If you're looking for a fun and delicious way to add a little festive Halloween spirit to the mix this week, I have just the recipe for you. Its quick, easy, and inexpensive and you quickly bag it up, tie it with a ribbon, and call it a day. I have to have tons of these quick and easy recipes on hand, because I cook with a kindergartener who has a love for being in the kitchen, but doesn't have the longest attention span. And did I mention its pretty yummy, too? Heres what youll need:1 package almond bark (white melting chocolate)1 cup salted peanuts1 cup candy corn*more or less candy corn and peanuts depending on your tastesSimply melt the chocolate in the microwave … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2015
surviving to thriving: planning with purpose
Remember that time I tried the Day Designer, then promptly switched to the Life Planner? Well, in the process, I decided that the Life Planner may not be for me at this point. And I bought another Day Designer. Are you with me? It's working really well, and I'm having an easier time staying on top of things. I don't think there is a perfect planner that I could recommend that would work well for each of you. I'm a list-maker so the lists in this planner are what seal the deal for me. I also had a big need to schedule my days a little better, and the daily pages include an hourly schedule. I can't promise I won't change my mind next year, but for now this is what my planner looks … [Read more...]
surviving to thriving: home, continued
Let's continue with this home trend, and finish it up here. Do you remember when I showed you that KonMari printable? Let's move on from clothes and talk about the rest of the home. I'm not actually going to spend a ton of time on books or movies. I'm neither a re-watcher or re-reader, so we had no trouble at all letting go of DVD's and books. I kept a handful of books, and all of the kids movies. Those Disney movies do bring joy and they would watch them over and over, both trademarks of things to keep. At this point, I sort of made the process my own, I didn't have a hard time holding on to papers, and the ones I did have a hard time with fell into the momentos category, so as I … [Read more...]