How Did I Get So Busy? That’s the name of a book that I stumbled on at the library the other day. The subtitle is “The 28-Day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule, and Reconnect with What Matters Most.” (The funny thing is that it’s a 14 day book because it’s new – [...]
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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 20 years. Our children are Hope (18), Lenny (14), Lily (9), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (5). Five doggies round out our happy brood.    |
Well today is Tuesday so that means it’s “Training Tuesday” at our house. Recently I added a job wheel (I read about it in the Complete Tightwad Gazette book I’ve been reading) to divvy up the dinner meal preparation tasks. As I’ve mentioned before, I have done a good job training my two oldest children [...]
I am reading a book called Confessions of an Organized Homemaker by Deniece Schofield. I saw it on the sidebar of a blog but don’t remember which (sorry). One of the organizational devises she recommends is a central calendar / planning book. I rely on my calendar heavily [...] Peter learning to wipe the table after lunch: Step One: Get him away from his toys.
Step Two: Get a rag from the closet.
Step Three: Wipe the table that Mom has sprayed with vinegar and water spray.
Lily learning to set the table PROPERLY using a handy-dandy guide.
After contemplating training ideas for my littlest angels, I got to thinking that there are some things that the two oldest children and I could stand to learn as well.
Training Ideas for Lenny - Make [...]
While in Vermont, we decided not to use the dishwasher but rather to wash the dishes by hand. After an afternoon snack of popcorn, I asked my seven year old daughter, Lily, to wash up the popcorn bowls. [...] During our recent car trip to Vermont, we listened to Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit. My children enjoyed the ill-fated, although humorous wishes of the children in the story. At one point, as the car ride seemed to be dragging, Hope (15) declared that if she had a sand fairy that granted wishes, she’d be wishing that we (including [...] Today at Money Saving Mom, Crystal Paine encouraged us to get our finances in shape in 2008. Well we are blessed with an income that meets our needs and many of our wants. We have worked hard on being fiscally responsible, have very little outstanding debt (only our mortgage), and generally live below our means. However, as Len [...] |
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