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Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines

February 10, 2025 By Shannon Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

My girls’ homeschool group is having a Valentine’s Day party this week. In addition to consuming lots of treats, the kids are exchanging cards with one another. My girls wanted to come up with unique valentines that were, as my middle child phrased it, “from the heart.” My eldest is folding paper airplanes from double-sided scrapbook … [Read more...] about Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines

Filed Under: Raising an Inheritance, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: friendship, holidays, preschoolers, projects and crafts, school-age children

Simple Ways to Streamline Thanksgiving Dinner Preparation

November 13, 2023 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

By streamlining the preparation of Thanksgiving dinner, we can save time and energy while still getting all our favorite dishes on the table.

For many families, the focal point of Thanksgiving Day is a table laden with delicious food. As nice as it is to dive into these foods, getting them to the table often requires a lot of work and can be stressful. Last year, for example, we spent the entire day before Thanksgiving preparing various dishes. Then I was up and cooking again … [Read more...] about Simple Ways to Streamline Thanksgiving Dinner Preparation

Filed Under: Keeping the Home, Rejuvenating Friendships, Strengthening Family Tagged With: cooking tips, holidays, hospitality, organized living

16 Alternatives to “Good Luck”

July 5, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Would you like something other than “good luck” to wish someone at the start of a new endeavor? Here are 16 alternative ways to wish someone success.

I’m not concerned about breaking a mirror or having a black cat cross my path because I don’t truly believe in luck. However, I noticed recently how deeply the term “luck” is ingrained in my language. When someone is about to embark on a new venture, it’s not uncommon for me to wish them good luck. Likewise, I sometimes say the following: … [Read more...] about 16 Alternatives to “Good Luck”

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: friendship, just for fun, serving others

8 Ways to Stay Connected to Friends Without Social Media

March 17, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Social media isn’t the only way to maintain contact with friends! Here are 8 ways to stay connected without social media.

Last week I mused about whether or not social media is indispensable in maintaining contact with others. Though I’m not a heavy user of Facebook (the only social media I am on other than Pinterest), I’m reluctant to delete my account because I fear I will grow completely unaware of what is going on in the lives of my friends. Thank you … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Friends Without Social Media

Filed Under: Reflecting on Life, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: current events, friendship, technology

Is Social Media Indispensable in Maintaining Contact with Others?

March 10, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Many individuals share important news on social media and solely on social media. Is using these tools the only way to stay up-to-date on their lives?

To many of us, social media seems like an important and perhaps even indispensable part of life. It’s hard to imagine that there was a time—not so long ago, in fact—when social media didn’t exist. I’m not a heavy user of social media. I have a Facebook account and a Pinterest account. I check the former a couple of times each week and I … [Read more...] about Is Social Media Indispensable in Maintaining Contact with Others?

Filed Under: Reflecting on Life, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: current events, friendship, technology

Printable List of Alternative Gift Exchange Ideas

December 7, 2020 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

There are so many ways to do Christmas gift exchanges! Have fun with your loved ones trying some of these creative options.

Each year around Christmas, many of you stop by and check out a post I wrote several years ago about alternative gift exchanges. This post has inspired many of you to try out some non-traditional approaches to giving gifts! This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us will be having non-traditional Christmas celebrations. Because of … [Read more...] about Printable List of Alternative Gift Exchange Ideas

Filed Under: Rejuvenating Friendships, Strengthening Family Tagged With: holidays

Check On Your Friends

October 14, 2019 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Simply checking on our friends makes a huge difference in their lives! It’s a simple way to provide some of the support we all desperately need.

A few days ago I received a simple text message from a friend. She stated that I had come to her mind earlier in the day and she wanted to see how I was doing. There wasn’t anything extraordinary about this message, but it really meant something to me. I was doing fine—my day had not been anything out of the ordinary—but I felt cared for and … [Read more...] about Check On Your Friends

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: friendship, serving others

26 White Elephant Gifts from Around the House

December 6, 2018 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Pretty much every year of my adult life I’ve attended at least one holiday gathering where there was a white elephant gift exchange. Though the specific details vary, most of these have involved the exchange of silly, strange, or humorous gifts. I often scramble around the house a day or two before a white elephant gift exchange in an … [Read more...] about 26 White Elephant Gifts from Around the House

Filed Under: Managing Finances, Rejuvenating Friendships, Strengthening Family Tagged With: friendship, frugal living, holidays, just for fun

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