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How a Journal Helps Me – Journaling for Mental Health
How A Journal Helps Me - Journaling for Mental Health I can remember when I started journaling. I was 15 years old, the beginning of grade 10, and my first journal was an orange Hilroy lined exercise notebook. Pretty much the same ones I currently buy for my kids...
Possible Dream Foundation
POSSIBLE DREAM FOUNDATION A special post today. About a month ago I was approached by the Community Outreach Director of the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance to consider writing a post to bring awareness to Mesothelioma Cancer and a recent victim that lost his battle...
5 Tips to Help You Declutter Your Master Closet
5 TIPS TO HELP YOU DECLUTTER YOUR MASTER CLOSET Hi if you are new here, I'm on a quest to simplify my home this year, organize it and find some order within the chaos. Perhaps that is why you have also find this post. Here is where I'm at. I...
Little Heart Notes
THE POWER OF LITTLE HEART NOTES This post is more of a personal one in relation to my marriage and husband which I don't think I have written about much. Truth, he doesn't want his photo on my blog and I respect that. I have struggled with how to depict my family...
Top Posts For 2016: Books and Stickers
TOP POSTS FOR 2016: BOOKS AND STICKERS Every year I get to the end of December and can hardly believe another year has just flown by. How does it happen? It has been a big year for me and the blog. I love having this blog as my creative outlet and I love sharing it...
December Daily Journal and December Intention
December Daily Journal and Setting a December Intention When did it happen? All of sudden it is December! In an effort to record our memories and see what we did actually do during the month I have began a December Daily Journal. As well I have set an intention...
52 List Project: Comforts and Ideal Holiday Season
52 List Project : Comforts and Ideal Holiday Season Just a quick update to my 52 List project today. I was tackling List 45 and 46 in the last 2 weeks. One list I was to list out the what makes an ideal holiday season for me and the other was to list my great...
52 List Project – Week 44 Update +Free Printables
52 List Project Week 44 Update plus Free Printables Just a quick update to my 52 List project that I have begun. I began with week 43 which had me think about my favourite treats and snacks. Why are my favourite foods my favourite foods? A lot of it was related to...
Art of Blissful Parenting Book Blast
I am pleased to be sharing and participating in the Art of Blissful Parenting Book Blast hosted by BeachBoundBooks. This Book Blast is for The Art of Blissful Parenting by Sharon Ballantine. The blast will run October 24 - October 26, 2016. There is a $25 Amazon...
Beginning the 52 Lists Project & Free Printables
BEGINNING THE 52 LISTS PROJECT AND FREE PRINTABLES I love to journal it is no surprise. I love the process of writing to delve deep into myself to help guide me, recenter me, or just for a tune-up as the seasons of my life change. I recently came across to books...
Zen Mama Retreat Patio Mood Board
ZEN-MAMA RETREAT PATIO MOOD BOARD Today is the Autumn equinox and summer nights are slowly fading away. Soon my back deck patio will be filled with snow but I dream of next summer and plan how I could enjoy my patio even more next year. Reviving my living spaces is a...
Welcome September and Free Fall Subway Art Printable
WELCOME SEPTEMBER AND FREE FALL SUBWAY ART PRINTABLE Ahh, the routines, energy and commotion as we welcome September back. After a lounging, non-structured summer in our house, we have to gear up and get back into the routine of school and activities again. But not...
Great Family Activity in Kootenay National Park: Geocaching
GREAT FAMILY ACTIVITY IN KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK: GEOCACHING On our family's recent summer vacation we had the opportunity to try out our geocaching skills in Kootenay National Park led by a Parks Canada program leader. We had just arrived in Radium Hot...
Bust Boredom on Road Trips with Lonely Planet Kids
BUST BOREDOM ON ROAD TRIPS WITH BOREDOM BUSTERS: GAMES FOR THE ROAD BY LONELY PLANET KIDS This is one of those; when I was kid beginnings. When I was kid, my sister and I, would pile into my parents Bronco or Suburban with a few books and our imaginations and head out...
Simple Ways to Shake Your World & Freebie Friday
SIMPLE WAYS TO SHAKE YOUR WORLD AND FREEBIE FRIDAY June has always been a month of completion and looking ahead for me. My years were always determined by the school years. Beginnings in September, and endings in June. Of course that continued while in University....
Summer Planning With Kids + Freebie Friday Printable
SUMMER PLANNING WITH KIDS + FREEBIE FRIDAY PRINTABLE As the school year winds down as a stay at home mom I am busy preparing and planning what my family (mainly kids) will be kept busy with each day. My kids and I are sometimes at odds with what we will do during our...
June Goals and Summer Plans
JUNE GOALS AND SUMMER PLANS Well, here it is June knocking on our door. Summer vacation doesn't start here in Alberta until July so it is the tough slog of making it to the end of the school year even though kids just don't wanna anymore. I don't blame them though,...
A Habits Journal: Journaling Your Way to Habit Change
A HABITS JOURNAL: JOURNALING YOUR WAY TO HABIT CHANGE I'm going to update how my habits changing progress is going for a rebel like me. If you remember I was shocked but not shocked to discover that according to Gretchen Rubin's survey questions I was a rebel when it...