Free E-book - Planning With Kids Top 100 Tips, Volume 1

Firstly, apologies for my absence and if you have had difficulty accessing the site over the last week! I could write a diatribe here on the disaster that was my change in servers, but I am too excited about my e-book to want to spend time on negativity. Fingers crossed all is finally sorted on the technical front and I thank you for your patience and support over this time.

100th Post
To celebrate my 100th post, which is today, I have compiled 10 lists of 10 tips aimed at making family life simple and fun!

This e-book is the first collection of the most popular “10 Things” posts from Planning With Kids. These posts appeared on the blog between January and April 2008.

For each post I received feedback from readers and their thoughts on each topic. I have used this to improve the lists by adding some reader suggestions and removing some of my own points. To stick to only 10 points was a challenge some times, but I think you will find these lists helpful for organising yourself, managing the behavior of your children and having some fun together.

The e-book is splits into two different sections. The first gives you a one page print out of the list for that topic. I find it handy to have some of these lists strategically placed around the house for my reference.

The second section then details each point in the 10 point list and gives further tips, links and resources on that topic.

Planning With Kids Top 100 Tips

Topics included in the e-book are as follows:

1. 10 Things To Make Back To School Mornings Easier.
2. 10 Things We Do To Make Meal Time Enjoyable.
3. 10 Things I Like To Keep In My Everyday Bag.
4. 10 Circuit Breakers To Prevent Those Family Melt Down Moments!
5. 10 Strategies To Gain Co-Operation From A Toddler.
6. 10 Preschooler Early Learning Activities You Can Plan Into Your Day.
7. 10 Things To Do With The Kids When It Is Hot!
8. 10 Point Children’s Birthday Party Plan.
9. 10 Children’s Birthday Presents With A Difference.
10. 10 Quick Ways to Feed Unexpected Lovely Visitors

Why an E-book?
Reformatting the posts in this manner makes it easier to read as a series and to have as a reference tool. It also means that you can send it to family and friends who have not yet started to explore the blogoshpere.

10 Things Continues
I continue to write a new “10 Things” list every Tuesday. Drop by Planning With Kids again to see what the latest topics are.

I hope that you these lists are a useful tool for your family. I welcome any feedback either in the comments section here or via email to planningqueen [at] bigpond [dot] com .

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The Fix, The Mix and The Free

THE FIX
Those of you who have subscribed to my email updates would be aware that they have been broken for over a week now. Those of you who have subscribed to my RSS feeds may have seen a few weird things occurring in your Inbox as I have tried to fix the problem. (And if you haven’t subscribed, you really should :) and can do so here.)

The root of my problem turned out to be that someone had hacked into my Wordpress files. I have to say a huge thank you to some fantastic bloggers who spent time looking at my blog and helped me fix the problem. The folk in the Aussie Bloggers Forum are incredibly helpful and generous with their time. I truly appreciated their help, as I was completely lost as to how to fix it myself.

I now need to delve into more technical stuff and upgrade the blog to Wordpress 2.5 so this can’t happen again.

THE MIX
Mixtape is a very cool little zine that comes out of Melbourne. It is a zine about making time for the small things - collision of craft, eco-cool and pop culture kitsch!

I am lucky enough to be having an article published in Issue 4 which is due out May 5. The article answers a question I posed to myself:

How did I end up in the ‘burbs’, with a people mover and a slight obsession for planning everything via a spreadsheet?

As well as a little bit about me, issue 4 features articles such as: Vickie Howell Interview!, How to make a mixtape, Numerology, 10 ways to green your lunch, Eating Green, Book reviews, Recipes, Crafty Lady Profile “Leah” aka hyena-in-petticoats, and much much more! 48 pages. A complete bargain at $6.00. (They do mail overseas.) You can purchase the zine online via their shop at bigcartel or check out the sidebar of the mixtapezine blog for Melbourne Stockists, which includes the lovely Meet Me at Mikes.

THE FREE
A good friend of mine, sells an amazing range of skin care products which I love (can’t actually believe I have hit an age where I worry about lines on my face :( . )

He has very kindly allowed me to give to my readers the discount code I use when I make a purchase on line from Youthceutics. Entering the code “FC20V” will give you a 20% discount. If you would like to try before you buy, you can go to TryInstant.com for a free sample.

DISCLOSURE: I will receive no monies/commissions etc from referring you to this product. My friend just happens to sell it and I really like it!

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