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Archive for October 7th, 2011

Sock Bun

Posted by Heather Manning On October - 7 - 2011

Have you guys ever run across something that was so simple that you HAD to share it with everyone.

I totally did.

I don’t know why I am so excited about this.

It just made me happy.

I was doing my daily cruising over at Social Moms……

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(Yep, I love them)

(pssst… while you are liking them, I would love you to like me too!)

 

when I came across this article called Taming Your Tresses In Minutes.  In it, she talked about a sock bun and linked us up to this YouTube video.

I watched it and said, how have I not heard of this before?  Something so simple?

I ran and immediately began cutting the toes off of socks.

Sorry honey

I started out with my hair and it’s just barely long enough to get up into a sock bun.

Then I pulled Alyce over to me.  My girls have the thinnest fly away baby fine hair you will find. 

I thought if this would make their hair look fuller, that would be awesome!  I was doubting that Alyce’s hair would stay.

339622_10150841436310551_702180550_21070298_1305751925_oIt totally stayed.

Look how thick that looks too!

She decided she is wearing her hair like that for Halloween because Tinkerbell needs a beautiful bun.

I totally agree.

If I am the last one who has heard of using a sock for your bun, I apologize.  I’m really hoping I’m not.  You never know.  I tend to get caught up in my own world of kids, soccer, and cleaning.

Have a wonderful day!

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2011 Holiday Gift Ideas – Journals Unlimited

Posted by Heather Manning On October - 7 - 2011

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Perfect gift idea for everyone!

I just received something absolutely fantabulous.  I was really really excited when I opened up this package that arrived.

Journals Unlimited

Have you heard of them?

If not, check them out!

In this day and age we do everything via technology, we blog instead of physically writing in a diary, we use apps for our grocery lists, we send emails instead of handwritten letters, the list goes on and on.  And while all of this moving forward has been fabulous, I feel we have lost a lot by not writing things down like we used to.

Have you ever held your mother or your grandmother’s old diary?  Felt it?  Smelled it?  Seen their familiar handwriting?  Being taken back to another time, a time when you were younger? Imagine after we are gone, our children going through our stuff and smiling as they pull out this journal that we had written in daily, our thoughts, our goals, our aspirations for our children.  Imagine them holding it to their chest and then smiling through their watery eyes as they read the words that you put down to paper.

I say my blog is my diary, and it is.  I plan on printing out my My Life posts in a book format for each of my kids to hold on to.  But that being said, I have now started using this also, I can imagine them feeling the way I do when I hold one of my grandmother’s letters to me, rereading what she said, seeing her handwriting.  It brings back so many good memories for me.

I received the one called Daily Devotions – A Prayer Journal from their Write It Down series.  They also have their The Color Collection, Notepad Series, Between Me and You Series, and Custom Journals.  They also have Wholesale Accounts for those of you with businesses that work with this type of item.

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The back of one page and the start of another

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The start of my first entry

I dove write in.  I have decided that I will use this every day as I do my Bible reading for the day, that way I can include my favorite scripture, and though I pray more than once in the day, I also can take that time when I pray for understanding of God’s word for me today, to really take the time to pray for those that I know need his help.

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This would make the most AWESOME teacher’s gift this holiday season.  It is their Special Teacher Journal.  It is $21.95.  I spend that much on coffee gift card and coffee cup each year for my kids’ teachers.  I am going this route this year.  It will last so much longer and I think it will be so much more meaningful.  Something they can cherish and they will think of your child when they pull this out to reflect over this past year.

So many gift ideas:

That is just the beginning.   You have to see how many different journals they have, each one unique, beautiful, yet sturdy to last, they are amazing.

Take a peak.  I guarantee you will find something for yourself, if not for EVERYONE in your life.  A soccer journal, seriously?  How awesome is that?  Perfect for my kids (or their soccer mom)!

I have to take a moment to highlight this during breast cancer awareness month.

My Pink Ribbon Awareness Journal

A Pink Ribbon Angel adorns the cover of this beautiful journal promoting breast cancer awareness. This new title has lined pages so you can use it for any purpose. Each of us has had or will have a personal association with a family member, friend, neighbor, co-worker, (or us ourselves) diagnosed with breast cancer. For that reason, Journals Unlimited, Inc. has chosen to donate $1 from the purchase of every Pink Ribbon Journal to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. Help us to help them find a cure in our lifetime and aid in the prevention of breast cancer.

Having 2 survivors in my family, I love them for this.  My cousin Brandi and my Aunt Jackie are both cancer free.  I love you both!

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Journals Unlimited is getting a big

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for being a product that we can instill a love of writing for in our children and providing heirloom quality products that we can leave to them when we are gone.

I want to thank Journals Unlimited again for the Daily Devotions – A Prayer Journal they sent me.  I will cherish it always.

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**GIVEAWAY CLOSED** Tree Of Life Giveaway

Posted by Heather Manning On October - 7 - 2011

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Through stunning cinematography and raw emotional power Malick’s hymn to life excavates answers to the most haunting and personal human questions through a kaleidoscope of the intimate and the cosmic, from the raw emotions of a family in a small Texas town to the wildest, infinite edges of space and time, from a boy’s loss of innocence to a man’s transforming encounters with awe, wonder and transcendence.

Under Malick’s careful direction THE TREE OF LIFE showcases complicated and haunting powerhouse performances by Academy-Award® nominee Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Academy Award® winner Sean Penn (Milk, Mystic River) and newcomer Jessica Chastain (The Help).

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