Write your own list of 10 blog topics to inspire us for next month. Hmmm... It has been on my list to do some forward planning into October for some blog posts so this prompt is great to get me going on that. Should hopefully keep me accountable to it too ;-) So thinking cap on... 1. Sweet Treats - what are your...

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A day in the life.  Well, a day in my life is usually about kids, hungry kids, housework, hungry kids, laughs, breaking up fights, hugs, i love you's, family, entertaining kids, cleaning kids, hungry kids, hungry husband, cooking, snuggles, and if I'm lucky some crafting and some TV time. Ha! In a nutshell anyway ;-) Unless, it's a town day. Or I've got...

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What's on your wish list?  Well, there's always things that we all wish for! Here are a few of mine... hammock // desk // ring // shelves bean bag // hall table ** I want a desk like that for my craft room - I'm hoping to shift some things around and make my creative space more workable ** I would like the...

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What's on your to-read list, and what have you recently read? Well, my most sort-of recent reads have been the books - Take One, Take Two, and Take Three in the Above The Line series by Karen Kingsbury. Karen Kingsbury would have to be one of my most fave authors - she writes the best Christian fiction and always addresses so many issues...

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Three songs you are connecting with right now. Ok. So I love to listen to a good variety of music so this will most likely be quite random! 1. Oceans - Hillsong United This one is connecting to my faith, my heart for my God... 2. Forever Young The Tenors singing Bob Dylan's Forever Young captures me right from the beginning, every time!!...

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Hello and welcome to another week of... 1. Watch THIS VID! Honestly, I couldn't have said it better myself! 2. A little word on positive parenting about re-thinking punishment and how we discipline our children. Interesting read. 3. I have been trying to get the kids more engaged in non-TV related activities more.  THIS POST popped up in my Pinterest feed and I...

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Shout out five of your favourite bloggers. Who are your regular reads? I thought I was quite an avid blog reader BUT when it came to this prompt today, I realised that although I do have quite a list of blogs that I like to read - I actually only have a select few that I read every day, or at least every...

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I have dropped the ball with the Blogtember Challenge over the last few days, so in an attempt to get back into it, I thought I would 'kill two birds with the one stone' so to speak, and use this post as a creative glimpse into my life for the purpose of Day 22's prompt... This month, the mood board challenge over at...

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I am forfeiting today's prompt in the Blogtember Challenge today as I have not yet mastered the ability to record a VLOG. It's something, I am wanting to learn - but there is this thing called T.I.M.E that everyone seems to not have enough of...and that's the case for me.  It's on the cards though. INSTEAD -- I am going to share a...

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Hello Hello Hello! It's that time of week where I share some... 1. Kindness is the key to a lasting relationship/marriage. That and sharing joy. This is what these relationship experts believe is the predictor of success in any relationship. I found this article quite interesting. I usually read these type of articles rather scantily but I was taken in by this one....

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Your latest obsession. What can you not get enough of these days? Well that's easy! COLOURING BOOKS. I am so chuffed that colouring in is not only left to the kids now - we adult kids can enjoy it too! ;-) hehe I have accumulated quite a few - I mean, seriously!, there seems to be new ones on the shelf every time...

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The real you VS the online you. Are they the same or different? Now this is an interesting question. One that, surprisingly, I have actually thought about before. I desire to be ME, fully and completely, whether online or in real life. However, I do think that there are parts that are the same and different for both versions of my self. There are...

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What's in your bag?  Ok...I am catching up a little bit. Due to internet issues, I missed doing yesterday's blog post so am doing two today to catch up. I didn't get around to perusing my handbag and photographing its contents BUT I decided to take the opportunity to show off a new bag I purchased and received in the mail not long...

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The 5 books that have impacted your life the most... Ya know - I've read countless books in my lifetime so far and I come to this prompt and I draw a blank!! HA! Probably because I don't get to read as much as I used to so it's taking me a bit of brain power to go back and remember the books...

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Create a collage or inspiration/mood board for this season in your life. I've only started putting together digital inspiration boards. And I'm loving it! For today's prompt, I went with a collection of images that evoke uplifting feelings in me...peace, calm, happiness, positivity, fun. cactii / birds / outdoors coffee / sunlight through window / abstract art milk & donuts / field of...

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What are you up to currently? Reading... 'The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up' by Marie Kondo / Renegade Collective Mag!Playing... 'Cheerleader' - cover by Pentatonix. My kids LOVE dancing to this...ok...so do I ;-)Watching... Hart of Dixie - Season 2Trying... to get to bed earlier every night (this night owl ain't doing too well on that one)Cooking... potato gems and corn on the cob for the kids...

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