Intentional Parenting: A Review and Giveaway
Jamie at Steady Mom launched her new book, Steady Days, last week and asked me if I would review it and host a giveaway. I said “Of course!”. It’s no secret that I’m always looking for new inspiration to be able to do my job as a parent better. Although it’s title is Steady Days: [...]
A Change Of Scenery May Be All You Need
A while ago I wrote about how I was feeling as though I was stuck in a rut and in fact asked all of you for help on getting out of it. Your suggestions were all amazing. You had everything from mini adventures and “me time” to striking up a conversation with a complete stranger [...]
Essential Serene Journey – 2009
As 2009 draws to a close I would love us all to take a moment and look back at what we’ve accomplished. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised and maybe even amazed. As for me I created Serene Journey in mid January and began learning the ins and outs of blogging. Serene Journey has grown [...]
Three Things You Don’t Need That You Choose To Hold On To
Ever notice it’s easier to walk through someone else’s home and pick out “treasures” they could donate, throw out or sell? It’s easy because we have no attachment to the items whatsoever. Someone could just as easily walk through our home and do the same. Granted there is a lot we could do without but [...]
Happy Holidays For The Ill Prepared
OMG! Christmas is how many days away? Don’t panic there is still plenty of time. A lot of us seem to lose sight of what the holidays really mean to us. To me the holidays are about spending time with family, reflecting on what the past year has brought and what the new year has [...]
Small and Steady Wins The Race
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You know the saying but do you actually apply it to your life? Some tasks can be daunting. You may look at everything that needs to be done and think “Whoa! NEVER gonna happen.” or “Whoa! That’s going to take FOREVER!”. Earlier this week [...]
House Maintenance: Winter
Well it’s the end of November and we are still without a significant amount of snow. Now, I’m not complaining as I would love every winter to be like this, mild temperatures and blue skies but I know this won’t last forever. Soon enough the snow will be piling up and we’ll be huddled up [...]
Start Today For A Greener Tomorrow
This post is part of Blog Action Day 09 – Climate Change. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi While it’s easy to sit back and criticize and dismiss government officials, world leaders and scientists about their – scare tactics, embellishments, over exaggerations – it’s a lot [...]
Simple Happiness
Today I am excited, nervous, thrilled and hopeful. Today marks the launch of a new project I’ve been working on, together with the lovely Leo Babauta. It’s a project we’ve been working on for a couple of months now and I’m very excited to share it here with all of you today.
Tips And Inspiration For Travel With Young Kids
Okay, I’m not going to lie, I’m a little frightened. Thursday we’re getting on a plane to Toronto for Gwynn’s cousin’s wedding. We’re flying with BOTH kids. Now I know Gwynn and I are bigger, stronger and more agile than both kids but I still find the prospect of this all going terribly wrong a [...]
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