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From To-Do to Ta-Done
How motivated would you be if your life coach spent every session with you reviewing what you hadn’t done, with no mention of the huge number of things you’d accomplished? For years my dental hygienist would nag me about flossing my teeth. I arrived for my...
Babies, Not Birds and Bees
The kids and I studied human birth and development this year and I had to pass along a fantastic resource for Christian parents: Life Before Birth. It doesn't tell the whole story of conception so it's appropriate for younger kids. It also discounts the...
Photo Forgiveness in a Flash
A common source of guilt is piles or files of unorganized photos. I have loads of photos and guilt, too. I still have every intention of purging and sorting my printed and digital pics as well as scrapbooking them, but if and until that happens, I have a great...
Fitness Inspiration from Women Over 50
I've got to be honest with you...this is a sight I thought I'd never see: my mom at a gym. But here she is in her 60s and lifting weights for the first time. I'm so proud of her. She inspires me! Until last summer I thought exercise and eating right were mostly about...
Love Means Saying “I’m Sorry”
In my grandparents' generation, it was uncommon for moms and dads to say, "I love you." Their generation spawned the Mommy Dearest generation, who was ready to spew forth a list of grievances against their parents at the first therapist's invitation. Today's parents...
Can Your House Clean Itself?
When one of my friends saw me reading this book, she asked, "Does it just say 'Get a housekeeper'?'" No, it doesn't. But I understood the question. I've read every major housekeeping and organizational book published in the last 15 years and with a few exceptions,...
Still Focused on Productivity!
I am still using the wonderful approach to task management espoused by Mark Forster, called AutoFocus. The instructions are now freely available here. There is a video explaining this very simple approach and I started a Yahoo group for information and support of...
High-Tech Grandma
My mom has always lived about four hours away so she hasn't been able to spend much time with my kids. Mom is retired now and has been pursuing lots of interesting hobbies (karaoke, scrapbooking, and now writing). She started two blogs that have been such a...
Scream Free Parenting
Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (Paperback - Aug 19, 2008)While on a trip to Disney World, I read Screamfree Parenting on my Kindle. I wasn't expecting a lot, but I really got a lot...
Naughty is expensive!
Spend Adamcode.com Release Date: Jan 28, 2009 Genre: Finance © 2008 Adam Williams I have mentioned before that I use the IPhone app "Spend" to keep track of my kids' allowance. I also wanted to mention how I use it in my parenting in general. This...
Chore-ganizing
With all 8 of us in and around home most of the time, housekeeping is a huge issue. That is why I have been searching for a method of organizing chores that really works for my family for a LONG time (this picture is 2 years old). I've tried magnet chore boards on the...
Get Focused
I know, I know. Another productivity software post! But this one is really about a method of getting things done that is designed for paper. It's true that I change approaches to task management like I change outfits. But after two and a half weeks I am enamored with...