It is so very easy to get caught up in the outside demands in our lives and forget about the simple “basic” things that can provide happiness and contentment if we choose to prioritize them. We can get so busy and frantic in our every day living that many people now long to get back to the basics and simplify your life, but they don’t have a clue where to start. It doesn't help that our obsession with a fast track life and material things also means we have to keep up that harried pace to pay … [Read more...]
10 Ways To Get Outside – Even After School Starts
Homework, soccer practice, ballet – is there time in the schedule to play outside? Here are some tips to get a Green Hour -- or at least part of an hour – during a busy day: 1. Scenario: Traffic made you late, there's no time to cook dinner, so you drive the family over to the rotisserie chicken place to get a quick meal. Tip: Keep a picnic blanket in your car for an impromptu picnic on any spot of grass you can find! 2. Scenario: Backpack? Check. Lunch? Check. You're ready to head to … [Read more...]
Fog and Vegan Ice Cream
The end of another week. Where did it go? Perhaps it went by so fast because I have barely had all my children under the same roof for 2 weeks now. One or more of them is ALWAYS gone now... spending the night or many nights, with their grandparents. Since we moved 1.5 hours away they are staying with them more often. I can't say that I blame them... they love their nana and papa. My son started out the week at their house since we couldn't miss the return of my father's racing car, after having … [Read more...]
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