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 [...]
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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 22 years. Our children are Hope (19), Lenny (15), Lily (11), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (6). Six doggies round out our happy brood. |
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 [...] 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 [...]
With the price of fuel oil being so out of sight this winter, I have been keeping the thermostat set pretty low: 60 at night and 64-65 during the day. I have found several strategies for keeping warm – a hot cup of tea, keeping busy (not sitting [...]
Here is a list of the projects I have been working on over the last couple of weeks: A train mat for Peter (like Joann’s: http://tenkidsandadog.blogspot.com/2007/11/train-playmat.html)
A lap quilt for Peter
A skirt for Lily My perhaps most important laundry secret for saving your clothing from the garbage can is Spray and Wash stain stick. I leave a stain stick in my top dresser drawer. Every night, I “evaluate” the shirt I wore that day to see if it needs to be “stain sticked”. It usually does because I always [...] My bedroom was the object of today’s challenge at Biblical Womanhood. This was another one of my hot-spots, particularly this time of year as I am doing a lot of sewing for Christmas. We had a busy afternoon planned and I did not think I was going to get to this challenge today. However, a [...] Yesterday, Crystal’s challenge included taking on one project on which I’ve been procrastinating and decluttering one area. Well the first part was easy – decluttering my purse and entering all our receipts into Quicken. The second was another story. It was a two day job (Hence the reason for this late post). I attacked the home office. [...] |
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