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Get the Big Picture
Several years ago I became enamored with Simple Scrapbooks magazine and with its founding editor, Stacy Julian. The Simple philosophy saved me from the stress of thinking I had to scrapbook every decent picture. I always felt hopelessly behind! Today I scrapbook what...
Pumping Up Your Productivity
If you've been reading this blog a while, you know how enamored I am with David Allen's Getting Things Done. I love having this workflow diagram to help me quickly deal with the many things in my "IN" box. Follow this link to print off your own copy that...
Everything I Ever Wanted to Be
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be… A teacher A singer An actress And a dancer. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be… A lawyer A doctor A writer And a hairdresser. When I was grown, I wanted to be… A business owner A psychologist And a speaker. Today I teach...
Let Your Yes Be Yes to Achieve Your Goals
My baby boy was a bee for trick-or-treating. One thing I love about him is the way he says yes and no. He's not much of a talker yet. So if you ask him if his diaper needs changing or he wants a cookie, he'll laugh. I love that he says yes to things with joy. I need...
Gifts that Last
If you're a mother of young children, you may wonder what to buy them for Christmas. I know I do! I have five boys, so I own just about every conceivable boy toy there is. I hate to see expensive toys that are quickly broken or never played with. Like you, I'd like to...
Why the Allergy?
People who hear my "Tummy Trouble" story and learn about my food allergies ask me why so many people have food allergies now. I'm sure I don't know! But I've shared with them the over-exposure hypothesis I've read. People may become allergic to foods they over-indulge...
Power Hours
I just got a department store ad with this subject line. I love it! When are your "Power Hours"? When do you have the most energy for accomplishing everything God has called you to do? God Time I use this concept to make sure I have time with God first thing in the...
A Chore No More
If you have children, the best thing you can do for them and for your housework management, is to assign them chores. But if you're short the six helpers I have, you can still benefit from the two approaches to chore management I use. By far and away, my favorite...
Sending Them Onto the Field
Tonight one of my boys made a great play in flag football. His coach gave him the play and I heard people I didn't even know cheering my son on. I could barely see what he did from my vantage point, but I knew it was good! That's the goal of parenting--not that I...
Unsubscribe Yourself
Today I have been decluttering my email inboxes. Somehow I have allowed myself to accummulate 20,000 emails. Not kidding! I've read the majority of them, but hadn't dispensed with them after the fact. In the process of buying lots of things inexpensively via Anjie's...
A Fine Thing
Melanie has a real problem with library fines--always has. In graduate school, she racked up hundreds of dollars worth of fines. The only thing that saved her was the university's policy of forgiving the fines as soon as the books were returned. Last year, Melanie...
A Thomas Jefferson Education
This summer I attended our local homeschoolers' conference and found out about Institute for Excellence in Writing. I'll be posting about this excellent curriculum in the future. For now, I mention it because the IEW catalog is how I learned of the book, A Thomas...