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Easter Basket Ideas for Teen and Tween Boys

February 25, 2020

Do you find it harder every year, trying to figure out Easter basket ideas for your tweens and teens? It seems as they grow older, it’s not quite as easy to impress them.

Gone are the days of toddler squeals of delight with a new stuffed animal, brightly colored plastic filled eggs, and chocolate bunnies all nestled in grass filled baskets left by the Easter Bunny. Now it seems to be more challenging, not to mention more expensive, to come up with ideas for Easter baskets…especially for my boys.

Here’s a list of ideas for those Easter basket stuffers for your teenagers, tweens, or just those kids that are “too cool” for cute bunnies and chicks! And you don’t have to break the bank to get creative! Pick a theme below, or a color, add few non-candy gift ideas your teen can use and enjoy, some of their favorite candy or chocolate, and voila!

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Who Am I? How To Start Discovering What You Love

January 17, 2019

Who Are You?

Do you catch yourself looking in the mirror, staring at the familiar face, yet it feels strange. Like “who is this person staring back at me?” There’s a glimpse of a girl from long ago, maybe a twinkle in the eye, a glimmer of hope, a spark of a fire, still present in the embers.

Maybe you ask that face in the mirror, silently (or out loud)…”Who are you?” And you’re hoping for the answer to that question. Hoping to figure out this new identity, your place in the world.

This was me the other day. Mid teeth brushing.

So I did a quick search on google (because that’s where we go for all the answers to the philosophical mysteries of the universe). It yields up lyric videos of the classic song “Who Are You” by none other than The Who. And I suddenly have the urge to stream past episodes of CSI.

Who are you? I really want to know.…

7 Delicious Simple To Make Healthy Salad Recipes

January 4, 2019

Making Healthy Changes To Food You Eat

After the carb and sugar heavy holiday season, it’s almost as if your body starts craving vegetables. It also doesn’t help that winter is upon us, days are dull and grey, and you’d give just about anything for some fresh fruit and sunshine!

And of course there is the inevitable New Year’s resolutions of getting healthy, losing weight, eating more fruits and vegetables. But how fast are those resolutions broken when you’re still busy, overworked, disorganized, and the fast food drive-thru is just that…fast?

Do you find yourself wanting easy to make healthy salad recipes?
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How Does Music Affect Your Mood

December 2, 2018

How does music affect your mood? If you're feeling down, does playing upbeat music improve your mood? Do sad songs make you cry? Here's some ideas, including playlists! #moodmusic #playlists #music

How Does Music Affect Your Mood

It’s common knowledge that music can affect your mood. Watch a sad commercial or movie and have to reach for the kleenex? Now try the same with the volume muted. Not quite as bad? It might just be because the musical score didn’t evoke the same emotional response.

Listening to music, or singing along, can release those feel-good chemicals like oxytocin and dopamine in the brain. It’s how music affects us. Why a baby is soothed when mom sings a lullaby, why the toddler starts bouncing to the rhythm of “Baby Shark” (do do duh do duh do…sorry if that’s stuck in your head now), and why you catch yourself belting out that pop sing on the radio at the top of your lungs in the car while waiting at the traffic light. With all the other drivers staring at you. Not that I know this from experience or anything……

How To Read More When You’re a Busy Mom

November 14, 2018

Love reading, but struggling to find time as a busy mom? If reading is important, you need to make it a priority. Here are tips on how to read more! #reading #lovetoread #bibliophile #momlife

How To Read More When You’re A Busy Mom

Are you a bookworm? Do you enjoy reading for fun? Let me guess…you used to devour books! Binge a good book in one long sitting, buried in the pages for hours at a time? Got so attached to the characters that you found yourself tearing up at the end, not wanting to say goodbye?

All that was before motherhood. Before you were so busy raising tiny humans, managing the meals and the housework and the playdates.

Now you’re lucky to get time to read your email, or scroll through Facebook for 5 minutes before someone is calling “Mom?!”…