Setting Up iPhone Location Services

November 20, 2019 by Rhonda Gales Leave a Comment

If you are wondering how to set up iPhone Location Services on yours or your child’s phone, you are at the right place. Location Services refer to the set of features used to determine the location of your phone, and provide information based on your location. Apps such as Find my iPhone, Google Maps, Yelp, etc. rely on your location services to determine the direction to drive. Furthermore, to locate a lost or stolen phone or even find the nearest Chinese restaurant. Location Services depends on your phone’s hardware and other data from the internet as well as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Most smartphones have a built-in GPS chip that enables them to connect to the GPS network and its location.

When traveling, your iPhone location services can play a vital role in your life. Travelers depend so much on location services to get to destinations. It also allows parents to locate their kids if they fail to meet them at the pre-arranged spot. While GPS is excellent, it is not always accurate. GPS will use information collected from cellular networks, Wi-Fi networks, as well as Bluetooth devices to get precise information about your location. To find out what street you are on, you’ll need to combine GPS and cellular data with crowd-sourced data and extensive mapping technology from your iPhone and Google.

Turning the Service On or Off:

You can manage your iPhone’s location services through the phone’s Privacy menu. Below you’ll learn how to set up location services on your iPhone:

Click on Setting From the Home Screen
Scroll Down and Choose Privacy
Choose Location Services
By Toggling the Switch, Turn the Feature On. Be Sure to Check That It Is Not Restricted. You Can Check This Information By Heading to Your iPhone’s Restrictions Menu.
Once You Have Enabled the Restrictions Menu, Choose Which App You Want to Share Location Services For. To Find Location-Enabled Apps Head to Share My Location.
You Can Now Choose the Preferred Location Access.
Choose Your Preferred Location Services Option From the Following Options: ‘’Never’’, ‘’While Using’’ and ‘’Always’’.

Why Use iPhone Location Services

With companies such as Facebook finding themselves in trouble over their continued use of GPS inside your smartphone, we’ve decided to let you know that location services is not as evil as portrayed. iPhone Location Services protects your information and gives you the freedom to choose what you want to share. Location Services allows Apple as well as third-party apps to gather and use data based on the current iPhone’s location.
But, information about your iPhones location can be used when making an emergency call even if you are yet to enable Location Services.
Enabling Location Services on your iPhone means that you agree to the collection, processing, transmission, maintenance and use of your location information and location search queries by Apple and its partners in providing location-based services.
But the crowd-sourced location information gathered by Apple does not identify you personally.
And yes iPhone Location Services can help you remember to buy groceries and other personal stuff. We are sure you have forgotten to buy milk or chocolate for your kid even after writing them down on the list. It happens to the best of us.
You can be sure that nothing will be left behind, thanks to Reminders. iPhone Location Services allows you to attach a certain location to the entries you’ve stashed on the app.

What if My iPhone’s Location Services is Turned Off?

You are free to disable your iPhone’s Location Services anytime by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You can either turn off each app’s individual location switch or turn off the global Location Services switch.
If you want to disable all websites’ location services, set the Location Services for Safari or Chrome to “never’’.
Most apps depend on Location Services. If the apps fails to give you accurate directions, this means the Location Services is turned off. You will not also be able to use “Find My iPhone’’.
Again, third-party apps that require your location so they can function will be worthless. But you will see a pop-up notification asking you to turn on your location when you launch an app that requires GPS.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: iPhone tips, modern technology, teen and cell phones

Benefits of Lavender in Your Backyard Garden

November 19, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 7 Comments

Today, I’m sharing gardening tips on the benefits of lavender. If you’re interested in growing lavender or making DIY medicinal or beauty products using lavender, this post is for you? Lavender is in the mint family; however, it isn’t as invasive as mint. Furthermore, it’s native to the Middle East, India and the Mediterranean and can be traced back at least 2500 years.

Lavender was initially used as a holy herb. It is mentioned in the Bible as Spikenard. It was used to prepare the Holy Essence and gets its name from the Latin word ‘Lavare’ meaning ‘to wash”. Next, the Romans used lavender to scent their baths, beds, clothes and even hair. Many use lavender for medicinal purposes and a variety of other reasons today.

Here are a few benefits of lavender:

Infused – Infuse lavender with olive oil, sweet almond oil or liquid coconut oil. After 6 weeks, the oil and lavender must be strained through a cheese cloth. Store the oil in a glass bottle. Make body butter, hand cream, lip balm, sugar scrub, lotion, and cleaner from the infused lavender oil.

Sleep Aid – Create a sleep-aid with lavender essential oil or infused lavender oil. Simply, dilute the essential oil with water and fill a travel size spray bottle with the solution. Spray a handkerchief or washcloth and place it on your pillow at night. It’s great for calming down kids too. Use a carrier oil that will not stain your clothing or bedding. When you infuse oil, use one that won’t stain your clothing and bedding. Dilute the oil with water to use as a sleep-aid spray.

Kitchen and Bath Cleaner – Infuse dried lavender with white distilled and water for 2 weeks in a glass bottle. Lavender is a great bathroom and kitchen cleaner. (Do not use on marble).

Diffuser – Lavender calms and reduces anxiety as well as relieves stress and assist with sleep. I use a diffuser with lights that change colors. I love the changing lights and colors, they relax me and make me happy.

Tea – Seep lavender flowers in a tea ball, and enjoy a hot cup of tea.

Last, we hope that the list of benefits of lavender will make you grab a seed packet and start planting. Finally, lavender is a perennial. So, once you have established plants it will return year after year. You can download the Lavender Infographic here.

Filed Under: Flower Gardens Tagged With: backyard gardens, garden herbs, lavender herbs, medicinal herbs

Sunday’s Best Linkup – #253

November 16, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 6 Comments

Welcome to Week 253 of Sunday’s Best Linkup – #253. We’re continuing our Happy Thanksgiving theme. So, we’re looking for all things relating to Thanksgiving. This includes recipes, crafts, decorations, tablescapes and more. Blow the dust off those old posts and share them. Also, we’re looking for parenting, SEO, cocktails, DIY, makeovers, gardening, and more are welcome too. Don’t forget about our new category, Mom Needs a Cocktail. So, we will be featuring cocktails and/or mocktails of the week. If you have cocktail or mocktail recipes you would like to share, we welcome them!

Additionally, we also welcome other recipes, crafts, DIY, home makeover, gardening tips, SEO & blogging information, sewing projects, patio and deck makeovers, front porch makeover ideas, organization tips, ideas for backyard hot dog roasts, and more. Anything goes on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #253, as long as it’s family friendly. And, you may linkup as many posts as you would like. Furthermore, be sure to tell your friends, they will want to join the Sunday’s Best Linkup too.

So, each week your hosts will select their favorite post. The posts will be featured the following week. Also, an image from your post will be used on our linkup the following week along with a link back to your blog. As a result, be sure to check back to see if you’re a Sunday’s Best Featured Blogger. All Featured Bloggers will have their posts pinned to Rhonda’s Sunday’s Best Pinterest Board and Kim M. pins the weekly featured bloggers to her Sunday’s Best Pinterest Board too!

Also, the post with the most clicks will be the Reader’s Choice post(s). We will be adding the winner to our Sunday’s Best Linkup featured bloggers.

All posts linking to Sunday’s Best Linkup – #253 will be promoted on Twitter. The Post With the Most Clicks will be selected. Monthly Themes will feature post(s) each week as well.

Contact rhonda@mother2motherblog.com or email one of our other hosts if you are interested in co-hosting.

Your Sunday’s Best Linkup Hosts Are:

Rhonda at Mother 2 Mother Kim at Life in a House Brittany at A Mama Tale

Here are the rules, please connect with us on social media before you leave or subscribe to/follow our blogs:

Mother 2 Mother: Please like Rhonda’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+, Pinterest, BlogLovin, or subscribe/join her blog on the right sidebar before you leave.

Kim from Life In A House: Please like Kim’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+;, Pinterest;, Bloglovin;, or Instagram; before you leave.

Brittany from A Mama’s Tale: Please like Brittany’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter, or Pinterest before you leave. Snag a Button!

Most importantly, please help us grow by placing our button on your sidebar. So, please let your readers and followers know by placing the Featured Blogger banner on your site.

Also, your readers may want to join the Sunday’s Best Linkup too! For those who have a Link Party list/directory, please add us. We appreciate your help in promoting the linkup with Re-tweets and shares. Now, let’s party!

Rhonda selected Hot Chocolate Cookies from Fat Dad Foodie

Kim selected Drop Biscuit Recipe from Fluster Buster

Brittany selected Homemade Christmas Ornaments for Kids from Crystal and Comp.

Our Post Extraordinaires

Yard Sale Deer from Penny’s Treasure

and

Snowball Cookie Jar Christmas Gift from Clean and Scentsible

and

Grinch Printables for Kids from 3 Boys and a Dog

Favorite Theme Post(s) – Happy Thanksgiving

Pine Cone Thanksgiving Wreath from Across the Blvd.

and

Make Ahead Turkey Broth and Gray from Delightful Repast

and

Jewel Tone Thanksgiving Table Setting from Birds Party

and

Thanksgiving Name Tags from The Painted Apron

and

Chocolate Pecan Pie from Delightful E Made

and

Rainbow Turkey from Mama of Many Blessings

Mom Needs a Cocktail

Pecan Pie Bourbon Shake from Delish

Last, congratulations to the featured bloggers on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #253! All of the posts were great, and we deeply appreciate each of you participating on Sunday’s Best Linkup. We have so many great posts that it gets difficult to choose a featured blogger. Finally, your hosts would like to invite all of you back to link up your post(s) again. We could select your post next week!

Finally, while you’re here take a minute to visit these great blogs. It’s a great way to meet and connect with new bloggers. Be sure to PIN or share any posts that you like, we all appreciate a little love and be sure to connect with others on social media.

Filed Under: Sunday's Best Linkup Tagged With: blog hop, bloggers wanted, linky party, social media

How to Create a Scrapbook

November 16, 2019 by Rhonda Gales Leave a Comment

In a world of digital memories it’s nice to create physical memories too. Today, I’m sharing parenting tips on how to create a scrapbook. One of the most enjoyable things to create for the family is a physical scrapbook. And what makes it extra fun – is that you get to plan your scrapbook. It can be a family vacation, wedding, birth, birthday party, Christmas, gift for a grandparent, you name it. Years from now, the scrapbook will be something you and your children can flip through and talk about for years to come.

Here are some ideas to get you started on your scrapbooking journey:

Pose!

There is a lot to be said for those moments that are captured without poses. The natural moments that are quiet and gorgeous. But, posed photos are something that can be recreated year after year. You could book the same photographer with a few years between each sitting and add them into the scrapbook to see how much you have changed. Many people get newborn photoshoots of their children. There is something a little bit magical about them when you get a photographer like Michael Kormos to do to them. Within a few years, your once small baby will be a toddler, and you can book another shoot and compare their features as they have grown.

Vacations

The great thing about scrapbooks is that it isn’t just photos that you can put in there. Of course, you should add in as many photos as you like. But you can add in mementos like ticket stubs or postcards from the places that you have visited. Additionally, add in what they found most enjoyable. It is also a great idea to save menus, chopsticks, peppermints, matches or napkins. Check out vacation scrapbook printouts for inspiration and to help you add some cool touches.

Holidays

If you are the type of family that is partial to a Christmas jumper and some elf suits or really love easter – then you can create special pages to share what you did on those days. For Christmas, you can add wrapping paper, stamps, glitter, and even add wrapping paper tags. Capturing the spirit of your family holidays and celebration isn’t too difficult once you get into it. Buttons and bells are also a great addition to the pages.

About Page

A fun idea is when you first buy the photo album that you will be using, have each person create and decorate an about page for themselves. They can paste in their favorite poems, photos of themselves and write the date. For these pages, give a two-page spread. This will allow enough room for people to add photos or trinkets in later years too. It is super important for the parents or care giver to have a page too. It will mean that the children will always have something to look back on. Add a photo of yourself as a child and an adult, so you can see how much you’ve changed too.

Monthly

If you want to keep the tradition going each year, dividing the scrapbook up into months is going to be a great idea. Get each family member to design the month at the top or across the middle. Get creative. And, use the space to add in exciting things that happened over the course of that month. Some months might have more going on that other so if you have a lot of birthdays in August or you take your family vacation in June, then give some extra room for all the good stuff.

Bad Things

While it might be tempting to only include the great things, view the scrapbook a bit like a book of your lives together. There are going to be sad moments. Losing people, pets, and other things do have an impact. And you can dedicate pages to celebrating people you loved or writing about things that haven’t been great. Life has both sweet and sour moments – document them all for a true overview of life.

One of the most wonderful things about scrapbooking is that you learn more and can be more creative as you go. You will know where to get the best printables, which stores have the small touches at a great price, and how thick you really need it to be. Once your scrapbook is made, you will no longer wonder about how to create a scrapbook. You will just move on to your next one.

You may also like my digital Beach Vacation Scrapbook Pages.

Filed Under: Family Time Tagged With: creating scrapbooks, family scrapbooks, scrapbook ideas

Creating Family Scrapbooks and Making Memories

November 15, 2019 by Rhonda Gales

Today, I’m sharing parenting advice on creating family scrapbooks. Besides blogging, attending yard sales, antiquing, and gardening I love to scrapbook. I have a fortune invested in pictures, so I decided to create memories by creating family scrapbooks. Scrapbooks capture great memories, and they’re fun to put together.

Here are a few reasons for creating family scrapbooks:

There will be a physical memory family can look at without the need of electronics.
Scrapbooks tell a story.
Photography will also become a passion.
Kids love to look at themselves.
It’s a great way to relax.
Great hobby during cold, winter months.
Great activity to do with family and friends.
Can provide companionship by joining scrapbook clubs.
Scrapbooking is an opportunity to be creative.
Reduces your stress level.

These are scrapbook pages below were created from a Thunderbirds Air Force show. My grandson was about 3 in these pictures. We love pulling out this scrapbook to discuss and enjoy the pictures. The gentleman holding him is his grandfather, who was serving in the Air National Guard. It was family day, so the based was filled with service men and woman and their families. There were planes to explore, pilots to talk to and the air show was magnificent. Searching for the perfect paper, stickers and other embellishments for the scrapbook is a blast. It was a great day to remember, and I’m so happy that I preserved memories of our time in this scrapbook.

Furthermore, creating family scrapbooks Disney, visits to the pumpkin patch, my grandson’s football games, my granddaughter’s ballet recitals, vacations and more. The possibilities are endless. Personally, I believe that we should capture as many memories as possible in pictures. Unfortunately, one day the pictures will be all that we have left of those memories with family and friends.

You can join scrapbook sites to get inspiration for layouts and techniques. You may also like these digital scrapbook pages for Father’s Day.

Filed Under: Family Time Tagged With: creating memories, family photos, grandparent scrapbooks, scrapbooks

Starting an Online Business from Home

November 13, 2019 by Rhonda Gales Leave a Comment

If you want to start an online business from home, but you just don’t know where to start, you have come to the right place. Today, we’re sharing empowerment tips on starting an online business from home. We all have a craft, we just need to tap into our specialty.

Here’s a few tips to help you get started:

Fill a Need

The first thing that you need to do is focus on filling a need. A lot of people focus on finding a product first and then seeking a market second. In fact, if you want to boost your chances of success you need to start with your market. The trick is to find people who are searching for a solution to a problem. This will give you your target market, and you will also be able to analyze your company’s potential too.

Design and Build your Site

When you’re starting an online business, it’s important that you take the right steps. When you have your product and target market aligned, you need to work on your selling product. Your site is the best way for you to do this. You can start getting sales without investing a lot of money. When creating your site keep it simple. You have less than five seconds to grab someone’s attention or you can lose a sell to your competition.

It is suggested that you have a plain font on a white background. You also need to make your navigation clear and simple. Only use graphics if they embrace or further your message. And, make sure that you make it easy for them to buy your products. If you’re working from home then it may be an idea for you to invest in a virtual address for office use.

Use Search Engines

PPC advertising is one of the best and easiest ways to get traffic to your site. You don’t have to wait for the traffic to come to you organically, and PPC advertisements show up immediately. Another bonus is that PPC gives you the chance to test different keywords and headlines. You can then implement these keywords across your site in order to capitalize on the biggest benefits.

Reputation

People often use their internet connection to access information. If you make your knowledge accessible to other people, then you will increase your ranking. Furthermore, you may even find that you get more traffic as a result. Make sure that each link on your site provides valuable information. Give away free expert advice, create articles and even post videos. It also helps to have a blog so users can share your content.

Filed Under: Careers, Finances Tagged With: business tips, careers for women, online business, self-owned businesses

Sunday’s Best Linkup – #252

November 9, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 14 Comments

Welcome to Week 252 of Sunday’s Best Linkup – #252. We’re continuing our Happy Thanksgiving theme. So, we’re looking for all things relating to Thanksgiving. This includes recipes, crafts, decorations, tablescapes and more. Blow the dust off those old posts and share them. Also, we’re looking for parenting, SEO, cocktails, DIY, makeovers, gardening, and more are welcome too. Don’t forget about our new category, Mom Needs a Cocktail. So, we will be featuring cocktails and/or mocktails of the week. If you have cocktail or mocktail recipes you would like to share, we welcome them!

Additionally, we also welcome other recipes, crafts, DIY, home makeover, gardening tips, SEO & blogging information, sewing projects, patio and deck makeovers, front porch makeover ideas, organization tips, ideas for backyard hot dog roasts, and more. Anything goes on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #252, as long as it’s family friendly. And, you may linkup as many posts as you would like. Furthermore, be sure to tell your friends, they will want to join the Sunday’s Best Linkup too.

Also, the post with the most clicks will be the Reader’s Choice post(s). We will be adding the winner to our Sunday’s Best Linkup featured bloggers.

All posts linking to Sunday’s Best Linkup – #252 will be promoted on Twitter. The Post With the Most Clicks will be selected. Monthly Themes will feature post(s) each week as well.

Contact rhonda@mother2motherblog.com or email one of our other hosts if you are interested in co-hosting.

Your Sunday’s Best Linkup Hosts Are:

Rhonda at Mother 2 Mother Kim at Life in a House Brittany at A Mama Tale

Here are the rules, please connect with us on social media before you leave or subscribe to/follow our blogs:

Mother 2 Mother: Please like Rhonda’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+, Pinterest, BlogLovin, or subscribe/join her blog on the right sidebar before you leave.

Kim from Life In A House: Please like Kim’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+;, Pinterest;, Bloglovin;, or Instagram; before you leave.

Brittany from A Mama’s Tale: Please like Brittany’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter, or Pinterest before you leave. Snag a Button!

Most importantly, please help us grow by placing our button on your sidebar. So, please let your readers and followers know by placing the Featured Blogger banner on your site.

Rhonda selected Health Benefits of Tea from Healthy Helper Blog

Kim selected NSA Annual Company Picnic from Agent 54

Brittany selected Best Apple Cake Recipes from Kippia At Home

Our Post Extraordinaires

DIY Crate Red Truck Pickup from Chas Crazy Creations

and

DIY Rainbow Gallery Wall from Picture Box Blue

and

How to Dry Brine a Turkey from The Kitchen Is My Playground

Favorite Theme Post(s) – Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving I Spy from Grandma Ideas

and

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Sign from Decor Craft Design

and

Turkey Tureen Center Piece from Debbees Buzz

and

Turkeys Turkeys Everywhere from The Little Yellow Corner Store

Mom Needs a Cocktail

No Entry This Week

Last, congratulations to the featured bloggers on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #252! All of the posts were great, and we deeply appreciate each of you participating on Sunday’s Best Linkup. We have so many great posts that it gets difficult to choose a featured blogger. Finally, your hosts would like to invite all of you back to link up your post(s) again. We could select your post next week!

Filed Under: Sunday's Best Linkup Tagged With: blog hop, bloggers, bloggers wanted, linky party, social media

Getting Your Kids Physically Active and Healthy

November 8, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 4 Comments

If you have noticed that your children have started to become a less active and are picking up weight? Today, I’m sharing parenting tips on getting your kids physically active. The last thing you want is to allow them to become obese and unhealthy. So, it is always best to bring the situation under control immediately if you notice a problem. Are you wondering how to do that?

Here’s a few tips on getting your kids physically active and healthy:

Encourage Them To Join A Sports Team

One of the most important things you will need to do is to make sure your children are getting physical exercise. Exercising is one of the major ways to ensure that they do not get too overweight. As a result, you should try to find a way to get them to be physically active. One of the best and most effective ways is encourage them to join a sports team. Ask your children what interests them as far as sports. Is it futsal vs. indoor soccer, ballet, dance, tennis, basketball, or swimming. Make sure it is something they want to do so they will stick with it. So be sure to encourage them in a way that will boost their self-esteem and help them moving.

Take Control Of Their Diet

If your child is starting to put on weight, take control of their diet. Make sure they are eating less unhealthy and fattening foods and more fruits and vegetables. You may need to put your foot down while taking control of their diet, but their health is worth it. Controlling their diet will help them to loose weight and keep it off.

Improve Their Quality Of Sleep

You might well be wondering what sleep has to do with getting into shape. There is evidence that strongly suggests that getting enough deep sleep is vital to your health and weight. Sleep helps your body to regulate its metabolism. As a result, make your child’s bedroom comfortable. Encourage them to develop a nighttime routine. You can expect them to get quality sleep, and ultimately that will lead to some improvements in their weight too.

These are all useful ways to getting your kids physically active. Consider them all, and implement them one step at a time.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: activities for kids, healthy kids, kid's health, obese children

Saving Marigold Seeds From Your Backyard Garden

November 7, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 7 Comments

Saving marigold seeds is a fun and frugal way to enrich your garden the following gardening season. Today, I’m sharing flower garden tips on how to save marigold seeds from your backyard garden plants. French marigolds find a place in my vegetable garden and backyard containers each year. I companion plant marigolds with my tomato plants. But, I also love them in containers on my deck paired with a sweet potato vine.

There are actually 50 varieties of marigolds; however, three are the most popular. Marigolds have a daisy or carnation flower that are produced as a single flower or in cluster. They are natives of Mexico and prefer sunny locations. They should receive at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight each day.

Here are the three varieties of marigolds:

French – Plant throughout the spring and summer. Dwarf only growing about a foot.
American – Plant in the spring. Tall, usually grows to about 3 feet.
Signet – Plant throughout the spring and summer. Flat and look like daisies.

The French marigolds are more compact than the American or Signet varieties. I love them planted among my tall tomato plants. You can direct sow marigolds in the spring when all signs of frost has past or start them inside. If you direct sow, preparing the soil by removing rocks and debris and adding compost to the soil will help you grow a healthy and hardy garden full of marigolds.

Here’s a few benefits on why you should plant marigolds in your garden:

They’re easy to grow and be can direct sowed in the garden.
Repel pests.
Companion plant with tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, snap beans, squash, onions, and garlic.
Marigolds can be dried for flower arrangements.
Comes in a variety of colors like white, yellow, orange, or bi-color.
Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators love to feast on the nectar in the blooms.

Saving marigold seeds from you backyard garden:

Pull marigold plants from your garden and containers at the end of the growing season. I plant yellow and orange marigolds for the most part. However, I did plant a bi-color this year too.

Pull the dead/dried pods from the plants. You will harvest the seed from these pods. If you have flowers or pods that aren’t completely dry, place the plants in a bag and allow them to dry completely. You can remove the seeds later.

Remove the top from the dried pods. A simple twist should remove the top. Once the top is removed, open the pod to expose the marigold seeds.

Also, the marigold seeds are long with a black tip. You will want to separate the seeds from the pod and tips. Once you have the seeds separated, place them into an airtight container, plastic envelope or paper envelope. Mark the container with 2019 and the type of seed that you saved. For example, 2019 Yellow French or 2019 Bi-Color Signet.

So, saving marigold seeds from year to year will save you money on flower purchases from the garden center or your local nursery. You will find that the marigold plants will reward you with plenty of seeds. You will have enough to share with neighbors, family or friends for years to come. Plant them in containers, baskets and in your vegetable garden and borders. You can never have enough marigolds in your wildlife habitat and gardens.

Finally, you may also like Why You Should Winter Sow Seeds. If you would like a package of free marigold seeds, please contact me at rhonda@mother2motherblog.com.

Filed Under: Flower Gardens Tagged With: backyard gardening tips, companion planting, marigolds in the garden, seed saving

Sunday’s Best Linkup – #251

November 2, 2019 by Rhonda Gales 10 Comments

Welcome to Week 251 of Sunday’s Best Linkup – #251. We’re continuing our Happy Thanksgiving theme. So, we’re looking for all things relating to Thanksgiving. This includes recipes, crafts, decorations, tablescapes and more. Blow the dust off those old posts and share them. Also, we’re looking for parenting, SEO, cocktails, DIY, makeovers, gardening, and more are welcome too. Don’t forget about our new category, Mom Needs a Cocktail. So, we will be featuring cocktails and/or mocktails of the week. If you have cocktail or mocktail recipes you would like to share, we welcome them!

Additionally, we also welcome other recipes, crafts, DIY, home makeover, gardening tips, SEO & blogging information, sewing projects, patio and deck makeovers, front porch makeover ideas, organization tips, ideas for backyard hot dog roasts, and more. Anything goes on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #251, as long as it’s family friendly. And, you may linkup as many posts as you would like. Furthermore, be sure to tell your friends, they will want to join the Sunday’s Best Linkup too.

Also, the post with the most clicks will be the Reader’s Choice post(s). We will be adding the winner to our Sunday’s Best Linkup featured bloggers.

All posts linking to Sunday’s Best Linkup – #251 will be promoted on Twitter. The Post With the Most Clicks will be selected. Monthly Themes will feature post(s) each week as well.

Contact rhonda@mother2motherblog.com or email one of our other hosts if you are interested in co-hosting.

Your Sunday’s Best Linkup Hosts Are:

Rhonda at Mother 2 Mother Kim at Life in a House Brittany at A Mama Tale

Here are the rules, please connect with us on social media before you leave or subscribe to/follow our blogs:

Mother 2 Mother: Please like Rhonda’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+, Pinterest, BlogLovin, or subscribe/join her blog on the right sidebar before you leave.

Kim from Life In A House: Please like Kim’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter;, Google+;, Pinterest;, Bloglovin;, or Instagram; before you leave.

Brittany from A Mama’s Tale: Please like Brittany’s Facebook Page, follow her on Twitter, or Pinterest before you leave. Snag a Button!

Most importantly, please help us grow by placing our button on your sidebar. So, please let your readers and followers know by placing the Featured Blogger banner on your site.

Rhonda selected Vintage Bird Prints from Picture Box Blue

Kim selected Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Stuffing from Two Chicks and a Mom

Brittany selected Witch Cauldon Cupcakes from Janine Huldie

Our Post Extraordinaires

Pumpkin Thanksgiving Place Settings from Clean and Scentsible

and

Perfect Pumpkin Centerpiece from Petals Pies and Otherwise

and

DIY Plaid Plates from The Style Safari

and

DIY Spooky Halloween Soap from Drug Store Divas

and

Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas from Delightful E Made

Favorite Theme Post(s) – Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Turkey Shirts from Scrap Shoppe Blog

and

25 Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas from Crystal and Comp.

and

Thanksgiving Planner from Krafty Planner

and

Hand Crafted Thanksgiving Turkey from Purple Hues and Me

Mom Needs a Cocktail

Candy Corn Martini from The Short Order Cook

and

Candy Corn Cocktail Recipe from Bird’s Party

Last, congratulations to the featured bloggers on Sunday’s Best Linkup – #251! All of the posts were great, and we deeply appreciate each of you participating on Sunday’s Best Linkup. We have so many great posts that it gets difficult to choose a featured blogger. Finally, your hosts would like to invite all of you back to link up your post(s) again. We could select your post next week!

Filed Under: Sunday's Best Linkup Tagged With: blog hop, bloggers wanted, linky party, Sunday's Best

Turning the Service On or Off:

Why Use iPhone Location Services

What if My iPhone’s Location Services is Turned Off?

Here are a few benefits of lavender:

Here are the rules, please connect with us on social media before you leave or subscribe to/follow our blogs:

Our Post Extraordinaires

Favorite Theme Post(s) – Happy Thanksgiving

Mom Needs a Cocktail

Here are some ideas to get you started on your scrapbooking journey:

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