Mom Spot: Time Saving Tip Tuesday

I found a great website that has great time saving tips for moms! One I'm listing here is very simple:

Have a staple shopping list

You will want to check out Family Education and the staple shopping list found there. When you access some of the resources there, they request you enter your email address. Take a moment and look at the list of newsletters below the fill-in box. You may want to un-check some or all of them so your inbox isn't full of emails from them.

I can testify that staples are sometimes the things I most easily forget - mostly because I assume I always have them on hand! Take ketchup for example. It often doesn't make it on my shopping list, but eventually I run out right in the middle of a recipe that calls for it. Having a staple shopping list with you all the time helps you to do a mental check of those items AND helps you to notice them more readily especially if they are on sale (it never hurts to stock up!).

Happy shopping!

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Frisco's Wassail Days

Friends,
I'm so excited to bring you the details of this family event in Frisco, Colorado! Nothing says Christmas like getting up into the beautiful Rocky Mountains and celebrating the holidays nestled in a cozy town with your closest friends and family. Fresh snow. Lighted trees. Sleigh rides. Visits with Santa.
And it all starts with the Santa Dash for Cash - a 1K "fun run" in which all participants must wear Santa gear! The run is TOMORROW and when you register at www.wassaildays.com you will receive a Frisco Santa shirt, a Santa hat and at the end of the run you will receive a stocking full of goodies including Wassail Cash (the official currency of Wassail Days that can be used at local restaurants and retailers) and a FREE pass for a ½ hour of tubing at the Frisco Adventure Park Tubing Hill. What a deal!!

Wassail Days is going on all week long (Dec 3-11). Start a new tradition with this annual event that has something for everyone in your family! (And, if you can&#…

Psalm 16

This Psalm has been blessing me. I pray it will bless you too. Thanks to BibleGateway.com for making it so easy to share these beautiful words with you.16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips. 5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my

C'est la Vie: The Men In Our Lives Part 3

Today's suggestions really hit two sides of the same coin. I was thinking about gifts for the "do it yourself" dad. If you're married to him (or lived with a dad like this growing up), you know what I mean. He loves a project whether it's in the house, out in the yard, or in the garage (ie. cars).

But that got me thinking, sometimes there is nothing better than a "do it yourself" gift. Something straight from the heart and made by little, loving hands. So, here are two lists: one for your man to "do" and the other for you and the kids to make. I think you'll find something that's a perfect fit!

Kid Made:
A photo bookmark (says "mother's day", but dads who are bookworms will love this too)A miniature golf course (indoor or outdoor!)A monogram painted hammerKid-made brunch just for dad - try this Hamburger Hash Totes, Kits and Sweets at Family Fun - cool stuff!Anything with hand-prints and poems written by the kids (Am I righ…

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