November theme

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, literally it's next week and I can't believe how fast time flies, I am making this month Thanksgiving month. Which means ideas on decorating, recipes, and reasons to be thankful as well as fun ideas on what to do with left overs and activities. Basically anything fun under the frost bitten sun. Along with funny pictures of "no shave November" that a fellow guy friend told me to do as well!

Do more!

Smile! :)

Never Give Up!

Break Out...

Be a...

Each Day...

Dreams

Pick Me Up!

Perfect Relationship

New Beginnings

Faith

Soul Vs. Mind

September Theme

For September's theme I wanted to do something a little more uplifting and fun. So I have made my decision on doing things that inspire me. Whether it is a quote or saying or a breathtaking picture that enkindles the joy of the mind. Whatever it is I hope you enjoy the things to come this month!

Cherrios

A childhood favorite and great new containers make it easier than ever to take on the go!

Lunch Boxes and Snacks

Another great read to check out just in time for back to school lunch ideas and what to pack for the kiddos!

Cheez It

All I can say is I LOVE THESE! They are absolutely amazing and awesome for kids and on the go!

Cracker Snacker

Keebler does it again! Great for lunches and that mid day munchy.

Midnight Snacks

This book has great ideas for the late night hunger. Click on the picture to find out more!

Keebler Knows Best

These little Keebler snack packs are another great on the go snack! And helps me when I'm studying at the library!

Family Fun Super Snacks

Found this book for my months inspiration and has some awesome ideas! Very family friendly! Click to find out more!

Fruit Snacks

Fruit Snacks are great for the road or anywhere. Awesome for kids too! My nephew loves them and they can be taken easily in a purse.

August Theme-Snacks

This month's theme will be snacks. Either making something easy, or great for traveling, back to school lunches or just a mid day pick me up. Enjoy easy recipes and quick ideas! Click Here!

Drive By

Another date idea is to simply go for a drive somewhere with cool things or places. Make sure to bring a digital camera along and document things that interest you. Like cool statues, awesome mountain backdrop, or a cool looking piece of art.

One More Date

Going on another date can be a fun and exciting, but kind of nerve racking. Making it fun is key and these ideas are simple yet memorable.

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• Ice cream date. 
• Meet up to watch the sunrise together and then go get breakfast together.
• Explore a historic town.
• Build a sand castle together.
• Build a bear workshop
• Go to a pet shop.
• Go to the Mint where they coin money.
• Make matching t shirts together. You can go to a store like Hancock Fabrics, buy cheap t shirts and decorate them!

• Swing on swings together.
• Play tag on a play ground.

Morning Dates

Some great ideas for starting the day out with a date is of course with breakfast. Now with this meal you can prepare it for your sweetheart in many different manners.

1. You can make it. There are many different possibilities such as homemade waffles, pancakes, omelets, cinnamon rolls, or the original eggs and bacon.
2. Another way to present it is breakfast in bed! Who doesn't like to be spoiled in bed every once in a while. And it's a great way to wake up and be surprised!
3. You can also surprise your date by taking them out to your favorite local diner for a breakfast treat.
4. Or you can get your day started with a nice morning jog to get those endorphins going before you even eat.
5. I know I've probably already mentioned this one, but I love it anyways and will say it again. Watching the sunrise together is so fun and amazing, the view is unbelievable and unforgettable. 

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Also make sure to check out this site for my inspiration for this post! It has awesome things!

Nice Gestures

Sometimes with that special someone you want to go above and beyond and show them how you feel about them. Nice gestures out of the ordinary will show that someone special just that. Some generic ideas include: Click Here!

For Girls:

• Getting flowers
• Getting Jewelry
• Getting chocolates
• Stuffed animals
• Clothing
• Going out to a fancy restaurant

For Guys

• Clothing
• Recreational toys
• Tools
• Jewelry

However other gestures can also include

• Taking them to a breath taking site. Like the top of a mountain or the view of a city.
• Making them dinner unexpectedly.
• Making a favorite dessert or other type of food.
• Making a box with notes of things you like about your significant other. Like how they smile, their laugh, their eyes, etc.
• Taking to an activity that they are interested in. Like skiing, biking, shopping, looking at cars or test driving cars, hiking, etc.
• Send them on a scavenger hunt. Leave a note with a trail of other clues along the way and have a destination in mind with a special surprise. You can start by sending them a text or note guiding them to the first clue and guiding them along the way.

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• You can also surprise them with tickets to a place they've been wanting to go to.
• Cater to them for a day. 

Simple Dates

Other date ideas can include being active and having fun!Click Here!

• Ice skating! And it's a great way too cool off during the summer heat.
• Bowling. Sometimes they have nights where you can bowl at a discounted rate and they also offer other deals.
• Ding dong ditch. Basically what you do is litter someone's front porch with candy and nice notes and then ring the door bell and run. If you park close you can jump in your car and watch the expressions on the people's faces as they walk outside. It's fun and something nice to do for someone else.
• Rent tennis rackets or find some and play tennis.
• Play basketball.
• Go to a baseball pen and hit balls.
• Go hot tubbing.
• Find a fire pit and look at stars.
• Make a list of random objects go to an art museum and try to find them in the pictures.
• People watching at malls or other public place. You can be creative and make up a life story for some people.
• Go to a concert or support a local band at a coffee shop.
• Go spelunking. Its fun and you might get a little dirty so make sure to let your date know to dress appropriately. 

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Road Trip

Say you have been dating a while and your wanting to take a next step, but still test the waters a bit. Then a road trip with your sweetie is just the thing. Road trips can really show a person's true colors and will test the limits and can be a make it or break it for any relationship. I mean sitting in a car with someone for hours can have you get to know one another real well. And the best part is road trips don't always have to cost and arm and a leg either! Even a small trip camping is always refreshing. Check out the local fire restrictions and see if you can build a camp fire and make smores, or tin foil dinners.

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Let's get Creative

• Go to the thrift store and have a contest to see who can get the best item. Or you can buy clothing for your date and then wear the clothing on the date.
• Color pictures together. You can find a fun coloring book (at the grocery or dollar store) or print coloring book pages off of the Internet.
• Travel around your neighborhood on a Saturday morning and visit the garage sales. You never know what you might find.

• Build a fort together out of blankets and furniture.
• Take a trip to your local hobby shop and pick out a project to work on for the afternoon. You could build a boat, or a rocket, pinewood derby car or something that you can play with! 
• Play the game “Bigger or Better”
  
  • Directions: Each couple starts with something small like a snack bag of cookies or a roll of toilet paper and go door to door in your neighborhood asking people to trade you for something bigger or better than the item. At the end of a specified amount of time, gather together as a group and vote on who got the biggest and best item.
• Go ice blocking! Basically what you do is slide down big hills on a large block of ice. Bring towels to lay on the ice (to sit on). You can get large blocks of ice at your local grocery store. 
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• Make creative outfits for each other out of newspaper, then have a fashion show!
• Wii Olympics! You can get a group together and have a competition using Wii Sports
• Glow sticks in a park! You can go out by yourselves or  need we say more
• Build something together with legos or lincoln Logs
• Have a Fondue party and get a good Fondue recipe (they are all over online) and have a Fondue dinner, or Fondue desserts. 
• Play dress up and be sure to take lots of pictures 
• Make life lists together. Such as all the things you want to do before you die. Be creative and help your date come up with some fun things. 
• Have a Marshmallow eating contest and see who in the group can fit the most mallows in their mouth! Chubby Bunny!

Breaking the Ice

Who doesn't want to make a good first impression on a first date. If your in need of a good first date idea here's a few that you might want to consider that will make that all important lasting impression!

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• Play Broom Hockey, Its like hockey, but with brooms. Many local ice skating rinks will have it, you just have to call for times.
• Play laser tag.
• Go to a local arcade and play endless games.
• Go to the Zoo.
• Go to a car show.
• Watch stars with a blanket in a park or with a telescope.
• Rent a paddle boat or canoe.
• Rent inner tubes and float down a river.
• Go paint balling.
• Find a local gun store and see if there is a shooting range to go to.
• Visit your local water park.
• Go to an amusement park.
• Go listen to a local band.
• Decorate pottery at a local pottery place.
• Go rock climbing.
• Get chalk and decorate your sidewalk.
• Get ice cream or frozen yogurt.
• Make cookies together.
• Go to your local elderly home and visit with them. Listen to their stories, it's quite interesting.
• Go on a hike.
• Go to a farmers market.
• Carve a pumpkin or watermelon.

Not your average date...

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• Make a movie together and find odd props around the house, then come up with a funny scenario to act out.
• Have a backwards date and do everything backwards from what you normally do on a date.
• Go on a scavenger hunt in your neighborhood to find all the ingredients you need to make cookies.
• On a windy day, go to your local hobby shop or Walmart and learn how to fly kites together.
• Skip rocks at a nearby pond and make bets with a prize on who makes the rock skip the most.
• Go to a nearby park and feed the birds or ducks at a lake.
• Go for a bike ride in your neighborhood or maybe find a tandem bicycle to borrow or rent.
• Watch your favorite cartoons while eating your favorite kids cereal. As an added bonus get comfy and watch in your favorite pajamas.
• Dress in white, go outside and have a condiment food fight. 
• Choose your favorite childhood story and read aloud together.
• Miniature golf is fun, but it can be even more fun when you add some variations. For example, play a round with blindfolds, then try playing three legged miniature golf (tie your dates left leg to your right leg).
• Creative finger painting date, put on an apron cause this can get messy. Find some big paper or maybe a cardboard box and make a masterpiece together.  

Not your typical dinner...

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• Go on a picnic, but choose somewhere extremely random--like on your roof, roof of your car, on a staircase in the city, etc. It has a different twist to an average picnic.
• Have a progressive meal. Create a list of different restaurants in the area and place them into a hat or bowl. Next create a list of categories for the meal, i.e. an appetizer, dessert, main course, drink, etc. and place into a separate bowl or hat. Choose one from each and go to that restaurant for that category of the meal. If you want you can even go out of order and start with dessert first will put a twist on it too!
• Set up a tent in your front room, sit in the tent and eat dinner on a blanket. It takes outdoors to the indoors. You can even build a fake fire, or roast marshmallows over a candle or gas burner.
• Make your own personal pizzas with tortillas, marinara sauce and cheese and whatever toppings you like!
• Lay trash bags on the floor and eat spaghetti together with your hands. No utensils needed! You can also be a little romantic and try to feed each other, it might get messy, but it's tons of fun!
• Make homemade ice cream together. There are many different super easy recipes online.
• Make Cupcakes together. Decorate them with icing, sprinkles, or anything.
• Buy plain vanilla ice cream and then both of you have to pick out two random ingredients, but they have to be secret. When you get home mix together in a blender and see what you get. For example one person picks out banana,  and peanut butter and the other person has chocolate and strawberries. Mix all together and taste it! Sometimes your taste buds might surprise you!

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July's Theme

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For the month of July I would like to showcase many different date ideas. They can range from being extravagant to just good old simple fun ones. I have been obsessed with date ideas and there's endless ones in the summer months! Enjoy! Click Here!

Watermelon Bowls

A great idea to spice up an ordinary way to serve watermelon is to cut it in half and create a decorative bowl out of it. You can be as simple or creative as possible and makes for an easy clean up too. Click Here!

Best Simple BBQ Rubs

Summer time is always notorious for great grilling and BBQ's and the right seasoning can be essential to help enhance the natural flavors of the meats. Today's post is dedicated to the simple yet delicious rubs that you can make right at home. 1)Basic Homemade Rub Recipe. What you'll need: 1/2 cup Garlic Powder 1/2 cup Salt 1/2 cup Black Pepper Directions: All you need to do is simply place the ingredients in a bowl and stir well to mix thoroughly. It is highly recommended that you use freshly ground black pepper and coarse salt. Kosher salt or sea salt work best. You should rub the meat with the seasonings about ten minutes before you plan on BBQing the meat. This rub recipe is great because it is made entirely from from common kitchen spices. This makes it easy to whip up at the last minute or when you are short on time. 2)Homemade Hot and Sweet Rub Recipe For Pork Ribs. What you'll need: 1 cup Brown Sugar 1/2 cup Chili Powder 1 tbsp Salt 1 tbsp Black Pepper 2 tsp Garlic Powder 2 tsp Onion Powder Directions: Simply mix the ingredients together in a bowl. You may want to transfer the rub to a plate if you are going to cook ribs. This way you can set the ribs on the plate while you season them. It's a lot easier than using a bowl. If you are going to use this rub to cook a whole chicken, be sure to try and get as much rub as possible under the skin. This way the seasoning will not fall off while you are cooking and the meat, rather than the skin, will get most of flavor. You only need to apply this rub about twenty minutes before cooking the meat. Click Here! 3)Homemade Sweet and Spicy Rub Recipe For Beef Ribs. What you'll need: 1 cup Brown Sugar 3 tbsp Garlic Powder 3 tbsp Black Pepper 2 tbsp Salt 2 tbsp Chili Powder 1/2 tsp Cumin (Ground) 1/2 tsp Thyme 1 tsp Paprika 1 tsp Onion Powder 1 Bay Leaf (Dry, Crushed). Directions: Simply mix the ingredients in a bowl. You may want to transfer the rub to plate if you plan on using it for ribs. This rub should be applied about 3 hours before you plan on cooking. A good tip is to wrap the meat in plastic wrap after you have applied the rub. Then, place the meat in the refrigerator. This will help prevent the rub from drying out. Be sure to take the meat out of the refrigerator in enough time to allow it to warm to room temperature before grilling. http://www.bbqgrillingbasics.com/rubs.htm

Happy 4th of July!

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Aluminum Boat Races

A cute date idea is to go to a small river or stream and build a boat out of Aluminum foil and race them. You can also make small bets and or prizes for whichever one wins. This is a great summer idea for a date or for a small group of people! Click Here!

Stop Stressing

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Daily thought...

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Cute Idea For Jewelry Holder

Using a candle holder as a Jewelry holder instead is a great idea to organize things and it gives a vintage look.