We live on the California coast where it's warm and we will never have a white Christmas, or any other day of snow fall. We can't get away to travel to the snow, so what is a kid who is dying to play in a white winterland to do? My kids wanted it to snow, so my son came up with a solution and made his own DIY snow machine craft. DIY Snow … [Read more...]
Monday Matters- Spread Hope & Thankfulness- Fight the Holiday Blues
Welcome to Monday Matters! Spread awareness to help important causes and start your week off right by making a difference each Monday, even if that is just to pin, tweet, or share to pass this information on. Heather Von St. James was given only months to live. She survived against incredible odds and her new goal in life is simply … [Read more...]
Train to Christmas Town Experience #XmasTown
We just had an amazing evening riding the Train to Christmas Town! I was given tickets in exchange for an honest review. This Train to Christmas Town is in Watsonville, near Santa Cruz, California, but there are other locations. We barely made it there in time, but were greeted with smiles under a large white tent. The … [Read more...]
How to Organize Your Life to Become Successful Through Self Awareness
Do you have all your ducks (or plates) in a row? I'm the one just out of the photo that is upside down and cracked! I always said I hated schedules. Without some kind of schedule, life can be disorganized chaos, but what if you can't seem to follow one? How will you find the keys to success if you are constantly running away from … [Read more...]
Winner of the LEGO KidsFest Giveaway!
Congratulations to Peggy Gross! Winner of two tickets for Opening Night of the LEGO® KidsFest! Coming to the San Jose Convention Center Aug 30- Sept 1, 2013 Thank you to all who participated! You can still get tickets to this great event! Hurry! This event will most likely sell out! To purchase … [Read more...]
A Visit to My Dream Life
Notice the boy up there swinging through the trees? Just got home from two weeks in the beautiful redwoods of Aptos, CA. I house sat for a friend and it was heavenly! We were up in the mountains above the fog and the kids could run and play all day while I worked on making some cloth dolls and crochet for the Etsy shop. I really … [Read more...]
Unexpected Gift from a Child
It’s a beautiful thing to witness your child caring for someone other than themselves. Wayman Publishing and the Bloggers Survival Guide are celebrating the release of the audio version of The Bloggers Survival Guide with a BlogFest competition for telling the story of a moment in your role as a parent or a child looking up at your … [Read more...]
Who Has the Best Up and Coming Blog?!
An Award! Oh, you love me! You really love me!! Add caption I've been given the Liebster Award by fellow blogger, Cynthia, at The Sock Zone. Thank you (bowing), thank you! It does feel awesome to get an award! You've totally made my day! My month, actually! Okay, Okay, you gave me this back in May, but … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Forever Always
Forever Always We were here 9 Years Ago Today! Weren't we gorgeous?! All dolled up and so in love. Still love you baby, in fact much, much more, forever always. (I couldn't be entirely wordless today!) … [Read more...]
Let Go of Perfection, it’s exhausting! {Blog a Day in May Challenge- Day 30}
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 30 React to this term: Letting Go That's what this post is supposed to be about and how lucky is that, since I already wrote a whole section on it in How to be Happy! I talked about letting go of the past, painful memories, old hurts.. "Let It Go... work on forgiving the people that hurt … [Read more...]
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