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New Beginnings

The sheer amount of newness that is occurring in our lives right now is both exhilarating and terrifying. I love new adventures, and moving mid school year with 5 days to get the kids’ rooms unpacked and school supplies purchased and the house feeling like a home so that we can help them succeed…

7 Easy Ways To Bring Green Into Your Home

I live in Michigan, and by this time of year I'm really starting to itch for signs of life to counteract the gray chill that tends to linger through March. One of the best ways I've found to boost a funky late-winter mood is to grow something green indoors, but I don't have a ton of space for complicated garden systems...and sometimes I just want to see quick results without putting a lot of time and energy into scrounging up seeds and supplies.

10 Things You Need to Do to Really Transform Your Life

Learn from Smart People. No reason to reinvent the wheel. When you’re up against a challenge, look to others who’ve been in your shoes. Read their words, study their habits, reflect upon their practices...and then incorporate what works for you in your own situation.

A Simple Easter Craft For Toddlers: Fuzzy Bunnies!

Crafting is one of the best activities that we can engage our kids in, because it promotes their creativity. It encourages free-play, free-thinking and gets the imaginations flowing. Click through to find out how you can make this easy Easter Bunny craft with your own toddlers!

10 Ideas for Making the Most of Family Time

It seems that most of us are busier than ever these days. Has anyone else figured out why that is? I know for me it seems like hours meld into days meld into weeks before I even realize what's happening. So taking some time to slow down is a priority for me in 2013.

My Favorite Simple + Healthy Meals to Make

I am a pretty lazy cook. I used to eat a lot of take out and meals at restaurants until I discovered that cooking at home doesn't have to take more than 15 minutes. And, the best part is that it's a lot healthier! Basically, I make a list of my current favorite ingredients that are in season and that I am excited about and then I think of different ways to mix them up! Recently, I made this salad with organic baby greens, clementines, coppa, green olives, avocado, a dollop of creme fraiche and a dash of olive oil and balsamic. It was so easy and took just about 5 minutes. Here's another favorite, that kids might even love (I loved juicy eggs as a kid!).

The Pure, the Good and the Simple Things in Life

I cried about the weather for the first time this year today. For the past few days it has been dreary, cold and windy here in Indiana and I can only handle so much before I start to question why I live here and not somewhere with constant sunshine and warm sandy beaches. I know it's only temporary but if your sunshine starved soul has ever been trapped under dreary gray skies for any amount of time you'll understand where I'm coming from. I feel as though I have been muddling through a great majority of my life the past month and the lack of fresh air and sunshine is starting to wear me down. Thankfully it's not just me that feels overwhelmed by the gloomy cold, it seems that February and March are pretty terrible months for a lot of people.

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