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Love Notes

Have you heard of the Love Languages? My love language is words of affirmation. Through and through, as in the highest score you can get for any love language is 12 and I'm a 12 in words of affirmation! For whatever reason I can live on a good compliment for days, weeks even! Maybe that's why I love this adorable tin envelope! Most people would probably use this to gather mail but my first thought was how fun it would be to use it to collect love notes from your loved ones, it is almost Valentine's Day after all! My oldest is a love note writer and I LOVE it! This would be a fun way to collect all of...

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Prioritize, Minimize, Organize... I want fries!

One of my words for this year is prioritize.  And when I say prioritize I mean minimize and organize as well.  In all areas of my life.  I want my life to have real purpose.  I don't want it to be a bustle of chaotic activity that in the end really didn't add much to the quality of my life.  So, for this year, prioritize is a loaded word.  I want to joy, satisfaction and fulfillment with the things I choose to fill my life with.   So if that means learning to say no more often I want to learn to say no.  "NO!"  "No, thank you."  "Not at this time."  "No, but thank you for thinking of me."  I'll keep...

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