list of dates &/or events to include on your mid-spring and summer calendars

Summer Fun

Events and holidays throughout the year require a certain amount of preparation and planning.  That is certainly true of the upcoming spring and summer occasions.  The warmer weather means more outdoor entertaining and parties, gardening and landscaping, beginnings and endings.  Scroll down this… Read More

list of alternatives to a gym membership

exercising outdoors

* This article was written by contributing writer Annie Young. Joining a gym can take commitment. First of all, there is the membership cost to consider. Maybe the gym you would like to join just doesn’t fit into your monthly budget. Then, there… Read More

list of games to play to celebrate easter

easter games

With Easter just around the corner, now is the time I start thinking about different games I can play with my family to get them in the holiday mood. Whether the week before or the day of, carve out some time to have… Read More

list of non-candy items that fit in a plastic easter egg

easter basket

If the idea of your child getting way too much sugar on Easter morning makes your teeth ache, here are some alternatives when it comes time to filling their Easter eggs. Stickers Temporary Tattoos Raisins or Craisins Coins (for older children) Bouncy balls… Read More

list of things you need to make a fairy house

Fairy House

With warmer weather right around the corner (hopefully!), my kids have been playing outside more. As the snow has melted away in our yard, they have begun yet another season of building fairy houses. Collecting natural things all over the yard and creating… Read More

list of guiding food principles for your family’s health

food manifesto

There are a lot of food options available to Americans.  We are bombarded with food images and food choices everyday of our lives.  Some have value, but most are being sold to us as a nation of consumers.  We’ve created a culture of… Read More

giveaway: 31 days to clean ebook by sarah mae

31 Days to Clean ebook

ListPlanIt.com is proud to sponsor Sarah Mae’s incredibly inspiring new eBook, 31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha House the Mary Way.  Sarah Mae, of Like a Warm Cup of Coffee blog, points out that there are different personality types and different ways… Read More

list of ways to carve out time for a hobby or pasttime

finding time to read

Have you ever longed for the days when you pursued something that was purely out of passion? Do you ever dream of opportunities to develop your talents and interests? Carving time outside of our normal duties of work, home, and family can sometimes… Read More

list of hobbies or pasttimes to enrich your life

woman throwing clay

Being good at what you do – as an employee or boss,  spouse and/or parent – requires diligent work and many hours of your time and lives.  You may begin to feel as though this is all that you are.   You may feel… Read More