Looking for a gift idea that will delight and surprise? The rubber band powered magic flying butterflies will do just that!
It’s easy peasy to wind up the rubber band on the butterfly and gently place it in a greeting card or book. When it is opened, out flies a butterfly!
It’s magical because a guaranteed smile will appear.
You’ve heard it in the news. Americans don’t get enough sleep.
Arianna Huffington wrote a whole book about it called “The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.”
She goes so far as to call it a “sleep deprivation crisis” and explains that it negatively affects our health, our job performance, our relationships and even our happiness.
Really, we should all make a New Year’s resolution to get more sleep this year.
That’s why a gift of “Better Sleep” makes a thoughtful gift!
With most people not making the time to get a full 8 hours of sleep at night, encouragement from someone to make sleep a priority would be a much welcomed gift.
Every year for Christmas, my friend, Carol, gives me a Suzy Toronto’s inspirational wall calendar 12’x 12′. It has become my favorite annual gift!
Suzy Toronto’s clever-creative-genius words of inspiration for women opens your thoughts to courage, strength, faith, conviction, pride, imagination, ideas, potential, vision, determination, focus… and I could go on and on.
One of my favorite quotes from the 2018 calendar is “Put on some lipstick before almost anything else – as if this would magically give me the strength and will power to tackle any obstacle in my path!”
Oh…this is sooo me!
Each month you read Suzy’s fun, delightful, healthy dose of inspiring words in story form to give the feeling of an “I can attitude” and a smile in your heart! Continue Reading
Most of my friends and I have adult children. The question each year is “What do we give them for Christmas?”
It was so much easier to pick out Christmas gifts when they were small, but as adults it’s difficult to surprise them.
My friend shared her “stroke of genius” idea and came up with a Couple’s Photo Shoot for her grown adult children’s Christmas gift.
We have lots of pictures of our children but not professional grown-up photos of our kids and their spouses other than the wedding photos taken years before.
Even her adult granddaughter and boyfriend will receive a photo session. They will be so surprised!
Moto Photo packages for couples are reasonably priced starting at $55 for a one pose package.
The package consists of an 8×10, two 5×7 and 8 wallets. Gift certificates are also available to give any dollar amount you would like.
JCPenney Portraits and Portrait Innovations are also offering holiday specials.
Look, life can be stressful and sometimes I just need to escape reality for a while… by watching some Netflix.
I like to close the door to my bedroom, lay on my bed, and binge watch a little.
But sometimes I’m so tired I don’t even want to hold my tablet. Hey, my hands need a break too! So what do I do? “Lazy holder” to the rescue!
“Lazy holders” mount tablets and smart phones to any surface thinner than three inches.
Think headboard, nightstand, desk, coffee table, countertop, etc.
We must remember the kick ass women who came before us who didn’t take no for an answer and who showed us the greatness that can be achieved when you believe in yourself.
We must tell their stories and inspire the next generation of women to achieve their own greatness.
The book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls contains 100 true stories of 100 extraordinary women from both the past and present.
The stories are perfect for telling at bedtime because they’ve been creatively written in the fashion of fairy tales.
It’s so nice to ask a family member what they want for Christmas, and they know exactly what they want!
My son, Braden, is THE IT TECH GUY in our family. Since he also works in IT, he is always experiencing or researching the newest technology.
His “wish list” was one item–Apple AirPods Bluetooth Wireless Earbuds.
On the job, Braden likes to listen to music while working on tech stuff (that’s as technical as I can get), and he must be available at all times to take incoming calls.
With a tap of the AirPods, he can switch from listening to music to answering his iPhone. AMAZING!
AirPods deliver five hours of listening time on one charge, and it has a charging case that holds additional charges for more than 24 hours of listening time. Continue Reading
Really good ice cream in fun flavors. That’s what I want. Any time of year.
One of my favorite flavors is goat cheese ice cream. Hey. Don’t knock it until you try it. Trust me.
One time a friend bought me a pint of Jeni’s Goat Cheese with Red Cherries. Absolute heaven!
Have you heard of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams? It’s an artisan ice cream company, which means real people use real (vs. synthetic) ingredients to make the highest quality ice cream.
The company is known for always coming out with fun, inventive flavors!
I’ve always wanted to skydive but jumping out of an airplane just didn’t make a lot of sense the older I became.
My sister-in-law gave me a gift certificate to iFLY so I could fulfill my dream closer to the ground!
iFLY is indoor skydiving that simulates true free fall conditions in a vertical wind tunnel.
Their motto of “It’s where the dream of flight becomes a reality” really happened for me!
At age 65 I’m no spring chicken (a phrase my mother-in-law would say) but there have been lots of elderly people who have been brave enough to skydive.
I hoped the wind tunnel would help me decide if I was just satisfied doing a simulation or if I needed to do the real thing. Continue Reading
Some people love being able to watch movies on their home entertainment system, but others love the original movie watching experience–in an actual movie theater!
They want a cinematic experience that involves sitting in a dark theater watching a film on a three-story screen while listening to the audio come out of a massive speaker system. For them, it’s just not the same watching movies at home.
There is another reason some people love going to the movies.
They want to see a movie as soon as it comes out. They don’t want to wait months for it to become available on Redbox, on Netflix or on DVD.
Psst. I personally love the social aspect of watching horror movies inside a crowded theater–to feel dozens of strangers suck in their breath together in anticipation or to hear a blood curdling screen come from someone sitting in the row behind you.
