With a fresh cup of coffee in your hand and your trusty laptop at your side, you prepared to snuggle in and create an About Page for your business that will make your prospective readers and customers giddy with the anticipation at the thought of working with you. Then it happens…your mind goes blank and… Read More 5 Steps to Writing an About Page
Guest post from By Teresa Farrell, Registered and Licensed Dietician at Essentia Health. Tips for a healthy and peace-filled Holiday season By Teresa Farrell, Registered and Licensed Dietician at Essentia Health. We all love the holidays but most of us find it’s also a very hectic time of year, often too hectic leaving us tired and… Read More Tips for a healthy and peace-filled Holiday Season
I caught my breath for a moment when I accidentally stumbled across this graphic. Truth-be-told I was looking for activity ideas for World Kindness Day but instead, I stumbled upon something that summed up everything I want to achieve in 2019. “The popularity of images like this isn’t just the 8 or 10 ideas… Read More My Focus for 2019: Less is More #Minimalism
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of… Read More Diverse Children’s Book Recommends (add yours too!)
This is not a post to say, ” Look at me! I’m awesome!” I’m not looking for pats on the back, kudos, or any sort of affirmations. It’s a post to show how simple it can be to bring light into someone’s day with an Act of Kindness. It was the Saturday after Black Friday… Read More When an Act of Kindness looks like a Large Fry
As my busy life gets busier, I’m continually on the look-out for the things that act as workarounds, short-cuts, and hacks. After all, there’s only so many minutes in a day and I really need to never lose sight of what can make my already packed schedule flow smoother. I also have a “thing” for… Read More Lady Boss Recommends- The Jump Start 2019 Biz Bundle
{shared, with permission, from a Essentia Health press release) By Bonnie Brost, Essentia Health registered dietitian Let’s talk turkey – sodium in your Thanksgiving dinner You don’t even need to pick up the salt shaker to find yourself consuming more than a day’s worth of sodium in your Thanksgiving dinner. Depending on your menu and… Read More Let’s talk turkey | recognizing sodium in your Thanksgiving dinner
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of… Read More November’s Attitude of Gratitude and a #DiverseKidLit Linkup
How to Win Friends and Influence People (A.K.A. Best Practices for being a Decent Human Being) You may recognize the title of this article. It is that of a book written by the late Dale Carnegie. Basically, How to Win Friends and Influence People spells out some common sense techniques on being a better salesperson… Read More 63 Best Practices for being a Decent Human Being
Teens can be notoriously hard to buy gifts for so why not find some fun and kitschy gift ideas that can do double duty in an average tween or teens life. NOTE: No humans were (or ever will be) harmed in the making of the gift guide. Keep in mind folks, this is all for… Read More A Gift Guide for Vampire-Loving Teens that doesn’t suck
Ah, Halloween. It used to be such a big deal at our house! But now as the kids have entered their teens, the interest in costumes, trick-or-treating and Halloween decorating has fallen by the wayside. I, however, still get a kick out of decorating, watching All Hallows Eve TV shows and reading up on “monster-related”… Read More From the Vault of Frankenstein; 200 Years of SCARY!
Recently, during one of my weekly voyages to the grocery store, I spied a young lady sporting a t-shirt that read “Look out, I’m a Party Animal.” I had no doubt she indeed was a “party animal” as she shuffled past me in her rumpled tee, pajama bottoms and personal hygiene that screamed, “I just… Read More The Ultimate Sloth Gift Guide for Party Sloths
