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Personality Test Fun- Now with More Animals

Find Out Your Personality Type

Have you even taken one of those personality tests? The kind psychiatrists use to drill down into the who that is YOU? Or, you know, uncover what 70′s sitcom you are? ;) I recently spent a Saturday morning geeking out and taking a free version of the Myers Briggs Personality Test (the real version is actually MORE »

Who can remember all of these passwords

Make Life Easier- Stop Trying to Remember Passwords

Well, now summer is here and all schedules are out the window and we all have nothing to do but lounge on hammocks sipping lemonade at the end of a long day, right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. As moms we still need to be organized; there are summer camps and vacations and dinners and playdates and chores and MORE »

go outside and play

Go Outside and Play!

No more excuses, people. The weather is warm and it’s time to head outside with those kiddies. I know…time at the park isn’t like it’s portrayed in the commercials (but what is?). You aren’t leaning lazily back on a lovely garden blanket, fruit overflowing from a wicker basket, a dog lounging adoringly at your feet MORE »

Life Lessons Kids Can Learn from Fishing

Life Lessons Kids Can Learn from Fishing

With summer nearly upon us, we’re going to have a lot of time to fill. These five boys aren’t couch potatoes, and I’m always on the lookout for fun and educational excursions for them. One of the activities on our agenda for the coming months is fishing.

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Be the Most Excellent You by Being the Authentic YOU

Sometimes you just need to remember how to be YOU. Life gets busy. Work and driving and school and activities and meals and shopping and and AND. Seriously, remember you? The you you’ve been  your entire life? The inner you that remembers quiet moments from your childhood, your most spiritual experiences, the times you were MORE »

Surround Yourself With Awesome People

Friendship Makes the World Go ‘Round

Whether you’re Socially McSocial Butterfly or more of an introvert, connecting with others is important. Friends, colleagues, family members…they matter more than things and power and accomplishments and all of those other trappings of life. But, interestingly, friends in particular affect your life in ways you might not imagine. Sure, they reflect your common interests MORE »

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4 Ways to Boost Your Brainpower

Yesterday I couldn’t find my coffee cup (THE HORROR!). Last week? Forgot I was supposed to drive for carpool. And then there was that conference call (time zone shmine zone). Unless you’re superhuman, you’ve had moments where that grey matter in between your ears has let you down. You walk into a room and forget MORE »

Grow a garden and a story

5 Tips for Easy Gardens

This post is sponsored by Disney Story. To find out more about this brand-new story-creation app – and how it puts the power of storytelling in your hands - click here. I love my garden, but I’m not the most enthusiastic gardener. I just don’t have the time these days to devote to the type of garden I’d love MORE »

What you should Know 4

What You Should Know Vol. 4

  This Month’s Highlights Jon’s new book is out. You need it. Yes, you.     Productivity Who knew that taking notes was such a science. You should check your note taking set up. There a super cool tech ebook bundle this week. My iPhone Photography book is in it too. Five books for under MORE »

Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Sale

Self-Improvement eBook Bundle

To know me is to know how organized and put together I constantly am.  My desk is tidy, my children are immaculate and perennially well-behaved, my hair perfectly coiffed and a healthy, delicious dinner is always on the table at 6pm. I’ve learned all there is to learn, and the very notion of self-improvement is MORE »