tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:07:21 +0000photo slide showmagazinecheap halloween costumesquick recipesdinnercleanertiredfavorite bookshoppingthanksgivinghomemade halloween costumescookbookhummingbird feedersziploc omlethairfun activitieshead lice remedieselectrolyte drinktravelmoving boxescraft linksmesstipsbakingHalloweenchildrens artworkgirl hair ideasmorningfrizzy hairrid of stretch marksblog answersrecipesswine flucurlykidsexercisehead licereadingcraft blogsgrilled pizzablog backgroundsH1N1rainy day activitiesbaby signcompost binstraveling with kidsdrowsinessChristmasholidayhummingbirdschoolsilver bioticsmoving truckshow to cleanideasdigital scrapbookhalloween costume ideascute backgroundsphotoshop tutorialsmoving companiestrans fatcompostdieteyebrowseasy recipesfamily gamesblog layouttie patterncute blogkids halloween costumesbaby bellysodiumfreezer mealshummingbirdsblog backgroundpumpkin patchnatural energyfamily gamesickchickenfrizztips for traveling with childrencleaningkids activitiesgirls hairHalloween costumescookingstretch markmovingeducationcharitable organizationsblog questionsbabiesbarbecue pizzaroad triphummingbird feederdigital scrapbookingmarriagehummingbird foodhomemade craftssleepChristmas card displaysbarbecuebibairplane travelcouponchildrens artstretch marksfavorite booksfluphotoshop elementsactivities for kidsplaylistsyahtzeebeautychristmas shoppingsewingfatiguefarmhead lice treatmentmoving supplieshibernatechildrenmoving advicestandbymealsstresscouponssicknesschildrens bookspedialytekids artget rid of head licemusichealthy recipesdiapersearly risersfashiontangled hairkids artworkcraftschildren activitiesgrillblog layoutscute blogsrunningenergymakeupstretch mark pregnancyomlet recipeplumped chickenred worm compostingold navy weeklyfoodstretch mark removalold navyhair ideashealthy eatingeatinghouse cleaningstretch mark creamchristmas giftsstoring kids artworkpotty traininggrocery shoppingdonationsHalloween costumecute backgroundhttp://www.collectivelygenius.com/noreply@blogger.com (Amber)Blogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-8883069276521014767Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:45:00 +00002010-04-05T17:45:05.577-07:00Can anyone help Cassie??? "My pictures keep posting sideways on my blog. It just started happening, I have never had this problem before. Has this happened to anyone else and does anyone have a remedy?"http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/04/sideways-pics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-5174220284896027598Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:10:00 +00002010-04-04T17:10:47.208-07:00Check out Just Another Day in Paradise today. She is giving away two little ties to one lucky winner.http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/04/awesome-give-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-1552483603437766671Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:17:00 +00002010-04-03T17:17:55.092-07:00My friend Michelle sent me this question and it is something I have been thinking about for a while now as well. I am SOOO bored of lunchtime. Oh and packing school lunches. One day Tyson said to me, "Mom you put the same thing in my lunch two days in a row. You weren't being very thoughtful, were you?" I suppose I wasn't :) Here is Michelle's question. "I would like to know what other moms are http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/04/lunchtime-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-4914363123279206645Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:39:00 +00002010-04-01T10:39:51.753-07:00Hello out there! I know, I know. I've been a complete blog slacker recently. We have just been having nice weather and I have been working on lots of other projects. To be honest, my attention span for this blog is lacking a bit right now. I've been doing this blog for almost a whole year now and it just has never became as useful as I was hoping. In my mind I visualized it as somewhere we could http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/04/chinese-jump-rope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-6684398573567302018Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:58:00 +00002010-03-17T17:00:27.325-07:00My sister is looking for some advice for first time home buyers. What kind of things should they look for, what should they avoid? If you are or have been a homeowner, what did you learn through the experience? Did you have any good resources that helped you navigate the process?http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/03/house-hunting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-4740670364423202641Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:58:00 +00002010-03-15T12:58:49.303-07:00From my good friend Cassie. If you have more than one, chances are you have this problem as well."I am about at my wits end! My sweet little girls have become little tattle boxes lately. You know the old, "She hit me", "She looked at me funny", "She won't help me clean up".... really I could go on all night. I tried ignoring the more minor ones, but then I feel like my kids might think that they http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/03/tattle-tales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-5522728869795211439Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-03-05T13:23:07.347-08:00Got a couple of questions from my friend Alisa. Help her out with this question and the one in the next post if you can!"How can I make pictures BIG on the blog? Sometimes a big picture is necessary, after all."http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/03/big-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-6460232883417408773Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:21:00 +00002010-03-05T13:23:33.344-08:00From Alisa:"We aren’t overly-excited picture-taking people. But we have collected some treasures of the years. What are your best ideas for organizing and storing digital pictures? I have a lap top with an external hard drive for back up. I don’t understand fancy techno lingo and I don’t have a lot of time to be fussy." I know some of you out there have systems for this. Please share and help http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/03/digital-picture-storage-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-6579232686706346174Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:18:00 +00002010-02-25T05:12:13.292-08:00kidsreadingI realize this post is super long-you don't have to read it all. I have just had a lot of people ask me how Tyson learned (and Eliza is learning) to read so I thought I would write it all down. The thought of teaching a child to read is a bit overwhelming for some. It definitely was for me. I am so not an expert and hope I'm not giving you bad info but this is what we do and it has worked for ourhttp://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/02/learning-to-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-3243039835479158147Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:57:00 +00002010-02-16T15:57:25.790-08:00I was looking at MarthaStewart.com the other day and I saw all these great printable checklists. Thought you might be interested. She has cleaning checklists, moving checklists, party planning checklists...All sorts. And while not all of the items on the checklists are practical for real people with busy lives, I think the checklists could still be a very handy tool if you just cross off the http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/02/printable-checklists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-4031061748808516373Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:17:00 +00002010-02-15T17:17:49.328-08:00marriageIn honor of Valentines Day I wanted to post some articles that I ran across recently that explore the qualities and strategies for making a relationship last. (Of course, I wanted to post it BEFORE Valentine's Day, but you know how it goes, right?) You can find them here: Wall Street Journal Real Simple Magazine I think we all know it takes work to maintain positive relationships and this is http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/02/making-it-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-3309125340855426820Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:08:00 +00002010-02-08T18:20:43.012-08:00I have been experimenting with blogs for a while and have learned a bunch of things I thought I would share. As I learned how to do something new, I kept track of it in a word document. Very handy. That was Derek's idea. He is the brains of the bunch. So without further delay-Here are all the links to find all the directions for pretty much everything I know about blogs. How to make your blog http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/02/blog-design-how-tos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-792708029867399195Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:51:00 +00002010-02-04T18:51:39.031-08:00I think a Recipes Link List is long overdue on this blog! I am going to be compiling one over the next few days. Leave a comment and tell me your favorite place to go for yummy recipes and your favorite cooking blogs so I can add it to the list. Thanks!http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/02/recipes-link-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-7410420745497161275Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:52:00 +00002010-01-31T17:52:15.016-08:00My good friend and neighbor needs some serious help! Her little boy has very sensitive skin and is always suffering from diaper rash. She has tried many things and can't seem to find something that works really well. She has tried the usuals plus Butt Paste to no avail. Anyone who has dealt with this found something that works? Her little boy will thank you!http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/babys-behind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-3516463654342803052Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:01:00 +00002010-01-29T19:05:15.273-08:00craftsOk-So I have run across so many fun Valentines day projects recently that I thought I would put them all in one place for everyone to see...Until I ran across this blog...http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/...and decided to stop because she has done it all already! Tons of great Valentines day ideas. Here are the one's that I found and loved before I decided to stop.From Just Another Day in http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/loveit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-6245715005350981607Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:56:00 +00002010-01-26T16:56:25.784-08:00Does anyone out there have some ideas for great meals to take to people when they are sick or they just had a baby? Whenever I have to bring dinner to someone, I can't think of what I should bring. It should be something that is generally liked, transfers well, and not too difficult to make (Its already very likely I will mess up something easy to make, so its gotta be pretty simple for my http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/delivering-dinners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-49424797889146120Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:48:00 +00002010-01-23T08:48:53.220-08:00My great friend Amber (fabulous name, huh?) has a question I'm hoping we can all help her with.  "Both of my girls help out around the house, but I need to implement a plan that has more structure. What works? Allowance? Chore charts? Letting them get 9-5 jobs so I can sit around blogging and eating Milk Duds? (I mean they are 3 and 5. High time they start pulling their weight around here!)" Any http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/pulling-their-weight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-4816875154707130971Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:36:00 +00002010-01-20T06:36:45.946-08:00Here is another great tutorial from my sister Abbie. Thanks Abbie!!!!! "My son Ryan had reflux and spit up constantly until he was 10 months old. He wore a bib almost all of his waking hours. I wanted to make him some bibs, so I started looking around online. There are a lot of great online tutorials already, but I couldn't find one for a bib with a waterproof layer, so I decided to make my own. http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/baby-bib-with-waterproof-layer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-3470585430223264194Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-01-15T11:12:24.831-08:00So my little sister is a freshman at BYU and is starting to look for housing for next year. I know its been a while for some of us :) but does anyone have a place that they would recommend? Something super close to campus (she doesn't have a car) and, of course, clean and affordable. Or do you have any tips for her on how to find good housing? What to look for? What to avoid? Even telling her http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/all-you-cougars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-7250141562521670002Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:22:00 +00002010-01-13T17:22:18.383-08:00potty trainingkids It was only a matter of time until we had a potty training post! Besides getting children to sleep, it can be one of the most frustrating parts of parenting small children. I have a cousin that is having a hard time potty training one of her kids, and I'm sure there are more of you going through this right now. What's hard about potty training is there are a thousand different opinions on the http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/done-with-diapers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-3732610679996602865Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:31:00 +00002010-01-07T19:58:20.062-08:00hairDoes anyone remember This Post I did about how awful my hair has been since we moved into this house? To update you, I ended up cutting about eight inches off because I just could not handle the tangles. Since then, a great friend of mine sent me this link. (Thanks Alicia) http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/2009/04/this-might-just-save-my-hair/ You should read it if you love your hair. It http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/vinegar-and-no-poo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-5937982127801057421Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:07:00 +00002010-01-05T10:07:18.371-08:00After I posted yesterdays post about children's bedding I started thinking about redecorating bedrooms. I actually have never done most of these things but they are things that I'm thinking of doing when I get around to it! And everything on here is super affordable. I have run across a few ideas for wall hangings. First, is this idea from the Homemade By Jill blog. Its just three blank canvases http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/new-rooms-on-budget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-299261759586071690Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:44:00 +00002010-01-04T18:44:24.653-08:00My good friend Rachel has a question that I hope we can help her with. She is wondering if anyone knows where she can buy affordable bedding for her little girls. When she looks online she can find very cute stuff, but out of her price range. Does anyone have any suggestions for her? Where should she look? (She is specifically looking for something that is lime green, watermelon pink, soft pink, http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/affordable-childrens-bedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-6271817365475278748Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:01:00 +00002010-01-05T06:54:09.745-08:00Here is a tutorial from my sister. If you have waistband issues with your pants you might want to give this a try. "My pants never fit right. Usually when pants fit my hips and legs, the waist is too large. I don't know if it is because I am oddly shaped or what, but I am thinking that maybe other people also have this problem. I absolutely hate wearing belts, so I have come up with a way to http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2010/01/altering-waistband.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021188994156885855.post-1730810329328797174Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +00002009-12-22T12:05:41.301-08:00Ok-My good friend Nicole would like some ideas for telling the nativity story to her children on Christmas Eve. What scripture passages do you read? What do you do? Lets post some ideas for her-and soon! It's almost Christmas!!! I can hardly believe it!http://www.collectivelygenius.com/2009/12/nativity-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amber)2