If you’re lucky enough to have seen the season’s first snow, take advantage of it by going sledding. You may associate sledding with childhood snow days, but trust us, it’s just as fun as an adult as it was when you were a pre-teen.
Go Sledding
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Tagged childhood, exercise, fun, inclement weather, memories, Nostalgia, playful, sledding, snow, winter
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Create a Vision Board
Grab a stack of old magazines and some scissors, then cut any words, pictures or phrases that reflect how you want to show up in the world. Paste them into your journal for a dose of inspiration whenever you need it.
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Tagged communication, happiness, harmony, hopeful, inspiration, journey, knowledge, life, mindfulness, Pictures, postive thinking, purpose, reflection, thoughts, Vision Board, visualization, words
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Cut holiday greetings to make gift tags
“My grandmother taught me this simple trick: Create gift tags for next year out of old holiday cards,”. “I use holiday cards as gift tags by using a 3-inch-wide circle punch and a small hole punch for string.” Next, write the recipient’s name, and secure the tag to the present using twine or ribbon. It’s a simple, high-impact project.
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Tagged cards, Christmas, Crafting, creativity, gift tags, hole puncher, holiday cars, name tags, recycle, repurpose, stationery
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10 Library Card Freebies
Trips to the Museum
Organizations like RAD Pass in Pittsburgh connect library cardholders to their region’s cultural attractions and museums for free. Your local library may give patrons access to galleries, gardens, zoos, museums and institutions. radpass.org
Audiobooks and eBooks
Want to read a book on your tablet without paying for it? All you need is a library card and Libby, a free app that taps into your library system to offer thousands of ebooks and audiobooks for a specific loan period. Read across any device or stream audiobooks through Apple CarPlay or a Bluetooth connection. Available in the App Store and on Google Play
Web Access
For anyone in need of internet at home or on the road, many libraries, including the Chicago Public Library, let cardholders check out mobile Wi-Fi hotspot devices for certain periods of time.
Investment Savvy
Many public libraries have a subscription to the otherwise fee-based Morningstar, a database with real-time investment research, global market data and analysis.
Language Lessons
Language-learning can be daunting, so why not try it for free? Through thousands of public libraries in the U.S., you can access Mango, which has online resources for all ages and in more than 70 tongues. mangolanguages.com
Award-Winning Entertainment
Moonlight, Lady Bird, Parasite. Those are just a few of the Oscar-winning flicks available on Kanopy, an on-demand streaming service with a vast collection of free movies and TV series for library partners. kanopy.com
Career Assistance
Ask your library about its career services, which may include LinkedIn Learning subscriptions (for expert-led online courses), job training, résumé help or a just a place to hold your Zoom interview. The New York Public Library even has a fashion-lending department, where interviewees can borrow ties, briefcases, suits and more.
A Music Library
Sift through Hoopla, another library media service that allows you to check out movies, TV shows, books and comics while also offering downloadable music. hoopladigital.com
News to Use
PressReader subscriptions, an all-you-can-read platform of more than 7,000 newspapers, magazines and educational publications, are free for many library cardholders. pressreader.com
Gardening Advice
Seed lending programs have become popular for library-goers, no matter their horticulture knowledge. Borrowers “check out” a packet of seeds, plant them, harvest them and eventually return seeds for future lending.
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Tagged Career Assistance, cultural attractions, ebooks, internet, Language Lessons, libby, library, library books, library card, music, musuems, Technology, Wi-Fi hotspot
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Entertaining Tips: Drinks
Have a Little Fun With The Weather…My dad’s go-to entertaining tip for winter holidays is to store drinks outside in the snow! Guests are always tickled by having to pop out to the deck to grab a drink and it saves room in the fridge. ” — Emma Glubiak
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Tagged conversation starter, entertaining, holidays, humor, snow day, storage, weather, wine
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