Manic: The many memories that our family made in 2014, some difficult and many joyful and I want to remember these days. Managed: For the second year in a row, we kept our family’s new tradition of placing happy memories in a memory jar throughout the year. Then we open the jar together, on New […]
Freebie Friday Winner!
January 1, 2015 By
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? Keep on reading!! And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware, jewelry and more! Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce […]
The Gift of Unscheduled Time
December 29, 2014 By
Manic: Life on a super busy schedule, that has me feeling like a hamster on a speeding treadmill at times. Managed: Scheduling some unscheduled time. It is a gift. Happy New Year out there to my awesome readers. As Jan. 1st approaches, I make and take the time to reflect, to relax and to truly […]
Freebie Friday Winner!
December 18, 2014 By
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? Keep on reading!! And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware, jewelry and more! Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce […]
AZ Local: Christmas Carol Tradition & ACT Continue On Thanks To Sponsors!
December 16, 2014 By
Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre’s (ACT) annual production of “A Christmas Carol” had a very successful two week run these last weekends to crowds that both laughed out loud and teared up during the 12th annual musical production. And behind the curtain were relieved performers and directors since ACT was in financial danger of completely shutting down. […]
AZ Local: Soothe Sends Soothing Same Day Massage To You!
December 10, 2014 By
One thing I love about having this blog is that I get to try cool stuff out to review for my readers, so when Soothe contacted me about scheduling a trial massage that could happen in my home in as little as one hour notice, I signed right up! And I liked it so much […]
Four Delicious Ingredients that Multitask for Easy Holiday Cooking
December 8, 2014 By
Manic: Figuring out how to cook smart when making the big holiday meal so that we can get out of the kitchen to spend precious time with family and friends. Managed: Using these four ingredients that include Shamrock Farms Half & Half, Zesty Jalapeno Sour Cream (yum), Shamrock Farms Calcium Plus Milk and eggnog to make […]
Freebie Friday Winner & A Discount Code For All!
December 4, 2014 By
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? Keep on reading!! And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware, jewelry and more! Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce […]
Keeping Kids Entertained At The Holiday Table
December 3, 2014 By
Manic: Restless kids at the big holiday table resulting in stressed parents, bored kids and chaos. Managed: Brainstormed with the folks from Shamrock Farms and one of my gal pals about how to keep kids entertained at this holiday season’s big meal and we came up with some good stuff for parents everywhere. It’s hard […]
Simple & Scrumptious Holiday Recipes
November 28, 2014 By
Manic: Coming up with new and unique recipe ideas every holiday season. Hard to believe that the holidays have rolled around again. Managed: Worked with wonderful Shamrock Farms to share some terrific holiday recipes from our family and friends’ cookbooks using yummy Shamrock Farms ingredients like festive eggnog, creamy half and half, the irresistable Shamrock […]
Freebie Friday Winner!
November 28, 2014 By
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? Keep on reading!! And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware, jewelry and more! Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s […]
Holiday Gift Guide For Everyone On Your List, Even Pets!
November 26, 2014 By
Just in time for your Black Friday shopping, check this out. Gifts that give back, for the pets, truly unique and sentimental items and more! Happy Thanksgiving, too!
No More Hectic Holidays: 4 Things You Can Do Now to Streamline the Season
November 23, 2014 By
Manic: Holiday planning! Be honest: How often do you actually sit back and kick up your feet between November and January? Does the “most wonderful time of the year” feel more like a nonstop cycle of bake, clean, shop, wrap and repeat?! Most years it does for me, especially since I had kids! Managed: These four […]
Freebie Friday Winner!
November 20, 2014 By
Who is our Freebie Friday winner today? What did our winner win? Keep on reading!! And remember if you are a subscriber, then you are automatically entered in our weekly drawing for great prizes that include beauty items, cookware, jewelry and more! Lots of cool stuff! Now, let’s announce […]
AZ Local: Shop for a Cause: Clothes Minded Event Helps Struggling Local Community Children’s Theatre
November 18, 2014 By
A few months ago, my teen daughter asked to write an article about what her beloved Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre (ACT) means to her and to the many children who have called ACT their second home. ACT has been struggling financially, like so many nonprofit Fine Arts organizations do, so I helped with volunteer work on […]
