Marie Leslie
Resources for a Productive & Creative Life
About Missionary: Impossible Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It… Be the first missionary or companionship to complete 100 weeks of missionary service! But watch out for trials along the way! Trials range from Dog Bites to Dear Johns. On the brighter side, Blessings, Transfers, and Golden Contacts also appear to help you reach …
Do you have any word-loving game players on your Christmas list this year? Here are 8 fun family board games that are sure to be a hit under the tree. And there’s still time to order before the big day. Not only are these family board games fun, but they help build vocabulary, spelling, reading, …
For Mother’s Day last year, my family gifted me with a trail ride. About the only thing that might equal hiking in my favorite national park, would be riding horses in Rocky Mountain National Park. They chose the six-hour trail ride for me, as it was billed to pass rapids, waterfalls and give me …
Are you planning a road trip this summer? We have one somewhere just about every year. While I have nothing against air travel (it’s the best way to get to faraway road trip destinations), I LOVE road trips. My dream summer would be road tripping all over the US and Canada. I’ve road tripped …
Are you ruining family events with your camera? Is taking photos for the family scrapbook spoiling everyone’s enjoyment? I know you don’t mean to spoil the day. In fact, you have the best of honorable intentions. You just want to document your beautiful family for generations to come. I’ve been there. I love being …
Wizard for Hire: Apprentice Needed Summary Ozzy Toffy’s adventure, which began in Wizard for Hire, continues when one dark and windy night, he gets out of bed, jumps out his window, and walks straight into the ocean. More than ever, Ozzy could really use the services of Rin, the wizard he hired to help find his …
Next week is National Park Week. If you haven’t been to one lately, it’s a great time to get out and celebrate America’s Treasures. To help you do that, Saturday, April 21st, is a fee free day at any of the US National Parks that normally charge an entrance fee. And, if you want to …
Happy New Year! It’s time to ring out the old and ring in the new. Are you a New Year’s Eve partier or do you prefer a quiet evening at home to celebrate the change of calendar? Though we occasionally venture out on New Year’s Eve, we’ve developed our own fun family traditions, the most …
Halloween is here. For some people Halloween is about carving pumpkins, choosing costumes and visiting haunted houses. But it seems for most Americans, Halloween is all about Halloween candy. There are endless polls about best and worst Halloween candies, and about whether parents “share” from their children’s trick-or-treat baskets. The big box stores have been …
Fall is here and the holiday season is just around the corner. Fairs, festivals, carnivals, parties and other events are already popping up on my calendar. I’m sure yours is no different. They say this is supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year” but it seems so many end up stressed out …
