Archive - December 2007
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- A New Year - Change Your Mind
by Michelle Andrade,
December 31
(2 comments)
Change your perspective in this new year!
- Let the Holiday Spirit Last All Year
by Kathy Dippolito,
December 28
(2 comments)
Keep your holiday cards to spread the love throughout the year.
- Put It Away
by Michelle Andrade,
December 27
As you clean up from Christmas, take the chance to talk about gratitude and use put-away time as a chance to encourage your children to donate their unused toys - since they now have all these new ones.
- Sign In
by Michelle Andrade,
December 26
(1 comment)
Sign a petition that is meaningful to you and your family today!
- Save it all!
by Michelle Andrade,
December 25
Happy Holidays! Make sure to save all that wrapping paper this morning!
- Don't Waste Christmas
by Sam Davidson,
December 24
(1 comment)
Give a gift that minimizes excess.
- Tell It In A Story
by Michelle Andrade,
December 21
Take a journey with the kids today and have them tell it to you in a story.
- Please Clean Up that Mess!
by Michelle Andrade,
December 20
(2 comments)
Cleaning up messes can be friendly for our kids and the Earth!
- Kids Helping Kids
by Michelle Andrade,
December 19
How can we teach our kids about helping other kids around the world?
- Shop till you Drop! (Or Not)
by Michelle Andrade,
December 18
How will you shop this Holiday season? Make it safe and caring.
- Give Fairly
by Sam Davidson,
December 17
(1 comment)
Fair trade gifts make more than the recipient happy.
- For the Birds
by Kathy Dippolito,
December 14
(1 comment)
Easy treats to make for our fine feathered friends and bring the family together for some quality time.
- Parking It!
by Michelle Andrade,
December 13
It is easy to pick up trash together as you walk to and from the park.
- What Do You Think?
by Michelle Andrade,
December 12
Give your kids a response when talking to them and you encourage their ability to speak freely and feel heard.
- That's a Wrap
by Michelle Andrade,
December 11
What is your wrapping going to be like this Holiday Season?
- Buy and Give Handmade
by Sam Davidson,
December 10
(1 comment)
Give twice by giving handmade.
- Picture Paper
by Michelle Andrade,
December 7
Use a nice trick to reuse some of those old magazine to make some nifty wrapping paper!
- Check Please!
by Rachel Jimenez,
December 6
Check the labels on items in your home. You never know what might be in them!
- Help!
by Michelle Andrade,
December 5
We need help sometimes, and so do they!
- Collect Away!
by Michelle Andrade,
December 4
What to do with those envelopes? We have an idea!
- The GiveCard
by Sam Davidson,
December 3
Use the GiveCard to give a different kind of gift card.
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- Another Fresh New Year
by Michelle Andrade,
December 31
(2 comments)
Another fresh new year is here..
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
**William Arthur Ward**
- Animals
by Michelle Andrade,
December 28
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
**George Eliot**
- When You Feel Like Giving Up
by Michelle Andrade,
December 27
When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.
**Unknown**
- Experience
by Michelle Andrade,
December 26
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
**Aldous Huxley**
- Christmas Thoughts
by Michelle Andrade,
December 25
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
**Another Kid**
- What Love Looks Like
by Michelle Andrade,
December 24
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
**Saint Augustine**
- Motivate Daily
by Michelle Andrade,
December 21
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
**Zig Ziglar**
- Final Forming of a Person's Character
by Michelle Andrade,
December 20
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
**Anne Frank**
- Keep Yourself Centered
by Michelle Andrade,
December 19
You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
**Dr. Wayne W. Dyer**
- Motivation
by Michelle Andrade,
December 18
Motivation comes from within.
**Author Unknown**
- Ordinary Situations
by Michelle Andrade,
December 17
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
**Jean Paul Richter**
- Human Choice
by Michelle Andrade,
December 14
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
**George Eliot**
- Your thoughts
by Michelle Andrade,
December 13
(4 comments)
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
**David O. McKay**
- What Worth
by Michelle Andrade,
December 12
(2 comments)
What worth has beauty if it is not seen?
**Italian Proverb**
- Don't follow
by Michelle Andrade,
December 11
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
**Harold R. McAlindon**
- I cherish you
by Michelle Andrade,
December 10
Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.
**Richard L. Evans**
- Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: Taught a new word a Day
by Luanne Davidson,
December 6
What words are you teaching your kids?
- Be Bold
by Michelle Andrade,
December 3
…Boldness has Magic, Power and Genius.
**Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**
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