from a situation; happiness comes from inside us. Our ideas, beliefs and attitudes will create our happiness.
So what interferes with us enjoying our holidays?
Are you a Christmas ostrich?
Posted in Change it!, Stress-relief, tagged change, choices, choose, Christmas, communication, family, fear, holiday, relax, Thanksgiving on November 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When you think about Christmas, or any holiday for that matter, do you just duck your head in the sand and hope it will just pass you by? Many people do this, thinking they will wait until they can’t avoid it any longer and then they just drag themselves through the preparations and the celebrations, hoping they can survive until the bitter end.
The sad thing about this scenario is that the Christmas ostrich creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
