This post contains affiliate links. As mamas settle into the school year, we also work to get our kids back on track with their own household responsibilities. Here's my philosophy on chore charts: Do whatever works. Once it stops working, do something else that works. Once that stops working, do something else that … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
G+ Hangout – Bathrooms and Families – Habit #3
Thanks to those of you who came to the hangout today! I'm embedding the recorded hangout in this post. If you're an email subscriber, you can click on the post title to get through to the website to watch. I was excited to have my personal friend Connie of Smockity Frocks join me. She is a homeschooling mom of eight. And she's … [Read more...]
2 Second Task – De-Wonkifying Photos
Oh my word, I've been putting off this two-second task for . . . umm . . . a looooong time. Like a year? Maybe more than a year . . . Not that the fallen-down-pictures haven't been driving me crazy. I just didn't fix them. No excuses. I didn't even fix them when my middle child's photo fell completely out! I'm pretty sure that … [Read more...]
Fighting Forgetfulness – A Back Door Command Station (and a Giveaway!)
This is a sponsored post, but the experiences, forgetfulness, and expired-last-year coupons are all mine! Surely I'll start the school year with more presence of mind than I had when the last one ended. Right? You know that period when school feels new and exciting, and you remember everything you're supposed to remember (permission … [Read more...]
This Week’s G+ Hangout – Bathrooms and Families
This Thursday at 10 a.m. CST, we'll discuss Habit #3 of 28 Days to Hope for Your Home. Have you been working your way through the habits this month? Even if you haven't, I think you'll enjoy the discussion on Thursday. I am having so much fun with these hangouts. This week, we'll move from the kitchen to the bathrooms. But the … [Read more...]
The Stinky Bologna Sandwich that Could Have Been a Sitcom Plot
I love sitcoms. My husband and I use Seinfeld quotes in our daily conversations. We're still grieving that Go On was cancelled after one awesome season. But I do tend to get irritated when a huge and crazy situation happens simply because someone won't admit the truth. Doesn't the truth set you free? If he/she/it would just be honest, … [Read more...]
Stuffing My Clutter
Remember my 3 a.m. panic earlier this week? The sheer volume and height of clutter in my master bedroom was daunting. But I've learned during this deslobification process to not trust my perceptions of clutter. There was a certain basketfull of clothing that had been perplexing me. It was behind other clutter, but I could see enough to … [Read more...]
003 – How Much Stuff Can You Handle? – Podcast
Podcast 3 is live! And . . . I'm now in the iTunes store! The podcasts are free to download there, and iTunes makes it simple to subscribe to them. In Podcast 3 I share: Part 3 of my Slob Story An update on my week Perspective on clutter - It's not about figuring out how to organize your stuff, it's about figuring out how much … [Read more...]
Things That Don’t Bother Me (But Drive Hubby Crazy)
I love my iPhone. I've mentioned that, right? Anyway, in case you don't have one, this is what you see when someone texts you: It's a complete text. I can see the whole thing so I know what they said. This is what it looks like when the text is long enough that I can't see the whole thing: See the dot dot dot? If … [Read more...]