Archive for August, 2007
« Previous EntriesOn The Road (Once) Again…
Friday, August 31st, 2007It’s Friday morning. The sun hasn’t yet risen over the eastern horizon. And I’m in my office, ferreting out cables, and USB flash drives, and my Verizon USB wireless broadband adapter, and all the other things I will take with me on the road today. It’s travel hockey season, and we’re headed out on the [...]
August 2007 Lunar Eclipse - Did You See It?
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Did you see it? The Earth’s shadow eclipsed the moon Tuesday morning. This is a photo a friend of mine took. Being the early riser that I am I was already driving when the eclipse started. I watched it as I drove on I-75 until there was no moon and then…
One Mom, Two Kids, Three Dogs and Grandma - That’s Family Life
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007What is a functional family? I have heard it said that families nowadays are dysfunctional unless there is a mom and a dad, 2.2 kids a dog and maybe a hamster. That’s bunk if you ask me. Functional to me means you are happy, you…
What’s your rhythm?
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Early bird? Night owl? What type of fowl are you? I work from home, with three kids, three school start times, and three sets of extracurriculars in tow. Toss in my own home business schedule that the wife/mother’s own scheduling needs, and things can get downright crazed in the home and home office.
The food with many uses - Crepe Recipe
Saturday, August 25th, 2007I chose to write the recipe for a crepe because no matter what your family likes, everyone can enjoy a crepe as the base. You can fill a crepe with cheese, jelly, ham, chocolate, fruit,
A six letter word that strikes fear! MOVING
Saturday, August 25th, 2007Picture your home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, perhaps a garage, a family room, dining room, den, play area… now picture all the stuff you have in each drawer, on each shelf and in each nook and cranny (I think English Muffins when I hear nook and cranny)… now think what it would be like to [...]
Conquer Your Clutter
Saturday, August 25th, 2007What is clutter? As defined by The Free Dictionary, clutter is a confused or disordered state or collection. We all have some sort of clutter around us be it at work, at home, in the car. At home we have junk drawers, piles in the garage of stuff to get to one day, closets dedicated to [...]
The Basics of Organizing
Saturday, August 25th, 2007What is the secret to organization? Below are the four pillars of organizing.
Handle it
File it
Delegate it
or Throw it away
That’s it. Please see my article on organizing for more details.
The one song that moves my Spinning Class everytime…
Friday, August 24th, 2007Have you ever played a song and thought, wow, those are words to live by? This is one of those songs. I have included them here because it empowers, inspires and makes you laugh. Read these words and then think about what speaks to you.
Closet Organizing 101
Friday, August 24th, 2007When you walk into your closet do you feel completely overwhelmed? I am 6 months pregnant and part of my pregnancy symptoms are the need to organize or as others call it, “nest”. In my closet are shoes, purses, clothes, jackets, old vcr’s, childrens memory boxes, towels, my change collection, along with dust bunnies an [...]
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