I’m a work-from-home, homeschooling mother of two. My days are filled with curricula, activities, meals, writing, and if I can fit it in, cleaning. For a long time I had a really difficult time juggling home life and work and homeschooling. I still have days when I feel overwhelmed, but luckily they aren’t as frequent […]
time management
Holiday Time Tips: Meaningful Ways to Streamline and Celebrate – Gleaned from America’s Past
I’m on maternity leave as of December 8: The following is a guest post by Kate Kelly. When we recall pleasant memories of holidays past, we may be bringing up rosy memories because we were children and weren’t responsible for buying and wrapping gifts and decorating and cooking. Our mothers and grandmothers lacked many of […]
How Will You Maintain Balance this Week?
This is sure to be one of those weeks when the balance fairies need to pay me a visit. With Christmas being ONLY 4 DAYS AWAY, my brother and nephew being in town from Milwaukee, client work to do, a blog to maintain, a house to keep clean, and my sanity hanging by a thread, […]
You Can Only Say Hurry So Many Ways
I hate that nowadays the hot phrase in our house is “You’re wasting time baby girl.” For one reason or another it’s always, “Eat faster,” or “Don’t take too long,” or “You have 5 minutes.” We’re often talking about time somehow or another. But, it’s necessary. Life dictates it to be so. I HAVE to […]
Weekends are Just not Long Enough
Lately it seems that I totally suck at this balance thing. Ok, maybe suck is a strong word. But, I can say that I need to definitely work on my time management. Being sick hasn’t helped either. It seems lately I spend all my time either laying on the couch trying to get over a […]
