Need Quiet Sensory Fidget Ideas for Your Online-Schooling Kids? If your kids are anything like mine, you have a lot of wiggling, flipping, flopping, getting up and down, playing with stuff nearby, and difficulty paying attention to their online classes. They need to MOVE, and sitting in front of a screen most of the day is the exact opposite of what they need. Enter: Quiet Sensory Fidgets. There’s plenty of points we could debate about that, but as I write this, we are still in the midst of the worldwide pandemic, and my kids’ school districts are still delivering classes via Zoom and other online platforms. I have a houseful…
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Sneaky Self-Care Ideas
Sneaky Self-Care Ideas Are you a crazy-busy, in-it-up-to-your-eyeballs, no-time-for-self-care, frazzled mom? You barely have two seconds to put together, and you’re running full-tilt from the second your feet hit the ground in the morning, until well after midnight when you fall asleep at the kitchen table, surrounded by yesterday’s dishes and miscellaneous chaos and work that you just couldn’t get to. Me too. Later, when the cat runs across your face and you snort yourself awake, you realize you have a kink in your neck, you’ve been drooling all over that permission slip, and your left foot is asleep. And you have MAYBE three good hours left before you have…
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Essential Oil DIY Recipes for Winter Skin
Winter Skin Got winter skin issues? Dryness, cracking, redness? I know my skin (especially my hands) need a LOT more pampering during the winter. Below I’ve linked a number of great DIY recipes and ideas for you to check out. But first, let’s look at some of the benefits that essential oils have for your skin. I bet you’ll be surprised! Essential Oil Benefits for Skin Many essential oils have wonderful benefits for your skin. Of course you want to use the best oils (read about doTERRA’s CPTG quality testing). Skin Aging and Essential Oils Immortelle Blend – Skin Cells and Essential Oils doTERRA Winter Skin Care Routine Oils Recommended…
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27 Ways to Show Love to a Crazy Quilt Mama
27 Gifts to Give a Crazy Quilt Mama Do you know a Strong Mom with Hard Kids? She’s a Crazy Quilt Mama! Just trying to make something beautiful out of life’s messes. Do you need gift ideas, or just want to do something nice for her? Whether you’re close to her and her family not, you’ll find appropriate and helpful ideas below, along with a few links to resources (some are affiliate links). PS: If the Crazy Quilt Mama is YOU, you have my full permission (as a fellow Crazy Quilt Mama) to do these things for yourself. You deserve it. And I bet you could use some love today 🙂…
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My Solo Self-Care and Blogging Retreat – Part 2
The Hope – Self-Care and Blogging Remember last week when I wrote about my upcoming Solo Self-Care and Blogging Retreat ? I had big plans, big to-do lists and big hope for the productivity of this time. I had almost a week all to myself, in which to catch up on my Monster To Do List, brainstorm solutions for working more efficiently and basically solve all the world’s problems 😉 I was going to spend some time working on my essential oil business, my social media presence, my plan for the rest of the summer, and churn out two or three blog posts PER DAY. Wondering how it went? Read…
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My Solo Self-Care and Blogging Retreat – Part 1
The Opportunity This month my son is attending a week-long specialized summer camp. It’s across the country from where we live. And he can’t travel alone. So after making extensive and complicated arrangements for the care of my other children, it has occurred to me that I will suddenly have almost an entire week to myself. In a hotel. With free breakfast. And all the Wifi I could ever want. In the last year, I have launched an essential oils business as well as a blog, and the accompanying social media presence for both. That’s been a lot of work, and I’m not getting rich yet, but it’s ticking along…
