- Remember toUse Those Reusable Grocery Bags!
Many people WANT to use reusable shopping bags, but just aren’t in the habit. How do you remember to use your reusable shopping bags? We know it is an easy way to cut back on single – use items, but if you live in a place where plastic and paper bags are easily available at… Read more: Remember toUse Those Reusable Grocery Bags! - Improve your Holiday by Making Food Ahead of Time
I admit it. Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s wonderful to be grateful and I am grateful for so many, many blessings that I have. Thanksgiving sounds great to so many people. It’s a time to eat yummy food with family and friends. It’s a day off of… Read more: Improve your Holiday by Making Food Ahead of Time - Try Chia Seed Pudding for a Healthy Snack
Have you ever tried chia seed pudding? Have you made chia seed pudding? I finally jumped on the chia seed pudding train a few years ago and for the tip of the week I want to see if I can get you excited about it too! It’s a super healthy snack or side to add to… Read more: Try Chia Seed Pudding for a Healthy Snack - Building Your Marriage One Daily Habit at a Time
Over my life I have learned that creating good relationships takes effort. As our children grew up we had habits that brought us together each day. They included dinner as a family, scripture study, praying as a family and for a period of time we did “family core” which consisted of push-ups, sit-ups, and planks. … Read more: Building Your Marriage One Daily Habit at a Time - Keep Track of Gift Ideas
As an empty nester, your family may be growing, and keeping track of gift ideas for all of your family members may be becoming more of a challenge. Over the last 7 years, I have gained 4 son/daughter-in-laws and 3 granddaughters with a grandson due to arrive in the next few weeks. That’s quite a… Read more: Keep Track of Gift Ideas - How to Speed Up Your Fall Garden Clean-up
Fall is on it’s way and with that many of us will be raking leaves and cutting back plants to get ready for the snow. My tip this week has to do with the tool pictured above. Hedge trimmers are my go-to implement for cutting back perennials. Two or three clips from these guys and… Read more: How to Speed Up Your Fall Garden Clean-up - Are the Linens Clean? What’s the wifi Password?
Now that I don’t have kids living at home with me, I have a few extra beds in my house. Sometimes when people come to stay with me they take the sheets off as they leave and then I get the bed made up right away. Sometimes they leave them on and I wait awhile… Read more: Are the Linens Clean? What’s the wifi Password? - Forget “To Do” Lists! Make a “Done” List!
I don’t know about you but there have been plenty of days in my life when I’ve made a “To Do” list and not completed it – or worse, done nothing on it! Now, that it isn’t because I sat around all day eating chocolate and doing nothing. I admit that I might have gotten… Read more: Forget “To Do” Lists! Make a “Done” List! - How To Have a More Enjoyable Life – Don’t Sit Out
Children are full of energy. They are constantly moving, learning, and doing all kinds of things. So why is it that as adults we don’t keep moving, learning, and doing things like kids do? The answer is simple. We sit out. If you’re at an event, like a wedding, and a dance is going on,… Read more: How To Have a More Enjoyable Life – Don’t Sit Out - Stop Procrastinating the Little Things and Take the Quick Win!
Look around. Can you find a few things (even in arm’s reach) that have been nagging at you to do? Most of these will take less than 15 minutes. Spend 5 minutes today working through those things that never seem to get done.
