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FLIT app Centre for Family Literacy & Literacy Activities
FLIT app Centre for Family Literacy and Literacy Activities If you are like me with young children you have probably search and scoured Pinterest for games, songs, crafts and other activities that will help build your child's literacy skills. It can take time to find...
Instagram Resources and My First Instagram Giveaway
INSTAGRAM RESOURCES AND MY FIRST INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY In the month of February I was working on building and understanding how to leverage Instagram to grow our blogs, our brands and how it can help small businesses. All month I collected Instagram posts that would...
What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do!
5 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO You can read my Full Disclosure Policy here. Ok, I suck at sticking to changing my habits. Is it my rebel nature? I'm just not that interested. Am I truly reward based? Argghhhh... real life, making changes is hard....
4 Areas to Research Before Buying Your Tween/Teen a Phone
Hi Everyone, I'm very excited today to tell you I have an original post over on Blogher about different areas to do research and have discussions with your kids before you buy or give them a phone. I used to think that a tween meant 11 to about 14 years old but now a...
ReViVe My Living Room: Mood Board Inspiration
REVIVE MY LIVING ROOM MOOD BOARD INSPIRATION This is the first part in my ReViVe My Home Series. There will be a number of rooms in our house that need updating or renos but first we are looking at our living room found at the front of our house. A little background...
ReViVe 4.0.2.0.1.6 My Road Map to the Year
ReViVe 4.0.2.0.1.6 MY ROAD MAP TO THE YEAR No resolutions here just life road map building. 2 years ago I started dedicating my year to one word. The concept was new to me but it helped to focus my intentions better than just simply setting resolutions. In...
Best of Adalinc to Life in 2015 + A Freebie Goals Sheet
BEST OF ADALINC TO LIFE IN 2015 PLUS A FREEBIE GOALS SHEET PRINTABLE Another year winds to a close, can it be already? It was a big year for my blog as I made the grand move over to a self-hosted Wordpress site from the old blogspot site during the summer and...
7 Tips to ENJOY this Holiday Season
7 TIPS TO ENJOY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Boom! It's December. Well, actually it's already December 7th. How did that happen? Are you like me and the holiday season always seems to smack you right in your jolly behind? Mr. Black Licorice's birthday is in...
Mice & Spiders & Webs… Oh My! Book Blast and Giveaway
MICE & SPIDERS & WEBS...OH MY! BOOK BLAST AND GIVEAWAY I am happy to bring your the Mice & Spiders & Webs... Oh My! Book Blast by Sherrill S. Cannon and Giveaway hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews . Mice & Spiders & Webs... Oh My! Book...
Art Whenever I Can: Finding Creative Motivation
Art Whenever I Can: Finding Creative Motivation This is a book review of Danny Gregory's book Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways To Be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are. Doesn't that title just jump out at you? A zillion ways! That is a lot! I am not a...
Foundations of Good Habits
FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD HABITS: START WHERE YOU ARE *This post contains affiliate links.* So today I'm going back to my work with Gretchen Rubin's new book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. I left off last time with reviewing the monitoring...
Monitoring our Habits
Changing our habits, we make attempts. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail. Why is that? Haven't you often wondered how can you be more successful in your attempts to create and make changes in your life? I know I have. I usually choose 1 or 2 self-help...
Better Than Before: Self-Knowledge is Key
This week from Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives, I was journaling on the topics from the chapter Self-Knowledge (Distinctions) Different Solutions for Different People. Rubin has most of chapter divided into...
Better Than Before: I’m a Rebel
Hi Everyone, It's Monday and I'm ready to tackle my habits, I think. Gretchen Rubin's new book Better Than Before has given me a lot to think about this week as I take a look at my tendency. But before I get to that here is a brief overview of her new book. Like...
Sparkle Sunday: Inspiration for You
Hello all and a Sparkly Sunday to you all. I thought I would start to share posts or items from around the web that have inspired me or have a little extra sparkle in them. Perhaps, it is a way to help me make my home sparkle, or help my creativity...
Hearts in Leaves
Hi Everyone, This post is more reminiscent of some of my very first posts where I focus on my slowing down and mindful walking. School has started up again and now I can walk all of my kids to school in the morning and on the way home I like to slow right down and do...
How can I Create Habits That Stick?
Monday seems like a good day as any to start a new habit! How about September? January? Do you have habits that you wished that you could change, or implement, or squash completely? When is the best time to start? How long does it take for a new habit to...
5 Benefits of a Calming Bedtime Routine
5 BENEFITS OF A CALMING BEDTIME ROUTINE *This post does contain affiliate links. You can read my full Disclosure Policy here.* When you have had your baby the topic of a calming, soothing bedtime routine pops up pretty quickly because parents are so desperate to...