Showing posts with label the green gables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the green gables. Show all posts

Monday, 21 July 2014

Lists, lists and more lists

Notepad available from The Green Gables


The impending summer holidays mean I need to be organised.  With five children to feed and entertain life becomes even busier than normal. So this is the time of year I actually depend on lists. Oh I do love a good a list, just sitting quietly to write it is fun. Now I know I am not alone in this love of list making and like many still favour handwriting my lists.  Although I do have a memo app on my phone and am seriously planning on using One Note properly....let me just add that to my list of things to do this summer! 

Yesterday the girls and I popped out to buy new notebooks for them to create summer journals.  With another storm and a wet afternoon putting paid to plans of outdoor adventures, the three of them sat and each wrote a list of '25 things to do in the summer holidays'.  Obviously I wasn't sure what they would list and hoped it would not include extravagant and expensive adventures.  Thankfully their lists are realistically affordable, including a trip to a museum in London, days at the beach, lots of sewing, writing stories, learning a foreign language, baking, learning to play the guitar and camping sleepovers in the garden, to name a few.  

So hurry up the end of term, my daughters have memories to make and I need to write a list of what to take to take on holiday and of course that dreaded new uniform list.  But for now I need to think about making my own summer journal.

Until next time, take care.
Zoe
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Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Happy Jars from The Green Gables


Our Date Jar from The Green Gables

There are moments when I actually think people design products specifically with me in mind.  Seriously, I think about or write about something then bam, a few days later a fab product from a wonderful small business pops into my Facebook timeline or Twitter feed!  Well having written about making time for date days with my fabulous husband and making more time to do things with my children, the amazing Gabrielle of The Green Gables launches a new product that makes the perfect accompaniment to my plans.  Happy Jars are the answer to my dilemmas of affordable ways to have fun that we can all plan, taking guidance from the cute little cards packaged with the little bottles of happiness.

Our Family Activity Jar from The Green Gables

As if these two jars weren't enough excitement for a Tuesday evening Gabrielle has also launched an Acts of Kindness Jar.  Full of fun ideas to make a little difference to somebody elses day.  Now that really makes me smile in our crazy busy world. Gabrielle has written this fab blogpost all about her new Happy Jars.  I am sure many of you will agree, they make a perfect gift aswell as a treat that lasts for a while.

Until next time, take care.
Zoe
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