Lifestyles

• A Dozen Ways To Jumpstart Your Journal

  People keep journals for different reasons, at different times in their lives. Sometimes using a “jumpstart” can help you get to a deeper issue, or to a creative brainstorm that is just waiting to happen. Whether you already keep a journal, or are interested in starting one, here are a dozen ways to “jumpstart” your journal writing.

• Frugal And Creative Christmas Gift Wrapping

  If you dislike all the waste of paper wrapping—why not spend a little time making fabric gift bags? There are tons of Christmas fabrics available and a simple gift bag can be sewn up very quickly.

• “Is There Really A Santa?” Tips For Answering The Santa Question

  What are you going to say when you hear the Santa question? Will you stumble over your words? Will you tell a half-truth or perhaps lie? Will you be tempted to avoid answering the question in an attempt to preserve the mystery and your personal enjoyment for one more year?

• “Mom, Can We Do the Thank You Notes Now? Please!”

  Valerie has two children. Her son is six and her daughter is thirteen. Both enjoy doing thank you notes. Since this phenomenon seemed so bazaar to me, I asked her to share her secrets for getting children to not only do thank you notes, but to enjoy the process as well. What follows is a compilation of my discussion with what I consider now to be the foremost world’s authority on getting kids to write thank you notes.

• Cash-Strapped Dads Get Creative To Chase Holiday Blues

  For men, money is an issue that heads or comes close to the top of the anxiety list. Obviously, women share in these concerns, but we’re going to delve into the male side of this issue here. The fact is that men, more often than women, equate success with money. And, as fathers, men equate being a good father with how much they can provide their children.

• Christmas Gift Ideas And More…

  This article provides some great ideas for creative and inexpensive gift ideas.

• Creative Christmas Gifts

  The mall is full of wonderful, shiny and delicious gifts and the Internet offers countless items that we can send to someone without ever seeing the product in person. But sometimes there just doesnt seem to be the perfect idea for one or two individuals. Thats probably when you need to become creative with your Christmas gift ideas.

• Fathers and Holidays

  It’s easy to see why fathers can have a difficult time capturing the spirit of the holidays. And while this may be a challenging dilemma for fathers, there are a number of things that fathers can do to enrich their experience this holiday season