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2014: FREE Printable Mother’s Day Cards

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2014: FREE Printable Mother’s Day Cards

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Psst! Did you remember that tomorrow is Mother’s Day?

It’s OK if you forgot, because you still have options.

Besides the FREE 8×10 photo enlargement through Walgreens, you can access free printable Mother’s Day cards via the following links:

With these printable options, you can print, sign, and give to the special mom, mother-in-law, sister, aunt, grandmother, or friend in your life.

The whispering continues in our household. After school, the backpacks disappeared upstairs to find hiding places for items they brought home. Later, the backpacks were put back in their usual places.

Now, we wait to see if they can keep a secret. Meanwhile, Miss 6 has come downstairs to get markers as she says she is working on a special project for this weekend.

Our Sunday is going to be exciting. I look forward to seeing and hearing about their tokens of love and appreciation. Happy planning for a great Mother’s Day!

End-of-the-School-Year Thank You Notes and Gifts

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End-of-the-School-Year Thank You Notes and GiftsAccepting a teacher’s offer today to allow my girls to join her class’s movie afternoon, we stayed at school until pickup.

With the movie running for about 2 hours, I brought in a few projects. While watching my girls and listening to the movie, I wrote out thank you notes.

Since I typically seize these types of opportunities, I usually come prepared with a few different projects.

Today, I had my stack of thank you notes along with my blogging notebook and curriculum catalogs. Needing to get the thank you notes written, I consulted my list and started writing.

Before the movie ended, I had all my thank notes complete which freed up time this evening to prepare the gifts of homemade sourdough bread. Yum!

My bread starter needs 3 ingredients each week. I store the liquid starter in my refrigerator until I need to feed it the three ingredients. With a 4-step process, my sourdough bread takes 2 days to make, but I only spend around 10-15 minutes in those two days actually making the bread.

End-of-the-School-Year Thank You Notes and GiftsThis morning when I entered the kitchen, I was met by this overflowing bowl of dough ready for the next step in the process.

After dividing the dough into 6 bread pans, I left the dough to rise. This evening, I baked the bread and packaged the gifts for a couple special friends and my children’s teachers.

In planning our end-of-the-school-year thank you notes and gifts, I chose to hand write notes and bake loaves of bread.

If you have a signature cookie, bread, or snack, then you have the makings of an end-of-the-school-year gift. Pair your specialty with a thank you note and dote on your favorite teachers and friends. Happy planning!

Question: How do you prepare for the end-of-the-school-year thank you notes and gifts? 

2014: Memorial Day Activities

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2014: Memorial Day Activities

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

This weekend is dedicated to remembering those who gave their lives fighting for our freedoms.

From e-mails and Facebook posts to these 6 ways to say thank you to our troops, we can each participate this Memorial Day.

As you gather with family and friends for delicious cookouts this Memorial Day, remember those who fought and died for the freedoms we have today.

In honor of their sacrifice and to thank all those who defend our freedoms, participating businesses are offering the following offers to military families for this Memorial Day:

As offers vary from location to location, please verify your local establishment’s participation. In using time wisely, celebrate those who are serving and honor those who gave their all.

Happy Memorial Day!

Planning: Intentional Summer Fun

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Planning: Intentional Summer Fun

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Summer brings longer days, a slower pace of life, and extended family weekends.

As the summer begins, we have lots of ideas and plans for visiting the waterparks, meeting up with friends, taking a vacation, and getting caught up on life.

Though we have great visions of how summer will flow, I will not experience those events unless we plan for intentional summer fun.

Now, the planning does not need to be day by day or hour by hour, but we do plan our weekend activities before our 3-day family time passes by this summer.

There are many ways to plan for intentional summer fun. But to get the creativity rolling, check out these intentional planning resources:

In using time wisely and making sure that all those great suggestions find a place on your calendar, use these resources to plan for intentional summer fun. Happy planning!

Question: What is one item on your bucket list this summer?

2014: Father’s Day Printable Resources, Crafts, and Ideas

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2014: Father’s Day Printable Resources, Crafts, and Ideas

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With Father’s Day just a couple days away, the plans are forming or coming together to celebrate the special men in our lives.

My children get so excited about celebrating holidays that the mere mention of making a craft or card brings my girls running to the table.

If you are searching for suggestions or need a finishing touch, then enjoy these FREE Father’s Day printable resources, crafts, and ideas:

As you continue making preparations for Father’s Day this coming Sunday, June 15, 2014, create your own celebration in honoring the Dads in your life.

In using time wisely, print a project or two, make it your own creation, and present it to your favorite Dad on Father’s Day. Happy creating!

Question: How are you planning to celebrate Father’s Day?