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Simplicity Parenting ecourse giveaway

Simplicity Parenting ecourse giveaway

Last winter I read the popular parenting book Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids. I wrote a short review of it also, which you can read here. In that review I wrote this short summary: I definitely recommend (this book) ...

Spring (& Summer!) Reads & Inspiration

Spring (& Summer!) Reads & Inspiration

(Fourth and last post in my Spring Book series. Previous post is Sew a Sweater for Your E-Reader, with links to the other posts in the series also.) Last season's book list went pretty well. This time around I've decided to limit the list to my personal reading, podcast and ...

Outdoor Parents Outdoor Kids ~ A Book Review

Outdoor Parents Outdoor Kids ~ A Book Review

Moving right along with our Spring Book series (let's just call it a series for fun) I've got a book review just in time to help you get outdoors more this spring and summer (and hopefully all year round) with your family. Last summer when Damien and I went to ...

Cocoa Date Cookies

Cocoa Date Cookies

A couple months ago Jennifer @ Kidoing introduced me to the cookbook Bake With Dates, written by Susan Lowenberg. Susan also has a blog by the same name. Chock full of free, healthy recipes. I am always open to sugar free (for me this includes all refined sweetners - honey, ...

Our Sparkle Story

Our Sparkle Story

When we moved last fall we lost good library service. A big loss to be sure but one we are learning to work around. During that time, with limited access to other resources, I started paying more attention to Sparkle Stories. I had seen their name mentioned on many blogs ...

Mindset For Moms (and a free gift for you)

Mindset For Moms (and a free gift for you)

Today I'm so pleased to give a shout out for Jamie Martin's new book Mindset For Moms. I met Jamie shortly after she started blogging. I've been following her journey as blogger, book author, blog editor, and mother, ever since. It's fair to say I'm a devoted fan of her ...

New Year's Intentions ~ One Bite at A Time (with Giveaway!)

New Year's Intentions ~ One Bite at A Time (with Giveaway!)

I don't make New Year's resolutions. Those don't work for me. I also don't have a life bucket list. That's just way too stressful for a high achiever and high expectation person like myself. I fear a bucket list would become an obsessive-compulsive thing where I was either driven to ...