Comments on: Friday Link Love: Ideas from Blogland http://theinspiredroom.net/2008/11/13/friday-link-love-ideas-from-blogland/ Decorating Blog, Homemaking, Decor blog, DIY Projects, DIY decor, Decorating Ideas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Welcome to {Not} My New Home | The Inspired Room http://theinspiredroom.net/2008/11/13/friday-link-love-ideas-from-blogland/comment-page-1/#comment-13076 Welcome to {Not} My New Home | The Inspired Room Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:50:44 +0000 http://theinspiredroom.net/?p=2175#comment-13076 [...] will know about our Friday Holiday Linky fun. You can still visit GREAT links from last week on this post! And, if you do posts in the coming weeks that share how you inspire your family to focus on the [...] [...] will know about our Friday Holiday Linky fun. You can still visit GREAT links from last week on this post! And, if you do posts in the coming weeks that share how you inspire your family to focus on the [...]

]]> By: Janet http://theinspiredroom.net/2008/11/13/friday-link-love-ideas-from-blogland/comment-page-1/#comment-13021 Janet Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:50:09 +0000 http://theinspiredroom.net/?p=2175#comment-13021 These Mr Linkys are so fun! <abbr><em><abbr><em>Janets inspiring blog post..<a href="http://jans-gems.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-table.html" rel="nofollow">Thanksgiving Table</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> These Mr Linkys are so fun!

Janets inspiring blog post..Thanksgiving Table

]]> By: kathy http://theinspiredroom.net/2008/11/13/friday-link-love-ideas-from-blogland/comment-page-1/#comment-12843 kathy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:56:12 +0000 http://theinspiredroom.net/?p=2175#comment-12843 Last year I started a new tradition. I put a cream colored tablecloth on the table and a cup of permanent markers. Whenever anyone had an idea of what they were thankful for they just wrote it on the tablecloth. The year had to be included but the name was optional. We read these one evening and let everyone expand on what they had written and why. It was great. I'll get out the tablecloth again this year and we'll add to it. My daughter also had a great idea for family gift giving. It worked well because we have several who are on limited budgets. We set a limit of $5, I know that is ridiculously low but it worked well, and everyone was to give a gift that was something they liked or was especially meaningful to them. Each person gave identical gifts to each family member so that made it even easier. We set a few rules such as the gift had to be usable by either men or women. One son burned CDs of his favorite music for everyone, another gave each person a pair of great socks (might I add they are fabulously warm and comfy!!), another found movies for $5, etc. The person who found it the hardest was the one who had the most money, he had to really put his heart into coming up with a gift rather than just buying stuff. Since our family is spread out all over the country and getting everyone together doesn't happen often we all got to know a little more about each other, current activities, likes and dislikes. We'll be doing that again too. <abbr><em><abbr><em>kathys inspiring blog post..<a href="http://clunefamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/grrrrrrr.html" rel="nofollow">GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Last year I started a new tradition. I put a cream colored tablecloth on the table and a cup of permanent markers. Whenever anyone had an idea of what they were thankful for they just wrote it on the tablecloth. The year had to be included but the name was optional. We read these one evening and let everyone expand on what they had written and why. It was great. I’ll get out the tablecloth again this year and we’ll add to it.

My daughter also had a great idea for family gift giving. It worked well because we have several who are on limited budgets. We set a limit of $5, I know that is ridiculously low but it worked well, and everyone was to give a gift that was something they liked or was especially meaningful to them. Each person gave identical gifts to each family member so that made it even easier. We set a few rules such as the gift had to be usable by either men or women. One son burned CDs of his favorite music for everyone, another gave each person a pair of great socks (might I add they are fabulously warm and comfy!!), another found movies for $5, etc. The person who found it the hardest was the one who had the most money, he had to really put his heart into coming up with a gift rather than just buying stuff. Since our family is spread out all over the country and getting everyone together doesn’t happen often we all got to know a little more about each other, current activities, likes and dislikes. We’ll be doing that again too.

kathys inspiring blog post..GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

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