3 Ways to Make Your Christmas Special

christmas bulb 3 Ways to Make Your Christmas SpecialWant to make Christmas special?

Ah, the holidays, they are a mixture of fun, food and a plenitude of stress.  We feel so much pressure to make everything just right.  It is maddening at times.

We want to make things special because Christmas itself is distinctive.  Christmas is packed with meaning.  All the more reason that we want to make it stand out.  The memories should last a lifetime or …

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25 Things I Am Most Thankful for This Year

turkey 25 Things I Am Most Thankful for This YearWhat are you most thankful for?

This is the traditional time of the year that we stop and reflect on what we have to be thankful for.  I think this is an extremely important exercise for each of us to do.

Our normal, day-to-day lives are so hectic and busy that we seldom slow down long enough to really count our blessings. 

This actually reduces our happiness. 

Intentionally practicing gratitude …

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5 Good Family Rituals for Security and Belonging

family dinner 5 Good Family Rituals for Security and BelongingHave you established good family rituals?

Fun, meaningful family rituals reinforce a sense of security and belonging.  Let’s face it, as human beings, we love to know what to expect.  We certainly  like our traditions, ceremonies and I’m definitely all about good habits.  When you incorporate these within your family, you are laying the groundwork for success.

Children especially benefit from having well established routines and rituals.  It creates …

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Cheap Alternative Video Games for Kids

video game thumb Cheap Alternative Video Games for KidsInterested in an inexpensive video game system for your children?

If your kids are like mine, they love to play video games.  However, they often lose interest in the individual games fairly quickly.  Even the good ones only hold my children’s attention for so long.

This is a problem because I’m a dad that likes to be money-wise, but I also like to give my kids good entertainment.

The most …

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Break Out of the 9-to-5 with Kids in Tow

work family thumb Break Out of the 9 to 5 with Kids in Tow

Today, I’m offering a guest post about being self-employed with young kids as part of the Ultimate Blog Swap. You’ll find me posting over at Slightly Cosmopolitan about letting your light shine brightly.  Please welcome Hillary Boucher to My Super-Charged Life!

Do you dream about being self-employed, but feel that it’s impossible with a young family?

We knew from the get-go that we wanted to design our own lifestyle. We wanted to homeschool our …

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The Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes: A Family Adventure Story

This is a guest post by Jayme Beckelheimer Porkolab

schoolbus The Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes: A Family Adventure Story For the most part it always happened in the pre-dawn hours. You know, the time of day when the moon has almost faded from the sky…..it’s still dark out, but birds are chirping and the sky is starting to get a slight tinge of a dark purplish, pink. That’s the time of day it would normally happen.

It wasn’t on a …

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12 Ways Your Family Can Reclaim The Spirit of The Holidays

zippychristmas 12 Ways Your Family Can Reclaim The Spirit of The HolidaysThis is a guest post by Angela Artemis.

Is this your version of Jingle Bells?

Racing through the snow
On adrenalin and latte
To packed malls I go
Stressed out all the way!

Are you rushing to stores, sitting in traffic, fighting for a parking space, and standing in long lines at the registers?

Plus decorating, baking special treats in-between all the other activities, such as cleaning the house …

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