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Home delivery fun

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I love having fun goodies delivered to our home monthly. Here a few things we order regularly that you might enjoy too!

Photos/Memory Keeping
Goovebook
This product was launched on Shark Tank and we absolutely love it at our house. Each month, you upload the last 100 photos from your camera roll (right on your phone) to the app and BOOM! 2 weeks later, you have a cute little flip book of your past month. They are only $2.99 per month and you can order multiple books each month (send to Grandmas for bonus points). We order one for each Wonder to keep their memories in their rooms/cars to look through when needed. Want to start for free? Use the coupon code: Hoelzle12.

Chatbook
I don’t post to Instagram a whole lot but we have gotten two orders of the chatbook and they are a great quality product (thick pages, captions included). We got our first one that included 100 instagram photos, including our pics from Disneyland) and it was a huge hit. Each book is $12.99 and ships automatically so you don’t have to worry about picking photos and uploading.IMG_2951Food/Snacks
Naturebox
Oh man do we love our monthly delivery of healthy snacks from Naturebox. This make a great addition to any pantry, but for kids especially, these are great cold lunch fillers or snacks for the weekend. There is an awesome amount of variety to choose from and you have complete control of your order each month. I have three free boxes to give away from my membership so if you’re interested in trying, just comment or message me and we’ll get you started!
natureboxDandelion Organic (local – Whatcom County only)
Every other Wednesday, we get an awesome bin full of fresh, organic, and locally grown fruits and vegetables. The cost is $28 (for a small bin, but there is a larger one available) and we love filling our fridge with these products. It motivates us to include these fruits and veggies in our meal planning and there is always something fresh and healthy available to our wonders when they are hungry. I love this little company made up of just a husband and a wife and they are always willing to accommodate our needs. Each week, you leave your empty bin and a check out on your porch and by the time you get home from work/school VIOLA! a fresh bin is waiting for you. Plus, you get to control each delivery and sub out products you may not use with their new online system. If you are interested, drop my name to get a discount on your first order!

Greeting Cards/Happy Mail
A Beautiful Mess-Happy Mail Subscription
I was given this subscription as a gift from my besties in Seattle and fell in love with each envelope that arrived in my mailbox. It includes a variety of greeting cards, art prints, and fun stationary to make snail mail a little more colorful and fun. It motivated me to give more cards to people which was such a needed motivation. We use the artwork in our home and always have a card on hand to give for birthdays, sympathies, and thank you cards (no more running into the grocery store just to wait in a big ole line for ONE CARD). Here is a picture of our hallway “gallery” made up of three ABM prints plus a cute drawing from WonderBOY:
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Happy shopping friends!

Patti’s Ode to Planners

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014(Left: Elise Joy’s Get to Work Book, Right: Erin Condren’s LifePlanner)

I have tried all sorts of planner systems and have always come back to pretty planners that I can write/doodle/sticker in to my heart’s delight. My only problem was that I would quickly become bored with each planner (mostly the cover) so after a few missed meetings due to me NOT paying attention to my iphone calendar or a cheap/boring paper planner, it was time to upgrade. Last school year, I loved the Erin Condren lifeplanner but quickly learned that I needed something else to balance my crazy work schedule. This school year, I am keeping TWO planners so that I can keep my life/family schedule separate from my daily “to-do’s” at work. Here is a bit about what I love about each of my planners (and links so you can pick one up yourself!):

Erin Condren’s LifePlanner
I love this planner for so many reasons. The vertical alignment and breakdown into 3 distinct parts of the day are perfect for my family’s MANY appointments throughout each week. You can customize your own stickers ($5 for an entire sheet) so that your own reoccurring events are always represented (see “Scott work” and “volleyball game” below). There is a ton of space in the back of each planner to take notes or write down gift ideas, etc. MY FAVORITE part of this planner is that the covers are interchangeable and thus, I can change it whenever my little brain/heart gets tired of the cover. Last year, I ordered three different covers and felt a little re-surge of falling in love with this planner when it showed up in the mail each time!
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The only downside to this planner is a pretty high price point ($60-$80 per planner) but I say it is soooo worth it. If you would like $10 off your first purchase, you can use my referral link: https://www.erincondren.com/referral/invite/pattihoelzle1019.

Elise Joy’s Get to Work Book
I have finally found the planner that my “to-do” list loving heart has always longed for. A neutral color, crisp design, amazing extra pages to reflect on the previous month, PLUS well-designed tear-outs to pin up for each month make this planner an all-around GEM.
Although I am a sucker for almost anything that Elise designs and sells (I seriously wish there was a frequent buyer/punch card or something), but this is by far her best creation yet and I am hooked. Her instagram hashtag #gettoworkbook is one of my favorites to scroll though if you’re interested in some planner addict action.

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Now you may be saying, that’s all great and fine Patti, but how does the rest of your family know what is going on???? And my very thoughtful reply is….I’m the boss, why do they need to know? we use a huge wall calendar (from Paper Source) located front and center in our dining room. Each month, I decorate and write out all of our events so that everyone knows when appointments are happening, family members are busy, Scott is working, etc. As you can see, when a family member is gone for an extended amount of time (Mama or kids in the summer usually), I use Washi tape to visually see that difference in our daily routines. Both the children and Scott appreciate being able to reference the calendar for future events on their own instead of needing to ask me each time.

016Do you have a favorite planner? Leave me a link in the comments below! Happy planning everyone!

On phone etiquette

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Amazingly hilarious list documenting the trauma of leaving that darn phone in your pocket….or on the nightstand (Scott) or on the coffee table (Scott).

From a less seasoned, but much opinionated writer (me) – is your phone really saving people the annoyance of a ringtone if you are hearing that awful “buzz buzz” all over the place? Not stealth people….but yes, you sound super popular because you’re in a huge group text and your friends are shooting poop emoticons back and forth while they should be working/parenting/exploring/living actual life.

One more unfortunate phone funny: