In a previous post, I looked at holiday stress and how to reduce it. It’s a real fact of life for many of us. It’s too easy to become so wrapped up (ha! see what I did there?) in the busy-ness of getting things done that we don’t enjoy the season. So last week I […]
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My mom cried because the turkey wasn’t done. I remember this incident from a childhood holiday very clearly. We had all been told that dinner was ready and that it was time to come to the table. As my dad began to carve the bird, it was discovered that the meat was in fact not
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Pumpkin Spice Everything Food trends come and go, but few have captured the hearts and taste buds of people quite like the pumpkin spice craze. As soon as the leaves start to change and the air turns crisp, pumpkin spice lattes, pies, and even cereal start appearing on menus and store shelves everywhere. But what’s
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Overview: Guest contributor Lynna Sutherland is a veteran large-family mom who is amazing at keeping things organized and stress-free. Here she shares step-by-step instructions for using Google Calendar with your teen. Parenting small children requires a lot of energy. The diaper changes. The baths. Carrying or following them everywhere. I think we all imagined that
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Burnout is a thing among homeschool moms. The homeschool lifestyle is one of constantly giving and serving and going and doing, and it can be very hard to make time for yourself. In this episode I give 10 suggestions for how you can arrange your day and activities so there is time for YOU, time
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I love pretty magazine pictures with beautifully organized shelves, don’t you? The kind where everything is stored in identical black baskets with little calligraphized labels. No strings hanging out, nothing sticking up out of the top — oh, and the shelves themselves are pristine white inside a gorgeous antique cabinet. Sigh. But that’s not reality, is
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Do you ever feel like you could spend the rest of your life trying to be organized and on top of things, and yet you’ll never get there? Maybe you’ve enjoyed this series, but even these simple ideas seem like impossibilities in the current circumstances of your life? Or are you the type who organizes
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Lesson plans, grading, supplies, papers, books, cd’s, workbooks, workspace, manipulatives, scheduling, etc. etc. etc. There’s a LOT to keep track of when it comes to keeping our homeschools running smoothly. I bet you were wondering when we would ever get around to talking about homeschool organization specifically, lol. Well, that day is today; and rather
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I am FREQUENTLY overwhelmed with all the things I have to do. The house is a mess, I have a to-do list for the blog a mile long, I’m way behind in grading, and the kids have to be driven to Kingdom Come and back three times today. And lately, I have to go to
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What is one thing in your house that it seems you never can find when you need it? Tape? Scissors? Your car keys? Tweezers? The library cards? The library BOOKS? How many times has looking for that thing caused you to fall behind in your schedule or be late to where you were going? What
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