Three months ago I committed to the daily practice of gratitude. At first, it did not feel normal. It was forced. It felt fake. But that saying Fake it til you make it is a saying for a reason, I guess. This daily gratitude practice isn’t a big time commitment. It takes maybe a minute or […]
Archives for November 2017
This Is Reality
Last week my parents came up to the house and helped me clean up my disaster of a house on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My dining room in particular remains a challenge for me to keep neat and uncluttered. My dining room table always ends up as the dumping ground for laundry and inevitably, a […]
I’ve Changed My Mind About The Elf On The Shelf. Sort Of.
The Elf On The Shelf pictures are starting. A few years ago, I wrote a post about my near hatred for the EOTS. At the time I wrote that, I was knee deep in little kids and chaos, and the thought of adding one more item to my list of things to think about and […]
An Awesome (and easy) Thanksgiving Tradition To Start With Your Family This Year
A friend of mine — Eileen from Little Acorn Learning — posted this picture of her Thanksgiving table last year: I thought those cards were such a nice idea. What a great way to encourage interaction and kindness around the Thanksgiving table! This year I really wanted to do something similar. So I made some templates […]
Not Your Average Weekend. There Is No Other Weekend Like It. Seriously.
You know what’s happening in three months and thirteen days? NOT YOUR AVERAGE WEEKEND!!! 15 weeks from tonight you could be taking advantage of this incredible opportunity and hanging out with me and a bunch of other women in the NYAM tribe. Have you and your friends reserved your room yet? If you don’t […]
Pulling The Grammy And Papa Card
Last week Number 7 made a Christmas list in her journal. It was so cute I had to take a picture: I was going to decipher it for you, but I’ll let you try to figure it out on your own: Stuff ror krismis i Pad 2. FijiT spinr 2. fijit Qub A water Bottle. […]