The Perfect Present

What is it about getting older that has completely changed how I view what I wanted for my birthday?  Years ago a friend of mine told her husband and children that all she wanted for Mother’s Day was to have them change all the burned out light bulbs in the house. I totally get what [...]

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What a Difference a Year Makes

I doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that this summer will be a lot different than last summer when it comes to little Cole.  Add running, discovering, and driving to the list of activities this year.  We did our spring clean-up on the yard yesterday – me pulling weeds and cutting back grasses while [...]

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Download Day – Organization Fair Quote

Did I not tell you that we had a lot of info to give out having to do with our Organization Fair?  It’s taken five days to pass it all along to you!  Well, last but not least, I’ve saved the monthly quote for Download Day.  It is a quote by Lin Yutang and added [...]

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Now That’s Good Butter, Honey!

What did we want to have happen? have a treat during our Organization Fair that allowed people to be able to wander around and see all of the displays as well as eat How did we make that happen? Great Harvest bread cut in double-thick slices then the slices cut in half Raspberry Butter and [...]

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Cleaning Tips for Families 101

OK, Dani.  I know you are not going to like this photo of yourself – but I do.  You are my right-hand man in our Relief Society activity planning, my half-marathon partner and our cleaning expert.  When it comes to cleaning things, you know how to do it yourself and you know how to teach [...]

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Science Fair…I mean, Organization Fair

I know, I know….you parents out there have probably done enough Science Fair projects to cure you from ever thinking that they could be fun.  But our Organization Fair (that looked suspiciously like a Science Fair for grown-ups) was exactly that – FUN!  Click here for a run-down on this “Every Needful Thing” activity. 10 [...]

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Time Management Lesson – Part II

Now that you have your values established (click here for Part I of this lesson), let’s talk about where we go from here.  After our values are determined, we don’t really have to keep creating new ones for every situation in your life.  Most often, the values that are important to you will cross over [...]

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Time Management Lesson – Part I

First of all, I know I didn’t get these downloads for you last week – it ended up being a crazy week and so something had to go and in this case…it was blogging about our activity.  Which actually brings me to our lesson on Time Management!  I’m going to divide it up into parts [...]

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Happy Birthday to Me!

I have tried and tried and tried to finish my blog posts about our activity this week and the time management lesson but every time I have sat down to do it something has called me away to other things.  It’s been a C-R-A-Z-Y week!  Now I’m off to spend some time with my only [...]

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Ahhh….Spring!

the crocuses last week: the crocuses yesterday: ahhh….how I love crocuses!  This first sign of spring is only one of the reasons why yellow is my favorite color. Are you seeing color around you yet?

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