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August 6, 2014
It’s my birthday!
Today’s my birthday and I’m 40! I’m spending it at the beach with my family. So far it’s been amazing, mainly because it’s winter and here we are in flip-flops and swimsuits. It’s quite crazy. The truth is, I’d be happy here no matter what the weather. In fact, a perfect day for me is […]
August 5, 2014
#kandcturn5 – 5th birthday monkey party – decor
The main reason why I love buying a party printable pack is that your theme is instant. So easy to tie things together, especially for those of us a bit challenged in that area. As I mentioned, I used this monkey party printable pack from paperglitter. She delivers a TON of value – my PDF […]
August 4, 2014
#kandcturn5 – 5th birthday monkey party – theme and invites
I realised that I got my personal wrap-up of the twins’ 5th birthday done (editing photos, thank-yous, brag book) but I didn’t do the very last step which is to blog about it all So here goes. Let’s call it birthday week on the blog! Today – theme and invites The rest of the series […]
August 1, 2014
{Live intentionally} Goals for August
I had a wonderful day on Wednesday. It’s always a wonderful day when I play with my goals You see, I decided to go full-scale into my goals planning and so I did… the July goals review typed out my goals for August typed out my “lovely things to do” for the year ahead list […]
July 31, 2014
Heads-up: Live Organised Community
Just a quick heads-up: Today is the last day to join the Live Organised Community at the special welcome price. Don’t know what the Live Organised Community’s about? Have a read here! Our special project for August is building a vision board.
July 30, 2014
Put your goals back on track
I am an unashamed goal-setter. Some people don’t like to call them goals so call them whatever you like. I like to think about them as things you want to be, do or achieve. I’ve been setting and achieving goals for 16 years so I have just a small amount of experience in this area. […]
July 28, 2014
{Marcia gets craftsy} Photo cards
This has got to be the easiest crafts ever. And one of the cutest. And a great way to use up extra photos you might have just thrown away or given to the kids to cut up *ahem* Supplies White cardstock (I happened to have some white cards ready so I used those) Glue/ foam […]
July 25, 2014
Some reading for the weekend
If you want some firing up and motivation before the weekend, some really good reading I thoroughly recommend is my book, Live Organised. It’s available on Kindle, as a physical copy and now as a PDF. Get your copy now! The book mentioned in this blog is on my wish list after reading the […]
July 23, 2014
Memory-keeping on a budget: My 5 best tips
I want to talk a little more about realistic memory-keeping. I wrote a blog post about that before which focussed on the time aspect. I thought I’d add to that post by talking about the other realistic side of memory-keeping, the budgeting part. Here are my 5 tips on realistic memory-keeping on a budget. 1. […]
July 21, 2014
{I love stationery} Wax highlighters
I seriously love highlighters. Every month I type out my goals, print them on an A4 sheet of paper and stick them on the wardrobe next to me with Prestik. As I complete goals off the list, I highlight them. Why? I still like to see what was there before but the highlighter shows me […]
