My crazy few weeks are winding down, but not quite over yet, so I’m going to have to make this another “hit and run” post. Hopefully by the end of this week I’ll have some time to sit down and type up something more substantial. For now, all I’ll say is that this [...]

Whew, I’m in the middle of a frantically busy two week period: We’re celebrating three birthdays (including one party full of eight year old boys), hosting two sets of out-of-town guests, and in the midst of it all, we’re getting work done on the house. It’s a madhouse! That’s why I’m going to [...]

Here’s my list of ten things you can do to magically increase your wealth and abundance. They are easy, fun, and free, and take less than a minute each!
1. Go outside, look up at the sky and imagine gold coins falling from the sky and landing all over your yard, your house, your stoop, [...]

After much Elf requesting I have at long last added an “Elf FAQ” including, FINALLY, instructions for how to post to the site. Miracles do happen!
I’ve been thinking about adding something else to the site too, but I wanted to get some Elf feedback before going ahead with it…
Basically, I’ve been [...]

Did anyone happen to catch the article in the New York Times yesterday titled Seeing How Far $100 Can Go? It was about a writer who received a six-figure advance for a book, and decided to do something decidedly fun with a chunk of it: She gave $100 to each of nine friends, with [...]

Dear Great-Great-Grandma:
I know life was hard for you. I know you were hungry a lot, and cold. I want to write and reassure you that I, your descendant, am rich beyond your wildest dreams.
I live in a good solid home, warm and dry. We’ve got a strong roof and sealed wood floors, [...]

Do you know what I’m going to do today? I’m going to tell you all about the extraordinarily excellent, effusively effervescent, and exceptionally enthusiastic Elf Elviolith. Partly just because I wanna, and partly because she has decided to do something wonderful… for YOU.
Elviolith was one of the very first Elves to sign up [...]

Holy Heavens, is it Tuesday again? Here in the US, yesterday was a holiday, which means that today was the first day back to work and school, which means that I’ve been cruising though all day today thinking it’s Monday, which means that it is now nearly dinner-time, I’m heading out the door in [...]

Happy Tuesday everyone! Before I announce this week’s $50 giveaway winner, I have a couple quick announcements.
First: You may have noticed that the home page changed again. Instead of having a static Welcome page, I have a “sticky” Welcome post, which means that it is always on the top of the [...]

I’m back, I’m back! I hope you all had wonderful holidays? I did, but I’m glad to be home again, and feeling so ready — almost itchy, really — to get back into the swing of giving. I was seeing people I wanted to gift while I was away, but I was [...]

Did any of you see this story in the news? “Mystery Couple Starts Magical Chain Reaction”. Such a wonderful story, and such a testament to what can be started with a simple act of giving. And I just LOVE that this story was featured right up top on my mainstream news page! [...]

I have a totally thrilling announcement:
Within 24 hours, all Elves will have the ability to author their own posts on this blog!
Sometime tomorrow each of you should receive a username, a password, and a URL. If you click on the URL, it will take you to where you can compose your post. [...]

I just love Elf Tuesdays!
In honor of the Holiday season, I sorted all the names this week with the help of a friendly Christmas Elf (being sure to first add our newest Elf, Fisyr, of course):

I closed my eyes, fished around a bit, and picked out…

Elf “One”!  Congratulations, One!  I will PayPal your money just [...]

It’s another Elf Tuesday, and you know what that means: Another $50 of giving money to a randomly selected Elf. WOO-HOO!!!!
But first, I want to celebrate something even more wonderful: Elves officially began Elf-giving last week, and already we received our very first (and very lovely) Elf thank you. How awesome is that? [...]

Before I announce the winner of the first weekly $50 Elf Giveaway, I’d like to say a big WELCOME!!!!! to all mothering.com readers, and also a huge “THANK YOU!” to Elisabeth for posting a thread on Mothering to spread the word.  If you are here to get some help sending a Holiday Helper package, then [...]