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Just wanted to add that I have updated my blog storefront with a few new categories, my most favorite being “Planty Things”. Go check it out! 🙂 read more

If there’s one thing that the internet has no shortage of, it’s advice on how to lose weight and be healthier. There are recipes, blog posts, and a whole lot more. Many of these can be great but just as many revolve around fad diets that require intense lifestyle changes in exchange for the promise of radical results. But here’s the harsh truth: most fad diets really are just fads. They often don’t have the kind of impact that you really want from them and it’s easy to fall into a cycle of trying new things and giving up before too long. The reality is that if you want to be able to take control of your eating habits, there are far better and smarter ways that you can go about doing just that. Here are just a few of them.

Identify what you need and what you’re missing read more

Friendships are what hold us together. They are a chance to find kindred spirits, create memories, and build a different type of family to the one you were born into. However, while many of these friendships are ones that you feel honored to have, there are others which, while starting great, soon turn toxic. Like bad relationships, you must get out of these friendships as soon as possible. But it isn’t as easy as this. Instead, you must recognize the signs of a bad friend so that you know when and why to ditch them. 

They Are Always Take, Take, Take  read more

This is a partnered post from Kendra Thornton on tips for traveling with kids. Enjoy!  😀

When you travel with your kids, you want everyone to be as comfortable, healthy and happy as possible. This is easier said than done, when you consider some of the daily challenges that you face when traveling with children! Luckily, there are some tactics that can help keep your whole family healthy when you take vacations or other trips. read more

What Can I Do To Become A Healthier Person?

If you’re interested in becoming a healthier person, now is the time to step into an unprecedented dimension of well-being. While there are numerous steps you can take to embrace greater health, you may find the following techniques particularly helpful: read more

Recently I have come across this very cool graphic design site where you can easily make your own graphics for your social media accounts, events, and more. What is great about this site is that you can start from scratch, or you can use a template. The template can be used with some tweaking to give you exactly the look you are going for. For example, there are templates for: read more

Dead End (Kaely Quinn Profiler Book #3)

I love a good mystery, and ever since I discovered this author, I look forward to new books from her. Nancy Mehl is a great writer. Her books are always exciting, mysterious and “edge of your seat!” What I love about her books is that they are clean. No foul language, just a really great story! read more

About the book:
Young CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn’t mean she wants him hovering over her every move and unearthing the painful past she’s trying to put behind her. Still, she’ll need him–and the help of his star grifter, Valkyrie–if she hopes to infiltrate the Jungle, the first ever crowdsourced crime syndicate, to rescue a group of kidnapped refugee children. read more

About the book:

In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness. read more