Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
I’ve been growing my own salad greens with hydroponic farm stands and I’m finding the best way to enjoy them is to keep it simple! Using high-quality olive oil, spices, herbs, and vinegar, I can create the most delicious salad without the need for a…
Growing up in the 80’s meant we did a lot with friends in person as there was no internet or cell phone to be a time suck. Looking back at my childhood, I’m so thankful for that as we had a lot of backyard parties,…
Divorces are hard for families and everyone else involved. Divorced parents have to formulate new ways of interacting with each other as well as the best ways to parent their kids. Children are greatly affected by divorces in different ways, with some accepting the divorce and some struggling with the new arrangement. Because the children in each divorce will be different (they may be of different ages or have different personalities and temperaments) the effects of the divorce on them will be different. Here are some of the most common effects divorce has on children. (more…)
Did you know that swimming can increase children’s physical, emotional and mental strength?
Want a delicious, beautiful breakfast that’s low in sugar? Never fear! Here are some nutritious yet easy ideas from my #SugarFreeChallenge Week that you may enjoy!
As many of us have aging parents, we don’t want to think about having our loves affected by dementia, but sadly brain impairment affects 5.2 million adults. Here’s a helpful infographic that describes the stages of dementia and when it’s time to get helpful home care. (more…)
Added sugar is in many types of food such as energy drinks, candy, processed foods to energy bars! Sadly sugar can have a negative effect on the body. Check out the infographic below to see how sugar is wreaking havoc on your you body and…
Every year, thousands of children have problems with their eyes, whether it be issues with their sight, or infections within the eye. Along with discomfort and distress, this can also cause them to fall behind in their studies, as well as to not be able…
Just yesterday I was ushering my shy little girl into preschool and now my baby is graduating high school and will be moving across the country! How the heck did that happen?
Although the light at the end of the Covid tunnel is in sight, this year has been rough on many seniors across the country. Thankfully many schools are allowing an in-person graduation in some format. So, although my daughter has been online all year and has missed out on all fun senior activities, we’re excited to take part in the formal graduation ceremony.
As we’re only allowed four guests to the ceremony (and still grappling with which grandparent won’t be able to come), we are going BIG on the announcements. We want to send out beautiful customized grad announcement to all of our friends and family and Basic Invite has a great assortment and options for me to order from. As my daughter wants to customize her announcement to the colors of her future college, we love that Basic Invite offers almost Unlimited Colors.
They are one of the few websites that allows customers almost unlimited color options with instant previews online. Once they select a design, customers can change the color of each element on the high school graduation invitation. With over 180 colors to choose from, the invite is going to be EXACTLY how we want it!
Basic Invite also offers Custom Samples, so we can order a printed sample of the actual invitation before I place their final order. I LOVE this because often it’s a gamble as to the quality, and sadly I’ve been disappointed with the outcome from other websites. By getting a sample in hand, I can actually see and feel the paper quality and how it will print, and make sure the card is perfect.
Basic Invite just proves they are anything BUT basic as they also offer over 40 different envelope colors to choose from. With so many options, customers can make their envelope match the invitation. All of the envelopes are peel and seal so they can be closed quickly and securely. Again, Covid friendly – no one wants spit sealed envelopes right now!
If you have a family member celebrating the end of graduate school and are in need of something like law school graduation announcements, you can go REALLY big and get fancy foil cards and choose flat or raised foil on all of the designs.
After the ceremony, we will be having a small masked outdoor gathering for local friends and family in our backyard. We are planning on doing it in an open house style format so people can drop by, grab a drink or bite to eat and move on if they have other celebrations to go to. We realize everyone has different comfort levels with gatherings right now (lots are still not vaccinated!), so we want to make sure we keep everyone safe.
However, we know many won’t be able to come. In addition the the custom beautiful announcements, we are also going to order matching Thank You notes in case my daughter receives a gift and needs to send out an appreciation letter.
Although you might eat all types of food, as might the rest of your family, it can become quite problematic if one of your children is fairly fussy when it comes to mealtimes. Many parents find it incredibly frustrating to try and find a combination…
If you’re having an outdoor kid party get together this summer, here are some easy, healthy and inexpensive food ideas that are also safer choices in the Covid era. Although the country is vaccinating quickly, many parents are still concerned about Covid transmission & little…
I’ll be honest. I’m in full battle mode against skin aging. As a teen, I sunbathed for hours in baby oil and I think SPF 5 was about as much sun protection as I would use. Now, I’m much older, wiser, and so annoyed with my previously tanned and sun-baked self! (more…)
