29 Ways to Stay Creative

I saw this info-graphic on the internet and loved it. I feel that I am creative and have a creative outlet through work, but sometimes it can just be hard. Often times things come to me as I am in the middle of doing something. These are some very basic things you can do and that can be helpful

Source: http://creattica.com/infographics/29-ways-to-stay-creative-infographic/91381 

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Eco Body Wash

Wow long time, no write on here. The only excuse that I have is that I have been super busy with work and my husband and I are buying a house that we close on, on Wednesday. After the dust settles with that for a little while I will definitely try to be more diligent about putting more posts up. I have several different posts I am working on from eco products to organization, etc. that I can hopefully get up in the next few months. 

For now, I wanted to share an eco body wash that I love. I have tried and tested MANY different kinds as some may smell great, they often don't feel great on my skin and have various chemicals in them that I wouldn't be happy with. Dr. Bronner's is the winner for me for now. I have used Dr. Bronner's castile soap for many years and just recently within the last year started using this body wash. Many of the eco/natural body washes that are available make my skin feel very sticky in the shower, Dr Bronner's does the same, but not as bad. I like that it suds up where as many eco body washes do not and it smells great. 

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Above are the cards I sent out this year. I actually sent them to Loveland, CO on January 24 to be hand canceled and then sent from there. I still haven't received mine, so hopefully it is in the mail today. Have a great weekend!

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Reuse Leftover Tinsel Garland: DIY Tinsel Stirrers

What do you do with leftover tinsel garland? Make tinsel stirrers. These are super easy to make. 

What you need:

Bamboo skewers

Tinsel garland

Glue gun

Cut about 1" strands of the garland, glue each end and stick the skewer on it. Done. 

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Dog Friendly Restaurants in Houston

There are a lot of restaurants in Houston that don't allow dogs, but here are some dog friendly restaurants in Houston via the City of Houston website. Not sure how updated this list is because Ziggy's is something else and we were at Lowbrow a couple of weekends ago and people had dogs there. Although Bryan and I don't take our sweet Rothko out to restaurants, I love the fact that people have the option to. 

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National Handwriting Day

Today is National Handwriting Day. I do not have the best handwriting. It is pretty decent when I try to make it look good, but just my everyday writing it isn't too great. I have been practicing my cursive more and more since I very rarely use it and don't want to lose it. I signed up for a calligraphy class in March in Dallas that I am really excited about from Blue Eye Brown Eye. I write a ton and would like to improve my handwriting to be "prettier" and not so sloppy. 

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Meal Planning Organization

I have never been too terribly good at planing meals. I know what we like to eat and I make sure certain items are always in stock at my house. By default we eat things that are easy and that are quick to make. As one of my goals for the new year I wanted to try new recipes. So I finally set up this meal planning section in my home maintenance binder. Of course all the meals are not new, but many of them are things that we don't eat on a regular basis. This past week we have eaten homemade fish sticks (I have actually made this a lot), salami and gouda paninis, homemade hot wings, snapper with squash, and homemade pasta using our pasta maker. (of course we had fruits and veggies to go along with these meals)

I got the meal planner sheets from a template on Home Made by Carmona.

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